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Содержание You will hear a talk about early development in children. Middle childhood Academic vocabulary in use 2. Read the following text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. The devil you know 3. Complete the following text with the adjectives from the box.

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LISTENING

You will hear a talk about early development in children.


Listen and complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Stage	Social and emotional milestones	Physical milestones	Cognitive and communicative milestones
Infant	• likes to mimic	• can sit and stand without help	• can use basic words and
	• tries to see how parents react to their		(2)_______________
	(1)________________		• uses objects for their
			intended purpose
(3)_________	• is more (4)_______________	• is able to run	• greater understanding of
	• takes turns		language
		• (5)__________things	• uses (6)__________
		• ride a tricycle	in play
Middle childhood	• the (7)____________	• growth is not as (9) _______________	• good reading and writing skills
	___________has a greater	as in earlier stages
	impact on development	• (10) _____________
	• some children appear	and eyes are the
	grown up, others are	same size as in adulthood
	(8)________________

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY IN USE

1. Fill in each gap with one suitable word.
   

Loneliness All around us …(1)… the grids of communication – mobile phones, e-mail and Internet. And all …(2)… us are the merry images of belonging: all those TV soaps based …(3)… communities of work or neighbourhood. These programmes all emphasize the group culture, …(4)… if it is only in a group that we can find our identity. Who do you meet at the gym? Who do you go home to, and plan with and cook with …(5)… quarrel with? We don’t talk …(6)… loneliness. It seems …(7)… have become the last taboo: the thing we fear, the failure we can’t own up …(8)… . There is …(9)… good vocabulary for solitude in a society of compulsive relating, and people who are or want to be …(10)…are pathologised. …(11)… are degrees of loneliness. …(12)… many of us the extreme loneliness of some people is unimaginable. We all need to learn …(13)…to be alone – to withdraw from the crowd, to be …(14)… peace with the self – but this kind of loneliness has …(15)… to do with the solitary anguish that is the fate of so many. It is …(16)… talking about the virtues of eating a little bit …(17)… when people are starving.

2. Read the following text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

The devil you know Whenever the gossip columns feature the …(1)… of some famous couple marriage, they are likely to add that one who has been …(2)… is seeking consolation in a former relationship. According to marriage …(3)… experts, women are more likely than men to take this way out of a broken heart situation, but it makes good …(4)… . Your friends may begin to yawn as you …(5)… out your tales of woe but your ex may be curious to know what went wrong this time. The relationship may not last, but if you long for security, it may be wise to put your …(6) in the devil you know.
	1	A break-off	B break-up	C cut-off	D cut-up
	2	A disgusted	B discharged	C discarded	D disengaged
	3	A assistance	B direction	C guidance	D management
	4	A judgement	B logic	C understanding	D sense
	5	A give	B pour	C send	D throw
	6	A confidence	B hope	C belief	D trust

3. Complete the following text with the adjectives from the box.

Adept discerning heart-rending inevitable life-preserving perverting

Lying

Is it best to come clean and tell the truth or lie through your teeth when you are in the public eye? In order to answer this question, it might be useful to look at the worlds of politics and business, where lies are not in short supply.

There are three basic reasons why politicians and company directors, both of whom are …(1)… at lying, choose not to spill the bean. Firstly, they know the truth will not always come out and any potential damage is therefore not …(2)… . Secondly, they are also well aware that far from being deeply moved by a …(3)… confession of wrongdoing, a …(4)… public is likely to be as unforgiving as a spurned lover. Thirdly, they have realized that the public has a limited attention span, which means that stories go away relatively quickly.

The bottom line for these professionals is that even …(5)… the course of justice is acceptable if it means saving one’s neck. After all, evasion is a …(6)… instinct.