Examination Card №1

I. Reading
Students of the University of Cambridge will be able to learn the Ukrainian language and culture soon, because a permanent programme in Ukrainian studies is opening there.

Other European universities give preference to learning Arabic and Chinese, but Simon Franklin, professor, Department of Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge, noted that the understanding and studying of Ukraine is on time because the British lack elementary knowledge of the Ukrainian history, culture, language and literature. The aim of the programme is to train a new generation of analysts and politicians who know and understand Ukraine. The students of the University of Cambridge will be able to learn Ukrainian as the second foreign language.

Besides, this programme is aimed at establishing Ukraine as a European nation and a reliable geopolitical partner of other countries.

II. Writing
From: Ann
To: Jane
Subject: arrival details

Dear Jane,
Thank you very much for your letter. I am writing to give you the information you asked for.
Firstly, I will be arriving on June 30th as planned. My flight details are VV225 Kyiv Boryspil - London Gatwick which lands at 12. 50 in the afternoon.
Secondly, regarding the chosen programme, everything you suggest visiting would be perfect. This is my first time in London, so I'd like to see as much as possible. Of course, my priorities are the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Madame Tussaud's Waxworks Museum, the London Eye and the Tower of London.
Also, I wonder if you could provide me with the London underground map to feel safe while travelling during my stay.
Thank you again for your kind letter.
I am looking forward to meeting you all.
Best wishes,
Ann

III. Speaking
In recent years scientists have noted that the average temperature of the earth has been increasing. That's why climate change has become the question of scientific curiosity. It is the major environmental issue of our time, and the single greatest challenge facing environmental regulators. It is a growing crisis with economic, health and safety, food production, security, and other dimensions.

The general conclusion has been that man's been the cause of this global warming primarily due to the burning of fossil fuel and the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

The latest news is bad and getting worse from day to day. The rise in temperature results in melting of ice sheets and glaciers around the world and in the rise of the sea level. Some scientists predict that by the year 2050 some parts of Great Britain will be under the sea.

There is alarming evidence to prove serious changes in major ecosystems and the planetary climate system. Ecosystems as diverse as the Amazon rainforest and the Arctic tundra, for example, may be approaching the dramatic change through warming and drying. Different species of animals lose their habitats and their number reaches the level of extinction. The potential for runaway the greenhouse warming is real and has never been more present.

The most dangerous climate changes may still be avoided if we transform our hydrocarbon based energy systems and if we initiate rational and adequately financed adaptation programmes to prevent disasters and migrations at great scales. The tools are available, but they must be applied immediately and in many countries around the world. Regardless of the temperatures, we all need to take care of our planet.

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