III. Writing

You have always dreamed about living in a house. Describe(50-60 words) your ideal house. Include the following:

• the place where the house is located

• the surroundings

• the facilities in the house.

Examination Card #14

I. Reading

Read the text and choose the best answer (A-D ) to complete the sentences .

ON THE TRAIL OF ORANGUTANS IN MALAYSIA

Achong is struggling to push our longboat against the current of Borneo’s Batang Ai River, so we jump into the water to assist him. “Stay in the boat”, he asks, but we ignore him. It’s dry season and every ounce of weight is a factor as the longboat scrapes the bottom of the shallow waterway. This is the only time we ignore Achong.

Like other tattoo-covered Ihan tribesman, he’s a master boatman and this is his territory. The Ihan , once fearsome headhunters, are also expert trackers who have turned their talents to trailing one of the world’s most fascinating endangered creatures: orangutans.

The ape pursuit takes us to Sri Aman Division, a remote area of Sarawak at the border of Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo. Borneo and neighboring Sumatra island are the only places the shaggy-haired red ape survives. The chances of seeing them in the wild are increasingly slim. “There’s no guarantee,” warns Borneo Adventure in its ad for the Red Ape Trail , the safari that has brought us deep into the Asian island’s dense, steamy jungle.” Ape numbers are about 20,000

And constantly declining due to forestry, palm oil crops and poaching”.

Far more certain is searing heat, humidity of 80-100% and slippery conditions. “ This region is totally isolated from the outside world.”

Fearsome – боязкий, соромливий

Pursuit – пошуки

Searing – що припікає, обпалює

1. The level of the water in the river is …

A high B low C extremely low D very high

2. The men jump out of the boat because they want …

A to swim B to row a boat

C to help the guide D to ignore the tracker

3. The Iban are …

A the orangutans B the local people

C the poachers D the shaggy-haired red apes

4. The group of people are …

A walking in the dense rainforests B climbing the mountains

C trekking the sea coast D exploring the desert

5. The route is …

A easy B pleasant C exhausting D exploring the desert

6. The number of orangutans has decreased due to …

A cutting down the forests B soil erosion

C lack of water D natural disasters

II. Use of language

Choose the correct item (A, B, C) to fill the gaps (1- 6).

DRESS CODE: SMART CASUAL.

Smart Casual dress code has certain rules and you need to take them into (1) ____ when choosing what to wear for en event. Keep in (2)_____ that if the host bothered to think about the dress code and specified it on the (3)____ , it means you should think over your outfit choices (4)______.

The main thing to (5)___ when dressing up for a smart casual event – try look smart but not overly formal, and (6) ____sure that your clothes are near and clean; shoes are freshly polished.

	A	B	C
1	consideration	attention	mind
2	mind	memory	brain
3	email	invitation	phone
4	accurately	well	carefully
5	remember	remind	revise
6	make	have	be