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Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side. Homeless, they have a hundred homes. They flit from furnished room to furnished room, transients forever — transients in abode, transients in heart and mind. Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.

One evening after dark a young man prowled among these crumbling red mansions, ringing their bells. At the twelfth he rested his lean hand baggage upon the step and wiped the dust from his hatband and forehead. The bell sounded faint and far away in some remote, hollow depths. To the door of the twelfth house, whose bell he had rung, came a housekeeper, who made him think of an unwholesome, surfeited worm that had eaten its nut to a hollow shell and now sought to fill the vacancy with edible lodgers. He asked if there was a room to let. ‘Come in,’ said the housekeeper. Her voice came from her throat; her throat seemed lined with fur. ‘I have the third-floor-back, vacant since a week back. Should you wish to look at it?’

The young man followed her up the stairs. A faint light from no particular source mitigated the shadows of the halls. They trod noiselessly upon a carpeted staircase that seemed to have become vegetable; to have degenerated in that rank, sunless air to lush lichen or spreading moss that grew in patches to the staircase. At each turn of the stairs were vacant niches in the wall. Perhaps plants had once been set within them. If so, they had died in that foul and tainted air. It may be that statues of the saints had stood there, but it was not difficult to conceive that imps and devils had dragged them forth in the darkness and down to the unholy depths of some furnished pit below.

‘This is the room,’ said the housekeeper, from her furry throat. ‘It’s a nice room. I had some of the most elegant people in it last summer — no trouble at all, and paid in advance to the minute. The water’s at the end of the hall. Sprowls and Mooney kept it for three months. They did a vaudeville sketch. Miss Bretta Sprowls — you may have heard of her — right there over the dresser is where the marriage certificate hung, framed. The gas is here, and you see there is plenty of closet room. It’s a room everybody likes. It never stays idle long.’

‘Do you have many theatrical people rooming here?’ asked the young man. ‘They come and go. Л good proportion of my lodgers are connected with theatres. Yes, sir, this is the theatrical district. Actor people never stay long anywhere. I get my share. Yes, they come and they go.’

He engaged the room, paying for a week in advance. He was tired, he said, and would take possession at once. The room had been made ready, she said. As the housekeeper moved away he put, for the thousandth time, the question that he carried at the end of his tongue.

‘A young girl — Miss Eloise Vashner — do you remember such a name among your lodgers? She would be singing on the stage, most likely. A fair girl, of medium height and slender, with reddish gold hair and a dark mole near her left eyebrow.’

‘No, I don’t remember the name. These stage people have names they change as often as their rooms. No, I don’t call that one to mind.’

No. Always no. Five months of ceaseless interrogation and the inevitable negative. So much time spent by day in questioning managers, agents, schools and choruses; by night among the audiences of theaters from all-star casts down to music halls so low that he dreaded to find what he most hoped for. He who had loved her best had tried to find her. He was sure that since her disappearance from home this great, water-girt city held her somewhere, but it was like a monstrous quicksand, shifting its particles constantly, with no foundation, its upper granules of today buried tomorrow in ooze and slime.

ВОПРОС 1 The houses of the lower West Side
1) had some mystery in their history.
2) had lots of exciting stories to tell.
3) had permanent dwellers.
4) were mostly wooden.

ВОПРОС 2 The young man
1) had heavy hand baggage.
2) looked clean and respectable.
3) was in a hurry.
4) was looking for a room to rent.

ВОПРОС 3 The housekeeper
1) looked healthy.
2) was very hungry.
3) seemed to be looking for new victims.
4) was wearing fur round her throat.

ВОПРОС 4 In the hall of the house
1) it was completely dark.
2) there was moss instead of a stair carpet
3) the air had a disgusting smell.
4) there were plants and statues within the niches in the wall.

ВОПРОС 5 The housekeeper told the young man that
1) the room was often vacant for a long time.
2) there was gas and water in the room
3) her lodgers were seldom connected with the theatres.
4) her previous lodgers had paid for the room beforehand.

ВОПРОС 6 The girl who the young man was looking for
1) was tall and slim.
2) had a distinguishing feature.
3) was his bride.
4) was absent for three months.

ВОПРОС 7 In the last paragraph ‘ceaseless’ means
1) hopeless.
2) meaningless.
3) useless.
4) endless.

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

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Чтение. ЕГЭ по английскому

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The houses of the lower West Side
1) had some mystery in their history.
2) had lots of exciting stories to tell.
3) had permanent dwellers.
4) were mostly wooden.

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The houses of the lower West Side had some mystery in their history.
У домов нижнего Вест-Сайда была какая-то загадка в своей истории.

«but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two…»

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Источник: ЕГЭ-2018, английский язык: 30 тренировочных вариантов для подготовки к ЕГЭ. Е. С. Музланова

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Задание 1

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Speaker A

Holidays are becoming more and more commercialised. People buy and give loads of gifts and quite a lot of them are useless. That’s because people feel the need to please their friends and relatives by giving them something but they don’t have time to think of a useful gift. As a result, people get loads of unnecessary stuff, which later they want to get rid of. As for me, I never buy my men anything. Instead, I cook them something sweet such as chocolate truffles, cookies, brownies or cupcakes. I prefer to show my love and affection with something from ‘me’ rather than a store-bought gift.

Speaker B

I don’t usually give gifts, but if I do, I make sure I know the person very well. So, I just buy them something they really need, not just something that would remind them of me. It doesn’t matter whether the gift is sentimental or not, I just buy them something practical. Say, my father loves eating so I am spotting a running watch for I believe he needs it. And my parents gave me a portable typewriter when I was about 8, which I used for about 20 years, I think. That was a really good present.

Speaker C

I believe people need to give and receive presents as gifts are a physical representation of relationships between people. Moreover, gift-giving offers people a chance to create lasting social networks as most people will probably feel the need to return the ‘gift’ with a socially appropriate response. In short, gift-giving is a social way to bring members of a community closer together. It is also a way to correct missteps, recognize special relationships between people, and mark important cultural events such as holidays or birthdays. So, gift-giving is an important form of mutual communication.

Speaker D

A gift is something you give to a person without any obligation. Gift-giving should make us feel good as well as making the receiver of the gifts feel good. I remember my brother gave me a year’s subscription to the National Film Theatre when I was 16, and that was a really valuable present. There were no videos or DVDs in those days, so the National Film Theatre was the only place to go to see the old films that I liked. I felt great and so did he. Giving gifts shows your affection and appreciation, and I believe this is what the world needs.

Speaker E

I really don’t get the ‘how much are they worth’ questions in regards to what gift, if any, to bring. The suggestion that some people have to make sure your gift will cover the cost of your dinner if you go to the reception makes no sense to me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying you should buy cheap gifts, but I’m just a fan of getting people presents that I think they’ll like, without breaking the bank, regardless of whether they have a sit-down dinner reception or a cake-and-punch reception.

Speaker F

I really can’t say what kind of presents I prefer. I enjoy books and DVDs, and stuff like that. However, the most pleasant present for me is always the presence of my friends at my birthday party. Since my birthday is in the middle of the summer vacation, I’m alone most of the time on that day. Some of my friends are still abroad, and others are just about to be leaving on a holiday trip. So, whenever there is someone to celebrate it, I’m very grateful. I like to have just one day when people focus on me and I have real fun.

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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. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу.

1) A gift is an expression of love and gratitude.
2) It’s not the gift that matters to me.
3) The price of the gift is not of primary importance.
4) I prefer useful gifts.
5) We don’t need gifts anymore.
6) Gift-giving is a form of reciprocity.
7) I prefer home-made gifts.

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Задание 2

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Jenny: Hello, may I speak to Mr. Adams?
Mr. Adams: This is Mr. Adams speaking.
Jenny: Hi, Mr. Adams. My name is Jenny Shields and I am calling from Walker’s Oil Service. How are you today?
Mr. Adams: I’m fine, thanks.
Jenny: As you may or may not know, Walker Oil is one of the oldest and best-known oil companies in Massachusetts. It has already been on the market for 10 years with a reputation for high-quality oil, excellent maintenance service, and timely delivery.
Mr. Adams: That’s great! And what is the purpose of your call?
Jenny: We are looking for new customers. Mr. Adams, could you tell me whether you use oil, gas, or electric heat?
Mr. Adams: We use oil heat but my wife wants to change it for gas heat.
Jenny: I don’t think it’s a good idea! Oil burners are fuel-efficient and they are workhorses. However, they do need regular maintenance to prevent costly fuel bills. Could you please tell me if you have had your burner inspected or cleaned in the last six months?
Mr. Adams: I don’t really recall the last time we had the burner checked. Maybe last year.
Jenny: I would like one of our service people to stop by so that you can take advantage of our free inspection and cleaning. Is Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. a convenient time for you?
Mr. Adams: You know, my wife and I are on a fixed income and we really can’t afford to explore trial offers at this time.
Jenny: I completely understand, Mr. Adams. Walker Oil is known for delivering efficient and affordable solutions for home heating. In addition, you will also save a lot of money each year on your fuel bills with our free annual cleaning and inspection service.
Mr. Adams: My burner seems to be working just fine.
Jenny: Mr. Adams, do you remember how cold it was last winter? Fuel prices skyrocketed and many people had burners that broke down during the coldest weeks of the year. With our free annual inspections, you never have to worry about breakdowns during those fierce cold spells.
Mr. Adams: Okay, well, I suppose I could see you on Wednesday.
Jenny: Mr. Adams, this offer will allow you to have peace of mind this winter knowing that you took the time to have your burner inspected and cleaned, thus reducing your overall fuel costs. Plus you get a free oil fill-up when you sign up for our regular oil delivery service. Mr. Adams, I have you down for Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday. Have a pleasant evening. Good-bye.
Mr. Adams: Bye.

