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?
a) one postcard and a parcel
b) several letters and a postcard
c) several postcards and a letter
3. How can people travel today?
a) by ferries
b) by trains
c) by planes
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 27th 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 pyramids of Giza
The Pyramids of Egypt were built during 2700-2500 B.C in Giza on the west bank of the Nile and are the most ancient of the Wonders of the World. The first three of the ten pyramids at Giza are considered to be the most important. The first pyramid is the largest and is known as the Great Pyramid. It was built for Pharaoh Khufu, also known as Cheops, and is 450 feet high.
Some believe that the Cheops Pyramid was built by slaves but this is not true. One hundred thousand people worked on it for three months of each year. This was the time of the Nile's annual flood which made it impossible to farm the land and most of the population was unemployed. He provided good food and clothing for his workers and was kindly remembered in folk tales for many centuries.
There are three great pyramids at Giza, each of which once had an adjoining mortuary temple.
The 'great' pyramid itself is truly an astonishing work of engineering skill - for over four thousand years, until the modern era, it was the tallest building in the world.
The sides are oriented to the four cardinal points of the compass.
Limestone blocks weigh on average 2.5 tons each. But some weigh as much as 16 tons. The Cheops Pyramid was constructed using around 2,300,000 limestone blocks.
1. The first three pyramids at Giza are considered to be the most important Wonders of the World.
2. They built a pyramid for Cheops, or Pharaoh Khufu, which is 450 feet high.
3. The Cheops Pyramid wasn’t built by slaves.
4. During the Nile's annual flood a lot of people were building the Cheops Pyramid.
5. The majority of the population was unemployed because they were slaves.
6. The nutrition for the builders of the pyramid was of nice quality.
7. The 'great' pyramid is the highest building in the world.
8. Most of limestone blocks weigh as much as 16 tons.