Івано-Франківський державний коледж технологій та бізнесу

ЗАТВЕРДЖУЮ

Директор коледжу

__________С.П. Томенчук

«____»__________2013р.

Державна підсумкова атестація

Семестр четвертий

Предмет «Іноземна мова(англійська)»

Група КД-82-ІІ

Екзаменаційний білет № 12

1. Read and translate the text “Christmas”.

The word "Christmas" is derived from the words "Christ's Mass" - the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. But although Christmas is undoubtedly a Christian celebration, it is also true to say that it is an unusual combination of pagan and Christian festivities.

A Christmas tree stands in everybody's living room at Christmas, shining its good cheer around the room. Sitting on the very top of the tree is a silver star surrounded by tiny lights. All the branches are hung with silver bells, tinsel and sparkling lights. Around the base of the tree lie the gifts and toys wrapped up in bright colourful paper.

The Christmas tree has spread its influence around the world. In fact America adopted it before it found its way to England early in Queen Victoria's reign. Now every Christmas British people are sent a huge fir tree from Norway which stands in Trafalgar Square, in the centre of London, shining down on all the people who gather on Christmas Eve.

In pre-Christian times evergreens, trees that remain green throughout the year. were worshiped in Northern Europe as symbols of eternal life. Mistletoe, hung up as a Christmas decoration is a symbol of love and reconciliation.

Holly, a well-known Christmas decoration today, has Christian associations. In Norwegian, Swedish and Danish, holly is known as "Christ's thorns", the legend being that Christ wore a crown of holly thorns before his death. Some people have seen associations between the word "holly" and "holy".

Giving presents goes back to Roman Saturnalia when good luck gifts of fruit, pastry or gold were given to friends on New Year's Day. In Britain the traditional day to give presents until relatively recently was December 26th and not as it is today, Christmas Day. December 26th is now known as Boxing Day, for it was then that the priests of the Middle Ages opened alms boxes to give to the poor.

2. Do the writing task

2.1 Choose the correct answer in the test.

1. My son is ……. boy in the class.

1. the smallest

2. smaller

3. smallest

4. the smaller

2. In New York , there are a lot of …… , with big flats .

1. skyscrapers

2. traffic lights

3. zebra crossings

4. cottages

3. I … a lot of mistakes in my last English test.

1. did

2. made

3. wrote

4. put

4. If you want to recover your health, you need to go to ……. .

1. airport hotel

2. spa hotel

3. congress hotel

4. motel

5. If you need to make a reservation, you have to call to the …..

5. receptionist

6. door man

7. bell boy

8. lift boy

6 Let’s go this weekend to Bukovel, it’s the best…….. in our region.

1. motel

2. airport hotel

3. resort

4. hostel

2.2 You’re planning a trip to England in spring. Write a letter (50–60 words) to your English- speaking friend in which you:

• inform him / her about your visit (month, number of days, place of arrival, etc.);

• say that you would like to meet your friend, if possible;

• ask him / her about the weather at this time of the year and the clothes to take.

1. Give information on the topic “Kyiv – the capital of Ukraine”.

Викладачі Н.І. Гришко

О.В. Коритко

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циклової комісії іноземних мов

Протокол № 9 від 02.04.2013

Голова циклової комісії Н.І. Гришко