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12922. 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) Great Beginning
2) Important Event
3) Struggle for Survival
4) Ancient Wonder

5) Agriculture Success
6) Tourist Boom
7) Living Longer
Practical Invention

B. Only a few years before men were walking on the moon, reputable scientists declared that it was impossible. But in 1969 Neil Armstrong stepped out of his space capsule and made his famous statement, ‘That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.’ However, progress in this area is slower now. Not as much money goes into re- search as in the 1960s.

C. Surely nothing has done more for the comfort and happiness of mankind than the advance of medical knowledge! Lots of people have benefited from aspirin and lots of lives have been saved by penicillin. Surgeons can perform the most amazing operations. Average life expectancy in Europe has risen dramatically over the last hundred years.

D. In the past, a holiday used to mean simply a day when you did not work. Now millions of holidaymakers travel to all parts of the world. Perhaps, not all people like to see lots of tourists in their countries, but we must admit that a phenomenon which sees the population of Greece treble is a wonder of the world.

E. It is true that the Olympic Games are now commercialized and there is greed and drug abuse. However, it is a competition in which every country of the world takes part. Every four years, for a brief moment, we see these countries come together in peace and friendship. We see people from warring countries shake hands. We feel hope again for the future of mankind.

F. In 1724, Jonathan Swift wrote, ‘Whoever makes two blades of grass or two ears of corn grow where only one grew before serves mankind better than the whole race of politicians’. In Europe farmers have done it and we produce enough food to feed the world.

If only politicians could find a way to share it with those parts of the world where there is still famine.

G. The greatest wonder of the modern world is simply that we are still here. We have bombs that could destroy the world but we try our best not to use them. Because of people’s effort no government dares to use such weapons. The year 2001 marked the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize, the most famous attempt to raise awareness of the issues of war and peace.

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Вопрос по английскому языку:

.РАЗДЕЛ 2. ЧТЕНИЕ

B2 Установите соответствие между заголовками А—H и текстами 1—7. Занесите свои ответы в
таблицу. Используйте каждую букву только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.

A.Struggle for Survival
B.Ancient Wonder
C.Great Beginning
D.Important Event

E. Tourist Boom

F. Agriculture
Success

G. Practical
Invention

H. Living Longer

1. Computers have already
revolutionized the way we live and work. But it is early days for computers. We
do not know how much they are still changing the world. Already, Internet users
can buy things and study holiday offers. It’s much easier to edit and print
documents using a PC. More computer wonders are yet to come.

2. Only a few years before men were
walking on the moon, reputable scientists declared that it was impossible. But
in 1969 Neil Armstrong stepped out of his space capsule and made his famous
statement, ‘That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.’ However,
progress in this area is slower now. Not as much money goes into research as in
the 1960s.

3. Surely nothing has done more for
the comfort and happiness of mankind than the advance of medical knowledge!
Lots of people have benefited from the aspirin and lots of lives have been
saved by penicillin. Surgeons can perform the most amazing operations. Average
life expectancy in Europe has risen
dramatically over the last hundred years.

4. In the past, a holiday used to
mean simply a day when you did not work. Now millions of holidaymakers travel
to all parts of the world. Perhaps, not all people like to see lots of tourists
in their countries, but we must admit that a phenomenon which sees the
population of Greece
treble is a wonder of the world.

5. It is true that the Olympic Games
are now commercialized and there is greed and drug abuse. However, it is a
competition in which every country of the world takes part. Every four years,
for a brief moment, we see these countries come together in peace and friendship.
We see people from warring countries shake hands. We feel hope again for the
future of mankind.

6. In 1724, Jonathan Swift wrote,
‘Whoever makes two blades of grass or two ears of corn grow where only one grew
before serves mankind better than the whole race of politicians.’ In Europe farmers have done it and we produce enough food to
feed the world. If only politicians could find a way to share it with those
parts of the world where there is still famine.

7. The greatest wonder of the modern
world is simply that we are still here. We have bombs that could destroy the
world but we try our best not to use them. Because of people’s effort no
government dares to use such weapons. The year 2001 marked the 100th
anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize, the most famous attempt to raise
awareness of the issues of war and peace.

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Экзаменационная работа по английскому языку состоит из четырёх разделов («Аудирование, «Чтение», «Грамматика и лексика», «Письмо»), включающих в себя 40 заданий.
На выполнение экзаменационной работы отводится 3 часа (180 минут).

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

1. Struggle for Survival
2. Ancient Wonder
3. Great Beginning
4. Important Event
5. Tourist Boom
6. Agriculture Success
7. Practical Invention
8. Living Longer

A. Computers have already revolutionized the way we live and work. But it is early days for computers. We do not know how much they are still changing the world. Already, Internet users can buy things and study holiday offers. It’s much easier to edit and print documents using a PC. More computer wonders are yet to come.
B. Only a few years before men were walking on the moon, reputable scientists declared that it was impossible. But in 1969 Neil Armstrong stepped out of his space capsule and made his famous statement, ‘That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.’ However, progress in this area is slower now. Not as much money goes into research as in the 1960s.
C. Surely nothing has done more for the comfort and happiness of mankind than the advance of medical knowledge! Lots of people have benefited from aspirin and lots of lives have been saved by penicillin. Surgeons can perform the most amazing operations. Average life expectancy in Europe has risen dramatically over the last hundred years.
D. In the past, a holiday used to mean simply a day when you did not work. Now millions of holidaymakers travel to all parts of the world. Perhaps, not all people like to see lots of tourists in their countries, but we must admit that a phenomenon which sees the population of Greece treble is a wonder of the world.
E. It is true that the Olympic Games are now commercialized and there is greed and drug abuse. However, it is a competition in which every country of the world takes part. Every four years, for a brief moment, we see these countries come together in peace and friendship. We see people from warring countries shake hands. We feel hope again for the future of mankind.
F. In 1724, Jonathan Swift wrote, ‘Whoever makes two blades of grass or two ears of olcorn grow where only one grew before serves mankind better than the whole race of politicians’. In Europe farmers have done it and we produce enough food to feed the world. If only politicians could find a way to share it with those parts of the world where there is still famine.
G. The greatest wonder of the modern world is simply that we are still here. We have bombs that could destroy the world but we try our best not to use them. Because of people’s effort no government dares to use such weapons. The year 2001 marked the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize, the most famous attempt to raise awareness of the issues of war and peace.

12. The main aim of Sean’s visit to Spain was
1) to climb the highest peak on the Spanish mainland.
2) touring and walking.
3) to try the regional cuisine.
4) to enjoy the country’s robust red wines.

13. At that time of year, the mountain’s snowy trails were
1) icy.
2) slippery.
3) difficult.
4) uncompicated.

14. Megan and Aidan had to wait till morning because
1) Megan didn’t speak Spanish.
2) the chairlifts didn’t work at night.
3) the couldn’t find any help.
4) a hotel clerk’s directions were wrong.

15. Sean
1) reached Mulhacén’s summit by mid-afternoon.
2) lost his way.
3) descended until dawn.
4) decided to spend the night in the wooden hut.

16. Sean could not make the ridge because
1) it was too far.
2) he was very tired.
3) of a blizzard.
4) of a strong wind and poor visibility.

17. Sean fell down the slope because
1) a strong wind was blowing.
2) the slope was too steep.
3) he didn’t have special equipment.
4) he didn’t us his trekking poles.

18. While falling, Sean
1) was not injured.
2) injured his head.
3) shattered his kneecap.
4) broke his leg.

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

… I’ve always wanted to visit Moscow, to see the sights and to try Russian food so it’ll be great to spend a week at your place. Any ideas as to what we could do? Should I bring any special clothes?
Do let me know if there is anything I can get you from England…

Write back to Gloria.
In your letter
− answer his questions giving relevant details
− ask 3 questions about his birthday party
Write 100–140 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.

