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8 form

Listening Comprehension

 

The Perfect Dog

       During summer vacations, I would volunteer at the vet's, so I'd seen a lot of dogs. Minnie was by far the funniest-looking dog I'd ever seen. Thin curly hair barely covered her sausage-shaped body. Her bugged-out eyes always seemed surprised. And her tail looked like a rat's tail. 

        She was brought to the vet to be put to sleep because her owners didn't want her anymore. I thought Minnie had a sweet personality, though. "No one should judge her by her looks," I thought. So the vet spayed her and gave her the necessary shots. Finally, I advertised Minnie in the local paper: "Funny-looking dog, well behaved, needs loving family."

       When a young man called, I warned him that Minnie was strange looking. The boy on the phone told me that his grandfather’s sixteen-year-old dog had just died. They wanted Minnie no matter what. I gave Minnie a good bath and fluffed up what was left of her scraggly hair. Then we waited for them to arrive.

       At last, an old car drove up in front of the vet’s. Two kids raced to the door. They scooped Minnie into their arms and rushed her out to their grandfather, who was waiting in the car. I hurried behind them to see his reaction to Minnie.

       Inside the car, the grandfather cradled Minnie in his arms and stroked her soft hair. She licked his face. Her rattail wagged around so quickly that it looked like it might fly off her body. It was love at first lick.

       "She’s perfect!" the old man exclaimed.

       I was thankful that Minnie had found the good home that she deserved.

       That’s when I saw that the grandfather’s eyes were a milky white color - he was blind.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 form

Listening Comprehension

Task 1. True or False Statements 

1. The teller is a doctor.
2. Minnie had a rather unusual look.
3. Some people wanted the dog to die.
4. The veterinarian gave the dog an injection that killed her.
5. The teller decided to save the dog.
6. There was a protest campaign in the local newspaper.
7. The teller had to make a few phone calls.
8. The young man wanted a particular kind of dog.
9. The dog and her new master liked each other.
10. The old man had some health problems.

Task 2. Choose the correct variant.

11. We can come to a conclusion that the teller helped the vet

A). as a part of daily routine.       

B). on his own initiative.

C). for fun.

D). against his will.

   12. The dog looked strange because one could easily see her

           A). eyes.           B). body.             C). tail.             D). skin.

  13. Minnie`s masters wanted to

A). get rid of her

B). find her a new family.

C). have her treated.

D). go to sleep

14. The dog seemed to have

A). a nice tail.                B). nice hair,

C). nice character           D). a nice appearance.

15. The vet made all the necessary

A). corrections.            B). reflections.

C). inflections.            D). attractions.

16. The teller used the media to address

A). the dog`s masters.   B). the public.

C). the vet.                     D). the dog.

17. The man who called needed the dog

A). to eat somebody.

B). to hunt somebody.

C). to please somebody.

D). to find somebody.

18. The dog seemed to get a good … before leaving

A). caring                B). beating.

C). piercing.            D). sharing.

19. At the vet`s the two boys moved very

A). quickly.

B). calmly.

C). confidently.

D). indifferently.

20. In the car, Minnie`s tail showed her

A). readiness to fly.

B). wish to escape.

C). eagerness to eat.

D). emotional state.

8 form

Reading

 

Kids need exercise, but what kind?

       Haley Moran-Wollens is not an elite athlete. She is a 13-year-old who, like lots of other teenagers, wants to be fit. And, like a growing number of teenagers whose parents can afford it, she has a personal trainer.

       In her case, the trainer is Rodica Vranceanu, who charges $75 an hour for after school workouts at Radu Physical Center, a gym in Midtown Manhattan.

       ''I don't want to be the skinniest,'' Haley said. ''I just want to work out. But a lot of people do it for the nice bodies, even at my age.''

       Though personal training is by no means the norm for American children, a small but growing number of their parents are paying the membership fees to private gyms for aerobics, weight lifting, and body-molding activities once considered for adults only.

       At the Spectrum Club in Valencia, Calif., children ages 13 to 17 can become Teen Fit members.

