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1. this guy in 1980 offered ibm a new operating system. at the time of the os offering, there was no operating system. after signing a contract to provide a new computer operating system, he simply bought from you a little-known firm for 50 thousand dollars. ibm introduced its development. it brought him millions of dollars. who is this risky guy?

2.the man who created two computers alone, which he called the apple i and apple ii. he was inspired by the idea of creating blue boxes for hacking telephone networks. with these boxes, you could make free calls all over the world. in 2002, he founded the company wheels of zeus, which closed in 2006. he is now 68 years old. who is it?

3. he had the idea to say hello at the beginning of a telephone conversation. he perfected incandescent bulbs in 1879. it has more than 1000 inventions. she became an honorary foreign member of the ussr academy of sciences in 1930. who are we talking about?

4. he owns the words: "give me a second point of support, and i will turn our whole world upside down." during the storming of syracuse, he created various devices with the help of which he had long kept the city from the invasion of the roman troops. the onagers created by him bombed the roman soldiers. when the soldiers pressed against the walls of the city hoping that there was safe, the ballistates continued to bombard the soldiers with stones. a device called "claw " grabbed the ships of the enemy troops, raised them high, and threw them, thereby breaking the ships. who was it written about in the annals?

5. this man began to act in films from an early age. his first role was when he was only three months old. at the age of 14, he practiced cha-cha-cha, in the dance competitions he won prizes. from an early age i was engaged in boxing, and from the age of 14 i became interested in kung fu. and at the age of 16 he worked hard at the famous master kung-fu of that time and achieved excellent results. he is better known as an actor. with him in the films were shot chuck norris, jackie chan, bola young. he is the legendary master of martial arts to this day. died at age 33, buried in seattle. who is this martial arts master?

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1 While we were walking to the shop, Mike found _a_ key we had lost the day before 2 There are very __cute photos of me when I was little because I didn’t like having my photo taken. My mother has the only ones there are. 3 I like living here, but I still  did not used to the cold. 4 What will you do _ when_ you arrive at your hotel? 5 I have two children and _ one _ of them has a very different character; the eldest is like me but the youngest is like her father. 6 Everyone ought _ to _ pay attention to what the boss says. 7 The children have plenty _of _ toys. 8 My sister asked me if __ I wanted to join her at the ceremony. 9 Everyone had heard _the_ story at least three times before. 10 Dean gave me some advice on how to get a job, but _none_ of it was relevant to my field of work. 1.3 Use the words in brackets to rewrite the sentence so it has the same meaning as the original. 1 In June, it will be my fifth anniversary of working at the restaurant.  In June, I _will be here for five years 2 He regrets not asking her to renew his library books. () If _he had her to renew his library books 3 ‘Don’t take the lid off! I’ve just shaken the bottle!’ I said to him. (warn) I _was not warn to take the lid off. 4 It’s impossible that there was a football match. (been) There ___has been a football match. 5 He had a beautiful, light-green leather jacket. (was) He had a beautiful jacket, ___it was made _ of leather. 6 I didn’t have much money to spend at the festival. (had) I _had to spend at the festival.  He asked me when I was going to move house. (are) ‘When _are you going to move house?’ he asked me. 9 It’s not necessary to switch off the radiators before you leave. (have) You  have to switch off the radiators before you leave. 10. I wanted to go to the party but I didn’t want to go alone. Then Matt told me he had gone. (would) If Matt had told me he was going to the party, __he would take me with him.

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1.1 Choose the correct sentence

1 a) While I was working, I was watching the news

2 b)I wish I were a bit younger so I could get discounts for the cinema and gyms.

3 a) It’s the first time I have been given a promotion.

4 a)If they hadn’t phoned us, we wouldn’t have known what was happening.

5 b)He can’t have finished his homework, it’s still here on the table!

6 a)If the phone hadn’t rung, I would still be asleep right now.

7 a)He doesn’t know where he’ll be working on Friday morning, but he’ll find out soon.

8 a) I advised him to take his hat because it’s freezing out there!

9 b) What did he use to do before he became an electrician?

10 b)It’s the easiest exam that I’ve ever done.

1.2 Use the words in brackets to rewrite the sentence so it has the same meaning as the original.

1 In June, it will be my fifth anniversary of working at the restaurant. (have) In June, I _have worked__ here for five years.

2 He regrets not asking her to renew his library books. (had) If _only he had asked__ her to renew his library books

3 ‘Don’t take the lid off! I’ve just shaken the bottle!’ I said to him. (warn) I _warned him not to___ take the lid off.

4 It’s impossible that there was a football match. (been) There _can't have been___ a football match.

5 He had a beautiful, light-green leather jacket. (was) He had a beautiful jacket, _which was light-green__ and made of leather.

6 I didn’t have much money to spend at the festival. (had) I _wish I had enough money_ to spend at the festival.

7 Only come to the party if you have time. (as) Come to the party _as soon as__ you have time.

8 He asked me when I was going to move house. (are) ‘When _are you going to__ move house?’ he asked me.

9 It’s not necessary to switch off the radiators before you leave. (have) You _don't have to__ switch off the radiators before you leave.

10. I wanted to go to the party but I didn’t want to go alone. Then Matt told me he had gone. (would) If Matt had told me he was going to the party, _I would have gone too__.

1.3 Complete the sentences by writing a word in the gaps.

1 While we were walking to the shop, Mike found _the_ key we had lost the day before

2 There are very _few_ photos of me when I was little because I didn’t like having my photo taken. My mother has the only ones there are.

3 I like living here, but I _am_ still not used to the cold.

4 What will you do _when_ you arrive at your hotel?

5 I have two children and _ome_ of them has a very different character; the eldest is like me but the youngest is like her father.

6 Everyone ought _to_ pay attention to what the boss says.

7 The children have plenty _of_ toys.

8 My sister asked me _if_ I wanted to join her at the ceremony.

9 Everyone had heard _the_ story at least three times before.

10 Dean gave me some advice on how to get a job, but _nothing_ of it was relevant to my field of work.