II. Use of english

Motifs on Ukrainian Shirts

'Kalyna¹ (a guelder-rose) is a tree (0)A to Ukraine. Since (1) ….. times it used to be (2) ….. with, (3) ……. , the Universe and the (4) …… trinity of: the Sun, the Moon and the Stars. That is why it takes its name from the old name for the Sun - Kolo; whilst the berries of the 'kalyna', inasmuch as they are red, have become the (5) …… of blood and (6) ……... A powerful, cosmically (7) ……. , Ukrainian (8) ……. : a drop of blood - woman - birth -Ukraine - Rebirth.

An oak and a guelder-rose are motifs which are the most (9) ……. on the young boy's shirts, in which the symbols of (10) …….. and beauty are united, that is the extraordinary strength and eternal beauty. The oak is a sacred tree, personified by Perun, the god of male, solar energy which prolongs life.

0.	A	native	B	domestic	C	inborn
1.	A	old-fashioned	B	ancient	C	antique
2.	A	joined	B	united	C	associated
3.	A	rebirth	B	renaissance	C	revival
4.	A	bright	B	flash	C	fiery
5.	A	sign	B	symbol	C	character
6.	A	immorality	B	corruption	C	sinf ulness
7.	A	creative	B	inventive	C	imaginative
8.	A	fasten	B	metal link	C	chain
9.	A	general	B	usual	C	common
10.	A	power	B	strength	C	might

III. Writing

4) You want to invite your English friend to your town for a few days.

Write an email of 50-80 words to your friend in which you

• Invite your friend to stay at your house

• Suggest possible dates for the trip

• Suggest activities you can do together when your friend arrives

EXAMINATION CARD № 21

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I. Reading

Read the text about and decide if the following statements T "True" or F "False".

Command of Language

When asked which languages they could understand or speak, almost one third of the German speakers taking part in a poll answered 'English', Thirteen point two per cent said they could understand or speak French. Last in the list of 12 languages on choice was Norwegian with a rating of only 0.8 %.

But the seemingly extraordinär}⁷ results of this poll are misleading. What does 'understand' mean when we are talking about such a complex thing as language? Does it mean you understand ninety per cent of what the hotel receptionist says? Three quarters of a pop song? A few words in an English newspaper? Or what?

And when someone claims that they can speak' English, you may ask just how far their language skills can get them in a number of different situations. In the same poll 25.4 %, or just over one quarter, of the people asked, the biggest group to give this answer, claimed they could 'get by quite well when speaking English, but could understand and read it fluently. This group was a little more modest than the group which gave the second most frequent answer. Here, 13.9 % said they could speak English fluently. This would mean in theory that 39.3 % or almost two fifth of the population of Germany have a good command of English. It would be a very optimistic situation indeed, if it were only true. The real truth unfortunately lies somewhere else. Ask any poor English-speaking ' tourist who has tried to find his way around Germany using only English. The lesson to be learnt from ^A g this is, if someone says his or her English is 'almost perfect', don't trust them. They doni know what they are saying. Remember, not even people born and brought up in England and residing there for all * their lives speak 'perfect English,

1. Poll means asking people questions to learn their opinion.

2 Most Germans can understand or speak English.

3. Norwegian was the first in the list of the languages on choice.

3. One-fourth of the people asked could get by quite well when speaking English.

5. If one speaks a language fluently, he has very good knowledge of it.

6. Two-fifth of the population of Germany has a good command of English.

7. An English speaking tourist can easily find his way around Germany.

8. You mustn't trust people who claim their English perfect.

9. Language is a very complex thing.

10. People born and brought up in England speak perfect English.