       ``They tend to go for the stationary bicycles and weights``, said Cindy Breakfield, sports manager, who added that personal trainers were available for the younger set.

       The Eastcoast Athletic Club in Port Washington, N.Y., has a program called Excel, which offers personal training at $45 an hour to children ages 12 to 17, said Christopher Patti, the fitness director.

       Some health experts hail the trend, saying that too many children do not get enough exercise. But others disagree.

       ''It's a sad precedent,'' said Richard Killingsworth, a scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. ''We are teaching a behavior that it's O.K. to be sedentary all day except for the one-hour exercise class. In the past decade, our children have lost the idea of what it is to enjoy being young and physically active.''

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 form

Reading

Task. Choose the correct variant.

1.Haley Moran-Wollens can be characterized as…

A). a girl that wants to be in a good shape.

B). a competitive athlete.

C). a girl with little money.

D). a personal trainer working with teenagers.

2. Personal training for… is becoming more popular in America.

A). retirees.

B). adults.

C). teenagers.

D). small children.

3. Using personal trainers might seem

A). fairly expensive.

B). quite boring.

C). pretty useless.

D). mostly useless.

4. The article states that a lot of teenagers try to

A). just lose weight.

B). look nice.

C). be strong.

D). kill free time.

5. All of the following are physical fitness centers in the article EXCEPT…

A). Excel.

B). Eastcoast Athletic Club.

C). Spectrum Club.

D). Radu Physical Center.

6. The article implies that most of the US schoolchildren

A). use personal fitness trainers.

B). use traditional sport activities.

C). never take up sports.

D). look like adults.

7. One can conclude that

A). adults tend to look like teenagers.

B). more teenagers quit difficult sports.

C). sports become younger.

D). fitness activities are concentrated in one area.

8. The idea of personal training for schoolchildren faces

A). ultimate support and understanding.

B). absolute resistance.

C). both approval and disapproval.

D). none of the above.

9. According to Richard Killingsworth, personal trainers for teenagers are…

A). a good way for teenagers to stay fit.

B). not normal for all American children.

C). too expensive for all families.

D). allowing teens to be inactive.

10. In the last paragraph, the word ``sedentary`` most probably means:

A). energetic.

B). hard-working.

C). unhappy.

D). inactive.

 

8 form

Writing Comprehension

 

1. Describe your ideal living situation, including city or country, an apartment or house, alone or with a family.
2. Write advice for a foreigner visiting your country. Discuss when to come, what to bring, where to go and what to expect.
3. A youth magazine `` The Best Teacher of the Year`` competition and has asked its readers to submit their compositions describing their teachers. Write about your `` Best Teacher``. Why is he/she the best?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 form

 

 

Speaking Comprehension

 

1. Imagine you`ve got a chance to choose any career you`d like. What would it be? Why?
2. Tell about a good book or a good movie you`ve recently read / seen.
3. What do you feel when you have to go and see the doctor? What`s the reason for feeling this way?
4. Do you think the story of Cinderella could happen in the 21^st century? Why? How could that be?
5. What do you think is the right age to start driving? Drinking beer? Drinking alcohol? Why?
6. What school subjects would you not study at all? Which ones do you think you should study more? Why?
7. Does it matter for you if some animal or plant species disappear from our planet? Why?
8. Why do you think people laugh? Is humor very different in different countries? Explain your ideas.
9. Do you think people should encourage those who do services ( waiters, taxi-drivers etc.) by tipping them? What makes you think so?
10.  Who is more important in the world history: men or women? What makes you think so?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 form

 

Listening Comprehension

 

   HERE COMES ACROBATIC SKIING 

 

They jump, fly, dance in air before landing back on earth. They make daredevil jumps and the most spectacular acrobatic stunts you could never imagine. Who are they? They are the fantastic skiers of free-style skiing. They are really very special sportsmen. For them, skiing is both show arid entertainment. What they do seems easy, but...             

Whoever practises this sport should have perfect control of his or her body and mind. Nothing can be left to chance! You must have a calm disposition and be physically fit. You must be a professional skier. The height, speed, acrobatic difficulty: everything must be planned and synchronized in advance...

