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Read the text. Choose one of the variants A, B or C. 

For company and conversation the English go to the pub. In the cafes you can only coffee, tea and soft drinks. You go to a cafe for a meal or for a quick cup of tea, but to sit and watch the world go by. When you want to rest after a day's work, you go to the public house. 

Most pubs have a piano and on Saturday night the customers often sit round it and sing. The people who want to sing ask one of the customers to play the piano. They buy drinks for the pianist, that is the custom. When he stops he becomes an ordinary customer again. 

The pub is the place where you meet people. You get to know other "regulars", and you talk. You talk about the weather or how the English cricket players are doing in the match against Australia, about football or Parliament. But the regulars who meet there almost every night for years never go into each other's homes. 

On Saturday people usually stay in the pub till closing time. In England the opening hours are fixed by law. Pubs open at ten in the morning and close at two o'clock. Then they open again at six and stay open until ten-thirty. At Easter, or Christmas, or the New Year, the landlord may ask the authorities to keep open longer. 

1 . Pubs differ from cafes by...

Read the text. Choose one of the variants A, B or C. 

For company and conversation the English go to the pub. In the cafes you can only coffee, tea and soft drinks. You go to a cafe for a meal or for a quick cup of tea, but to sit and watch the world go by. When you want to rest after a day's work, you go to the public house. 

Most pubs have a piano and on Saturday night the customers often sit round it and sing. The people who want to sing ask one of the customers to play the piano. They buy drinks for the pianist, that is the custom. When he stops he becomes an ordinary customer again. 

The pub is the place where you meet people. You get to know other "regulars", and you talk. You talk about the weather or how the English cricket players are doing in the match against Australia, about football or Parliament. But the regulars who meet there almost every night for years never go into each other's homes. 

On Saturday people usually stay in the pub till closing time. In England the opening hours are fixed by law. Pubs open at ten in the morning and close at two o'clock. Then they open again at six and stay open until ten-thirty. At Easter, or Christmas, or the New Year, the landlord may ask the authorities to keep open longer. 

2.In most pubs plays the piano.

Read the text. Choose one of the variants A, B or C. 

For company and conversation the English go to the pub. In the cafes you can only coffee, tea and soft drinks. You go to a cafe for a meal or for a quick cup of tea, but to sit and watch the world go by. When you want to rest after a day's work, you go to the public house. 

Most pubs have a piano and on Saturday night the customers often sit round it and sing. The people who want to sing ask one of the customers to play the piano. They buy drinks for the pianist, that is the custom. When he stops he becomes an ordinary customer again. 

The pub is the place where you meet people. You get to know other "regulars", and you talk. You talk about the weather or how the English cricket players are doing in the match against Australia, about football or Parliament. But the regulars who meet there almost every night for years never go into each other's homes. 

On Saturday people usually stay in the pub till closing time. In England the opening hours are fixed by law. Pubs open at ten in the morning and close at two o'clock. Then they open again at six and stay open until ten-thirty. At Easter, or Christmas, or the New Year, the landlord may ask the authorities to keep open longer. 

3.In the pub customers... 

Read the text. Choose one of the variants A, B or C. 

For company and conversation the English go to the pub. In the cafes you can only coffee, tea and soft drinks. You go to a cafe for a meal or for a quick cup of tea, but to sit and watch the world go by. When you want to rest after a day's work, you go to the public house. 

Most pubs have a piano and on Saturday night the customers often sit round it and sing. The people who want to sing ask one of the customers to play the piano. They buy drinks for the pianist, that is the custom. When he stops he becomes an ordinary customer again. 

The pub is the place where you meet people. You get to know other "regulars", and you talk. You talk about the weather or how the English cricket players are doing in the match against Australia, about football or Parliament. But the regulars who meet there almost every night for years never go into each other's homes. 

On Saturday people usually stay in the pub till closing time. In England the opening hours are fixed by law. Pubs open at ten in the morning and close at two o'clock. Then they open again at six and stay open until ten-thirty. At Easter, or Christmas, or the New Year, the landlord may ask the authorities to keep open longer. 

4.The regulars of the pubs...

Read the text. Choose one of the variants A, B or C. 

For company and conversation the English go to the pub. In the cafes you can only coffee, tea and soft drinks. You go to a cafe for a meal or for a quick cup of tea, but to sit and watch the world go by. When you want to rest after a day's work, you go to the public house. 

