Why did the narrator agree to the room?
1) He felt sorry for the landlord.
2) He could not refuse the offer.
3) It was really cheap.
4) There was a TV and a coffee maker.
Llandudno is truly a fine and handsome place, built on a generously proportioned bay and lined along its broad front with a huddle of prim but gracious nineteenth-century hotels that reminded me in the fading light of a lineup of Victorian nannies. Llandudno was purpose-built as a resort in the mid-1800s, and it cultivates a nice old-fashioned air. I don’t suppose that Lewis Carroll, who famously strolled this front with little Alice Liddell in the 1860s, would notice a great deal of change today.
To my consternation, the town was packed with weekending pensioners. Buses from all over were parked along the side streets, every hotel I called at was full, and in every dining room I could see crowds – veritable oceans – of nodding white heads spooning soup and conversing happily. Goodness knows what had brought them to the Welsh seaside at this bleak time of year.
Farther on along the front there stood a clutch of guesthouses, large and virtually indistinguishable, and a few of them had vacancy signs in their windows. I had eight or ten to choose from, which always puts me in a mild fret because I have an unerring instinct for choosing badly. My wife can survey a row of guesthouses and instantly identify the one run by a white-haired widow with a fondness for children, and sparkling bathroom facilities, whereas I can generally count on choosing the one run by a guy with a grasping manner, and the sort of cough that makes you wonder where he puts the phlegm. Such, I felt, would be the case tonight.
All the guesthouses had boards out front listing their many amenities – COLOUR TV, HOSPITALITY TRAYS, FULL CENTRAL HEATING, and the coyly euphemistic EN SUITE ALL ROOMS, meaning private bathrooms. One place offered satellite TV and a trouser press, and another boasted CURRENT FIRE CERTIFICATE – something I had never thought to look for in a B&B. All this heightened my sense of unease and doom. How could I possibly choose intelligently among such a variety of options?
I selected a place that looked reasonable enough from the outside – its board promised a color TV and coffee making facilities, about all I require these days for a Saturday night – but from the moment I set foot in the door I knew it was a bad choice. I was about to turn and flee when the owner emerged from a back room and stopped my retreat with an unenthusiastic “Yes?” A short conversation revealed that a single room with breakfast was for £19.50. It was entirely out of the question that I would stay the night in such a dismal place at such an exorbitant price, so I said, “That sounds fine,” and signed in. Well, it’s so hard to say no.
My room was everything I expected it to be – cold and cheerless with laminated furniture, grubbily matted carpet, and those mysterious ceiling stains that bring to mind a neglected corpse in the room above. There was a tray of coffee things but the cups were disgusting, and the spoon was stuck to the tray. The bathroom, faintly illuminated by a distant light activated by a length of string, had curling floor tiles and years of accumulated dirt packed into every corner. I peered at the yellowy tile around the bath and sink and realized what the landlord did with his phlegm. A bath was out of the question, so I threw some cold water on my face, dried it with a towel that had the texture of shredded wheat, and gladly took my leave.
Llandudno is truly a fine and handsome place, built on a generously proportioned bay and lined along its broad front with a huddle of prim but gracious nineteenth-century hotels that reminded me in the fading light of a lineup of Victorian nannies. Llandudno was purpose-built as a resort in the mid-1800s, and it cultivates a nice old-fashioned air. I don’t suppose that Lewis Carroll, who famously strolled this front with little Alice Liddell in the 1860s, would notice a great deal of change today.
To my consternation, the town was packed with weekending pensioners. Buses from all over were parked along the side streets, every hotel I called at was full, and in every dining room I could see crowds — veritable oceans — of nodding white heads spooning soup and conversing happily. Goodness knows what had brought them to the Welsh seaside at this bleak time of year.
Farther on along the front there stood a clutch of guesthouses, large and virtually indistinguishable, and a few of them had vacancy signs in their windows. I had eight or ten to choose from, which always puts me in a mild fret because I have an unerring instinct for choosing badly. My wife can survey a row of guesthouses and instantly identify the one run by a white-haired widow with a fondness for children, and sparkling bathroom facilities, whereas I can generally count on choosing the one run by a guy with a grasping manner, and the sort of cough that makes you wonder where he puts the phlegm. Such, I felt, would be the case tonight.
All the guesthouses had boards out front listing their many amenities — COLOUR TV, HOSPITALITY TRAYS, FULL CENTRAL HEATING, and the coyly euphemistic EN SUITE ALL ROOMS, meaning private bathrooms. One place offered satellite TV and a trouser press, and another boasted CURRENT FIRE CERTIFICATE — something I had never thought to look for in a B&B. All this heightened my sense of unease and doom. How could I possibly choose intelligently among such a variety of options?
I selected a place that looked reasonable enough from the outside — its board promised a color TV and coffee making facilities, about all I require these days for a Saturday night — but from the moment I set foot in the door I knew it was a bad choice. I was about to turn and flee when the owner emerged from a back room and stopped my retreat with an unenthusiastic “Yes?” A short conversation revealed that a single room with breakfast was for £19.50. It was entirely out of the question that I would stay the night in such a dismal place at such an exorbitant price, so I said, “That sounds fine,” and signed in. Well, it’s so hard to say no.
