FARMERS USE FALCONS TO PROTECT BERRIES

Rather than using chemicals or noise to keep birds from (1) ....... their ripe berries, some farmers are trying a new way to (2) ....... hungry birds: bigger birds.

Farmers in some parts of the US have (3) ....... people who own falcons, which are large birds of prey, to guard their berries. Small birds called starlings love berries. They can destroy hundreds of thousands of dollars in berries each year. But starlings are afraid (4) ....... falcons, so they fly off when they see one (5) ....... . Farmers use falcons that are (6) ....... not to kill the starlings and to fly back to their owners.

Keeping an eye (7) ....... the falcons is hard work. One man and his eight trained falcons (8) ....... last summer at the Roses Berry Farm in Glastonbury, Connecticut. They worked 11 hours a day, seven days a week, to chase starlings (9) ....... the farm.

In the past, the Roses tried chemicals and even small (10) ....... to scare away the birds. But the chemical is no (11) ....... sold and the neighbours did not like the noise from the cannons. The Roses thought about covering their 40 acres of blueberries (12) ....... nets to protect them, but the netting would have been very expensive.

III. WRITING

You have called your friend and found out that he/she caught a cold. Write an e-mail letter to your friendaccording to the plan below:

PLAN

Introduction

Para 1: greeting; some words about the purpose of your writing.

Main body

Para 2: express your sympathy and ask your friend when he/she caught a cold.

Para 3: whether the doctor has examined him/her; what medicines he/she is taking.

Conclusion

Para 4: give him/her advice what to do until he/she is well; closing remarks; your signature.

Write a letterof at least 100 words.

EXAMINATION CARD № 30

XXIV. I. READING

Read the text below. Choose from (A—H) the one which best fits each space (1—6). There are two choices you do not need to use.

DETERMINATION

Michael Jordan is known throughout the world (1) ....... he brought to the Chicago Bulls basketball team. We saw his majestic feats on the court.

However, many of us did not get a chance (2) ....... and determination on the practice court. His quote below tells a lot about the man and his determination to be the very best.

«I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over again in life. And that is why I succeed».

Determination is having the guts (3) ....... . Michael could have given up after missing a couple of those game-winning shots. He didn't. Rather, he learned from those missed opportunities and continued to work even harder (4) ....... .

Most of us will never be NBA basketball players, but we can all learn something from Michael's determination (5) ....... . And we can apply those lessons to whatever we are doing — school, work, hobbies, sports, etc.

When you set a goal, and have the determination to complete it, you find that setbacks become a problem to overcome (6) ....... .

A toward reaching his goals

В different ways you can overcome

C for the world championships

D to find a mentor or coach

E to be the best

F rather than a stopping point

G to keep going even when it gets tough

H to see his total commitment

II. USE OF ENGLISH

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