TASK 1

LISTENING (10x1 = 10 points)

You will hear a specialist talking about Aan Zee Wind farm project. Read the following sentences then listen to the recording and complete each space with the missing words or phrases.

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discoverv/6826-building-the-future-oceanic-wind-turbines-video.htm

Building the Future: Oceanic Wind Turbines

1. Building a wind farm on one of the most stormy seas requires a

platform.

2. The ship "Sea Energy" is equipped with four legs that go down feet

to the sea-bed.

3. The giant windmill is feet tall above sea level.

4. Wind turbines are big because if the turbine is high it is and

powerful.

5. The force of the wind hitting a turbine is as big as the force several semi________

6. Electricity is produced in the generator by wires spinning at high speed in a magnetic _______

7. Each turbine can provide energy for homes.

8. Wind turbines look quite simple outside. Inside, however, the engine is very ______

9. The speaker has been working on the project for years.

10. The speaker is very of the result of his work.

TASK 2

READING COMPREHENSION (A: 5 x 1 = 5 points; B: 5 x 1 = 5 points)

Read the article and then complete tasks A and B following the instructions. Base your answers on the text.

Wikipedia is a free, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its name is a combination of the words wiki (a technology for creating collaborative websites, from the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning 'fast') and encyclopedia. Wikipedia's 12 million articles (2.77 million in English) have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world, and almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone who can access the Wikipedia website. Launched in January 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, it is currently the most popular general reference work on the Internet.

Wikipedia began as a complementary project for Nupedia, a free online English-language encyclopedia project whose articles were written by experts and reviewed under a formal process. Nupedia was founded on March 9, 2000 and owned by Bomis, Inc, a web portal company. Its main figures were Jimmy Wales, Bomis CEO, and Larry Sanger, editor-in-chief for Nupedia and later Wikipedia. In the beginning, Nupedia was licensed under its own Nupedia Open Content License, switching to the GNU Free Documentation Licence before Wikipedia's founding.

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Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales are the founders of Wikipedia. On January 10, 2001, Larry Sanger proposed on the Nupedia mailing list to create a wiki as a "feeder" project for Nupedia. Wikipedia was formally launched on January 15, 2001, as a single English-language edition at www.wikipedia.com, and announced by Sanger on the Nupedia mailing list. Wikipedia's policy of "neutral point-of-view" was codified in its initial months, and was similar to Nupedia's earlier "nonbiased" policy. Otherwise, there were relatively few rules initially and Wikipedia operated independently of Nupedia.

In addition to logic growth in the number of its articles, Wikipedia has steadily gained status as a general reference website since its start in 2001. According to Alexa and comScore, Wikipedia is among the ten most visited websites worldwide. Of the top ten, Wikipedia is the only non-profit website. The growth of Wikipedia has been fuelled by its dominant position in Google search results; about 50% of search engine traffic to Wikipedia comes from Google, a good portion of which is related to academic research. In April 2007 the Pew Internet and American Life project found that one third of US Internet users consulted Wikipedia. In October 2006, the site was estimated to have a hypothetical market value of $580 million if it ran advertisements.

From: http://en.wikipedia.Org/wikiAVikipedia:About#Wikipedia_history

A. Choose the best answer a, b or c according to the information presented in the
text.

1. Wikipedia's articles have been created

1. on Hawaiian Islands

2. by many people working in cooperation

3. by Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales

2. Nupedia was set up by

1. Bomis Inc.

2. Wikipedia

3. a group of experts

3. At the beginning there were

1. a great deal of principles in Wikipedia's policy

2. three basic services offered by Wikipedia

3. not many regulations concerning Wikipedia

4. Wikipedia's policy was

1. in line with Nupedia's earlier policy

2. different from Nupedia's policy

3. as complex as Nupedia's one

5. Since 2001 Wikipedia

1. has been the only non-profit website

2. has constantly strengthened its position as a general reference website

3. has run advertising campaigns to increase its market value

B. Decide whether the sentences are true (T) or false (F) or whether the piece of
information is not stated in the text (NS):

1. You must pay a fee if you want to access Wikipedia.

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2. You have to be logged in to the website if you want to edit an article.

3. Originally, the service used to be available only in English.

4. Wikipedia is one of the most frequently visited websites.

5. The Internet user must use Google first to find a specific piece of information in Wikipedia.

TASK 3

GRAMMAR (5x1 = 5 points)

Write questions about the underlined parts of the following sentences. Do not change the tense.

1. Wikipedia began as a complementary project for Nupedia.

2. Its articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world.

3. On January 10, 2001, Larry Sanger proposed on the Nupedia mailing list to create a wiki as a "feeder" project for Nupedia.