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2. Вы услышите диалог. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений A-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 Walker Oil is one of the oldest and best-known oil companies in the world.
B Jenny Shields has already been working in Walker’s Oil Service for 10 years.
C Mrs. Adams wants to change oil heat for gas heat.
D Mr. Adams clearly remembers having the burner checked last year.
E Fuel prices usually go up in winter.
F Mr. Adams finally agrees to have his burner inspected.
G If Mr. Adams agrees to regularly buy oil from Walker Oil Company, he will get one free oil fill-up.

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Задание 3-9

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Interviewer: Van, we know that you went to college and studied Psychology and now you are a full-time designer. Have you always wanted to go into designing?

Van Monroe: Well, I knew this at a young age. My mother said I could draw since I was 2 years old. So even though I went off into management and then I was an account executive right before I quit, I would always still go home and paint pictures and draw or daydream about the stuff that I could do. I didn’t really follow my passion until it came to a point where I couldn’t concentrate on what I was doing at my 9 to 5 job and I knew it was time for me to give it a chance and see what would happen.

Interviewer: So as a designer, do you do both clothes and shoes?

Van Monroe: Well it actually started with clothing. Back in 2001, I was in college and I started airbrushing T-shirts. I mean everybody’s been airbrushing T-shirts forever, so it wasn’t like I was really standing out. Then I moved from there to designing tennis shoes and then moved into the beginning phases of trying to start my own shoe line, which is what I am working on right now.

Interviewer: When you first began, was it mainly just making the shoes a different colour or were you putting your art or accessories on the shoe?

Van Monroe: When I first started, I was just putting different colours on the tennis shoe and then it started evolving. I realized that I could now transfer to the shoe some of the stuff I was doing on the T-shirt. It was so new to people at the time and actually it is still even new now. People look at it and say, ‘Wow, you paint on tennis shoes?’ So you can imagine what it was like in 2003 when I was painting on tennis shoes and putting my own art on them. It was fun. I was just trying to do something different every time I picked up a new pair of shoes.

Interviewer: So how do you come up with your own designs? Do people just hand you their shoes and say go at it?

Van Monroe: Yes, definitely. That happened when I first started and it happens a lot now. Some people would give me a theme and say ‘I like this sport, I like this team — can you do something around that?’ Then I would just brainstorm, come up with something, pitch the idea to them, and if they like it, do it. So half the time is me composing an idea and putting it onto my webpage and people seeing it and saying, ‘Hey, I want to buy that.’ The other half is people coming to me and giving me their shoes and asking me to just run with it and do something different with it.

Interviewer: So tell me about ‘the Twentieth Century Fox’ promotion for the upcoming ‘Wolverine Origins’ movie? How did that come about?

Van Monroe: You know it’s a trip, because I didn’t even think that they would listen to me. But it turned out that some of them had seen my work before. Because Will Adams is in the movie and he had worn some of my Obama sneakers last year to an awards show. They didn’t know my name, but they had seen the Obama tennis shoe around. So it was a lot easier for me to pitch the idea of me helping promote their movie with the shoe.

Interviewer: That’s awesome! You mentioned that you are working on your own shoe line. What is your vision for the line?

Van Monroe: I wanna start it off with what’s called a ‘lifestyle shoe’. I plan to just touch on different subjects that a lot of other companies haven’t. Like, I have the Obama shoe, which definitely bridged the gap. So I want to continue to do that and I also want to put biblical things on tennis shoes. So I have got a whole host of things that I am trying to do, but I want to start them off at that level, then move on and eventually get into athletic shoes. I’m just trying to get in, where I fit in right now. But there is always that other level that you’ve gotta get to and that is what I’m working towards.

Interviewer: What is the inspiration for your art? Is it music? Things you see?

Van Monroe: I am inspired more by musicians than I am by artists. The reason is that musicians are so talented. Composers paint pictures with music and I just think it is so amazing, But my greatest motivation is hot issues. I am inspired by what I think is important for people to understand or for people to know. If there is a subject that I feel is not getting enough light, then I will put it on a tennis shoe to try to bring more awareness to it.

Interviewer: Thanks for taking the time to speak with me about your designs and upcoming projects. I definitely wish you continued success!

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3. At the time Van Monroe went into designing shoes, he was

1. working as an accountant.
2. studying management.3. responsible for the company’s clients.

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4. At the moment, Monroe is busy with

1. designing tennis shoes.2. airbrushing T-shirts.
3. starting his own shoe brand.

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5. Monroe’s new design implies putting

1. pictures on shoes2. accessories on shoes3. colours on shoes

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6. How does Monroe get his clients?

1. He finds clients on the Internet2. He gets clients in different ways3. People bring him their tennis shoes

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7. The Twentieth Century Fox easily accepted Monroe’s idea because

1. they had already seen the Obama shoes2. he had presented the Obama sneakers to Will Adams3. they knew his name very well

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8. What’s the final aim of Monroe’s work?

1. He is going to create his own athletic line.2. He plans to create a ‘lifestyle shoe’.3. He wants to put biblical things on tennis shoes.

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9. In his work, Monroe is primarily inspired by

1. musicians.2. artists.3. interesting subjects.

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Раздел 2. Чтение.

10. 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) Different Explanations
2) Unexpected Invention
3) Circles on the Water
4) Ancient Ancestor

5) Hidden Menace
6) Solution to the Problem
7) Significant Benefits
Artificial Eye

A. The presumption of innocence is a legal right that the accused in criminal trials has in many modern countries. The burden of proof is thus on the prosecution. It has to collect and present enough compelling evidence to convince the jury of the fact that beyond a reasonable doubt the accused has broken the law. In case of remaining doubts, the accused is to be acquitted.

B. Sarah and Lisa always enjoyed hanging out at the mall. But one Saturday, after shopping for jeans, Sarah pulled a new shirt out of her bag. Lisa didn’t remember seeing her buy it. ‘I didn’t, ’ Sarah told her. ‘I lifted it.” Lisa was upset and puzzled. Stealing didn’t seem like something Sarah would do. Sometimes people do not realize the consequences of this crime.

C. Even families living in so-called ‘safe’ neighbourhoods are concerned. They may feel safe today, but there is always a reminder that violence can intrude at any moment. Polly Klaas and her family no doubt felt safe in Petaluma, California. But on October 1, 1993, she was abducted from her suburban home during a sleepover. If she can be abducted and murdered, so can nearly any other child.

D. The Internet is a great place to find information, make friends, keep in touch with others, and do business. There always are other sides as long as there is a criminal element. As our world becomes more computerized and ever more interconnected, different kinds of computer crimes will continue to grow. These include break-ins of computers to get trade secrets or illegal entry for the thrill and challenge.

E. Movie violence these days is louder and bloodier than ever before. When a bad guy was shot in a black-and-white Western, the most we saw was a puff of smoke and a few drops of fake blood. Now the sights, sounds, and special effects often jar us more than the real thing. Slow motion and pyrotechnics conspire to make movies and TV shows more gruesome than ever.

F. University of Illinois psychologist Leonard Eron studied children at age eight and then again at eighteen. He found that television habits established at the age of eight influenced aggressive behaviour through childhood and adolescent years. The more violent were the programs preferred by boys in the third grade, the more aggressive was their behaviour, both at that time and ten years later.

G. In the debate about execution and human dignity, supporters and opponents of the death penalty have found very little common ground. Since the 18th century, those who wish to abolish the death penalty have stressed the significance of requiring governments to recognize the importance of each individual. However, supporters of this penal practice see nothing wrong with governments deliberately killing terrible people who commit terrible crimes.

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11. Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A-F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1-7. Одна из частей в списке 1-7 лишняя. Занесите цифру, обозначающую соответствующую часть предложения, в таблицу.

Biology means the study of life and it is the science which investigates all living things. Even in the days before recorded history, people knew and passed on information about plants and animals. Prehistoric people survived by learning A___________. Farming would not have developed if they had not begun to understand that animals could produce food like milk and eggs.

The ancient Egyptians studied the life cycle of insects and understood the part that insects and pollen played in the life cycle of plants. The ancient Mesopotamians even kept animals in B___________. The ancient Greeks, too, were greatly interested in understanding the world around them. Aristotle recorded his observations of plants and animals, and his successor, Theophrastus, wrote the first books on plant life, C___________.

Modern biology really began in the 17th century. At that time, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, in Holland, invented the microscope and William Harvey, in England, described the circulation of blood. The microscope allowed scientists to discover bacteria, D___________. And new knowledge about how the human body works allowed others to find more effective ways of treating illnesses.

In the middle of the 19th century, unnoticed by anyone else, the Austrian monk Gregor Mendel, created his Laws of Inheritance, beginning the study of genetics E___________. At the same time, while travelling around the world, Charles Darwin was formulating the central principle of modern biology-natural selection as the basis of evolution.

In the 20th century, biologists began to recognize how plants and animals live and pass on their genetically coded information to the next generation. Since then, partly because of developments in computer technology, there have been great advances in the field of biology, F___________.

