Examination Card № 13

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Examination Card № 13

I.  Reading

Read the text. For questions (1-5), choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

THE STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA

         The Statue of Zeus at Olympia is one of the classical Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

         That was the statue of god in whose honour the Ancient Olympic Games were held. It was located on the land that gave its very name to the Olympics. The ancient Greek calen­dar started in 776 BC, for the Olympic Games started that year. The Temple of Zeus was designed by the architect Libon and was built around 450 BC. Under the growing power of Ancient Greece, the simple temple seemed too dull and modifications were needed. The solution: a majestic statue. The Athenian sculptor Pheidias was assigned for the 'sacred' task.

         The seated statue occupied the whole width of the temple where it was housed and was 40 feet (12 metres) tall. Zeus was a sculpture, made of ivory and accented with gold plat­ing. He was seated on a magnificent throne of cedar wood, inlaid with ivory, gold, ebony, and precious stones. In Zeus' right hand there was a small statue of Nike, the goddess of victory, and in his left hand, a shining sceptre on which an eagle perched.

         The circumstances of its eventual destruction are a source of debate: some scholars argue that it perished with the temple in the 5^th century AD, others argue that it was car­ried to Constantinople, where it was destroyed by a severe fire.

         Today nothing remains at the site of the old temple except rocks and debris, the foun­dation of the building, and fallen columns.

1.      The Statue of Zeus was built___ .

       A at the same time with the temple of Zeus     

      B earlier than the temple      

       C later than the temple    

      D not for the temple

2.      Zeus was a sculpture made of___ .

      A ivory covered with gold

      B gold

      C ebony and precious stones

      D ivory, gold, ebony, and precious stones

3.      He carried_____ in his hands.

      A a statue of Nike

      B a statue of the goddess of victory and a sceptre

      C a shining sceptre

      D an eagle

4.      The temple was destroyed by___ .

      A the earthquake                                                                                          

      B flood

      C volcano

      D a severe fire

5.      The temple of Zeus was built to .

      A show the power of ancient Greece

      B celebrate the beginning of the Olympic Games

      C to honour Zeus

      D worship gods

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II. USE OF ENGLISH

Read the text below. For questions (6—15) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

THE KING OF THE FOREST

One day a tiger (6) __ around in a forest. An unlucky fox was met and caught by the tiger. For the fox, the inescapable destination was very clear — death. Despite the danger, the fox thought hard to find a way out. Promptly, the fox declared to the tiger, 'How dare you (7) __me!'

On (8) __the words the tiger was surprised and asked for the reason. The fox raised his voice a bit (9) __and declared arrogantly: 'To tell you the truth, it's I who (10) __ to the forest as the king of all the animals! If you kill me, that will be against the God's will, you know?'

Seeing that the tiger became (11) __, the fox added: 'Let's have a test. Let's go through the forest. Follow me and you will see how the animals are (12) __of me.' The tiger agreed.

So the fox walked ahead of the tiger proudly through  the forest. As you can imagine, the animals, (13) __the tiger behind, were all terribly frightened and ran away. Then the fox said proudly: 'There is no doubt that what I said is true, (14) __'

The tiger (15) __nothing to say but to acknowledge the result. So the tiger nodded and said: 'You are right. You are the king.'

	A	B	C	D
6	hunted	has been hunting	had hunted	was hunting
7	kill	to kill	to be killing	to have killed
8	hearing	heard	hear	having heard
9	high	highest                        higher                        the highest	higher                        the highest	the highest
10	accredited	had been accredited	has been accredited	was accredited
11	suspicious	suspicion                    suspicions	suspicions	suspiciously
12	frightening	frightened	frighten	frightful
13	seeing	having seen	had seen	having been seen
14	isn't there	is there	is it	isn't it
15	didn't have	had	has	doesn't have

  III. WRITING

Your friend likes junk food which is not healthy. Write him a letter (80 – 120 words) remembering about healthy living and recommending a diet both healthy and enjoyable.

Include the following:

• Don’t eat fast food, a lot of meat, fish, eggs.

• Eat good quality bread, rice, pasta, potatoes for energy.

• Eat fruit and vegetables having a lot of vitamins and minerals.