III. Writing

Your friends from another country are going to visit your capital city and have asked you to tell them about it. Write a personal letter (60–80 words). Include this information:

• episodes from the city’s history;

• a few facts about its places of interest;

• your recommendations for sightseeing tours.

EXAMINATION CARD № 5

II. Use of english

Read the text and then select the correct answer A, B, C or D

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, is best (1) … for his keen social observation and as the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The (2) … became a landmark in the history of American literature. 

The book first (3) … in 1885. Although it has been (4) … popular with young readers and taken as a (5) … to the earlier Tom Sawyer, it has also (6) … the attention of serious literary critics. Based in the mid 1800s, the novel often (7) … with deeply rooted attitudes, (8) … racism, of the time. 

Immediately after its publication the book became controversial and has remained (9) … up to the present. It has been (10) … from the sections for children of several libraries and removed from reading lists and school programs because of its alleged racism. However, its defenders claim that the (11) … of the book is anti-racist, (12) … to its satirical nature. 

1)	A remembered	B famous	C reminded	D awarded
2)	A last	B latter	C latest	D second
3)	A appeared	B published	C sold	D printed
4)	A absolutely	B ordinary	C truly	D totally
5)	A story	B sequel	C part	D follow
6)	A attracted	B applied	C pulled	D amazed
7)	A describes	B focuses	C disapproves	D deals
8)	A strongly	B hardly	C particularly	D solely
9)	A such	B as	C that	D so
10)	A excluded	B forbidden	C extracted	D misplaced
11)	A plot	B chapter	C plan	D action
12)	A showing	B relating	C referring	D regarding

III. Writing

You have just come back from Great Britain. Write an e-mail (60–80 words) about this country. Include the information:

• location;

• climate;

• parts of the country;

• people.

Examination card № 6

II. Use of english

Read the text and then select the correct answer A, B, C or D

Although doctors have been warning about the dangers of cigarettes (1) … over fifty years, the number of people who smoke is still very high. These people are not (2) …; they do worry (3) … their health; they know the risks they are (4) … with their lives. They also realize how much money they are (5) … on cigarettes, yet they still find it almost impossible to give them (6) … . Smoking is also much more socially unacceptable now. A lot of people are (7) … smoking in public places – I personally can’t (8) … sitting next to a smoker in a restaurant, and I just don’t go into (9) … bars anymore because I know what the air will be like. But we have to remember that most smokers do want to stop. Instead of criticising them, perhaps we should give them a (10) … .

	A	B	C	D
1.	from	for	since	during
2.	funny	silly	sensitive	ambitious
3.	about	over	with	around
4.	doing	making	having	taking
5.	earning	making	wasting	saving
6.	in	up	out	to
7.	again	a gain	against	above
8.	mind	stand	say	like
9.	crowded	blocked	filled	packed
10.	help	ham	hold	hand