Most pubs have a piano and on Saturday night the customers often sit round it and sing. The people who want to sing ask one of the customers to play the piano. They buy drinks for the pianist, that is the custom. When he stops he becomes an ordinary customer again. 

The pub is the place where you meet people. You get to know other "regulars", and you talk. You talk about the weather or how the English cricket players are doing in the match against Australia, about football or Parliament. But the regulars who meet there almost every night for years never go into each other's homes. 

On Saturday people usually stay in the pub till closing time. In England the opening hours are fixed by law. Pubs open at ten in the morning and close at two o'clock. Then they open again at six and stay open until ten-thirty. At Easter, or Christmas, or the New Year, the landlord may ask the authorities to keep open longer. 

5.Pubs are... 

Task 2

Read the text and decide if the sentences are T (true) or F (false). 

If you look at the map of Scotland you will find that there are many lakes in the country. The Scots call them "locks". And the most famous of them is Loch Ness. According to the scientists it is 25,000 years old. 

Loch Ness is a mysterious lake. For many years there have been reports of agunusual and great creature. People tell many stories about a water monster which lives in the lake. They call it Nessie. People, who said they had seen Nessie, described it as a strange creature which had a giraffe-like neck, a very small head and a great dark grey body. 

The stories of this mysterious creature, called the "Loch Ness Monster" have filled the people with excitement and curiosity. Many visitors and newspaper reporters have tried to photograph the monster. Not only newspaper reporters and curious visitors take a great interest in the Loch Ness Monster. Scientists do not like mysteries, they want facts. Expeditions of British, American and Canadian scientists took more than 100,000 underwater photographs in Loch Ness, but they didn't help find out whether the monster really exists. 

A lot is said and written about the monster. There even exists the Nessie Museum. For some people Nessie is good business: T-shirts with "Nessie" on them, books about the monster and all kinds of picture postcards and souvenirs are sold to thousands of visitors every year. Is the monster a fact or fiction? The mystery of Loch Ness remains a mystery. 

1.The mysterious lake is known for its strange creature. 

Read the text and decide if the sentences are T (true) or F (false). 

If you look at the map of Scotland you will find that there are many lakes in the country. The Scots call them "locks". And the most famous of them is Loch Ness. According to the scientists it is 25,000 years old. 

Loch Ness is a mysterious lake. For many years there have been reports of agunusual and great creature. People tell many stories about a water monster which lives in the lake. They call it Nessie. People, who said they had seen Nessie, described it as a strange creature which had a giraffe-like neck, a very small head and a great dark grey body. 

The stories of this mysterious creature, called the "Loch Ness Monster" have filled the people with excitement and curiosity. Many visitors and newspaper reporters have tried to photograph the monster. Not only newspaper reporters and curious visitors take a great interest in the Loch Ness Monster. Scientists do not like mysteries, they want facts. Expeditions of British, American and Canadian scientists took more than 100,000 underwater photographs in Loch Ness, but they didn't help find out whether the monster really exists. 

A lot is said and written about the monster. There even exists the Nessie Museum. For some people Nessie is good business: T-shirts with "Nessie" on them, books about the monster and all kinds of picture postcards and souvenirs are sold to thousands of visitors every year. Is the monster a fact or fiction? The mystery of Loch Ness remains a mystery. 

2.People are not interested in telling stories about Loch Ness Monster. 

Read the text and decide if the sentences are T (true) or F (false). 

If you look at the map of Scotland you will find that there are many lakes in the country. The Scots call them "locks". And the most famous of them is Loch Ness. According to the scientists it is 25,000 years old. 

Loch Ness is a mysterious lake. For many years there have been reports of agunusual and great creature. People tell many stories about a water monster which lives in the lake. They call it Nessie. People, who said they had seen Nessie, described it as a strange creature which had a giraffe-like neck, a very small head and a great dark grey body. 

The stories of this mysterious creature, called the "Loch Ness Monster" have filled the people with excitement and curiosity. Many visitors and newspaper reporters have tried to photograph the monster. Not only newspaper reporters and curious visitors take a great interest in the Loch Ness Monster. Scientists do not like mysteries, they want facts. Expeditions of British, American and Canadian scientists took more than 100,000 underwater photographs in Loch Ness, but they didn't help find out whether the monster really exists. 

