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Текст: «Are you a natural leader?»
Read the statements (page 9, ex. 3). Find the statements in the text that mean the OPPOSITE. Write the number.
It’s impossible to win, win, win! |
Текст: «Are you a natural leader?»
Read the statements (page 9, ex. 3). Find the statements in the text that mean the OPPOSITE. Write the number.
Sometimes I’m a little disorganized. |
Текст: «Are you a natural leader?»
Read the statements (page 9, ex. 3). Find the statements in the text that mean the OPPOSITE. Write the number.
I can’t say what I think very clearly. |
Текст: «Are you a natural leader?»
Read the statements (page 9, ex. 3). Find the statements in the text that mean the OPPOSITE. Write the number.
I always get nervous when I talk in front of others. |
Текст: «Are you a natural leader?»
Read the statements (page 9, ex. 3). Find the statements in the text that mean the OPPOSITE. Write the number.
I’m uncomfortable about some things I decide. |
Текст: «Are you a natural leader?»
Read the statements (page 9, ex. 3). Find the statements in the text that mean the OPPOSITE. Write the number.
I prefer people just to listen when we’re in a discussion. |
Текст: «The Hero Within»
Read the text «The Hero Within» and complete these sentences:
In some cases, friends or family know a superhero’s…. |
Текст: «The Hero Within»
Read the text «The Hero Within» and complete these sentences:
… helps the public recognize the superhero. |
Текст: «The Hero Within»
Read the text «The Hero Within» and complete these sentences:
Superheros and super-villains often have ….powers. |
Текст: «The Hero Within»
Read the text «The Hero Within» and complete these sentences:
A superhero is a true hero because he or she is not… |
Tom … football on Saturday |
My working day… at seven o’clock. |
At half past seven we… breakfast. |
He … a bus to his office. |
What … she … on Saturday evenings? |
When … you usually …? |
… he… in the center of Chicago? |
They … many books. |
My friend … to play football. |
He … tea every morning |
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Are robots common in today’s world? |
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What is the name of the robot? |
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Who is Ross King? |
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Which diseases kill and infect millions of people each year? |
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What is slow and costly? |
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Mr. King says that Eve is… |
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Mr. King says he hopes… |
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Humans remain in control of … |
Rely on your memory to keep track of every little detail. (Read the text «A Matter of Time». Is it true or false?) |
Schedule important things first. (Read the text «A Matter of Time». Is it true or false?) |
It is not efficient to work or study for a short period. (Read the text «A Matter of Time». Is it true or false?) |
Don’t do one thing at a time. (Read the text «A Matter of Time». Is it true or false?) |
Schedule time to check your email. (Read the text «A Matter of Time». Is it true or false?) |
Think about the task before you commit it. (Read the text «A Matter of Time». Is it true or false?) |
About 5500 years ago, the Egyptians invented … (Read the text «What time is It» and complete this sentence.) |
The sundial was…than the sun clock. (Read the text «What time is It» and complete this sentence.) |
…were popular in the Middle East and China but they failed to keep accurate time. (Read the text «What time is It» and complete this sentence.) |
In … came the digital clock. (Read the text «What time is It» and complete this sentence.) |
He stopped … for health reasons. |
I started … when I was young |
He admitted … the wallet. |
She avoided … him. |
He keeps … about his girlfriend. |
She finished … the letter. |
She agreed … him. |
He chose … at home. |
They decided … to the movies. |
I want … my work early. |
You should have kept your mouth shut, because that good feeling now will make you less likely to do it. (Listen to the record record and choose: true or false.) |
The repeated psychology tests have proven that telling someone your goal makes it more likely to happen. (Listen to the record record and choose: true or false.) |
Any time you have a goal, there are some steps that need to be done (Listen to the record record and choose: true or false.) |
When you tell someone your goal and they acknowledge it, psychologists have found that it’s called a «virtual reality» (Listen to the record record and choose: true or false.) |
The mind is kind of tricked into feeling that it’s already done. (Listen to the record record and choose: true or false.) |
And then because you’ve felt that satisfaction, you’re more motivated to do the actual hard work necessary. (Listen to the record record and choose: true or false.) |
You can delay the gratification that the social acknowledgment brings (Listen to the record record and choose: true or false.) |
You can understand that your mind mistakes the talking for the doing. (Listen to the record record and choose: true or false.) |
Many cultures were once nomadic but these days the number are smaller. (Read the text «Home Is Where the Heart Is». Is it true or false?) |
It is not known how many Tuareg there are. (Read the text «Home Is Where the Heart Is». Is it true or false?) |
The men are sometimes called «Black Men» because of their distinctive clothing. (Read the text «Home Is Where the Heart Is». Is it true or false?) |
Tuareg families live in cities. (Read the text «Home Is Where the Heart Is». Is it true or false?) |
When a woman marries, her family makes a tent for her. (Read the text «Home Is Where the Heart Is». Is it true or false?) |
Less Taureg people are starting to farm. (Read the text «Home Is Where the Heart Is». Is it true or false?) |
Ian lives in … (Read the text «Home Automation» and complete this sentence.) |
Ian can control his home remotely using: (Read the text «Home Automation» and complete this sentence.) |
The «dinner’s ready» command suspends operation of (Read the text «Home Automation» and complete this sentence.) |
Soon more homes will be (Read the text «Home Automation» and complete this sentence.) |
… a police car. |
… two kids in the room. |
… many flowers in the garden. |
… a Spanish girl in my class. |
… a little girl in the room. |
… three big trees in the garden. |
… a nice door in this house. |
… a great deal of privacy in my house. |
… a lot of traffic in my neighborhood. |
… a large number of doors in this house. |
America is in an unremitting state of trauma. (Listen to the record and choose: true or false.) |