My room was everything I expected it to be — cold and cheerless with laminated furniture, grubbily matted carpet, and those mysterious ceiling stains that bring to mind a neglected corpse in the room above. There was a tray of coffee things but the cups were disgusting, and the spoon was stuck to the tray.
The bathroom, faintly illuminated by a distant light activated by a length of string, had curling floor tiles and years of accumulated dirt packed into every corner. I peered at the yellowy tile around the bath and sink and realized what the landlord did with his phlegm. A bath was out of the question, so I threw some cold water on my face, dried it with a towel that had the texture of shredded wheat, and gladly took my leave.
ВОПРОС 1: Llandudno is described as a
1) fashionable 19th century resort.
2) beautiful growing resort.
3) place where Lewis Carroll lived.
4) place famous for its comfortable hotels.
ВОПРОС 2: The phrase “veritable oceans” in paragraph 2 refers to
1) hotel dining rooms.
2) hotel guests wearing white hats.
3) old people dining in cafes.
4) buses crowded with old Welsh people.
ВОПРОС 3: When choosing a guesthouse the narrator was worried because he
1) wasn’t good at making the right choice.
2) could not find a place run by a kind old widow.
3) did not know what to look for.
4) missed his wife for help.
ВОПРОС 4: The narrator thought that the choice of a guesthouse used to be easier because
1) all hotels had a private bathroom.
2) there were fewer options on offer.
3) there were fewer guest houses.
4) they were all of B&B type.
ВОПРОС 5: The narrator thought that the choice of a guesthouse used to be easier because
1) all hotels had a private bathroom.
2) there were fewer options on offer.
3) there were fewer guest houses.
4) they were all of B&B type.
ВОПРОС 6: Why was the bath out of the question?
1) The water was too cold.
2) There was no hot water.
3) The bathtub was dirty.
4) There was no light.
ВОПРОС 7: What is the narrator’s attitude towards the room he stayed in?
1) Surprised.
2) Indifferent.
3) Positive.
4) Critical.
ВОПРОС 1: – 1
ВОПРОС 2: – 3
ВОПРОС 3: – 1
ВОПРОС 4: – 2
ВОПРОС 5: – 2
ВОПРОС 6: – 3
ВОПРОС 7: – 4
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания 12-18. В каждом задании выберите цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, впишите её в соответствующее поле внизу страницы.
Llandudno
Llandudno is truly a fine and handsome place, built on a generously proportioned bay and lined along its broad front with a huddle of prim but gracious nineteenth-century hotels that reminded me in the fading light of a lineup of Victorian nannies. Llandudno was purpose-built as a resort in the mid-1800s, and it cultivates a nice old-fashioned air. I don’t suppose that Lewis Carroll, who famously strolled this front with little Alice Liddell in the 1860s, would notice a great deal of change today.
To my consternation, the town was packed with weekending pensioners. Buses from all over were parked along the side streets, every hotel I called at was full, and in every dining room I could see crowds – veritable oceans – of nodding white heads spooning soup and conversing happily. Goodness knows what had brought them to the Welsh seaside at this bleak time of year.
Farther on along the front there stood a clutch of guesthouses, large and virtually indistinguishable, and a few of them had vacancy signs in their windows. I had eight or ten to choose from, which always puts me in a mild fret because I have an unerring instinct for choosing badly. My wife can survey a row of guesthouses and instantly identify the one run by a white-haired widow with a fondness for children, and sparkling bathroom facilities, whereas I can generally count on choosing the one run by a guy with a grasping manner, and the sort of cough that makes you wonder where he puts the phlegm. Such, I felt, would be the case tonight.
All the guesthouses had boards out front listing their many amenities – COLOUR TV, HOSPITALITY TRAYS, FULL CENTRAL HEATING, and the coyly euphemistic EN SUITE ALL ROOMS, meaning private bathrooms. One place offered satellite TV and a trouser press, and another boasted CURRENT FIRE CERTIFICATE – something I had never thought to look for in a B&B. All this heightened my sense of unease and doom. How could I possibly choose intelligently among such a variety of options?
I selected a place that looked reasonable enough from the outside – its board promised a color TV and coffee making facilities, about all I require these days for a Saturday night – but from the moment I set foot in the door I knew it was a bad choice. I was about to turn and flee when the owner emerged from a back room and stopped my retreat with an unenthusiastic “Yes?” A short conversation revealed that a single room with breakfast was for £19.50. It was entirely out of the question that I would stay the night in such a dismal place at such an exorbitant price, so I said, “That sounds fine,” and signed in. Well, it’s so hard to say no.
My room was everything I expected it to be – cold and cheerless with laminated furniture, grubbily matted carpet, and those mysterious ceiling stains that bring to mind a neglected corpse in the room above. There was a tray of coffee things but the cups were disgusting, and the spoon was stuck to the tray. The bathroom, faintly illuminated by a distant light activated by a length of string, had curling floor tiles and years of accumulated dirt packed into every corner. I peered at the yellowy tile around the bath and sink and realized what the landlord did with his phlegm. A bath was out of the question, so I threw some cold water on my face, dried it with a towel that had the texture of shredded wheat, and gladly took my leave.
