II. Choose which words fit the sentences.

a. I have four brothers. Every / Each of us is different.

b. “Can you help me with my homework?” “Sure. None / No problem.”

c. “Tea or coffee?” “Either / Neither, thanks. I've got to rush.”

d. I have a shower every / each day.

e. I've got thirty people in my class, and every / each student is special to me.

f. “How much are the roses?” “One pound either / each.”

g. “Red wine or white?” “Either / Neither, whichever is open.”

h. I know every / each word of his songs by heart.

i. There are fifteen rooms in this hotel. Each / Every room is a little different.

j. You can have either / each an orange or an apple, but you can't have either / both.

III. Rewrite these sentences using the words in brackets.

a. I won't come if they don't invite me. (unless)

b. What would you do if he left you? (supposing)

c. If you join the tennis club, I will too. (provided that)

d. We're going to install a smoke alarm. There may be a fire, (in case)

e. She won't get that job if she doesn't learn to speak French, (unless)

f. If the lifeguard hadn't been there, what would have happened? (imagine)

g. I won't go out this evening. Paul might ring, (in case)

h. I'll come at 8.00 if that's all right with you. (as long as)

IV. Had done, had been doing or was doing? Put in the correct form of the verbs.

1. Lucy went into the living-room. It was empty but the televi­sion was still warm. Someone / watch/ it.

2. I /play/ tennis, so I had a shower. I was annoyed because I /not win/ a single game.

3. The walkers finally arrived at their destination. They /walk/ all day, and they needed a rest. They /walk/ thirty miles.

4. When I saw Ben last week he said he /stop/ smoking. But when I saw him two days later, he /smoke/ a cigarette. He took the cigarette from his mouth and looked rather ashamed.

5. Harry found a note from Graham in Celia's coat. That's how Harry found out they /have/ an affair. In fact they /see/ each other for months. Graham's wife /know/ about it all the time.

V. Imagine that you are asked to give advice how to prepare for an English exam in the best way. Write a short letter to a friend of yours sharing your experience of organizing the work and daily routine before the exam.

UNIT 16

I. Read the article and answer the questions in a written form.

The library of congress

Library of Congress is the largest and most comprehensive library in the world, located in Washington, D.C. The Library of Congress functions as the national library of the United States, although it has never been officially recognized as such through legislation. The library’s primary purpose is to serve the Congress of the United States, but its collections, services, and reading rooms are freely available for use by all persons over high school age. The Library of Congress also serves as the official copyright agency of the United States.

Established by an act of Congress in 1800, the library was first located in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Today the Library of Congress occupies three large buildings in the Capitol Hill area of the city, near the Capitol building and the United States Supreme Court building. Approximately 1 million people visit the library each year.

The Library of Congress also works closely with specialized libraries in the executive branch of government that have been designated by Congress as national libraries. These include the National Library of Medicine, the National Agricultural Library, and the National Library of Education.

The collections of the Library of Congress contain more than 120 million items, including more than 18 million books, 12 million photographs, 4.5 million maps, and 2.5 million sound recordings. These collections have an enormous scope, consisting of research materials on most subjects and in more than 450 languages. The library's collections are especially strong in American history, politics, and literature; music; geography; law (especially foreign law); economics; genealogy; U.S. public documents; the history of science; libraries and librarianship; and bibliography in all subjects.

The materials have a wide range of formats, including written manuscripts, maps, musical recordings, microforms, motion pictures, photographs, posters, prints and drawings, radio and television broadcasts, talking books (audio recordings of books, designed for use by the visually impaired), newspapers, technical reports, videotapes and videodiscs, CD-ROMs, and computer programs. The library's collections of books, maps, atlases, newspapers, music, motion pictures, photographs, and microforms are the largest in the world. Especially notable among the library’s collections are its copyright deposits, personal papers, and foreign language collections.

1. What is the status of the Library of Congress?

2. What are the Library’s functions?

3. Does it open its collections to the general public?

4. How often is it visited by readers?

5. The collections of the Library of Congress contain mostly books, do they?

6. When and where was the Library established?

7. Which of the Library’s collections are the largest in the world?