40. Comment one of the following statements.

40.1. The invention of the car changed the world for the better.

40.2 Violence on TW leads to violence in society and, therefore, must be forbidden

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Чтение. ЕГЭ по английскому

Прочитайте текст и запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

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The word mishmash in “A mishmash of car parks” (paragraph 1) means
1) a ruin.
2) a mixture.
3) a sight.
4) a queue.

Решение:
The word mishmash in “A mishmash of car parks” (paragraph 1) means a mixture.
Слово «мешанина» в «Мешанине из автостоянок» (параграф 1) означает смесь.

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Задание 1

Now we are ready to start.

Speaker A

I have always dreamt of having a stunning cream-coloured two-storey house located somewhere in Miami. I imagine a spacious beach house, with the beach being its backyard and the sea being its pool. Its front yard is also large, with a little creek and a big flat green space for a game of soccer. Lots of tall trees tower over the house. One of them will have a big tree house, with a ladder which can be pulled up. Every bedroom will have a large terrace overlooking the sea. The floors will be made of marble and all the furniture will be pure shiny smooth wood.

Speaker B

I wouldn’t like a huge house because there would be too much cleaning, but I would like to have spacious closets and bathrooms. I’m not much interested in a pool, but a hot tub would be nice. I’ve always wanted a house with a simple natural look and lots of indoor plants. I would definitely want a decent size yard, with lots of flowering plants and dogs running around. My family is quite large but they all can’t be in the same place for long before all hell breaks loose, so I would only want my hubby and kids to live in my dream house.

Speaker C

My future home will probably be mostly solar powered with a lot of modern insulation throughout the house. There will be plenty of energy efficient appliances and power conserving devices already preinstalled in the house. Well, I really want a house with four bedrooms and I want everything to be made of very modern materials like stainless steel. The house will have lots of windows, wood and marble flooring, and will definitely be very modern and sleek, with lots of electronic controls. The master bedroom will certainly have a Jacuzzi bathtub and a waterfall shower.

Speaker D

I could never understand people who spend lots of time and money on decorating their homes. They become slaves of their houses and see nothing but their plasma TV. My dream house would definitely be on wheels and have a steering wheel. Ultimately, it would be like one of those buses that bands live in while on the road. That way I could have a comfortable place to sleep; and yet I could change my backyard at will. And I can drive down to the corner bakery without leaving the house. Isn’t it convenient?

Speaker E

I’d like to have a teeny house that looks like a gingerbread house. I want it on a smallish lot with flowers and butterfly bushes and a fence around the little backyard, painted bright yellow with white on the front porch. It would also have a little cement patio out back. Inside, it would be as open as such a small house would be, with a half-wall between the kitchen and the living room, and a tiny hallway to the bedroom and the bathroom. The walls inside would be bright, with fun furniture and rugs everywhere.

Speaker F

I have never wanted to live in a crowded area so my dream house is kind of weird. I would live in a cave house inside a mountain. You could walk through, and the house would open up onto a balcony hanging there on the cliff of the mountain and you could see for miles. I would also like to have plenty of fruit trees and enough land for a vegetable garden and a separate flower garden, preferably roses. What will I have inside the house? All modern conveniences, a satellite TV and the Internet connection.

You have 15 seconds to complete the task. (Pause 15 seconds.)

Now you will hear the texts again. (Repeat.)

This is the end of the task. You now have 15 seconds to check your answers. (Pause 15 seconds.)

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) My house will be fashionable and attractive in design.
2) Being close to nature is of primary importance.
3) My dream house looks like a castle.
4) I want to have pets in my dream house.
5) My dream house will be really impressive.
6) My future house will be on the move.
7) Everything in my house will be tiny.

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Задание 2

Now we are ready to start.

Mrs Smith: Hello, Mr Jenkins. I’m afraid I have a grumble to make. It’s about your son — well, that football of his, to be precise.
Mr Jenkins: Don’t say he’s kicking it into your garden again, Mrs Smith.
Mrs Smith: Well, yes, I’m afraid it keeps coming over.
Mr Jenkins: I’ve told him not to play in the street. Look, here he comes now. I’1] have this out with him once and for all. Bill, I want you here, this minute.
Bill: What’s wrong, Dad? Why are you looking so angry?
Mr Jenkins: Mrs Smith tells me you’re still letting that football of yours go into her garden.
Bill: Oh, yes. Well, I’m sorry. Hello, Mrs Smith.
Mr Jenkins: It’s no good standing there squirming, Bill. I thought we’d sorted all this out last year, you and your friends. Surely you’ve got the sense to know that you’re causing damage.
Bill: Well, yes, Dad. In fact this time we’ve caused more damage than usual…
Mr Jenkins: Look what happened to Mrs Smith’s daffodils when they were just coming out last spring …Ruined, absolutely knocked to pieces.
Mrs Smith: It isn’t just the damage, it’s their welfare too. It isn’t safe to play in the street so I don’t want you coming down too hard on him, Mr…
Mr Jenkins: I told you then and I’ll tell you again…
Mrs Smith: Don’t come down on him too hard, Mr Jenkins. I can’t help feeling sorry for the lad. He paid for the damage with his pocket money and then in the autumn he burst a new ball on the thorns of my roses.
Bill: Dad, this time we were kicking the ball up and down the road to avoid it going into the gardens.
After it went on the daffodils we stopped using Mrs Smith’s gate as a goal. It was just an unlucky bounce that took it over the wall and onto the roses. Anyway, it didn’t do any harm that time, not to Mrs Smith’s garden. It was Mrs Smith’s garden that damaged my ball.
Mr Jenkins: You’re being cheeky!
Bill: No, Dad, it’s true. And now, today, it did an even unluckier bounce…
Mr Jenkins: Now listen to me, Bill. Once more into Mrs Smith’s garden and I’1] stop your pocket money for … well, Idon’t know how many months.
Mrs Smith: Bill, surely it’s best if you play on the recreation ground. It’s not far to walk.
Bill: But there’s just one problem, Mrs Smith.
Mr Jenkins: There can’t be a problem. You don’t mean you youngsters haven’t the strength to walk half a mile.
Bill: Well, no, it’s not that.
Mr Jenkins: Well, go to the recreation ground.
Bill: But Dad, Mrs Smith, my ball’s in Mrs Smith’s front room.
Mrs Smith: What on earth do you mean, in my front room?
Bill: It did another funny bounce. It’s gone through your window.

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Now you will hear the text again. (Repeat.)
This is the end of the task. You now have 15 seconds to check your answers. (Pause 15 seconds.)

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 Mrs Smith wants to complain about Bill’s impolite behaviour.
B Mrs Smith has got a large garden.
C Bill has a very innocent look on his face.
D Mr Jenkins mentions Mrs Smith’s ruined roses.
E Mr Smith is concerned about Bill and his friends.
F Mr Smith says Bill will have to pay for the damage out of his pocket money.
G The recreation ground is a mile away.

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Задание 3-9

Now we are ready to start.

Interviewer: Daniel, you’re coming to the end of the journey now and we’ve basically watched you grow up on-screen. How do you feel about it?

Daniel Radcliffe: I’m not thinking about it that much at the moment. It’s very occasionally I’m suddenly thinking, oh God, I am only here for another 3 months, you know? And so that’s very odd and it will be very upsetting when it does come to an end because I’ve spent so much time here and made some fantastic friends who I hope will stay with me for the rest of my life. And so it’ll be very sad but equally it is an exciting time. Whenever you go through periods of transition, I suppose those times are always going to be both very upsetting and also very exciting by the very nature because things are changing and you don’t know what’s going to happen.

Interviewer: Could you talk about when you got the 7th book? Your experience of reading it for the first time and just your emotions?

