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1. READ THE ARTICLE ABOUT VALENTINES DAY, ORDER THE PARAGRAPHS AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW: 1. Soon afterwards, the church changed Lupercalia to St.Valentines Day. People stopped killing animals and learnt a out the life of St. Valentine. !hen this ra"e man was ali"e, #ome was at war. $arriage was for idden ecause all the young men had to fight in the war. %ut St. Valentine was a good man. &e wanted people to lo"e, not fight, and he helped married people stay together. &e had to go to prison, and when he was there he fell in lo"e. %efore he died he wrote a romantic letter to his lo"er, ending with the words From your Valentine. !e still use these words in Valentines cards today. '. Lo"e is in the air this month( )e ruary 1* is St. Valentines Day, and millions of people around the world will send messages and gi"e presents to their sweethearts. $illions of ner"ous men and women will also ask !ill you marry me+ on this romantic day. ,t looks like a modern tradition ut St. Valentines Day started in ,taly more than '--- years ago. ..St. Valentines day is the most romantic day of the year in many ways. /s well as sending Valentines cards people gi"e flowers, chocolates and other presents. Lots of people take their lo"ed one for a romantic meal, or to the theatre 0 or e"en on a special Valentine holiday( %ut until recently message1writing was always the most important St. Valentines tradition. )rom the days of lood to the days of sending messages y mo ile phones, good lo"e is always a out good communication. *. ,ts easy to say that St. Valentines Day is too easy and too commercial today. 2ard shops in the 3nited States sell 1,---,---,--- Valentine cards e"ery year, and people spend 45-- million on Valentine chocolates and sweets( Sending a te6t message y mo ile phone or an e1mail is e"en easier( %ut todays easy shopping and computer communication only makes la7y people more la7y. #eally romantic people can always find unusual and personal ways to say , lo"e you. 8. People had difficult li"es in #ome at that time. 9hey needed food, and they wanted strong children and ig families. :"ery year they prayed for these things during the )e ruary festi"al of Lupercalia. ;n )e ruary 1*, the young men killed an animal and put its lood on their fields and on the young women. ,ts not as romantic as St. Valentines Day today, ut the women lo"ed it( 9hey elie"ed that the lood made them fertile. 5. 3ntil the nineteenth century people made their own Valentines cards. Some people spent hours making small holes in the shape of their lo"ers face, or a card that looked like lace. ;ften they wrote their own poems or word1games inside the cards. 9he first commercial Valentines cards came to :urope in a out 1<--. 9hey were often made of fine paper and co"ered with e6pensi"e lace and flowers. 9hey were eautiful and e6pensi"e 0 ut they were less personal than the hand1made cards. =a> ,s St. Valentines Day an old or a new tradition+ = > !hat did people want in #ome '--- years ago+ !hy+ =c> !hy did the #omans put animal lood on their women+ =d> !hy did St. Valentine want to help married peoplek+ =e> !hen did people start uying commerical Valentines cards+

II. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS: One day, a fisherman was sailing home after a days work. It (1: rain) and he .. (2: not feel) very happy as he .. ( : not have) a good day. !I . (": not #at#h) eno$gh fish to feed my family%, he tho$ght. &$ddenly, he.. (': hear) a strange noise. !(hats that)% he said.% Oh, my *od+ It #ant ,e tr$e+ - #ow (.: fly) towards my ,oat+% /o his ama0ement, a #ow . (1: hit) the ,oat and really . (2: destroy) it. (/he poor animal was a#t$ally from a plane that had some pro,lems with the doors in the l$ggage #ompartment+) -nyway, when the fisherman. (3: get ,a#k) home, people .. (14: not ,elieve) his story. I mean, #ome on+ - #ow)+ III. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH A SUITABLE WORD DERIVED FROM THE WORD IN CAPITALS AT THE END OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING LINES: 1 2 " ' . 1 2 3 14 I wo$ldnt want to ,e a 5555555555555 ,e#a$se Id have to ,e away from home so m$#h. &-I6 &arahs $n#le is a 55555555555 and hes in prison for ,$rglary and the moment. &ome spe#ies of animals need 55555555555555 to save them from e;tin#tion. I really en=oy doing 555555555555 e;periments and finding o$t how things work. ?aving the in=e#tion was 55555555555 . I tho$ght it wo$ld h$rt ,$t it didnt. @ohn Irving is my favo$rite 555555555555555 and Ive =$st finished his latest ,ook. O$r team is very 555555555555 . (eve won three international #ompetitions this year. Im really sorry, I think there has ,een aDan 5555555555555 . It makes me feel ,ad to see so many5555555555 people sleeping in the street. 78I9: <8O/:7/ &7I:>7: <-I> >OA:6 &B77::C B>C:8&/->C ?O9: /he tea#her asked me to 555555555 my essay ,e#a$se she #o$ldnt read my handwriting. (8I/:

IV. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES, USING RELATIVE PRONOUNS ( WHICH, WHO, WHOSE) 1. !here is the ottle of 2oke
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V. FORMULATE WH- QUESTIONS SO THAT YOU HAVE AS ANSWERS THE UNDERLINED WORDS: 1. They do their homework at night. 2. Mr. Robertson came to the party alone. 3. The car is across the street from the house. 4. I like the red blouse not the blue one. !. "he felt better after she took a nap. #. That is an $nglish book. %. My sister called her boyfriend yesterday &. "he talked to him for an hour. '. (e studies piano at the uni)ersity. 1*. The party lasted all night.