III. Writing

You are going to spend three days with your friends in London. You’ve just received an email from your English friend asking you about the time of your arrival and the places you’d like to visit. Write an email of 50–60 words including the following points:

• arrival details and the name of the airport;

• a chosen programme

Examination card #2

I. Reading

Read the text and choose the best variant of answer (A, B, C, D).

BRAM STOCKER

Bram Stocker is famous today for “Dracula” but this fame came after his death. In fact, he started writing fiction quite late in life, in 1890, when he was 43. he was 50 years old when he wrote “Dracula”.

As a child, Abraham, or “Bram” Stocker, was quite ill. He couldn’t stand or walk until he was seven years old, but layer he became a brilliant sportsman and played football for his University, the University of Dublin. He then had a number of jobs but the most interesting one, which occupied the majority of his working life, was his work with Henry Irving. Irving was the superstar of his day, a wonderful actor. Stocker was Irving’s manager and personal secretary for 27 years and he went with him on his American tours. Sometimes he had to write 50 letters a day for him.

Bram Stocker wrote several novels but “Dracula” is by far the most famous, because it is a classic Gothic horror novel. It has all the features, a medieval castle, a mysterious country, and unremitting evil with the final triumph of good.

Bram Stocker died in London in 1912.

Unremitting – неослабний, безупинний

1. Bram Stocker became famous …..

A at the age of 50 C after he died

B in his childhood D at his forties

2. In his childhood Bram Stocker …

A lived with his granny C played much soccer

B was good at writing D suffered from some ailments

3. The author gained his education …

A at home C at university

B at college D at school

4. According to the text, Bram Stocker did all the jobs, EXCEPT…

A a secretary C a footballer

B a manager D an actor

5. “Dracula” is his …

A last literary work C only one story

B most prominent work D literature debut

6. “Dracula” is written in a genre …

A that combines fiction, horror and Romanticism

B that depicts aliens and plants with vampires’ abilities

C that shows only bad spirits

D that explains the origin of vampires

II Use of language.

For questions 1–6, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

The most frustrating part of being a tour guide is guiding people who don’t understand what they have got themselves into. After so many years at this (1) ....., I have realized that people travel to different places without taking their interests into account. For instance, if you need to go to a museum at home, what makes you think you will (2) ..... one in another country and not be (3) .....? I lead wildlife tours and some people turn (4) ..... not to be interested in wildlife and constantly complain about walking in the woods! Well, what can you say? It’s amazing how many people (5) ..... or don’t read the literature at all and (6) ..... for something completely different.

1.	A work	B job
2.	A go	B visit
3.	A dull	B bored
4.	A out	B into
5.	A misunderstand	B mistake
6.	A wait	B hope