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Раздел 3. Грамматика и лексика
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Раздел 2. Чтение
10. Установите соответствие между заголовками 1—8 и текстами А—G. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.
| 1. Various Applications 2. Changing Styles 3. Benefits of Sport 4. Choosing Proper Equipment | 5. A Sport or a Hobby? 6. Unexpected Victory 7. Breaking World Record 8. Challenging Sport |
A. Playing sports is a great way to make exercise fun and help children to develop healthy habits. Sports can also help children improve their agility, balance, and coordination. Participating in sports can help build a child's self-esteem. Studies show that children who play sports work harder in the classroom. Children also learn problem-solving skills and time management skills when they are part of a team.
B. Late last week BMX legend, Kevin Robinson, made history by flying higher than any human has ever gone on a BMX bike as part of Red Bull Experiment in New York City! Thousands of fans and spectators were on-site to catch all the action. This awesome feat had been a lifelong dream of Kevin's which until now no one else has ever been able to pull off!
C. American tennis star Venus Williams has lost her place at the Madrid Open when she was beaten in the second-round part of the contest by Russian teenager Alisa Kleybanova. Williams is the current world number three and her 19-year-old opponent was unseeded so the defeat came as a big shock. Williams said she thought Kleybanova had won 'by just being aggressive from both sides of the court'.
D. Skateboarding traces its roots to the seventies but it really reached the peak of its popularity in the mid-eighties to the present when major skateboard manufacturers propelled it to new heights. First, they started with half-pipe and vert ramp skateboarding. As the years went by, the focus shifted to street skateboarding, which brought about a few changes in deck shape and wheel size.
E. While the majority of scuba diving is recreation, there are those who do it for a living as well. Scientific exploration and research is another area with a lot of scuba diving demand. They spend a lot of time in the water watching sea life cycles, and how microorganisms fit the whole underwater environment. There are also others who work in constructing underwater platforms that are often used for research as well as offshore oil.
F. Surfing is a sport which is undertaken by almost every individual in the US. This term is often referred to as a surface water sport in which the person surfing is carried along the face of a breaking ocean wave standing on a surfboard. Surf-boards can also be used on rivers on standing waves. Some people practise this as a hobby while others become professional surfers.
G. If you're interested in snowboarding, you will need to find out which length and width board is best for you. Both of these factors are critical to the success of snowboarding. Be aware that shorter boards are easier to manoeuvre, therefore making them great if you are just learning to snowboard. When it comes to width, it is important to consider foot size when choosing the width of a board.
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Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски А—F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1—7. Одна из частей в списке 1—7 лишняя. Занесите букву, обозначающую соответствующую часть предложения, в таблицу.
A constitution may be defined as the system of fundamental principles according to A___. A good example of a written constitution is the Constitution of the United States, formed in 1787.
The Constitution sets up a federal system with a strong central government. Each state preserves its own independence by reserving to itself certain well-defined powers such as education, taxes and finance, internal communications, etc. The powers B____ are those dealing with national defense, foreign policy, the control of international trade, etc.
Under the Constitution power is also divided among the three branches of the national government. The First Article provides for the establishment of the legislative body, Congress, and defines its powers. The second does the same for the executive branch, the President, and the Third Article provides for a system of federal courts.
The Constitution itself is rather short, it contains only 7 articles. And it was obvious in 1787 C _____. So the 5th article lays down the procedure for amendment. A proposal to make a change must be first approved by two-thirds majorities in both Houses of Congress and then ratified by three quarters of the states.
The Constitution was finally ratified and came into force on March 4, 1789. When the Constitution was adopted, Americans were dissatisfied D____. It also recognized slavery and did not establish universal suffrage.
Only several years later, Congress was forced to adopt the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, E _____. They guarantee to Americans such important rights and freedoms as freedom of press, freedom of religion, the right to go to court, have a lawyer, and some others.
Over the past 200 years 26 amendments have been adopted F___. It provides the basis for political stability, individual freedom, economic growth and social progress.
1. which are given to a Federal government
2. because it did not guarantee basic freedoms and individual rights
3. but the Constitution itself has not been changed
4. so it has to be changed
5. which a nation or a state is constituted and governed
6. which were called the Bill of Rights
7. that there would be a need for altering it
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания 12-18. В каждом задании обведите цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному вами варианту.