1) which made a very important contribution to the study of botany
2) which plants were good to eat and which could be used for medicine
3) who were very dangerous
4) that is such an important part of biology today
5) which led to an understanding of the causes of disease
6) what were the earliest zoological gardens
7) which is an area of ever-growing knowledge

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One evening after dark a young man prowled among these crumbling red mansions, ringing their bells. At the twelfth he rested his lean hand baggage upon the step and wiped the dust from his hatband and forehead. The bell sounded faint and far away in some remote, hollow depths. To the door of the twelfth house, whose bell he had rung, came a housekeeper, who made him think of an unwholesome, surfeited worm that had eaten its nut to a hollow shell and now sought to fill the vacancy with edible lodgers. He asked if there was a room to let. ‘Come in, ’ said the housekeeper. Her voice came from her throat; her throat seemed lined with fur. ‘I have the third-floor-back, vacant since a week back. Should you wish to look at it?’

The young man followed her up the stairs. A faint light from no particular source mitigated the shadows of the halls. They trod noiselessly upon a carpeted starcase that seemed to have become vegetable; to have degenerated in that rank, sunless air to lush lichen or spreading moss that grew in patches to the staircase. At each turn of the stairs were vacant niches in the wall. Perhaps plants had once been set within them. If so, they had died in that foul and tainted air. It may be that statues of the saints had stood there, but it was not difficult to conceive that imps and devils had dragged them forth in the darkness and down to the unholy depths of some furnished pit below.

‘This is the room, ’ said the housekeeper, from her furry throat. ‘It’s a nice room. I had some of the most elegant people in it last summer — no trouble at all, and paid in advance to the minute. The water’s at the end of the hall. Sprowls and Mooney kept it for three months. They did a vaudeville sketch. Miss Bretta Sprowls — you may have heard of her — right there over the dresser is where the marriage certificate hung, framed. The gas is here, and you see there is plenty of closet room. It’s a room everybody likes. It never stays idle long.’

‘Do you have many theatrical people rooming here?’ asked the young man. ‘They come and go. A good proportion of my lodgers are connected with theatres. Yes, sir, this is the theatrical district. Actor people never stay long anywhere. I get my share. Yes, they come and they go.’

‘No, I don’t remember the name. These stage people have names they change as often as their rooms. No, I don’t call that one to mind.’

He was sure that since her disappearance from home this great, water-girt city held her somewhere, but it was like a monstrous quicksand, shifting its particles constantly, with no foundation, its upper granules of today buried tomorrow in ooze and slime.

(Adapted from ‘The Furnished Room’ by O. Henry)

12. The houses of the lower West Side

1. were mostly wooden.
2. had permanent dwellers.3. had lots of exciting stories to tell.4. had some mystery in their history.

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13. The young man

1. was looking for a room to rent.
2. was in a hurry.3. looked clean and respectable.4. had heavy hand baggage.

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14. The housekeeper

1. seemed to be looking for new victims.2. looked healthy.3. was wearing fur round her throat.4. was very hungry.

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15. In the hall of the house

1. the air had a disgusting smell.2. there were plants and statues within the niches in the wall.3. it was completely dark.4. there was moss instead of a stair carpet

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16. The housekeeper told the young man that

1. there was gas and water in the room2. her lodgers were seldom connected with the theatres.3. her previous lodgers had paid for the room beforehand.4. the room was often vacant for a long time.

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17. The girl who the young man was looking for

1. was absent for three months.
2. was tall and slim.3. had a distinguishing feature.4. was his bride.

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18. In the last paragraph ‘ceaseless’ means

1. endless.
2. useless.3. hopeless.4. meaningless.

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Раздел 3. Грамматика и лексика.

Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст, предложения которого распределены по заданиям 19-25. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текстов. Заполните пропуски полученными словами.

19. A Real Millionaire Next Door

Kris and I love our neighbourhood. One of our favourite neighbours is John. John is a 70-year-old retired school teacher who lives in a modest ranch house. He ____________(HAVE) the same house for over forty years.

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20. John spends his winters in New Zealand helping friends on a dairy farm. His summers ____________(SPEND) fishing in Alaska. Year-round, he rents his house to boarders. For a couple of months each year, he’s home. He leads a very active retirement.

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21. John ____________(WORK) in the yard the other day when I returned from a trip to the book store.

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22. ‘What books (you) ____________(BUY)?’ he asked by way of conversation. ‘Nothing much, ’ I said. ‘Just a few books on personal finance.’ ‘That’s great, ’ he smiled. ‘I’m glad to see that you are interested in investing.’

Верный ответ: Haveyoubought

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23. ‘Let me tell you something, ’ he added. ‘I was a school teacher and I ____________(NOT HAVE) a big salary. But I saved what I could, and I invested it. I got a little luck, but mostly I just kept putting the money away.

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24. (You) ____________(KNOW) how much I have now?’ I shook my head.

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25. ‘Over a million dollars, ’ he said. ‘ And if you get started now, in a few years you ____________(SAVE) a lot of money.’

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Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст, распределенный по заданиям 26-31. Образуйте от слов, напечатанных заглавными буквами, однокоренные слова так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами.

26. Need for Protection

Thanks to the Internet, we are now living in a ____________(GLOBE) village. We have more information about other countries than ever before.

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27. We know as much about the situation in the US as in Russia. ____________(POLLUTE) which is produced in one country will affect other countries, too.

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28. For example, nuclear power is not ____________(DANGER) only for one country but is an international problem.

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29. If we do not take action soon, the ____________(POSSIBLE) of a nuclear disaster is very real.

Верный ответ: Possibility

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30. We should all ____________(CYCLE) our rubbish — not hope ‘green’ people will do it for us.

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31. Some people think natural resources will go on forever, but they are ____________(REPLACE). We all have an obligation to protect the environment.

Верный ответ: Irreplaceable

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Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 32-38. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям 32-38, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов вместе с предложениями из текста ниже.

What a Trick!

Lisa and I have been friends since the third grade. We both loved to ride our bikes and loved spending the holidays, weekends, and summers together.

One summer, we settled 32___________ cleaning up her room. As soon as we started, “Lisa’s mom called her for some help. Vacuuming was my favorite part of cleaning, so I decided to clean up every spot. When I bent over to suck up the dust under the dresser, I found a book with the word DIARY on it.

The book was bright pink and looked more like old scraps of paper than a diary. Usually I would not snoop in private belongings, but when I picked it up from underneath the dresser I saw that the pages were messed up and I decided to put them back together. While doing so, Isaw my name in a passage that really 33___________ my attention: ‘It made me cry when Papa told me we’re moving to Sri Lanka. He told me not to tell Nadine because it might break her heart. Well, I will just enjoy the last summer I have now.’

Friends help me realize my good qualities. Even though I felt 34___________ over the situation, I decided not to spoil our friendship. At that point, I 35___________ a vow to give Lisa the best summer I could.

The next day, Lisa had complete control. I 36___________ her do things I even hated doing. We went to the boring museum. We watched her stupid brother, Line, do his band show. Finally, Lisa became 37___________ of what I was doing. ‘Why are you doing all this? It’s not my birthday or anything.’

‘Lisa, I know you’re moving to Sri Lanka. I’ve read your diary, ’ I confessed. ‘Are you talking about this?’ Lisa held up the same pink notepad I saw the previous day and started to laugh. ‘This notebook isn’t my diary. It was a novel I started on. I was making a story about you and me.’

I felt relieved but confused and I couldn’t 38___________ but ask, ‘What about the title?

It does say ‘DIARY’ on it?’

‘I put that there so no one would read it until I finished. Do you really think I would move to Sri Lanka and not tell you? Ha, that’s a laugh!’ Lisa exploded with unstoppable laughter.

32. Выберите пропущенное слово

One summer, we settled 32___________ cleaning up her room. As soon as we started, “Lisa’s mom called her for some help. Vacuuming was my favorite part of cleaning, so I decided to clean up every spot. When I bent over to suck up the dust under the dresser, I found a book with the word DIARY on it.

1. for2. up3. down4. on

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33. Выберите пропущенное слово

While doing so, Isaw my name in a passage that really 33___________ my attention: ‘It made me cry when Papa told me we’re moving to Sri Lanka.

1. held2. kept3. caught4. paid

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34. Выберите пропущенное слово

Friends help me realize my good qualities. Even though I felt 34___________ over the situation, I decided not to spoil our friendship.

1. distrust2. distort3. distraught4. distracted

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35. Выберите пропущенное слово

At that point, I 35___________ a vow to give Lisa the best summer I could.

1. said2. made3. broke4. did

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36. Выберите пропущенное слово

The next day, Lisa had complete control. I 36___________ her do things I even hated doing. We went to the boring museum.

1. let2. made3. got4. allowed

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37. Выберите пропущенное слово

We watched her stupid brother, Line, do his band show. Finally, Lisa became 37___________ of what I was doing. ‘Why are you doing all this? It’s not my birthday or anything.’

1. interested2. keen3. aware4. surprised

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38. Выберите пропущенное слово

I felt relieved but confused and I couldn’t 38___________ but ask, ‘What about the title?

1. help2. feel3. stand4. wait

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Раздел 4. Письмо.

Обратите внимание на необходимость соблюдения указанного объёма текста. Тексты недостаточного объёма, а также часть текста, превышающая требуемый объём, не оцениваются. Запишите сначала номер задания (39, 40), а затем ответ на него.

