Examination Card №45

I. Reading
The text is about a girl from a poor family who wanted to join the children to have lunch in the school canteen. She lived not far from school but she had some reasons to explain her Mum why she wanted to have lunch at the canteen. Firstly, there would be less dishes for Mum to wash. Secondly, she would miss her daughter and would be glad to see her when she came back home. She asked her mother for three days to make her a rice sandwich and write a note to the principal so she could eat in the canteen, too. At last her Mum agreed.

The girl was standing in line with the stay-at-school kids waiting for her lunch until the nun who knew all the canteen kids by heart looked at her and asked who had sent the girl there. And since the girl was shy, she couldn't say anything, just held out her hand with the letter. The nun advised her to see Sister Superior in order to get her permission.

II. Writing
Dear Celine,
Thank you very much for the possibility to visit your town in June. Unfortunately, this is the time when I am having my Independent Tests to enter the university. Is it OK if I come to you in the middle of August?
I'm looking forward to your prompt reply.
Bye,
Larysa

III. Speaking
Lviv is a major city in western Ukraine. It is located about 70 km from the Ukraine's border with Poland and about 160 km (100 miles) from the eastern Carpathian Mountains. There are many hills in Lviv. Its highest point is the Vysoky Zamok (High Castle), 409 m above the sea level.

There are so many places which are worth visiting in Lviv. There is no need to travel by public transport. Tourist often have a two-hour walking tour "Secrets of the Old Town" that includes Rynok Square and the main historical sites of the old town. The historic centre of the city was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. You will stroll down Lviv's main avenues, squares, narrow cobbled streets.

The city tour starts at the Opera House, which is the first building in Europe built on a solid concrete base for the first time, then you will walk down Svoboda Avenue, which is laid out above the enclosed underground Poltva River. On your way you will have a look at the historic building housing The Maria Zankovetska Drama Theatre that was once the biggest in Europe and is the oldest in Ukraine. You will see the oldest and most gorgeous churches and cathedrals in the Old Town including the Baroque style Jesuit Cathedral, the Virgin Mary's Assumption church, the Armenian Cathedral with the 16th-17th century tombstones and others. There is a possibility to visit the High Castle and the underground city of the 14th century. Shevchenkivsky Park is an open air museum - the collection of huts of the 17th-18th century from all regions of Ukraine. Lychakiv Cemetery is the place where the most prominent Ukrainians are buried.

As Lviv is one of the biggest cities in Ukraine, the people of different professions are of great demand at the moment.

Lviv is the city where you can touch history at every step. It is worth visiting.

Date: 2016-01-03; view: 848