III. Writing

8) You have received an email from an English friend who has just moved to a new town and is feeling very lonely

Write an email of 50-80 words to your friend in which you

• Apologise for not writing sooner

• Say what you understand how friends feels

• Give advice on what friend can do to feel less lonely

EXAMINATION CARD № 16

I. Reading

Read the brief newspaper articles. Match the headlines (A-E) with the articles (1-10). Write your answers on the answer sheet.

1

Hurricane Jenne blasted ashore in Florida with drenching rains and 120 mph wind, tearing off rooftops, hurling debris through the air and sending huge waves crashing into buildings on Sunday as it hit the same area battered by Frances three weeks ago.

2

The first U.S. presidential debate this week and a load of data on consumer spending will settle some questions that have been hanging over U.S. stocks, and equity strategists, and traders say the decreased uncertainty could draw buyers back to the market.

3

Israeli helicopter gunships destroyed a metal workshop in a Gaza Strip refugee camp on Sunday, the latest attack in a cycle of violence threatening to complicate Israel's planned pullout from the territory.

4

Actor Martin Sheen did some reallife politicking for a congressional candidate who used to work on his television series "The West Wing."

5

Serena Williams erased a match point in the second set and came all the way back to beat U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 Sunday at the China.Open for her first title in six months

6

It is an amazing event that takes place in Fairbanks, Alaska. It brings the town to life in February and March every year. It is a wonderful event that promotes art, culture, education, international friendship and winter tourism through ice. It was all started in 1934 by Kay Huffman and Clara Murray West. They used to organise the Fairbanks Winter Carnival, with activities such as parades and dog races. After four years, this became the Ice Carnival and Dog Derby, and artists would carve thrones from ice for the carnival queen and king. Each year these thrones became more complex and this was the start of the town's ice sculpting tradition.

7

Taran Rampersad didn't complain when he failed to find anything on his hometown in the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia. Instead, he simply wrote his own entry for San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. Wikipedia is unique for an encyclopaedia because anybody can add, edit and even erase. And the Wikipedia is just one - the best known - of a growing breed of Internet knowledge-sharing communities called Wikis.

8

The third hurricane to hit NASA's spaceport in just over a month blew out more panels and left more gaping holes in the massive shuttle assembly building, but overall damage was not as severe as feared, a space agency official said Sunday.

9

A lonely pensioner who turned to Italy's classified pages to find someone willing to"adopt" him as a grandfather is finally heading to his new home and family in northern Italy this weekend

10____________

Not long ago, it seemed as though the economy was fuelled entirely by bits and bytes, juiced up with a little irrational exuberance. But as oil prices spiked to a near record $49 a barrel Thursday - up from $33 in spring - Americans' reliance on the sticky stuff is being felt more acutely than at any time since the early 1980s.

A Old man gets adopted F Former champion beaten

B Torrential rain and storm blast again G Painful boost in oil prices

C Debate to settle stock issues H Ice Alaska

D Book to be written by all I Television star in politics

E Violence threatens expected pullout J Holes in spaceport building