(Буріко ЮВ) HS2 2019 unit2

Listening 1

Listen to the text and fill in the gaps:

Immigration

Immigration                          a long time ago. Many           welcomed immigrants because they                .         , Australia and        encouraged                    to come and      in their countries. Today,         , immigration             a problem. Many countries                       immigration. At election      , it is a major issue.             today is big          . More and more people from      countries want to live in      countries. It is                  nowadays because of                 and more open borders. People risk their lives to get the chance of                     in a rich country. This           anger in the countries immigrants    to. It is an issue that                 forever, I think.

Listening 2

Level 2 – TEST 27

There are seven questions in this part.

For each question, there are three pictures and a short recording.

Choose the correct picture

Example: What will the boy take back to the shop?

1. Which instrument is the girl learning now?   [A, B, C]

2. What will they buy for Lucy?   [A, B, C]

3. What will the weather be like on Sunday?   [A, B, C]

4. What did the bot leave in the girl’s hose?   [A, B, C]

5. What will the boy get from the shop?   [A, B, C]

6. Which sport is unavailable today?   [A, B, C]

7. What is the girl wearing?   [A, B, C]

Listening 3

You will hear a radio interview with a teenage boy called Matthew who has invented a game.

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Reading 2

Are you proud of your Motherland? Do you know that it is famous all over the world? Do you know that some unique things take place only in our country? If no, then read the following information and do the task below choosing the right variant.

1. One of the first constitutions in the world was introduced in Ukraine by Pylyp Orlyk in 1710. In the USA it was introduced in 1787, in France and in Poland only in 1791.

2. The first frame hive was invented in Ukraine by Petro Prokopovych in 1814. Ukraine is among the leaders in the production of honey in the world.

3. The biggest male monasteries are called lavra. Only six monasteries in the world have the status of Lavra. Three of them are in Ukraine. These are Svyato-Uspenska Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Svyato-Uspenska Lavra in Pochayiv and Svyatohorska Svyato-Uspenska Lavra in Donetsk region.

4. The National University of Ostroh Academy is the first educational institution in Eastern Europe, the oldest Ukrainian scientific-educational institution. It was founded in 1576 in Ostroh.

5. There are 1200 memorials to famous Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko all over the world.

6. Arsenalna Underground Station is the deepest underground station in the world (105 m).

7. The longest trolley-bus route in the world is 86 kilometres. It stretches between Simferopol and Yalta.

8. The shortest main street among all the capitals in the world is Khreschatyk in Kyiv. Its length is 1225 m.

9. The geographical center in Europe is situated in Rakhiv, Ukraine, in the Carpathian Mountains.

10. The longest cave is called “Optimistic” and is situated in Podillya. Its depth is 20 m and its length is 216 km. It is the longest gypsum cave and the second longest in the world. It gives way only to Mammoth Cave in the USA.

11. Ukraine occupies the third place in the world according to the number of people with higher education.

12. The third most visited McDonalds in the world is situated in Ukraine, in Kyiv at the railway station.

13. Till 1240 Kyiv was one of the biggest cities in the world. It was 50 times bigger than London and ten times bigger than Paris.

14. If you travel to Nikopol, you can hear a very unique phenomenon, which is called singing sands. It is possible to hear it after rain when you step on it.

15. In 1931 the number of Ukrainian people in the USSR was bigger than the number of Russian people. 55 million people disappeared in 6 years.

16. The scientists found a unique phenomenon at the bottom of the Black Sea. It is an underwater river and its length is 37 miles. The speed of the water flow is 4 miles per hour. The water in this river is very salty.

    Choose the correct item:

    1) Whom was the Ukrainian Constitution introduced by?   [a, b, c]

a) Pylyp Orlyk b) Bohdan Khmelnytsky c) Ivan Mazepa

2) Ukraine is among the leaders in the production of   [a, b, c].

a) milk b) chocolate c) honey

3) The biggest male monasteries are called   [a, b, c].

a) cathedrals b) churches c) lavras

4) The National University of Ostroh Academy was founded in   [a, b, c].

a) 1576 b) 1689 c) 2013

5) How many memorials to Taras Shevchenko are there all over the world?   [a, b, c]

a) 1200 b) 2500 c) 300

6) What is the deepest underground station in the world?   [a, b, c]

a) Lva Tolstogo Square

b) Palats Sportu

c) Arsenalna Underground Station

7) What is the length of Khreschatyk?   [a, b, c]

a) 200 m b) 1225 m c) 12 km

8) Where is the geographical center of Europe?   [a, b, c]

a) London, England b) Rakhiv, Ukraine c) Kyiv, Ukraine

9) What place does Ukraine occupy according to the number of educated people in the country?   [a, b, c]

a)1 b) 2 c) 3

10) What unique phenomenon takes place in Ukraine?   [a, b, c]

a) singing sands b) dancing sands c) singing soils

11) How is the longest cave in Ukraine called?   [a, b, c]

a) Pessimistic b) Optimistic c) Merry

12) The underwater river flows at the bottom of   [a, b, c].

a) The Sea of Azov b) The Black Sea c) The Atlantic Ocean