12.Llandudno is described as a
1) fashionable 19th century resort.
2) beautiful growing resort.
3) place where Lewis Carroll lived.
4) place famous for its comfortable hotels.
13.The phrase “veritable oceans” in paragraph 2 refers to
1) hotel dining rooms.
2) hotel guests wearing white hats.
3) old people dining in cafes.
4) buses crowded with old Welsh people.
14.When choosing a guesthouse the narrator was worried because he
1) wasn’t good at making the right choice.
2) could not find a place run by a kind old widow.
3) did not know what to look for.
4) missed his wife for help.
15.The narrator thought that the choice of a guesthouse used to be easier because
1) all hotels had a private bathroom.
2) there were fewer options on offer.
3) there were fewer guest houses.
4) they were all of B&B type.
16.Why did the narrator agree to the room?
1) He felt sorry for the landlord.
2) He could not refuse the offer.
3) It was really cheap.
4) There was a TV and a coffee maker.
17.Why was the bath out of the question?
1) The water was too cold.
2) There was no hot water.
3) The bathtub was dirty.
4) There was no light.
18.What is the narrator’s attitude towards the room he stayed in?
1) Surprised.
2) Indifferent.
3) Positive.
4) Critical.
Вариант 1.
Раздел 1. Аудирование.
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. Вы услышите запись
дважды.
1. When skiing, learning how to stop is a
life-saving skill.
2. If you ‘re afraid of the big slopes,
stick to the beginner’s slope.
3. It is important to take lessons before
you start skiing.
4. There are plenty of ways to enjoy a ski
resort besides skiing.
5. Ski resorts always have professionals
who can look after people with injuries.
6. Your physical fitness plays a role in successful
skiing.
7. Some people just want to look like
experienced skiers.
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Говорящий |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
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Утверждение |
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. Вы услышите запись дважды.
A) Eric has still got
a lot of packing to do at his house.
1) Тrue 2) False 3)
Not stated
B) Eric and his family will help the
movers move things.
1) Тrue 2) False 3)
Not stated
C) Eric is not happy living at his house
at the moment.
1) Тrue 2) False 3)
Not stated
D) There’s a bus that stops in front of
Leila’s house.
1) Тrue 2) False 3)
Not stated
E) Eric’s new neighbourhood has an
efficient bus service.
1) Тrue 2) False 3)
Not stated
F) Leila’s parents haven’t moved in
several years.
1) Тrue 2) False 3)
Not stated
G) Eric was pleased to have thrown away
lots of stuff.
1) Тrue 2) False 3) Not stated
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3. Вы услышите репортаж дважды. В заданиях 3-9
обведите цифру 1,2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному вами варианта ответа. Вы
услышите запись дважды.
3. According to David, a hacker can be…
1) anyone who owns a computer.
2) someone who tricks a person out of their password.
3) anyone who works for a computer company.
4. Why does David technically consider himself a hacker?
1) He has broken into computers before.
2) He admires the hacking culture.
3) He is able to build and program computers.
5. The simpler ways that data thieves operate…
1) are well-publicized by the media.
2) are not thought very often.
3) affect thousands of normal people.
6.According to David, writing a computer virus…
1) is more difficult than just asking for password.
2) is easier than trying to get someone to tell you a
password.
3) is a guaranteed way of obtaining a password.
7. How do hackers convince an employee to reveal a
password?
1) They offer them a financial incentive.
2) They imply that they might get fired if they don’t.
3) They offer to help the employee in some way.
8. What kind of people does David say are vulnerable to
fake emails?
1) All kinds of people.
2) Usually just older people.
3) People who are naturally very trusting.
9. David believes that ‘hacktivists’ are…
1) no better than other criminals.
2) valuable members of society.
3) working on behalf of organizations.
Раздел 2. Чтение
10.Установите соответствие между текстами A–G
и заголовками 1–8. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу.
Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.
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5. The System of Government
6. Parliamentary Committees
7. Whitehall
8. The Crown
A.
Her Majesty’s Government, in spite of its name, derives its
authority and power from its party representation in Parliament. Parliament is
housed in the Palace of Westminster, once a home of the monarchy. Like the
monarchy, Parliament is an ancient institution, dating from the middle of the
thirteenth century. Parliament is the seat of British democracy, but it is
perhaps valuable to remember that while the House of Lords was created in order
to provide a council of the nobility for the king, the Commons were summoned originally
in order to provide the king with money.
B.
The reigning monarch is not only head of state but symbol of
the unity of the nation. The monarchy is Britain’s oldest secular institution,
its continuity for over a thousand years broken only once by a republic that
lasted a mere eleven years (1649-60). The monarchy is hereditary, the
succession passing automatically to the oldest male child, or in the absence of
males to the oldest female offspring of the monarch. In law the monarch is head
of the executive and of the judiciary, head of the Church of England, and
commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
C.
The dynamic power of Parliament lies in its lower chamber.
Of its 650 members, 523 represent constituencies in England, 38 in Wales, 72 in
Scotland and 17 in Northern Ireland. There are only seats in the Commons
debating chamber for 370 members, but except on matters of great interest, it
is unusual for all members to be present at any one time. Many MPs find
themselves in other rooms of the Commons, participating in a variety of
committees and meetings necessary for an effective parliamentary process.