There is no room for fear or indecisiveness. A skier who practises free-style must be a perfect machine.             

However, free-style skiing is not just acrobatics and daredevil jumps. 

The skiers ski through speedy and steep ski runs full of humps. So, they have to ski between one hump and another, taking very tight curves at an incredible speed.

The ballet is another spectacular kind of free-style skiing but slower. It combines the qualities of elegance and physical strength and is quite similar to ice-skating. In fact, the movements of the skiers have to be very gracious. In the ballet style, the exercises are very similar to the waltz!

Monoski is something between a skateboard and a ski. The skier who prac­tises this sport uses only one narrow ski board, on which he or she puts both his or her feet. It's just like a surf-board on snow.

It originated among American kids but is now very popular in Europe, too. Surely, international competitions of this kind are not far behind.

What if there were no snow? Who cares! You can now ski on grass, too. You just need to have a ski board on wheels. Apart from fun, these ski boards are ac­tually used by professional skier to train themselves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 form

 

Listening Comprehension

Task 1. True or False Statements 

Listen to the text. Put a tick (v) next to the true statements and cross (x) next to the false ones.

1. The free-style skiers do their acrobatic stunts in air.

2. Free-style skiing is for healthy and specially trained people.

3. What the free-style skiers do is relatively easy. 

4. Free-style skiers are dreamers.

5. Calm disposition and decisiveness are important in this sport.

6. It's not quite necessary for the free-style skier to be physically fit.

7. Unlike skiers the free-style skiers only do jumps and stunts.

8. Those free-style skiers who dance in air do some quick and often not gracious movements. 

9. Free-style skiing originated in Europe.

10. Free-style skiing and monoskiing are both for fun and for physical fitness. 

Task 2. Multiple Choice Questions

Listen to the text again. Choose the one best answer A, B, C, D to each ques­tion. 

1. The acrobatic skiers can do everything except... 

A. fly. С swim.

B. dance.    D.jump.

2. Their jumps and stunts are...

A. habitual. C. Unspectacular.  

B. very unusual. D. not exciting.

3. The free-style sportsmen are very...

A. special.    C. amusing.

B. simple.                 D. amateurish.

4. One who goes in for free-style skiing must be... 

A. very strong and healthy.      B. very lightweight and tall.

C. not tall and stout.               D. slender and good-looking.

5. A good free-style skier is like a perfect machine because...

A. a sportsman works without stops.

B. in this sport there is no room for mistakes.

C. he/she permanently entertains the public.

D. he practises the sport.

6. Main places for skiing are...

A. ski lanes. C. ski runs.

B. ski lines. D. ski roads.

7. The sportsmen ski between... 

A. curves;         B. waves.

C. hills.            D. humps.

8.The ballet free-style skiing is...

A. as speedy as simple free-style skiing. 

B. much more speedy than skiing.

C. slower than ballet. 

D.        slower than free-style skiing.

9.The monoski skier uses... 

A.        a long board.     B.       one harrow ski board. 

C. a board like a surfboard.

D. one ski to put his or her feet.

10. This kind of sport is very popular... 

A. but is strictly forbidden for competitions.

B. and will surely be included into international competitions.

C. and is forced to be included in physical training at schools.

D.        and is obligatory for professional skiers.      

9 form

Reading

 

 

BASE JUMPING

Twenty there years ago, Carl Boenish took a team of skydiyers to Yosemite National Park, USA, and jumped with them from El Captain's summit. The sport developed into BASE jumping, named after the four types of fixed objects people jump from Building, Antenna, Span (bridge) and Earth (cliff).

Due to the legislation surrounding it, many BASE jumpers keep their hobby a secret, so it's difficult to say how many are involved in the sport. Estimated fig­ures are very low — there are probably fewer than 1500 across the world.

Different countries have different attitudes towards BASE jumping. In the USA, the act of BASE jumping is not illegal, although the owners of high bridges and buildings do not usually permit people to jump from them. There are tight regulations against the sport in American and Australian national parks. One of the few countries that welcomes BASE jumping is Malaysia, home to two of the world's highest buildings.             

