2. Read the text and decide if the following statements are true, false or not stated (5points).

Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio in the United States. He started school at the age of eight but he hated it because on his first day the teacher called him stupid. After that he stayed at home a lot of time and had lessons from his mother. He also read a lot of science books at home. He went back to school but he never liked it very much. He left school forever at the age of twelve and got a job. He began inventing things at the age of nineteen. In 1877 he invented the photograph, a sort of very early CD player! Two years later, he made the world's first clectric light bulb and New York became the first city to have electric lights.
1)Thomas Edison didn't go to school because he was ill.
2) His mother gave him lessons at home.
3) Besides science Edison was very interested in literature.
4) He was the inventor of many things which people use now.
5) He invented the photograph, when he was 30 years old.

At last the winter holidays came! i was very happy!     i didn't have   to get up early in the morning and run to school. i could stay in the bed till midday. but i didn't want to sleep. there were a lot of things to do. the weather was fine so my friends and i went to the skating- rink almost every day. it was fun! then i spent a week in the country where my grandfather and grandmother lived. it was great. i drank milk and eat a lot of tasty food which my granny prepared for me. i have many friends in this village because i go there every holidays. we went to the forest to ski, we made snowmen and played snowballs. we even played hockey! but the winter holidays were over and i returned to the city again.  i liked my holidays very much.   наконец наступили зимние каникулы! я был счастлив!   я не должен был вставать рано утром и бежать в школу. я мог   оставаться в постели до полудня. но я не хотел спать. было так много дел. погода была хорошая, так что мои друзья и я ходили на каток почти каждый день. это было весело! затем я провел неделю в деревне, где   живут  мои дедушка и бабушка  . это было здорово. я пил молоко и ел много вкусной пищи, которую моя бабушка готовила для меня. у меня много друзей в этой деревне, потому что я езжу туда каждые каникулы. мы ходили в лес кататься на лыжах, мы делали снеговиков и играли в снежки. мы даже играли в хоккей! но зимние каникулы закончились, и я вернулся в город снова. мне понравились мои каникулы.

1: 30-half past one

36: 00-3 o'clock

7: 15-quarter past seven

12: 45-quarter to 13

9: 15-quarter past 9

a)i haven't been to the cinema much lately (за последнее время)  because my friends always arrive late  (поздно)and we miss the beginning of the films.

b)i could  hardly (едва ли) do any of the maths test but i tried really hard (усердно)