39. You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Mary who writes:

…It was great to hear that you went to Italy during your spring holidays. I have always wanted to visit this wonderful country. Did you enjoy your journey? What places of interest did you visit? What impressed you most of all? Did you like your hotel?

As for me, I am awfully tired because we’ve got too many tests at school. Can’t wait for the summer break…

Write a letter to Mary.
In your letter

— tell her about your journey to Italy

— ask 3 questions about her plans for the summer

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

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40. Comment on the following statement.

When choosing a career, most young people would prefer a high salary to job satisfaction.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement?

Write 200 — 250 words.
Use the following plan:

— make an introduction (state the problem paraphrasing the given statement)

— express your personal opinion and give 2-3 reasons for your opinion

— express an opposing opinion and give 1-2 reasons for this opposing opinion

— explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

— make a conclusion restating your position

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Источник

Прочитайте рассказ и выполните задания Л15—А21. В каждом задании обведите цифру 1, 2, 3 Или 4, Соответствующую выбранному вами варианту ответа. ПеРенесите Ответы В Таблицу.

The young man followed her up the stairs. A faint light from no particular source mitigated the shadows of the halls. They trod noiselessly upon a stair carpet that seemed to have become vegetable; to have degenerated in that rank, sunless air to lush lichen or spreading moss that grew in patches to the staircase. At each turn of the stairs were vacant niches in the wall. Perhaps plants had once been set within them. If so, they had died in that foul and tainted air. It may be that statues of the saints had stood there, but it was not difficult to conceive that imps and devils had dragged them forth in the darkness and down to the unholy depths of some furnished pit below.

‘This is the room,’ said the housekeeper, from her furry throat. ‘It’s a nice room. 1 had some most elegant people in it last summer — no trouble at all, and paid in advance to the minute. The water’s at the end of the hall. Sprowls and Mooney kept it for three months. They did a vaudeville sketch. Miss Bretta Sprowls — you may have heard of her — right there over the dresser is where the marriage certificate hung, framed. The gas is here, and you see there is plenty of closet room. It’s a room everybody likes. It never stays idle long.’

‘Do you have many theatrical people rooming here?’ asked the young man. ‘They come and go. A good proportion of my lodgers is connected with theatres. Yes, sir, this is the theatrical district. Actor people never stay long anywhere. I get my share. Yes, they come and they go.’

1A young girt — Miss Eloise Vashner — do you remember such a one among your lodgers? She would be singing on the stage, most likely. A fair girl, of medium height and slender, with reddish gold hair and a dark mole near her left eyebrow.’

‘No, I don’t remember the name. These stage people have names’they change as often as their rooms. No, I don’t call that one to mind.’

No. Always no. Five months of ceaseless interrogation and the inevitable negative. So much time spent by day in questioning managers, agents, schools and choruses; by night among the audiences of theaters from all-star casts down to music halls so low that he dreaded to find what he most hoped for. He who had loved her best had tried to find her. He was sure that since her disappearance from home this great, water — girt city held her somewhere, but it was like a monstrous quicksand, shifting its panicles constantly, with no foundation, its upper granules of today buried tomorrow in ooze and slime.

(Adapted from 7⅛e Fumished Room by O. Henry)

∣A15} The houses of the lower West Side

1) Had some mystery in their history.

2) Had lots of exciting stories to tell.

3) Had permanent dwellers.

4) Were mostly wooden.

EE] The young man

1) Had heavy hand baggage.

2) Looked clean and respectable.

3) Was in a hurry.

4) Was looking for a room to rent.

∣A171 The housekeeper

1) Looked healthy.

2) Was very hungry.

3) Seemed to be looking for new victims.

4) Was wearing fur round her throat.

I Al⅜∣ Inthehallofthehouse f ,;

1) It was completely dark. ^ i

2) There was moss instead of a stair carpet.

3) The air had a disgusting smell.

4) There were plants and statues within the niches in the wall.

1 A⅛91 The housekeeper told the young man that .

1) The room was often vacant for a long. time.

2) There was gas and water in the room.

3) Her lodgers were seldom connected with the theatres, z

4) Her previous lodgers had paid for the room’beforehand.

∣A20∣ The girl who the young man was looking for

1) Was tall and slim.

2) Had a distinguishing feature.

3) Was his bride.

4) Was absent for three months.

∣A21∣ in the last paragraph ‘ceaseless’ means

1) hopeless. .

2) meaningless.

3) useless. .: ;

4) endless. 1

A15	A16	A17	A18	A19	A20.	A21

Задание 3.21

Прочитайте рассказ и выполните задания А15—Л21. В каждом задании обведите цифру 1, 2, 3 Или 4, Соответствующую выбранному вами варианту Omβemai He— Ренесите ответы’ в таблицу.

The new teacher arrived in the town with a belief in the educational benefits of paper folding: she had written a pam-, phlet for other educators entitled Creasing Patterns into Children ⅛ Brains: the Place of Origami in the Classroom. One af — temoon a week she taught her pupils basic designs and demonstrated more complex constructions. What really added fuel to their spark of interest was her collection of animals, birds and abstract shapes, built up over many years and kept in a specially constructed display cabinet mounted beside the coat hangers. Once the children had mastered the fundamental models and folds, inspired by the treasures from Japan, India and an unpronounceable place, they began to evolve designs and styles of their own.

In no time an origami craze engulfed the town. Extra supplies of multi-coloured and textured sheets of square papers were ordered through the local shop. The children also used paper they found in their own homes — shopping lists, music sheets, bills, receipts, old calendars, love letters, cigarette cards, seed catalogues. The fad seeped out into other aspects of town life. Just one instance: the forge fashioned square frames that could sit inside a frying pan or on a griddle. This created a perfect receptacle for pouring batter. Skilled children would then fold the square pancake into a variety of shapes to be filled with fruit and cream.

Mrs. Deere, mother of Daniel, the most talented of the children in this speciality, introduced the origami pancake onto the local fountain card circuit. Fountain cards was a game requiring steady hands, a sense of proportion and three decks of cards with the sevens and jacks stripped. This game had all but completely died out, perhaps due to the arrival of a knife factory in the town and its detrimental impact on the manual dexterity of the population. Mrs. Deere was not a skilled fountain card player but Daniel’s creations, shaped like flowers and towers with sweet and savoury centres added an extra dimension to her Thursday night game. As Mrs. Peyton said, washing down a pancake swan with some mint tea, ‘God spent a long day dreaming up talents of an inconsequential and frivolous nature to distribute to those who missed the main go-around.’

AU this would have passed, perhaps not even lasted as a memory, all these frivolous and inconsequential goings-on, but for an incident involving a boy named Bishop who lived some distance outside the town, formerly a miniaturist and now the only known paper vanisher.

Constnictionists and miniaturists: a split in die ranks of origami makers. For die miniaturist the challenge existed in the realm of creating something tiny and perfect, a design fit for a pencil, a match or a knitting needle. Apparently an eightyear-old girl was on the edge of a breakthrough, folding a bee’s wing into her signature frog to fit on the head of a pin. For the constructionists a different challenge existed — designing larger and more complex structures and using in some cases non-paper materials. It was acknowledged that the Peytons’ daughter, Casen, was head and shoulders above, all others. She was perhaps the only one with the vision and skills to reunite the two schools, but was blighted by her parents’ ambition for her in the realm Oftapestry weaving, , a proudfamily tradition.

Left to his own devices on a Saturday afternoon, Bishop had run out of craft paper and wished to practise a sleeping cat design. Having exhausted all other supplies in the house, he picked out an old letter that was on top of photographs and documents kept in a shoebox in his mother’s wardrobe, took it to his room and began folding — If all had gone to (dan, he would have replaced the paper and ħis mother would be none the wiser. Absently, whilst wanning up his fingers he folded the paper in half eight times, the maximum number of folds a square of paper could take, irrespective of size. He squeezed the tiny paper one more time, willing it to halve again and the impossible happened. The paper completely disappeared from between his thumb and first finger. It folded into nothing.

(Adapted from A Paper Heart Is Beating, A Paper Boat Seis Sail by Kathleen Murray)

∣A15∣ The new teacherintended

1) To get benefits from paper folding.

2) To use paper folding for educating children.

3) To make origami more popular with children.

4) To teach educators to use origami in the classroom.

I Alfij The new teacher kept her collection of animals, birds and abstract shapes in

1) A wardrobe.

2) A special box placed beside the coat hangers.

3) A specially equipped room.

4) A Special piece of furniture.

{AI7( in paragraph 2 ‘engulfed’ means

1) Got over

2) Held over

3) Turned over

4) Took over

I A18∣ Fountain cards game was almost forgotten because

1) The popularity of the knife factory among the population had increased.

2) The knife factory had had a positive impact on manual skills.

3) The manual skills of the population had worsened owing to the knife factory.

4) Other activities had appeared after the arrival of a knife factory in the town.

1 A⅜9∣ Casen could have reunited the two schools unless

1) her parents had prevented her from doing this.

. 2) she had wanted to follow the family tradition in tapestry weaving.

3) she had been head and shoulders above all others.

4) she had had the vision and skills.

IA201 Bishop had to use an old letter for his new design because

1) It was easy to find.

2) He was exhausted by looking for Other supplies in the house.

3) Of a total lack of paper.

4) No other craft paper suited for his sleeping cat design.

∣A21∣ The paper completely disappeared because

1) It was too old for origami.

2) Bishop was inattentive.

