Student’s name Carapangea Irina

Read the text and do the tasks below the text

What is your own big plan?
1 … at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the
best schools in the world – and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. Unless
you show up to those schools; pay attention to those teachers; listen to your parents, grandparents and
other adults; and put in the hard work it takes to succeed. And that’s what I want to focus on today: the
5 responsibility each of you has for your education.
I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every single one of you has something
you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself
to discover what that is. That’s the opportunity an education can provide. And no matter what you want
to do with your life, you’ll need education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police
10 office? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You’re going to
need a good education for every single one of those careers. You can’t drop out of school and just drop
into a good job. You’ve got to work for it and train for it and learn for it. … You’ll need the knowledge
and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to
develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You’ll need the insights and critical
15 thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and
discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free. You’ll need the creativity and ingenuity you
develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy. We
need every single one of you to develop your talents, skills and intellect so you can help solve our most
difficult problems. If you don’t do that – if you quit on school – you’re not just quitting on yourself,
20 you’re quitting on your country.
I know it’s not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right
now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.…Where you are right now doesn’t have to
determine where you’ll end up. No one’s written your destiny for you. You make your own future. So
today, I want to ask you, what’s your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve?
25 What discoveries will you make? What will a president who comes here in twenty or fifty or one hundred
years say about what all of you did for this country? Your families, your teachers, and I are doing
everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these questions I expect you
to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect great things from each of you. So don’t let us down
– don’t let your family or your country or yourself down. Make us all proud. I know you can do it.
(Excerpts from the speech of the President Barack Obama)

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1 Answer the following questions according to the text (Total: 6 points) A
a) According to the text, what opportunities does education provide for students? 0
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The responsibility you have to yourself. Every single one of you has something you’re good at.
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Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover A
what that is. 0
b) According to the text, what skills do you need to fight major problems in a society? 1
You’ll need the insights and critical thinking skills you gain in history and social studies 2
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c)According to the text, what do you need to do to get a good job in a future?
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To get a good job in future,you need an education also you’ve got to work for it and train for 1
it and lern for it. 2

2 Find in the text the synonyms for the words given below (Total: 4 points) A
a) to find out - discover 0
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b) to abandon -drop out
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3 Find in the text the antonyms for the words given below (Total: 4 points) A
a. equity - discrimination 0
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b. restrained -free
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4 Identify the correct variant (True/False). Justify your choice A
a. Where you are right now determines where you’ll end up ]False 0
 because Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up. No one’s 1
written your destiny for you. 3
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b. If you quit on school, you’re not just quitting on yourself _True
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because where you are now does not have to determine where you will end up. No one wrote 1
your destiny for you 3

5. Give another title to the text (Total: 2 points) A

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We must be able to decide our own destiny. 1
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6. Identify the message of the text in 35-40 words (total: 8 points) A
The author stresses the importance of a decent life, which we can do only through our own 0
qualities, one of which is responsibility, which can shape you as a outstanding personality, we 2
must be educated and trustworthy people. 6

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Section II. The assessment of linguistics competence

No It was (the/- / a) the middle of summer, and the days (are/ were/have been ) were long and hot. A
School started earlier than ever before. It was beginning of August and they (have already 0
been/ have been already/ had already been) _/ had already been _ in school for a week. Tommy 2
(lie/ lied/ lay) lay in his bed every night listening to his friends playing in the street. He wished he 4
(could/can/should) could be with them. He wanted to play instead of being alone in his room. The 6
fan in the window did not help much to cool the air. He put a wet cloth on his forehead to cool the 8
sweat from his face. Sometimes he would sit up and look out of the window to watch the kids, but 10
it made him (feel/feeling/to feel) feel sad when he did. The best part of summer was watching the 12
fireflies as they blinked in the night. He was usually asleep before he could see them, but on 14
Friday nights, he (allowed/ had allowed/was allowed) /was allowed to stay up later. Then he 16
could play outside, chase the fireflies and put them (into/in/onto) in a jar. He (hided/ hid/ had hid) 18
had hid them under the sheets on his bed and watched them glow. In the morning, if they were 20
still alive, he (would have let/would let/lets) would let _ them to go.

Section III. The assessment of cultural and pragmatic competence

Write a 75-80-word coherent text responding to the situation below.
No Different countries have reputation for being good at different sports. What do you think about the A
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I believe that the USA has an important role in sports and travel to other countries or cities to 0
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participate in competitions.Sports in the United States are an important part of the country's culture. 2
The History of sports in the United States shows that most sports evolved out of European practices.
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However, basketball, volleyball, skateboarding, and snowboarding are American inventions, some of 1
which have become popular in other countries
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Section IV. The assessment of pragmatic and civil competence

Write a coherent 180-200 word text expressing your attitide on the given topic.
No Do you agree or disagree that the person you are today might not be the one you are tomorrow. A
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People always have the potential to change, to improve. Justify your answer. Use specific reasons 1
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There is a saying “Change is a very beautiful privilege in people's lives, it offers new 2

chances to start each day as a new one. "That's why I think that some people really use this 0
chance, which shows that it's good to be able to make changes, because not everyone is capable 1
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of such a fact and to start a new tab clean and without a past, not everyone can do what. 3
First of all, I think it's good to be able to live every day as if it wasn't yesterday, because 4

some moments in the past may be less pleasant and you have to be able to move on in life without 0
enmity and regret. , I consider that the one who today is no longer like yesterday is a strong man 1
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who can take himself in his hands, even if sometimes at night the tears suffocate you, the next day 3
that person smiles as if everything is fine with him.
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Another cause that would lead me to consider changing and being tomorrow not like you 1
were yesterday is a small talent, which is not given to everyone, but if it is given to you by God to 2

be able to always go with head up no matter what confrontation you had yesterday, use it, 0
because others torment their souls in hatred, suffering and torment, but putting everything in your 1

soul you perish sooner than you would have imagined, there is the saying ,, The one who leaves 0
the hand down, it perishes before time '' what for me is a motivation, to learn from yesterday's 1
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mistakes and to correct myself today. 3
I consider that I have deduced a correct conclusion, because I prefer to leave the past in the
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past, because time does not like to talk about the past, when we can enjoy the present and form a 1
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