7.R5 Deduce meaning from context in short texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics

7.W7 Use with minimal support appropriate layout at text level for a growing range of written genres on familiar general and curricular topics

Assessment сriteria • Identify the meaning and details of the reading texts

• Identify particular facts and parts in reading passage

• Write a text keeping the layout and format of a given genre with a little support

Level of thinking skills Knowledge and comprehension

Application

Duration 20 minutes

I. Reading.

Task 1. Read the dialogue and answer the questions:

1. What this talk is about?

2. How many people in a talk?

3. What preferences does a caller request?

Travel Agent: Freedom Travel. How may I help you?

Caller: Yes, I’d like to make a flight reservation for the twenty-third of this month.

Travel Agent: Okay. What is your destination (направление)?

Caller: Well. I’m flying to Helsinki, Finland.

Travel Agent: Okay. Let me check what flights are available (доступны). And when will you be returning (возвращаетесь)?

Caller: Uh, well, I’d like to catch (успеть на) a return flight on the twenty-ninth. Oh, and I’d like the cheapest flight available.

Travel Agent: Okay. Let me see. Um, hmm . . .

Caller: Yeah?

Travel Agent: Well, the price for the flight is almost double the price you would pay if you leave the day before.

Caller: Whoo. Let’s go with (давайте остановимся на) the cheaper flight. By the way, how much is it?

Travel Agent: It’s only $980.

Caller: Alright. Well, let’s go with that.

Travel Agent: Okay. That’s flight 1070 from Salt Lake City to New York, Kennedy Airport, transferring to flight 90 from Kennedy to Helsinki.

Caller: And what are the departure (вылет) and arrival (прибытие) times for each of those flights?

Travel Agent: It leaves Salt Lake City at 10:00 AM, arriving in New York at 4:35 PM, then transferring to flight 90 at 5:55 PM, and arriving in Helsinki at 8:30 AM the next day.

Caller: Alright. And, uh, I’d like to request a vegetarian meal.

Travel Agent: Sure, no problem. And could I have you name please?

Task 2. Choose the right answer A, B, C or D.

1. What date is flight reservation going to be?

A) 21

B) 22

C) 23

D) 24

2. What is the man's destination?

A) Salt Lake City, USA

B) New York City, USA

C) Helsinki, Finland

D) Stockholm, Sweden

3. When is the man's departure date?

A) the twenty-first

B) the twenty-second

C) the twenty-third

D) the twenty-ninth

4. What is the flight number for the second half of his journey?

A) 555

B) 90

C) 1070

D) 830

5. How long is the man's layover between flights?

A) less than an hour

B) less than two hours

C) less than three hours

D) more than three hours

6. What request did the man make regarding his flight?

A) He asked for a specially-prepared dinner.

B) He wanted an aisle seat.

C) He requested a bassinet for his baby.

D) He asked for a seat near the front of the plane.

Total 9/

Writing

Task 3. Write a postcard to a friend. You may answer the questions while you are writing.

• Who will you write to?

• Where are you?

• Are you having a good time?

• Where are you staying?

• What is the place like?

• What are the people like?

• What did you do yesterday?

• What are you doing tomorrow?

Example of the postcard Sample sheet for Postcard

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