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 № 7

I. Reading

Answer the questions (1-10) with T (true), F (false) or N (not enough information).

For over fifty years, Charlotte's Web has delighted readers around the world. It is the story of a great friendship between Charlotte, a very intelligent spider, and Wilbur the pig. Charlotte does everything she can to stop Zuckerman, the farmer, from killing the pig - not an easy thing on a farm. This extract introduces Charlotte's first 'miracle', as she tries to convince the farmer that Wilbur is a genius.

The next day was foggy. Everything on the farm was dripping wet. The grass looked like a magic carpet. The asparagus patch looked like a silver forest. On foggy mornings, Charlotte's web was truly a thing of beauty. This morning each thin strand was decorated with dozens of tiny beads of water. The web glistened in the light and made a pattern of loveliness and mystery, like a delicate veil. Even Lurvey, who wasn't particularly interested in beauty, noticed the web when he came with the pig's breakfast. He noted how clearly it showed up and he noted how big and carefully built it was. And then he took another look and he saw something that made him set his pail down. There in the centre of the web, neatly woven in block letters, was a message. It said: SOME PIG!

Lurvey felt weak. He brushed his hand across his eyes and stared harder at Charlotte's web. 'I'm seeing things,' he whispered. He dropped to his knees and uttered a short prayer. Then, forgetting all about Wilbur's breakfast, he walked back to the house and called Mr Zuckerman. 'I think you'd better come down to the pigpen,' he said. 'What's the trouble?' asked Mr Zuckerman. 'Anything wrong with the pig?" No - not exactly,' said Lurvey. 'Come and see for yourself.'

The two men walked silently down to Wilbur's yard. Lurvey pointed to the spider's web. 'Do you see what I see?' he asked. Zuckerman stared at the writing on the web. Then he murmured the words 'Some Pig'. Then he looked at Lurvey. Then they both began to tremble. Charlotte, sleepy after her night's exertions, smiled as she watched. Wilbur came and stood directly under the web.

1. It was probably not summertime.

2. On foggy mornings, Charlotte^’s web was truly a thing of beauty.

3. Lurvey came to feed the spider.

4. Lurvey didn't see the spider's web.

5. There in the centre of the web was a message.

6. Lurvey felt weak.

7. The men discovered that the pig was sick.

8. The two men walked silently down to Wilbur's garden.

9. Zuckerman was happy to see the words on the web.

10. Charlotte had probably worked all night on the web.

II. Use of english

Choose the correct answer.

If you asked a random person on the street what they thought the purpose of 1) …………… school was, they would probably say something about education and be done with it. Beyond simply educating the masses at their most receptive ages, school is, more than anything else, about preparing the student, as a whole person, for the real world.

Many students can't remember many of their lessons 2) …………… primary and secondary education. But they 3) …………… often remember certain defining social situations, and whatever growth accompanied those events. If, after completing secondary school, they 4) …………… to further study a subject from secondary school, they would likely remember a lot 5) …………… information pertaining to that one subject, but may not to 6) …………… recall much from other subjects. School is much more than simply sitting in class and taking part in lessons.

Schools have, for a long time, also recognized the importance of growing the entire person, rather than just 7) …………… brain. Concerts, dances, open- and close-of-semester ceremonies are just a few examples of schools actively trying to socialize their student body, beyond simply sticking them 8) …………….a classroom and leaving it at that.

To summarize, schools have always functioned as more than simple centers 9) …………… learning. They are the bridge 10) …………… adolescence to adulthood, more than any other institution, and their role shouldn't be underappreciated.

1	A	the	B	-	C	a	D	an
2	A	out of	B	from	C	with	D	into
3	A	will	B	-	C	would	D	have to
4	A	have been decided	B	decides	C	decide	D	decided
5	A	of	B	if	C	or	D	for
6	A	-	B	have to	C	be able	D	may
7	A	these	B	its	C	those	D	their
8	A	at	B	in	C	on	D	under
9	A	with	B	-	C	and	D	of
10	A	till	B	from	C	until	D	with

III. WRITING

7) You received a message from your friend asking you to go clothes shopping with him/her at the weekend

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

• Tell your friend you are excited to go shopping with him/her

• Agree to go

• Suggest something to do after shopping

EXAMINATION CARD 8