3) Bishop had folded the paper in half eight times.

4) It was Bishop’s plan.

Al 5	A16	A17	A18	A19	A20	A21

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[1] The VLT (Very Large Telescope) is the world’s largest telescope and it is taking scientists further back to the Big Bang than they ever thought possible. In other words, the VLT is a kind of a time machine, giving astronomers detailed views of events that took place in the earliest days of the cosmos. One day, we will have a much clearer picture of how our planet was bom,

[2] The latest development in the debate amongst scientists

About what killed the prehistoric dinosaurs is the suggestion

That acid rain was the cause. Some geologists suggest that a

Large meteor hitting the earth at 65 kilometres per second

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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. Вы услышите запись дважды. Занесите свои ответы в поле для ответов.

Uniforms can ‘hide’ people
Uniform rules can be too strict
Dress-code as a sort of uniform
Dress codes can prevent one looking one’s best
Unbelievable coincidence
Uniforms are always dull
Dress-codes can be fun

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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. Вы услышите запись дважды.

Joey isn’t glad to have come back to England.
Joey took only a few photos during his trip.
Kathy likes spending her holidays in Greece.
Joey did some water sports in Australia.
Joey stopped playing tennis because of an injury.
Kathy and Joey are going to have a tennis game tomorrow.
Kathy is still a student.

Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3-9. запишите в поле ответа цифру 1-3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Вы услышите запись дважды.

3. Which of the following is TRUE about the US Institute of International Education?

1) Jane Brown is its president.

2) It works for the State Department.

3) It’s not a commercial organization.

4. Thanks to the Internet, today’s Bond fans

1) have become much more united than they used to be.

2) can publish more magazines about Bond.

3) hold conventions devoted to Bond more frequently.

5. In Haiti people cut down trees because

1) they use them for making charcoal.

2) it’s a way of earning money.

3) they don’t care about their environment

6. Cloud droplets are unable to

1) absorb solar radiation.

2) reflect solar radiation.

3) scatter solar radiation.

7. According to Raymond, books and films about spies will

1) be interesting only to Bond fans.

2) only be associated with the cold war.

3) always be attractive to people.

8. What does Greg say about his age?

1) It has no influence on his career.

2) It has affected his strength and energy.

3) It makes him think about stopping work.

9. In the physics and chemistry practical classes the narrator

1) was always honest.

2) mostly cheated.

3) usually did the experiments straight

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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.

Places to stay in
Arts and culture
New country image
Going out
Different landscapes
Transport system
National languages
Eating out

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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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 ______ .”

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

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Задание 12. Чтение № 12-18

‘No, I don’t remember the name. These stage people have names they change as often as their rooms. No, I don’t call that one to mind.’

The houses of the lower West Side

1) had some mystery in their history.

2) had lots of exciting stories to tell.

3) had permanent dwellers.

4) were mostly wooden.

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Задание 13. Чтение № 12-18

‘No, I don’t remember the name. These stage people have names they change as often as their rooms. No, I don’t call that one to mind.’

The young man

1) had heavy hand baggage.

2) looked clean and respectable.

3) was in a hurry.

4) was looking for a room to rent.

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Задание 14. Чтение № 12-18

‘No, I don’t remember the name. These stage people have names they change as often as their rooms. No, I don’t call that one to mind.’

The housekeeper

1) looked healthy.

2) was very hungry.

3) seemed to be looking for new victims.

4) was wearing fur round her throat.

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Задание 15. Чтение № 12-18

‘No, I don’t remember the name. These stage people have names they change as often as their rooms. No, I don’t call that one to mind.’

In the hall of the house

1) it was completely dark.

2) there was moss instead of a stair carpet

3) the air had a disgusting smell.

4) there were plants and statues within the niches in the wall.

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Задание 16. Чтение № 12-18

‘No, I don’t remember the name. These stage people have names they change as often as their rooms. No, I don’t call that one to mind.’

The housekeeper told the young man that

1) the room was often vacant for a long time.

2) there was gas and water in the room

3) her lodgers were seldom connected with the theatres.

4) her previous lodgers had paid for the room beforehand.

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Задание 17. Чтение № 12-18

‘No, I don’t remember the name. These stage people have names they change as often as their rooms. No, I don’t call that one to mind.’

The girl who the young man was looking for

1) was tall and slim.

2) had a distinguishing feature.

3) was his bride.

4) was absent for three months.

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Задание 18. Чтение № 12-18

‘No, I don’t remember the name. These stage people have names they change as often as their rooms. No, I don’t call that one to mind.’

In the last paragraph ‘ceaseless’ means

1) hopeless.

2) meaningless.

3) useless.

4) endless.

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Задание 19. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 19

Last week “Lonely Planet” 19_____ CHOOSE Manchester as one of its must-visit destinations for 2023, the only UK city to make the guidebook’s annual Best in Travel list. The city 20_______ DESCRIBE as “one of the best cities in the UK, with something for everyone” in a roll of honour that includes Sydney, Marseille and Dresden. Planet’s Best in Travel list starts with nominations from 21______ IT vast community of staff, writers, bloggers, publishing partners and more. Nominations are whittled down by travel experts to just 30 destinations

For its 2023 picks, “Lonely Planet” has divided the globe into five categories: eat, journey, unwind, connect and learn. Manchester features under “learn” and is described as a place that 22______ GROW in both size and renown in recent years. The guidebook also 23_______ SUGGESTvisitors to check out Manchester Art Gallery, Northern Quarter street art and Mackie Mayor food hall.

Tom Hall, the vice-president at Lonely Planet, said: “Manchester’s urban dynamism combined with a fascinating history and cultural scene makes it the 24_____ EXCITING pick. It’s a city to experience, not just visit.”

19 Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово «CHOOSE» так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Last week “Lonely Planet” _____ Manchester as one of its must-visit destinations for 2023, the only UK city to make the guidebook’s annual Best in Travel list.

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Задание 20. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 20

20 Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово «DESCRIBE» так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The city _______ as “one of the best cities in the UK, with something for everyone” in a roll of honour that includes Sydney, Marseille and Dresden.

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Задание 21. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 21

21 Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово «IT» так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Planet’s Best in Travel list starts with nominations from ______ vast community of staff, writers, bloggers, publishing partners and more. Nominations are whittled down by travel experts to just 30 destinations.

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Задание 22. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 22

22 Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово «GROW» так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

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Задание 23. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 23

23 Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово «SUGGEST» так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The guidebook also _______ visitors to check out Manchester Art Gallery, Northern Quarter street art and Mackie Mayor food hall.

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Задание 24. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 24

24 Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово «EXCITING» так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Tom Hall, the vice-president at Lonely Planet, said: “Manchester’s urban dynamism combined with a fascinating history and cultural scene makes it the _____ pick. It’s a city to experience, not just visit.”

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Задание 25. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 25

Текст №14 (задание 25-29)

25 Television viewing has always been the main leisure activity for American teenagers. According to the ____ FIND of a Nielsen study, US teens spend more time watching television than on the computer.

26 The study found that teenagers were more engaged than ____ POPULAR believed with traditional media such as live television, radio and newspapers.

27 The amount of television watched by the ____ TYPE American teenager has increased by six percent over the past five years, which is rather alarming.

28 Television is a passive ‘non-activity’, which often detracts from ____ PERSONAL and community-oriented activities.

29 Time in front of the television cuts into family time and is a leading cause of ____ OBESE in both adults and children.

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

Television viewing has always been the main leisure activity for American teenagers. According to the ____ of a Nielsen study, US teens spend more time watching television than on the computer.

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Задание 26. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 26

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

The history of Britain is a tale of many 26 _________, from Anglo Saxons to Vikings and Normans, …

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Задание 27. Cловообразование. Задание № 27

25 KidZania is an interactive city made for children aged 2 to 14 that combines inspiration, fun and learning through realistic roleplay. They perform it naturally without previous learning or adult ______ EXPLAIN.

26 Unlike other ______ ACTIVITY that include directions, such as sports or video games, children only need to watch an adult doing something before beginning to imitate them.

27 Kids can ______ DEPENDENT explore a scaled city of over 7,000 square meters with more than 100 exciting careers that they can try.

28 Fueled by a child’s ______ NATURE desire to create and explore, KidZania is equal parts entertainment and learning, making it one of the most progressive family concepts in the world today.

29 Each KidZania city operates with a currency, named ‘kidZo’, which enables participants to learn about managing money by earning kidZos through ______ EMPLOY, letting them acquire goods and services as customers, saving into bank accounts and paying taxes.

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

Kids can ______ explore a scaled city of over 7,000 square meters with more than 100 exciting careers that they can try.

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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 INFLUENCE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста

Both Latin and Greek were once the world’s most 29 __________ languages

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Задание 30. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 30

How Does Wind Power Really Work?

Wind power is going to be essential to our planet in the near future. But do you really know how wind power works? It looks easy but there are several components involved 30 _________ generating wind power. This type of power can not only save us a good 31 _________ of money on our utility bills, but it will also play an important role in saving our planet.

For many of us, wind just looks invisible and does not actually have any properties but in 32 _________ , air is a fluid that contains particles constructed of gas. We can turn these gas particles into power because as the wind gusts, kinetic energy is created, which then can be harnessed and changed over into power.

Having access to wind is very essential for this operation to work but another indispensable ingredient is the blades that are used. Their design is very 33 _________ to the effectiveness of the turbine. The other important component is simply the size of the blade. The bigger the blade is, the more energy is seized and more power can be created for us in the form of electricity.

