Hazlitt s hotel егэ ответы

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The narrator said that he liked London cab drivers because they
1) know all the hotels and streets in the city.
2) can be trusted and nice to deal with.
3) can drive in a straight line.
4) make friends easily.


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Which of the following statements about London cab drivers is true according to the narrator?
1) They have little bells in their cars.
2) They let you see your hotel from all angles.
3) They prefer side streets to main streets.
4) They prefer driving in a straight line.


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A reason why the narrator liked to go to Hazlitt’s was that
1) it was in the center of the city.
2) cab drivers didn’t know where it was.
3) cab drivers liked driving there.
4) it was an old brick building.


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According to the narrator, to be a London cab driver, one has to
1) know all streets and places in London.
2) be proud of the city.
3) be knowledgeable.
4) be ready to study the city for years.


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According to the narrator, if the cab driver did not know a hotel in London he would
1) panic.
2) ask the passenger.
3) never admit it.
4) use a map.


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According to the narrator, when the driver finally knows where to go, he would
1) speed up.
2) turn the car in the opposite direction.
3) admit he was confused at first.
4) say you are lucky he knew the place.


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What is the narrator’s general attitude towards London cab drivers?
1) Ironic.
2) Critical.
3) Aсcusatory.
4) Supportive.

Задание №9701.
Чтение. ЕГЭ по английскому

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According to the narrator, if the cab driver did not know a hotel in London he would
1) panic.
2) ask the passenger.
3) never admit it.
4) use a map.

Решение:
According to the narrator, if the cab driver did not know a hotel in London he would never admit it.
По словам рассказчика, если бы таксист не знал отеля в Лондоне, он бы никогда в этом не признался.

«It would kill them to admit that there could exist in central London a hotel that they have never heard of.»

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B1

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  • 1. Clear instructions at work are very important.
  • 2. Personal discussions in the office can distract from work.
  • 3. It is important to think about gender differences in office work.
  • 4. Employees’ health must be the top priority for office managers.
  • 5. Positive atmosphere is important at work.
  • 6. Effective communication is important for both employers and employees.
  • 7. Team spirit is a key to success both for the office and its employees.
Говорящий A B C D E F
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A1

A1

Mary’s mother is not interested in Robin Hood.

  • 1. True
  • 2. False
  • 3. Not stated

A2

A2

A vintage inn is an average countryside pub.

  • 1. True
  • 2. False
  • 3. Not stated

A3

A3

Food prices in a vintage inn are rather high.

  • 1. True
  • 2. False
  • 3. Not stated

A4

A4

Vintage inns offer only traditional British cuisine.

  • 1. True
  • 2. False
  • 3. Not stated

A5

A5

Vintage inns are often close to local sights.

  • 1. True
  • 2. False
  • 3. Not stated

A6

A6

The level of service can vary in different vintage inns.

  • 1. True
  • 2. False
  • 3. Not stated

A7

A7

Mary has a map of vintage inns.

  • 1. True
  • 2. False
  • 3. Not stated

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A8

A8

Why did Helen change her original name?

  • 1. She wanted to break her tribe traditions.
  • 2. People found it difficult to pronounce it.
  • 3. She did not like its meaning.

A9

A9

Which tradition, according to Helen, is still alive in Navaho lifestyle?

  • 1. Horse riding.
  • 2. Clothes.
  • 3. Houses.

A10

A10

How does Helen characterize her family?

  • 1. They stick to the reservation area.
  • 2. It tries to preserve old traditions.
  • 3. It is unusually big for Navaho tribes.

A11

A11

What is Helen’s opinion about keeping Navaho traditions?

  • 1. Navaho people must assimilate into white culture.
  • 2. Traditional lifestyle is appropriate only in reservations.
  • 3. There should be a balance in accepting white culture.

A12

A12

What does Helen say about her knowledge of the Navaho language?

  • 1. She used to be better at it.
  • 2. She still has an excellent command of it.
  • 3. Her speaking skills are better than her writing.

A13

A13

Which of the following weekend activities does Helen NOT mention as her habit?

  • 1. Watching films.
  • 2. Taking part in traditional ceremonies.
  • 3. Meeting peers.

A14

A14

What does Helen dream of visiting?

  • 1. Local places of interest.
  • 2. American cities.
  • 3. Countries on other continents.

Раздел 2. Чтение

B2

B2

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  • 1. Footballers’ diets Ideal
  • 2. football shape Length
  • 3. Length matters
  • 4. Puree instead of pasta
  • 5. Secret born in the USSR
  • 6. Stress or relaxation
  • 7. Flying fruit
  • 8. Referee’s perspective

A. Good footballers must have something in their genes. Scientists have discovered a link between the length of a footballer’s ring finger and their ability as a player. They compared the ring and index fingers of top players. Players whose ring fingers were longer compared to their index fingers were more likely to be elite players. Some of the players found to have long ring fingers are Bryan Robson, Ossie Ardiles, Glenn Hoddle, Sir Stanley Matthews and Gazza.

B. Fitness training is absolutely necessary for a first-rate football team. Jogging up and down the stadium a few times is not enough. What footballers really need is a quick start. Footballers can get this ability to start running very quickly by using a training method called ‘plyometrics’. In the 1960s, athletes in the Soviet Union used plyometric exercises to improve their results in jumping.

C. Step by step, the method has become very important for many sports that include sprinting and jumping. In the past, footballers used to have a big fried breakfast — or even a roast dinner — before a football match. In the new era of professional football, the menu of modern players has been radically reformed. Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, is known for his scientific method of feeding his team. When he first came to the club in 1996, he at once changed the players’ dinner menus. Sugar, red meat, chips, fried foods and dairy products were out. Vegetables, fish, chicken and plenty of water were in.

D. French diet specialists heavily criticised the pre-match diet of the England players in Euro ’96. Their menu of tomato soup and spaghetti was said to be more likely to produce wind than a win. Potatoes, according to French scientists, make the best meal on the day of a game. They have glucides, which give the player a lot of energy. They also include useful vitamins. According to one piece of research, a player should eat 200-300 grams of mashed potatoes, boiled for 20 minutes, exactly three hours before going to the game.

E. Physics can explain a football wonder — the banana kick. This happens when a ball suddenly changes its direction at the end of its flight. At a certain speed, the air flowing over a flying ball becomes ‘turbulent’. This means that the air moves irregularly over the ball. As the ball slows down, the air becomes ‘smooth’ again. This slowdown makes the ball turn dramatically, creating the wonderful ‘banana’ kicks that the spectators like so much.

F. These days, footballs are made in a design based on the ‘Buckminster Ball’. The American architect Richard Buckminster Fuller came up with the design when he was trying to find a way for constructing buildings using a minimum of materials. The ball is a series of geometrical figures, which can be fitted together to make a round body. The modern football is in fact a Buckminster Ball consisting of 32 pieces. When they are joined together and filled with air they make a perfect sphere.

G. Research has shown that watching the World Cup is good for our health — even if your team goes out on penalties. The scientists suggest that a common interest and a nationalistic pride are very important. The competition makes people less concentrated on their own problems. They are also more patient and can cope with crises much easier. Watching football can, however, also be disappointing, especially when it comes to the decisions of referees and officials. Besides, watching penalties can be very nervous.

B3

B3

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Nenets culture affected by global warming

  • 1. when the ice was finally thick enough to cross
  • 2. that the impact on Russia would be disastrous
  • 3. the environment is under pressure
  • 4. and in the end what is good for the reindeer is good for us
  • 5. and set up their camps in the southern forests
  • 6. that Yamal’s ancient permafrost is melting
  • 7. when the reindeer give birth in May

For 1,000 years the indigenous Nenets people have migrated along the 450-mile-long Yamal peninsula in northern Russia. In summer they wander northwards, taking their reindeer with them. In winter they return southwards. But this remote region of north-west Siberia is now being affected by global warming. Traditionally the Nenets travel across the frozen River Ob in November A ___ around Nadym. These days, though, this annual winter migration is delayed. Last year the Nenets, together with many thousands of reindeer, had to wait until late December В ___ .

«Our reindeer were hungry. There wasn’t enough food,» Jakov Japtik, a Nenets reindeer herder, said. «The snow is melting sooner, quicker and faster than before. In spring it’s difficult for the reindeer to pull the sledges. They get tired,» Japtik said. Herders say that the peninsula’s weather is increasingly unpredictable — with unseasonal snowstorms С ___ , and milder longer autumns.

In winter, temperatures used to go down to -50°C. Now they are normally around -30°C, according to Japtik. «Obviously we prefer -30°C. But the changes aren’t good for the reindeer D ___ ,» he said, setting off on his sledge to round up his reindeer herd. Even here, in one of the most remote parts of the planet, E ___ . Last year the Nenets arrived at a regular summer camping spot and discovered that half of their lake had disappeared. The water had drained away after a landslide. The Nenets report other curious changes — there are fewer mosquitoes and a strange increase in flies. Scientists say there is unmistakable evidence F ___ .

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Hazlitt’s Hotel

I took a cab to Hazlitt’s Hotel on Frith Street. I like Hazlitt’s because it’s intentionally obscure — it doesn’t have a sign or a plaque or anything at all to betray its purpose — which puts you in a rare position of strength with your cab driver. Let me say right now that London cab drivers are without question the finest in the world. They are trustworthy, safe and honest, generally friendly and always polite. They keep their vehicles spotless inside and out, and they will put themselves to the most extraordinary inconvenience to drop you at the front entrance of your destination. There are really only a couple of odd things about them. One is that they cannot drive more than two hundred feet in a straight line. I’ve never understood this, but no matter where you are or what the driving conditions, every two hundred feet a little bell goes off in their heads and they abruptly lunge down a side street. And when you get to your hotel or railway station or wherever it is you are going, they like to drive you all the way around it so that you can see it from all angles before alighting.

The other distinctive thing about them, and the reason I like to go to Hazlitt’s, is that they cannot bear to admit that they don’t know the location of something they feel they ought to know, like a hotel, which I think is rather sweet. To become a London cab driver you have to master something titled The Knowledge—in effect, learn every street, hospital, hotel, police station, cricket ground, cemetery and other notable landmarks in this amazingly vast and confusing city. It takes years and the cabbies are justifiably proud of their achievement. It would kill them to admit that there could exist in central London a hotel that they have never heard of. So what the cabbie does is probe. He drives in no particular direction for a block or two, then glances at you in the mirror and in an overcasual voice says, «Hazlitt’s —that’s the one on Curzon Street, innit, guv? Opposite the Blue Lion?» But the instant he sees a knowing smile of demurral forming on your lips, he hastily says, «No, hang on a minute, I’m thinking of the Hazelbury. Yeah, the Hazelbury. You want Hazlitt’s, right?» He’ll drive on a bit in a fairly random direction. «That’s this side of Shepherd’s Bush, innit?» he’ll suggest speculatively.

