III. Writing

Write a letter (60–80 words) to your pen friend and tell him/her about your school. Include this information:

• school building and facilities;

• the teaching staff;

• school traditions.

Examination card № 3

I. Reading

Read the text and decide if the statements are T (True) or F (False).

If graffiti is the art of today’s streetwise teenagers, then skateboarding is their sport. Skateboarding has never bееn more popular. There are аn estimated 200,000 skaters in the UK. Most cities and towns have official skate parks. Маnу are provided bу the local council and these are often free. Others are owned bу private companies and skaters usually have to рау to use the facilities. Some of these parks, such as the Epic Skate Park in Birmingham and Bones Skate Park in Manchester, are famous throughout the skating world.

Skating has also become big business and there are many companies selling skateboards, skating accessories and fashion items.

Part of the rise of the popularity of skating is because of its inclusion in the extreme sport scene and competitions like the X-games and the urban games offer large money prizes for the winners. Competitors in the events саn become very famous in the skating world. Professional skaters like Raphael Brunis from France and Dannу Cerezini from Brazil are often sponsored bу companies to use their products.

1. Skateboarding was more popular in the past.

2. All skate parks in the UK аге free.

3. There’s а lot of money involved in skateboarding.

4. Competitions like the X-games have encouraged new skaters.

5. Competitors in the skating events are famous sportsmen.

6. Professional skaters аrе often given money bу companies if they use their products.

II. Use of english

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

No More Classes

The use of computers has meant students can study language programmes at their own speed when and for how long they want. What's more, in the virtual classrooms of the future the student will (1) ... on their headset, and be transported into an imaginary school, choose their class, take the books they need off the shelf and (2) ... conversations with other computerised students.

They might (3) ... choose to pay a visit to the supermarket or the train station, the bank or the restaurant. At the (4) ... of a button they would be transported to (5) ... realistic settings where they could practice their English, maybe getting a hand from a virtual English companion. All this perhaps, at the computer, from the comfort of their home: no (6) ... to catch the bus to college, or a plane to England.

Exciting? Certainly, and an interesting alternative to traditional classroom lessons. But would it ever (7) ... the classroom? Hopefully not. Surely the need to relate to real people talking about real issues and generally learning a little more about others will always lead language learners to (8) ... at least a little of their time with real people.

	A	B	C	D
1.	place	put	set	get
2.	take	do	catch	hold
3.	although	preferably	instead	contrary
4.	force	hit	depress	push
5.	so	such	like	alike
6.	role	duty	obligation	need
7.	replace	restore	succeed	recover
8.	spend	make	have	do