III. Write a note (35–45 words) about your shopping preferences. Include the following:

• How often do you go shopping?

• Where do you prefer to do the shopping and with whom?

• What do you mostly buy?

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Examination card № 23

I. Reading

Read the text and decide if the statements are t (true) or F (False).

If I were seventeen again, I would want to live on a Kentucky hill farm. I would want to grow up and live where there are trees, meadows, and streams. If I couldn’t live on a large farm, a few acres would do. But I would want space to hunt over, and a stream or lake nearby where I could fish. I would want to mow the meadows with a span of horses or mules, and haul the hay to the barn on a hay wagon. I believe the boy or girl who hasn’t ridden on a hay wagon has missed something in his youth. If he hasn’t smelled new mown clover, he has missed the finest wind a youth ever breathed.

In the spring of the year, if I were seventeen again, I’d want to take long walks into the woods. I’d want to get acquainted with all kinds of birds, how they build their nests and the kind of materials they use, what colour and size eggs they lay – from the hoot owl to the chicken hawk and sparrow – and how and what they feed their young. I’d want to know all about the animals. I would want to know and I would find out what they ate, where they lived, what animals were friendly with each other and which were enemies. This is a world every teenage boy should know. I’ve never seen one yet who didn’t love the animal world. And I would protect each non­ destructive animal, each non­destructive bird. I would want to know the hunting laws, abide* by them, and help re­stock** and protect the game so it would be here for the next seventeen year­ old when he came along.

* abide (by) – змиритися з правилом чи рішенням, навіть якщо не згоден із ним

** re­stock – поновити запаси

1. The person telling the story wants to know how birds build their nests, how they

walk, and how they steal eggs.

2. The person telling the story wants to hunt every animal to make sure that there

are no animals left over for the next teenager.

3. The person telling the story wants to know how the animals communicate, mi­

grate, and where they live.

4. The person telling the story wants to be seventeen again.

5. The person telling the story wants to walk in the mountains, valleys, and forests

in the spring.

6. He wants to live on a farm in Kentucky.

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II. Writing

Choose the correct item.

1. “Would you turn down that music?” “Sure, ..... problem.”

A no B not C never

2. She’s ..... young to go to rock concerts.

A a very B rather a C too

3. Billy ..... he wants to go to the cinema.

A tells B says C told

4. I can’t stand ..... football!

A watching B to watching C watch

5. I’d rather ..... swimming than watch TV.

A to go B going C go

6. I’m tired of ..... at home.

A stay B to stay C staying

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III. Write a short article (35–45 words) to the school newspaper about the popular place or sight in your area. Use the prompts given below:

• its location;

• features that attract visitors to that place;

• your feelings about it.

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