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Here is a draft letter: Dear friend, I understand how busy you must be preparing for your exams. Studying is so important right now. While it's great that you're focusing on your studies, don't forget to take some breaks for your well-being too. My routine is also quite full at the moment. In addition to classes and homework, I'm helping out more at home and trying to spend quality time with friends and family. It's not always easy to balance everything, but taking even short breaks helps me recharge so I can be more productive. My top priority is doing well in school, but I also make sure to schedule in some relaxing activities each week. Maybe you could try

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Read The Text Below. Match Choices (A-H) To (1-5) - There Are Three Choices You Do Not Need To Use

Here is a draft letter: Dear friend, I understand how busy you must be preparing for your exams. Studying is so important right now. While it's great that you're focusing on your studies, don't forget to take some breaks for your well-being too. My routine is also quite full at the moment. In addition to classes and homework, I'm helping out more at home and trying to spend quality time with friends and family. It's not always easy to balance everything, but taking even short breaks helps me recharge so I can be more productive. My top priority is doing well in school, but I also make sure to schedule in some relaxing activities each week. Maybe you could try

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Examination Card 8 Form 11

Task 1 Reading

Read the text below. Match choices (A—H ) to (1—5). There are three choices you do not need to use.

LABOUR LAWS FOR TEENS

While millions of teens are gainfully employed in part-time and summer capacities, there are many state and
federal laws that dictate when they can work and what they can do. These laws gradually introduce more
freedom in employment as the child grows older.

1. In most instances, a child has to be 14 years old or older before beginning


employment. Strict labour laws prohibit children 13 and younger from working in most capacities. This
prevents them from being overworked or placed in hazardous situations. However, children are allowed
limited work experiences in newspaper delivery and babysitting. They can work in a business or on a farm
that is owned or operated by their parents. They can also work as actors in motion pictures, television, and
theatre or radio performances.

2. Teenagers can only work certain hours without violating labour laws. There are many
federal restrictions regarding teens who are 14 or 15 years old. The teenagers in this age bracket can only
work between the hours of seven in the morning and seven in the evening. The only exception to this occurs
between June 1 and Labour Day, when teenagers are allowed to work until nine in the evening. They are not
permitted to work during school hours. Further restrictions dictate that they cannot work more than three
hours on a school day, with a limit of 18 hours in a school week. They cannot work longer than eight hours
on a non-school day or 40 hours in a non-school week.

3. There are different occupational allowances depending on the teenager's age.


Thresholds at the child's 14th and 16th birthdays dictate what kind of positions they can work in. At 14, teens
can be employed in an office, store, restaurant, movie theatre, amusement park, or gas station, although the
specifically allowed positions in these businesses are limited. These restrictions may be slightly different
depending on the state in which the child resides. Under no circumstances are they allowed to work in
positions requiring them to drive or operate machinery or any mining or manufacturing positions. At 16,
teenagers can be employed in any occupation that has not been declared hazardous.

4. Children younger than 12 are permitted to work on designated «small farms». These
farms are not required to pay the federal minimum wage and do not use more than 500 days of agricultural
labour in a three-month period. These children can only work in non-hazardous jobs, only when school is not
in session, and only with parental permission. Youth who are 12 or 13 years old can work on a farm with
written parental consent or if a parent works on the same farm. They can only work when school is not in
session and in non-hazardous capacities. Teenagers who are 14 or 15 years old can work on any farm, but are
still required to work in non-hazardous jobs when school is not in session. After turning 16, however, a
teenager can work on any day, for any number of hours and in any agricultural capacity.

5. However, these can be restricted by individual state legislation. Jobs that do not fall
within the scope of federal child labour laws include newspaper delivery, babysitting, acting, and working
within a business or on a farm owned or operated by parents as long as the business does not involve
hazardous occupations, as determined by the Department of Labour. Similarly, odd jobs like mowing lawns
are generally not addressed by labour laws.

A What are hour restrictions for teens?


В Are there any job restrictions?
C What are the limitations of early employment?
D Labour laws in regard to agricultural capacities vary greatly.
E The list of hazardous positions is added.
F There are a few exceptions to federal child labour laws.
G Job requirements are clearly stated.
H Child labour laws have been changed.

Task 2 Use of English

For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There
is an example at the beginning (0).

Homes

Some of the (0) ..A... first homes were caves, which had walls and ceilings that (1) .. ... wind, rain and
prowling animals, and floors where people could sit or sleep.
Gradually, as the centuries (2) ..... , people learned to build different kinds of homes. They needed homes
that were (3) ..... for the place where they lived, and they used (4) ..... that were available locally. In dry
I places, houses were made of mud or clay. Where there was (5) ..... of wood, people built houses of logs or
boards. On grassy (6) ..... , they built homes of dry grass. People who lived near rivers made rafts or
houseboats, or houses raised above the ground on stilts.
Houses today are (7) ..... built bearing the local environment and conditions in (8) ...... Residents of very
hot places need houses that will keep them (9) ..... , while people in the frozen north need houses that
protect them from the cold. Indeed, the climate affects many of the (10) ..... of a house, such as the size,
position and number of windows. Where weather conditions are extreme, (11) ..... example, windows tend
to be smaller. Our homes, comprising modern blocks of flats, (12) .... a lot in common with those first caves,
since they protect us against the weather and give us a safe place to sleep.

0. A very B rather C mostly D extremely


1. A put away B held up C kept out D carried off
2. A went by B passed up C ran out D fell behind
3. A suitable B fitted C matching D agreeable
4. A supplies B fabrics C materials D objects
5. A sufficient B plenty C enough D much
6. A stages B flats C levels D plains
7. A more B ever C still D yet
8. A idea B memory C thought D mind
9. A cool B frozen C chilled D lukewarm
10. A factors B points C features D sides
11. A as B for C by D like
12. A keep B are C like D have

Task 3 Writing

Your pen- friend complaints that he/ she is preparing for exams now and is so busy with his/ her studies that
he/ she can’t afford a single minute for friends or relaxation. Write a letter in which you

 tell him/ her about your routine at present;


 say what your priorities are;
 give advice on time management.

Write a letter of at least 100 words. Do not write your own name, any dates, addresses or other personal
information. Start your letter in an appropriate way.

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