D.
Britain is a democracy, yet its people are not, as one
might expect in a democracy, constitutionally in control of the state. The
constitutional situation is an apparently contradictory one. As a result of a
historical process the people of Britain are subjects of the Crown, accepting
the Queen as the head of the state. Yet even the Queen is not sovereign in any
substantial sense since she receives her authority from Parliament, and is
subject to its direction in almost all matters. This curious situation came
about as a result of a long struggle for power between the Crown and Parliament
during the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries.
E.
Her Majesty’s Government governs in the name of the Queen,
and its hub, Downing Street, lies in Whitehall, a short walk from Parliament.
Following a general election, the Queen invites the leader of the majority
party represented in the Commons, to form a government on her behalf.
Government ministers are invariably members of the House of Commons, but
infrequently members of the House of Lords are appointed. All government
members continue to represent “constituencies” which elected them.
F.
Each parliamentary session begins with the “State Opening of
Parliament”, a ceremonial occasion in which the Queen proceeds from Buckingham
Palace to the Palace of Westminster where she delivers the Queen’s Speech from
her throne in the House of Lords. Her speech is drafted by her government, and
describes what the government intends to implement during the forthcoming
session. Leading members of the Commons may hear the speech from the far end of
the chamber, but are not allowed to enter the House of Lords.
G.
The upper chamber of Parliament is not democratic in any
sense at all. It consists of four categories of peer. The majority are
hereditary peers, a total of almost 800, but of whom only about half take an
active interest in the affairs of the state. A smaller number, between 350 and
400, are “life” peers — an idea introduced in 1958 to elevate to the
peerage certain people who rendered political or public service to the nation.
The purpose was not only to honour but also to enhance the quality of business
done in the Lords.
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А |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
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Заголовок |
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.
A Sad Story
Mary sat at the window, looking down at the street. It was Friday evening.
People were already leaving their offices and the shops were closing. Soon she
would be alone again — as usual. She imagined how these people would spend
their evening — in restaurants, bars, dance halls — enjoying
themselves. She had never experienced these pleasures in all her twenty-five
years on earth. Her mind drifted… A__________., even if it was only
once. But she knew it was impossible. She was not pretty; she knew that. She
was shy. And she had no money for nice clothes or shoes. All she could afford
was the rent on this miserable flat and her daily necessities.
Suddenly the doorbell rang. Nervously she went downstairs to answer it. The
young man on the doorstep told her he had some important news for her. She felt
uneasy B________., that she asked him in. She made him coffee while he
explained that he was a lawyer. Her uncle, C_______., had died. He had
left her all his money in his will. The young man’s name was Harry. He left her
flat early the next morning. Harry helped her to deal with all the legal
papers. He arranged for her to buy the luxury flat in Bayswater. He entertained
her. They went to restaurants, West End theatres, concerts, even to wild
parties. Three months later they were married and moved to the big house he had
made her buy in Hamstead. For a while D__________.. Then Harry changed.
He came back late. They went out together less often. Sometimes the phone would
ring and unknown female voice would ask for Harry. When she asked him what was
wrong, he would fly into a rage and leave the house.
One afternoon, the police came round. It seemed E.___________. The weeks
which followed were a nightmare. She sold the flat in Bayswater to pay for a
lawyer. When he was found guilty, she sold the house in Hampstead. She moved
back into the small flat in Hove. Her adventure was over.
For twenty years she had waited. Before Harry’s release from prison she bought
two air tickets to take them away for a holiday. On a damp, grey morning she
stood opposite the prison gate. Harry emerged into freedom F.__________.
A blonde lady, in a fur coat, was seated at the wheel. Harry jumped in beside
the lady and gave her a resounding kiss. The car disappeared round the corner.
Mary took out the air tickets and slowly tore them into small pieces
1. she was
blissfully happy
2. if
only someone would invite her out
3. and started
across the street to a red sports car
4. but he looked so
honest and so handsome
5. she was very
embarrassed
6. who had
emigrated to Australia years before
7. Harry was involved in a bank fraud
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Пропуск |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
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Часть предложения |
Прочитайте
текст и выполните задания 12-18. В каждом задании запишите в поле ответа
цифру 1,2,3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному вами варианту ответа.
Llandudno
Llandudno is truly
a fine and handsome place, built on a generously proportioned bay and lined
along its broad front with a huddle of prim but gracious nineteenth-century
hotels that reminded me in the fading light of a lineup of Victorian nannies.
Llandudno was purpose-built as a resort in the mid-1800s, and it cultivates a
nice old-fashioned air. I don’t suppose that Lewis Carroll, who famously
strolled this front with little Alice Liddell in the 1860s, would notice a
great deal of change today.
To my consternation,
the town was packed with weekending pensioners. Buses from all over were parked
along the side streets, every hotel I called at was full, and in every dining
room I could see crowds – veritable oceans – of nodding white heads spooning
soup and conversing happily. Goodness knows what had brought them to the Welsh
seaside at this bleak time of year.
