Examination Card #2

Name, surname ______________________________ Class ________________

Examination Card № 2

I.  Reading

Read the text and choose from the sentences (A-F) the one which fits each gap (1-5). There is one sentence that you don't need.

A He was even able to calculate the diameter of the globe.

B Some other people worked in the shipyards or in small factories.

C Among the great philosophers of the ancient world were Socrates, Plato and Ar­istotle.

D Ancient Greece has gone down as one of the greatest civilizations in history.

E These slaves were people who had been captured in foreign lands and were brought over to Greece.

F Greeks loved their country.

         1. __. Ancient Greece was the first civilization to make a systematic study on sub­jects like geometry, medicine and philosophy.        Life then in Athens and other Greek cities was good. The citizens were free to say-, and do as they liked. Most of the people were farmers who grew crops like barley, wheat, grapes and olives. Some of them also reared sheep and goats on their farms. Other people were craftsmen producing metal work, pottery, tiles or woolen textiles.

         2.__. The typical rich man lived in a huge stone mansion with a courtyard. The
women normally looked after the household.  Usually, these families had dozens of
slaves to do the household chores. Contrary to the freedom which the Greeks had, the

slaves had absolutely no rights whatsoever. 3. ___.  With the slaves doing all the work, the rich Greek citizens had plenty of time on their hands for leisure activities. These citizens were encouraged to take part in politics. In fact, democracy had its roots in Greece. Due to the encouragement of the governing bodies, many Greek men in the cities took an active role in the political scene. Most of these people were later hailed as the great thinkers, writers or artists of the modern world. They made great contributions not only in the sciences but in the arts as well.

Using mathematical theories, Eratosthenes was among the first to declare that the Earth was round.  4. __. Other Greek mathematicians like Pythagoras and Archimedes also made priceless contributions to the foundation of modern arithmetic and geometry.

The father of modern medicine was a Greek named Hippocrates. He was not only the founder of scientific medicine but he was also a physician and surgeon.

5. __. They tried to understand abstract ideas such as goodness, knowledge, plea­
sure and the soul. Some of such ideas are not fully understood even to this day.

1	2	3	4	5

II. USE OF ENGLISH

              Read the text below. For questions (6—17) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

DAVID BECKHAM

David Beckham is an English footballer who has (6) ___ for Manchester United and Real Madrid, (7) ___ representing his country 100 times. He moved to Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007 to increase the profile of football in America. He married «Spice Girl» Victoria Beckham and has become a worldwide (8) ___, an advertising brand and a fashion icon.

Beckham was (9) ___ in London in 1975. His parents were fanatical Manchester United. (10) ___ His talent was obvious from an early (11) ___and he signed with Manchester United on his fourteenth birthday. He helped the youth (12) ___ to win several trophies and made his first team debut in 1995. He helped his team to (13) ___ considerable success in his eleven seasons with them.

Beckham has been runner-up twice as world football's best player. He (14) ___ many trophies with Manchester United, including the Champions League, and won a league title with Real Madrid. He also captained his club and country. He was famously sent off in a match against Argentina in the1998 World Cup. In 2003, Beckham (15) ___ an honour for services to football from Britain's Queen.

Beckham has many interests off the soccer pitch and is rarely (16) ___ of the headlines, especially concerning his marriage and children. He has established football academies in Los Angeles and London. In 2006 he was (17) ___ a judge for the British Book Awards. He lives near Tom Cruise and the two are best friends. Beckham is also a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.

	A	B	C	D
6	stayed	played	won	lost
7	as well as	in order to	as soon as	hardly ever
8	fame	celebrated	outstanding	celebrity
9	born	come	birthday	bear
10	devoted	sponsors	supporters	enthusiastic
11	epoch	era	age	period
12	team	class	game	band
13	took	ran	achieve	realise
14	came first	prevailed	lost	won
15	collected	granted	gave	received
16	on	at	out	in
17	named	labelled	fold	identified

        

III. WRITING

Write an email (80–120 words) to your English-speaking friend saying that you would like to go on holiday with him / her and say which town in Ukraine you recommend to visit and why.