It is the danger of the sport that lures people to it. Comparably, skydiving is very safe. For some people; skydiving begins to feel too safe, and they move on to BASE jumping to recapture the sense of excitement.

The main thrill experienced is a sensation called ground rush. BASE jump­ers fall from heights much lower than those considered safe by skydivers. Though they do not reach the same speeds, they accelerate more quickly during their fall. At the fastest part of a skydiver's fall the ground is still distant, but BASE jump­ers see it approaching them at an incredible speed.             

Are they mad? Maybe, but BASE jumpers also have great skill and focus. They have to know how to manoeuvre and land with total accuracy, as there is no room for mistakes. Anyone considering BASE jumping should already be an experienced skydiver. Attempting a BASE jump without the necessary knowledge or experience is suicidal.

No one can deny that BASE jumping is an incredibly dangerous sport. The jumps are much shorter than those undertaken by skydivers, leaving little time to open the parachute, or sort out problems if they arise. Such problems can of­ ten be fatal.

However, some BASE jumping enthusiasts insist that the risks are exagger­ated, and can be kept to a minimum if the jumps are carried out correctly. Many claim that strict laws against jumping in national parks force them to jump in unsafe conditions, often from very dangerous low cliff edges with unsuitable equipment.

But even at organised jumps, casualties are expected with ambulances on stand-by for the broken ankles or more serious injuries.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 form

Reading

Task . Multiple Choice Questions

Read the text. Choose the one best answer A, B, C, D to each question.

1. Skydivers jump from...

A. steep slopes.

B. high rocks. 

C. modern structures.

D.four types of fixed objects.

2. The right number of BASE jumpers is...

A. published. 

C. kept in secret.

B. unknown. 

D. uncountable.

3. BASE jumping is officially welcomed in...

A. the whole world.     B. Australia.
C.Malaysia.                D. Yosemite National Park.

4. Skydivers change their sport for BASE jumping because...

A. they want to capture the sense of excitement again/

B. they are tired of skydiving.

C. skydiving is becoming less popular. 

D.skydiving has negative consequences.

5. BASE jumpers...

A fall with the speed of skydivers.      

B. move faster than skydivers.

C. fall slower than skydivers.

D.move with the speed of a jet.

A. necessary knowledge. 

B. great practical power.

С skill from practice.

D. sense of risk.

7. Mistakes in BASE jumper's accuracy cause...

A. bad sport results.

B. great thrill.

C. deep excitement.

D.inevitable injuries.

8. What do BASE jumpers use to jump from the height?

A. A parachute. 

C. A rope.

B. An umbrella. 

D. Nothing.

9. What or who makes BASE jumpers jump in unsafe conditions?

A. Good experience in jumping.

B. Strict laws against jumping.

C. Multiple supporters of this kind of sport.

D. The desire to set up world records.

10. This kind of sport is...

A. organised in no way.

B. spontaneous.

C. arranged into a good working system.

D. thoroughly planned.

 

9 form

Writing

1. Describe a visit to a place that you will always remember, say what place it was and explain why you will remember it.             
2. You have decided to enter a short story competition. You should write a composition finishing with the words, "After ten years of effort, he finally got what he  wanted".
3.   The television company you are working for .needs a report about young people's television-watching habits. Write your report for the company.

 

 

9 form

Speaking

1. Can you say that you like every­ thing in the area where you live? What in your opinion could, be, done to make it seem better?
2. What or who influences the books that you like to read? Give some examples of the books you have read.
3. What holiday, in the United States or Great Britain, would you like to take part in? Why?
4. How have computers changed the lives of the people who use them?
5. What makes one person interesting to   another person?   Give   four examples of how this occurs.

6.   Describe what you like to do when you are not required to attend school? What would happen on, a typical “day-off “from school?
7. What is your most favorite month or season? Why do you prefer it to all others?
8. History books are full of interesting personalities: Give an example of one interesting person from the present time, and say what he or she did.
9. If you had to live somewhere with­ out a television, movies, or use of a computer, what would you do for entertainment? Give examples.
10. If you appreciate music, what is more important for you_; the melo­dy or the lyrics? Tell us about an example of your choice.
11. The history of Ukraine goes back thousands of years. What is one event you found interesting while studying   about   Ukraine's   hi­story?
12. What can you do to help clean up the litter (bits of paper thrown on the ground in your environment? What do you suggest others should do to help?