Farther on along
the front there stood a clutch of guesthouses, large and virtually
indistinguishable, and a few of them had vacancy signs in their windows. I had
eight or ten to choose from, which always puts me in a mild fret because I have
an unerring instinct for choosing badly. My wife can survey a row of
guesthouses and instantly identify the one run by a white-haired widow with a
fondness for children, and sparkling bathroom facilities, whereas I can
generally count on choosing the one run by a guy with a grasping manner, and
the sort of cough that makes you wonder where he puts the phlegm. Such, I felt,
would be the case tonight.
All the
guesthouses had boards out front listing their many amenities – COLOUR TV,
HOSPITALITY TRAYS, FULL CENTRAL HEATING, and the coyly euphemistic EN SUITE ALL
ROOMS, meaning private bathrooms. One place offered satellite TV and a trouser
press, and another boasted CURRENT FIRE CERTIFICATE – something I had never
thought to look for in a B&B. All this heightened my sense of unease and
doom. How could I possibly choose intelligently among such a variety of
options?
I selected a place
that looked reasonable enough from the outside – its board promised a color TV
and coffee making facilities, about all I require these days for a Saturday
night – but from the moment I set foot in the door I knew it was a bad choice.
I was about to turn and flee when the owner emerged from a back room and
stopped my retreat with an unenthusiastic “Yes?” A short conversation revealed
that a single room with breakfast was for £19.50. It was entirely out of the
question that I would stay the night in such a dismal place at such an
exorbitant price, so I said, “That sounds fine,” and signed in. Well, it’s so
hard to say no.
My room was
everything I expected it to be – cold and cheerless with laminated furniture,
grubbily matted carpet, and those mysterious ceiling stains that bring to mind
a neglected corpse in the room above. There was a tray of coffee things but the
cups were disgusting, and the spoon was stuck to the tray. The bathroom,
faintly illuminated by a distant light activated by a length of string, had
curling floor tiles and years of accumulated dirt packed into every corner. I
peered at the yellowy tile around the bath and sink and realized what the
landlord did with his phlegm. A bath was out of the question, so I threw some
cold water on my face, dried it with a towel that had the texture of shredded
wheat, and gladly took my leave.
A12. Llandudno is described as a
1) fashionable 19th century resort.
2) beautiful growing resort.
3) place where Lewis Carroll lived.
4) place famous for its comfortable hotels.
A13. The phrase “veritable oceans” in paragraph 2 refers to
1) hotel dining rooms.
2) hotel guests wearing white hats.
3) old people dining in cafes.
4) buses crowded with old Welsh people.
A14. When choosing a guesthouse the narrator was worried because he
1) wasn’t good at making the right choice.
2) could not find a place run by a kind old widow.
3) did not know what to look for.
4) missed his wife for help.
A15. The narrator thought that the choice of a guesthouse used to be
easier because
1) all hotels had a private bathroom.
2) there were fewer options on offer.
3) there were fewer guest houses.
4) they were all of B&B type.
A16. Why did the narrator agree to the room?
1) He felt sorry for the landlord.
2) He could not refuse the offer.
3) It was really cheap.
4) There was a TV and a coffee maker.
A17. Why was the bath out of the question?
1) The water was too cold.
2) There was no hot water.
3) The bathtub was dirty.
4) There was no light.
A18. What is the narrator’s attitude towards the room he stayed in?
1) Surprised.
2) Indifferent.
3) Positive.
4) Critical.
Раздел 3. Грамматика и лексика.
Прочитайте
приведенный ниже текст . Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова,
напечатанные
заглавными буквами и обозначенные номерами 19-25, так, чтобы они
грамматически соответствовали содержанию текстов. Заполните пропуски
полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы
19-25.
Video Games
Like the television set before it, the video game console is now 19__________TAKE
over living rooms in the US. Americans spend 20_________MONEY on
video games than on movies and nearly half the country plays. The first video
game, Pong, 21__________INVENT in 1972. Since then, video games 22___________BECOME
‘the major cultural activity of the generation aged 30 and below’, according to
James Paul Gee, a professor of education. ‘They have the same importance to
this generation that movies had for 23____________EARLY
generations’, he says. ‘Even 24_____________THAT children who
can’t understand the lessons they are taught in their schools can discuss the
stories in video games at a very sophisticated level’, he says. But in some 25_________PEOPLE
opinion, many of the games are much too violent and they have a bad effect on
the brain.
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приведенный ниже текст. Образуйте от слов, напечатанных заглавными буквами и
обозначенных номерами 26-31, однокоренные слова так, чтобы они
грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните
пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию
из группы 26-31.
Waste Management
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текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 32–38. Эти номера
соответствуют заданиям 32–38, в которых представлены возможные варианты
ответов. Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4,
соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.
Charity
A lot of people in our world have little or no money at all. Many
of them are homeless and can’t enjoy what most of us take for 32______.
They need our help and there are a lot of charity organizations to help poor
people. Because of charities many homeless people have shelters, hungry
children have been fed, a lot of diseases have already been 33______
and many animals are safe.
Around the world there are a lot of children who suffer from
different diseases, running 34______ time and hope. The biggest charity
project in Russia is ‘Contribution to the Future’ whose goal is to help any
child in need. Its programmes help poor, homeless and disabled children.
