III Essay Writing

Television in my life.

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EXAM CARD IX

THE NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM

The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, opened in 1976, offers its visitors a dazzling array of flying machines and aircraft never before assembled in one place. An average of 9 million people visit the Museum each year.

Twenty-three exhibit areas house artifacts from the Wright brothers' original 1903 Flyer to a touchable moon rock and a Skylab Orbital Workshop which visitors may enter.

Also included are dozens of airplanes and spacecraft, missiles and rockets, engines, propellers, models, uniforms, instruments, flight equipment, medals and insignia. These items document most of the major achievements — both historical and technological — of air and space flight.

The third Secretary of the Smithsonian, Samuel P. Langley, constructed and tested a number of heavier-than-air craft from 1887-1903. Two of those unmanned models succeeded in flying under steam power over the Potomac River for more than a half-mile.

Interest in rocket research was prompted by Charles Abbot, later the fifth Secretary of the Institution, when he supported the early work of the American rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard. Goddard was one of the first to recognize the potential of the rocket for propelling vehicles through space.

The Building of the National Air and Space Museum is 680 feet (280 m) long and 90 feet (27.7 m) tall. The exterior is constructed of Tennessee marble of a pinkish hue.

Almost all the aircraft and spacecraft displayed were actually flown or were used as backup vehicles.

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II Grammar

1. I work ..... the city centre.

in

at

on

2. Who ..... of the dog when you go to America?

will take care

will be taking care

is taking care

is going to take care

3. I want to go to the cinema to see a film about ..... and the French.

France

a France

the France

4. I don’t like Alice. She ..... about difficulties of life all the time.

complains

is complaining

has complained

has been complaining

5 I know I locked the door. I clearly remember ... it.

locking

to lock

to have locked

6. Lisa ..… get bored in her job. Her job is so boring.

must

should

would

can’t

7 Jane ... to phone me last night, but she didn’t.

supposed

is supposed

was supposed

8. Are you keen _____ singing?

of

on

with

in

9 He ______ too fast. I ______ him better if he talked slower.

speaks; can understand

speaks; could understand

spoke; could have understood

10 They explained to us that the Local History museum, which was usually open every Sunday, ..... that day.

was closed

was being closed

had been closed

III Essay Writing

Cultural life of our country.

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EXAM CARD X

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

One of the most famous attractions in New York City is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Museum founded in 1870 by a group of civic leaders, financiers, industrialists, and art collectors, moved to its present location in Central Park in 1880.

Today the Metropolitan is the largest museum of art in the Western Hemisphere. It occupies 1.4 million square feet, extending from 80th to 84th Streets on Fifth Avenue. Its collections include more than two million works of art from prehistoric through modern times and from all areas of the world.

The Museum's holdings in European art are unparalleled outside Europe. In addition to one of the world's great collections of European paintings, the Metropolitan has outstanding collections of Medieval art and architecture, and of prints, photographs, drawings, costumes, musical instruments, sculpture, and decorative arts from the Renaissance through the 20th century.

In 1946 Gertrude Stein, the American writer, who was a resident of France, bequeathed to the Metropolitan her portrait by Pablo Picasso, who had been represented in the Museum's collections since 1923. She wanted her portrait to be viewed within the context of the history of world art and in a gallery of national stature in New York City.

The Metropolitan's collections of Asian art are extensive, and its Islamic collection is the largest in existence. The wing in the south end of the building houses an impressive collection of African and Oceanic art as well as that from Native North and South America.

The educational function of the Museum is implicit in every facet of the Museum's endeavors. The Metropolitan's monthly "Calendar" provides a handy index to the many ongoing programs and activities.

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