Examination Card № 18

1. Reading

Read the text and answer the questions.

The Hitchhiker

As Andrea turned off the motorway onto the road to Brockbourne, the small village in which she lived, it was four o'clock in the afternoon, but already the sun was falling behind the hills. At this time in December, it would be completely dark by five o'clock. Andrea shivered. The interior of the car was not cold, but the trees bending in the harsh wind and the patches of yesterday's snow still heaped in the fields made her feel chilly inside. It was another ten miles to the cottage where she lived with her husband Michael, and the dim light and wintry weather made her feel a little lonely. She would have liked to listen to the radio, but it had been stolen from her car when it was parked outside her office in London about two weeks ago, and she had not got around to replacing it yet.

She was just coming out of the little village of Mickley when she saw the old lady, standing by the road, with a crude hand-written sign saying "Brockbourne" in her hand. Andrea was surprised. She had never seen an old lady hitchhiking before. However, the weather and the coming darkness made her feel sorry for the lady, waiting hopefully on a country road like this with little traffic. Normally, Andrea would never pick up a hitchhiker when she was alone, thinking it was too dangerous, but what was the harm in doing a favor for a little old lady like this? Andrea pulled up a little way down the road, and the lady, holding a big shopping bag, hurried over to climb in the door which Andrea had opened for her.

1. What season, month and time of the day is described in the story?

2. What happened with the radio in Andrea’s car?

3. Who did Andrea see when she was coming out of the village of Mickley?

4. Why did Andrea decide to do a favor for a little old lady?

5. Try to continue the given story.

2. Writing

Complete the sentences with the correct word.

1. Have you _______ relations? - No, I haven't _______ I have _______ relations.

2. Has she _______ nephews or niec­es? - She has _______ nephews.

3. She has _______ sisters, she has only brothers.

4. Do you know _______ about Chinese art?

5. They have _______ cousins in Minsk.

Examination Card № 19

1. Reading

Read the text and choose the right variant.

Tasty hot dog

Gordon was hungry. He opened the refrigerator. There must be something in here to eat, he thought. There was—a single hot dog.

He took it out of its package and put a small frying pan onto the stove’s gas burner. He turned on the heat. Then he poured a little bit of vegetable oil into the pan. He sliced the hot dog in half lengthwise. When the oil got hot, he put the two halves in the pan. About a minute later, he flipped each half over. After another minute, he took the hot dog out of the pan.

Gordon put two slices of bread into the toaster. This was tasty and healthy bread. The first ingredient listed was organic sprouted wheat. The first ingredient in ordinary bread is usually unbleached flour.

When the toast popped up, he put mustard, mayonnaise, and ketchup on one slice. Then he added two slices of onion. On top of the onions, he placed the hot dog. On top of the hot dog, he put a couple of slices of apple. Then he added some bits of hot green chile, and then put the top piece of toast onto the chile bits.

Ahh, what a sandwich, he thought, as he sat down to eat.

1. What did Gordon find in the refrigerator?

1. Two sandwiches b) a lot of hamburgers c) a single hot dog

2. What did he pour into the pan?

1. Butter b) oil c) vegetable oil

3. What is the main ingredient in ordinary bread?

1. Flour b) unbleached flour c) bleached flour

4. What did he do with the toast when it popped up?

1. he put mustard b) he put mustard, mayonnaise, and ketchup on one slice c) he put mustard & mayonnaise

5. What did he put on top of the hot dog?

a) he put a couple of slices of apple b) he put a slice of apple c) he put a slice of lemon

2. Writing

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb.

1. Which is ________ (large): the United States or Cana­da?

2. What is the name of the _______ (big) port in the United States?

3. Moscow is the _______ (large) city in Russia.

4. The London underground is the _______ (old) in the world.

5. There is a _______ (great) number of cars and buses in the streets of Moscow than in any other city of Russia.