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Tema: The Professional World and Me PART I Reading Comprehension

Read the follo ing te!t "arefull#$ 'e a C(I) Do you like analysing things? Are you detail-oriented? Do you have a tough stomach for gruesome things? If you answered yes, you could have a future career as a crime scene investigator! Read on to find out more. Pros: You lay !herlock "olmes and use clues to solve a crime and catch #ad guys. $lus, you learn skills like how to take crime scene hotos and dust for rints! Cons: %ots of night hours, writing long re orts on all of the clues, seeing death on a regular #asis. *n the +o,: &hile #eing a '!I can #e e(citing, it)s not e(actly the way it looks on *+. The "ases: It)s not always a#out hunting down a serial killer , in fact, most of the cases will #e smaller crimes like #urglaries. -n average, you work on .-/0 cases a week. The or-: At the crime scene, you take hotos and 1#ag2 any otential clues 3it might #e something as sim le as a encil!4. *hen you send the im ortant ieces of evidence to #e tested for D5A, and you run finger rints through a criminal data#ase, review any surveillance video, and write a re ort descri#ing every single clue you find 3there could #e anywhere from / to 600 or more ieces of evidence at a crime scene4. In general: 7ost de artments ay 860,000 to 890,000 to start, the higher end #eing more common in #igger cities like %os Angeles or 5ew York. &ith e( erience, you can earn u to 8/00,000 after a few years. And if you work more than :0 hours a week, you)ll ro#a#ly get aid for overtime.
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A4 (a# hether the follo ing statements are TR./ or 0A1(/ and find e2iden"e in the te!t to support #our ans ers$ 3. ( ;4 /4 *he #ad thing a#out #eing a '!I is that you ut criminals in <ail. =4 You may have to work many hours at night. 64 You have to write very long and detailed re orts. :4 >nlike the *+ series, there aren)t many #ig cases. .4 It)s a very well- aid <o#. ?4 /4 =4 64 Ans er the follo ing 3uestions a,out the te!t$ 36 ( ;4 5ame three disadvantages of working as a '!I. &hat is the normal work routine for a '!I? "ow much do they earn in %os Angeles and 5ew York?

'4 1in- the ords and phrases from the te!t ith their definition$ 39 ( 64 /4 clues a4 to ursue someone in order to ca ture them =4 dust for rints #4 A erson who attacks and kills victims one #y one in a series of incidents 64 hunting down c4 an o#<ect or iece of information that hel s someone solve a crime or mystery :4 serial killer d4 a ta e with recorded o#servation of some activity .4 surveillance video e4 data resented to a <ury as roof of the facts in issue 94 evidence f4 to s rinkle a surface with a owder in order to detect finger rints D4 0ind opposites of the follo ing ords in the te!t$ 39 ( 64 /4 hate 3l. /4 =4 good 3l. :4 64 day 3l. 94 :4 #igger 3l. @4 .4difficult 3l. //4 94 finish 3l. /.4 PART II Appl#ing 4rammar Contents A5 *rder the follo ing ad+e"ti2es "orre"tl#$ 3/0 ( =4 /4 chairA modern , large , metal , #lack =4 hatA lastic , red , 'hinese , #ig 64 #andA new , Brench , e(citing , #ig :4 #oatA modern , #lue , #eautiful , sailing .4 carA old , Italian , #eautiful , racing 94 lam A new , round , small , reading C4 com uterA 'hinese , white , little - recent ;4 #ootsA #rown , leather , Italian - adora#le @4 houseA little , #eautiful , white - Irish /04 movieA recent , American , interesting - comedy '5 Complete the senten"es using the 2er, in ,ra"-ets in the Present (imple$ 3/0 ( /4 /4 !he DDDDDDDDD 3wash4 her hands #efore eating. =4 "e DDDDDDDDD 3answer4 the hone when it rings.

64 !hakira DDDDDDDDD 3sing4 very well. :4 Young eo le DDDDDDDDD 3use4 com uters every day. .4 !tudents sometimes DDDDDDDDD 3eat4 at school. 94 !he DDDDDDDDD 3not E study4 every day. C4 &e DDDDDDDDD 3not E have4 classes today. ;4 "e DDDDDDDDD 3not E com lete4 his homework everyday. @4 DDDDDDDDD 3you E hel 4 your #rother with his homework? /04 &hat DDDDDDDDD 3your wife E do4? !heFs a <udge. C5 Complete the follo ing senten"es using the "orre"t definite6 indefinite or 7ero arti"le$ 3/0 ( /4 /4 I want to #e a8an tourist guide. =4 7y grandmother likes the89 flowers very much. 64 ?en has a8an old #ike. :4 *he s eed of the car was /90 miles a8an hour. .4 *hey finished a8an unit today. 94 !he has never #een to the8 9 Al s #efore. C4 Don)t #e late for the8 9 school. ;4 A 8 An a le a day kee s the doctor away. @4 'hristmas comes once a 8 an year. /04 You should take a 8 an um#rella :5 Complete the senten"es using the 2er,s in ,ra"-ets in the Present Continuous$ 3/0 ( /4 /4 7ike DDDDDDDDD 3 lay4 the iano. =4 &hat DDDDDDDDD 3you E do4 tonight? 64 Gack and $eter DDDDDDDDD 3work4 late today. :4 !ilvia DDDDDDDDD 3not E listen4 to music. .4 7aria DDDDDDDDD 3sit4 ne(t to $aul. 94 $eter and Gane DDDDDDDDD 3watch4 *+ in the living room. C4 &hen DDDDDDDDD 3you E leave4? ;4 Gohn DDDDDDDDD 3work4 in 5ew York at the moment. @4 !ara DDDDDDDDD 3not E have4 dinner with us tonight. /04 7y mother DDDDDDDDD 3write4 a letter. Don)t #other her. PART III Writing 3.04 Who is #our ,est friend; :es"ri,e him 8 her in as mu"h detail as possi,le$ Write an organi7ed te!t of a,out 1&& 1<& ords on the topi"$ :o not forget to mention: "is E her name, age, nationality "is E her hysical a earance "is E her ersonality "is E her interests &hy you like him E her.