There are a lot of people in the world who have chosen charity as
their main mission in life. One of the most famous missionaries was Mother
Teresa. She lived the hard life of the poor alongside them; she knew how it
felt sleeping on hard floors and living on dirty streets. And because she was
experiencing 35 ______ what the people she was helping were going through, she so effectively knew how to give. Besides meeting
people’s basic physical needs by giving them food and medicine, she met
people’s emotional needs as well.
A lot of rich people also feel the necessity to help the poor. For
example, Bill Gates is a famous billionaire, but he is also a noted
philanthropist who donated the proceeds of his successful books to 36______
educational organizations. He has also given mil lions to initiatives in global
health and learning, hoping to 37______ more and more people to have
access to A38______ facilities in these areas. A good example is the
opening of ‘The School of the Future’ in Philadelphia, sponsored by his company
‘Microsoft’.
The spirit of philanthropy is not about what or how much you give
but rather about the feeling that you are helping others in need.
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Раздел 4. Письмо
39. You
have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Mary who writes:
…Last week our family went to the famous
Niagara Falls. It was my first visit there and it was fun! We enjoyed the
weather and the splashes of falling water on our faces. It reminded us of our
last rafting trip. Where can you see beautiful water sights in Russia, if at
all? Have you ever gone rafting? What do you think about extreme sports in
general?
By the way, we are going to Greece this
summer…
Write a letter to Mary. In your letter
answer her questions, ask 3 questions about his trip to Greece. Write 100–140
words. Remember the rules of letter writing.
40. Comment on
the following statement
Only people who earn a lot of money are successful.
What is your
opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the
following plan:
− make an introduction (state the problem)
− express your personal opinion and give
2–3 reasons for your opinion
− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2
reasons for this opposing opinion
− explain why you don’t agree with the
opposing opinion
− make a conclusion restating your
position
Ответы
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2) 2312311
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4) –
3
5)
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6) -1
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9) -1
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11)
A B C D E F
2 4 6 1 7 3
12)
1
13)
3
14)
1
15)
2
16)
2
17)
3
18)
4
19) taking
20)
more money
21) was
invented
22)
have become
23)
earlier
24) those
25) people’s
26) happiness
27)
carefully
28) effective
29) responsibility
30) difference
31) recyclable
32)
2
33)
4
34)
4
35)
1
36)
3
37)
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Farther on along the front there stood a clutch of guesthouses, large and virtually indistinguishable, and a few of them had vacancy signs in their windows.
I had eight or ten to choose from, which always puts me in a mild fret because I have an unerring instinct for choosing badly. My wife can survey a row of guesthouses and instantly identify the one run by a white-haired widow with a fondness for children, and sparkling bathroom facilities, whereas I can generally count on choosing the one run by a guy with a grasping manner, and the sort of cough that makes you wonder where he puts the phlegm. Such, I felt, would be the case tonight.
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Раздел 2. Чтение
Установите соответствие между заголовками 1–8 и текстами A–G. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.
1. Travel memories
5. Popular hobby
2. Animal lover magazine
6. Family magazine
3. Travel to stars
7. People and nature
4. Star dreams
8. Animals in danger
A. Most people who spend a holiday travelling take a camera with them and
photograph anything that interests them – sights of a city, views of mountains,
lakes, waterfalls, men and women, children, ruins of ancient buildings, and
even birds and animals. Later looking through their albums they will remember
the happy time they have had, the islands, countries and cities they have seen.
B. Of course, different people dream of different things. Someone wishes a calm
and quiet life; others imagine their life as a never-ending adventure. The
majority dream of something concrete: a villa in some warm place, an account
in a Swiss bank, a splendid car… It’s interesting to know what the dreams of
people who already have all this are. Celebrities, as we know, never hide their
unusual hobbies, and often shock us with their extravagant behaviour.
C. It is Junior Baseball Magazine’s mission to provide information that enhances
the youth baseball experience for the entire family. The player improves his
skills and is more successful. The family enjoys the activity more and shares
this precious time in their life. Junior Baseball emphasizes good sportsmanship,
safety, physical fitness and wholesome family values.
D. The seas are in danger. They are filled with poison like industrial, nuclear and
chemical waste. The Mediterranean Sea is already nearly dead; the North Sea is
following it. The Aral Sea is on the brink of extinction. If nothing is done about
it, one day nothing will be able to live in the seas. Every ten minutes one
species of animal, plant or insect dies out forever.
E. Lots of people all over the world enjoy collecting stamps. Stamps are like little
pictures. Very often they show the flowers or the trees which grow in this or
that country, or they can show different kinds of transport of the country.
Stamps may also have portraits of famous people on them. Some stamps show
art work from the history of the country.
F. “Friend” is the title of my favourite magazine. It consists of 70 pages, with lots
of colourful and bright pictures and provides interesting and useful information
for people who love animals. The magazine includes numerous articles devoted
to various topics connected with domestic animals, ways to take care of them,
pet food, animal health and many other topics crucial for any animal lover.
G. People are beginning to realize that environmental problems are not just
somebody else’s. Many people join and support various international
organizations and green parties. Human life is the most important, and polluted
air, poisoned water, wastelands, noise, smoke, gas, exhaust all influence not
only nature but people themselves. Everything should be done to improve
ecological conditions on our planet.
