TERM 4 Summative assessment tasks for the unit
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Task 1. Read the text and decide if the statements below are T (true), F (false) or DS (doesn't say).
There are many forms of public transport in the modern world but for travelling long distances within a country trains are
probably the best.
Travelling by train has a number of advantages. Firstly, they are comfortable. You can relax and read a book or watch a
film on your laptop. They are also a fast way to travel and so you will get to where you are going quickly without being
On the other hand, trains have some drawbacks. Tickets can be very expensive, especially if you want to travel in the
comfortable first class sections. Secondly, they can get very packed.
To sum up, there are both advantages and disadvantages to travelling by train. Although trains can be quite comfortable
when they aren't busy, they cost quite a bit of money to travel on.
RE
1. Train travel is becoming more popular.
2. Reading on the train can be tiring.
3. Train offer a quick way to reach your destination.
4. Train travel is not always cheap.
5. Long-distance trains often have a lot of passengers on them.
SILEN​

1.) As a young woman, Mercédès is kind of one-dimensional character. She's beautiful, exotic, and faithful. She has a kind heart. She's happy for Edmond when he returns and she cries for him when he's taken away. She tolerates Fernand, despite his threatening demeanor, and lets him know that she's willing to sacrifice her life if he should try to hurt Edmond. What more could you ask for in a woman? Well, maybe a little more character development. But then we meet older Mercédès, Fernand's wife. What's the deal with her? How could she have abandoned Edmond? He was only gone for like, fourteen years right? What an ungrateful…wait, what's that? FOURTEEN YEARS? OK, sure, she married a big jerk, but on the plus side she raised a pretty cool, if cocky, son. She's one of the first characters to recognize Monte Cristo as Edmond; she accepts her fate and leaves quickly after Fernand is exposed, and she's suitably chastened by the experience. So, looking at all that you'd think she might deserve a break, right? Heck, she even has to send her only son away to war. Mercédès ends up being her own harshest critic: "You did have faith," she tells Edmond, "you had strength, you trusted in God, and God sustained you. I was a coward, I denied Him, so God abandoned me; and here I am!" (112.105). This is the last we hear of Mercédès. The Count moves on, finds love with Haydée, and rides off into the sunset. Meanwhile, Mercédès left to live in the old Dantès apartment in Marseille, left to cry herself to sleep, just as she was left to cry when Edmond was taken away to prison. Unwilling to "hope" and "wait" – the two things the Count tells Valentine and Maximillian they must do – she suffers as a result. But, really, hasn't she suffered enough? Is this punishment really called for?

I have a rabbit. His name is Bunny. He is three. He is very funny and he is brown. He is very smart and he likes to play with me. He likes to eat cabbage and I give him carrot every day. He sits in a cage and sometimes we go for a walk in our yard. I like him very much. 
Перевод: У меня есть кролик. Ему 3 года. Его зовут Банни. Он очень смешной и коричневый. Он очень умный и любит со мной поиграть. Он любит есть капусту и я даю ему морковь каждый день. Он сидит в клетке и иногда мы выходим гулять во двор. Я его очень люблю.