I. Раскройте скобки, поставив глагол в Present Perfect.
1. Excuse me, you (take) my seat.
2. She is afraid of flying because she (not / travel) by plane before.
3. (you / see ) Jack since our last visit to the cinema?
4. How long (he / be) ill?

II. Раскройте скобки, поставив глагол в Present Perfect или в Past Simple. Переведите предложения.
1. I know that she (not / speak) to him for more than a month.
2. This is the most expensive hotel (I / ever / stay) at.
3. (they / tell) you all the news yesterday?
4. Rick and Sandra (live) in Japan from 2008 to 2012.
5. (you /ever meet) any celebrities?
6. He (not / have) enough spare time when he worked in a bank.

III. Составьте и запишите предложения в Present Perfect или в Past Simple. Переведите предложения.
1. yet / finished / has / the match / not.
2. did / five years / not / ago / have / she / so many friends.
3. all the games / win / last season / your team / did?
4. in this company / how long / she / worked / has?
5. was / when he was a child / he / afraid of / dogs.
6. never / before / it / so cold / been / has / here.

IV. Поставьте вместо пропусков have / has или did.
1. … you work last Saturday?
2. How long … you had your computer?
3. It … never occurred to me.
4. They … not call me yesterday.

V. Выберите подходящее слово из скобок.
1. How long have you been at home? – I think I’ve been here … 5 o'clock, … about half an hour or so. I arrived about half an hour … . (ago / since / for)
2. Has he done the work …? – Certainly not! I have … told you twice that he has … started doing it! (just / already / yet)

VI. Выберите подходящее слово из скобок.
1. There’s … work to do, so we don’t have … time to spare. (little / much / a few)
2. He has always demanded … attention but has received very … . (few / little / a lot of)
3. I was tired and hungry but fortunately I had … money left so I bought … snacks. (many /a few / a little)


VII. Прочитайте текст. Определите, верны (True) или не верны (False) следующие утверждения.

1. Joseph Pulitzer came from the mid-west of the USA.
2. Pulitzer was an uncompromising journalist.
3. Besides writing for newspapers Joseph Pulitzer was the boss of some of them.
4. The text tells us that Joseph was the richest man in New York.
5. Pulitzer was often threatened with lawsuits.
6. The sum of money used for the award is $500.
7. The prizes are given in several categories.
8. The prizes are administered by the New York World.

VIII. Выполните письменный перевод абзаца 2.

JOSEPH PULITZER

1. Newspaper editor and publisher Joseph Pulitzer helped set the pattern of the modern newspaper. In his time, he was one of the most powerful U.S. journalists.
2. Joseph Pulitzer was born in 1847 in Hungary. He came from a large family, but only he and his brother Albert survived to adulthood. He emigrated to the United States when he was seventeen years old. He spent his career in journalism working in the mid-west and New York. From 1871 he was also the owner or part-owner of many newspapers. His most famous newspaper was the New York World. The motto Pulitzer displayed in his newsroom was “Accuracy! Terseness! Accuracy!” He believed in reporting the facts and nothing but the facts in his papers and spent his life fighting corrupt government, social evils, and most of all, the extremely wealthy. He exposed many scandals. He never backed down from the truth despite both physical and legal threats from those he exposed. He was a rich man; he paid his employees well and was a generous person.
3. In later life, Joseph Pulitzer collapsed from overwork, and lost his eyesight. He became dedicated to improving the quality of journalism in America, and donated $1 million to Columbia University to found a school of journalism. However, his most significant contribution was the establishment of the Pulitzer prizes in his will.
4. These prizes for excellence in journalism have been given every year since 1917 by Columbia University. Since 1942 there have been extra categories for press photography, and later still for criticism, feature writing and commentary. The prize was originally for $500, but today the winners of the prize receive a gold medal. However, the real value of the prize is that it confirms that the journalist who has received the award is the best American journalist of the year – a fact that is worth much more than $500 to the journalist and to the newspaper that employs him or her.