9) Best regards,

Kateryna

I I І . Speaking

1) I go to an English specialized school.

2) We learn languages deeply. 3) As English

is the first and the main language we learn,

everything in our school is designed in a British

way. 4) Sometimes we even jokingly call

each other Sirs and Madams. 5) As in every

school, we have our own traditions and customs.

6) The first and foremost tradition is

special Tuesday. 7) This is the day when we

speak only English even during the breaks

and in the school canteen. 8) We enjoy this

day ’cause it is much fun. 9) Sometimes we

carry this tradition beyond our school and

start speaking English to each other while

walking home and talking over the phone.

10) Many people look at us in surprise and

confusion. 11) We also have traditional British

five o’clock tea. 12) We have a special break

when all the pupils have a possibility to go

to the canteen and buy a cup of fine English

tea with croissant, bun or some marmalade.

13) It is no wonder that my favourite subject

at school is English. 14) I also adore French

and Chinese studies. 15) I must say that all

language teachers in our school are highly professional

specialists, both as teachers and as

philologists. 16) We often spend our free time

chatting with our teachers during the breaks

and going to cinema or English-speaking clubs

when the school is over. 17) Language lessons

cannot be boring. 18) We often discuss hot

topics and write essays, expressing our ideas

and our teachers are very attentive to them. 19) No one is afraid of making a mistake so we

speak freely and willingly. 20) I think that our

teachers have developed the most important

ability in us. 21) The ability to think independently.

22) It will never let us lag behind in

any sphere we will work in our future. 23) And

I feel very grateful to them for that. 24) I am

sure that in ten years after we leave school, we

will be happy to meet here again. 25) We will

have many things to discuss and even more

things to be proud of.

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1. C; 2. B; 3. B; 4. D.

1. C; 2. A; 3. C; 4. C; 5. A; 6. B.

1) Hi Jane,

I have just returned from an exhibition of

stone art held in our city exhibition centre.

2) I must say, I am really impressed. 3) There

are many smart installations of stones of

different origin and contents: from gems to

pebbles. 4) The designers worked miracles!

5) I could have never thought that it is possible

to make a beautiful wall mirror from

a plate of a finely polished stone! 6) Well, it

is impossible to express it in words. 7) You

must come and see it. 8) It is an order!

9) See you soon.

Ira

I I І . Speaking

1) Environmental pollution is a burning

problem of our society. 2) Industrial and

household waste is the result of humanactivity and our irresponsible treatment of

nature. 3) Our cities and towns as well as

nature in general suffer from a huge amount

of waste of different origin. 4) Cans, bottles

and paper do not make the place we live in

look attractive, moreover they pollute the

soil. 5) In our city there is a very nice river

called the Lopan. 6) It flows through the city

under several bridges and usually looks quite

nice and attractive. 7) However, people in our

city do not always follow the rules of correct

and responsible attitude to nature. 8) As a

result, in the place where the river crosses a

huge market in the central part of the city it

almost drowns in different kinds and sorts

of wastes: from paper slips and ribbons to

cans and car tires! 9) It is not easy for me to

understand how it is possible to turn such a

nice place into a terrible garbage pile. 10) We

live in this place, walk every day beside it

and such an attitude means that we turn our

own home into the pile of garbage. 11) The

poor river looks miserable under the coat of

waste. 12) Even the water became smelly as

if it is a drainpipe not a river it slowly flows

in. 13) I am absolutely sure that we have no

right to allow such things happen. 14) We

ourselves damage our health! 15) So we must

make the following steps to solve the problem.

16) First, we must educate our people

about proper nature-friendly behaviour.

17) Second, we must clean the river and do

our best to keep it clear. 18) Third, we must

never forget that our own health is greatly

dependent on the state of nature conditions

we live in. 19) So, the better we treat the surroundings,

the better they treat us. 20) We

must not forget that future generations will

also be grateful to us for protecting nature

and caring for it. 21) Everyone realizes that

it is better to live next to a clean bright spring

than next to a smelly poisonous bog. 22) And

at this moment it is up to us to decide what

awaits us in the near future: the spring or the

bog. 23) Let’s make the right choice.

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