A B C D E F G
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.
Mobile phones
On New Year’s Day, 1985, Michael Harrison phoned his father, Sir Ernest, to wish him a happy new year. Sir Ernest was chairman of Racal Electronics, the owner of Vodafone, A _______________________.
At the time, mobile phones weighed almost a kilogram, cost several
thousand pounds and provided only 20 minutes talktime. The networks themselves
were small; Vodafone had just a dozen masts covering London. Nobody had any
idea of the huge potential of wireless communication and the dramatic impact
B _______________________.
Hardly anyone believed there would come a day when mobile phones were
so popular C _______________________. But in 1999 one mobile phone was sold
in the UK every four seconds, and by 2004 there were more mobile phones in the
UK than people. The boom was a result of increased competition which pushed
prices lower and created innovations in the way that mobiles were sold.
When the government introduced more competition, companies started
cutting prices to attract more customers. Cellnet, for example, changed its prices,
D _______________________. It also introduced local call tariffs.
The way that handsets themselves were marketed was also changing and it
was Finland’s Nokia who made E _______________________. In the late 1990s
Nokia realized that the mobile phone was a fashion item: so it offered
interchangeable covers which allowed you to customize and personalize your
handset.
The mobile phone industry has spent the later part of the past decade reducing its
monthly charge F _______________________, which has culminated in the fight
between the iPhone and a succession of touch screen rivals.
1. trying to persuade people to do more with their phones than just call and text
2. that there would be more phones in the UK than there are people
3. and relying instead on actual call charges
4. that mobile phones would have over the next quarter century
5. the leap from phones as technology to phones as fashion items
6. and his son was making the first-ever mobile phone call in the UK
7. the move to digital technology, connecting machines to wireless networks
A B C D E F
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания А15–А21. В каждом задании обведите цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.
Llandudno
Llandudno is truly a fine and handsome place, built on a generously proportioned
bay and lined along its broad front with a huddle of prim but gracious
nineteenth-century hotels that reminded me in the fading light of a lineup of
Victorian nannies. Llandudno was purpose-built as a resort in the mid-1800s,
and it cultivates a nice old-fashioned air. I don’t suppose that Lewis Carroll, who
famously strolled this front with little Alice Liddell in the 1860s, would notice a
great deal of change today.
To my consternation, the town was packed with weekending pensioners.
Buses from all over were parked along the side streets, every hotel I called at was
full, and in every dining room I could see crowds – veritable oceans – of
nodding white heads spooning soup and conversing happily. Goodness knows
what had brought them to the Welsh seaside at this bleak time of year.
Farther on along the front there stood a clutch of guesthouses, large and
virtually indistinguishable, and a few of them had vacancy signs in their windows.
I had eight or ten to choose from, which always puts me in a mild fret because I
have an unerring instinct for choosing badly. My wife can survey a row of
guesthouses and instantly identify the one run by a white-haired widow with a
fondness for children, and sparkling bathroom facilities, whereas I can generally
count on choosing the one run by a guy with a grasping manner, and the sort of
cough that makes you wonder where he puts the phlegm. Such, I felt, would be the
case tonight.
All the guesthouses had boards out front listing their many amenities –
COLOUR TV, HOSPITALITY TRAYS, FULL CENTRAL HEATING, and the coyly
euphemistic EN SUITE ALL ROOMS, meaning private bathrooms. One place offered
satellite TV and a trouser press, and another boasted CURRENT FIRE
CERTIFICATE – something I had never thought to look for in a B&B. All this
heightened my sense of unease and doom. How could I possibly choose intelligently
among such a variety of options?
I selected a place that looked reasonable enough from the outside – its
board promised a color TV and coffee making facilities, about all I require these
days for a Saturday night – but from the moment I set foot in the door I knew it
was a bad choice. I was about to turn and flee when the owner emerged from a
back room and stopped my retreat with an unenthusiastic “Yes?” A short
conversation revealed that a single room with breakfast was for £19.50. It was
entirely out of the question that I would stay the night in such a dismal place at
such an exorbitant price, so I said, “That sounds fine,” and signed in. Well, it’s
so hard to say no.
My room was everything I expected it to be – cold and cheerless with
laminated furniture, grubbily matted carpet, and those mysterious ceiling stainsthat bring to mind a neglected corpse in the room above. There was a tray of
coffee things but the cups were disgusting, and the spoon was stuck to the tray.
The bathroom, faintly illuminated by a distant light activated by a length of string,
had curling floor tiles and years of accumulated dirt packed into every corner.
I peered at the yellowy tile around the bath and sink and realized what the
landlord did with his phlegm. A bath was out of the question, so I threw some
cold water on my face, dried it with a towel that had the texture of shredded
wheat, and gladly took my leave.
А 15. Llandudno is described as a
1) fashionable 19th century resort.
2) beautiful growing resort.
3) place where Lewis Carroll lived.
4) place famous for its comfortable hotels.
А16. The phrase “veritable oceans” in paragraph 2 refers to
1) hotel dining rooms.
2) hotel guests wearing white hats.
3) old people dining in cafes.
4) buses crowded with old Welsh people.
А17. When choosing a guesthouse the narrator was worried because he
1) wasn’t good at making the right choice.
