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Task 2 Questions 7-15
Read the text about an ice hotel and decide whether the statements about the text are
true (T), false (F), or there is no information (NI). Tick (√) the right box. An example
(0) has been done for you.
Arctic Ice Hotel
Located 125 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, Jukkasjärvi is a window
into Europe’s last great wilderness area. The vast northern land has crystal blue lakes,
mountains, glaciers, waterfalls, fast rivers, and extensive forests. Lapland is a vast
region of land that extends across the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland,
and Russia. Swedish Lapland occupies about half the entire landmass of Sweden.
Swedes know the area as Norrland.
The famous Ice Hotel is rebuilt every year and is open from December till
April. The peak season is mid-January to April. The hotel is demolished in May.
Everything in the hotel is made from ice, including coffee tables, chandeliers,
glasses, and even the beds. Guests are provided with cold weather suits and sleeping
bags. Beds are draped with reindeer skins to keep you warm at night.
Ice is cut using a special ice saw. It normally takes 6-8 weeks to complete the
construction. Some 30,000 tonnes of packed snow and 1,200 tonnes of ice are used.
Once built the hotel maintains a constant interior temperature of –5 to –7C.
There is no heating in the hotel. Warmth is maintained by burning candles and
through the body heat of guests and staff. Clothing is important. You will need robust
outdoor clothes that can cope with snow and cold weather. Thermal underwear, jeans,
pants, winter jackets, hats, socks, and hiking boots are all essential.
The single storey hotel can accommodate 100 people. Most rooms are of
standard design and can sleep between four and eight people. The floor plan normally
includes a bar, sauna, restaurant, and a chapel – popular for weddings and
christenings.
The only thing lacking is bathroom facilities. These are located in an adjoining
building. Despite what would appear to be physical privations, the Ice Hotel last year
attracted 3,000 guests and over 20,000 visitors.
But if you’re not up to sleeping on an ice bed you can stay at the nearby
Wardshuset Inn, a traditional guesthouse which operates all year round. And don’t
worry about the Ice Hotel collapsing around your ears. The construction has been
approved by the Swedish military – their rocket-propelled grenades had little impact
on the wall.
The hotel can arrange plenty of daytime activities, including snowmobiling,
dog sledging, and skiing.
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PART TWO Time: 25 minutes
READING Points: 15
T F NI
(0) Lapland is one of Europe’s biggest wild areas. √
(7) Lapland is an area that covers one third of Sweden.
(8) The Ice Hotel is newly constructed every year.
(9) Animal furs keep you warm in bed at night.
(10) Some furniture is made of ice.
(11) Hotel is heated by fireplaces.
(12) A hundred different nations have visited the hotel.
(13) There are only single rooms at the hotel.
(14) All bedrooms have adjoining bathrooms.
(15) The Swedish Army has tested the security of the building.
(7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) No of points:
For the
teacher
+/-

Reading exs-s

Read the true stories and find them suitable headings (A-J).
An example (0) has been done for you.
A. Go home and wait
B. Huge criminal record
C. Unexpected guests in the car
D. Hotel’s loud snorers
E. Wrong place, wrong time
F. Call us for assistance
G. Protection from burglars
H. Closing down Denny’s
I. Pets in the trunk
J. Knowledge helps to escape
For the
teacher
(0) E Darnell Madison was shot and killed in March in Homewood
when he burst into a motel room intending to rob the seven men
he had seen with a large amount of money. He was unaware they
were armed police officers working on another case.
0.*
(7)
……
When Al Asbaty returned to his car after shopping, he was
startled to find out that thousands of bees were building a hive
inside his Mercedes. Due to the sunny weather he had left the
windows rolled down allowing a queen bee to fly in, followed
by about 20,000 of her faithful servants. At last a bee expert
Tom Fuscalo managed to drive the insects into an artificial hive.
7…….
(8)
…….
Denny’s restaurants are always open 24 hours a day. When they
decided to close last Christmas (first time ever), they realized
that a lot of doors did not have locks. Most of those that did have
locks, no one knew where to find the keys!
8……..
(9)
……
Shortly after the 911 emergency number became available, an
elderly and quite ill lady appeared in a Rochester hospital
emergency room, having driven herself to the hospital and
barely managing to stagger in from the parking lot. The horrified
nurse said,” Why didn’t you call the 911 number and get an
ambulance?” The lady said,” My phone doesn’t have an eleven”.
9……..
(10)
…….
FBI and Florida authorities arrested Paul Flasher who
had been sentenced to five years in prison in 1990 for grand theft
but who had never been jailed.
Flasher said he had gone home from the sentencing
hearing and “sat tight”, just as his lawyer had instructed, waiting
for notification to report to prison. Authorities forgot him for 12
years.
10…….
(11)
………
A 71-year old man fell off a dock into the jaws of an alligator
and escaped. “I wasn’t a bit afraid. I knew what they usually
do,” said George Blinn who got away from the alligator by
jabbing his thumb in its eye. Blinn said he has long been a fan of
such programmes as Wild Kingdom and knew about alligators’
general behaviour. Now he got the chance to use that
knowledge. Blinn said the alligator bit him on the left hand and
then flopped him over in the water three times before Blinn
could escape.
11…….
(12)
……..
Dennis Payne was arrested as a pickpocket at a Jersey City train
station, his 135th arrest in New Jersey and New York City since
1978. Police said it took a computer more than a half-hour to
print out Payne’s arrest record.
12…….
(13)
………
After police pulled over Kevin Temple in a routine traffic stop, a
police dog sniffing the trunk became agitated. In the trunk and
back seat officers found the following live animals: 48
rattlesnakes, 45 non-poisonous snakes, 67 scorpions, several
small lizards and a parrot. Temple said they were just pets.
13……
(14)
………
In October, the Swallows Hotel in Gateshead, England, offered
11 chronic snorers a free night’s stay so they could test how well
soundproofed the rooms are. The hotel staff tape-recorded the
sounds coming from the rooms and promised the loudest snorer
a prize.
14……
(15)
………
Michael J. Schmidt set up a hidden camera at his home because
he had been burglarized several times and thought he could
catch the culprits in the act.
The burglars came back and were captured on tape which
Schmidt turned over to the sheriff. Among the items the burglars
took from Schmidt’s house was a box containing eight marijuana
plants. Schmidt was charged with illegal drug possession.
15…….
No of points:

29.04

Task 1 6 points
Write the sentences in reported speech.
An example (0) has been done for you.
For the
teacher
0,5 / 1
(0) ‘Are your friends playing ball in the yard?’
Thomas asked me …… if my friends were playing ball in the yard. ………….
(1) ‘Why do you want the job?’
The interviewer asked me ………………………………………………………….
(2) ‘Will Jim go to work tomorrow?’
Susan wanted to know …………………………………………………………….
(3) ‘Don’t clean the blackboard, children.’
The teacher asked …………………………………………………………………..
(4) ‘We have eaten five apples.’
The children said …………………………………………………………………..
(5) ‘Turn off the radio, please.’
Mother asked Carol …………………………………………………………………..
(6) ‘Nancy bought the tickets.’
Peter said …………………………………………………………………………..

Australia

28.04 New Hometask(2)

Read the text about the ostrich and decide whether the statements are true (T), false
(F) or there is no information (NI). Tick (√) the right box. An example (0) has been
done for you.
The Biggest Bird
The biggest bird of all is the ostrich. It can weigh 300 pounds or more. It
grows to be about eight feet tall.
The ostrich is incapable of flying. There are other birds that cannot fly – emus
of Australia, rheas of South America, and kiwis of New Zealand. Scientists think the
ancestors of these birds millions of years ago were smaller and flew like other birds.
But most of the giant nonflying birds today live on islands where they have few
enemies. Because no danger threatened them, they had no need to fly. Over millions
of years, these kinds of birds grew bigger and heavier and their wings became weaker.
The ostrich, which lives on the African plains, does have hungry enemies such
as lions and cheetahs. But the ostrich can run fifty miles an hour, faster than most of
its enemies. Besides, the ostrich is so tall and has such sharp eyesight that it can see
danger from far off. In fact, zebras often stay near an ostrich and use it as a lookout.
When it runs, they run.
The ostrich lays the biggest egg in the world today. Its egg measures six to
nine inches long and weighs about three pounds. If it were empty, it could hold the
insides of about eighteen chicken eggs. The shell of a bird’s egg must be strong
enough to hold the developing baby bird. It must also be thin enough so that the chick
growing inside can breathe.
T F NI For the
teacher
(0) The biggest bird always grows taller than a grown
person.
√ 0. *
(1) Scientists think that their ancestors were larger than
they are today.
1……
(2) Their ancestors could probably fly. 2……
(3) The biggest bird can run faster than most of its
enemies.
3……
(4) Zebras stay near an ostrich because it will fight off
their enemies.
4……
(5) The eggs of the ostrich are widely used for cooking. 5……
(6) The egg of the biggest bird is six to nine inches long. 6……
No of points:
Task 2 Questions 7-15
Read the true stories and find them suitable headings (A-J).
An example (0) has been done for you.
A. Go home and wait
B. Huge criminal record
C. Unexpected guests in the car
D. Hotel’s loud snorers
E. Wrong place, wrong time
F. Call us for assistance
G. Protection from burglars
H. Closing down Denny’s
I. Pets in the trunk
J. Knowledge helps to escape
For the
teacher
(0) E Darnell Madison was shot and killed in March in Homewood
when he burst into a motel room intending to rob the seven men
he had seen with a large amount of money. He was unaware they
were armed police officers working on another case.
0.*
(7)
……
When Al Asbaty returned to his car after shopping, he was
startled to find out that thousands of bees were building a hive
inside his Mercedes. Due to the sunny weather he had left the
windows rolled down allowing a queen bee to fly in, followed
by about 20,000 of her faithful servants. At last a bee expert
Tom Fuscalo managed to drive the insects into an artificial hive.
7…….
(8)
…….
Denny’s restaurants are always open 24 hours a day. When they
decided to close last Christmas (first time ever), they realized
that a lot of doors did not have locks. Most of those that did have
locks, no one knew where to find the keys!
8……..
(9)
……
Shortly after the 911 emergency number became available, an
elderly and quite ill lady appeared in a Rochester hospital
emergency room, having driven herself to the hospital and
barely managing to stagger in from the parking lot. The horrified
nurse said,” Why didn’t you call the 911 number and get an
ambulance?” The lady said,” My phone doesn’t have an eleven”.
9……..