When you tell him that it’s on Frith Street, he says. «Yeah, that the one. Course it is. I know it — modern place, lots of glass».

«Actually, it’s an eighteenth-century brick building.»

«Course it is. I know it.» And he immediately executes a dramatic U-turn, causing a passing cyclist to steer into a lamppost (but that’s all right because he has on cycle clips and one of those geeky slip stream helmets that all but invite you to knock him over). «Yeah, you had me thinking of the Hazelbury» the driver adds, chuckling as if to say it’s a lucky thing he sorted that one out for you, and then lunges down a little side street off the Strand called Running Sore Lane or Sphincter Passage, which, like so much else in London, you had never noticed was there before.

A15

A15

The narrator said that he liked London cab drivers because they

  • 1. can be trusted and nice to deal with.
  • 2. can drive in a straight line.
  • 3. know all the hotels and streets in the city.
  • 4. make friends easily.

A16

A16

Which of the following statements about London cab drivers is true according to the narrator?

  • 1. They prefer driving in a straight line.
  • 2. They prefer side streets to main streets.
  • 3. They have little bells in their cars.
  • 4. They let you see your hotel from all angles.

A17

A17

A reason why the narrator liked to go to Hazlitt’s was that

  • 1. cab drivers liked driving there.
  • 2. it was in the center of the city.
  • 3. cab drivers didn’t know where it was.
  • 4. it was an old brick building.

A18

A18

According to the narrator, to be a London cab driver, one has to

  • 1. be ready to study the city for years.
  • 2. be knowledgeable.
  • 3. be proud of the city.
  • 4. know all streets and places in London.

A19

A19

According to the narrator, if the cab driver did not know a hotel in London he would

  • 1. panic.
  • 2. ask the passenger.
  • 3. use a map.
  • 4. never admit it.

A20

A20

According to the narrator, when the driver finally knows where to go, he would

  • 1. speed up.
  • 2. say you are lucky he knew the place.
  • 3. turn the car in the opposite direction.
  • 4. admit he was confused at first.

A21

A21

What is the narrator’s general attitude towards London cab drivers?

  • 1. Ironic.
  • 2. Supportive.
  • 3. Accusatory.
  • 4. Critical.

Раздел 3. Грамматика и лексика

Прочитайте приведенные ниже тексты. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные жирными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами В4—В10, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текстов. Перенесите полученный ответ в соответствующее поле справа. Каждое поле соответствует отдельному заданию из группы В4 — В10. Ответ пишите без пробелов и иных знаков.

As old as a brontosaurus

B4

B4

Not canAs we walked around the Prehistoric Park in Calgary, I had my six- year-old son, Jordie, pose for a picture with a brontosaurus in the background. After I took the photo, I ___ help crying.

B5

B5

Take«What’s wrong, Mom?» Jordie asked. I explained that when I was his age, my parents had taken my picture standing in exactly the same spot, and I was feeling rather nostalgic. I added that perhaps one day he ___ his son’s picture here.

B6

B6

IPuzzled, he looked several times from the brontosaurus to ___ .

B7

B7

BadAnd then came the ___ moment of my life. My son said, «But … when you were a girl … it was alive then, right?»

Victory Day

B8

B8

ChooseOn this day, Russia celebrates the victory over Nazi Germany and honours 20 million Soviet people who died in the war. May 9 ___ , since on the night of the 8th/9th of 1945, the Nazi Germany surrendered to the Soviet Union and the Allies in Berlin.

B9

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TakeIn Russia, almost every family has at least one person who ___ part in the war.

B10

B10

EasyOlder citizens who did not fight during the war worked in factories to make weapons, which was not ___ than fighting. They, too, are honoured on Victory Day.

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Why do we sleep?

B11

B11

RealA recent study may have an answer to one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in science — what is the purpose of sleep? The work suggests it’s ___ about making animals function more efficiently in their environments.

B12

B12

Science___ from the University of California, Los Angeles, conducted a study of the sleep times of a broad range of animals. They discovered much variation.

B13

B13

PossibleYou may think it ___ but some migrating birds can fly non-stop for up to 90 hours.

B14

B14

SleepPythons and bats are among the longest ___ at over 18 hours a day.

B15

B15

DevelopHuman babies need 16 hours and their health and intellectual ___ depend on sleeping properly.

B16

B16

DifficultMost of us probably feel we need around eight hours sleep to function well. Some people have ___ in getting enough sleep and this may lead to serious health problems.

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Music lessons

It was a hard winter for Mother. She sometimes pleaded with Father but no one could ever tell Father anything. He continued to stand like a rock against stopping my music lessons. To A22 ___ the truth, Father had certain natural gifts for debate. In the first place his voice was powerful and stormy, and he A23 ___ to let it out at full strength. As a second gift, he was convinced at all times that his opponents were wrong. Hence, even if they won a point or two, it A24 ___ them no good, for he dragged the issue to some other ground then, where he and Truth could prevail. When Mother said it surely was plain enough that I had no ear for music, what was his reply? Why, he said that the violin was the noblest instrument A25 ___ by man. Having silenced her with this solid premise he declared no boy should expect to learn it immediately. It required persistence. Everything, he had found out, required persistence. His motto was, «Never give A26 ___ . He said that Mother should be stricter with me, if necessary, and make me try harder. He also said that none of us realized what he had had to go A27 ___. Mother started to cry and said, «But you’re downtown, you don’t have to hear it». Father was outraged. His final argument, I remember, was that my violin had cost twenty-five dollars, if I didn’t learn it, the money would be wasted, and he couldn’t afford it. But it was put to him that my younger brother Julian could learn it instead. Father was defeated, though he didn’t A28 ___ .

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C1. You have 20 minutes to do this task.

You have received a letter from your pen-friend Tom who writes:

… In our city we have an annual competition for teenagers who make their own short films. This year I got the second prize for a film about my grandparents. Do you think it’s important to record family history? Who do you think should do it? How can it be done best?

This month is my mom’s birthday and now I am thinking about a gift for hen I want it to be very special…

Write a letter to Tom

In your letter:

  • answer his questions;
  • ask 3 questions about his his mom.

Write 100 — 140 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.

Заключительная формула вежливости

C2. You have 40 minutes to do this task. Comment on the following statement.

Some people think that learning foreign languages is a waste of time and money.

What is your opinion?

Write 200—250 words.

Use the following plan:

  • make an introduction (state the problem);
  • express your personal opinion and give reasons for it;
  • give arguments for the other point of view and explain why you don’t agree with it;
  • draw a conclusion.

Hazlitt’s Hotel

I took a cab to Hazlitt’s Hotel on Frith Street. I like Hazlitt’s because it’s intentionally obscure — it doesn’t have a sign or a plaque or anything at all to betray its purpose — which puts you in a rare position of strength with your cab driver. Let me say right now that London cab drivers are without question the finest in the world. They are trustworthy, safe and honest, generally friendly and always polite. They keep their vehicles spotless inside and out, and they will put themselves to the most extraordinary inconvenience to drop you at the front entrance of your destination. There are really only a couple of odd things about them. One is that they cannot drive more than two hundred feet in a straight line. I’ve never understood this, but no matter where you are or what the driving conditions, every two hundred feet a little bell goes off in their heads and they abruptly lunge down a side street. And when you get to your hotel or railway station or wherever it is you are going, they like to drive you all the way around it so that you can see it from all angles before alighting.
The other distinctive thing about them, and the reason I like to go to Hazlitt’s, is that they cannot bear to admit that they don’t know the location of something they feel they ought to know, like a hotel, which I think is rather sweet. To become a London cab driver you have to master something titled The Knowledge — in effect, learn every street, hospital, hotel, police station, cricket ground, cemetery and other notable landmarks in this amazingly vast and confusing city. It takes years and the cabbies are justifiably proud of their achievement. It would kill them to admit that there could exist in central London a hotel that they have never heard of. So what the cabbie does is probe. He drives in no particular direction for a block or two, then glances at you in the mirror and in an overcasual voice says, “Hazlitt’s — that’s the one on Curzon Street, innit, guv? Opposite the Blue Lion?” But the instant he sees a knowing smile of demurral forming on your lips, he hastily says, “No, hang on a minute, I’m thinking of the Hazelbury. Yeah, the Hazelbury. You want Hazlitt’s, right?” He’ll drive on a bit in a fairly random direction. “That’s this side of Shepherd’s Bush, innit?” he’ll suggest speculatively.
When you tell him that it’s on Frith Street, he says. “Yeah, that the one. Course it is. I know it — modern place, lots of glass”.
“Actually, it’s an eighteenth-century brick building.”
“Course it is. I know it.” And he immediately executes a dramatic U-turn, causing a passing cyclist to steer into a lamppost (but that’s all right because he has on cycle clips and one of those geeky slip stream helmets that all but invite you to knock him over). “Yeah, you had me thinking of the Hazelbury” the driver adds, chuckling as if to say it’s a lucky thing he sorted that one out for you, and then lunges down a little side street off the Strand called Running Sore Lane or Sphincter Passage, which, like so much else in London, you had never noticed was there before.

ВОПРОС 1: The narrator said that he liked London cab drivers because they
1) can be trusted and nice to deal with.
2) can drive in a straight line.
3) know all the hotels and streets in the city.
4) make friends easily.

ВОПРОС 2: Which of the following statements about London cab drivers is true according to the narrator?
1) They prefer driving in a straight line.
2) They prefer side streets to main streets.
3) They have little bells in their cars.
4) They let you see your hotel from all angles.

ВОПРОС 3: A reason why the narrator liked to go to Hazlitt’s was that
1) cab drivers liked driving there.
2) it was in the center of the city.
3) cab drivers didn’t know where it was.
4) it was an old brick building.

ВОПРОС 4: According to the narrator, to be a London cab driver, one has to
1) be ready to study the city for years.
2) be knowledgeable.
3) be proud of the city.
4) know all streets and places in London.

ВОПРОС 5: According to the narrator, if the cab driver did not know a hotel in London he would
1) panic.
2) ask the passenger.
3) use a map.
4) never admit it.

ВОПРОС 6: According to the narrator, when the driver finally knows where to go, he would
1) speed up.
2) say you are lucky he knew the place.
3) turn the car in the opposite direction.
4) admit he was confused at first.

ВОПРОС 7: What is the narrator’s general attitude towards London cab drivers?
1) Ironic.
2) Supportive.
3) Accusatory.
4) Critical.

