Exam card I i reading Charles Darwin (1809—1882)

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II Grammar
1. Pushkin, the great Russian poet, was born in ......
1799
a 1799
the 1799
2 Over 57 million students ..... in American schools which range from kindergartens to high schools.
were enrolled
are enrolled
has been enrolled
3. This situation is serious. Something must ..... before it's too late.
do
be done
have done
4. By the time you come home you ..... everything I have told you.
will have forgotten
will forget
will be forgetting
have forgotten
5 All these houses ......... neglected for decades.
will be
are being
has been
have been
6 Is there anything here worth _____?
buying
being bought
having been bough
7 If the weather is not too bad tomorrow, we _____ golf.
will play
would play
have played
8 Jerry said that by the end of the year he ..... in his new house for four years.
would have been living
would be living
would live
9. I knew Linda ..... around Europe for three months already.
was travelling
had been travelling
had travelled
10. Tom said that he had been late for work that morning, and he added that he ..... before.
had never been late
was never late
never had been late

III Essay Writing
My favourite writer ( actor, artist, musician)
Signature of the examiner_______________
EXAM CARD XXXI
I Reading
FILM INDUSTRY
The first American 2-minute movies were shown as bonus attractions in vaudeville houses until the early 1900s, when thousands of small theaters devoted solely to films, and called nickelodeons because they charged a nickel, opened across the country.
In 1903 "The Great Train Robbery" — the first American film to spin a coherent story — was made. Though this primitive horse opera lasted only about 8 minutes and seems embarrassingly crude to the modern eye, it would be hard to exaggerate its impact on contemporary audiences.
Within a few years the center of motion picture production had shifted to Hollywood, California, and shrewd entrepreneurs such as Louis B. Mayer and Samuel Goldwyn had built the movies into a national industry that grossed even more than any other expert agriculture, steel, and transportation.
By 1925 motion pictures were more a necessity than a luxury for many Americans. More than 130 million people went to the movies each week. There were 20000 motion picture theaters, some seating 7000 persons.
The first sound cartoon was introduced to the public in 1928. It was Walt Disney's best creation "Mickey Mouse".
Much of the prestige and profit of movies depended both on great actors and the genius of the directors. The most sought-after award in the movie business is the Oscar, annually presented since 1929 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Five nominees in each of some 25 categories are picked by their fellow craftsmen. Winners are chosen by secret ballot cast by the Academy's more than 2800 members.