Examination Card № 8

Name, surname _______________________________ Class ______________

Examination Card № 8

I.  Reading

Read the text and decide if the statements (1-10) are true (T) or false (F).

MARIE CURIE

         Marie Curie was one of the most accomplished scientists in history. Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered radium, an element widely used for treating can­cer, and studied uranium and other radioactive substances. Pierre and Marie's amicable collaboration later helped to unlock the secrets of the atom.

         Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, where her father was a professor of phy­sics. At an early age, she displayed a brilliant mind and a blithe personality. Many of her friends would even describe her as easy-going. Her great exuberance¹ for learning prom­pted her to continue with her studies after high school. She became disgruntled, however, when she learned that the university in Warsaw was closed to women. Determined to receive a higher education, she defiantly left Poland and in 1891 entered the Sorbonne, a French university, where she earned her master's degree and doctorate in physics.

         Marie was fortunate to have studied at the Sorbonne with some of the greatest scientists of her day, one of whom was Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre were married in 1895 and spent many productive years working together in the physics laboratory. A short time after they discovered radium, Pierre was killed by a horse-drawn wagon in 1906. Marie was stunned by this horrible misfortune and endured heart-breaking anguish. Despondently she recalled their close relationship and the joy that they had shared in scientific research. The fact that she had two young daughters to raise by herself greatly increased her distress.

         Curie's feeling of desolation finally began to fade when she was asked to succeed her husband as a physics professor at the Sorbonne. She was the first woman to be given a professorship at the world-famous university. In 1911 she received the Nobel Prize in chemistry for isolating radium. Although Marie Curie eventually suffered a fatal illness from her long exposure to radium, she never became disillusioned about her work. Regardless of the consequences, she had dedicated herself to science and to revealing the mysteries of the physical world.

Taken from "Marie Curie" in Testprep.com, 2005

1.       Pierre and Marie Curie helped unlock the secrets to the universe.

2.       The Curies had a poor working relationship.

3.   Marie Curie's father worked as a science professor.

4.   The university in Warsaw only admitted men.

5.       Marie challenged the norms of society by leaving Poland to go to a university in France.

6.   Marie met her future husband, Pierre, in Warsaw.

7.   A long time after the couple discovered radium, Pierre died in an accident.

8.       When Pierre died, Marie had to raise their three children alone.

9.       Marie was asked to find a new professor to replace her husband at the Sorbonne.
10. The Noble prize for physics was awarded to Marie Curie.

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II. USE OF ENGLISH

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

The British Museum is the (11) __, and one of the largest museums in the world. Where else can you (12) __ some of the greatest treasures of all time under one roof? Here you can see at first hand The Elgin Marbles, The Portland Vase, The Lewis Chessmen, The Sutton Hoo Treasure ,to name only a few of the (13) __collections awaiting you. You (14) __ fascinated by the Egiptian Mummies, and (15) __ by the superb exhibition of prints and drawings which changes several times a year. Allow plenty of time for your visit — the British Museum is a vast store house of treasures. Better still, why not (16) __ several times, concentrating on just one exhibit each time? In 1753 an act of Parliament (17) __ the British Museum as the world's first public museum. The Cottonian Library was immediately (18) __ to the collection.

Another major change to the museum (19) __ place when it was decided to remove the British Library to new purpose built premises at St Pancreas. This enormous undertaking begun in the 1970s was not completed until 1998.
       Today, the British Museum is home to no less than six and a half million objects and has ninety-four permanent and temporary exhibition galleries. An Education Department (20) __ a wide range of services for adults and children. Other departments are Coins and Medals, Ancient Egypt and Sudan, Africa, Oceania and the Americas, Greek and Roman Antiquities, Asia, Prehistory and Europe, Prints and Drawings, and Middle Eastern Antiquities.

        If you want to visit the British Museum, you should remember the following information.
        Please, note there are two entrances: the main entrance is at Great Russell Street — this is where the information desk (21) __ and where you may obtain a free floor plan. The other entrance is (22) __the north side of the building in Montague Place.

	A	B	C	D
11	old	older	oldest	eldest
12	see	to see	saw	seeing
13	wonder	wondered	wonderful	wondering
14	be	to be	being	will be
15	inspire	inspired	inspiring	inspires
16	visit	to visit	visited	visiting
17	establish	established	establishing	establishment
18	add	to add	added	adding
19	take	took	taking	taken
20	provide	provides	providing	provision
21	situated	being situated	situates	is situated
22	in	to	on	for

III. WRITING

Your English-speaking friend has asked you about the typical Ukrainian dishes, the type of food you like and your favourite recipe. Write a message of 80 – 120 words.