1.Complete the sentences with the correct words derived from the words in brackets.

Example: There’s no more 0 ___________ (home) to do. homework

The Big Day Arrives

At last it’s here: tomorrow is Exam Day. There’s no more 0 ____________ (home) to do, you have done lots of 1 ________________ (revise) and you’ve had plenty of

2 _______________ (use) practice with past papers. You’ve finished the course. So what should you do now? Probably the least 3 _______________ (advice) course of action would be to carry on 4 ________________ (study) late into the night, trying 5 _________________ (desperate) to learn things you should have learned long ago and waking in the morning with an awful 6 _________________ (head). A far better idea is to practise, as a singer or a

7 __________________ (music) does, what you already know. In order not to feel

8 _________________ (sleep) the next day, go to bed early and get up at your usual time. You may be a little bit 9 ________________ (nerve), but that is probably just a sign of your 10 _______________ (determine) to do well in the exam.

2.Guess who these quotations belong to.

1. All the world’s a stage.

2. England is a nation of shopkeepers!

3. If the British can survive their meals, they can survive anything.

4. Coffee in England always tastes like a chemistry experiment.

5. There is in the Englishman a combination of qualities, a modesty, an independence, a responsibility... .

1. Napoleon Bonaparte

2. George Bernard Shaw

3. William Shakespeare

4. Agatha Christie

5. Charles Dickens

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3. Match the English and Russian idioms.
1.	to be under smb’s thumb	a)	ради бога
2.	to be a thorn in smb’s side	b)	брать голыми руками
3.	let it be so	c)	как бы то ни было
4.	nothing to speak of	d)	под башмаком
5.	for goodness’ sake	e)	не бог весть что
6.	to win hands down	f)	была не была!
7.	to touch smb’s heart	g)	взять себя в руки
8.	to pull oneself together	h)	бог с тобой
9.	come hell or high water!	I)	брать за душу
10. be that as it may		j)	бельмо на глазу

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