TEST
PEOPLE AND SOCIETY
Task 1
Listen to the text describing the United Nations organization and the European Union. Then mark the following statements about the United Nations organization as UN and those concerning the European Union as EU.
UN 1) One of the aims of this international organization is the achievement of world peace.
2) It is an economic and political union of 27 member states.
3) It was founded in 1945.
4) One of its important institutions is the European Commission.
5) Ukraine is active in reforming this organization.
6) It is a union of some of the European states.
7) Ukraine was among the founders of this organization.
8) Ukraine is not a member of this organization yet.
Task 2
Choose and write the letter of the correct verb form.
1) Look at the turkey in the oven — there’s the smell of В meat in the kitchen.
A) burning
B) burnt
C) burn
2)_____ is one of my mother’s hobbies.
A) Skating
B) Skate
C) Skated
3) My watch began________ , it gained faster and faster day by day.
A) gain
B) to gain
C) gained
4)__________ sick, I went home and took some pills.
A) Feel
B) Feeling
C) Felt
5) A _________ letter lay on the table.
A) to write
B) writing
C) written
6) You waste your time __________computer games.
A) play
B) played
C) playing
7) My parents let me ________ TV until 11 p.m.
A) watch
B) to watch
C) watching
8) The method of translating this grammar construction is well __________ .
A) know
B) known
C) knowing
9) Do you mind my ___________ the window?
A) open
B) to open
C) opening

Task 3
Complete the text with the words from the box.
Elections President independence minister powers oblasts parliament political
State Structure of Ukraine
The political system of Ukraine underwent rapid change in the early 1990s after Ukraine gained its ____________ in 1991. Since then, Ukraine is an independent state with a parliamentary and presidential form of government; it has the functioning ___________ called Verkhovna Rada which is a 450-person, single-chamber legislature. Ukraine parliament members are chosen for four-year terms in free, Multicandidate ________________ . The head of the Ukrainian state is the ______________ , who is also chosen in free elections.
The president of Ukraine has strong executive _________________ . He can issue decrees and can appoint presidential representatives to oversee policy implementation by local authorities. The day-to-day administration of the government rests in the hands of the prime _______________ , who heads the Cabinet of Ministers.
Ukraine consists of 24 regions called ____________ . In addition, the Crimea enjoys a special status as a republic within Ukraine, which grants it a significant amount of economic autonomy.

TEST 8 (текст для аудіювання)
The United Nations Organization (UNO) or simply the United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for a dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary organizations to carry out its missions.
Ukraine was among the UN’s founders and has contributed much to the creation of this international organization. Today, Ukraine is active in reforming the UN. Our state stands for making the Security Council’s methods more transparent and has advanced and supports an increased UN Security
Council staff by introducing more permanent and non-permanent members while focusing on the
adequate representation of the East European regional group within the UN.
The EU is currently an economic and political union of 27 member states. The creation of a European
single currency became an official objective of the EU in 1969. However, it was only with the Maastricht Treaty in 1993 that member states were legally bound to start the monetary union (all but Denmark and the UK). The euro notes and coins were introduced by 11 member states on January 1st, 2002. Greece, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus and Slovakia joined the monetary union eventually. The next member was Estonia, so the euro-zone has grown to 17 by 2011.
Ukraine has been recently making steps to become a member of the European Union too.
Important institutions of the EU include the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Council, the Court of Justice of the European Union, and the European Central Bank. The European Parliament (EP) is elected every five years by member states’ citizens to whom the citizenship of the European Union is guaranteed.