That summer an army of crickets started a war with my father. They picked a fight the minute they invaded our cellar. Dad didn't care for bugs much more than Mamma, but he could tolerate a few spiders and assorted creepy crawlers living in the basement. Every farm house had them. A part of rustic living, and something you needed to put up with if you wanted the simple life.
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He told Mamma: 'Now that we're living out here, you can't be jerking your head and swallowing your gum over what's plain natural, Ellen.' But she was a city girl through and through and had no ears when it came to defending vermin. She said a cricket was just a noisy cockroach, just a dumb horny bug that wouldn't shut up. No way could she sleep with all that chirping going on! Then to prove her point she wouldn't go to bed. She drank coffee and smoked my father's cigarettes and she paced between the couch and the TV. Next morning she threatened to pack up and leave, so Dad drove to the hardware store and hurried back. He squirted poison from a jug with a spray nozzle. He sprayed the basement and all around the foundation of the house. When he had finished, he told us that was the end of it.
But what he should have said was: 'This is the beginning.' For the next fourteen days Mamma kept finding dead crickets in the clean laundry. She'd shake out a towel or a sheet and a dead black cricket would roll across the linoleum. Sometimes the cat would corner one, and swat it around like he was playing hockey, then carry it away in his mouth. Dad said swallowing a few dead crickets wouldn't hurt as long as the cat didn't eat too many.
Soon live crickets started showing up in the kitchen and bathroom. Mamma freaked because she thought they were the dead crickets come back to haunt, but Dad said they were definitely a new batch, probably coming up on the pipes. He fetched his jug of poison and sprayed beneath the sink and behind the toilet and all along the baseboard until the whole house smelled of poison, and then he sprayed the cellar again, and then he went outside and sprayed all around the foundation leaving a foot-wide moat of poison.
For a couple of weeks we went back to finding dead crickets in the laundry. Dad told us to keep a sharp look out. He suggested that we'd all be better off to hide as many as we could from Mamma. I fed a few dozen to the cat who I didn't like because he scratched and bit for no reason. I hoped the poison might kill him so we could get a puppy. Once in a while we found a dead cricket in the bathroom or beneath the kitchen sink. A couple of weeks later, when both live and dead crickets kept turning up, Dad emptied the cellar of junk. He borrowed Uncle Burt's pickup and hauled a load to the dump. Then he burned a lot of bundled newspapers and magazines which he said the crickets had turned into nests.
He stood over that fire with a rake in one hand and a garden hose in the other. He wouldn't leave it even when Mamma sent me out to fetch him for supper. He wouldn't leave the fire, and she wouldn't put supper on the table. Both my brothers were crying. Finally she went out and got him herself. And while we ate, the wind lifted some embers onto the wood pile. The only gasoline was in the lawn mower fuel tank but that was enough to create an explosion big enough to reach the house. Once the roof caught, there wasn't much anyone could do.
After the fire trucks left, I made the mistake of volunteering to stay behind while Mamma took the others to Aunt Gail's. I helped Dad and Uncle Burt and two men I'd never seen before carry things out of the house and stack them by the road. In the morning we'd come back in Burt's truck and haul everything away. We worked into the night and we didn't talk much, hardly a word about anything that mattered, and Dad didn't offer any plan that he might have for us now. Uncle Burt passed a bottle around, but I shook my head when it came to me. I kicked and picked through the mess, dumb struck at how little there was to salvage, while all around the roar of crickets magnified our silence.
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(Adapted from 'The Cricket War' by Bob Thurber)
12. A cricket is
1) a small animal. 2) a spider. 3) an insect. 4) a game.
13. Mamma threatened to pack up and leave because...
1) she had smoked all cigarettes. 3) she could not put up with crickets.
2) she had not got used to rustic living. 4) she was a city girl through and through.
14. After Dad had sprayed the basement and all around the foundation of the house,
1) the family were constantly coming across dead crickets. 3) the dead crickets came back to haunt.
2) the family kept seeing live crickets everywhere. 4) all crickets disappeared.
15. The narrator fed the cat with crickets because
1) the cat was hungry. 3) he wanted to hide crickets from Mamma.
2) he would like to have another pet. 4) Dad told him to do it.
16. Dad borrowed Uncle Burt's pickup
1) to fight with crickets. 3) to throw away newspapers and magazines.
2) to bring new furniture to the cellar. 4) to get rid of rubbish.
17. The house caught fire because
1) Dad left a garden hose near the fire. 3) the fuel tank had gone off.