15. You are learning to speak the Eng­lish language in your school. What do you think is the most
  difficult part about learning the English language? Why? 

18. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you want to go and what would you want to do there?

19. Friendships are very important to us all. What needs to be done to be­gin making friends and to keep them as your friends?

20. Do you really like a famous movie actor or actress? Who is this person and why do you admire him or her so much?

 

 

10 form

Listening Comprehension

Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, one white gardenia was delivered anonymously to me at my house. There was never a card or note, and calls to the florist were in vain because the purchase was always made in cash. After a while, I stopped trying to discover the identity of a sender. I just de­lighted in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical, perfect white flower nestled in folds of soft pink tissue paper.

But I never stopped imagining who the sender might be. Some of my happiest mo­ments were spent in daydreams about some­one wonderful and exciting, but too shy or eccentric to make known his or her iden­tity. In my teen years, it was fun to specu­late that the sender might be a boy I had a crush on, or even someone I didn't know who had noticed me.

When I was 17a boy broke my heart. The night he called for the last time. I cried myself to sleep. When I awoke in the morning, there was a message scribbled on the mirror in red lipstick: "Heartily know, when half-gods go, the gods arrive." I thought about that quotation from Emerson for a long time, and 1 left it where my mother had written ii until my heart healed. When I finally went for the glass cleaner my mother knew that everything was all right again.

But there were some hurts my mother couldn't heal. A month before my high school graduation, my father died suddenly of a heart attack. My feelings ranged from simple grief to abandonment, fear, distrust and overwhelming an­ger that my Dad was missing some of the most important events in my life. I became completely uninterested in my upcoming graduation, the senior-class play and the prom-events that I had worked on and looked for­ward to. I even considered staying home to attend college instead of going away as I had planned because it felt safer.

My mother, in the midst of her own grief, wouldn't hear of me missing out any of these things. The day before my father died, she and I had gone shopping for a prom dress and had found a spectacular one,—-yards-and-yards of| dotted Swiss-in-red,-white and blue. Wearing it made me feel like Scarlet O'Hara. But it was the wrong size, and when my father died the next day, I forgot all about the dress.

My mother didn't. The day before the prom, I found that dress waiting for me — in the right size. It was draped majestically over the living room sofa, presented to me artisti­cally and lovingly. I may not have cared about having a new dress, but my mother did.

She cared how we children felt about ourselves. She im­bued us with a sense of the magic in the world, and she gave us the ability to see beauty even in the face of adversity.

In truth, my mother wanted her children to see them­selves much like the gardenia — lovely, strong, perfect, with an aura of magic and perhaps a bit of mystery.

My mother died when I was 22, only ten days after I was married. That was the year the gardenias stopped coming.

By Marsha Arons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 form

Listening Comprehension

I.  True/False

1.   The girl began to receive white gardenias since she was 12.
2.   She stopped imagining who the sender might be.
3.   She never knew who send them until her father's death.
4.   When she was 17 her mother broke her heart.
5.   Her father died of heart attack.
6.   The father died after right after the girl prom.
7.   The girl didn't care about having a new dress.
8.   The mother presented her daughter the dress the day before the prom.
9.   The mother died 10 years after the girl's marriage.
10. The gardenias stopped coming after her mother's death.

