Examination Card № 16

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Examination Card № 16

I.  Reading

Read the text and choose the best answer (A-D) to complete the sentences (1-5).

THE MYSTERIOUS MR EDWARDS

         It was a bright sunny morning in the village of Wimberley in Texas. Ted Boston was happy and excited because he had just bought a lovely little restaurant there. He had been working for the last ten years and now it had been finally paid off. He was determined to make the restaurant a success despite some strange comments that had been made by the local residents. One man had said, "I wish you luck. You're going to need it."

         After the restaurant had been opened for a couple of months business was booming. It was-busy every night and Ted had quickly built up a reputation for serving good food. Ted had changed though. He was no longer a happy man. When his friend Jack asked him what was wrong he took a deep breath and asked him to sit down. "I don't know where to start," he said unhappily.

         He told Jack that there was a strange atmosphere in the place and strange things had started to happen in the restaurant from the very first day. Pots and pans would fly off the shelves, the radio would turn itself on and the lights would flicker on and off.

         Jack was amazed, but he knew his friend was a sensible man so he had no reason not to believe him. "Right," he said. "I think we had better do some research." Jack went to the library to find out about the history of the building.

         He hadn't been there long when he came across some old records. They said that the restaurant had originally been owned by a man called James Edwards who was so unhappy that he had had to sell it. The next day Jack passed his information on to Ted. Ted decided to do something positive.

         The next time the lights went off without reason Ted said, "Alright, Mr. Edwards, I know it's you," and immediately the lights came back on. From that moment on Ted has opened the restaurant every day saying, "Good morning, Mr. Edwards," and closed it saying, "Good night, Mr. Edwards". He hasn't had any more problems and he is happy because now there is a pleasant atmosphere there all the time.

1.      Local residents seemed to think that Ted_____________________ 

      A was extremely unlucky
      B would have problems in the future                                                  

      C was rather a strange man
      D would become very wealthy            

2.      Why was Ted unhappy?_______________

      A He was tired and needed to rest.   
      B His business wasn't going well.        
      C Strange things were happening.     

      D He was having electrical problems.                                                

3.      Jack thought that_______________                                                   ...

      A he and Ted should begin an investigation

      B Ted was telling lies

      C he should find out more about the history of the library

      D Ted was being unreasonable

4.      At the library, Jack found out that_______________

      A James Edwards had passed some information to Ted
      B the restaurant had been haunted by James Edwards
      C James Edwards had been a happy man
      D the restaurant had once belonged to James Edwards

5.      How did Ted solve his problem?_________________

A He had an argument with James Edwards
B He opened the restaurant every day.
C He was polite to James Edwards.

D He turned all his lights off

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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 FAIRY TULIPS

Once upon a time there was a good old woman who lived in a little house. She had in her garden a bed of beautiful striped tulips. One night she (6) __ by the sounds of sweet singing and of babies laughing. She looked out at the window. The sounds seemed to come from the tulip bed, but she could see (7) __. The next morning she walked among her flowers, but there were no signs of any one (8) __there the night before. On the following night she was again wakened by sweet singing and babies laughing. She rose and stole softly through her garden. The moon (9) __brightly on the tulip bed, and the flowers were swaying to and fro. The old woman looked (10) __and she saw, standing by each tulip, a little Fairy mother who was crooning and rocking the flower like a cradle, while in each tulip-cup (11) __a little Fairy baby laughing and playing. The good old woman stole quietly back to her house, and from that time on she never picked a tulip, nor did she allow her neighbours to touch the flowers. The tulips grew daily brighter in colour and larger in size, and they (12) __ a delicious perfume like that of roses. They began, too, to bloom all the year round. And every night the little Fairy mothers (13) __their babies and rocked them to sleep in the flower-cups. The day came when the good old woman died, and the tulip-bed was (14) __ by folks who did not know about the Fairies, and parsley was planted there instead of the flow­ers. But the parsley withered, and so did all the (15) __ plants in the garden, and from that time nothing would grow there. Rut the good old woman's grave grew beautiful, for the Fairies sang above it, and kept it green; while on the grave and all around it there sprang up tulips, daffodils, and violets, and other lovely flowers of spring.

	A	B	C	D
6	was wakening	woke	was wakened	wakened
7	nothing	anything	everything	not any
8	Have been	having been	been	having
9	shone	is shining	shines	was shining
10	close	closely	closer	closes
11	lay	lie	lain	lied
12	given out	gave out	has given out	give out
13	caresses	caressing	was caressed	caressed
14	torn up	torn in	torn at	torn off
15	another	each other	other	others

III. WRITING

Your friend wants to know if you like going on picnics. Write a letter (80 - 120 words) to him/her about it. Include the following:

•       How do you usually prepare everything for a picnic?

•       What is your favourite place for a picnic (by the river, in the forest,etc.)?

•       Do you plan activities to keep your friends busy throughout the day (games and play group sports)?

•       What are your impressions after a picnic?