Put the verbs in brackets into the correct infinitive or -ing form. I don’t mind (have) a meeting with my classmates. I hope (go) to a university net year. She hates (work) in an office. Steve doesn’t want (start) his own business. He loves (help) poor orphans. It’s difficult (find) a high-paid job these days. (work) in a foreign country can be very useful experience. We can’t help (laugh) at her joke. Mary can’t stand (write) a CV. It’s worth (watch) this comedy. Complete the gaps with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. The south is (hot) than the north. He is (famous) painter in England. Tuesdays are (busy) than Mondays. The north of Spain is much (cold) than the south in winter. The kitchen isn’t as (large) as the living room. New York is (populated) city in the world. What is (far) planet form Earth? Men lose weight (easily) then men. His last book is OK, but I think it is (bad) than the previous one. Where is the (near) petrol station?

1.

1)having

2)to go

3)working

4)to start

5)helping

6)finding Work

7)to laugh

8)to write

9)watching

2.

1)hoter

2)the most famous

3)buster

4)colder

5)larger

6)the most populated

7)furthest

8)easy

9)worse

10)the most near

- Good afternoon. «Tower Investment Bank». May I help you?

- Hi. I would like to talk to Mr. Clinton from the accounting department, please.

- May I ask you who is calling?

- My name is Bruno Ponti. I’m calling from an advertising agency.

- Thank you, Mr. Ponti. Just a moment, please. Let me check if Mr. Clinton is in his office.

- Sure.

- Thank you for waiting. I’m sorry but Mr. Clinton isn’t available at the moment. Would you like to leave a message or shall I ask him to call you back? Does he have your number?

- I believe he does. But I can give it to you, just in case.

- All right. Go ahead, please.

- My number is 046 78345.

- OK. And would you mind repeating your name?

- Sure. Bruno Ponti. I can spell it: B-R-U-N-O  P-O-N-T-I.

- Thank you, Mr. Ponti. I’ll ask Mr. Clinton to call you back as soon as possible today.

- Thanks a lot. Bye.

Родился 14 сентября 1965 года в Ленинграде. Был единственным ребёнком в семье, которая жила в районе Купчино, «спальном районе» Ленинграда (ул. Белы Куна, д. 6)[13].

Дмитрий Медведев поддерживает связь со своей бывшей школой № 305[14]. Учительница Вера Смирнова вспоминала: «Он очень старался, всё время посвящал учёбе. Его редко можно было застать на улице с ребятами. Он походил на маленького старичка»[15]. Когда Дмитрий Медведев поступил в университет, он познакомился с Николаем Кропачевым(сейчас является ректором СПбГУ), который охарактеризовал его так: «Хороший, крепкий студент. Занимался спортом, тяжёлой атлетикой. Даже что-то выиграл для факультета. Но по основному курсу был таким же, как все. Старательный только очень»[15]. Первый заместитель председателя Государственной думы Олег Морозов высказался о нём как о «молодом, энергичном, лучше не бывает»[16].

Окончил юридический факультет Ленинградского государственного университета имени А. А. Жданова в 1987 году и аспирантуру ЛГУ в 1990 году. С юности увлекается хард-роком, в числе любимых групп упоминает Deep Purple, Black Sabbath и Led Zeppelin; коллекционирует записи этих и других коллективов (в частности, собрал полную коллекцию записей группы Deep Purple[17]). Слушает также русские рок-группы, в частности, Чайф. В студенческие годы увлекался фотографией, занимался тяжёлой атлетикой, выиграл в своей весовой категории соревнования в университете по тяжёлой атлетике[18]. Член ВЛКСМ с 1979 года.

Born September 14, 1965 in Leningrad. He was the only child in the family, who lived in the area Kupchino, "residential area" of Leningrad (str. Bela Kun, d. 6) [13].

Dmitry Medvedev communicates with his former school number 305 [14]. The teacher Vera Smirnova recalled: "He tried very hard, all the time devoted to study. It was rare to catch in the street with the children. He looked like a little old man "[15]. When Dmitry Medvedev went to university, he met with Nikolai Kropacheva (now the St. Petersburg State University Rector), who described it as: "A good, strong student. Exercise, weightlifting. Even something won for the faculty. But the main course was the same as everybody else. Only a very diligent, "[15]. First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Oleg Morozov spoke of him as a "young, energetic, could not be better" [16].

He graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State University named after AA Zhdanov in 1987 and postgraduate studies at Leningrad State University in 1990. From youth interested in hard rock, including favorite bands mentions Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin; collects records of these and other groups (eg, assembled a complete collection of Deep Purple set of Records [17]). Listens and Russian rock band, in particular, CHajf. As a student interested in photography, was engaged in weightlifting, he won in his weight category competition at the University Weightlifting [18]. A member of the Young Communist League in 1979.