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It is, of course, generally accepted that a wealthy single man must be in search of a wife. As soon as such a man moves into a neighbourhood, each of the families that live there will, without any inquiry as to his own feelings on the subject, immediately consider him the rightful property of one of their daughters.

‘My dear Mr. Bennet,’ said Mrs. Bennet to her husband one day, ‘have you heard that Netherfield park has been rented at last?’

Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.

‘But it has,’ she repeated. ‘Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.’

Mr. Bennet made no answer.

‘Do you not want to know who has taken it?’ cried his wife impatiently.

‘You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.’

This was quite enough encouragement.

‘Well, my dear, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield has been taken by a rich young man from the north of England, that he came down on Monday to see the place and was so pleased with it that he agreed to take possession immediately, and that some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of the week.’

‘What is his name?’

‘Bingley.’

‘Is he married or single?’

‘Oh, single my dear! An unmarried man of large fortune – four or five thousand pounds a year. What a fine thing four our girls!’

‘And why is that? What difference does it make to them?’

‘My dear Mr. Bennet,’ replied his wife, ‘how can you be so annoying? You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them.’

‘Is that his intention in settling here?’

‘Intention? Nonsense, how can you talk like that! But it is likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.’

From Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Penguin Readers, 2008.

I. READING COMPREHENSION ( 2 POINTS): Add TRUE or FALSE and copy the evidence from the text to support your answer. 0 marks are given for only true or false.

1. Netherfield park had been rented before.

2. Mr. Bingley’s intention was to get married and that’s why he was in Netherfield.

3. Mr. Bennet was not as interested as his wife on Mr. Bingley.

4. Some servants were going to the house in few days.

II. CHOOSE TWO OUT OF THE THREE QUESTIONS:

A. EXPRESSING THE MAIN IDEAS. (1 POINT) (0.5 points for each correct answer) Answer the following questions according to the information given in the text. Where possible, use your own words. 1. What is the intention of Mrs. Bennet by telling her husband about the new neighbour? 2. What is the reaction of Mr. Bennet when he hears the news? 1.

B. LEXICON. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer) Find words or phrases in the text that mean the same as these given. 1. Rich. 2. Maids. 3. Experiencing or manifesting pleasure 4. Purpose.

C. PHONETICS. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer) 1. Write two words from the text that include the same vowel sound as "sea" /i: /. (0.5) 2. Write a word from the text that includes the same diphthong sound as "face" /ei/. (0.25) 3. Is the “–ed“pronounced /id/, /t/ or /d/ in “accepted”? (0.25)

III. USE OF ENGLISH. (3 POINTS) (0.5 for each correct answer)

Rewrite the following sentences starting with the words given.

1. “You didn’t pay attention to me when I was a child”, I said to my father.

I accused______________________________________________

2. The last time I drank sherry was a month ago.

I haven’t_______________________________________________

3. The cardigan was too wet to be taken from the clothes line.

The cardigan wasn’t _____________________________________

4. Even though she has an exercise bicycle at home, she’s quite plump.

In spite _______________________________________________

IV. COMPOSITION. (3 POINTS)

Write a composition of between 100 and 125 words on ONE of the following topics. Specify your option.

1. “It is, of course, generally accepted that a wealthy single man must be in search of a wife”. Do you agree with this sentence? Why (not)?

2. Imagine you are Mrs Long, describe Netherfield and Mr Bingley to Mrs Bennet.