ВОПРОС 1: – 1
ВОПРОС 2: – 4
ВОПРОС 3: – 3
ВОПРОС 4: – 4
ВОПРОС 5: – 4
ВОПРОС 6: – 2
ВОПРОС 7: – 1

Задания 12-18

Прочитайте рассказ и выполните задания 12–18. В каждом задании обведите букву ABC или D, соответствующую выбранному вами варианту ответа.

Hazlitt’s Hotel

I took a cab to Hazlitt’s Hotel on Frith Street. I like Hazlitt’s because it’s intentionally obscure — it doesn’t have a sign or a plaque or anything at all to betray its purpose — which puts you in a rare position of strength with your cab driver. Let me say right now that London cab drivers are without question the finest in the world. They are trustworthy, safe and honest, generally friendly and always polite. They keep their vehicles spotless inside and out, and they will put themselves to the most extraordinary inconvenience to drop you at the front entrance of your destination. There are really only a couple of odd things about them. One is that they cannot drive more than two hundred feet in a straight line. I’ve never understood this, but no matter where you are or what the driving conditions, every two hundred feet a little bell goes off in their heads and they abruptly lunge down a side street. And when you get to your hotel or railway station or wherever it is you are going, they like to drive you all the way around it so that you can see it from all angles before alighting.

The other distinctive thing about them, and the reason I like to go to Hazlitt’s, is that they cannot bear to admit that they don’t know the location of something they feel they ought to know, like a hotel, which I think is rather sweet. To become a London cab driver you have to master something titled The Knowledge—in effect, learn every street, hospital, hotel, police station, cricket ground, cemetery and other notable landmarks in this amazingly vast and confusing city. It takes years and the cabbies are justifiably proud of their achievement. It would kill them to admit that there could exist in central London a hotel that they have never heard of. So what the cabbie does is probe. He drives in no particular direction for a block or two, then glances at you in the mirror and in an overcasual voice says, “Hazlitt’s —that’s the one on Curzon Street, innit, guv? Opposite the Blue Lion?” But the instant he sees a knowing smile of demurral forming on your lips, he hastily says, “No, hang on a minute, I’m thinking of the Hazelbury. Yeah, the Hazelbury. You want Hazlitt’s, right?” He’ll drive on a bit in a fairly random direction. “That’s this side of Shepherd’s Bush, innit?” he’ll suggest speculatively.

When you tell him that it’s on Frith Street, he says. “Yeah, that the one. Course it is. I know it – modern place, lots of glass”.

“Actually, it’s an eighteenth-century brick building.”

“Course it is. I know it.” And he immediately executes a dramatic U-turn, causing a passing cyclist to steer into a lamppost (but that’s all right because he has on cycle clips and one of those geeky slip stream helmets that all but invite you to knock him over). “Yeah, you had me thinking of the Hazelbury” the driver adds, chuckling as if to say it’s a lucky thing he sorted that one out for you, and then lunges down a little side street off the Strand called Running Sore Lane or Sphincter Passage, which, like so much else in London, you had never noticed was there before.

12. The narrator said that he liked London cab drivers because they

A) know all the hotels and streets in the city.

B) can be trusted and nice to deal with.

C) can drive in a straight line.

D) make friends easily.

13 Which of the following statements about London cab drivers is true according to the narrator?

A) They have little bells in their cars.

B) They let you see your hotel from all angles.

C) They prefer side streets to main streets.

D) They prefer driving in a straight line.

14. A reason why the narrator liked to go to Hazlitt’s was that

A) it was in the center of the city.

B) cab drivers didn’t know where it was.

C) cab drivers liked driving there.

D) it was an old brick building.

15. According to the narrator, to be a London cab driver, one has to

A) know all streets and places in London.

B) be proud of the city.

C) be knowledgeable.

D) be ready to study the city for years.

16. According to the narrator, if the cab driver did not know a hotel in London he would

A) panic.

B) ask the passenger.

C) never admit it.

D) use a map.

17. According to the narrator, when the driver finally knows where to go, he would

A) speed up.

B) turn the car in the opposite direction.

C) admit he was confused at first.

D) say you are lucky he knew the place.

18. What is the narrator’s general attitude towards London cab drivers?

A) Ironic.

B) Critical.

C) Aсcusatory.

D) Supportive.

  • This passage is from the novel Notes from a Small Island, written by Bill Bryson (1995)

Аудирование Чтение Языковой материал Письмо Говорение

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Задание 1. Аудирование. Задание №1

Вы услышите 6 высказываний. Установите соответствие между высказываниями каждого говорящего A–F и утверждениями, данными в списке 1–7. Используйте каждое утверждение, обозначенное соответствующей цифрой, только один раз. В задании есть одно лишнее утверждение. 

  1. It is good to be spontaneous when travelling.
  2. Weekends can be really boring.
  3. Weekends are perfect for long walks.
  4. The best thing about Saturday morning is breakfast.
  5. It’s good to get outside at the weekend.
  6. Sundays are for meeting friends and chatting.
  7. Sport is more about fun than prizes.

2
Задание 2. Аудирование. Задание №2

Вы услышите диалог. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений А–G соответствуют содержанию текста (1 – True), какие не соответствуют (2 – False) и о чём в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3 – Not stated). Занесите номер выбранного Вами варианта ответа в таблицу. 

  1. Tom generally prefers not to travel abroad on holiday.
  2. Tom’s recent holiday came at an inconvenient moment.
  3. Sally once went on a free holiday as a result of her job.
  4. Sally enjoyed her trip to a salt works.
  5. On holiday, Sally prefers to choose the activities she takes part in.
  6. If Tom has a good book to read, he doesn’t mind where he sits.
  7. Sally begins to feel bored if she sits alone in the sun for too long

3. Bill Clinton looks more physically fit now because he

1) doesn’t work anymore.

2) eats healthy food.

3) spends much time in the weight room.

4. Amanda tested recipes, because she wanted

1) to find her favourite recipe.

2) to be able to cook all the recipes.

3) to be able to comment on each recipe.

5. What is said about Dina’s relations with Greg’s children from his previous marriage?

1) She is friendly with them.

2) She tries to avoid meeting them.

3) She doesn’t know anything about them.

6. Asian foods

1) have been a part of home kitchen for a long time.

2) still haven’t been accepted in the home kitchen.

3) have just been included in the home kitchen.

7. In his youth, Greg had a dream to …

1) act in westerns.

2) play jazz.

3) serve in the army.

8. Which of former presidents went on to work in the judiciary after leaving office?

1) Theodore Roosevelt.

2) William Howard Taft.

3) Herbert Hoover.

9. Amanda recommends people to use her book for

1) discovering new dishes.

2) academic research.

3) losing weight.

10
Задание 10. Чтение. Задание № 10

Установите соответствие между заголовками 1 — 8 и текстами A — G. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.

  1.     Places to stay in
  2.     Arts and culture
  3.     New country image
  4.     Going out
  5.     Different landscapes
  6.     Transport system
  7.     National languages
  8.     Eating out
  1. Belgium has always had a lot more than the faceless administrative buildings that you can see in the outskirts of its capital, Brussels. A number of beautiful historic cities and Brussels itself offer impressive architecture, lively nightlife, first-rate restaurants and numerous other attractions for visitors. Today, the old-fashioned idea of ‘boring Belgium’ has been well and truly forgotten, as more and more people discover its very individual charms for themselves.
  2. Nature in Belgium is varied. The rivers and hills of the Ardennes in the southeast contrast sharply with the rolling plains which make up much of the northern and western countryside. The most notable features are the great forest near the frontier with Germany and Luxembourg and the wide, sandy beaches of the northern coast.
  3. It is easy both to enter and to travel around pocket-sized Belgium which is divided into the Dutch-speaking north and the French-speaking south. Officially the Belgians speak Dutch, French and German. Dutch is slightly more widely spoken than French, and German is spoken the least. The Belgians, living in the north, will often prefer to answer visitors in English rather than French, even if the visitor’s French is good.
  4. Belgium has a wide range of hotels from 5-star luxury to small family pensions and inns. In some regions of the country, farm holidays are available. There visitors can (for a small cost) participate in the daily work of the farm. There are plenty of opportunities to rent furnished villas, flats, rooms, or bungalows for a holiday period. These holiday houses and flats are comfortable and well-equipped.

  5. The Belgian style of cooking is similar to French, based on meat and seafood. Each region in Belgium has its own special dish. Butter, cream, beer and wine are generously used in cooking. The Belgians are keen on their food, and the country is very well supplied with excellent restaurants to suit all budgets. The perfect evening out here involves a delicious meal, and the restaurants and cafes are busy at all times of the week. 
  6. As well as being one of the best cities in the world for eating out (both for its high quality and range), Brussels has a very active and varied nightlife. It has 10 theatres which produce plays in both Dutch and French. There are also dozens of cinemas, numerous discos and many night-time cafes in Brussels. Elsewhere, the nightlife choices depend on the size of the town, but there is no shortage of fun to be had in any of the major cities.
  7. There is a good system of underground trains, trams and buses in all the major towns and cities. In addition, Belgium’s waterways offer a pleasant way to enjoy the country. Visitors can take a one-hour cruise around the canals of Bruges, (sometimes described as the Venice of the North) or an extended cruise along the rivers and canals linking the major cities of Belgium and the Netherlands.

11
Задание 11. Чтение. Задание № 11

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу.

Laughing and evolution

The first hoots of laughter from an ancient ancestor of humans could be heard at least 10 million years ago, according to the results of a new study. Researchers used recordings of apes and babies being tickled A ______ to the last common ancestor that humans shared with the modern great apes, which include chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans.

The finding challenges the opinion В ______ , suggesting instead that it emerged long before humans split from the evolutionary path that led to our primate cousins, between 10m and 16m years ago.

“In humans, laughing can be the strongest way of expressing how much we are enjoying ourselves, but it can also be used in other contexts, like making fun of someone,” said Marina Davila Ross, a psychologist at Portsmouth University. “I was interested in С ______ .”

Davila Ross travelled to seven zoos around Europe and visited a wildlife reserve in Sabah, Borneo, to record baby and juvenile apes D ______ . Great apes are known to make noises that are similar to laughter when they are excited and while they are playing with each other.

Davila Ross collected recordings of laughter from 21 chimps, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos and added recordings of three babies that were tickled to make them laugh.

To analyze the recordings, the team put them into a computer program. “Our evolutionary tree based on these acoustic recordings alone showed E ______ , but furthest from orangutans, with gorillas somewhere in the middle.” said Davila Ross. “What this shows is strong evidence to suggest F ______ .”

