Read the texts below. For questions (33—37) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Task 6

 

Read the texts below. For questions (33—37) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

 

HURRICANE NAMES

 

Have you ever wondered about the system used for naming hurricanes? Where did those names come from, anyway? Will we have to suffer through (33) "Hurricane Andrew"?

Hurricanes used to be designated by a system of latitude-longitude, (34) was a great way for meteorologists to track them. However, once the public began receiving storm warnings and trying to keep track of a particular storm path, this got very (35). A system of names to refer to them was (36) to track and remember. In 1953, the National Weather Service picked up on the habit of Naval meteorologists of naming the storms after women. In 1979, male names (37) to alternate with female names.

 

 

33.

A. another

B. other

C. the other

D. the others

34.

A. which

B. what

C. where

D. whose

35.

A. confuses

B. confusing

C. confuse

D. confusion

36.

A. easily

B. the easier

C. more easily

D. much easier

37.

A. were inserted

B. had been inserted

C. have inserted

D. inserted

 

GOING WHOLE HOG

 

"This room is a pigsty!" your father says, and you promise to clean it up — some time soon. But if you (38) a pig, you will notice that a pigsty is not (39) bad place to live. In fact, the pig's pen (40) be cleaner than your own bedroom!

No one knows for sure why pigs have their bad names. However, they have been slandered for thousands of years. Actually, pigs are smart, clean, curious, and social. Smart pigs (41) to hunt small game and sniff out truffles, the delicious, hard-to-find mushrooms that (42) underground. They probably find as many truffles in a day as a dog could find in a week.

 

 

38.

A. visited

B. will visit

C. has visited

D. visit

39.

A. such

B. so

C. so as

D. such a

40.

A. might

B. ought to

C. must

D. should

41.

A. have trained

B. were training

C. have been trained

D. were trained

42.

A. grows

B. grow

C. grew

D. grown

WRITING

 

43. You have received a letter from your pen-friend in which he/she tells you that he/she has been admitted to a university and will have to move to another city and live in a student's hostel. He/she is anxious about the situation because he/she can't cook. Write a letter in which you say

 

— whether you often cook and why (or why not)

— how you share household duties in your family and

— give a recipe for a simple dish (ingredients and preparation)

 

Write a letter of at least 100 words. Do not use your real name or any personal information. Start your letter in an appropriate way.