Examination Card # 7

Name, surname ____________________________ Class ________________

Examination Card № 7

I.  Reading

Read the text and decide if the statements (1-5) are true (T) or false (F).

HARRY PORTER

       Harry is famous in the wizarding world for his encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort, one of the most powerful sorcerers of all time and the primary antagonist villain in the series, when he was just a year old. Voldemort mysteriously lost his powers in the encounter and was severely crippled, although he survived.

         James and Lily Potter were killed in this incident in 1981 while protecting baby Harry from Voldemort's attack. James died first, and Lily's dying act - sacrificing herself to save her infant son - placed Harry under a spell of love and protection, Subsequently, Harry survived the Avada Kedavra or 'killing curse' which was cast against him by Voldemort. Due to a spell of love and protection attributed to Harry after his mother's act of sacrifice, Voldemort's attempt to kill Harry backfired; resulting in the loss of his po­wers, as well as exile and eventual decline from a position of power and fear in the wizard-ing world. This event led to Harry being heralded as a celebrity - "The boy who lived"; due to him being the only person to ever survive the Avada Kedavra curse - a lightning shaped scar being the sole remnant of the incident.

         Despite the fact that Harry survived Voldemort's attempted murder, he still has no recollection as to why Voldemort lost his powers. In "Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets", Harry confirms this fact when he questions Voldemort.

         After the death of his parents, Harry was left with the only family he had left - his mother's sister and her husband Petunia and Vernon Dursley in a small town in Surrey, England, called Little Whinging. They neglected him in favour of their own son and in their attempt to remove all traces of his magical self to make him 'normal', kept him fully isolated from the wizarding world.

1. James and Lily Potter couldn't help their son to survive 'killing curse" which was cast on him by Voldemort.

2 .Voldemort lost his powers because of Harry's mother placed her son under a spell of love and protection.

3. Harry had a lightning shaped scar, the reminder of the Avada Kedavra curse survival.

4. Harry Potter lived a happy life at his mother's sister.

5. His aunt and uncle wanted Harry to keep away from the wizarding world.

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).

In 2005 the Rolling Stones released an album (6) __«A Bigger Bang». Many critics, as usual, chose it as their favourite of the year. This isn't very (7) __ , but if you think that «A Bigger Bang» was their 25^th album now the Rolling Stones have been around (8) __ more than 40 years, and that singer Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards and the other musicians are all well into their 60s, and are (9) __ grandfathers, it starts to look a bit strange. The idea of my grandfather standing on a stage in front of thousands of people singing «I Can't Get No Satisfaction» is just embarrassing. Can you imagine your grandfather doing this?

But the Rolling Stones are not an exception. (10) __ year, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney (11) __ released a new record. He worked with the producer of the band Radiohead to (12) __ himself a more modern sound. His record had limited success, but again thousands of people came out to (13) __ the man when he played live concerts. Many young people still listen to Madonna, as well. She is regarded as being an exciting contemporary artist, even though she has now been making records for more (14) __ 20 years and is in her 50s. It used to be said that pop music was an art form created by and for young people, but now it has grown (15) __. Now pop and rock music have been around for 50 years, people who started listening to it when they were young are now old. Why should their tastes change?

       Of course, boy bands — groups of singing and dancing young people who are often not much older than the people who buy or download their songs — still continue to be hugely popular all (16) __the world. However, it is very difficult to imagine a group like Blue still going in forty years' time. And while older readers might remember the Backstreet Boys, or even Take That — how significant has their contribution to popular music really been? And can anyone already even (17) __ McFly? Will anybody still be listening to Blue or Britney Spears when they're in their sixties?

	A	B	C	D
6	name	called	termed	identity
7	surprising	ordinary	predicted	disbelief
8	for	since	until	before
9	each	every	entire	all
10	First	Next	Last	After
11	too	also	and	besides
12	give	take	get	bring
13	look	notice	imagine	see
14	that	than	then	them
15	out	about	up	down
16	above	under	beyond	over
17	remember	consider	keep in mind	summon up

III. WRITING

You have decided to send a postcard of 80–120 words to your English- speaking friend with the sights of your hometown on it. Include the following information:

• name the sights in the pictures;              • write where they are and why they are famous;

• invite your friend to come and visit them one day.