  1. whether laughing emerged earlier on than humans did
  2. to create the evolutionary tree linking humans and apes
  3. that laughter is a uniquely human trait
  4. that humans were closest to chimps and bonobos
  5. that laughing comes from a common primate ancestor
  6. while their caretakers tickled them
  7. to trace the origin of laughter back

12
Задание 12. Чтение № 12-18

Hazlitt’s Hotel

I took a cab to Hazlitt’s Hotel on Frith Street. I like Hazlitt’s because it’s intentionally obscure — it doesn’t have a sign or a plaque or anything at all to betray its purpose — which puts you in a rare position of strength with your cab driver. Let me say right now that London cab drivers are without question the finest in the world. They are trustworthy, safe and honest, generally friendly and always polite. They keep their vehicles spotless inside and out, and they will put themselves to the most extraordinary inconvenience to drop you at the front entrance of your destination.

There are really only a couple of odd things about them. One is that they cannot drive more than two hundred feet in a straight line. I’ve never understood this, but no matter where you are or what the driving conditions, every two hundred feet a little bell goes off in their heads and they abruptly lunge down a side street. And when you get to your hotel or railway station or wherever it is you are going, they like to drive you all the way around it so that you can see it from all angles before alighting.

The other distinctive thing about them, and the reason I like to go to Hazlitt’s, is that they cannot bear to admit that they don’t know the location of something they feel they ought to know, like a hotel, which I think is rather sweet. To become a London cab driver you have to master something titled The Knowledge — in effect, learn every street, hospital, hotel, police station, cricket ground, cemetery and other notable landmarks in this amazingly vast and confusing city. It takes years and the cabbies are justifiably proud of their achievement. It would kill them to admit that there could exist in central London a hotel that they have never heard of. So what the cabbie does is probe. He drives in no particular direction for a block or two, then glances at you in the mirror and in an overcasual voice says, “Hazlitt’s — that’s the one on Curzon Street, innit, guv? Opposite the Blue Lion?” But the instant he sees a knowing smile of demurral forming on your lips, he hastily says, “No, hang on a minute, I’m thinking of the Hazelbury. Yeah, the Hazelbury. You want Hazlitt’s, right?” He’ll drive on a bit in a fairly random direction. “That’s this side of Shepherd’s Bush, innit?” he’ll suggest speculatively.

When you tell him that it’s on Frith Street, he says. “Yeah, that the one. Course it is. I know it — modern place, lots of glass”.

“Actually, it’s an eighteenth-century brick building.”

“Course it is. I know it.” And he immediately executes a dramatic U-turn, causing a passing cyclist to steer into a lamppost (but that’s all right because he has on cycle clips and one of those geeky slip stream helmets that all but invite you to knock him over). “Yeah, you had me thinking of the Hazelbury” the driver adds, chuckling as if to say it’s a lucky thing he sorted that one out for you, and then lunges down a little side street off the Strand called Running Sore Lane or Sphincter Passage, which, like so much else in London, you had never noticed was there before. 

The narrator said that he liked London cab drivers because they

1) can be trusted and nice to deal with.

2) can drive in a straight line.

3) know all the hotels and streets in the city.

4) make friends easily.

13
Задание 13. Чтение № 12-18

Hazlitt’s Hotel

I took a cab to Hazlitt’s Hotel on Frith Street. I like Hazlitt’s because it’s intentionally obscure — it doesn’t have a sign or a plaque or anything at all to betray its purpose — which puts you in a rare position of strength with your cab driver. Let me say right now that London cab drivers are without question the finest in the world. They are trustworthy, safe and honest, generally friendly and always polite. They keep their vehicles spotless inside and out, and they will put themselves to the most extraordinary inconvenience to drop you at the front entrance of your destination.

There are really only a couple of odd things about them. One is that they cannot drive more than two hundred feet in a straight line. I’ve never understood this, but no matter where you are or what the driving conditions, every two hundred feet a little bell goes off in their heads and they abruptly lunge down a side street. And when you get to your hotel or railway station or wherever it is you are going, they like to drive you all the way around it so that you can see it from all angles before alighting.

The other distinctive thing about them, and the reason I like to go to Hazlitt’s, is that they cannot bear to admit that they don’t know the location of something they feel they ought to know, like a hotel, which I think is rather sweet. To become a London cab driver you have to master something titled The Knowledge — in effect, learn every street, hospital, hotel, police station, cricket ground, cemetery and other notable landmarks in this amazingly vast and confusing city. It takes years and the cabbies are justifiably proud of their achievement. It would kill them to admit that there could exist in central London a hotel that they have never heard of. So what the cabbie does is probe. He drives in no particular direction for a block or two, then glances at you in the mirror and in an overcasual voice says, “Hazlitt’s — that’s the one on Curzon Street, innit, guv? Opposite the Blue Lion?” But the instant he sees a knowing smile of demurral forming on your lips, he hastily says, “No, hang on a minute, I’m thinking of the Hazelbury. Yeah, the Hazelbury. You want Hazlitt’s, right?” He’ll drive on a bit in a fairly random direction. “That’s this side of Shepherd’s Bush, innit?” he’ll suggest speculatively.

When you tell him that it’s on Frith Street, he says. “Yeah, that the one. Course it is. I know it — modern place, lots of glass”.

“Actually, it’s an eighteenth-century brick building.”

“Course it is. I know it.” And he immediately executes a dramatic U-turn, causing a passing cyclist to steer into a lamppost (but that’s all right because he has on cycle clips and one of those geeky slip stream helmets that all but invite you to knock him over). “Yeah, you had me thinking of the Hazelbury” the driver adds, chuckling as if to say it’s a lucky thing he sorted that one out for you, and then lunges down a little side street off the Strand called Running Sore Lane or Sphincter Passage, which, like so much else in London, you had never noticed was there before. 

Which of the following statements about London cab drivers is true according to the narrator?

1) They prefer driving in a straight line.

2) They prefer side streets to main streets.

3) They have little bells in their cars.

4) They let you see your hotel from all angles.

14
Задание 14. Чтение № 12-18

Hazlitt’s Hotel

I took a cab to Hazlitt’s Hotel on Frith Street. I like Hazlitt’s because it’s intentionally obscure — it doesn’t have a sign or a plaque or anything at all to betray its purpose — which puts you in a rare position of strength with your cab driver. Let me say right now that London cab drivers are without question the finest in the world. They are trustworthy, safe and honest, generally friendly and always polite. They keep their vehicles spotless inside and out, and they will put themselves to the most extraordinary inconvenience to drop you at the front entrance of your destination.

There are really only a couple of odd things about them. One is that they cannot drive more than two hundred feet in a straight line. I’ve never understood this, but no matter where you are or what the driving conditions, every two hundred feet a little bell goes off in their heads and they abruptly lunge down a side street. And when you get to your hotel or railway station or wherever it is you are going, they like to drive you all the way around it so that you can see it from all angles before alighting.

The other distinctive thing about them, and the reason I like to go to Hazlitt’s, is that they cannot bear to admit that they don’t know the location of something they feel they ought to know, like a hotel, which I think is rather sweet. To become a London cab driver you have to master something titled The Knowledge — in effect, learn every street, hospital, hotel, police station, cricket ground, cemetery and other notable landmarks in this amazingly vast and confusing city. It takes years and the cabbies are justifiably proud of their achievement. It would kill them to admit that there could exist in central London a hotel that they have never heard of. So what the cabbie does is probe. He drives in no particular direction for a block or two, then glances at you in the mirror and in an overcasual voice says, “Hazlitt’s — that’s the one on Curzon Street, innit, guv? Opposite the Blue Lion?” But the instant he sees a knowing smile of demurral forming on your lips, he hastily says, “No, hang on a minute, I’m thinking of the Hazelbury. Yeah, the Hazelbury. You want Hazlitt’s, right?” He’ll drive on a bit in a fairly random direction. “That’s this side of Shepherd’s Bush, innit?” he’ll suggest speculatively.

When you tell him that it’s on Frith Street, he says. “Yeah, that the one. Course it is. I know it — modern place, lots of glass”.

“Actually, it’s an eighteenth-century brick building.”

“Course it is. I know it.” And he immediately executes a dramatic U-turn, causing a passing cyclist to steer into a lamppost (but that’s all right because he has on cycle clips and one of those geeky slip stream helmets that all but invite you to knock him over). “Yeah, you had me thinking of the Hazelbury” the driver adds, chuckling as if to say it’s a lucky thing he sorted that one out for you, and then lunges down a little side street off the Strand called Running Sore Lane or Sphincter Passage, which, like so much else in London, you had never noticed was there before. 

A reason why the narrator liked to go to Hazlitt’s was that

1) cab drivers liked driving there.

2) it was in the center of the city.

3) cab drivers didn’t know where it was.

4) it was an old brick building.

15
Задание 15. Чтение № 12-18

Hazlitt’s Hotel

I took a cab to Hazlitt’s Hotel on Frith Street. I like Hazlitt’s because it’s intentionally obscure — it doesn’t have a sign or a plaque or anything at all to betray its purpose — which puts you in a rare position of strength with your cab driver. Let me say right now that London cab drivers are without question the finest in the world. They are trustworthy, safe and honest, generally friendly and always polite. They keep their vehicles spotless inside and out, and they will put themselves to the most extraordinary inconvenience to drop you at the front entrance of your destination.

There are really only a couple of odd things about them. One is that they cannot drive more than two hundred feet in a straight line. I’ve never understood this, but no matter where you are or what the driving conditions, every two hundred feet a little bell goes off in their heads and they abruptly lunge down a side street. And when you get to your hotel or railway station or wherever it is you are going, they like to drive you all the way around it so that you can see it from all angles before alighting.

The other distinctive thing about them, and the reason I like to go to Hazlitt’s, is that they cannot bear to admit that they don’t know the location of something they feel they ought to know, like a hotel, which I think is rather sweet. To become a London cab driver you have to master something titled The Knowledge — in effect, learn every street, hospital, hotel, police station, cricket ground, cemetery and other notable landmarks in this amazingly vast and confusing city. It takes years and the cabbies are justifiably proud of their achievement. It would kill them to admit that there could exist in central London a hotel that they have never heard of. So what the cabbie does is probe. He drives in no particular direction for a block or two, then glances at you in the mirror and in an overcasual voice says, “Hazlitt’s — that’s the one on Curzon Street, innit, guv? Opposite the Blue Lion?” But the instant he sees a knowing smile of demurral forming on your lips, he hastily says, “No, hang on a minute, I’m thinking of the Hazelbury. Yeah, the Hazelbury. You want Hazlitt’s, right?” He’ll drive on a bit in a fairly random direction. “That’s this side of Shepherd’s Bush, innit?” he’ll suggest speculatively.

When you tell him that it’s on Frith Street, he says. “Yeah, that the one. Course it is. I know it — modern place, lots of glass”.

“Actually, it’s an eighteenth-century brick building.”