2) the wind lifted some papers onto the wood pile. 4) there wasn't much anyone could do.
18. The narrator was surprised
1) that Dad didn't offer any plan. 3) that crickets were all around.
2) when the bottle came to him. 4) that there was not much to save from the fire.
Раздел 3. Грамматика и лексика
Прочитайте текст. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 19-25, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы 19-25.
This is the latest news from BBC. An earthquake 19 _____ STRIKE the southern port city of Bandar Abbas in Iran, cutting power and telephone lines.
Emergency teams 20____ (already) SET up all over the city. They report on the situation in Bandar Abbas every half hour. At the moment they 21_____ HELP people, suffering from injuries. Fortunately, there are no reported deaths in this quake.
Iran 22____ LOCATE on seismic fault lines and is prone to earthquakes.
On average one earthquake 23____ HIT the country each day, although most are minor tremors and are often in sparsely populated regions. The deadliest quake to hit Iran in recent years was in 2003, when 25,000 people 24____ DIE in a 6.7-magnitude quake in Bam.
This is a breaking news update. Check back soon for 25_____ FAR information.
Прочитайте текст. Образуйте от слов, напечатанных заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 26-31, однокоренные слова так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы 26-31.
Conflict
Conflict is a part of life. It exists as a reality of any relationship, and is not 26_____ NECESSARY bad. In fact a relationship with no apparent conflict may be 27_____ HEALTHY than one with frequent conflict.
Conflicts can be 28_____ PRODUCT creating deeper understanding, closeness and respect. However, they can also be destructive, causing resentment, 29______ HOSTILE and pain. Conflicts run all the way from minor differences to critical fights and conflict 30_____ RESOLVE is a skill that can be useful in all aspects of living.
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If conflict can be avoided in any way, it's better to go for it. 31____FORTUNATE sometimes it is the only way to improve a situation with someone who is hurting you or doing you wrong.
Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 32—38. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям 32—38, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Обведите номер выбранного вами варианта ответа.
High school was very different from middle school. It was much bigger and more beautiful. It had a big garden and two swimming pools. There was a new teacher for every subject rather than one teacher for everything 32 ______ gym. Florentyna liked the new teachers but she didn’t like the idea of changing the classrooms after each lesson. It took a lot of time and it was tiresome. The pupils had to move from room to room for their classes. For many of the activities the girls 33 ______ up with the boys from the boys’ school. Florentina made new friends quickly but she missed her parents and her friend Ann.
Florentyna’s favourite subjects were Latin, French and English. Foreign languages 34 ______ easy to her. She liked sports as well, especially gymnastics. Miss Tredgold 35 ______ Florentyna how to play golf with the same energy and enjoyment as if it were Latin or French. Florentyna also 36 ______ forward to her biology classes because they gave her the chance to admire the school collection of bugs under the microscope.
At the end of her first year at high school the modern languages mistress decided to 37 ______ on a performance of Saint Joan in French. Florentina wanted to take 38 ______ in it. Her dreams had come true. She was chosen to play the Maid of Orleans.
| 1) apart | 2) besides | 3) unless | 4) except | |
| 1) joined | 2) connected | 3) lined | 4) gathered | |
| 1) went | 2) appeared | 3) came | 4) arrived | |
| 1) studied | 2) learned | 3) taught | 4) applied | |
| 1) gazed | 2) glanced | 3) stared | 4) looked | |
| 1) keep | 2) put | 3) hold | 4) have | |
| 1) part | 2) place | 3) move | 4) effort |
ВАРИАНТ 1. Раздел 4. Письмо
39. You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend Mark who writes:
… At school we have a new museum. It is devoted to former school graduates. My Mum finished this school 25 years ago. So I brought her photos and wrote a story about her. Do you think it’s a good idea? Did your parents finish the same school you are studying at now? Would you like to have a museum like that at your school?
As for the family news, my parents are planning to visit France…
Write a letter to Mark. In your letter tell him about your school museum and what it is like and ask 3 questions about his parents’ plans. Write 100 – 140 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.
40. Comment on the following statement. Many people say that you can tell a person’s character by his/her appearance. However, the proverb says ‘appearances are deceitful’. What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200-250 words. Use the following plan:
— make an introduction (state the problem)
— express your personal opinion and give 2—3 reasons for your opinion
— express an opposing opinion and give 1 —2 reasons for this opposing opinion
— explain why you don't agree with the opposing opinion
— make a conclusion restating your position
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