TEXT 1: The Cellist Of Sarajevo. QUESTIONS — READING COMPREHENSION. (2 POINTS) (0.5 points for each correct answer). Add TRUE or FALSE and copy the evidence from the text to support your answer. No marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE. No marks are given for T or F.
1. During the siege of Sarajevo, people had to face a precarious life.
2. By the time the shell exploded, twenty-two people had already bought some bread.
3. Smailovic never risked his life while playing at the square of Sarajevo.
4. Vedran Smailovic quitted his job and retired after leaving the city.

TEXT 1 — LEXICON. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer). Find words or phrases in the text that mean the same as these given.
- waited in a line:
- demolished:
- courage:
- musical director:

TEXT 1 — PHONETICS. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer).
1. Look for a word containing the diphthong /aɪ/.
2. How is the ED pronounced in KILLED: /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/?
3. How is the EA pronounced in THREAT: /iː/, /e/ or /ə/?
4. Find a word with the same sound as in HURT /ɜː/.

TEXT 2: Education meets the metaverse. QUESTIONS — READING COMPREHENSION. (2 POINTS) (0.5 points for each correct answer). Add TRUE or FALSE and copy the evidence from the text to support your answer. No marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE. No marks are given for T or F.
1. In this classroom, the students can travel into the future inside a new reality.
2. The teacher gives the students the opportunity to learn how to rebuild the past.
3. Students will remember this immersive learning forever.
4. Metaverse will never be a factual way of learning.

TEXT 2 — LEXICON. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer). Find words or phrases in the text that mean the same as these given.
- fascinated:
- destroyed:
- opportunity:
- profound:

TEXT 2 — PHONETICS. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer).
1. How is the TH pronounced in PATHS? /ð/ or /θ/?
2. Find a word with the same sound as in BOARDS /ɔː/.
3. Look for a word containing the diphthong /eɪ/.
4. How is the “S” pronounced in CARTS: /s/, /z/ or /ɪz/?

PART III. USE OF ENGLISH. (3 POINTS) (0.5 points for each correct answer). Choose SIX of these sentences and rewrite them starting with the words given. Only the first six will be corrected. No points will be given for the extra ones. Clearly identify the sentences you choose using the numbers here.
1. There is no other mobile charger faster than this. — This is
2. The last time I met her was 3 months ago. — I haven't
3. They fixed my water tap in only half an hour. — I had
4. I haven't drunk alcohol for eleven years. — I stopped
5. "How long have you been living in this flat?", they asked me. — They asked me
6. She wrote such a brilliant report that she got the highest marks. — The report she wrote was
7. The weather will probably be milder in the evening. — The weather
8. Someone threw away old furniture next to the street rubbish bin. — Old furniture
9. I have joined a charity. It helps homeless people. — The charity
10. Let me give you a piece of advice: don't marry him. — If I
11. The children behaved in spite of the long journey. — Although the journey
12. Make a question for the underlined part of the answer: We are looking after Sarah's kids these days.

PART IV. WRITING. Write ONE of these two compositions (3 POINTS). If you write two, no points will be given to the second one. Your composition must have at least 125 words.
OPTION 1: The role of music in your life. How important is music in your life?
OPTION 2: Pros and cons of tablets instead of textbooks at schools.