“Course it is. I know it.” And he immediately executes a dramatic U-turn, causing a passing cyclist to steer into a lamppost (but that’s all right because he has on cycle clips and one of those geeky slip stream helmets that all but invite you to knock him over). “Yeah, you had me thinking of the Hazelbury” the driver adds, chuckling as if to say it’s a lucky thing he sorted that one out for you, and then lunges down a little side street off the Strand called Running Sore Lane or Sphincter Passage, which, like so much else in London, you had never noticed was there before. 

According to the narrator, to be a London cab driver, one has to

1) be ready to study the city for years.

2) be knowledgeable.

3) be proud of the city.

4) know all streets and places in London.

16
Задание 16. Чтение № 12-18

Hazlitt’s Hotel

I took a cab to Hazlitt’s Hotel on Frith Street. I like Hazlitt’s because it’s intentionally obscure — it doesn’t have a sign or a plaque or anything at all to betray its purpose — which puts you in a rare position of strength with your cab driver. Let me say right now that London cab drivers are without question the finest in the world. They are trustworthy, safe and honest, generally friendly and always polite. They keep their vehicles spotless inside and out, and they will put themselves to the most extraordinary inconvenience to drop you at the front entrance of your destination.

There are really only a couple of odd things about them. One is that they cannot drive more than two hundred feet in a straight line. I’ve never understood this, but no matter where you are or what the driving conditions, every two hundred feet a little bell goes off in their heads and they abruptly lunge down a side street. And when you get to your hotel or railway station or wherever it is you are going, they like to drive you all the way around it so that you can see it from all angles before alighting.

The other distinctive thing about them, and the reason I like to go to Hazlitt’s, is that they cannot bear to admit that they don’t know the location of something they feel they ought to know, like a hotel, which I think is rather sweet. To become a London cab driver you have to master something titled The Knowledge — in effect, learn every street, hospital, hotel, police station, cricket ground, cemetery and other notable landmarks in this amazingly vast and confusing city. It takes years and the cabbies are justifiably proud of their achievement. It would kill them to admit that there could exist in central London a hotel that they have never heard of. So what the cabbie does is probe. He drives in no particular direction for a block or two, then glances at you in the mirror and in an overcasual voice says, “Hazlitt’s — that’s the one on Curzon Street, innit, guv? Opposite the Blue Lion?” But the instant he sees a knowing smile of demurral forming on your lips, he hastily says, “No, hang on a minute, I’m thinking of the Hazelbury. Yeah, the Hazelbury. You want Hazlitt’s, right?” He’ll drive on a bit in a fairly random direction. “That’s this side of Shepherd’s Bush, innit?” he’ll suggest speculatively.

When you tell him that it’s on Frith Street, he says. “Yeah, that the one. Course it is. I know it — modern place, lots of glass”.

“Actually, it’s an eighteenth-century brick building.”

“Course it is. I know it.” And he immediately executes a dramatic U-turn, causing a passing cyclist to steer into a lamppost (but that’s all right because he has on cycle clips and one of those geeky slip stream helmets that all but invite you to knock him over). “Yeah, you had me thinking of the Hazelbury” the driver adds, chuckling as if to say it’s a lucky thing he sorted that one out for you, and then lunges down a little side street off the Strand called Running Sore Lane or Sphincter Passage, which, like so much else in London, you had never noticed was there before. 

According to the narrator, if the cab driver did not know a hotel in London he would

1) panic.

2) ask the passenger.

3) use a map.

4) never admit it.

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Задание 17. Чтение № 12-18

Hazlitt’s Hotel

I took a cab to Hazlitt’s Hotel on Frith Street. I like Hazlitt’s because it’s intentionally obscure — it doesn’t have a sign or a plaque or anything at all to betray its purpose — which puts you in a rare position of strength with your cab driver. Let me say right now that London cab drivers are without question the finest in the world. They are trustworthy, safe and honest, generally friendly and always polite. They keep their vehicles spotless inside and out, and they will put themselves to the most extraordinary inconvenience to drop you at the front entrance of your destination.

There are really only a couple of odd things about them. One is that they cannot drive more than two hundred feet in a straight line. I’ve never understood this, but no matter where you are or what the driving conditions, every two hundred feet a little bell goes off in their heads and they abruptly lunge down a side street. And when you get to your hotel or railway station or wherever it is you are going, they like to drive you all the way around it so that you can see it from all angles before alighting.

The other distinctive thing about them, and the reason I like to go to Hazlitt’s, is that they cannot bear to admit that they don’t know the location of something they feel they ought to know, like a hotel, which I think is rather sweet. To become a London cab driver you have to master something titled The Knowledge — in effect, learn every street, hospital, hotel, police station, cricket ground, cemetery and other notable landmarks in this amazingly vast and confusing city. It takes years and the cabbies are justifiably proud of their achievement. It would kill them to admit that there could exist in central London a hotel that they have never heard of. So what the cabbie does is probe. He drives in no particular direction for a block or two, then glances at you in the mirror and in an overcasual voice says, “Hazlitt’s — that’s the one on Curzon Street, innit, guv? Opposite the Blue Lion?” But the instant he sees a knowing smile of demurral forming on your lips, he hastily says, “No, hang on a minute, I’m thinking of the Hazelbury. Yeah, the Hazelbury. You want Hazlitt’s, right?” He’ll drive on a bit in a fairly random direction. “That’s this side of Shepherd’s Bush, innit?” he’ll suggest speculatively.

When you tell him that it’s on Frith Street, he says. “Yeah, that the one. Course it is. I know it — modern place, lots of glass”.

“Actually, it’s an eighteenth-century brick building.”

“Course it is. I know it.” And he immediately executes a dramatic U-turn, causing a passing cyclist to steer into a lamppost (but that’s all right because he has on cycle clips and one of those geeky slip stream helmets that all but invite you to knock him over). “Yeah, you had me thinking of the Hazelbury” the driver adds, chuckling as if to say it’s a lucky thing he sorted that one out for you, and then lunges down a little side street off the Strand called Running Sore Lane or Sphincter Passage, which, like so much else in London, you had never noticed was there before. 

According to the narrator, when the driver finally knows where to go, he would

1) speed up.

2) say you are lucky he knew the place.

3) turn the car in the opposite direction.

4) admit he was confused at first.

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Задание 18. Чтение № 12-18

Hazlitt’s Hotel

I took a cab to Hazlitt’s Hotel on Frith Street. I like Hazlitt’s because it’s intentionally obscure — it doesn’t have a sign or a plaque or anything at all to betray its purpose — which puts you in a rare position of strength with your cab driver. Let me say right now that London cab drivers are without question the finest in the world. They are trustworthy, safe and honest, generally friendly and always polite. They keep their vehicles spotless inside and out, and they will put themselves to the most extraordinary inconvenience to drop you at the front entrance of your destination.

There are really only a couple of odd things about them. One is that they cannot drive more than two hundred feet in a straight line. I’ve never understood this, but no matter where you are or what the driving conditions, every two hundred feet a little bell goes off in their heads and they abruptly lunge down a side street. And when you get to your hotel or railway station or wherever it is you are going, they like to drive you all the way around it so that you can see it from all angles before alighting.

The other distinctive thing about them, and the reason I like to go to Hazlitt’s, is that they cannot bear to admit that they don’t know the location of something they feel they ought to know, like a hotel, which I think is rather sweet. To become a London cab driver you have to master something titled The Knowledge — in effect, learn every street, hospital, hotel, police station, cricket ground, cemetery and other notable landmarks in this amazingly vast and confusing city. It takes years and the cabbies are justifiably proud of their achievement. It would kill them to admit that there could exist in central London a hotel that they have never heard of. So what the cabbie does is probe. He drives in no particular direction for a block or two, then glances at you in the mirror and in an overcasual voice says, “Hazlitt’s — that’s the one on Curzon Street, innit, guv? Opposite the Blue Lion?” But the instant he sees a knowing smile of demurral forming on your lips, he hastily says, “No, hang on a minute, I’m thinking of the Hazelbury. Yeah, the Hazelbury. You want Hazlitt’s, right?” He’ll drive on a bit in a fairly random direction. “That’s this side of Shepherd’s Bush, innit?” he’ll suggest speculatively.

When you tell him that it’s on Frith Street, he says. “Yeah, that the one. Course it is. I know it — modern place, lots of glass”.

“Actually, it’s an eighteenth-century brick building.”

“Course it is. I know it.” And he immediately executes a dramatic U-turn, causing a passing cyclist to steer into a lamppost (but that’s all right because he has on cycle clips and one of those geeky slip stream helmets that all but invite you to knock him over). “Yeah, you had me thinking of the Hazelbury” the driver adds, chuckling as if to say it’s a lucky thing he sorted that one out for you, and then lunges down a little side street off the Strand called Running Sore Lane or Sphincter Passage, which, like so much else in London, you had never noticed was there before. 

What is the narrator’s general attitude towards London cab drivers?

1) Ironic.

2) Supportive.

3) Accusatory.

4) Critical.

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Задание 22. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 22

Things that Go Bump in the Night

It was quite late on a Friday night. Bill and Lora were having supper in their new house. They 19 _________ much notice when they heard some noise in the house next door.From the window they 20 _________ see figures in the front garden.Bill and Lora assumed that their neighbors 21 _________ some sort of party.‘That’s all right,’ said Ben. ‘That’s all right,’ said Ben. ‘Our neighbors 22 _________  big parties.’ ‘Our neighbors 23 _________ big parties.’ ‘Yes, I agree,’ answered his wife. ‘I’m sure they 24 _________ us long.’ Not long after, they heard the front door shut and the house went very quiet. Their neighbors arrived back home and discovered that some thieves 25 _________all their furniture and valuables from the house.

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово HAVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Bill and Lora assumed that their neighbors _____ some sort of party. HAVE

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Задание 23. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 23

Things that Go Bump in the Night

It was quite late on a Friday night. Bill and Lora were having supper in their new house. They 19 _________ much notice when they heard some noise in the house next door.From the window they 20 _________ see figures in the front garden.Bill and Lora assumed that their neighbors 21 _________ some sort of party.‘That’s all right,’ said Ben. ‘That’s all right,’ said Ben. ‘Our neighbors 22 _________  big parties.’ ‘Our neighbors 23 _________ big parties.’ ‘Yes, I agree,’ answered his wife. ‘I’m sure they 24 _________ us long.’ Not long after, they heard the front door shut and the house went very quiet. Their neighbors arrived back home and discovered that some thieves 25 _________all their furniture and valuables from the house.

