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Date_____________                                                Name_____________________________________                                                    Form 11

          Task 1                                                       Test in reading

             Read the text below. Choose from (A-H) the one which best suits each of (1-6). There are two choices you do not need to use.

CHANGE IN THE AIR AS PASSENGERS ALLOWED TO USE MOBILES

                           One of the last refuges from incessantly ringing mobile phones is about to disappear as Emirates plans to allow passengers to use

                           them on aircraft from January. The sound of people telling friends and relatives that they are "over Greenland" (1_________) and                     the wail of babies.

                                                           The airline has spent $14 million developing technology that will allow passengers to use their mobiles in the air without the

phones interfering with cockpit systems. Phones are currently banned on all flights as soon as the engines are started because sssign                 signal surges that (2 ________   )

Emirates believes that it                     Emirates delieves that it will  get approval from European air-safety regulators by January to become the first  airline to offer  the servіce. The calls (3._________)   with airlines taking percentage to cover its investment. Using a phone in flight will cost about $2   a minute  or 60p for a text message.

                            Emirates hopes to add a Black Berry service and  laptop internet access later  in the year. The company, based in Duba believes that its passengers     4. ( ______ ), pointing  to the number that rush to switch on their mobile phones that after   landing. Emirates says that the average of 13passengers a flight use the credit –card operated phones that are already

 installed 5. (_____)

But whether passengers want to listen to their neighbours discussing the view at 40,000 ft is doubtful  according to resent surveys. In one US study, only 11 per cent of the 50,000 passengers asked wanted to make calls while on a flight. Many said that they enjoyed being uncountable, and business-class passengers in particular were eager 6 (_______). Emirates says it will counter  these objections by allowing air crew  to switch  off  system at night.

1. despite their inconvenience and high prices
2. will be charged at regular international roaming rules
3. can interfere with navigation and communication systems

                D.to catch up on sleep rather than use their phones

E. to use mobiles cheaply and without a lot of fuss

F. will now be added to the drone of engines

G. despite regulations banning them

                H. will want to use the service

Task 2

Read the text. Choose from (A-H) the one which best fits each space (l-6).There are two choices you do not need to use.

Travellers' Tales

The pilot turned and shouted above the noise of the engine. "If those animals start to cross the runway we'll need to abort the landing." My husband Ludo and I could only agree - "the animals" were bigger than our tiny plane. This lwas our introduction to Ruaha, a little - known

national park in Tansania. We landed on the mud airstrip (1.__________________________). Ruaha' normally bone

dry. had received its annual rain fall in just a month. The rain had brought new life to the bush - newborn impala, baby giraffe and tiny vervet monkeys (2.____________). But it also meant that with food and water everywhere the game had dispersed.

Just before we went off for a bike ride in Kruger National Park I met a man whospoke

Elephant. We were on a game drive, parked at the side of a dusty track (3.____________) browse the

sweeping banks of the Olifants River. All very idyllic, until one large bull elephant took exception to us and made as if to charge. We were nervous and wondered why our guide didn't start the engine - but at this point he leaned out of the window, cupped his hands to his mouth and made a strange hissing noise (4._______). The guide repeated the noise and the creature backed away.

I'm not sure what woke me but I think it was the horses tethered in the valley below. I lay still in my sleeping bag for a while, (5.__________) and reminding myself where I was: halfway through a trekking holiday in Jordan, sleeping on a rock ledge somewhere near Wadi Rum. (6.__________              ), I sat up in time to see the sun start to appear over the mountains. Even the horses fell quiet, as if they too were overcome by the desert dawn.

1. Taking most of my court with me;
2. Watching a vast range of animals;
3. Clinging to their mothers;                                                                                                                           -1-
4. Pulling my knees towards me ;
5. Going about their daily business unconcerned by a human audience;
6. Watching the sky lighten;
7. Coasting past the herd of feeding elephants;
8. Bringing the running beast to a halt;

    Task 3

   Read the text. Choose from (A-H) the one which best fits each space (l-6).There are two choices you do not need to use.

Pensioners Accused of Kidnapping

Four pensioners have appeared in court, accused of kidnapping their financial advisor and holding him for four days.

The pensioners had invested millions of euros in the US property market but lost it during  the recent financial crisis.

This report is from Steve Rosenberg: in Germany, * you think your financial advisor has been giving you bad advice

(1.____________) you can complain to the regulators, you can go to the police. But in Bavaria, one group of pensioners stands

 accused of employing a much more direct method of (2._______). They're on trial for kidnapping their financial advisor and holding

him hostage.

Four senior citizens, aged between 63 and 79, had invested nearly three and a half million dollars in the US  property

market and lost it all in (3._________). They'd concluded that the man who'd handled the investment should now

reimburse them.

According to prosecutors, last summer the pensioner posse plus one accomplice abducted the financial   advisor outside

his house, tied him, gagged him, put him in a box and transported him in the boot of a car   450 kilometres to a lakeside

retreat.  He (4._______) four days locked in the cellar there and to have been tortured.  After "the agreeing to their

demands, the prisoner was allowed to send a fax to Switzerland arranging payment. He concealed the phrase 'call the

Police'. in the text and the alarm was raised. Soon after (5.___________)   came to the rescue.

On the opening day of the trial, the 74 year old alleged ringleader of the gang  avoided usin the word 'kidnap'. He said he

and his co-defendants had only wanted to (6.________) days holiday in Bavaria.

A. accused of committing the crime

B. a crack team of commandos

C. and messing up your investment

D. registering their dissatisfactions

E. treat their guest to a couple of

F. the sub-prime mortgage meltdown

G. claims to have spent

H. making it known how unhappy

   Task 4

Read the text below. For questions (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D). Write your answers on the separate answer sheet. An example (0) has been done for you.

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

The (0) ____A in this book are so believable, you’ll think the author has been crawling around in your mind. Haven’t you read or heard something and thought: “That’s exactly how I feel, but I just couldn’t put it into (1) ________ ?” That idea keeps coming to mind as you read. This guy in the book (2) ________ in, but doesn’t (3) ________ fit in. He conforms on the outside — most of the time — but resists conformity on the inside and resents the people he (4) ________ to get along (5) ________.

Everybody’s pushing and he wants to (6) ________ back, but doesn’t openly — most of the time. Society says: “Get in step. Stay in (7) ________.” And he does — most of the time.

“But I’m not like the rest,” he thinks. Or is he? He can’t (8) ________ out who he is or what he wants to become.

The story may not (9) ________ you at first. Keep going! It’s worth the (10) ________.

You think nobody ever felt the way you do about growing (11) ________? Reading this will (12) ________ your mind.

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