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 № 5

I. Reading

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

The grandmother didn't want to go to Florida. She wanted to visit some of her family in east Tennessee and she was seizing every chance to change Bailey's mind. Bailey was her son she lived with, her only son. He was sitting on the edge of his chair at the table, bent over the orange sports section of the Journal “Now look here, Bailey," she said, "see here, read this," and she stood with one hand on her thin hip and the other rattling the newspaper at his bald head...

Bailey didn't look up from his reading so she wheeled around then and faced the children's mother; a young woman in slacks¹, whose face was broad and innocent as a cabbage and was tied with a green handkerchief that had two points on the top like rabbit's ears. She was sitting on the sofa, feeding the baby apricots out of a jar. "The children have been to Florida before," the old lady said. "You all ought to take them somewhere else for a change so they would see different parts of the world and be abroad. They have never been to east Tennessee."

The children's mother didn't seem to hear her but the eight-year-old boy, John Wesley, a stocky child with glasses, said, "If you don't want to go to Florida, why don't you stay at home?" He and the little girl, June Star, were reading the funny papers on the floor.

Taken from A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery О 'Connor

¹ slacks – штани

1. The children had already gone to Florida.

2. Bailey was reading the sports section.

3. The grandmother wanted to visit her friends.

4. The grandmother had only one son.

5. The mother fed the child apples.

6. The children's mother was big and interesting like a cabbage.

7. The grandmother was excited to go to Florida.

8. John Wesly was eight years old.

9. June Staffs the grandmother's granddaughter.

10. John Wesly is very thin.

II Use of English

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

Environmental Concerns

Earth is the only (1) …… we know of in the universe that can support human life. (2) …… human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world (3) ………. on consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so (4) ……. to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the very resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (5) …….. built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover completely. We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a (6) ……. the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (7) ……… increasingly heavy demands on it. The Earth's natural resources are there for us to use, We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (8) …….. us fed, comfortable, healthy and active. If we are sensible in how we use the resources they will (9) …….. indefinitely. But if we use them wastefully and excessively they will soon run (10) …….. and everyone will suffer.

1	A	situation	B	place	C	position	D	site
2	A	Although	B	Still	C	Yet	D	Despite
3	A	continues	B	repeats	C	carries	D	follows
4	A	already	B	just	C	for	D	entirely
5	A	sooner	B	neither	C	either	D	rather
6	A	development	B	result	C	reaction	D	product
7	A	doing	B	having	C	taking	D	making
8	A	hold	B	maintain	C	stay	D	keep
9	A	last	B	stand	C	go	D	remain
10	A	in	B	off	C	out	D	1 away

ІІІ. WRITING

5) You have received an email from your English friend inviting you to go on a cycling holiday with her in Scotland

.

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

• Accept the invitation

• Say why you are interested

• Say whether your friend wants you to book tickets, accommodation, etc.

EXAMINATION CARD № 6