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

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II Grammar
1. Are you going away on holiday ..... summer?
in
at
on
2. Pushkin, the great Russian poet, was born in ......
1799
a 1799
the 1799
3. Over 57 million students ..... in American schools which range from kindergartens to high schools.
were enrolled
are enrolled
has been enrolled
4. This situation is serious. Something must ..... before it's too late.
do
be done
have done
5. You have just had lunch. You ..… be hungry.
can’t
wouldn’t
shouldn’t
mustn’t
6. About 85 percent of American students ..... public schools, which are supported by state and local taxes.
attend
are attending
have attended
have been attending
7. The box was heavy. It was difficult for her to lift it ..... .
by herself
herself
itself
8. While the kids ..... in the garden, their mother was hurriedly cooking dinner.
were playing
played
had been playing
had played
9. The rain ..... that it was impossible to go out.
was so strong
so was strong
was strong
10. The ..... said the soonest mended.
least
less
last
III Essay Writing
TV: could you be without it?

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EXAM CARD XVI
I Reading
The Washington National Monument
The Washington National Monument is a tapering shaft or obelisk of white marble, 555 feet five and one-eighth inches high.
In 1833 the Washington National Monument Society was organized "for the purpose of erecting a great National Memorial to Washington". Fifteen years later the cornerstone was laid.
The Lincoln Memorial
In 1867, two years after Abraham Lincoln's death, Congress organized the Lincoln Memorial Association to plan a monument to his memory.
Work finally started on February 12, 1914. Henry Bacon was the architect, and Daniel Chester French sculpted the great marble statue of Lincoln.
Carved on the walls are Lincoln's Gettysburg and Second Inaugural Addresses.
The Jefferson Memorial
Thomas Jefferson, besides being President of the United States, was also a gifted amateur architect, political thinker, and founder of the University of Virginia. This memorial, dedicated on April 13, 1943, the 200th anniversary of Jefferson's birth, was designed by the architectural firm of John Russell Pope in the simple classical style admired by Jefferson.
Inside the memorial is a 19-foot bronze statue of Jefferson sculpted by Rudulph Evans. Excerpts from four of Jefferson's writings are carved on the interior walls.