Examination card № 2 (15)

Examination card № 1 (10)

І. Reading

Read the text given below. Decide if the statements are T (True) or F (False).

Dear Mom and Dad,

This is my fifth day at the summer camp. Life in the great outdoors isn’t exactly what I ve expected, but I’m not starving ... yet ... so don’t worry about me.

I guess I should tell you about what I do every day. First, everyone has to get up at 5:30 A.M. They have this silly old rooster named Harry who loves to wake us up. Next, we have to make our beds and tidy up the cabin before our camp counselor, Jeff, comes to inspect the place.

Then, we have breakfast around 6:30 A.M. After that, we have some free time, so I’ve been going down to the nearby stream to fish for a couple of hours. But yesterday, the only thing I caught was an old shoe and a tree branch. Great catch, Huh? Then when I was trying to swat a mosquito buzzing around my head, I slipped and fell in the stream and lost my fishing pole. That ended my fishing career.

Well, in the afternoon, there are different activities we can choose from like archery, horseback riding, and hiking. I thought archery would be the sport for me until I shot an arrow through Jeff’s pant leg. As you can imagine, I haven’t been invited back since.

In the evening, everyone is assigned a different chore to get dinner ready. Yester-day, I was in charge of cooking the hotdogs, but I accidentally dropped them in the fire, so we had to settle for beans instead. The other kids are always razzing me about it.

At night, we sit around a campfire in front of the cabin, sing songs, and tell ghost stories. That’s usually fun, but one night while trying to find more sticks for the fire, I got all turned around and got lost. After about an hour of wandering aimlessly in the forest, I finally found my way back, but no one seemed to have realized what had happened, thinking that I just had gone to bed. A bear or wolf could have eaten me and no one would have known it. I was so beat I just crashed ... out like a light.

Well, today is another day and tomorrow I go home ... and not a bit too soon. I’ve learned that camping is just not for me.

Love,

Brad

1.Brad wrote a letter to his sister and brother.

2.Brad wrote in his letter that he wasn’t starving.

3.Brad does the same things every morning.

4.Brad wakes up at 6:30 in the morning.

5.Brad never has free time at the camp.

6.A mosquito caused Brad to fall into the stream.

7.Brad really enjoys archery.

8.Brad shot his friend Jeff in the leg with an arrow.

9.Brad dropped the beans in the fire, so the kids had to eat hot dogs.

10.Brad was lost for an hour in the forest.

Examination card № 2 (15)

І. Reading

Read the text and match the headings (A–D) to the paragraphs (1–5). One heading is extra.

AHow dangerous is it?

BWhat’s it like up there?

CHave you had any funny experiences?

DHow long have you been a window cleaner?

EWould you like to change your job?

When you hear the phrase ‘dangerous jobs’, you probably think of firefighters, life-guards or police officers. Can window cleaning be dangerous? No? Well, if you are working 250m above the ground, it can be very dangerous. This week, Darren Barnes, a window cleaner on some of the tallest buildings in Perth, in Australia, talks to us.

For ten years, I was working as a builder before that. Then, my brother started cleaning windows on skyscrapers and I changed jobs to work with him. I have always loved being up in the sky!

If you’re not afraid of heights, it’s great. On a sunny day the view is amazing. It’s very quiet and the people below look like ants. Of course, bad weather can be a problem – you know, strong winds – and the pollution sometimes makes the city look grey. However, I like it up there.

Well, it’s safer than it looks. The job was more difficult when I started. But safety equipment has changed a lot since then. We’ve got a power roof car now to take us to the top instead of the old chair. And I don’t work alone. Twelve of us clean a building, so we look out for each other.

Oh sure. Once, a pigeon sat on my head for hours and went up and down the building with me. It came every day and we used to share my sandwiches.