A lot is said and written about the monster. There even exists the Nessie Museum. For some people Nessie is good business: T-shirts with "Nessie" on them, books about the monster and all kinds of picture postcards and souvenirs are sold to thousands of visitors every year. Is the monster a fact or fiction? The mystery of Loch Ness remains a mystery. 

3.People describe the creature as a monster having a giraffe-like neck and a great dark green body. 

Read the text and decide if the sentences are T (true) or F (false). 

If you look at the map of Scotland you will find that there are many lakes in the country. The Scots call them "locks". And the most famous of them is Loch Ness. According to the scientists it is 25,000 years old. 

Loch Ness is a mysterious lake. For many years there have been reports of agunusual and great creature. People tell many stories about a water monster which lives in the lake. They call it Nessie. People, who said they had seen Nessie, described it as a strange creature which had a giraffe-like neck, a very small head and a great dark grey body. 

The stories of this mysterious creature, called the "Loch Ness Monster" have filled the people with excitement and curiosity. Many visitors and newspaper reporters have tried to photograph the monster. Not only newspaper reporters and curious visitors take a great interest in the Loch Ness Monster. Scientists do not like mysteries, they want facts. Expeditions of British, American and Canadian scientists took more than 100,000 underwater photographs in Loch Ness, but they didn't help find out whether the monster really exists. 

A lot is said and written about the monster. There even exists the Nessie Museum. For some people Nessie is good business: T-shirts with "Nessie" on them, books about the monster and all kinds of picture postcards and souvenirs are sold to thousands of visitors every year. Is the monster a fact or fiction? The mystery of Loch Ness remains a mystery. 

4.Many tourists come to Scotland because they want to see Loch Ness Monster. 

Read the text and decide if the sentences are T (true) or F (false). 

If you look at the map of Scotland you will find that there are many lakes in the country. The Scots call them "locks". And the most famous of them is Loch Ness. According to the scientists it is 25,000 years old. 

Loch Ness is a mysterious lake. For many years there have been reports of agunusual and great creature. People tell many stories about a water monster which lives in the lake. They call it Nessie. People, who said they had seen Nessie, described it as a strange creature which had a giraffe-like neck, a very small head and a great dark grey body. 

The stories of this mysterious creature, called the "Loch Ness Monster" have filled the people with excitement and curiosity. Many visitors and newspaper reporters have tried to photograph the monster. Not only newspaper reporters and curious visitors take a great interest in the Loch Ness Monster. Scientists do not like mysteries, they want facts. Expeditions of British, American and Canadian scientists took more than 100,000 underwater photographs in Loch Ness, but they didn't help find out whether the monster really exists. 

A lot is said and written about the monster. There even exists the Nessie Museum. For some people Nessie is good business: T-shirts with "Nessie" on them, books about the monster and all kinds of picture postcards and souvenirs are sold to thousands of visitors every year. Is the monster a fact or fiction? The mystery of Loch Ness remains a mystery. 

5.Scientific expeditions proved that the monster really exists. 

Read the text and decide if the sentences are T (true) or F (false). 

If you look at the map of Scotland you will find that there are many lakes in the country. The Scots call them "locks". And the most famous of them is Loch Ness. According to the scientists it is 25,000 years old. 

Loch Ness is a mysterious lake. For many years there have been reports of agunusual and great creature. People tell many stories about a water monster which lives in the lake. They call it Nessie. People, who said they had seen Nessie, described it as a strange creature which had a giraffe-like neck, a very small head and a great dark grey body. 

The stories of this mysterious creature, called the "Loch Ness Monster" have filled the people with excitement and curiosity. Many visitors and newspaper reporters have tried to photograph the monster. Not only newspaper reporters and curious visitors take a great interest in the Loch Ness Monster. Scientists do not like mysteries, they want facts. Expeditions of British, American and Canadian scientists took more than 100,000 underwater photographs in Loch Ness, but they didn't help find out whether the monster really exists. 

A lot is said and written about the monster. There even exists the Nessie Museum. For some people Nessie is good business: T-shirts with "Nessie" on them, books about the monster and all kinds of picture postcards and souvenirs are sold to thousands of visitors every year. Is the monster a fact or fiction? The mystery of Loch Ness remains a mystery. 

6.Some people make money on Nessie.