Radcliffe: Yeah, I obviously loved the 7th book as much as everybody else did. I was reading actually at a cricket match because it came out 2 days before my 18th birthday. And I was going to a match for my birthday. So I was going ‘round for 2 days without having read it while everybody else was reading it. And so it was a 2-day-long struggle to beg not to be told how it all ends. And I did actually manage to do that and then, yeah, I remember finishing it on the plane and just becoming very emotional. I found it’s a very moving book. The epilogue was something that I liked. It’s tying together all those loose ends. Because the thing is that if Jo Rowling hadn’t written that epilogue, can you imagine being her for the rest of her life and having to cope with questions about what did Harry go on to do? She has to give some conclusion.

Interviewer: And can we talk about the process of the film? Not only the physical action but there’re some great emotions that Harry has to go through.

Radcliffe: The whole series for me is about loss of innocence and about Harry going from this kind of a wide-eyed child and turning into this slightly grizzled young man by the end of it. Although it is essential that he does not turn into a man necessarily in the film because what makes all that fight stuff at the end so powerful and so horrible to watch is the fact that you’re seeing a kid get beaten up by a very strong, very angry man.

Interviewer: Speaking of that, can you talk about filming that sequence with you and Ralph Fiennes when you’re in the forest and you know you’re going to die?

Radcliffe: That scene was one of my favourites. And as with everything that you place great significance on, one tends to put so much pressure on yourself that you actually end up nowhere. I so much wanted it to be good. I was probably trying almost too many different things. It was really hard work but I suppose simply because of the expectations I placed on myself.

Interviewer: Can you talk about the overall pride that you have for the series and what you and everyone have been able to accomplish?

Radcliffe: Of course I’m very proud of the series. These are films that are some of the biggest grossing films ever. No, not because of that… I think that’s because of the attention to detail that we have over these films. If you walk onto one of those sets, you’ll see not only the grandeur of it but, what makes them really impressive, also the details of the sets that you probably would never see in the film. But I think the fact that we walk onto those sets every day and think, well, if these sets are here, we have to be good enough to use them. You know, because they are amazing.

Interviewer: Are you comfortable with the association with the series and the character that you’ll have for the rest of your life?

Radcliffe: Well, I think that every opportunity I’ll get for the rest of my life, I would not have got if it wasn’t for Harry Potter. And it would be height of ingratitude if I was ever anything but proud to be associated with these films.

You have 15 seconds to complete the task. (Pause 15 seconds.)

Now you will hear the text again. (Repeat.)

This is the end of the task. You now have 15 seconds to check your answers. (Pause 15 seconds.)

This is the end of the Listening Test.

Вы услышите интервью с учёным. В заданиях 3-9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Вы услышите запись дважды.

3. At the moment Daniel feels both upset and excited because

1. he is to stay here for only 3 months.2. he will have to part with his friends.3. he is expecting some changes in his life.

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4. When the 7th book came out, it was difficult for Daniel

1. to stay unaware of the ending.2. to find the book.3. to find an opportunity to read the book.

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5. If J.K. Rowling hadn’t written the epilogue,

1. the book would feel incomplete.2. everybody would be disappointed.3. she would have to continue writing about Harry Potter.

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6. What makes the end of the film so powerful is

1. the fight between a child and an adult villain.2. that Harry Potter finally turns into a grizzled young man.3. the death of Harry Potter.

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7. The scene in the forest was very difficult to Daniel because he

1. expected too much of himself.2. was under a lot of pressure from Ralph Fiennes.3. was going to die.

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8. Daniel thinks the sets are amazing because of their

1. details2. value3. grandeur

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9. When Daniel is associated with Harry Potter he feels

1. uncomfortable2. proud3. grateful

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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) Great Beginning
2) Important Event
3) Struggle for Survival
4) Ancient Wonder

5) Agriculture Success
6) Tourist Boom
7) Living Longer
Practical Invention

If only politicians could find a way to share it with those parts of the world where there is still famine.

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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.

Reality television is a genre of television programming which, it is claimed, presents unscripted dramatic or humorous situations and features ordinary people rather than professional actors. It could be described A_____________. Although the genre has existed in some form or another since the early years of television, B_____________.

Reality television covers a wide range of television programming formats, from game or quiz shows to surveillance-focused productions such as Big Brother. Critics say that the term ‘reality television’ is somewhat of a misnomer C_____________. The participants of these shows are often put in exotic locations or abnormal situations and are sometimes coached to act in certain ways by off-screen handlers, whereas the events on screen are manipulated through editing and other post-production techniques.

Part of reality television’s appeal is D_____________. Reality television also has the potential to turn its participants into national celebrities, mainly in talent and performance programmes such as Pop Idol, E_____________.

Some commentators have said that the name ‘reality television’ is an inaccurate description for several styles of programme included in the genre. In competition-based programmes such as Big Brother and The Real World, producers design the format of the show and control the day-to-day activities and the environment, F_____________. Producers specifically select the participants, and use carefully designed scenarios, challenges, events, and settings to encourage particular behaviours and conflicts.

1) that is rather popular with teenagers
2) because such shows frequently portray a modified and highly influenced form of reality
3) the current explosion of popularity dates from around 2000
4) though frequently Big Brother participants also reach some degree of celebrity
5) creating a completely fabricated world in which the competition plays out
6) as a form of artificial documentary
7) due to its ability to place ordinary people in extraordinary situations

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It’s best to be here early, especially on Saturdays. The rising pitch of the kettle is whistle joined with the faint hiss from the little blue camping stove. Twenty years old, that stove, found the receipt in a drawer just the other day — a bargain at four pounds fifty — but it always pays to hang onto the receipts. It’s Saturday today. By eight-thirty the staff have all arrived, I can’t hear them directly, but the soft, distant voices of the lifts rising and falling give them away.

Of course there is routine that measures time doesn’t it? Even the period before Christmas and during the sales that follow, routine is still there, although the time stretches and contracts as the public ebb and flow through the building like an unpredictable tide — routine will still be there, disguised, beneath the surface, an undertow. As the management ritually pull out their hair, thicken their arteries, bark at their coworkers and re-prioritise their priorities — behind it all routine will be waiting. Everyone here is a slave to it … even if they move on, get married, die … there will always be others to master, to enslave. I too am a slave to routine … but I don’t mind.

I look at the long white envelope with my name printed neatly in the centre, its edges slightly curled as though to fend off the surrounding army of clutter on the desk. An intruder. A foreign object.

I go down the stairs and open the main doors. Can’t keep the public waiting. Today is much like any other day. In amongst the structure of routine women drift like ghosts amid the lingerie, touching here, feeling there while husbands linger on the periphery of their erratic orbits, faces masked with bored indifference; in the homeware section, tweed-skirted ladies lift the lids on teapots; sniff, like careful poodles at bowls of Pot Porri, turn everything upside down to check the price and replace it quickly at the approach of an eager assistant. The sun streams through the plate glass windows in great broad beams, igniting every chrome fitting, while tired and wayward children are narrowly missed by my trolley’s wheels.

At 11 o’clock I go to the meeting with Mr. Radcliffe, the manager. He is a fat man, and the smallest motion on his part induces him to break into a sweat. He sits across the desk from me with the air of a man who has never dared to look a day in the eye. He speaks quickly and a little pompously, his eyes drifting toward the clock on the wall more often than my face. He says his words carefully, as though trying to pull each one down with the gravity of his tone. He endeavours to grant some words such as ‘free time’, ‘benefit package’, ‘pension fund’, ‘hobbies’ and ‘exemplary service’ an even greater weight of importance, but succeeds only in sweating some more as he glances to the clock.

In the staff canteen at lunchtime I see Mr. Radcliffe again as he orders a main course and two sweets, but this is not an unusual occurrence as far as I am aware. I don’t often come here, preferring to eat in my room upstairs, where I can read uninterrupted. But today I choose the canteen, although even here I am isolated to an island table set for six that’s fine. Iam not so naive to be unaware that I have a certain reputation here — a kind of gruff aloofness. I don’t actually believe this is part of my nature … or at least it never used to be. I like to be my own man, that’s all. I’ve little time for idle gossip. Years ago, when the new, young starters would arrive in June or July, I was more sociable. They would plague me for tips on the horses, or pop up to my ‘office’ for a skive or a cup of tea. But it all got a little out of hand. I no longer had any peace. So I became a little testy with them, and my annoyance soon became more organised. I became unpredictable and aggressive, this became a bit of a game, then a habit, and in the end … finally … me.

