IV For questions 91-100 decide to which part of speech each of the given words belongs. Circle the letter corresponding to the appropriate part of speech.

NOUN	Verb	Adjective
n	v	a

91 inspiration n v a

92 carelessness n v a

93 qualify n v a

94 spacious n v a

95 irritate n v a

96 dryer n v a

97 cervical n v a

98 resistance n v a

99 tin-opener n v a

100 applicable n v a

Variant II

I Read the text.

For questions 1-5 decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). For questions 6-10 decide which ending fits the sentences.

Money

Before money, people could not buy or sell. They had to exchange goods. With money, buying and selling could happen at different times with different people. A person could sell food to somebody on one day and get money for it; a week later, he or she could use the money to buy clothes from a third person.

There have been metal coins for thousands of years. But this caused problems. Thousands years ago the Greeks used coins made of silver. Their money drachma was the most common kind of money for trade in Europe and parts of Asia. The Romans also used silver and gold coins.

In the late 18^th and early 19^th centuries people did not want to carry large bags of coins with them, so they left the coins with traders. The traders gave them ‘notes’ which were just pieces of paper with a promise to pay back the gold and silver coins.

In 1950, the first credit card was made. Today, most shops, hotels and restaurants in the world take credit cards and people do not have to carry a lot of coins and notes with them when they travel.

1 Money could make a selling/buying process longer.

2 With money fewer people could buy and sell.

3 Ancient people did not use silver and gold for money production.

4 The traders’ business was to produce special written documents.

5 Having a credit card is quite risky and dangerous.

6 Primitive people a) when having coins and notes on them.

7 With money people got b) had to exchange goods.

8 With time metal coins c) has celebrated its 55^th birthday.

9 People do not feel comfortable d) more choices to buy and to sell

10 The credit card e) became smaller in size.

2. Read the text. For questions 11-15 choose the appropriate ending for each sentence.

Strasbourg

Strasbourg has always been an important city. Thanks to a favourable geographical position – at the crossroads of waterways and overland routes- the area on which Strasbourg now stands has been inhabited since the Bronze Age. In the Middle Ages, it was an important economic center and it gradually grew so strong that by the fifteenth century it had become a free republic. It grew richer and richer in the sixteenth century and welcomed free thinkers and refugees from Switzerland, Italy and France. These newcomers greatly enriched the city’s cultural life. In 1697, Strasbourg became a part of France. Germany conquered it in 1870 and it was only returned to France after the end of the First World War. It was again occupied by Germany in the Second World War and suffered great destruction. In 1949, the city was chosen to be the headquarters of the Council of Europe, and since 1979 it has been the seat of the European Parliament to which countries send their representatives.

11 Strasbourg is mostly known

a) as the main office of the Council of Europe b) for its history

c) for its specific geographical position

12 Today Strasbourg belongs to

a) Germany b) France c) neither of them

13 The culture of Strasbourg became especially rich in the 16^th century because

a) Germany and France fought for this territory b) talented foreigners

came to the city

c) the city was close to Switzerland and Italy

14 Strasbourg is important for European countries because

a) many basic decisions are made in it b) its cultural life is very rich

c) it is the seat of the European Parliament

15 Strasbourg suffered

a) in World War I b) in World War II c) in both