Much also depends 34 _________ where you live to figure out the right blade size. In regions with low wind levels, small blades work better because more wind is required to push the larger turbine blades. In an area that is very windy, it is much better to use large blades in 35 _________ to use all of the wind available.

This gives you the fundamental principles of how electricity is produced from the wind. Today is a fantastic time to do as much 36 _________ as you can about wind power so you will be able to make educated decisions in the future.

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.

It looks easy but there are several components involved 30 _______ generating wind power

at
in
by
from

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Задание 31. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 31

How Does Wind Power Really Work?

This type of power can not only save us a good 31 _______ of money on our utility bills, but it will also play an important role in saving our planet

deal
quantity
number
lot

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Задание 32. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 32

How Does Wind Power Really Work?

For many of us, wind just looks invisible and does not actually have any properties but in 32 _______ , air is a fluid that contains particles constructed of gas.

real terms
real life
reality
realism

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Задание 33. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 33

How Does Wind Power Really Work?

Their design is very 33 _______ to the effectiveness of the turbine

valuable
significant
precious
critical

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Задание 34. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 34

How Does Wind Power Really Work?

Much also depends 34 _______ where you live to figure out the right blade size.

by
on
from
about

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Задание 35. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 35

How Does Wind Power Really Work?

In an area that is very windy, it is much better to use large blades in 35 _______ to use all of the wind available

effect
favour
attempt
order

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Задание 36. Грамматика и Лексика. Задание № 36

How Does Wind Power Really Work?

Today is a fantastic time to do as much 36 _______ as you can about wind power so you will be able to make educated decisions in the future.

discovery
investigation
research
search

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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 38. Задание № 38. Описание графиков и круговых диаграмм

Imagine that you are doing a project on why teenagers take a part-time job in Zetland. 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.

Reasons	Number of respondents (%)
Getting pocket money	40
Getting work experience	24
Acquiring new skills	14
Learning more different jobs	14
Testing oneself	8

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 a part-time job and suggest a way of solving it;
• conclude by giving and explaining your opinion on the role of a part-time job in teenagers’ life.

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

Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.

The problem of describing American radio and television lies in the simple fact: there’s so much of it, so many different types and so much variety. At the end of the 20th century there were over 9.000 individual radio stations operating in the United States. By this time their number has grown dramatically.

There are public and educational radio stations. They are owned and operated primarily by colleges and universities, by local schools and boards of education, and by various religious groups. At the same time in the late 90-s there were close to 1,200 individual television stations. Of these TV stations, just 300 were noncommercial. Like the non-commercial radio stations, the non-commercial television stations are supported by individual donations, grants from foundations and private organizations, funds from the city, state and federal sources.

Выполненное задание нужно прислать в формате голосового сообщения в чат куратору!

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

Study the advertisement.

You are considering visiting Russian museum and you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out the following:

1)  location of the museum

2)  number of exhibitions

3)  working hours

4)  tickets for kids

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

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Задание 42. Устная часть. Задание №42 — Описание изображений

Imagine that you and your friend are doing a school project «Transport in a city». You have found some illustrations and want to share the news. Leave a voice message to your friend. In 2.5 minutes be ready to:

explain the choice of the illustrations for the project by briefly describing them and noting the differences;
mention the advantages (1–2) of the two means of transport;
mention the disadvantages (1–2) of the two means of transport;
express your opinion on the subject of the project  — which mode of transport you prefer to use and why.

You will speak for not more than 3 minutes (12–15 sentences).

You have to talk continuously.

Отличная работа!
Так держать!

Если остались вопросы, напиши своему куратору.

Источник

Дорогие читатели! Если вы любите творчество О.Генри, то читайте его рассказы на английском в оригинале. Стиль повествования этого автора очень теряет при переводе на русский. Вот начало одного известного рассказа этого американского писателя:

Это начало рассказа «The Furnished Room» (перевод с английского М.Ф.Лорие), и оно меня не вдохновило, поэтому я решила ознакомиться с оригинальным текстом произведения. И начав читать на английском в оригинале, я так увлеклась всей этой историей, что решила перевести сама! Свой перевод я предлагаю на суд своих читателей и прошу ЗАКОНЧИТЬ его, так он участвует в конкурсе «Твой перевод с английского».

O.Henry. The Furnished Room (1906 год, читать в оригинале с переводом)

fugacious [fjuː’geɪʃəs] – мимолетный, скоротечный,
shifting [‘ʃɪftɪŋ] — непостоянный
transient [‘trænzɪənt] – скоротечный, кратковременный
flit [flɪt] – летать, порхать с места на место
abode [ə’bəud] — жилище
entwine [ɪn’twaɪn] — обвивать
fig tree [‘fɪgˌtriː] – фиговое дерево
vagrant [‘veɪgr(ə)nt] – странствующий, бродячий

Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side. Homeless, they have a hundred homes. They flit from furnished room to furnished room, transients forever — transients in abode, transients in heart and mind. They sing «Home, Sweet Home» in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.

Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.

Беспокойны, непоседливы и скоротечны, как само время, жители красного квартала нижнего Вест-Сайда в своем большинстве. Бездомные, они имеют сотни домов. Перебираясь из одной меблированной комнаты в другую, перелетные птицы по жизни, они непостоянны как в отношении жилья, так и отношении ума и сердца. «Дом, милый дом», напевают они, фальшивя, появляясь на пороге нового жилища с коробками «своих сокровищ», лозой вокруг широкополой шляпы и искусственным фикусом в руках.

Все дома в этом квартале, пережив тысячи обитателей, могут рассказать тысячи историй, без сомнения, по большому счету скучных. Но было бы странным, если бы на тысячу, не нашлось одного или двух призраков, оставшихся после этих странников.

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prowl [praul] – красться, бродить
crumbling [‘krʌmblɪŋ] — осыпающийся
unwholesome [ʌn’həulsəm] – нездоровый
surfeited [‘sɜːfɪt] – пресытившийся
housekeeper [‘hausˌkiːpə] — экономка
lodger [‘lɔʤə] – квартирант, жилец

One evening after dark a young man prowled among these crumbling red mansions, ringing their bells. At the twelfth he rested his lean hand-baggage upon the step and wiped the dust from his hatband and forehead. The bell sounded faint and far away in some remote, hollow depths.

To the door of this, the twelfth house whose bell he had rung, came a housekeeper who made him think of an unwholesome, surfeited worm that had eaten its nut to a hollow shell and now sought to fill the vacancy with edible lodgers.

He asked if there was a room to let.

Однажды поздним вечером некий молодой человек блуждал по кварталу обветшавших красных домов и звонил в двери. Он остановился у дома номер 12, поставил тощий саквояж на ступеньки крыльца и вытер пыль с лба и шляпы. Звук колокольчика слабо отдавался в глубине пустого дома.

Наконец, на пороге дома номер 12, куда он звонил, появилась домовладелица, похожая на нездорового пресытившегося червя, который выев всю сердцевину дома, теперь искала новых жильцов, чтобы заполнить его пустоту.

Он спросил, сдается ли комната.

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trod (от tread – ступать, шагать)
loom [luːm] – очертания, тень
forsworn (от forswear [fɔː’swɛə] – отказываться)
degenerate — [dɪ’ʤen(ə)rɪt] – выродиться, превратиться во что-то
to lush [lʌʃ] – способствовать буйному росту
lichen [‘laɪkən] – лишайник
viscid [‘vɪsɪd] – липкий, густой, вязкий
foul [faul] – испорченный, грязный
tainted [[teɪnt] – неприятный запах, вонь
unholy [ʌn’həulɪ] – нечестивый, порочный

«Come in,» said the housekeeper. Her voice came from her throat; her throat seemed lined with fur. «I have the third floor back, vacant since a week back. Should you wish to look at it?»

The young man followed her up the stairs. A faint light from no particular source mitigated the shadows of the halls. They trod noiselessly upon a stair carpet that its own loom would have forsworn. It seemed to have become vegetable; to have degenerated in that rank, sunless air to lush lichen or spreading moss that grew in patches to the staircase and was viscid under the foot like organic matter. At each turn of the stairs were vacant niches in the wall. Perhaps plants had once been set within them. If so they had died in that foul and tainted air. It may be that statues of the saints had stood there, but it was not difficult to conceive that imps and devils had dragged them forth in the darkness and down to the unholy depths of some furnished pit below.

«Входите», сказала домовладелица. Её голос был еле слышен, как будто горло было закутано шарфом. «На третьем этаже в задней части дома есть комната, освободилась неделю назад. Желаете посмотреть?»

Молодой человек последовал за ней по лестнице наверх. Слабый свет от невидимой лампы отбрасывал тени на стены коридора. Они бесшумно поднимались по ступенькам, покрытым чем-то, что когда-то было ковром, но уже давно отказалось от этого названия. Это было что-то живое, превратившееся в липкую субстанцию, расползшуюся полосками по лестнице в этом лишенном солнечного света воздухе, и похожее на мох или лишайник.

На лестничных площадках виднелись пустые ниши. Возможно, когда-то в них были растения, но они не выжили в этом спертом вонючем воздухе. Или статуи святых могли стоять здесь, но нетрудно догадаться, что черти давно утащили их в темноту нижних этажей этого меблированного ада.