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT LIKE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

‘That’s all right,’ said Ben. ‘Our neighbors _____ big parties.’ NOT LIKE

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Задание 24. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 24

Things that Go Bump in the Night

It was quite late on a Friday night. Bill and Lora were having supper in their new house. They 19 _________ much notice when they heard some noise in the house next door.From the window they 20 _________ see figures in the front garden.Bill and Lora assumed that their neighbors 21 _________ some sort of party.‘That’s all right,’ said Ben. ‘That’s all right,’ said Ben. ‘Our neighbors 22 _________  big parties.’ ‘Our neighbors 23 _________ big parties.’ ‘Yes, I agree,’ answered his wife. ‘I’m sure they 24 _________ us long.’ Not long after, they heard the front door shut and the house went very quiet. Their neighbors arrived back home and discovered that some thieves 25 _________all their furniture and valuables from the house.

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT DISTURB так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

‘Yes, I agree,’ answered his wife. ‘I’m sure they _____ us long.’ Not long after, they heard the front door shut and the house went very quiet. NOT DISTURB

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Задание 19. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 19

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GO так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

19        Do you watch the news on TV? Before television, people often _____ to the cinema to watch the news.         GO

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Задание 21. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 21

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is a special man. What makes Ronaldo special is that he is football great who ……………………… the soccer world today.Only last Sunday, Ronaldo became the ……………………… Premier League player to be named the FIFA World Player of the Year.Ronaldo ……………………… a golden trophy and he expressed his joy, speaking to the audience.‘This is a special moment in my life. I ……………………… (even) about winning this award,’ said Ronaldo.However, it ……………………… that football players can demonstrate much more experience at controlling a game on the pitch than a powerful car on the road.Ten days ago, Ronaldo ruined his Ferrari in a tunnel near Manchester Airport while he ……………………… a race with Van der Sar. According to The Guardian, Ronaldo ……………………… his Ferrari for just two days before the accident.

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово HAND так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Ronaldo 21 ___ (HAND) a golden trophy and he expressed his joy, speaking to the audience.

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Задание 20. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 20

Mountain Biking

In the past people ___ (ENJOY) watching TV or reading in their free time.Nowadays people are more interested in ___ (DO) activities which take them out of their homes.That’s why mountain biking ___ (BECOME) a very popular sport in recent years. It is one of the most rewarding ways to explore the countryside.Cyclists must pay attention to the type of path they are on. Some paths ___ (DESIGN) for people who are on foot.So if you cycle along these paths, you ___ (CAUSE) inconvenience to walkers. On any other path, you should still respect walkers.Another thing which everyone ___ (ASK) to do is closing gates behind you, so that farm animals cannot escape.If the weather is fine, you will enjoy a wonderful day out, especially if you ___ (NOT FORGET) to take some food and drinks with you.

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово DO так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Nowadays people are more interested in _____ activities which take them out of their homes (DO)

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Задание 19. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 19

Homelessnes

I used to think that homelessness meant tramps 19 _____ (SLEEP) rough on the streets. However, recently my family and I 20 _____ (FORSE) to leave our rented flat because the owner wanted to live in it himself. We 21 _____ (APPLY) to the council for a flat immediately. That was six months ago and since then the four of us 22 _____ (LIVE) in one room in a hotel in to the council for a flat. Our name is still on a waiting list for a council flat.

If both of us had been working, we 23 _____ (CAN) another flat privately. However, my husband earns the minimum wage and I am not working at the moment because we’ve got two small children under the age of five.

Now that this 24 _____ (HAPPEN) to us, I realize that many other families are in a similar situation. It can be stressful living in such cramped conditions and tempers can sometimes flare. I am confident that soon the council 25 _____ (FIND) a flat for us. In the meantime, we try to make the best of the situation and keep smiling.

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SLEEP так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

I used to think that homelessness meant tramps 19 _____ (SLEEP) rough on the streets.

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Задание 20. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 20

Homelessnes

I used to think that homelessness meant tramps 19 _____ (SLEEP) rough on the streets. However, recently my family and I 20 _____ (FORSE) to leave our rented flat because the owner wanted to live in it himself. We 21 _____ (APPLY) to the council for a flat immediately. That was six months ago and since then the four of us 22 _____ (LIVE) in one room in a hotel in to the council for a flat. Our name is still on a waiting list for a council flat.

If both of us had been working, we 23 _____ (CAN) another flat privately. However, my husband earns the minimum wage and I am not working at the moment because we’ve got two small children under the age of five.

Now that this 24 _____ (HAPPEN) to us, I realize that many other families are in a similar situation. It can be stressful living in such cramped conditions and tempers can sometimes flare. I am confident that soon the council 25 _____ (FIND) a flat for us. In the meantime, we try to make the best of the situation and keep smiling.

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово FORSE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

However, recently my family and I 20 _____ (FORSE) to leave our rented flat because the owner wanted to live in it himself.

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Задание 25. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 25

Образуйте от слова INSPECT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста

My father was a police 25 ______  and my mother was a primary school teacher

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Задание 26. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 26

Образуйте от слова BELIEVE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста

Although this doesn’t seem a very 26 __________ story if you consider how many languages are spoken in the world today, ….

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Задание 27. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 27

Образуйте от слова COMMUNICATE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста

What is true is that all through history people have always searched for the ideal language of 27 _________ between …

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Задание 28. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 28

Образуйте от слова READY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста

One of the results of this is that English has always 28 _______ absorbed words from other languages and this is a process that continues to this day.

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Задание 29. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 29

Образуйте от слова VARY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста

English has borrowed a very wide 29 _________ of foreign words and made them its own

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Задание 30. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 30

After the war

When the war ended I returned to Trinity College and was granted an extra year to complete my degree. 30 _______ my father and mother considered my grant at Trinity the highlight of the year, I thought Dad’s receiving an award from the Queen was more important.

The ceremony turned 31 _______ to be a double delight, because I was able to witness my old tutor, Professor Bradford, receive his award for the role he had played in the field of breaking German military codes 32 _______ the war. I was proud of our little team working under Professor Bradford – as Churchill stated in the House of Commons, we had probably cut the length of the war by a year.

We all met up afterwards for tea at the Ritz, and not unnaturally at some 33 _______ during the afternoon the conversation switched to what career I proposed to follow now the war was over. To my father’s credit he had never once 34 _______ that I should join him at the family company, especially as I knew how much he had longed for another son who might eventually 35 _______ his place. In fact, during the summer vacation I became even more conscious of my good fortune, as Father seemed to be preoccupied with the business and Mother was unable to hide her own anxiety about the future of the company. But whenever I asked if I could help all she would 36 _______ was, “Don’t worry, it will all work out in the end.”

Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 30-36. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям 30-36, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Запишите в поле ответа цифру, 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

When the war ended I returned to Trinity College and was granted an extra year to complete my degree. 30 _______ my father and mother considered my grant at Trinity the highlight of the year, I thought Dad’s receiving an award from the Queen was more important.

  1. although
  2. therefore
  3. moreover
  4. however

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Задание 31. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 31

After the war

When the war ended I returned to Trinity College and was granted an extra year to complete my degree. 30 _______ my father and mother considered my grant at Trinity the highlight of the year, I thought Dad’s receiving an award from the Queen was more important.

The ceremony turned 31 _______ to be a double delight, because I was able to witness my old tutor, Professor Bradford, receive his award for the role he had played in the field of breaking German military codes 32 _______ the war. I was proud of our little team working under Professor Bradford – as Churchill stated in the House of Commons, we had probably cut the length of the war by a year.

We all met up afterwards for tea at the Ritz, and not unnaturally at some 33 _______ during the afternoon the conversation switched to what career I proposed to follow now the war was over. To my father’s credit he had never once 34 _______ that I should join him at the family company, especially as I knew how much he had longed for another son who might eventually 35 _______ his place. In fact, during the summer vacation I became even more conscious of my good fortune, as Father seemed to be preoccupied with the business and Mother was unable to hide her own anxiety about the future of the company. But whenever I asked if I could help all she would 36 _______ was, “Don’t worry, it will all work out in the end.”

The ceremony turned 31 _______ to be a double delight, because I was able to witness my old tutor, Professor Bradford

  1. off
  2. into
  3. out
  4. over

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Задание 32. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 32

After the war

When the war ended I returned to Trinity College and was granted an extra year to complete my degree. 30 _______ my father and mother considered my grant at Trinity the highlight of the year, I thought Dad’s receiving an award from the Queen was more important.

The ceremony turned 31 _______ to be a double delight, because I was able to witness my old tutor, Professor Bradford, receive his award for the role he had played in the field of breaking German military codes 32 _______ the war. I was proud of our little team working under Professor Bradford – as Churchill stated in the House of Commons, we had probably cut the length of the war by a year.

We all met up afterwards for tea at the Ritz, and not unnaturally at some 33 _______ during the afternoon the conversation switched to what career I proposed to follow now the war was over. To my father’s credit he had never once 34 _______ that I should join him at the family company, especially as I knew how much he had longed for another son who might eventually 35 _______ his place. In fact, during the summer vacation I became even more conscious of my good fortune, as Father seemed to be preoccupied with the business and Mother was unable to hide her own anxiety about the future of the company. But whenever I asked if I could help all she would 36 _______ was, “Don’t worry, it will all work out in the end.”

The ceremony turned out to be a double delight, because I was able to witness my old tutor, Professor Bradford, receive his award for the role he had played in the field of breaking German military codes 32 _______ the war.

  1. until
  2. unless
  3. during
  4. while

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Задание 33. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 33

After the war

When the war ended I returned to Trinity College and was granted an extra year to complete my degree. 30 _______ my father and mother considered my grant at Trinity the highlight of the year, I thought Dad’s receiving an award from the Queen was more important.

The ceremony turned 31 _______ to be a double delight, because I was able to witness my old tutor, Professor Bradford, receive his award for the role he had played in the field of breaking German military codes 32 _______ the war. I was proud of our little team working under Professor Bradford – as Churchill stated in the House of Commons, we had probably cut the length of the war by a year.

We all met up afterwards for tea at the Ritz, and not unnaturally at some 33 _______ during the afternoon the conversation switched to what career I proposed to follow now the war was over. To my father’s credit he had never once 34 _______ that I should join him at the family company, especially as I knew how much he had longed for another son who might eventually 35 _______ his place. In fact, during the summer vacation I became even more conscious of my good fortune, as Father seemed to be preoccupied with the business and Mother was unable to hide her own anxiety about the future of the company. But whenever I asked if I could help all she would 36 _______ was, “Don’t worry, it will all work out in the end.”

We all met up afterwards for tea at the Ritz, and not unnaturally at some 33 _______ during the afternoon the conversation switched to what career I proposed to follow now the war was over.

  1. event
  2. occasion
  3. case
  4. point

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Задание 34. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 34

After the war

When the war ended I returned to Trinity College and was granted an extra year to complete my degree. 30 _______ my father and mother considered my grant at Trinity the highlight of the year, I thought Dad’s receiving an award from the Queen was more important.

