Choose facts from given below to support these statements.

1. Jim and Delia were very poor.

a) They worked from early morning till late at night and got very little
money for their work.

b) Jim and Delia loved each other dearly.

c) Delia had a very beautiful hair and Jim had a gold watch.

2. They wanted to give presents to each other.

a) Delia went to the hairdresser's to get some job there.

b) Delia went to the hairdresser's to sell her hair.

c) Delia went to the hairdresser's to change her hairdo.

3. Delia's present was of no use to Jim.

a) Jim had lost his gold watch

b) Jim had sold his gold watch

c) Jim didn't like watches.

Key: 1 a; 2 b; 3 b.

III. Number events in correct order.

a) She sat on the sofa and began to cry.

b) In one of the shops she saw a very beautiful watch chain.

c) He looked at his smiling wife and understood everything.

d) Christmas was coming and Delia wanted to give Jim a present.

e) So Delia bought a gold watch chain.

f) Suddenly an idea came to her.

g) Delia opened the packet and saw two beautiful combs.

h) She went to the hairdresser's to sell her beautiful hair.

i) When she got home Jim was waiting for her.

j) The hairdresser gave Delia twenty dollars for her hair.

Key: Id; 2 b; 3 f; 4 h; 5 d; 6 b; 7 e; 8 i; 9c;10g.

IV. Choose the correct word.

1. They loved each other___

2. She got up and stood in front of the ___

3. In a few minutes she was already at the ___

4. He needs ___ his watch.

5. She sat on the sofa and began ___

6. She saw two beautiful ___ in the packet Jim had given her.

a)	Mirror;
b)	hairdresser's;
c)	combs;
d)	to cry;
e)	dearly;
f)	a chain.

Key: le; 2a; 3b; 4f; 5d; 6c.

The future of English

Read the text.

Two thousand years ago English did not exist. A thousand years ago it was spo ken only by less than two million people. Nowadays it is the most influential language in the world. English is spoken by more than one billion people as their first, second or third language. At present English is widely used in science, business, popular culture etc. For example, 80 per cent of e-mails on the Internet are in English. But what is the future of English?

One view is that English is going to become even more important as an international language, dominating the world trade and mass media while most other languages will become less used or even die out. At present, over half of the world's 6,500 languages are in danger of extinction. Another view is that English is already breaking up, as Latin did, into several separate languages. There already dictionaries of the "New Englishes", such as Australian English, full of words that a British English speaker would not recognize.

Hopefully, neither of these things will happen. Although .different varieties of English will continue to develop around the world, Standard English will survive for international communication. In addition, the frightening prospect of a culturally uniform world totally dominated by one language is impossible. Already other languages are fighting back against the iron grip of English on the Net. Governments around the world are also starting to protect smaller languages and recognize the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity. English will probably stay in control for a long time, at least while the USA remains the top superpower, but it definitely won't become the only language in the world.

I. Choose the correct answer.

1. How many people spoke English a thousand years ago?

a) Five thousand;

b) five million;

c) two million.

2. What is the most influential language in the world now?

a) Chinese;

b) English;
c) Spanish.

3. How many people speak English as their first, second or third language?

a) 500 million;

b) 1 billion;

c) 56 million.