Choose the correct answer.  • three rooms on the same floor.  • three rooms on the same floor

Can we see __1____ the earth is a globe? Yes, we can, when we watch a ship that sails out to sea. If we watch closely, we see that the ship begins __2____ . The bottom of the ship disappears first, and then the ship seems to sink lower and lower, __3____ we can only see the top of the ship, and then we see nothing at all. What is hiding the ship from us? It is the earth. Stick a pin most of the way into an orange, and __4____ turn the orange away from you. You will see the pin disappear, __5____ a ship does on the earth.

 

1	A if	B where	C that	D whether
2	A having disappeared	B to be disappeared	C to have disappeared	D to disappear
3	A until	B since	C after	D by the time
4	A reluctantly	B accidentally	C slowly	D carefully
5	A the same	B alike	C just as	D by the way

 

 

Writing

 You want to have the adventure weekend in Bukovel in the Carpathians . Write a letter ( not less than 35 words) to make a reservation for your family and friends. Ask politely for the following:

 • three rooms on the same floor;

 • direction by car to the hotels;

 • payment details for the weekend;

 • more information about the activities.

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 Examination card N 19

 I. Reading.

 Read the text. For questions (1-5) choose the correct answers (A-C).

 The world’s oceans have warmed 50 percent faster over the last 40 years than previously thought due to climate change, Australian and US climate researchers reported on Wednesday. Higher ocean temperatures expand the volume of water, contributing to a rise in sea levels that is submerging small island nations and threatening to flooding in low-lying, densely-populated delta regions around the globe.

The study, published in the British journal Nature, adds to a growing scientific chorus of warnings about the consequences rising oceans. It also serves as a corrective to a massive report issued last year by the Nobel-winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), according to the authors.

 Rising sea levels are driven by two things: the thermal expansion of sea water, and additional water from melting sources of ice. Both processes are caused by global warming. The ice sheet that sits atop Greenland, for example, contains enough water to raise world ocean levels by seven metres (23 feet), which would bury sea-level cities from Dhaka to Shanghai.

Trying to figure out how much each of these factors contributes to rising sea levels is critically important to understanding climate change, and forecasting future temperature rises, scientists say. But up to now, there has been a perplexing gap between the projections of computer-based climate models, and the observations of scientists gathering data from the oceans.

The new study, led by Catia Domingues of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, is the first to reconcile the models with observed data. Using new techniques to assess ocean temperatures to a depth of 700 metres (2,300 feet) from 1961 to 2003, it shows that thermal warming contributed to a 0.53 millimetre-per-year rise in sea levels rather than the 0.32 mm rise reported by the IPCC.

What happens when the oceans temperature rises?

  A)It causes sea levels to rise.

  B) It causes sea levels to remain constant.

  C) It causes sea levels to decrease.

The rise in water levels is especially dangerous for small island nations and:

  A) low-lying urban areas.

  B) all coastal cities.

C) people who live on the beach.

3. The new study:

  A) shows that thermal warming contributed to a 0.32 millimeter-per-year rise in

sea levels.

B) did not reveal anything that scientists didn’t know.

  C) used new techniques to assess ocean temperatures.

Ultimately, the new study should help scientists to:

  A) lower water levels.

B) better predict climate change.

  C) bury sea-level cities like Dhaka and Shanghai.

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