It’s dusk now and the store is quiet again. The kettle rocks gently on the metal frame of the stove. I glance around my room; the rows of books and piles of magazines, the ancient portable television, the radio. I have very few real possessions. What, really, does one man need? I’ve brought the things little by little from the flat. Now I think I have all that is required. I suppose, on occasion, they have suspected I stay here through the night, but that doesn’t bother me. It was a relief to let the flat go completely, I never felt at home there.

I have taken the retirement letter from its envelope and dropped it onto the worn lino. Now it lies there like a broken kite. I will sit here; wait until the mice come out from their hidden places to nibble at its corners and eat its words.

(Adapted from ‘Harry’s World’ by Steve Atkinson)

12. The narrator’s stove

1. cost less than its usual price.2. was rather expensive.3. was bought in the second-hand shop.4. was bought twelve years ago.

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13. According to the narrator,

1. there are things that people do regularly.2. there is always a sale in the shop before Christmas.3. he hates the routine.4. the working hours of the store are always the same.

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14. While shopping

1. ladies examine carefully all the goods.2. husbands show real interest in what their wives are buying.3. shop assistants don’t want to help customers.4. children are easy to control because they are tired.

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15. Mr Radcliffe

1. speaks quietly.2. wants to show his importance.3. always wears a sweater.4. is a tall slim man.

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16. The narrator usually

1. prefers to read during his lunchtime.2. doesn’t have lunch at all.3. has lunch with the management.4. chooses the staff canteen to have lunch.

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17. The narrator has a reputation of

1. a person who tests people.2. a person who enjoys gossiping.3. a friendly and sociable person.4. an unfriendly person not wishing to talk to people.

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18. The narrator lives in his office because

1. he doesn’t like his flat.2. he has very few real possessions.3. he doesn’t bother to go home.4. it is very comfortable.

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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. The Bald Eagle

In 1782, soon after the United States won its independence, the bald eagle ______________ (CHOOSE) as the national bird of the new country. Americanleaders wanted the eagle to be a symbol of their country because it is one of the strongest birds.

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20. Today the bald eagle almost ____________(DISAPPEAR) from the country.

Верный ответ: Hasdisappeared

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21. In 1972 there ____________(BE) only 3,000 bald eagles in the entire United States.

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22. The reason for the bird’s ____________(DECREASE) population was pollution of rivers by pesticides.

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23. Pesticides poison the fish. Eagles eat these fish and then the eggs eagles lay have very thin shells and ____________(NOT HATCH).

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24. Today, the American government an the American people ____________(TRY) to protect the bald eagle.

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25. We are sure that the American national bird ____________(REMAIN) a symbol of strength and courage for many years to come.

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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. How to Choose Your Career

Selecting a career can be one of the most difficult ____________(DECIDE) in your life.

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27. To choose the right career, you will have to find the balance between ____________(FINANCE) gain and personal fulfillment.

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28. Before you can make a career choice, you will also have to learn about yourself. Your values, interests and skills will make some careers suitable for you and some particularly ____________(APPROPRIATE).

Верный ответ: Inappropriate

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29. You can use self-assessment tests to gather this information and to generate a list of ____________(OCCUPY) that are considered appropriate.

Верный ответ: Occupations

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30. A test like this could help you to narrow down your choice and ____________(POSSIBLE) point you in the right direction.

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31. Even though it is important to choose a career early on, many people have switched careers late in the game and still became enormously ____________(SUCCESS). Think it over and take a chance.

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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.

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 32___________ generating wind power. This type of power can not only save us a good 33___________ 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 34___________, 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 35___________ 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 36___________ 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 37___________ 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 38___________ as you can about wind power so you will be able to make educated decisions in the future.

32. Выберите пропущенное слово

It looks easy but there are several components involved 32___________ generating wind power.

1. in2. at3. from 4. by

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33. Выберите пропущенное слово

This type of power can not only save us a good 33___________ of money on our utility bills, but it will also play an important role in saving our planet.

1. quantity2. number3. lot 4. deal

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34. Выберите пропущенное слово

For many of us, wind just looks invisible and does not actually have any properties but in 34___________, air is a fluid that contains particles constructed of gas.

1. realism 2. reality3. real terms4. real life

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35. Выберите пропущенное слово

Their design is very 35___________ to the effectiveness of the turbine. The other important component is simply the size of the blade.

1. critical 2. precious3. significant4. valuable

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36. Выберите пропущенное слово

Much also depends 36___________ 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.

1. about 2. from3. by4. on

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37. Выберите пропущенное слово

In an area that is very windy, it is much better to use large blades in 37___________ to use all of the wind available.

1. order 2. attempt3. favour4. effect

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38. Выберите пропущенное слово

Today is a fantastic time to do as much 38___________ as you can about wind power so you will be able to make educated decisions in the future.

1. investigation2. discovery3. search 4. research

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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 David who writes:

…At school we are doing projects on teenagers in different countries. What is your idea of a typical Russian teenager? You will help me a lot if you tell me about Russian teenagers. What do they enjoy? What are their most popular leisure activities?

Anyway, the weather is fine today and I’m going to try my new skateboard…

Write a letter to David.
In your letter

— tell him about Russian teenagers

— ask 3 questions about his his leisure activities

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

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40. Comment on the following statement.

Travel broadens the mind.

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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Установите соответствие тем 1 — 7 текстам A — F. Занесите свои ответы в соответствующее поле справа. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании одна тема лишняя.

Harry Potter course for university students

1. up for the optional module, part of
2. to emerge four or five years ago to see
3. to examine prejudice, citizenship and bullying in
4. such as the response of the writer
5. including the world of rituals, prejudice and intolerance in
6. to growing demand from the student
7. such as the moral universe of the school

Students of Durham University are being given the chance to sign up to what is thought to be the UK’s first course focusing on the world of Harry Potter. Although every English-speaking person in the world knows about Harry Potter books and films, few have thought of using them as a guide to … modern life. The Durham University module uses the works of JK Rowling A ___ modern society.

«Harry Potter and the Age of Illusion» will be available for study next year. So far about 80 undergraduates have signed В ___ a BA degree in Education Studies. Future educationalists will analyse JK Rowling’s fanfiction from various points of view. A university spokesman said: «This module places the Harry Potter novels in a wider social and cultural context.» He added that a number of themes would be explored, C ___ the classroom, bullying, friendship and solidarity and the ideals of and good citizenship.

The module was created by the head of the Department of Education at Durham University. He said the idea for the new module had appeared in response D ___ body: «It seeks to place the series in its wider social and cultural context and will explore some fundamental issues E ___ . You just need to read the academic writing which started F ___ that Harry Potter is worthy of serious study.»

Прочитайте текст и выполните задания А15—А21, обводя цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую номеру выбранного вами варианта ответа.

I arrived at the cloud forest in Ecuador ten days ago. I was one of a group of twelve volunteers that wanted to save the rainforest. My reasons for going on this trip were twofold: firstly, I wanted to collect and bring back alive some of the fascinating animals, birds and reptiles that inhabit this region; secondly, I had long cherished a dream to see South America: not the inhabited South America with its macadam roads, its cocktail bars, its express trains roaring through a landscape denuded of its flora and fauna by the beneficial influences of civilization. I wanted to see one of those few remaining parts of the continent that had escaped this fate and remained more or less as it was when America was first discovered: I wanted to see its rainforests, its vast lands of untouched, pure, natural wildlife. We were working together with local people and scientists and we were learning and seeing new things every day. Our lodge was comfortable, had breathtaking views and was in the middle of the rainforest. It was a two-hour walk from the nearest road, and it was even further to the nearest village.

