Task 3 Read the texts below. Match choices (a—h) to (11—16). There are two choices you do not need to use.

11	SAFE SCHOOL NOTICE Welcome to our school Visitiors must register in the main office Drugs and weapons prohibited No trespassing
12	BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS When Hihg school: Sept, 18th Middle school: Sept, 19th Elementary school: Sept, 20th All nights begin at 6:30 pm
13	NOTICE Pupils, visitors and staff are advised that the Council and the Governors accept no responsibility for personal property lost or damaged in the school premises whether by fire, burglary, theft or otherwise.
14	SCHOOL DISTRICT #43 COMMUNITY SCHOOL’S SUMMER DAY CAMPS FOR 2010
15	YOU’RE FIRED!
16	Exclusive Back Stage Casting School Discount! Back stage has been the most trusted name in casting for more than 45 years. Now, we’re helping school projects like yours find top talent for less $$! Starring today, Students & Faculty can post notices at 50 % off!

What can you learn from these notices?

A A company provides casting services.

B A student needs help.

C Children can stay at school after lessons.

D Someone’s lost their job.

E A new club has been created.

F You can’t bring a gun into school.

G Three parties will be organized in September.

H If you lose something, nobody will pay you.

Task 4 Read the text below. Choose from (A—H) the one that best fits each space (17—22). There are two choices you do not need to use.

Boulders on the beach

North of Dunedin in New Zealand, there are about 100 spherical boulders (17)____________ . The largest has a diameter of 3.16 metres. These giant geodes are literally flushed out of the rock, roll a few metres, come to a halt, and are then washed over by the daily tides. Many have broken apart, crumbling away (18) ________. No one has any idea how many of the boulders have already been swallowed by the surf, worn down over thousands of years. Yet the rock keeps flushing out new boulders from the sediment as if a rock mother were laying eggs.

Geologically, (19) _________. The boulders are formed through the deposit of calcite in soft sandstone. This calcite forms a core around which the rock solidifies over millennia (20)__________ although the oyster with the pearl is constantly in motion in the water; the rock, by contrast, does not move. It is interesting that this geological miracle doesn’t happen on other beaches around the world.

The Maoris, the original inhabitants of New Zealand, (21)______________ . The composite word consists of kai, meaning food, and hinai, meaning basket. According to their legend, a long time ago the ship called Arai-te-uru had been destroyed (22) ___________. A hill not far from the beach is considered the petrified hull of the vessel. The boulders which keep emerging from the rock contain the food which fell out of the baskets when the ship was destroyed.

A because of the nature conditions B this is a perfectly natural process C while searching for valuable gems D lying on Moeraki Beach

E the first inhabitants of the island F rather like a pearl around a grain of sand G as the result of the action of wind and waves H call these boulders Te Kai-hinaki