Английский язык для студентов технического вуза: Средства массовой информации. Ковалева Ю.Ю - 73 стр.

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Yesterday was my father’s birthday. My mother asked me to help her with the
preparations. When I returned home from school, first of all I decided to watch TV.
I jumped onto the couch, took a 1_____ (this device helps me to change channels
without standing up) and was prepared to watch something. But a horrible thing
happened, the electricity went off. So all 2______ outlets didn't work. We have a 3
_____ in the house because it is very convenient, you can speak from any place
in your flat, but it doesn't work when there is no electricity. So my mother had to
call on my 4______. She wanted to make sure that everything would be ready for
the party. I didn't want to disappoint her and started to work. I couldn't use a
5______ to clean the carpet, so I had to take a brush and do it with hands. Mum
told me to put what she had prepared into a 6_____ to heat. Fortunately we had
our good old 7______, in other way everybody could remain hungry! After the
party I washed all the dishes without the help of the 8_____ but again with my
own hands! In the morning I woke up early because of the terrible noise. At first I
couldn't make out what it was but when I looked out of the window I saw our
neighbour cutting the grass with his 9______. So today everything was in order
with the electricity. I rushed to my 10_____ to check 11______ messages and
surf the 12_____. I would like to visit some 13_____there and play an 14______
game. After that I looked through the TV program and saw that there were two
films on different channels I wanted to see, so I had to set my 15_______ in order
to have the possibility to watch one of the films later. All of a sudden I understood
that these 16______ have changed our lives and now we can't do without them.
15 Choose the correct ending (A F) for the sentences (1 6)
1 We can’t use the video recorder today. It isn’t
2 Could you have a look at the video? I think there’s something
3 I’m worried about this washing machine. It’s making
4 You can’t use that phone. It’s
5 I’m sick and tired of this old car. It keeps
6 I’ve fixed the washing machine. It’s as
A breaking down.
B wrong with it
C out of order.
D good as new.
E working properly.
F a funny noise.