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«This is the room,» said the housekeeper, from her furry throat. «It’s a nice room. It ain’t often vacant. I had some most elegant people in it last summer—no trouble at all, and paid in advance to the minute. The water’s at the end of the hall. «Sprowls and Mooney» kept it three months. They done a vaudeville sketch. Miss B’retta Sprowls—you may have heard of her—Oh, that was just the stage names —right there over the dresser is where the marriage certificate hung, framed. The gas is here, and you see there is plenty of closet room. It’s a room everybody likes. It never stays idle long.»

«Do you have many theatrical people rooming here?» asked the young man.

«They comes and goes. A good proportion of my lodgers is connected with the theatres. Yes, sir, this is the theatrical district. Actor people never stays long anywhere. I get my share. Yes, they comes and they goes.»

«Вот эта комната», просипела хозяйка из своего мехового горла. «Прекрасная комната, она редко пустует. Прошлым летом я сдавала ее очень приличным людям, с ними не было проблем, платили точно в срок, до минуты. Вода в конце коридора. «Спраулз и Муни» жили в ней три месяца, они танцуют в водевиле. Мисс Берта Спраул, возможно, вы слышали о ней, О!- это ее сценическое имя,- здесь над комодом в рамке висело «брачное свидетельство». В комнате есть газовая плитка и много шкафчиков. Эта комната нравится всем и долго не пустует».

«У вас часто снимают комнаты люди из театра?», спросил молодой человек.

«Приходят и уходят. Большая часть моих постояльцев люди, работающие в театре. Это театральный квартал. Но актеры никогда не задерживаются нигде надолго. Я имею свои деньги, а они приходят и уходят».

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He engaged the room, paying for a week in advance. He was tired, he said, and would take possession at once. He counted out the money. The room had been made ready, she said, even to towels and water. As the housekeeper moved away he put, for the thousandth time, the question that he carried at the end of his tongue.

«A young girl—Miss Vashner—Miss Eloise Vashner—do you remember such a one among your lodgers? She would be singing on the stage, most likely. A fair girl, of medium height and slender, with reddish, gold hair and a dark mole near her left eyebrow.»

«No, I don’t remember the name. Them stage people has names they change as often as their rooms. They comes and they goes. No, I don’t call that one to mind.»

Он снял комнату и заплатил за неделю вперед. Он сказал, что очень устал и хотел бы въехать сразу же. Комната готова, сказала хозяйка, даже полотенце есть, и вода. Как только она собралась уходить, он в тысячный раз задал свой вопрос, который давно хотел задать.

«А молодая девушка – Мисс Вашнер – Мисс Луиза Вашер, вы помните такую среди ваших жильцов? Она, вероятно, поет в театре. Красивая, среднего роста, стройная, с золотистыми волосами и родинкой над левой бровью».

«Нет, я не помню её имя. Эти люди из театра меняют имена так же часто, как и комнаты. Они приходят и уходят. Нет, не припоминаю».

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inevitable [ɪ’nevɪtəbl] – неизбежный, неотвратимый
girt I [gɜːt] (от gird – окружить, опоясать)
ooze [uːz] – ил, топь, болото
slime [slaɪm] – слизь, муть

No. Always no. Five months of ceaseless interrogation and the inevitable negative. So much time spent by day in questioning managers, agents, schools and choruses; by night among the audiences of theatres from all-star casts down to music halls so low that he dreaded to find what he most hoped for. He who had loved her best had tried to find her. He was sure that since her disappearance from home this great, water-girt city held her somewhere, but it was like a monstrous quicksand, shifting its particles constantly, with no foundation, its upper granules of today buried tomorrow in ooze and slime.

Нет, всегда нет. Пять месяцев бесконечных поисков и всегда одно и тоже неотвратимое «нет». Столько времени он провел днем, опрашивая театральных менеджеров, агентов, школяров и хористок, а ночью обходя театры и мьюзик холлы, от самых известных до такого низкого ранга, что страшился найти ее там. Он, который любил ее так сильно, и так старался найти ее. Он был уверен, что со времени ее исчезновения из дома, этот великий окруженный водой город, держит ее где-то, но как чудовищный зыбучий песок, не имея твердой основы, постоянно перемещает с места на место, как и других своих обитателей, которые могли еще сегодня находиться на поверхности, а уже завтра увязнуть в илистом дне.

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pseudo-hospitality — [ˌs(j)uːd(əu)- hɔspɪ’tælətɪ] – псевдо-гостеприимство
hectic [‘hektɪk] – чахоточный, лихорадочный, румяный
haggard [‘hægəd] – изможденный, измученный
perfunctory [pə’fʌŋkt(ə)rɪ] – поверхностный, безразличный
specious [‘spiːʃəs] – неискренний, показной
demirep [‘demɪrep] – женщина легкого поведения
brocade [brəu’keɪd] – парча
pier glass[‘pɪəˌglɑːs] — трюмо
discourse [‘dɪskɔːs] – беседа, разговор
tenantry [‘tenəntrɪ] — наниматели

The furnished room received its latest guest with a first glow of pseudo-hospitality, a hectic, haggard, perfunctory welcome like the specious smile of a demirep. The sophistical comfort came in reflected gleams from the decayed furniture, the ragged brocade upholstery of a couch and two chairs, a footwide cheap pier glass between the two windows, from one or two gilt picture frames and a brass bedstead in a corner.

The guest reclined, inert, upon a chair, while the room, confused in speech as though it were an apartment in Babel, tried to discourse to him of its divers tenantry.

Меблированная комната встретила своего нового гостя блеском ложного гостеприимства, приветствуя его чахоточной, измученной, безразличной улыбкой, похожей на притворную улыбку женщины легкого поведения. Показное радушие исходило от видавшей виды мебели, потрепанной парчовой обивки дивана и двух стульев, узкого дешевого трюмо между окнами, двух золоченных рамок и латунной кровати в углу.

Гость устало присел на кресло, прислушиваясь к голосу комнаты, которая пыталась рассказать ему о своих прежних обитателях, смешав их истории в неразборчивый гул.

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polychromatic [ˌpɔlɪkrə(u)’mætɪk] – разноцветный
islet [‘aɪlət] – островок
soiled [‘sɔɪld] — запачканный
matting [‘mætɪŋ] – коврики, половики
The Huguenot Lovers, The First Quarrel, The Wedding Breakfast, Psyche at the Fountain – картины «Любовь гугенота», «Первая ссора», «Свадебный завтрак», «Психея у фонтана»
rakishly — небрежно
askew [əs’kjuː] – косо, криво
desolate [‘des(ə)lət] — одинокий
flotsam [‘flɔtsəm] – обломки
maroon [mə’ruːn] — высадить

A polychromatic rug like some brilliant-flowered rectangular, tropical islet lay surrounded by a billowy sea of soiled matting. Upon the gay-papered wall were those pictures that pursue the homeless one from house to house—The Huguenot Lovers, The First Quarrel, The Wedding Breakfast, Psyche at the Fountain. The mantel’s chastely severe outline was ingloriously veiled behind some pert drapery drawn rakishly askew like the sashes of the Amazonian ballet. Upon it was some desolate flotsam cast aside by the room’s marooned when a lucky sail had borne them to a fresh port—a trifling vase or two, pictures of actresses, a medicine bottle, some stray cards out of a deck.

Многоцветный прямоугольный коврик, украшенный ярким цветочным узором, выделялся в море запачканных половиков, подобно тропическому островку. На стенах, оклеенных веселенькими обоями, висели картины, сопровождавшие бездомных постояльцев от одной съемной квартиры к другой: «Любовники гугеноты», «Первая ссора», «Свадебный завтрак», «Психея у фонтана». Суровые очертания камина были занавешены аляпистой драпировкой, накинутой на него небрежно как брошенный шарф балерины. На нем, как после кораблекрушения, были разбросаны одинокие безделушки, оставленные прежними постояльцами, до того как парус удачи унес их на новое место обитания: несколько дешевых вазочек, портреты актрис, пузырек из-под лекарства и несколько карт из колоды.

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cryptograph [‘krɪptəgrɑːf] – криптограмма, шифр
explicit [ɪk’splɪsɪt] – ясный, явный
throng [θrɔŋ] – толпа, толчея
scrawl [skrɔːl] – неразборчиво написано
garish [‘gɛərɪʃ] – ярко кричащий
wreak [riːk] – давать волю
slain (от slay [sleɪ] – лишать жизни)
upheaval [ʌp’hiːv(ə)l] – подъем, переворот, бунт
cloven [‘kləuv(ə)n] — расщепленный
cant [kænt] — скошенный
wrought (от wring [rɪŋ] – терзать, мучиться, страдать)

One by one, as the characters of a cryptograph become explicit, the little signs left by the furnished room’s procession of guests developed a significance. The threadbare space in the rug in front of the dresser told that lovely women had marched in the throng. Tiny finger prints on the wall spoke of little prisoners trying to feel their way to sun and air. A splattered stain, raying like the shadow of a bursting bomb, witnessed where a hurled glass or bottle had splintered with its contents against the wall. Across the pier glass had been scrawled with a diamond in staggering letters the name «Marie.» It seemed that the succession of dwellers in the furnished room had turned in fury—perhaps tempted beyond forbearance by its garish coldness—and wreaked upon it their passions. The furniture was chipped and bruised; the couch, distorted by bursting springs, seemed a horrible monster that had been slain during the stress of some grotesque convulsion. Some more potent upheaval had cloven a great slice from the marble mantel. Each plank in the floor owned its particular cant and shriek as from a separate and individual agony. It seemed incredible that all this malice and injury had been wrought upon the room by those who had called it for a time their home; and yet it may have been the cheated home instinct surviving blindly, the resentful rage at false household gods that had kindled their wrath. A hut that is our own we can sweep and adorn and cherish.