The rainforest is truly an astonishing place. There are thousands of species of plants here and more than 700 species of birds. There are millions of insects and scientists think there may be around forty mammal species that haven’t even been discovered. But what I was really amazed at how everything depends on everything else for survival.

Every tree in the rainforest is covered in a species of another kind. The black wasp uses the tarantula as a nest for its eggs, plants need monkeys for seed dispersal, and the clouds are necessary for the survival of the whole rainforest. This is because they provide moisture. The problem is, climate change is causing the clouds to rise by 1—2 meters every year. What will happen to the plants that need this moisture? What will happen to the animals that need those plants?

Our job was to watch this changing ecosystem. One of my favourite projects was the bird survey. Every day a group of us set out at around five o’clock with a local scientist. At this time of the morning the air was filled with the sound of bird song. We had to identify the birds we hear and see and write down our findings. Later, we entered all our information into a computer at the lodge.

We also set up cameras to record pumas, spectacled bears and other large mammals. It was always exciting to see pumas because it meant there were other animals around that they would normally hunt. We fixed the cameras to trees around the reserve, and every day a team of volunteers collected the cameras memory cards.

There was a lot to do in the rainforest, but at least I felt like we were making a difference.

However, soon I started collecting some animals and insects. I realized that as soon as the hunting got under way and the collection increased, most of my time would be taken up in looking after the animals, and I should not be able to wander far from camp. So I was eager to get into the forest while I had the chance.

Nevertheless, I should mention the fact that without the help of the natives you would stand little chance of catching the animals you want, for they know the forest, having been born in it. Once the animal is caught, however, it is your job to keep it alive and well. If you left this part of it to the natives you would get precious little back alive.

Задания 12-18

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

How Harry Potter saved one small town

Mallaig is far from the prettiest of Highland settlements, even when the weather is fine. Several rows of what could be prewar council houses stretch across the hill beyond the harbour. A mishmash of car parks, jetties and workaday buildings squats close to the railway terminus. When I last stayed in Mallaig, it was known as the biggest herring port in Europe.

Today, the herring have vanished, and yet Mallaig remains a busy place. Ferries come and go and fishing boats land shellfish, which is driven away in lorries to the markets of France and Spain. None of this activity, however, explains the hundreds of people who can be seen roaming Mallaig’s few streets every afternoon between the beginning of May and the end of October, or the presence of so many restaurants. What do explain them are two enthusiasms, one for low fact and the other for high fiction, which are kindled in childhood and among many adults never entirely disappear.

The railway reached Mallaig from Fort William and the south in 1901. It was among the last big lines to be built in Britain, late enough to have its viaducts built of concrete. It traversed one of Europe’s most spectacular and emptiest landscapes, with hardly anything large enough to be called a village along its 40-mile length.

The construction needed a large government subsidy, but the traffic never grew much beyond the two or three trains a day that carried fish boxes and a few dozen travellers to and from the Hebrides. It made little economic sense. Only 60 years after the line opened, it began to be threatened with closure. Few people would have guessed then that its commercial salvation would be owed to a novel and a film, and first of all, to a hobby.

Railways became an amateur pastime as well as a means of transport during the last decades of the 19th century. Then professional men such as vicars and lawyers began to see the large variety of trains and their technical progress as a hobby offering a similar kind of pleasure to philately and butterfly-hunting. By the end of the century they had their own magazine and their own club, the Railway Club, the world’s first society for railway enthusiasts. It was founded in London in 1899 and had its own premises with a library and leather armchairs. It was from these elite beginnings that the 20th century’s great cult of trainspotting spread, reinforcing a more general fondness for steam locomotives that many people had without knowing quite why. So a sense of loss ran through Britain when, in the 1960s, it became clear that their day was nearly done.

Hundreds of them were saved from the scrapyards and restored to working order; dozens of branch lines repaired and reopened so that in the holidays Britain could be charmed by how it once was. It’s hard to think that anywhere in the world has seen a more popular or successful preservation movement, or at least one run and largely funded by volunteers. Out of this business grew the West Coast Railway Company, which hires out engines, coaches and crew for steam excursions.

A film producer looking to shoot a fantastical train in a dramatic location would naturally turn to such a company, and so in three Harry Potter films the train to Hogwarts is seen crossing Glenfinnan’s viaduct.

Today, the Jacobite Express fills with Potter fans from all parts of the globe and always stops for a photo opportunity at Glenfinnan, which is where the real Bonnie Prince Charlie really raised his standard in ’45 and marked as such by a real memorial. All of which reality is cast into shadow by the film of a modern fairytale.

12. Which adjective could best describe Mallaig as presented by the author?

A) Derelict.

B) Beautiful.

C) Abandoned.

D) Unsightly.

13. The word mishmash in “A mishmash of car parks …” (paragraph 1) means …

A) a ruin.

B) a mixture.

C) a sight.

D) a queue.

14. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the railway line?

A) It was the last big line constructed in Europe.

B) The traffic on it was busy at the beginning.

C) It finally became profitable.

D) It was closed shortly after its opening.

15. The author compares the enthusiasm for trains to philately and butterfly hunting because …

A) it turned into a pastime.

B) they all require patience.

C) they all became unpopular.

D) they all are fashionable.

16. The author mentions a library and leather armchairs in order to illustrate …

A) how important trains were for the country.

B) how successful the Railway Club became.

C) the amount of corruption at the club.

D) the number of members it had.

17. The word them in “Hundreds of them …” (paragraph 6) refers to …

A) people.

B) locomotives.

C) train spotters.

D) lines.

18. How does, judging by the last paragraph, the author feel about Glenfinnan remembered through Harry Potter rather than the Bonnie Prince Charlie?

A) Enthusiastic.

B) Indifferent.

C) Sad.

D) Outraged.

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РАЗДЕЛ 2. ЧТЕНИЕ

В2

Установите соответствие между заголовками А—Н и текстами 1—7. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу- Используйте каждую букву только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.

A. Struggle for Survival Е. Tourist Boom

B. Ancient Wonder F. Agriculture Success
С Great Beginning G. Practical Invention
D. Important Event H. Living Longer

Computers have already revolutionized the way we live and work. But it is early days for computers. We do not know how much they are still changing the world. Already, Internet users can buy things and study holiday offers. It’s much easier to edit and print documents using a PC. More computer wonders are yet to come.
Only a few years before men were walking on the moon, reputable scientists declared that it was impossible. But in 1969 Neil Armstrong stepped out of his space capsule and made his famous statement, That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.’ How-

ever, progress in this area is slower now. Not as much money goes into research as in the 1960s.

Surely nothing has done more for the comfort and happiness of mankind than the advance of medical knowledge! Lots of people have benefited from the aspirin and lots of lives have been saved by penicillin. Suigeons can perform the most amazing operations. Average life expectancy in Europe has risen dramatically over the last hundred years.
In the past, a holiday used to mean simply a day when you did not work. Now millions of holidaymakers travel to all parts of the world. Perhaps, not all people like to see lots of tourists in their countries, but we must admit that a phenomenon which sees the population of Greece treble is a wonder of the world.
It is true that the Olympic Games are now commercialized and there is greed and drug abuse. However, it is a competition in which every country of the world takes part. Every four years, for a brief moment, we see these countries come together in peace and friendship. We see people from warring countries shake hands. We feel hope again for the future of mankind.
In 1724, Jonathan Swift wrote, ‘Whoever makes two blades of grass or two ears of corn grow where only one grew before serves mankind better than the whole race of politicians.’ In Europe farmers have done it and we produce enough food to feed the world. If only politicians could find a way to share it with those parts of the world where there is still famine.
The greatest wonder of the modern world is simply that we are still here. We have bombs that could destroy the world but we try our best not to use them. Because of people’s effort no government dares to use such weapons. The year 2001 marked the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize, the most famous attempt to raise awareness of the issues of war and peace.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски 1—6 частями предложений, обозначенными буквами A—G. Одна из частей в списке A—G лишняя. Перенесите ответы в таблицу.

