III. Writing.

Imagine you are an English student, living and studying in Ukraine. Write an

e-mail (35–45 words) to your friend in England. Use the prompts given below:

• your impressions of the people and the country;

• interaction between people;

• studying.

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Examination Card № 15.

I. Reading

Read the article and choose the correct item (A–D) to complete the sentences (1–4).

How green are you? Being green used to mean that you were young and inexperienced.

Now people who call themselves ‘green’ seem to think that they know better than the rest

of us. But just how wise are these new ‘greens’? How well do their ideas work in practice?

Take the example of what happened this week to Donna Challice, mother of three,

from Exeter. She was actually taken to court by her local council for not recycling her

rubbish. She was charged with putting food in the green recycling bin which is intended

for cans, paper, plastic and glass. She faced a fine of up to 1,000 pounds and the court

case cost much more than that. What a waste of the court’s time and money. The reality

is that recycling household rubbish is a waste of all our time. It takes hours and makes

very little difference to the planet. Only 5 % of our waste is made up of household rubbish,

while a massive 60 % is agricultural and industrial. Why doesn’t the council do

something about that first!

And it isn’t only local government that is anxious to be green. We are surrounded

by green thinkers. Have those people who refuse to accept nuclear energy thought

about what renewable energy means? They say that 20 % of our energy has to come

from renewable sources such as wind and solar power. Can you imagine what our

countryside will look like? There will be forests of giant wind turbines and nothing in

the fields except rape seed oil to make bio-fuel. There is no real alternative to using

more nuclear energy, so why don’t we focus on building new safer nuclear plants? You

have to be green, in the old sense of the word, to think that these ideas are a step forward.

What a load of rubbish!

Taken from “Going Green” by David Woodward, Premium Learning

1. Being Green today means you ...

A are young and inexperienced. C care for the environment.

B accept nuclear energy. D are absolutely wise.

2. What per cent of our waste is not household rubbish?

A 60 % C 10 %

B 95 % D 5 %

3. Rape seed oil is used to ...

A fuel wind turbines. C make biofuel.

B create forests. D produce oil.

4. The author’s attitude towards Green Thinkers is ...

A negative. C neutral.

B positive. D changing.

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II. Use of English.

If you have a teddy bear, a wooden horse, a puppet, a tin toy soldier, a Jack-in-the-box

or a favourite doll 1 ____ your friends, the National Ukrainian Toy Exhibition is for you.

It 2 ____ all kinds of toys – from ancient ones to brand new ones. In the first hall you 3 ____

find toys made of natural materials – straw, wood and clay. They are easy to make and

safe to play 4 ____. 5 _____and the most valuable objects in our collection are whistles

made of clay.

In the second hall you can see various dolls. Notice the soft ones called motanka. The

tradition of making such dolls dates back to 3000 B.C., when Ukrainians 6 ____ growing

flax. Women 7 ____ the dolls soft inside, with wool and flax threads around them. The next

generation of dolls was the rag doll made of brightly-coloured cloth. There are also modern dolls – female and male – dressed accordingly.

Their clothes 8 ____ exact replicas ofUkrainian national costumes with embroidered shirts, necklaces with coral beads, red or black high boots and so on.

	A	B	C	D
1.	among	with	without	in
2.	display	displaying	to display	displays
3.	can	could	must	may
4.	in	with	on	at
5.	old	older	the oldest	elder
6.	started	start	to start	were started
7.	make	made	were made	are made
8.	is	was	were	are

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