Одно за другим зашифрованные послания, оставленные жильцами меблированной комнаты, становились яснее и обретали значение. Протертое место на ковре у комода говорило о том, что по нему ходило множество прелестных женщин. Крошечные отпечатки пальцев на стене рассказывали о маленьких узниках, которые тянулись к свету и свежему воздуху. Пятно, с разлетевшимися во все стороны брызгами, как при взрыве от удара бомбы, свидетельствовало о брошенном в стену стакане или графине с вином. На зеркале трюмо неразборчивыми каракулями чем-то острым было нацарапано имя «Мари». Казалось, что каждый из обитателей меблированной комнаты, не выдержав её ярко кричащей холодности, дал волю своим чувствам. Мебель была поцарапана и поломана, кушетка продавлена, как будто на ней лишилось жизни в мучительных конвульсиях какое-то страшное чудовище. Следы борьбы скорее всего являлись причиной отколотого куска от мраморного камина. Даже доски деревянного пола, каждая имея свой наклон, издавала собственный неповторимый скрип. Казалось невероятным, но именно люди, для которых эта комната была хоть и временным, но домом, нанесли ей все эти увечья; возможно, животное чувство тоски по родному очагу, живущее в каждой душе, яростно протестуя против фальшивого «домашнего уюта», разжигало их гнев. Ведь свою лачугу мы убираем, украшаем и бережем.

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tittering [‘tɪt(ə)rɪŋ] – хихикание
incontinent [ɪn’kɔntɪnənt] – несдержанный
slack [slæk] — слабый
dully [‘dʌlɪ] – утомительно
yowl [jaul] – выть
dank [dæŋk] – сырой
savour [‘seɪvə] – запах
effluvium [ɪ’fluːvɪəm] – (зловонное) испарение
reeking [riːk] – затхлость, вонь, зловонный запах
exhalation [ˌeks(h)ə’leɪʃ(ə)n] – испарение
mildewed [‘mɪldjuːd] — заплесневелый

The young tenant in the chair allowed these thoughts to file, soft-shod, through his mind, while there drifted into the room furnished sounds and furnished scents. He heard in one room a tittering and incontinent, slack laughter; in others the monologue of a scold, the rattling of dice, a lullaby, and one crying dully; above him a banjo tinkled with spirit. Doors banged somewhere; the elevated trains roared intermittently; a cat yowled miserably upon a back fence. And he breathed the breath of the house—a dank savour rather than a smell —a cold, musty effluvium as from underground vaults mingled with the reeking exhalations of linoleum and mildewed and rotten woodwork.

Молодой человек сидел в кресле, позволяя всем этим мыслям спокойно сменять друг друга, а в комнату постепенно вплывали запахи и звуки из других комнат. Он слышал хихикание и слабый заливистый смех, сердитый монолог, звук игральных костей, колыбельную и утомительный плач. Откуда-то сверху раздавалось треньканье банджо. Где-то хлопали двери, с улицы слышался непрестанный шум товарных составов и вопли кота на заднем дворе. Внезапно он стал ощущать ЗАПАХ дома – он был сырой и холодный, похожий на запах из склепа, смешанный с затхлыми испарениями от линолеума и заплесневевшего дерева.

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Then, suddenly, as he rested there, the room was filled with the strong, sweet odour of mignonette. It came as upon a single buffet of wind with such sureness and fragrance and emphasis that it almost seemed a living visitant. And the man cried aloud: «What, dear?» as if he had been called, and sprang up and faced about. The rich odour clung to him and wrapped him around. He reached out his arms for it, all his senses for the time confused and commingled. How could one be peremptorily called by an odour? Surely it must have been a sound. But, was it not the sound that had touched, that had caressed him?

«She has been in this room,» he cried, and he sprang to wrest from it a token, for he knew he would recognize the smallest thing that had belonged to her or that she had touched. This enveloping scent of mignonette, the odour that she had loved and made her own—whence came it?

The room had been but carelessly set in order. Scattered upon the flimsy dresser scarf were half a dozen hairpins—those discreet, indistinguishable friends of womankind, feminine of gender, infinite of mood and uncommunicative of tense. These he ignored, conscious of their triumphant lack of identity. Ransacking the drawers of the dresser he came upon a discarded, tiny, ragged handkerchief. He pressed it to his face. It was racy and insolent with heliotrope; he hurled it to the floor. In another drawer he found odd buttons, a theatre programme, a pawnbroker’s card, two lost marshmallows, a book on the divination of dreams. In the last was a woman’s black satin hair bow, which halted him, poised between ice and fire. But the black satin hairbow also is femininity’s demure, impersonal, common ornament, and tells no tales.

And then he traversed the room like a hound on the scent, skimming the walls, considering the corners of the bulging matting on his hands and knees, rummaging mantel and tables, the curtains and hangngs, the drunken cabinet in the corner, for a visible sign, unable to perceive that she was there beside, around, against, within, above him, clinging to him, wooing him, calling him so poignantly through the finer senses that even his grosser ones became cognisant of the call. Once again he answered loudly: «Yes, dear!» and turned, wild-eyed, to gaze on vacancy, for he could not yet discern form and colour and love and outstretched arms in the odour of mnignonette. Oh, God! whence that odour, and since when have odours had a voice to call? Thus he groped.

He burrowed in crevices and corners, and found corks and cigarettes. These he passed in passive contempt. But once he found in a fold of the matting a half-smoked cigar, and this he ground beneath his heel with a green and trenchant oath. He sifted the room from end to end. He found dreary and ignoble small records of many a peripatetic tenant; but of her whom he sought, and who may have lodged there, and whose spirit seemed to hover there, he found no trace.

And then he thought of the housekeeper.

He ran from the haunted room downstairs and to a door that showed a crack of light. She came out to his knock. He smothered his excitement as best he could.

«Will you tell me, madam,» he besought her, «who occupied the room I have before I came?»

«Yes, sir. I can tell you again. ‘Twas Sprowls and Mooney, as I said. Miss B’retta Sprowls it was in the theatres, but Missis Mooney she was. My house is well known for respectability. The marriage certificate hung, framed, on a nail over—»

«What kind of a lady was Miss Sprowls—in looks, I mean?»

Why, black-haired, sir, short, and stout, with a comical face. They left a week ago Tuesday.»

«And before they occupied it?»

«Why, there was a single gentleman connected with the draying business. He left owing me a week. Before him was Missis Crowder and her two children, that stayed four months; and back of them was old Mr. Doyle, whose sons paid for him. He kept the room six months. That goes back a year, sir, and further I do not remember.»

He thanked her and crept back to his room. The room was dead. The essence that had vivified it was gone. The perfume of mignonette had departed. In its place was the old, stale odour of mouldy house furniture, of atmosphere in storage.

The ebbing of his hope drained his faith. He sat staring at the yellow, singing gaslight. Soon he walked to the bed and began to tear the sheets into strips. With the blade of his knife he drove them tightly into every crevice around windows and door. When all was snug and taut he turned out the light, turned the gas full on again and laid himself gratefully upon the bed.

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It was Mrs. McCool’s night to go with the can for beer. So she fetched it and sat with Mrs. Purdy in one of those subterranean retreats where house-keepers foregather and the worm dieth seldom.

«I rented out my third floor, back, this evening,» said Mrs. Purdy, across a fine circle of foam. «A young man took it. He went up to bed two hours ago.»

«Now, did ye, Mrs. Purdy, ma’am?» said Mrs. McCool, with intense admiration. «You do be a wonder for rentin’ rooms of that kind. And did ye tell him, then?» she concluded in a husky whisper, laden with mystery.

«Rooms,» said Mrs. Purdy, in her furriest tones, «are furnished for to rent. I did not tell him, Mrs. McCool.»

«‘Tis right ye are, ma’am; ’tis by renting rooms we kape alive. Ye have the rale sense for business, ma’am. There be many people will rayjict the rentin’ of a room if they be tould a suicide has been after dyin’ in the bed of it.»

«As you say, we has our living to be making,» remarked Mrs. Purdy.

«Yis, ma’am; ’tis true. ‘Tis just one wake ago this day I helped ye lay out the third floor, back. A pretty slip of a colleen she was to be killin’ herself wid the gas—a swate little face she had, Mrs. Purdy, ma’am.»

«She’d a-been called handsome, as you say,» said Mrs. Purdy, assenting but critical, «but for that mole she had a-growin’ by her left eyebrow. Do fill up your glass again, Mrs. McCool.»

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Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side. Homeless, they have a hundred homes. They flit from furnished room to furnished room, transients forever — transients in abode, transients in heart and mind. They sing «Home, Sweet Home» in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.

Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.

One evening after dark a young man prowled among these crumbling red mansions, ringing their bells. At the twelfth he rested his lean hand-baggage upon the step and wiped the dust from his hatband and forehead. The bell sounded faint and far away in some remote, hollow depths.

To the door of this, the twelfth house whose bell he had rung, came a housekeeper who made him think of an unwholesome, surfeited worm that had eaten its nut to a hollow shell and now sought to fill the vacancy with edible lodgers.

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