II. Choose the correct answer

1. The gardenias were delivered

1.    unanimously
2.    anonymously
3.    with a card or a note

2. The girl imagined that the sender was

1. her mother      her dad
2.    some boy

3. When she was 17 the boy

1.    broke her heart
2.    had a heart attack
3.    scribbled a message on a mirror

4. The quotation from Emerson was

1.    When gods go, half-gods arrive
2.    When half-gods arrive, gods go
3.    When half-gods go, gods arrive

5. The girl cleaned the mirror when

1.    her heart healed
2.   her mother told her to clean up the mess
3.    her boy-friend apologized

6. Her father died

1.    a month before her graduation in a car accident
2.    a month before her graduation of heart-attack
3.    a month before her marriage of a stomach-ache
   7   The girl became completely uninterested in

1.    her life
2.    prom-events
3.    shopping

8. Wearing a new dress made her feeling like

1.    Princess Diana
2.    An ugly dwarf
3.    Scarlet O'Hara

9. The day before the prom

1.    she found the dress in the right size
2.    she found her father dead
3.    she found the dress in the wrong size

10.       The gardenias stopped coming

1. after her mother’s death
2. after her husband ‘s death
3. after her divorce

10 form

Reading

Text 1 (Questions 1—4)

The extinction of many species of birds has undoubtedly been hastened by modem man; since 1600 it has been estimated that approximately 100 bird species have become extinct over the world. In North America, the first species known to be annihilated was the great auk, a flightless bird that served as an easy source of food and bait for Atlantic fishermen through the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Shortly after the great auk’s extinction, two other North American species, the Carolina parakeet and the passenger pigeon, began dwindling noticeably in numbers. The last Carolina parakeet and the last passenger pigeon in captivity both died in September 1914. In addition to these extinct species, several others such as the bald eagle, the peregrine falcon, and the California condor are today recognized as endangered; steps are being taken to prevent their extinction.

  1.  The number of bird species that have become extinct in the United States since         1600 most probably is

         A. more than 100               В. exactly 100

         С. less than 100                D. exactly three

 2. The passage implies that the great auk disappeared

         A. before 1600                 В. in the 1600’s

         С. in the 1800’s                D. in the last fifty years

 3. It can be inferred from the passage that the great auk was killed because

         A. it was eating the fishermen’s catch              В. fishermen wanted to eat it

         С. it flew over fishing areas                              D. it baited fishermen

4. The paragraph following this passage most probably discusses

       A. what is being done to save endangered birds

       В. what the bald eagle symbolizes to Americans

       С. how several bird species became endangered

       D. other extinct species

Text 2 (Questions 5—9)

Checks and balances are an important concept in the formation of the U.S. system of government as presented in the Constitution of the United States. Under this conception of government, each branch of government has built  in checks and limitations placed on it by one or more different branches of government in order to ensure that any one branch is not able to usurp total dominance over the government. Under the Constitution, the United Static has a tripartite government, with power divided equally among the branches the presidency, the legislature, and the judiciary. Each branch is given some authority over the other two branches to balance the power among the three branches. An example of these checks and balances is seen in the steps needed to pass a law. Congress can pass a law with a simple majority, but the president can veto such a law. Congress can then counteract the veto with a two-thirds majority. However, even if Congress passes a law with a simple majority or overrides a presidential veto, the Supreme Court can still declare the law unconstitutional if it finds that the law is contradictory to the guidelines presented in the Constitution.

5. The expression «dominance over» in line 11 is closest in meaning to

    A. understanding of         В. dispute over

    С. authority over              D. rejection of

6. The word «tripartite» in line 13 suggests that something is

   A. divided into three                   В. totally democratic

   С. powerfully constructed          D. evenly matched

7. The «judiciary» in line 16 is

   A. the electorate                   В. the authority

    С. the legal system              D. the government

8. The word «counteract» in line 13 is closest in meaning to

    A. vote for         В. debate

    С. surpass           D. work against

9.  «Contradictory to» in line 31 is closest in meaning to which of the following expressions?

    A. In agreement with

    В. Opposite to

    С. Supported by

    D. Similar to

Text 3  (Question 10-16)

The rattlesnake has a reputation as a dangerous and deadly snake with a fierce hatred for humanity. Although the rattlesnake is indeed a venomous snake capable of killing a human, its nature has perhaps been somewhat exaggerated in myth and folklore.

The rattlesnake is not inherently aggressive and generally strikes only when it has been put on the defensive. In its defensive posture the rattlesnake raises the front part of its body off the ground and assumes an S-shaped form in preparation for a lunge forward. At the end of a forward thrust, the rattlesnake pushes its fangs into the victim, thereby injecting its venom.