2) could not find a place run by a kind old widow.
3) did not know what to look for.
4) missed his wife for help.
А18. The narrator thought that the choice of a guesthouse used to be easier because
1) all hotels had a private bathroom.
2) there were fewer options on offer.
3) there were fewer guest houses.
4) they were all of B&B type.
А19. Why did the narrator agree to the room?
1) He felt sorry for the landlord.
2) He could not refuse the offer.
3) It was really cheap.
4) There was a TV and a coffee maker.
А 20. Why was the bath out of the question?
1) The water was too cold.
2) There was no hot water.
3) The bathtub was dirty.
4) There was no light.
А 21. What is the narrator’s attitude towards the room he stayed in?
1) Surprised.
2) Indifferent.
3) Positive.
4) Critical.
По окончании выполнения заданий В2, В3 и А15–А21 не забудьте перенести свои ответы в бланк ответов № 1! Обратите внимание, что ответы на задания В2, В3, А15–А21 располагаются в разных частях бланка. При
переносе ответов в заданиях В2 и В3 цифры записываются без пробелов и знаков препинания.
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Llandudno
Llandudno is truly a fine and handsome place, built on a generously proportioned bay and lined along its broad front with a huddle of prim but gracious nineteenth-century hotels that reminded me in the fading light of a lineup of Victorian nannies. Llandudno was purpose-built as a resort in the mid-1800s, and it cultivates a nice old-fashioned air. I don’t suppose that Lewis Carroll, who famously strolled this front with little Alice Liddell in the 1860s, would notice a great deal of change today.
To my consternation, the town was packed with weekending pensioners. Buses from all over were parked along the side streets, every hotel I called at was full, and in every dining room I could see crowds – veritable oceans – of nodding white heads spooning soup and conversing happily. Goodness knows what had brought them to the Welsh seaside at this bleak time of year.
Farther on along the front there stood a clutch of guesthouses, large and virtually indistinguishable, and a few of them had vacancy signs in their windows. I had eight or ten to choose from, which always puts me in a mild fret because I have an unerring instinct for choosing badly. My wife can survey a row of guesthouses and instantly identify the one run by a white-haired widow with a fondness for children, and sparkling bathroom facilities, whereas I can generally count on choosing the one run by a guy with a grasping manner, and the sort of cough that makes you wonder where he puts the phlegm. Such, I felt, would be the case tonight.
All the guesthouses had boards out front listing their many amenities – COLOUR TV, HOSPITALITY TRAYS, FULL CENTRAL HEATING, and the coyly euphemistic EN SUITE ALL ROOMS, meaning private bathrooms. One place offered satellite TV and a trouser press, and another boasted CURRENT FIRE CERTIFICATE – something I had never thought to look for in a B&B. All this heightened my sense of unease and doom. How could I possibly choose intelligently among such a variety of options?
I selected a place that looked reasonable enough from the outside – its board promised a color TV and coffee making facilities, about all I require these days for a Saturday night – but from the moment I set foot in the door I knew it was a bad choice. I was about to turn and flee when the owner emerged from a back room and stopped my retreat with an unenthusiastic “Yes?” A short conversation revealed that a single room with breakfast was for £19.50. It was entirely out of the question that I would stay the night in such a dismal place at such an exorbitant price, so I said, “That sounds fine,” and signed in. Well, it’s so hard to say no.
My room was everything I expected it to be – cold and cheerless with laminated furniture, grubbily matted carpet, and those mysterious ceiling stains that bring to mind a neglected corpse in the room above. There was a tray of coffee things but the cups were disgusting, and the spoon was stuck to the tray.
The bathroom, faintly illuminated by a distant light activated by a length of string, had curling floor tiles and years of accumulated dirt packed into every corner. I peered at the yellowy tile around the bath and sink and realized what the landlord did with his phlegm. A bath was out of the question, so I threw some cold water on my face, dried it with a towel that had the texture of shredded wheat, and gladly took my leave.
А15 Llandudno is described as a
1) fashionable 19th century resort.
2) beautiful growing resort.
3) place where Lewis Carroll lived.
4) place famous for its comfortable hotels.
А16 The phrase «veritable oceans» in paragraph 2 refers to
1) hotel dining rooms.
2) hotel guests wearing white hats.
3) old people dining in cafes.
4) buses crowded with old Welsh people.
А17 When choosing a guesthouse the narrator was worried because he
1) wasn’t good at making the right choice.
2) could not find a place run by a kind old widow.
3) did not know what to look for.
4) missed his wife for help.
А18 The narrator thought that the choice of a guesthouse used to be easier because
1) all hotels had a private bathroom.
2) there were fewer options on offer.
3) there were fewer guest houses.
4) they were all of B&B type.
А19 Why did the narrator agree to the room?
1) He felt sorry for the landlord.
2) He could not refuse the offer.
3) It was really cheap.
4) There was a TV and a coffee maker.
А20 Why was the bath out of the question?
1) The water was too cold.
2) There was no hot water.
3) The bathtub was dirty.
4) There was no light.
А21 What is the narrator’s attitude towards the room he stayed in?
1) Surprised.
2) Indifferent.
3) Positive.
4) Critical.