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ІІ. Use of EnglishTask 1. For questions 1-6, read through the following text and then choose from the list A-L the best phrase or sentence to fill each of the spaces. There are extra sentences. Eg.: 0 – J
So how was your inbox this morning? Overflowing at the seams? Full of messages from people you don't know, subjects you don't care about, and (0) …, the odd gem of information which could transform your life (1) … ? Welcome to the club: e-mail is both business blessing and commercial curse. You can't do without it, yet you still can't face the idea of wading through everyone of those tedious messages that come through the digital door every day. Perhaps (2) .... , then it's time to move on to the fun parts of the magazine because I have momentous news for you: the e-mail flood may be bad today, but tomorrow (3) Not only are you going to get more of the stuff, the stuff itself is going to explode too - into audio and graphics, video and customer response forms. And (4) , you're going to lose a key business edge along the way. In the US, (5) .... for large corporations that deal with employees, customers and suppliers bye-mail to dispatch a staggering 800,000 messages per day (yes, you did read that correctly). Small wonder that one boss of a large software company decided to close down his network e-mail system for part of each day, (6) he thought people were too busy e-mailing and not spending enough time communicating. Task 2. For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence but using the word given. The word must not be altered in any way. Eg.: 0 – I find photography interesting. 0. Photography interests me. - FIND - … The contest takes place tomorrow. – HELD - … It's certain that they'll be late. - BOUND - … Mrs. Hayes will explain the day-to-day running of the office to you. – ACQUAINT - … You needn’t clean up now. – NECESSARY - … He may not be at home. – PERHAPS - … Some children treat badly their pets – CRUEL - … I couldn’t help noticing that she had lost weight – ESCAPE - … Have you ever thought of changing jobs? – CROSSED - … There is nothing we can do about it now – DONE - … I really want an ice-cream – DYING - … “No, I didn’t kill her.” he said – DENIED - … “Let’s go to the zoo.” He said. – GOING - … She has no talent for art – HOPELESS - … Their furniture is like ours – SIMILAR - … |