There are more than 30 species of rattlesnakes, varying in length from 20 inches to 6 feet and also varying in toxicity of venom. In the United States there are only a few deaths annually from rattlesnakes, with a mortality rate of less than 2 per cent of those attacked.

10. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

     A. The Exaggerated Reputation of the Rattlesnake

     В. The Dangerous and Deadly Rattlesnake

     С. The Venomous Killer of Humans

     D. Myth and Folklore about Killers

11.  According to the passage, which of the following is true about rat­tlesnakes?

     A. They are always ready to attack.

     В. They are always dangerous and deadly.

     С. Their fierce nature has been underplayed in myth and folklore.

     D. Their poison can kill people.

12. The word «posture« in line 11 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

     A. Mood

     В. Fight

     С. Position

     D. Strike

13. When a rattlesnake is ready to defend itself, it

    A. lies in an S-shape on the ground

    В. lunges with the back part of its body

    С. is partially off the ground

    D. assumes it is prepared by thrust­ing its fangs into the ground

14 .It can be inferred from the passage that

    A. all rattlesnake bites are fatal

    В. all rattlesnake bites are not equally harmful

    С. the few deaths from rattlesnake bites are from six-foot snakes

    D. deaths from rattlesnake bites have been steadily increasing

15. The word «mortality» in line 10 is closest in meaning to

   A. percentage

   В. illness

   С. death

   D. survival

16. The author’s purpose in this passage is to

   A. warn readers about the extreme danger from rattlesnakes

   В. explain a misconception about rattlesnakes

   С. describe a rattlesnake attack

   D. clarify how rattlesnakes kill humans

 

 

 

10 form

Writing

1. Many people, especially parents, believe that the media, in particu­lar television and movies, influ­ence human behaviour. Do you agree with this idea? How do you think this will continue to change our behaviour and relationships in the future? Do you think parents should limit their children’s view­ing of televisions and movies? If so, how?

2. In modem society people are often believed to be ‘winners’ or ‘losers’. What do you think these terms mean? Which would you want to be in the future? Is there anything that you would never do for the sake of that? What is it? Why?

3. Some people believe that schools must teach only basic background skills like reading, writing and doing sums, and that deeper knowledge should be given only in colleges or universities because at school children have to waste a lot of time and effort on some­thing they will never use in their future life. What do you think of this?

 

 

10 form

Speaking

 

1. Imagine you’ve got a chance to choose any career you’d like. What would it be?        Why?

2. Suppose you are to give a brief talk on smoking-nonsmoking. What would you say?

3. Tell about a good book or a good movie you’ve recently read/seen.

4. Imagine you can create a cheap, convenient, safe and fast means of transportation.  What will it be?

5. What would you change in your family relations if you and your fa­ther (mother) found yourselves in each other’s shoes?

6. Who is more important in the world history: men or women? What makes you think so?

7. Do you think there is hope for our planet in the future? Explain your ideas.

8. How do you understand multiculturalism? Do you think multiculturalism is possible in Ukraine? Why?

9. Do you think the story of Cinderel­la could happen in the 21st centu­ry? Why? How could that be?

10. If you could have any lifestyle you’d like, what kind of life would you want to have when you get old enough to retire from work?

11.What do you feel when you have to go and see the doctor? What’s the reason for feeling this way?

12. Some people believe drugs should be legalized. If you had the power to make the final decision, what would it be?

13. Why do you think people laugh? Is humor very different in different countries? Explain your ideas.

14. AIDS has brought the world to the state of a global crisis. What do you think should be done about it?

15. What school subjects would you not study at all? Which ones do you think you should study more? Why?

16. If you took part in the debate on gun control, which of the parties would you join? Why?

17. Do you think people should en­courage those who do services (waiters, taxi-drivers etc.) by tip­ping them? What makes you think so?

18. What do you think is the right age to start driving? Drinking beer? Drinking alcohol? Why?

19. Does it matter for you if some ani­mal or plant species disappear from our planet? Why?

20. How many holidays do you think people may have a year? What are your reasons?