Clothing is a distinctly human artefact. Even more than the use of tools, it distinguishes humans from the other creatures on this

planet. The basic purpose of clothing was originally practical. By putting on a skin, humans were able to move into regions

1 . An example of this use of clothing can be

seen among the Eskimos, and other people who live with extreme
cold. However, clothing was not only used for protection, but has al
so been a means of displaying one’s status. Thus clothing also devel
oped in countries 2 .

Clothing tells us many things about the wearer. It can be used to

indicate 3 . The most extreme example of this

type of clothing is a uniform. A dress code is very important in busi
ness. It is a rare businessman 4 . Most poli
ticians also try to be neat and well-dressed.

The significance of what we wear is becoming more important

5 . There have been cases on holiday islands where

the locals have been outraged by foreign visitors — especially female visitors — who wear far less than the minimum that the locals consider decent. Actually, the signals given by clothing as worn by men

and women have decreased 6 . For example,

today most women are very comfortable wearing jeans. Yet the sight of a man in a dress would raise eyebrows in most western cultures.

Clothing is very important in our society. So it is highly unlikely that there will be no use for clothing in the future, unless humanity evolves into a completely new species.

A. where there is no real practical need for it.

B. because more people started to follow fashion.

C. who does not feel the need to wear a suit and tie.

D. where they otherwise would have been unable to cope with
the climate.

E. because many women now wear what were once men’s
clothes.

F. as the cultures of the world mix.

G. whether a person is a member of a particular group or
organization.

1	2	3	4	5	6

Прочитайте рассказ и выполните задания A15—A2L В каждом задании обведите цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4_У соответствующую выбранному вами варианту ответа.

Kevin Cookson, a 23-year-old engineering student, has been keen on windsurfing for many years. Recently, he set a new record for travelling all the way round the coast of Great Britain on a windsurf

board. ‘I don’t really know why I did it,’ says Kevin, ‘just for the fun of it, I suppose. It was there to be done, that was all.’

Despite lacking both the obsessive ambition and the funds that normally go with attempts to break records, Kevin made the journey in eight weeks and six days, knocking one week off the previous record set in 1984.

Leaving from Exmouth in the south-west of England, Kevin travelled up the west coast of England and Wales, before going round the top of Scotland and then coming back down the other side. The journey officially covered 2,896 kilometres, although given the changes of direction to find the right wind paths, the actual distance Kevin travelled is probably closer to 4,000 kilometres.

Kevin fitted his fitness training in around his final year university examinations. ‘I didn’t have that much time to prepare,’ he explains. ‘But I often went running and supplemented that with trips to the gym to do weight training. I found I got a lot better during the trip itself actually. At the start, I was tired and needed a rest after four hours, but by the end I found 1 could do ten hours in a row no trouble.’

Kevin had a budget of £7,000 to cover the whole expedition. The previous record had been set with a budget twice that size, while a recent unsuccessful attempt had cost £40,000. Budgets have to meet the cost of fuel, food and accommodation for the support team, as well as the windsurfer’s own equipment and expenses.

Previous contenders had been accompanied by a boat on which they slept at night, as well as a fleet of vehicles on land to carry their supplies. Kevin made do with an inflatable rubber boat and an old van manned by four friends who followed his progress. Overnight arrangements had to be found along the way. Apart from the odd occasion when they enjoyed the hospitality of friends, the team made use of the camping equipment carried in the van, and slept on the beach.

When asked if his athlete’s diet was a closely kept secret, Kevin replied that he ate a lot of pasta and relied on the odd tin of tuna to keep up his energy. ‘Basically, we had anything that was on special offer in the nearest supermarket,’ he confided.

Such a prolonged period of gruelling windsurfing made relaxation important, however, and for this, Kevin favoured the pub method. This also provided social opportunities. The people we met were really encouraging,’ he recalls. ‘They thought what we were doing was really great. It was hard work, but we had a lot of fun along the way.’

Kevin has been windsurfing since he was thirteen years old and is also a highly-ranked competitor at national level. ‘I don’t know where I’m ranked now,’ he says, ‘because I’ve missed a lot of important competitions this year. But what I did has more than made up for that and I’ll be doing my best to be up there amongst the winners once I get back into the competitive sport next season.’

Given his unique achievement this year, Kevin seems well-placed to take on the world’s top windsurfers.

А15

Kevin decided to try and break the record because

he enjoyed the challenge.
it had always been his ambition.
it was a way of making money.
he was invited to do it by others.

A16

Before making the trip, Kevin

spent a lot of time practising on water.
could already windsurf all day without a break.
had only a limited amount of time for training.
spent most of his time working out in a gym.

А17

А18

А19

Unlike earlier attempts at the record

Kevin had no support team.
Kevin used better equipment.
only one vehicle was used.
it took less time to organize.

Most of the time Kevin slept

on a boat. 3) in the van.
in a tent. 4) in friends’ houses.

Kevin says about his diet that

he didn’t keep to his plan.
variety was important.
certain foods were essential.
it was largely left to chance.

A20|

in paragraph 8 ‘gruelling’ means

extremely fast.
quite lonely.
highly uncomfortable.
very tiring.

А21

How does Kevin feel about regular windsurfing competitions?

They no longer interest him.
He’s sure he can do well in them.
He regrets missing them.
He has no plans to enter any.

По окончании выполнения заданий В2, ВЗ и А15—А21 НЕ ЗАБУДЬТЕ ПЕРЕНЕСТИ СВОИ ОТВЕТЫ В БЛАНК ОТВЕТОВ № 1! ОБРАТИТЕ ВНИМАНИЕ, что ответы на задания В2—ВЗ, А15-А21 располагаются в разных частях бланка.

РАЗДЕЛ 3. ГРАММАТИКА И ЛЕКСИКА

Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами В4—В10 так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному за-$анию из группы В4—В10.

Mountain Biking

watch- ENJOY
В4

В5

In the past people

ing TV or reading in their free time.

Nowadays people are more interested in

activities which take them DO

out of their homes.

B6 That’s why mountain biking

a very popular sport in recent years. It is one of the most rewarding ways to explore the countryside.

Cyclists must pay attention to the type of

path they are on. Some paths

for people who are on foot.

BECOME

DESIGN

So if you cycle along these paths, you

inconvenience to walkers. CAUSE

On any other path, you should still respect walkers.

Another thing which everyone

to do is closing gates behind you, so that farm animals cannot escape.

ASK

BIO

If the weather is fine, you will enjoy a wonderful day out, especially if you

to take some food and NOT FORGET

drinks with you.

Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами В11—В16, так чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы В11—В16.

Environmental Problems

Bll

В12

В13

ВЫ

В15

В16

More and more animals are fighting for

nowadays and it is not SURVIVE

only hunters who are to blame.

Thousands of fish die every year as a result

of the dumping of waste LEGAL

in rivers by factories all over Europe.

Investigations are often carried out to discov
er who is for these ecolo- RESPONSE

gical disasters.

However, even when the offenders are

found, the for this kind of PUNISH

behaviour is not as severe as it should be.

Factories will only reform once the public
to stop buying their prod-

ucts, and not before.

It is the only

serious problem.

Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами А22— А28. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям А22—А28, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Обведите номер выбранного вами варианта ответа.

The Benefits of Modern Technology

Modern technology has brought about enormous improvements in communications and yet many people are still very worried

А22|

using the latest computer technology. I am- often

surprised to meet people who still don’t know what the ‘e’ in e-mail

stands for and they are too

A23

to ask. They assume you

A24

have to be skilled
computers to send a message via

e-mail but in fact it is the simplest thing in the world.

It is also cheaper to send an e-mail message than to send an ordinary letter or a ‘snail’ message which also takes much longer. An

e-mail message is only A25 more expensive than a local

A26
telephone call to send; on top of the call itself you also have to pay a fee to your ‘server’. If you send a letter by

mail it

will take a couple of days to get there whereas an e-mail will not take longer than a few seconds.

