Вставить место пропусков phones in fashion. the necessity for telephone is unquestionable; they have become since the 1950s, an essential tool in modern life. one may argue if a ‘real need’ exists for people to use their phones as often as they do, but can you imagine your life without one at home, or even in your car, or when on holiday in the mountains? in recent years mobile phones have become fashionable. technically called cellular phones, they’re one of the great contributions of technology to our lives. calls can now be made from far away areas of the world thanks to a vast web of microwave transmission towers, antennas, and satellites in space that took years to develop and build. the most basic car phones in use today allow businesspeople to remain within their officers’ reach, and drivers to travel alone safely. smaller and lighter models now allow users to take their telephones almost everywhere, including the beach, their weekend home, and even some aeroplanes. nowadays, the cellular phone has become a status symbol, without which in some cultures it’s assumed you belong to a ‘lower class’ of ‘ less successful’ people. it’s simply a way of showing off and making oneself look important to others. obviously, mobile phones are convenient but this convenience also has its price. . on average, cellular phone calls are about twice as expensive as those from regular phones and additionally, you have to pay a monthly fee to use your phone. (adapted from the world of english) a even schoolchildren now have the opportunity to contact their parents or friends over their own mobile phones directly from the school premises. b). although today’s cellular telephones are much cheaper than the first model available, they still remain more expensive to buy and use than regular telephones. c). hardly anybody would give a positive answer to this question. d). although it’s taken a long time to make them available to everybody, it’s now clear that they enable us to communicate with the most distant places. e). yet, it’s often amusing to hear such ‘successful’ people using their phones to call friends from bars and restaurants when cheaper public payphones are nearby. f). still, mobile phones may not be long before the cellular phone is as basic as a calculator in the lives of many people around the world.

1 - C, 2 - A, 3 - ? (D or F), 4 - E, 5 - B

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My last holiday was a five-day trip to Prague in the Czech Republic. I know Prague well because I lived there when I was at university, more than ten years ago.

Instead of staying in a hotel, I stayed with one of my old friends. It was so much fun, and a little bit like my old life. I wanted to do all the same things I did in my university days, so I visited the university. It has changed a lot and looks more modern. I also went to the supermarket near my old house. I loved seeing all the different foods. I was really happy to find my favourite cheese and chocolate biscuits but they were a bit more expensive than I remember!

We did some touristy things too. We walked up beautiful Petrin Hill and around the castle. The views of the city are amazing up there. We walked across the historic Charles Bridge. My friend's flat is very near the TV Tower so we saw the famous baby statues climbing up it. Those things haven't changed, of course.

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There is probably no one who does not like to travel. I'm ready to put my drink on the ground if I want to travel. I love to travel, whether in the countryside or in the city. A person who travels sees the country, sees the land, expands his horizons, and returns home. My dream is to travel, to visit the largest cities of our vast country, because Kazakhstan has a lot of attractions. So far, thanks to my parents, I am gradually realizing this dream. During the summer holidays, we choose a city to spend time with our family and travel there. So far, we have visited the sacred Turkestan, the center of the heavenly Semirechye - Taldykorgan, the southern capital Almaty and the capital of the country Nur-Sultan. Each city has its own unique features. In Turkestan, for example, we visited holy places, drank water from underground wells in the heat, and admired ancient architecture. In the Semirechye region, we walked along the Karatal River, which flows down the mountain, relaxed in the fresh air and admired the beauty of nature. It is a dream to walk in Almaty, the capital of the South, and to taste the world-famous Almaty aport. Among them we climbed to Koktebe and were amazed to see the beautiful Almaty from above. We skated on the world-famous Medeu Ice Rink, watched the next performance of the National Opera and Ballet Theater named after Abai, and visited the Art Gallery named after A. Kasteyev. The heart of the country - the city of Nur - Sultan has a lot of attractions, and their number is growing every year. The Baiterek monument, the Khan-Shatyr shopping and entertainment center and the Duman entertainment complex, which have become architectural symbols of independent Kazakhstan, are our family's favorite places to relax.

In the future, I dream of mastering the specialty "Tourism" and traveling not only in the cities of Kazakhstan, but also abroad, and in order to realize this dream, I need to study well and master foreign languages.