It is not called pleaching, or grafting trees together. (Listen to the record and choose: true or false.) |
We use CNC to make scaffolding to train semi-epithetic matter, plants, into a specific geometry that makes a home that we call a Fab Tree Hab. (Listen to the record and choose: true or false.) |
It does not fit into the environment. (Listen to the record and choose: true or false.) |
You can have a hundred million of these homes, and it’s great because they suck carbon. (Listen to the record and choose: true or false.) |
You can’t have 100 million families, or take things out of the suburbs. (Listen to the videorecord and choose: true or false.) |
We use a modified inkjet printer, and we print geometry (Listen to the httprecord and choose: true or false.) |
Our theory is that eventually we should be doing this with homes. (Listen to the record and choose: true or false.) |
Krill are the primary source of food for many whales. (Read the text «Fuel of the Sea». Is it true or false?) |
Krill are tiny, shrimp-like animals about the size of a paper clip. (Read the text «Fuel of the Sea». Is it true or false?) |
Krill are found in all the world’s oceans and may live up to twenty years. (Read the text «Fuel of the Sea». Is it true or false?) |
Krill are so abundant that they weigh more than all of the people on Earth. (Read the text «Fuel of the Sea». Is it true or false?) |
Many countries currently fish for krill. (Read the text «Fuel of the Sea». Is it true or false?) |
Krill as a species represent insignificant animal. (Read the text «Fuel of the Sea». Is it true or false?) |
Urban planning is now under the control of … (Read the text «Size doesn’t matter» and complete this sentence) |
There are about … per square kilometer. (Read the text «Size doesn’t matter» and complete this sentence) |
Singapore has had an annual growth rate in its gross domestic product of about … since 1965. (Read the text «Size doesn’t matter» and complete this sentence) |
Singapore is working towards being a global leader in… (Read the text «Size doesn’t matter» and complete this sentence) |
He … TV at the moment. (Choose Present Simple or Present Progressive) |
Look! The baby… (Choose Present Simple or Present Progressive) |
He … football every day. (Choose Present Simple or Present Progressive) |
In the evening I often … to see my friends. (Choose Present Simple or Present Progressive) |
It … me forty minutes to get to my work. (Choose Present Simple or Present Progressive) |
Nick usually … in his office. (Choose Present Simple or Present Progressive) |
I … in the waiting room at the doctor’s now. (Choose Present Simple or Present Progressive) |
The children … now. |
She usually … tea, but now she … coffe. (Choose Present Simple or Present Progressive) |
I … a letter to my business partner who … in London. (Choose Present Simple or Present Progressive) |
Genetics, lifestyle and environment is the formula for life and good health. (Listen to the record and choose: true or false.) |
Physicians constantly ask you questions about your lifestyle and your family history, your medication history, your surgical history, your allergy history. (Listen to the record and choose: true or false.) |
The speaker seldom comes to the conclusion that he spends a lot of time relatively in a small number of places. (Listen to the record and choose: true or false.) |
The speaker spent his first 10 years with his little young lungs. (Listen to the record and choose: true or false.) |
In the doctor’s office doctors never ask the speaker about his place history. (Listen to the record and choose: true or false.) |
Our cell phones cannot build a place history. (Listen to the record and choose: true or false.) |
We must teach physicians about the value of geographical information. It is called geomedicine. (Listen to the record and choose: true or false.) |
The second thing we need to do is while we’re spending billions and billions of dollars all over the world building an electronic health record, we make sure we put a place history inside that medical record. (Listen to the record and choose: true or false.) |
It’s important to be honest with yourself about your bad habits. (Read the text «Time for a change». Is it true or false?) |
You shouldn’t ask for help and encouragement other people. (Read the text «Time for a change». Is it true or false?) |
You should try to figure out what is causing the bad habit. (Read the text «Time for a change». Is it true or false?) |
Set a goal for change; it may be unrealistic one. (Read the text «Time for a change». Is it true or false?) |
Your friends will need to monitor your progress. (Read the text «Time for a change». Is it true or false?) |
Reward yourself for good behavior. (Read the text «Time for a change». Is it true or false?) |
The sequence is named after Leonardo Fibonacci, who was (Read the text «The Fibonacci Sequence» and complete this sentence.) |
Fibonacci investigated the sequence by setting up a thought experiment about (Read the text «The Fibonacci Sequence» and complete this sentence.) |
One area where people have used the Fibonacci sequence in daily life is… (Read the text «The Fibonacci Sequence» and complete this sentence.) |
The sequence can be seen (Read the text «The Fibonacci Sequence» and complete this sentence.) |
You look bad, so you … take a medicine |
I think you … work hard |
Kevin … invest his money. |
A gentleman … be honest in his action. |
You … buy mineral water, we have plenty. |
The other thing we … to think about is the emergence of chemical complexity. |
I … visit my grandma every week. |
Alex … make many international phone calls. |
You … work full time. |
People with high cholesterol … eat low-fat foods. |
Life evolved under conditions of light and darkness (Listen to the record record and choose: true or false.) |
Chemical clocks are found only in being that has two cells. (Listen to the record record and choose: true or false.) |
Plants and animals developed their own internal clocks so that they would be ready for these changes in light. (Listen to the record record and choose: true or false.) |
Humans don’t have the body clock. (Listen to the record record and choose: true or false.) |
The body clock is the most underrated force on our behavior. (Listen to the record record and choose: true or false.) |
We evolved as a species near the equator, and so we’re very well-equipped to deal with 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. (Listen to the record record and choose: true or false.) |
When people are living without any sort of artificial light at all, they sleep once every night. (Listen to the record record and choose: true or false.) |
We’re living in a culture of jet lag, global travel, 24-hour business, shift work. (Listen to the record record and choose: true or false.) |
