II. Use of english

Entertainment

Before visiting a (0)A country most organized people make a list of places to (l) ….. and things to do (2) ….. staying there in order to get a feeling for the (3) ….. culture and customs and get a taste of a totally different country. The list (4) ….. includes such things as (5) …… to cultural monuments and museums, tours of architectural and historical (6) …… , nightclubs, restaurants, theatres and places (7) …. for local souvenirs. Of course, not everyone (8) …. catch everything, but most will certainly go (9)….. to a local restaurant serving the national cuisine its country is renowned for. After all, one can certainly satisfy (10) ….. visual and aesthetic appetite by touring museums and historical places, but this will not sufficient to satisfy the most elementary of a human being's senses - the alimentary one!

0.	A	foreign	B	foreigner	C	foreignness
1.	A	see	B	saw	C	have seen
2.	A	which	B	who	C	while
3.	A	locally	B	local	C	localize
4.	A	the usual	B	usual	C	usually
5.	A	visits	B	visit	C	visited
6.	A	site	B	sites	C	sign
7.	A	buy	B	to shop	C	shop
8.	A	would	B	weal	C	will
9.	A	back	B	out	C	on
10.	A	her	B	his	C	one's

III. Writing

6) You want to thank your friend for helping you with a school assignment

Write a message of 50-80 words to your friend in which you

• Thank him/her for their help

• Say whether your teacher was pleased with the assignment

• Suggest treating your friend to pizza to celebrate

EXAMINATION CARD № 23

I.Reading

The Internet and Information Revolution

In 1969, the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency needed a system for computers 'to-talk' to each other via the telephone. They created a network of computers called DARPANET. In 1984, the US National Science Foundation started the NSNET network, a system of five supercomputer centres.

More and more people and agencies wanted to join the network. NSNET became known as the Inter-Net- Network. People started calling it the Internet.

Today, there are millions of computers all over the world which are connected to the Internet. The World Wide Web is the most popular area of the Internet. The Web is a huge collection of documents, from all over the world. It contains a mixture of texts, images and sounds.

The Internet is a source of information that is accessible through a computer. It consists of millions of pages of data about every possible subject. Twenty-five million people surf the Internet every day. The Internet is already the biggest source of information of the planet. It will soon be the main source of material for students and teachers of many different subjects.To access the Internet, you need a service provider, a company which can bring the Internet to your computer screen. Then you can access the information via your telephone line.

If your have the website address of a company or service that you want, you simply type it and you arrive automatically at the page you want. If you haven't got a particular website address, there are several directories or search engines which can help you, such as Alta Vista, Yahoo! or Infoseek. There are then two ways to find information-directories and key-word searches.

1. What is exactly the Internet?

A a system of five supercomputer centres C a system of six supercomputer centers

В a system of four supercomputer centres D a system of six supercomputer centers

2. What kind of information can you find there?

A It consists of very specific information. C It consists of hundreds of pages of data.

В It consists of millions of pages of data about D It consists of a few of pages of data.

every possible subject.

3. How can you access the information?

A You can access the information via your TV set.

В You can access the information via your radio phone.

C You can access the information via your telephone line.

D You can access the information via sputnik.

4. In what country did the Internet start?

A in Great Britain C in France

В in the USA D in Spain

5. What was the original purpose?

A the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency needed a system for computers 'to talk' to

each other via the telephone

В the US National Science Foundation needed a system for computers ^fto talk' to each other via

the telephone

C The NASA needed a system for computers "to talk" to each other via sputniks.

D The US Military Service needed a system for computers "to talk" to each other via mobile phone.

6. When did NSF start the NSNET network?

A in 1989 C in 1980

Bin 1987 D in 1984

7. What is called WWW?

A World Wide Web C World War Web

B World Wide Word D World Web War

8. What does the Web contain?

A It contains the coded information. C It contains the whole library.

B It contains a mixture of texts, images and D It contains music sounds.

9. How many people surf the Internet everyday?

A twenty million people C thirty million people

B twenty-five million people D thirty-five million people

10. Who is called a service provider?

A a company which can bring the Internet to your computer screen

B an international firm which accesses the Internet

C a local company which serves your computer

D an international company which serves your computer