The largest island in the world

Listening I

Total time of listening section: about 15 minutes.

Audio materials: about 12 minutes

Time for transferring the answers: 3 minutes

There are 7 questions in this part. Listen to the recording and choose a correct option for each question.

What’s the weather like in the hills today?

a) cloudy and windy

b) sunny and a little cloudy

c) not sunny

2. What does the man receive in the post?

How did the woman get home yesterday?

a) by taxi

b) by train

c) her friend gave her a lift

What do they need to buy?

a) flour

b) butter

c) eggs

Where did the woman leave her notebook?

a) next to the phone

b) in the bag

c) in the jacket

What is in the suitcase?

a) the tooth paste

b) the soap

c) the towel

Listening II

For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space.

Write either one word or a number.

Be creative!

Details:

Name of magazine: (8) ________________Designs

Last year: a poster.

Now: design a (9) ____________ for the magazine.

You are allowed to select:

· the colour

· the words

· the design must include a (10) ________________

Deadlines:

· The winner will be announced on the 27^th of May.

· Finished designs should be sent by the (11) ________ of May.

Send to the magazine:

· your name

· your address

· the name of your teacher

· your (12) ___________ with the entry

Contact phone number: (13) ________

Reading I

Total time for reading section: 30 minutes

Look at the sentences below based on the text.

Read the text and decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect.

If it is correct, mark A.

If it is incorrect, mark B.

The largest island in the world

Greenland is the largest island in the world, measuring 2,670 km from north to south, but with a population of only about 56,000, one-quarter of which lives in the capital, Nuuk. It lies just south of the Arctic Circle, so its summer temperatures range from just 0C to 15C. Eighty-five percent of its 2,175,600 square kilometres area is covered with a massive ice cap, which holds 9 % of the world’s fresh water. If all this ice were to melt, the world’s ocean would rise by six to seven metres. Despite its name, Greenland is anything but green. Its bare haunting landscape is made up of grey granite rock and massive iceberg, with only tiny pockets of greenery.

The Inuit people (previously known as Eskimos) were the first people of this island. Then, around 980 AD, Eric the Red, a bloodthirsty Norwegian Viking, fled to the island and founded a settlement. Despite the desolate grayness, Eric cunningly named the island ‘greenland’, so as to attract settlers. His trick worked and the colony grew but then died out suddenly and mysteriously in the 1400s. In 1721, the Danish established a settlement there, and ruled for over 200 years, until 1979, when Greenland was declared an autonomous nation within the Kingdom of Denmark.

Nowadays Greenlandic, or East Inuit Language, has become the first language, and Danish is the second. The Civil Service is largely Greenlandic as well and there are more Inuit signs than Danish ones. However, like most small remote nations, economic independence is non-existent. Most of the national budget is funded by Denmark. Everything in the supermarket is Danish. Job prospects remain poor and most services, from air transport to seal hunting, are subsidized by the Danish taxpayer.

1. It is situated south-west of the Arctic Circle.

2. Much more than half of Greenland territory is covered with ice.

3. The island is rich with greenery.

4. Eskimos started living on this island long before any other people came to it.

5. Eric the Red set up a colony on the island.

6. Norwegian Viking attracted people’s attention by greenery of the land.

7. Now Danish is the first language of Greenland.

8. The budget of Greenland is funded by the Danish people.

Reading II

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