The ceremony turned 31 _______ to be a double delight, because I was able to witness my old tutor, Professor Bradford, receive his award for the role he had played in the field of breaking German military codes 32 _______ the war. I was proud of our little team working under Professor Bradford – as Churchill stated in the House of Commons, we had probably cut the length of the war by a year.

We all met up afterwards for tea at the Ritz, and not unnaturally at some 33 _______ during the afternoon the conversation switched to what career I proposed to follow now the war was over. To my father’s credit he had never once 34 _______ that I should join him at the family company, especially as I knew how much he had longed for another son who might eventually 35 _______ his place. In fact, during the summer vacation I became even more conscious of my good fortune, as Father seemed to be preoccupied with the business and Mother was unable to hide her own anxiety about the future of the company. But whenever I asked if I could help all she would 36 _______ was, “Don’t worry, it will all work out in the end.”

To my father’s credit he had never once 34 _______ that I should join him at the family company

  1. offered
  2. proposed
  3. suggested
  4. presented

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Задание 35. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 35

After the war

When the war ended I returned to Trinity College and was granted an extra year to complete my degree. 30 _______ my father and mother considered my grant at Trinity the highlight of the year, I thought Dad’s receiving an award from the Queen was more important.

The ceremony turned 31 _______ to be a double delight, because I was able to witness my old tutor, Professor Bradford, receive his award for the role he had played in the field of breaking German military codes 32 _______ the war. I was proud of our little team working under Professor Bradford – as Churchill stated in the House of Commons, we had probably cut the length of the war by a year.

We all met up afterwards for tea at the Ritz, and not unnaturally at some 33 _______ during the afternoon the conversation switched to what career I proposed to follow now the war was over. To my father’s credit he had never once 34 _______ that I should join him at the family company, especially as I knew how much he had longed for another son who might eventually 35 _______ his place. In fact, during the summer vacation I became even more conscious of my good fortune, as Father seemed to be preoccupied with the business and Mother was unable to hide her own anxiety about the future of the company. But whenever I asked if I could help all she would 36 _______ was, “Don’t worry, it will all work out in the end.”

To my father’s credit he had never once suggested that I should join him at the family company, especially as I knew how much he had longed for another son who might eventually 35 _______ his place.

  1. take
  2. hold
  3. keep
  4. make

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Задание 36. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 36

After the war

When the war ended I returned to Trinity College and was granted an extra year to complete my degree. 30 _______ my father and mother considered my grant at Trinity the highlight of the year, I thought Dad’s receiving an award from the Queen was more important.

The ceremony turned 31 _______ to be a double delight, because I was able to witness my old tutor, Professor Bradford, receive his award for the role he had played in the field of breaking German military codes 32 _______ the war. I was proud of our little team working under Professor Bradford – as Churchill stated in the House of Commons, we had probably cut the length of the war by a year.

We all met up afterwards for tea at the Ritz, and not unnaturally at some 33 _______ during the afternoon the conversation switched to what career I proposed to follow now the war was over. To my father’s credit he had never once 34 _______ that I should join him at the family company, especially as I knew how much he had longed for another son who might eventually 35 _______ his place. In fact, during the summer vacation I became even more conscious of my good fortune, as Father seemed to be preoccupied with the business and Mother was unable to hide her own anxiety about the future of the company. But whenever I asked if I could help all she would 36 _______ was, “Don’t worry, it will all work out in the end.”

But whenever I asked if I could help all she would 36 _______ was, “Don’t worry, it will all work out in the end.”

  1. tell
  2. speak
  3. talk
  4. say

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Задание 37. Электронное письмо

You have received an email message from your English-speaking pen-friend Tom:

From: Tom@mail.uk
To: Russian_friend@ege.ru
Subject: Travelling
Last month our class went to Washington. It was my first visit there and it was fun! Have you travelled much around Russia? Where would like to go if you have a chance? Why would you like to go there, what places of interest would you like to see? Is there anything interesting in the region where you live?
This summer we plan to go to the mountains with my parents

Write an email to Tom.

In your message:

— answer his questions;

— ask 3 questions about the trip to the mountains.

Write 100−140 words.

Remember the rules of email writing.

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Задание 37. Электронное письмо

You have received an email message from your English-speaking pen-friend Tom:

From: Tom@mail.uk
To: Russian_friend@ege.ru
Subject: Active holidays
Last summer my parents and I went hiking to the mountains. We spent the whole week together and enjoyed it very much. How often do you take active holidays? Who do you think is the best company for you? What extreme sports would you like to try, if any, and why?
Last month our English class got an interesting project. We wrote a paper about interesting events in the past of our country…

Write an email to Tom.

In your message:

— answer his questions;

— ask 3 questions about his project paper.

Write 100−140 words.

Remember the rules of email writing.

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Задание 38. Задание № 38. Описание графиков и круговых диаграмм

Imagine that you are doing a project on why young people in Zetland do extreme sports. You have found some data on the subject-the results of the opinion polls (see the table below).

Comment on the data in the table and give your opinion on the subject of the project. 

Motives

Motives Number of young athletes (%)

To get some adrenalin

49

To follow modern trends

17

To increase self-confidence

13

To fight fears and stress

12

To explore one’s limits

9

Write 200-250 words

Use the following plan:

• make an opening statement on the subject of the project;
• select and report 2-3 facts;
• make 1-2 comparisons where relevant and give your comments;
• outline a problem that can arise with celebrating holidays abroad and suggest the way of solving it;t;
• conclude by giving and explaining your opinion on the role of holidays in our life.

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Задание 39. Устная часть. Задание №39 — Чтение текста

Every time you go online you leave a trail. This is just like a real footprint. It reveals where you’ve been, how long you stayed and what you’ve been doing there. Every time you register for an online service, send an email, download a video or upload a photo, the information can be accessed and your digital footprint can be revealed. This shouldn’t necessarily be worrying but it is advisable to be aware of your digital footprint and to be cautious and sensible when you are online.

All kinds of people are interested in your digital footprint. It’s now quite common for colleges, universities and employers to check out the online profiles of possible candidates as part of their application process. There are cases of people having missed out on jobs and places in college because their digital footprint didn’t impress the recruiters. So, remember: keep safe, don’t put too much personal information online and always think carefully before you post something. Ask yourself, ‘Would I be happy for absolutely everyone to see this?

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Задание 40. Устная часть. Задание № 40 — Задать вопросы

You are considering adopting a dog from an animal shelter and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask four direct questions to find out about the following:

1) adoption process

2) if dogs are already vaccinated

3) possibility of taking the dog home the same day

4) breeds available now

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Отличная работа!
Так держать!

Если остались вопросы, напиши своему куратору.

Hazlitt’s Hotel

I took a cab to Hazlitt’s Hotel on Frith Street. I like Hazlitt’s because it’s intentionally obscure — it doesn’t have a sign or a plaque or anything at all to betray its purpose — which puts you in a rare position of strength with your cab driver. Let me say right now that London cab drivers are without question the finest in the world. They are trustworthy, safe and honest, generally friendly and always polite. They keep their vehicles spotless inside and out, and they will put themselves to the most extraordinary inconvenience to drop you at the front entrance of your destination. There are really only a couple of odd things about them. One is that they cannot drive more than two hundred feet in a straight line. I’ve never understood this, but no matter where you are or what the driving conditions, every two hundred feet a little bell goes off in their heads and they abruptly lunge down a side street. And when you get to your hotel or railway station or wherever it is you are going, they like to drive you all the way around it so that you can see it from all angles before alighting.
The other distinctive thing about them, and the reason I like to go to Hazlitt’s, is that they cannot bear to admit that they don’t know the location of something they feel they ought to know, like a hotel, which I think is rather sweet. To become a London cab driver you have to master something titled The Knowledge — in effect, learn every street, hospital, hotel, police station, cricket ground, cemetery and other notable landmarks in this amazingly vast and confusing city. It takes years and the cabbies are justifiably proud of their achievement. It would kill them to admit that there could exist in central London a hotel that they have never heard of. So what the cabbie does is probe. He drives in no particular direction for a block or two, then glances at you in the mirror and in an overcasual voice says, “Hazlitt’s — that’s the one on Curzon Street, innit, guv? Opposite the Blue Lion?” But the instant he sees a knowing smile of demurral forming on your lips, he hastily says, “No, hang on a minute, I’m thinking of the Hazelbury. Yeah, the Hazelbury. You want Hazlitt’s, right?” He’ll drive on a bit in a fairly random direction. “That’s this side of Shepherd’s Bush, innit?” he’ll suggest speculatively.
When you tell him that it’s on Frith Street, he says. “Yeah, that the one. Course it is. I know it — modern place, lots of glass”.
“Actually, it’s an eighteenth-century brick building.”
“Course it is. I know it.” And he immediately executes a dramatic U-turn, causing a passing cyclist to steer into a lamppost (but that’s all right because he has on cycle clips and one of those geeky slip stream helmets that all but invite you to knock him over). “Yeah, you had me thinking of the Hazelbury” the driver adds, chuckling as if to say it’s a lucky thing he sorted that one out for you, and then lunges down a little side street off the Strand called Running Sore Lane or Sphincter Passage, which, like so much else in London, you had never noticed was there before.

ВОПРОС 1: The narrator said that he liked London cab drivers because they
1) can be trusted and nice to deal with.
2) can drive in a straight line.
3) know all the hotels and streets in the city.
4) make friends easily.

ВОПРОС 2: Which of the following statements about London cab drivers is true according to the narrator?
1) They prefer driving in a straight line.
2) They prefer side streets to main streets.
3) They have little bells in their cars.
4) They let you see your hotel from all angles.

ВОПРОС 3: A reason why the narrator liked to go to Hazlitt’s was that
1) cab drivers liked driving there.
2) it was in the center of the city.
3) cab drivers didn’t know where it was.
4) it was an old brick building.

ВОПРОС 4: According to the narrator, to be a London cab driver, one has to
1) be ready to study the city for years.
2) be knowledgeable.
3) be proud of the city.
4) know all streets and places in London.

ВОПРОС 5: According to the narrator, if the cab driver did not know a hotel in London he would
1) panic.
2) ask the passenger.
3) use a map.
4) never admit it.

ВОПРОС 6: According to the narrator, when the driver finally knows where to go, he would
1) speed up.
2) say you are lucky he knew the place.
3) turn the car in the opposite direction.
4) admit he was confused at first.

ВОПРОС 7: What is the narrator’s general attitude towards London cab drivers?
1) Ironic.
2) Supportive.
3) Accusatory.
4) Critical.

