Reading and writing skills

Q1. The 5th birthday in the first paragraph refers to 5 years of the story’s hero as
A) a regular commuter.
B) a person with a challenging job.
C) a person having a different lifestyle.
D) a founder of insurance industry.


Q2. How old is the story’s hero (“he”)?
A) In his early twenties.
B) In his mid-twenties.
C) About 30.
D) Much more than 30.


Q3. “His” favourite place on the way to London is
A) a pond.
B) Gatwick airport.
C) a meadow.
D) the spot with old oaks.


Q4. That afternoon “he” decided to
A) make friends with his colleagues.
B) quit this job.
C) ignore his supervisor.
D) leave Tina.


Q5. “He” felt the urgent necessity to
A) keep his house at last.
B) to find the pond he liked.
C) to move from the city life.
D) to plan his life differently.


Q6. “He” was going to New Zealand because
A) it was very far from England.
B) his brother and school friends asked him for help.
C) he had already been there before.
D) he knew what he’d do there.


Q7. “It” in the last sentence refers to
A) his decision to go to New Zealand.
B) his sadness of leaving England.
C) routine of urban life.
D) plan for his future


WRITING
Children have more and more tests and exams to do at school, sometimes starting from the age of five or six, right up until the age of 18. What are the advantages and disadvantages of making children do exams?
Write at least 250 words.
Head of the department: R. M. Asadov
Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages, Faculty of English Philology and Translation Studies, Department of English Philology, Final Assessment for the 1st year students on
“READING AND WRITING SKILLS”

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