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

I. Reading

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

Levi Strauss was born in Germany in the mid 1800’s and emigrated to the United States as a young man. He lived in New York City and learned the dry-goods business for several years. In 1853 he took his knowledge and his dreams to San Francisco (California, USA). His dream to succeed came true over the next 20 years as he became a very successful businessman.

Many of Levi Strauss’ customers were cowboys and miners. They needed clothing that was strong and durable. Strauss found a special fabric from France that was comfortable and lasted a long time. It was called “serge de Nimes,” which was later shortened to the word denim.

Another man named Jacob Davis bought large amounts of the denim fabric from Levi Strauss. He was a tailor who made pants for hard- working men. One of his customers was continually tearing the pockets off his pants. So Jacob Davis decided to put rivets on certain parts of the pants to make them stronger. The customer loved the new pants so much that he told all his friends, and soon Jacob Davis was busy making lots of pants with rivets.

Jacob Davis soon realized that using rivets was a great business idea, and he didn’t

want anybody to steal that idea. He decided that he would need to get a patent. But being

a poor tailor, he didn’t have enough money to pay for the patent. After thinking it over,

he went to the businessman Levi Strauss and told him his idea. He said, “If you agree to

pay for the patent, we will share the profits from the riveted pants.” Levi Strauss did agree, and the new riveted pants business was called Levi Strauss and Company. Today Levi’s jeans are more popular than ever, and Levi’s name continues to live on.

1. Levi Strauss was born in 1853.

2. Levi Strauss wanted to become a great businessman.

3. Levi Strauss sewed pants in his business.

4. Jacob Davis sewed pants in his business.

5. Jacob Davis used denim to make pants.

6. Jacob Davis put rivets in pants because they looked good.

7. Levi Strauss didn’t want to pay for Jacob Davis’ patent.

8. Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis became business partners.

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