ВОПРОС 1: – 1
ВОПРОС 2: – 4
ВОПРОС 3: – 3
ВОПРОС 4: – 4
ВОПРОС 5: – 4
ВОПРОС 6: – 2
ВОПРОС 7: – 1

В2

Установите
соответствие между заголовками 1-8 и
текстами
AG.
Занесите свои ответы в таблицу.
Используйте каждую цифру
только
один раз. В задании один заголовок
лишний.

  1. Footballers’
    diets

  2. Ideal
    football shape

  3. Length
    matters

  4. Puree
    instead of pasta

  1. Secret
    born in the USSR

  2. Stress
    or relaxation

  3. Flying
    fruit

  4. Referee’s
    perspective

4-11921

A. Good
footballers must have something in their genes. Scientists have
discovered a

link between the length of a footballer’s ring
finger and their ability as a player.

They compared the ring
and index fingers of top players. Players whose ring

fingers
were longer compared to their index fingers were more likely to be
elite

players. Some of the players found to have long ring
fingers are Bryan Robson,

Ossie Ardiles, Glenn Hoddle, Sir
Stanley Matthews and Gazza.

B. Fitness
training is absolutely necessary for a first-rate football team.
Jogging up and

down the stadium a few times is not enough. What
footballers really need is a quick

start. Footballers can get
this ability to start running very quickly by using a
training

method called ‘plyometrics’. In the 1960s, athletes in
the Soviet Union used plyometric

exercises to improve their
results in jumping. Step by step, the method has become

very
important for many sports that include sprinting and jumping.

С
In the past, footballers used to have a big fried breakfast — or
even a roast dinner — before a football match. In the new era of
professional football, the menu of modern players has been radically
reformed. Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, is known for his
scientific method of feeding his team. When he first came to the
club in 1996, he at once changed the players’ dinner menus. Sugar,
red meat, chips, fried foods and dairy products were out.
Vegetables, fish, chicken and plenty of water were in.

D. French
diet specialists heavily criticised the pre-match diet of the
England players

in Euro ’96. Their menu of tomato soup and
spaghetti was said to be more likely

to produce wind than a
win. Potatoes, according to French scientists, make the

best
meal on the day of a game. They have glucides, which give the player
a lot

of energy. They also include useful vitamins. According
to one piece of research,

a player should eat 200-300 grams of
mashed potatoes, boiled for 20 minutes,

exactly three hours
before going to the game.

E. Physics
can explain a football wonder — the banana kick. This happens when
a

ball suddenly changes its direction at the end of its flight.
At a certain speed, the

air flowing over a flying ball becomes
‘turbulent’. This means that the air moves

irregularly over the
ball. As the ball slows down, the air becomes ‘smooth’ again.

This
slowdown makes the ball turn dramatically, creating the wonderful
‘banana’

kicks that the spectators like so much.

F. These
days, footballs are made in a design based on the ‘Buckminster
Ball’. The

American architect Richard Buckminster Fuller came
up with the design when he

was trying to find a way for
constructing buildings using a minimum of materials.

The ball
is a series of geometrical figures, which can be fitted together to
make a

round body. The modern football is in fact a Buckminster
Ball consisting of 32

pieces. When they are joined together and
filled with air they make a perfect sphere.

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2012 Федеральный институт педагогических
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ТИПОВЫЕ
ЭКЗАМЕНАЦИОННЫЕ
ВАРИАНТЫ

G.
Research has shown that watching the World Cup is good for our
health — even if your team goes out on penalties. The scientists
suggest that a common interest and a nationalistic pride are very
important. The competition makes people less concentrated on their
own problems. They are also more patient and can cope with crises
much easier. Watching football can, however, also be disappointing,
especially when it comes to the decisions of referees and officials.
Besides, watching penalties can be very nervous.

A

В

С

D

E

F

G

Прочитайте
текст

и

заполните
пропуски
A-F

частями
предложений,

обозна-

ценными
цифрами 1-

-7.

Одна
из

частей

в
списке

1-7

лишняя.
Занесите

цифры,

обозначающие
соответствующие

части

предложений,

в
таблицу.

Nenets
culture affected by global warming

For
1,000
years
the indigenous Nenets people have migrated along the 450-mile-long
Yamal peninsula in northern Russia. In summer they wander
northwards, taking their reindeer with them. In winter they return
southwards.

But
this remote region of north-west Siberia is now being affected by
global warming. Traditionally the Nenets travel across the frozen
River Ob in November

A
around Nadym. These days, though, this annual winter

migration
is delayed. Last year the Nenets, together with many thousands of
reindeer,

had to wait until late December В
.

«Our
reindeer were hungry. There wasn’t enough food,» Jakov Japtik,
a Nenets reindeer herder, said. «The snow is melting sooner,
quicker and faster than before. In spring it’s difficult for the
reindeer to pull the sledges. They get tired,» Japtik said.

Herders
say that the peninsula’s weather is increasingly unpredictable
— with

unseasonal
snowstorms С
, and milder longer autumns. In

winter,
temperatures used to go down to -50C. Now they are normally around
-30°C, according to Japtik. «Obviously we prefer -30°C. But
the changes aren’t good for the

reindeer
D __ ,» he said, setting off on his sledge to round up

his
reindeer herd.

Even
here, in one of the most remote parts of the
planet, E

.
Last year the Nenets arrived at a regular summer camping spot and

discovered
that half of their lake had disappeared. The water had drained away
after

a landslide. The Nenets report other curious changes —
there are fewer mosquitoes

and a strange increase in flies.
Scientists say there is unmistakable evidence

F .

  1. when
    the ice was finally thick enough to cross

  2. that
    the impact on Russia would be disastrous

  3. the
    environment is under pressure

  4. and
    in the end what is good for the reindeer is good for us

  5. and
    set up their camps in the southern forests

  6. that
    Yamal’s ancient permafrost is melting

  7. when
    the reindeer give birth in May

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измерений. © 2012 Национальное образование.
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А

В

С

D

Е

F

Прочитайте
текст и выполните задания А15-А21. В каждом
задании обведите цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4,
соответствующую выбранному вами
варианту ответа.

Hazlitt’s
Hotel

I
took
a cab to Hazlitt’s Hotel on Frith Street. I like Hazlitt’s because
it’s intentionally obscure — it doesn’t have a sign or a plaque or
anything at all to betray its purpose — which puts you in a rare
position of strength with your cab driver. Let me say right now that
London cab drivers are without question the finest in the world.
They are trustworthy, safe and honest, generally friendly and always
polite. They keep their vehicles spotless inside and out, and they
will put themselves to the most extraordinary inconvenience to drop
you at the front entrance of your destination. There are really only
a couple of odd things about them. One is that they cannot drive
more than two hundred feet in a straight line. I’ve never understood
this, but no matter where you are or what the driving conditions,
every two hundred feet a little bell goes off in their heads and
they abruptly lunge down a side street. And when you get to your
hotel or railway station or wherever it is you are going, they like
to drive you all the way around it so that you can see it from all
angles before alighting.

The
other distinctive thing about them, and the reason I like to go to
Hazlitt’s, is that they cannot bear to admit that they don’t know
the location of something they feel they ought to know, like a
hotel, which I think is rather sweet. To become a London cab driver
you have to master something titled The Knowledge—in effect, learn
every street, hospital, hotel, police station, cricket ground,
cemetery and other notable landmarks in this amazingly vast and
confusing city. It takes years and the cabbies are justifiably proud
of their achievement. It would kill them to admit that there could
exist in central London a hotel that they have never heard of. So
what the cabbie does is probe. He drives in no particular direction
for a block or two, then glances at you in the mirror and in an
overcasual voice says, «Hazlitt’s —that’s the one on Curzon
Street, innit, guv? Opposite the Blue Lion?» But the instant he
sees a knowing smile of demurral forming on your lips, he hastily
says, «No, hang on a minute, I’m thinking of the Hazelbury.
Yeah, the Hazelbury. You want Hazlitt’s, right?» He’ll drive on
a bit in a fairly random direction. «That’s this side of
Shepherd’s Bush, innit?» he’ll suggest speculatively.

When
you tell him that it’s on Frith Street, he says. «Yeah, that
the one. Course it is. I know it — modern place, lots of glass».

«Actually,
it’s an eighteenth-century brick building.»

«Course
it is. I know it.» And he immediately executes a dramatic
U-turn, causing a passing cyclist to steer into a lamppost (but
that’s all right because he has on cycle clips and one of those
geeky slip stream helmets that all but invite you to knock him
over). «Yeah, you had me thinking of the Hazelbury» the
driver adds, chuckling as if to say it’s a lucky thing he sorted
that one out for you, and then lunges down a little side street off
the Strand called Running Sore Lane or Sphincter Passage, which,
like so much else in London, you had never noticed was there before.

©
2012 Федеральный институт педагогических
измерений. © 2012 Национальное образование.
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использование без письменного разрешения
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ВАРИАНТЫ

*
jel The narrator said that he liked London cab drivers because
they

  1. can
    be trusted and nice to deal with.

  2. can
    drive in a straight line.

  3. know
    all the hotels and streets in the city.

  4. make
    friends easily.

A16
Which of the following statements about London cab drivers is
true according to the narrator?

  1. They
    prefer driving in a straight line.

  2. They
    prefer side streets to main streets.

  3. They
    have little bells in their cars.

  4. They
    let you see your hotel from all angles.

A17
A reason why the narrator liked to go to Hazlitt’s was that

  1. cab
    drivers liked driving there.

  2. it
    was in the center of the city.

  3. cab
    drivers didn’t know where it was.

  4. it
    was an old brick building.

A18
According to the narrator, to be a London cab driver, one has to

  1. be
    ready to study the city for years.

  2. be
    knowledgeable.

  3. be
    proud of the city.

  4. know
    all streets and places in London.

A19
According to the narrator, if the cab driver did not know a
hotel in London he would

  1. panic. 3)
    use
    a map.

  2. ask
    the passenger. 4)
    never admit it.

A20
According to the narrator, when the driver finally knows where
to go, he would

  1. speed
    up.

  2. say
    you are lucky he knew the place.

  3. turn
    the car in the opposite direction.

  4. admit
    he was confused at first.

A21
What is the narrator’s general attitude towards London cab
drivers?

  1. Ironic. 3)
    Accusatory.

  2. Supportive. 4)
    Critical.

По
окончании выполнения заданий В2, ВЗ и
А15-А21 НЕ ЗАБУДЬТЕ ПЕРЕНЕ­СТИ СВОИ
ОТВЕТЫ
В
БЛАНК ОТВЕТОВ

1!
ОБРАТИТЕ
ВНИМАНИЕ, что ответы на задания В2, ВЗ,
А15—А21 располагаются в разных частях
бланка. При переносе ответов в заданиях
В2 и ВЗ цифры записываются без пробелов
и знаков препинания.

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