Head of the department H. U. Yusupova Variant 1 Task Read the text, put the verbs in brackets in correct form. London Marathon Runners

Head of the department ____________H.U.Yusupova

Variant 1
Task 1. Read the text, put the verbs in brackets in correct form.
London Marathon Runners
Emmanuel Mutai and Mary Keitany (to complete) a Kenyan double as they (to win) the men's and women's races at the 201 London Marathon.Mutai ( to race) to a London record of two hours four minutes and 39 seconds, while Keitany (to win) in 2:19.19, the fourth fastest women's marathon ever.Russian defending champion Liliya Shobukhova (to be) the women's runner-up. Mutai (to tell) BBC Sport: "My dreams (to have) come true, the day (to have) come for me. My aim (to be) just to win the race, I (to be) not focusing on the time."I'm happy with the result, since I (to come) to run in London, I (to be) fourth twice and second once. It's a fantastic achievement for me personally."Ethopian Aberu Kebede, last year's winner of the men's race, (to can) only manage a ninth placed finish.Great Britain's Jo Pavey (to come) through in a time of 2:28.24, the seventh fastest time by a British female athlete and inside the British Olympic qualifying time.Team-mate Louise Damen, the second British athlete across the line, (to be) also inside the qualifying time in 2:30.00.
True or false:
1. Emmanuel Mutai broke the record for the fastest running time for the London marathon.
2. The female winner finished the race before the male winner.
3. The female runner up is extremely disappointed that she didn't win.
4. The winner of last year's London Marathon came within the top five.
5. Two female British athletes have qualified for the Olympics.
Write about your last holiday
Head of the department ____________H.U.Yusupova

Variant 2
Task 1. Read the text, put the verbs in brackets in correct form.
Black Friday
Ever since 1932, Black Friday (to signal) the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the United States. This shopping extravaganza (to follow) Thanksgiving, on the fourth Thursday of November, and (to come) just before ‘Cyber Monday’.Use of the name ‘Black Friday’ (to be) first (to record) as coming from Philadelphia, where it (to use) to describe heavy, disruptive vehicle and pedestrian traffic the day after Thanksgiving. Apparently, loads of people would go into town on the Friday after Turkey Day, before the yearly Army/Navy football game on Saturday; stores would take advantage of all the extra business by promoting big sales.As ‘Black Friday’ (to become) more popular in the early eighties, one “explanation” for the event (to become) that this day (to represent) the point in the year when retailers (to begin) to make a profit, going from being "in the red" (meaning to be in debt) to "in the black" (meaning to be free of debt).Black Friday (to be) not an official holiday in the United States, but in some states government employees (to give) the day off. Schools and non-retail employees (to be) normally given Thanksgiving Thursday and Black Friday as public holidays. Most major retailers offer promotional sales with big discounts, and (to have) been the busiest shopping day every year since 2005. In 2014, sales revenues for Black Friday (to reach) a whopping $11.6 billion, falling slightly to $10.4 in 2015. In 2013, overall spending from Thanksgiving Thursday up to Cyber Monday topped $56 billion!

True or false:

1. 
   Black Friday signals the start of the Easter season.
   
2. 
   Black Friday comes before Thanksgiving.
   
3. 
   The term 'Black Friday' was first recorded in Philadelphia.
   
4. 
   To be 'in the red' means that you owe people money or are in debt.
   
5. 
   In 2014, sales revenues for Black Friday reached more than $12 billion.