Examination Card # 5

Name, surname __________________________________ Class ________________

Examination Card № 5

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 That was how Doug and Deborah's sister got to know each other.

B After the ceremony was over; all the guests were invited to a reception in the outdoor garden patio.

C Her parents were worried that they might get caught in peak-hour traffic along the way and decided that it was better to be early than late.

D They bought souvenirs from New York to all their relatives.

E She and her parents had to be in New York to do the final fittings of their dress­es and suits.

F She was a professional dancer and worked for a professional dance company in New York.

Deborah checked in her luggage two hours before the flight was scheduled to depart.
This was in line with standard airline regulations. She had arrived at the airport an
hour ago. (1) __. Thankfully, the roads to the airport were relatively clear.

Deborah and her parents were on their way to new York. Her sister had been work­ing there for the past four years. (2) __. Her job required her to travel all around the United States to perform. It was during one of these trips three years ago that her sister met Doug.

Doug was an American accountant. He had gone with a friend to watch the dance performance. His friend was also an acquaintance of one of the other dancers in the company. (3) __.  Now, the two of them were getting married next month. That was why Deborah and her parents were going to New York.

Deborah was going to be one of the flower girls at her sister's wedding. (4) __.  They also had to be present for the wedding rehearsal. While they were there, they took the opportunity to do some sightseeing in New York. This was their first visit there. Debo­rah visited Times Square with all its bright lights and the majestic Statue of Liberty. She bought souvenirs for a few of her friends back in Australia.

Finally, the big day arrived. Everyone was giddy with excitement. Deborah's sister
was a nervous wreck. She was worried that she might forget something or that some­
thing might go wrong. They had to keep reassuring her that everything was fine. In the
end, the wedding ceremony proceeded without a hitch. It was a beautiful and touching
ceremony. (5) __. It was a splendid day and the food was delicious.

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).

Two thousand years (6) __ the Romans tried to turn this desert into an oasis, a place full of rivers and lakes and canals. The Romans wanted to build big white temples and big houses under the hot sun, they wanted to turn this desert into a new paradise, full of trees and flowers and fields. They planned to (7) __ their ships across the desert. But they failed. The water in the aqueducts dried up. There is nothing (8) __of the Roman canals.

In 1777 a Portuguese (9) __ called Emanuel de Melo Pimento came to this desert with a plan to turn it into an oasis. At that time in history, everybody was very excited by new (10) __in science and technology and engineering. Emanuel de Melo Pimento was a man of his times, one of the new scientist-philosopher-engineers who believed that all the problems of people in the world could be (11) __by science and philosophy. He wanted to build a (12) __ new city here, he wanted to build a completely new country. He wanted to call it «Pimentia», named after himself, of (13) __.

         Emanuel de Melo Pimento had (14) __ money because many rich people in Portugal and Spain gave him money to go around the world and explore. Those rich people invested in Emanuel de Melo Pimento's (15) __ of exploration and discovery. Emanuel de Melo Pimento took their money and used it not to try and change the surface of the land, like the Romans, but to change what is under the surface of the desert. Emanuel de Melo Pimento wanted to dig canals under the desert, to make big (16) __ rivers where the water would not dry up under the heat of the sun. He failed, of course. But some of his plans still (17) __. They are very beautiful works of art.

         But none of his plans was ever completed — they needed too much money, more money than even the rich people in Portugal and Spain gave to Emanuel de Melo Pimento. Instead, Emanuel de Melo Pimento spent all the money on building beautiful buildings where he could live and dream of his new city.

	A	B	C	D
6	after	before	ago	since
7	ride	drive	push	sail
8	left	stayed	stand	kept
9	adventure	travelling	tourist	explorer
10	developing	ventures	discoveries	devices
11	solved	fixed	made	created
12	completely	quiet	finally	entire
13	certain	sure	right	course
14	many	a lot of	few	crowds of
15	excursions	tours	journeys	visits
16	soil	ground	overground	underground
17	. survive	carry on	alive	perish

III. WRITING

You have invited your English- speaking friend to spend Christmas holidays/New Year with you in Ukraine. Write an email of 80 – 120 words including the following points:

• Weather in December and January;

• Ukrainian Christmas/New Year traditions.