Mid Test. Pastime

𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. And Jane started reading: "It was a dark and stormy night. The wind was blowing and the bright moon was shining in the sky. Kate felt scared in this old and abandoned house. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise …"

𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. It's about real magic! There are giants, fairies and unicorns. They live in a completely different world. And, of course, there's the main character who suddenly turns out to be taken to this unreal place.

𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. The book I'm reading now is really exciting! The main character has to deal with dangerous situations, go on difficult quests and stay alive in the end. I can't put it down until I read it till the end.

𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. My brother doesn't like such kind of books. He is sure that all those love stories are for girls and women. He says that it's better to get experience in relationships not from books but in real life.

𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. I always laugh when I read it as if I'm reading it for the first time. I've already read it four times, and every time the situations still seem funny and amusing. I'm always in a good mood after reading it.

You’ll hear 5 speakers (A–E) twice. Match each speaker with a rubric (1–6). You can only use each rubric once. There is one extra rubric. 1. I avoid these kinds of films. 2. I choose wisely. 3. I dislike cinemas. 4. I find cinemas expensive. 5. I learn from these films. 6. I recommend this film.

Listen to the interview and complete the table. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for each answer. Numbers must be written in letters.

Listen to the texts (A–D), choose the correct option and fill in the numbers (1–3) in the table. A. In the evening, the visitors of the entertainment park can see ______. 1) a light show 2) a dancing contest 3) a roller skating competition B. Samantha wants to ______. 1) find out what the homework is 2) get help with her homework 3) borrow a computer to do her homework C. What place in the city impressed Greg most of all? 1) the robot exhibition 2) the entertainment park 3) the ice cream funfair D. What pet has Emma got? 1) a cat 2) a dog 3) a parrot

Read the text and categorise the sentences. The Owl Joan Harrison was walking along the street. She was shy and always felt lonely and upset. Joan worked as a secretary in an office in the city centre. It was lunchtime, and she went out to get some air. She was looking absently at the shop-windows when she saw a brown wooden owl in one of them. Suddenly, Joan stopped. Joan was totally indifferent to birds, and she had never understood people who collected useless statues. But for some reason, she could not take her eyes off the owl. The wooden owl drew Joan to itself. Joan decided to buy the owl. She earned a little, just to pay for her room and food. She couldn’t afford new clothes. Even a ticket to the cinema was a heavy expense for her. But this time Joan was sure that she had to buy the wooden owl. Joan opened the door of the shop. She asked the shop assistant about the price of the wooden owl. It was fifty pounds. Joan understood that it was sheer madness to buy such an expensive wooden bird. But she did it without any hesitation. The next morning, she left her house in a very good mood. Now, having the owl at home, Joan made it a habit to say goodbye and touch the owl’s head before leaving. Amazingly, after this simple gesture, she was cheerful and energetic the whole day. One morning, when patting the owl on the head, Joan remembered her wish to join the evening pottery class at college. She had often thought about it, but always changed her mind at the last moment. Now she decided to fulfil her wish. At the pottery class, Joan achieved considerable results. Her teacher said she had a unique style. Nobody knew that she worked hard at home. Under the owl’s observation, Joan experimented with forms and colours. Once she took part in the students’ show at the college, and the Museum of Arts asked her to sell her works for two thousand pounds. The sum covered all her debts and she could afford to buy a new dress and shoes and even more. The next step was the annual National Art Festival, at which a secretary, Joan Harrison, presented her personal exhibition. Her fame and income were growing. Joan left her office and became a potter. A year later, she and the art director of the museum were happily married. They moved to a large country house and now Joan had her own pottery. Joan took the lucky owl with her. It took its honorary place in the large living room. In her last years she often remembered the shop where she had bought the owl, her evening classes and her first steps in pottery. Joan was so proud of the owl that each piece of her pottery had a picture of the owl on it. Lots of famous artists and important people visited Joan and her husband, but Joan never gave her owl to anybody until her dying day.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐬 (𝐀–𝐅) 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.