4. The growth of Wikipedia has been fuelled by its dominant position in Google search results.

5. Wikimedia is a non-profit foundation.

TASK 4

WRITING (A: 6 x 0,5 = 3 points; B: 7 points)

TASK A. Study the graph and complete the description with the expressions given below. There are three extra expressions you do not need to use.

a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i
fell	dramatic	dropped by	dropped to	reached a peak	rose slightly	slight rise	rising	stood at

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In 2000, the sales of MB cars (1) 5 million in Poland. They then (2) to 3.5 million in 2001

before (3) to 4.5 million in 2002 again. There was a (4) fall to 1.8 million in 2003 after

discovering some defects in MB Sharp models. In 2003 the number of sold cars (5) In

2004 the sales of MB cars increased considerably and (6) of 5.2 million cars at the

beginning of 2005. From 2005 to 2006 the number of sold cars dropped to 3 million.

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TASK B. Study carefully the task below. You choose either A LETTER OF COMPLAINT below (A model letter of complaint is placed in the key), or a technical description called GUIDED WRITING. SEEE the examples of GUIDED WRITING in a separate file

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WRITE BOTH TASKS A AND B!

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A LETTER OF COMPLAINT

TASK - WRITING A COMPLAINT

You recently had a short holiday in a large city which you have booked through a company called CitiBreaks. You were very disappointed with the holiday. Read the CitiBreaks advertisement for the holiday you booked and the notes you have made. Then write a letter to CitiBreaks, explaining what the problems were and telling them what you want them to do.

Enjoy a short holiday in the capital city.

We offer two nights' accommodation in a four-star hotel in a central location. Not central - long way out!

All rooms have their own bathrooms, and a view of the river. View not river - only car park

The price of £150 per person includes all meals as well as a ticket for a show of Dinner cost extra

your own choice in one of the city's leading theatres. No choice of show

This will be a holiday to remember! Refund - half cost?

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Writing assessment table	Content 0-3 points	Organization 0-1.5 point	Style 0-1 points	Grammar and Vocabulary 0-1.5 point	Total 0-7 points
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TASK 5

MATHEMATICS (10 x 0.5 = 5 points)

Complete TASK A AND TASK B

TASK A. Read this mathematical equation and fill in the blanks

k^4-c = √x + 1/3 (m+x²)

K to the (1) ________ of 4 minus c is (2) _____ to the square (3) _____ of x plus one (4) _____ times m + x (5) ______ in (6) ______

TASK B. Complete the definitions

1. The mathematical constant pi represents the ratio of a circle's (7) to its diameter.

2. A line segment joining the centre to any point on the circle is called a (8) .

3. A triangle having two sides of equal length is called (9) .

4. A shape with four equal sides and right angles is a (10) .

TRANSFER THE ANSWERS TO THE TABLES BELOW:

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

10 points)

1. STABLE

2. 70

3. 210 FEET

4. Efficient

5. Semi trucks

6. Field

7. 3000

8. High-tech

9. 6 years

10. proud

TASK 2

READING COMPREHENSION (10 x 1 = 10	points)
A.	B.
1.b	l. F
2. a	2.NS
3. c	3. T
4. a	4. T
5. b	5. F

TASK 3

GRAMMAR: QUESTION MAKING (5x1 = 5 points)

1. What did Wikipedia begin as?

2. What has been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world?

3. What did Larry Sanger propose to do on the Nupedia mailing list on January 10, 2001?

4. What has the growth of Wikipedia been fuelled by?

5. What/What kind of foundation is Wikimedia? TASK 4

WRITING (A: 6 x 0,5 = 3 points; B: 7 points) A.

1. stood at (i)

2. fell (a)

3. rising (h)

4. dramatic (b)

5. rose slightly (f)

6. reached a peak (e)

TASK B - A model letter of complaint:

MODEL ANSWER

Dear Sir,

I am writing to complain about a short holiday I had recently, which was organized by CitiBreaks. I was dissatisfied with several things.

First, your advertisement promised a hotel in a central location, whereas in fact the hotel was a long way from the city center. You also said that all the rooms would have a river view, but my window just looked over the car park, which was very noisy. I also had to pay extra for dinner, although the advertisement had stated that it was included in the price. To make the matters worse, I had no choice of which show to go. I had wanted to go to a new musical, but the only ticket offered to me was for one which I had seen already.

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I had been looking forward to my holiday very much, but it was completely ruined by these problems. I therefore feel that you should refund half the cost of the holiday in compensation for my disappointment.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Ursine Schmidt.

(173 words)

SOME POINTS TO REMEMBER FOR THE STUDENTS

• Do begin by saying why you are writing. Don't begin by saying who you are.

• Do make a clear connection between your letter and the task input. Don't repeat the exact words in the task input.

• Do list your complaints clearly, using linking words to connect your actual complaint with the details.

• If you begin your letter Dear Sir/Madam, end with Yours faithfully. If you begin Dear Ms (Mr. Mrs. Miss) end it Yours sincerely.

TASK 5

MATHEMATICS (10 x 0.5 = 5 points)

1	2	3	4	5
power	equal	root	third	squared

6	7	8	9	10
brackets/ parentheses	circumference	radius	isosceles	Square

SEE A SEPARATE FILE FOR A MODEL OF GUIDED WRITING

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Exam Key:

TASK 1

LISTENING (10x1

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