Ill writing

3) You have lost your friend’s book in the park

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

• Apologise for loosing his/her book

• Explain how it happened

• Suggest buying him/her a new one

EXAMINATION CARD № 4

I. Reading

Read the text. Decide if the statements are T (True) or F (False).

Pandora's Box

Pandora was modelled in the likeness of Aphrodite. She was carved out of white marble, her lips made of red rubies and her eyes of sapphires. Athena breathed life into her and dressed her in elegant garments. Aphrodite gave her jewels and fixed her mouth in a winning smile. Into the mind of this beautiful creature, Zeus put insatiable¹ curiosity, and then he gave her a sealed box and told her never to open it.

She was brought down to earth and offered in marriage to Epimetheus, who lived among the mortals. Epimetheus had been warned never to accept a gift from Zeus, but he could not resist the beautiful woman. Thus Pandora came to live among mortals, and men came from near and far to stand awestruck by her wondrous beauty.

But Pandora was not perfectly happy, for she did not know what was in the box that Zeus had given her. It was not long before her curiosity got the better of her and she had to take a quick peek.

The moment she opened the lid, out swarmed Greed, Vanity, Slander, Envy, and all the miseries that had been unknown to mortals. Horrified, Pandora shut the lid, just in time to keep Hope from flying out too. Zeus had put Hope at the bottom of the box, and it would have quickly put an end to the unleashed evils. They stung and bit the mortals as Zeus had planned, but their sufferings made them wicked instead of good, as Zeus had hoped. They lied, stole, and killed each other and became so evil that Zeus in disgust drowned them in a flood.

Taken from Greek Myths and Legends, Literary Heritage Series

insatiable - ненаситний, жадібний

1. Pandora looked nothing like Aphrodite.

2. Pandora's curiosity could best be described as uncontrollable.

3. Zeus gave Pandora the box because he knew she would open it.

4. Pandora lived with the gods.

5. When men saw Pandora they were uninspired.

6. "Curiosity got the better of her" means "Curiosity helped her."

7. A synonym of "to swarm" is "to fly together quickly."

8. Pandora knew that Hope was at the bottom of the box.

9. Zeus' plan was destroyed because Pandora opened the box.

10. The miseries in the box killed the mortals.

II. Use of english

Read the text below and choose the correct word (A-D) for each gap.

Scientists believe that rainforests (1) …… be home to more than ten million different forms of wildlife. The largest group (2) ...…. of insects, which climb or fly easily from tree to tree. Most people are familiar (3) ………… colourful parrots, but they are only one part of the total bird (4) ……… which goes from tiny hummingbirds to huge toucans.

Many rainforest animals have developed for living in the treetops. Some monkeys have thin webs of skin between their legs that (5) ………. them to almost fly between (6) …………..

Others have long, strong tails, like an (7) ……… arm, so they can hang (8)……… to reach pieces of fruit. Since the weather is so hot and damp during the day, most forest creatures are active (9) ……. the hours of darkness. And a large number of animals, (10) ………. great apes, big cats and even elephants, live on the forest floor.

1	A	may	B	can	C	should	D	would
2	A	keeps	B	consists	C	holds	D	claims
3	A	with	B	to	C	Of	D	by
4	A	set	B	company	C	population	D	society
5	A	let	B	allow	C	make	D	admit
6	A	branches	B	leaves	C	flowers	D	plants
7	A	accurate	B	equal	C	extra	D	alive
8	A	in	B	down	C	Up	D	out
9	A	while	B	till	C	during	D	until
10	A	including	B	except	C	excluding	D	besides