Request for permission

.WRITING.

Variant 10

WRITING TASK 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on Writing Task 1.

A letter of request for permission

You are in material collection phase of your paper for the PhD degree on the history of development of tax implementations and you are writing a letter to the State Archive of Maryland in order to be granted an access to use the archive documents. In your letter Introduce yourself as a postgraduate of the Department of State History Tell the archive authorities that you are collecting materials for your paper Give relative information about your field and specialization Ask them for permission to use the archive Inform them about the exact files related to your dissertation.

Write at least 150 words.

You do NOT need to write any addresses.
Begin your letter as follows:
Dear Mrs Rodrigues,


WRITING TASK 2

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write an essay about following topic:

Some believe that younger family members should be legally responsible for supporting older family members when they become physically, mentally and financially unable to look after themselves. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Write at least 250 words.

.SPEAKING.

Variant 10

PART 1 | Celebrity

What kind of people are celebrities in your country?

Who is your favorite celebrity in your country?
Have you ever seen a celebrity in real life?
Why do you want to meet a famous person?
How do celebrities influence their fans in your country?
Do you like any foreign celebrities?
Would you like to be a celebrity?

PART 2 | Traveling and Cities (about 90 seconds of speaking)
Describe your favourite city or a city you have visited that you like very much. You should say:

What its name is and where it is

when you visited it.
why you liked it

And the major attractions in this city are

PART 3 | Company and Trades
In your opinion, what makes a city a good one to live in?
What are the advantages of living in a city?
Let’s move on from the positive aspects of cities to the negative aspects of cites. In your opinion, what are the negative aspects of crowded cities?
How can governments improve living standards in crowded cities?
What about air quality? What can people do to improve the air quality in the city?