Read the text below. For questions (1—12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

WIND PROVIDES ELECTRICITY FOR HOMES AND SCHOOLS

For many years, windmills dotted the landscape of the United States and other countries. Many people in rural communities used windmills to (1) ....... needed electricity. But windmills began to disappear as power (2) ....... connected small communities to electric power plants far away.

Now windmills are making a (3) ....... . They are becoming popular again with people (4) ....... live in communities large and small. The new windmills are often called wind turbines. People in at least 47 states have put wind turbines in their yards to generate electricity (5) ....... their homes. Wind blows the (6) ....... of a turbine that sits atop a tall tower. The turbine (7) ....... a shaft, which connects to a generator that makes electricity.

Homeowners with turbines can't rely (8) ....... wind power all the time, though. They still need to use some electricity from a power company when the wind is not blowing. But when it is very windy, the turbine can generate (9) ....... power than a home needs. Sometimes a family can sell the extra electricity to the power company.

Many people like turbines because wind power does not cause pollution. Power from a turbine also can lower a home's electricity (10) ....... by 50 to 90 per cent.

But not everyone thinks turbines belong to people's yards. Some people (11) ....... neighbours have turbines say they are noisy and spoil their view. Others say the turbines (12) ....... birds that fly in their paths.

III. WRITING

Your English-speaking friend is interested in your hobby. Write him a letter of at least 100 words telling about your hobby. Include the following:

• What are the most popular free time activities among Ukrainian teenagers?

• What is your hobby and why do you like it?

• What advice would you give to your friend who wanted to take it up?

EXAMINATION CARD № 15

IX. I. READING

Read the text. Complete the sentences (1–6) with their missing parts (A–G). There is one extra part of the sentence.

Aand carried him to a car

BI saw a car knock into the boy

Cwould not like to be involved

DSometimes a policeman is there to help things out

Ethe driver managed to stop the car

Fto get to their cars and buses

Gwho looked dazed and bewildered

The road in front of my school is a narrow one. It is also very busy. Every afternoon when school is dismissed the road becomes almost impassable as children, bicycles, cars and buses jostle and struggle to use it. (1) .....,but generally chaos reigns and we have to be careful not to get involved in an accident.

A few accidents had already occurred. I was a witness to one.

It happened just after school. As usual the road was an utter mad house. Children were running across the road (2) ..... .Cars and buses honked angrily at them.

Just then I saw a young boy make a dash across the road. There was a loud blare of horn, a squeal of brakes and (3) ..... .He fell as though his feet were swept from under him.

Fortunately, the car was not moving very fast and (4) .....before a wheel could run over the fallen boy.

All traffic stopped. I ran over to the boy. He was shocked but seemed not to be injured badly. A man came and examined the boy. Then he lifted the boy (5) ..... .They sped off, presumably to the hospital.

Many people surrounded the driver (6) ..... .A policeman came to calm things down.

As there was nothing I could do, I turned and walked down the road carefully. It was terrible to witness an accident.

II. USE OF ENGLISH

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Like tens of thousands of other people, I use public transport every day either to get to and from work or to go from one place to another. So I can (1)...... myself as a frequent user of the transport system, and to be (2)...... sometimes I’d (3)…..I wasn’t.

I have to admit that there are times when it can be a very tiring and frustrating experience, (4)...... because of the way the other passengers behave. Some push and shove to squeeze in while others try to make their way to the doors in order to get off. And there I am, in a confined (5)...... with lots of frantic people around me, having difficulty breathing.

Isn’t it (6)...... the law to fill up buses with so many people? I believe that there should be (7)...... laws as to how many passengers should be allowed on a bus. This may sound a little unrealistic, but I have been on buses in potentially dangerous situations, where people have fallen on each other because they didn’t have anything to hold (8)...... .

III. WRITING

You have invited your English-speaking friend to spend Christmas holidays with you in Ukraine. Write a letter of at least 100 words including the following points:

• weather in December and January;

• UkrainianChristmas traditions;

• activities youare going to do.

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