READING
Time: 30 minutes
Task 1
A) Read the text. Match headings A-E with paragraphs 1-4. There is one heading that you do not need.
Too Hot to Handle
1 □Imagine the word about two hundred years in the future. The cities of Shanghai, Tel Aviv and Houston are still there, but they are empty. Nobody lives there. What has happened? Disease?A nuclear war? No, the answer is simpler than that; it is too hot. In fact, it is hot enough to kill anyone who stays outside during the day.
2 □Heatwaves – periods when the weather is very hot for days or weeks – are already dangerous. In France, over 14,000 died from the heat in the summer of 2003. And in the USA, hurricanes, tornadoes and floods get all the headlines in the news, but in fact, heatwaves kill more people than all those other natural disasters put together.
3 □When it’s very hot, our bodies keep cool by sweating. This works best when the air is dry. Fortunately, the hottest places on earth are also the driest – deserts, for example. But this may change with global warming. Two hundred years from now, many parts of the world may have very high temperatures and also a lot of water in the atmosphere. This will be very dangerous.
4 □According to scientists, the only solution is to stop global warming. We can do this by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide we put into the atmosphere. But if we don’t reduce carbon emissions, many cities in the future will be too hot for humans.
A. A dangerous combination
B. The dangers of hurricanes and tornadoes
C. Future nightmare: the world in 2218
D. Our final chance
E. Heat: a common natural disaster
B) Are these sentences true(T) or false(F)?
5. About 200 years from now, some majored cities might not have any inhabitants.
6. In France, 2003 was a very hot summer.
7. In the USA, heatwaves kill a lot of people, but other natural disasters kill more.
8.Heatwaves are most dangerous for humans when the air is dry.
9. Global warming will make the atmosphere hotter and drier.
10. The best way to deal with the danger is to reduce carbon emissions.
Task 2
Read the text below and complete the missing information in the sentences 11-17. The sentences are not in the order in which the information appears in the text.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
It was not LisbethSalander’s lack of emotional involvement, but her appearance that most upset DraganArmansky, the director of the security company where she worked. Milton Security had an extremely conservative image and this small, anorexic young woman with short hair and piercings did not fit in. She had a wasp tattoo about two centimetres long on her neck, a tattooed ring around the biceps of her left arm and another on her left ankle. In the summer, Armansky saw that she had a dragon tattooed on her left shoulder. Her hair was naturally red, but she dyed it black.
She did not, in fact, have an eating disorder, Armansky was sure of that. On the contrary, she seemed to consume every kind of junk food. She had simply been born thin with small bones that made her look girlish. She was twenty-four, but she sometimes looked fourteen.
Her movements were quick and spidery, and when she was working at the computer, her fingers flew over the keys. She was too thin to ever become a model, but with the right make-up, advertisers all over the world could have used her face. Sometimes, she wore black lipstick.
In spite of the tattoos and the pierced nose and eyebrows, Salander was, in fact, the most competent investigator he had met in all his years in the business. During the four years she had worked for him, she had never once made a mistake or handed in bad report. Armansky was convinced that she possessed a unique talent. She had imagination and she always came back with something different from what he expected. Sometimes he thought that her ability to collect information was magic. She somehow managed to get under the skin of the person she was investigating. If they had any deep, dark secrets, she would find them immediately.
11. Salander had the image of a mythical animal on her ____________.
12. Salander didn’t have the right body shape to be a(n) _____________.
13. Salander had worked for Armansky for ____________.
14. Armansky was disturbed by Salander’s ____________.
15. Salander was the best ______________ Armansky had ever known.
16. Salander’s real hair colour was _____________
17. Although Salander was thin, Armansky knew she didn’t suffer from a(n) _____________
Transfer your answers to the answer sheet!
USE OF ENGLISH
Time: 30 minutes
Task 1
Change each sentence so that it means the same as the first. The second sentence is started for you. Write down the missing words only.
1. I am sorry I did not meet him.
I wish _______________.
2. Sam saw Polly. She was reading a book.
Sam saw _______________.
3. They saw an interesting film.
An interesting film _____________.
4. The children will have done the work by Monday.
The work __________________.
5. “Don’t do that,” Polly said.
Polly said ______________.
6. May we come in?
Are we _______________?
7. Tom is playing the violin.
The violin _________________.
Task 2
For questions 8- 14, use the required form of the verb instead of the infinitives in brackets:
Byeighto’clock yesterday I (8)_________ (to do) my homework and at eight I (9)____________ (to play) the piano.
I’ll join you when I (10) ___________ (to drink)my tea.
The money (11)___________ (to receive) tomorrow.
Moscow University (12) ___________ (to found) by Lomonosov.
If I (13) __________ (to be) you, I would talk to them.
Ring me up as soon as you(14) ___________ (to come)home.
Task 3
Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.
0 Example: It is very hard to breed giant pandas in … CAPTIVE
The right answer is captivity
| 15My French … improved greatly once I was living in France | PRONOUNCE |
| 16Farmers ... large areas to graze their cattle. | FOREST |
| 17Stop being so … and make up your mind! | DECISIVE |
| 18How many ... do you have working for you? | EMPLOY |
| 19What ... is this radio station on? | FREQUENT |
| 20My parents give me a small ... each week | ALLOW |
| 21This sun cream is especially formulated for …skin | SENSE |
Task 4
Complete the words in the sentences. The exact number of letters is given to you:
22. I like sitting in the front r-- of the cinema because I like to be really near the screen.
23.The best sc--- in the film is where she escapes.
24. I’m happy. They gave me apart. Reh------- start on Monday. It’s all very exciting!
25. The first per-------- is in eight weeks’ time.
26. Some of the critics from the top newspapers were there. I hope the rev---- will be good
WRITING
Time: 20 minutes
Write a story. Your story must begin with this sentence:
“I woke up knowing it was the most important day of my life.”
Write between 100-150 words.
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