Once you become

1A27 |

to using the system you will

it is than other

be amazed at how much more

[ A281

means of communication. Of course, before you have access to e-mail, you will need a fairly powerful computer, which can be quite expensive.

1) about 2) for 3) at 4) with as

1) embarrassing 2) embarrassed 3) tired 4) tiring

1) into 2) about 3) to 4) in

1) little 2) slightly 3) less 4) least

1) second-hand 2) low-paid 3) part-time 4) first-class

1) capable 2) accustomed 3) clever 4) good

A28

i) confident 2) certain 3) efficient 4) skilful

По окончании выполнения заданий В4—В16, A22—A2S НЕ ЗАБУДЬТЕ ПЕРЕНЕСТИ СВОИ ОТВЕТЫ В БЛАНК ОТВЕТОВ №1! ОБРАТИТЕ ВНИМАНИЕ, что ответы на задания В4-В16, АН-МИ располагаются в разных частях бланка. При переносе ответов в заданиях В4—В16 буквы записываются без пробелов и знаков препинания.

РАЗДЕЛ 4. ПИСЬМО

| С1 |

You have 20 minutes to do this task.

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Patricia who writes:

… All in all, my birthday party was great! However, one of my friends came to the party in casual clothes. Just jeans and a T-shirt! Of course I didn’t say anything but she felt a bit left out. I was really sorry for her! And what do you usually wear when you go to a birthday party? Is it important in Russia to wear smart clothes at parties? What would you do if you were me?

I’ve got to go now as I have loads of homework to do. Drop me a line when you can.

Write a letter to Patricia. In your letter

answer her questions
ask 3 questions about her birthday presents

Write 100—140 words.

Remember the rules of letter writing.

1 C2 1

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

Some people are sure that sending to prison is the only way to punish criminals. However, a lot of people believe there are far more effective punishments for criminals than prison.

What is your opinion? Which way of punishment do you find most appropriate?

Write 200—250 words.

Use the following plan:

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

Вариант 3

Источник

Раздел 1. АУДИРОВАНИЕ

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.

^Knowing^German^offers^you^more^career^{opportunities.}
^German^isn’t^as^difficult^as^you^may^think.
^You^can’t^learn^the^German^language^quickly.
^Writers,^philosophers^and^scientists^need^to^learn^German.
^I^learn^German^because^I’m^attracted^by^the^culture.
^Some^unique^academic^books^exist^onlyⁱⁿ^German.
^German^is^almost^an^impossible^language^to^learn.

Говорящий	A	B	C	D	E	F
Утверждение

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.

Greg studied in Russia for a year.
Mary wants Greg to give her some advice.
Mary still needs to get a visa to Russia.
Greg thinks Mary shouldn’t take cash.
Greg and Mary live in London.
Mary always tips waiters in restaurants.
Greg disliked Russian soups.

Утверждение	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Соответствие диалогу

Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Вы услышите запись дважды.

What do we learn about Maggie’s musical education?

^She^didn’t^have^a^special^music^talent.
^She^attended^a^musical^school^for⁹^years.
^She^didn’t^like^playing^the^piano^very^much.

Ответ:

Why did Maggie want to become an actress?

^This^profession^runsⁱⁿ^her^family.
^She^wanted^to^overcome^the^stage^fright.
^Acting^on^stage^felt^natural^to^her.

Ответ:

What does Maggie say about directors and directing?

^She^thinks^David^Lynch^is^the^best^director.
^She^feels^she^could^herself^direct^a^film^one^day.
^She^thinks^she^was^fortunate^to^work^with^many^talented^directors.

Ответ:

What does Maggie say is the most important thing for her about a film?

^The^story.
^The^screenplay.
^The^partners.

Ответ:

Maggie often plays mothers because…

^such^roles^provide^lots^of^{opportunities}^to^an^actress.
^people^like^herⁱⁿ^such^roles.
^she^is^a^future^mother^herself.

Ответ:

What does Maggie think of her appearance?

^She^thinks^she^should^take^care^of^the^way^she^looks^on^screen.
^She^thinks^her^looks^don’t^interfere^with^her^job.
^She^thinks^she’s^very^beautiful.

Ответ:

What does Maggie love about being an actress?

^Being^able^to^play^both^men^and^women.
^Being^able^to^express^complex^characters.
^Being^able^to^look^beautiful^on^screen.

Ответ:

По окончании выполнения заданий 1—9 не забудьте перенести свои ответы в БЛАНК ОТВЕТОВ № 1! Запишите ответ справа от номера соответствующего задания, начиная с первой клеточки. При переносе ответов в заданиях 1 и 2 цифры записываются без пробелов, запятых и других дополнительных символов. Каждую цифру пишите в отдельной клеточке в соответствии с приведёнными в бланке образцами.

Раздел 2. ЧТЕНИЕ

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

Struggle for Survival 5. Tourist Boom
Ancient Wonder 6. Agriculture Success
Great Beginning 7. Practical Invention
Important Event 8. Living Longer

Computers have already revolutionized the way we live and work. But it is early days for computers. We do not know how much they are still changing the world. Already, Internet users can buy things and study holiday offers. It’s much easier to edit and print documents using a PC. More computer wonders are yet to come.
Only a few years before men were walking on the moon, reputable scientists declared that it was impossible. But in 1969 Neil Armstrong stepped out of his space capsule and made his famous statement, ‘That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.’ However, progress in this area is slower now. Not as much money goes into re search as in the 1960s.
Surely nothing has done more for the comfort and happiness of mankind than the advance of medical knowledge! Lots of people have benefited from aspirin and lots of lives have been saved by penicillin. Surgeons can perform the most amazing operations. Average life expectancy in Europe has risen dramatically over the last hundred years.
In the past, a holiday used to mean simply a day when you did not work. Now milЦ lions of holidaymakers travel to all parts of the world. Perhaps, not all people like to see lots of tourists in their countries, but we must admit that a phenomenon which sees the population of Greece treble is a wonder of the world.
It is true that the Olympic Games are now commercialized and there is greed and drug abuse. However, it is a competition in which every country of the world takes part. Every four years, for a brief moment, we see these countries come together in peace and friendship. We see people from warring countries shake hands. We feel hope again for the future of mankind.
In 1724, Jonathan Swift wrote, ‘Whoever makes two blades of grass or two ears of corn grow where only one grew before serves mankind better than the whole race of polЦ iticians’. In Europe farmers have done it and we produce enough food to feed the world. If only politicians could find a way to share it with those parts of the world where there is still famine.
The greatest wonder of the modern world is simply that we are still here. We have bombs that could destroy the world but we try our best not to use them. Because of peoЦ ple’s effort no government dares to use such weapons. The year 2001 marked the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize, the most famous attempt to raise awareness of the issues of war and peace.

A	B	C	D	E	F	G

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

Hogmanay is a Scottish holiday that celebrates the New Year. Observed on December 31, festivities typically spill over into the first couple of days of January. In fact, there’s a tradition known as ‘firstfooting’, A . Of course, the guest must be dark haired and preferably male. Redheads and women aren’t nearly as lucky! This tradition stems from the time when a red— or blonde haired stranger was probably an invading Norseman. Gifts are given to guests, and one of the popular food items on the Hogmanay menu is the black bun, B .

In addition to national observance, many local areas have their own customs C . In the town of Burghead, Moray, an ancient tradition called ‘burning the clavie’ takes place each year on January, 11. The clavie is a big bonfire, fuelled primarily by split casks. One of these is joined back together with a big nail, filled with flammable material, and lit on fire. Flaming, it’s carried around the village and up to a Roman altar known to residents as the Douro. The bonfire is built around the clavie. When the burnt clavie crumbles, D .

In Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, the locals make giant balls of tar, paper and chicken wire. These are attached to several feet of chain or wire, and then set on fire. A designatЦ ed ‘swinger’ whirls the ball around his head and walks through the village streets to the local harbor. At the end of the festival, any balls still on fire are cast into the water, E !

The town of Biggar, Lanarkshire, celebrates with a big holiday bonfire. In the early 1940s, one or two locals complained about the size of the fire, and celebration organizers agreed to have a smaller fire. This was erected as promised, but before it was lit, the local

traditionalists trucked in cartload after cartload of coal and wood, making a giant pyre,

F !

The Presbyterian church disapproved of Hogmanay in the past, but the holiday still enjoys a great deal of popularity.

where they are able to follow national traditions
the locals each grab a lit piece to kindle a fire in their own hearth
which then burned for a whopping five days before running out of fuel
which is quite an impressive sight in the dark
when it comes to celebrating Hogmanay
in which the first person to cross a home’s threshold brings the residents good luck for the coming year
which is a really rich fruitcake

A	B	C	D	E	F

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I’ll a ﬁrst-class carriage of a train speeding Balkanward two Britons sat in friendly, ﬁtful converse. They had ﬁrst foregathered in the cold grey dawn at the frontier line, where the presiding eagle takes on an extra head and Teuton lands pass from Hohen- zollern to Habsburg. After a day’s break of their journey at Vienna the travellers had again foregathered at the train side and paid one another the compliment of settling in- stinctively into the same carriage. The elder of the two was a wine businessman. The oth- er was certainly a journalist. Neither man was talkative and each was grateful to the oth- er for not being talkative. That is why from time to time they talked.

One topic of conversation naturally thrust itself forward in front of all others. In Vienna the previous day they had learned of the mysterious vanishing of a world famous picture from the Louvre.

‘A dramatic disappearance of that sort is sure to produce a crop of imitations,’ said the Journalist.

‘I was thinking of the spiriting away of human beings rather than pictures. In particular I was thinking of the case of my aunt, Crispina Umberleigh.’

‘I remember hearing something of the affair,’ said the Journalist, ‘but I was away from England at the time. I never quite knew what was supposed to have happened.’

‘You may hear what really happened if you respect it as a confidence,’ said the Wine Merchant. ‘In the first place I may say that the disappearance of Mrs. Umberleigh was not regarded by the family entirely as bereavement. My uncle, Edward Umberleigh, was not by any means a weakЦkneed individual, in fact in the world of politics he had to be reckoned as a strong man, but he was unmistakably dominated by Crispina. Some people are born to command. Mrs. Umberleigh was born to legislate, codify, administrate, censor, license, ban, execute, and sit in judgement generally. From the kitchen regions upwards everyone in the household came under her despotic sway and stayed there with the submissiveness of molluscs involved in a glacial epoch. Her sons and daughters stood in mortal awe of her. Their studies, friendships, diet, amusements, religious observances, and way of doing their hair were all regulated and ordained according to the august lady’s will and pleasure. This will help you to understand the sensation of stupefaction which was caused in the family when she unobtrusively and inexplicably vanished. It was as though St. Paul’s Cathedral or the Piccadilly Hotel had disappeared in the night, leaving nothing but an

open space to mark where it had stood.

As far as it was known, nothing was troubling her; in fact there was much before her to make life particularly well worth living. The youngest boy had come back from school with an unsatisfactory report, and she was to have sat in judgement on him the very afternoon of the day she disappeared. Then she was in the middle of a newspaper correspondence with a rural dean in which she had already proved him guilty of heresy, inconsistency, and unworthy quibbling, and no ordinary consideration would have induced her

to discontinue the controversy. Of course the matter was put in the hands of the police, but as far as possible it was kept out of the papers, and the generally accepted explanaЦ tion of her withdrawal from her social circle was that she had gone into a nursing home.’

‘Couldn’t your uncle get hold of the least clue?’

‘As a matter of fact, he had received some information, though of course I did not know of it at the time. He got a message one day telling him that his wife had been kidnapped and smuggled out of the country; she was said to be hidden away, on one of the islands off the coast of Norway I think she was in comfortable surroundings and well cared for. And with the information came a demand for money; a lump sum of 2000 pounds was to be paid yearly. Failing this she would be immediately restored to her family.’

The Journalist was silent for a moment, and then began to laugh quietly.

‘It was certainly an inverted form of holding to ransom,’ he said. ‘Did your uncle succumb to it?’

‘Well, you see, for the family to have gone back into the Crispina thraldom after having tasted the delights of liberty would have been a tragedy, and there were even wider considerations to be taken into account. Since his bereavement he had unconsciously taken up a far bolder and more initiatory line in public affairs, and his popularity and influence had increased correspondingly. All this he knew would be jeopardised if he once more dropped into the social position of the husband of Mrs. Umberleigh. Of course, he had severe qualms of conscience about the arrangement. Later on, when he took me into his confidence, he told me that in paying the ransom he was partly influenced by the fear that if he refused it, the kidnappers might have vented their rage and disappointment on their captive. It was better, he said, to think of her being well cared for as a highly valued paying guest on one of the Lofoden Islands than to have her struggling miserably home in a maimed and mutilated condition. Anyway he paid the yearly instalment as punctually as one pays fire insurance. And then, after a disappearance of more than eight years, Crispina returned with dramatic suddenness to the home she had left so mysteriously.’

‘She had given her captors the slip?’

‘She had never been captured. Her wandering away had been caused by a sudden and complete loss of memory. She usually dressed rather in the style of a superior kind of charwoman, and it was not so very surprising that she should have imagined that she was one. She had wandered as far afield as Birmingham, and found fairly steady employment there, her energy and enthusiasm in putting people’s rooms in order counter balancing her obstinate and domineering characteristics. It was the shock of being paЦ tronisingly addressed as ‘my good woman’ by a curate who was disputing with her where the stove should be placed in a parish concert hall that led to the sudden restoration of her memory.’

‘But,’ exclaimed the Journalist, ‘the Lofoden Island people! Who had they got hold of?’ ‘A purely mythical prisoner. It was an attempt in the first place by someone who knew something of the domestic situation to bluff a lump sum out of Edward Umberleigh

before the missing woman turned up. Here is Belgrad and another custom house.’

(Adapted from ‘The Disappearance Of Crispina Umberleigh’

by H. H. Munro)

The two Britons in a first class carriage were

1) fellow travellers. 2) friends. 3) colleagues. 4) acquaintances. Ответ: .

When Mrs. Umberleigh disappeared, all the family

felt a sense of loss. 3) were extremely surprised.
regarded it entirely as bereavement. 4) suffered a lot. Ответ: .

The narrator considered Mrs. Umberleigh to be

sympathetic. 3) kind to her relatives.
domineering. 4) the heart of the family. Ответ: .

On the day of her disappearance, Mrs. Umberleigh

wrote a letter to a rural dean. 3) spent the afternoon with her son.
went to a nursing home. 4) sent for the police. Ответ: .

Mrs. Umberleigh’s husband paid 2000 pounds yearly mainly because

he was afraid that the kidnappers would do harm to his wife.
he wanted his wife to be well cared for.
he did not want to put at risk his political career.
he believed she would be happy on one of the Lofoden Islands. Ответ: .

Mrs. Umberleigh disappeared because

she went abroad. 3) she was kidnapped.
she went into a nursing home. 4) she had a sudden loss of memory. Ответ: .

During her absence Mrs. Umberleigh

worked for charity. 3) cleaned people’s houses.
lived happily. 4) assisted a curate. Ответ: .

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Раздел 3. ГРАММАТИКА И ЛЕКСИКА

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Cigarette Warning Labels — Do They Work?

Warning labels

in the late 1960’s with a minor note say ing ‘Smoking can be hazardous to health’. It was only the 1970’s that confirmed: smoking could kill.

Smoking is a habit that people are not ready to quit even when they are dying. This is because cigarette smoking leads to a rapid addiction for

ADOPT

nicotine and is even than alcohol. ADDICTIVE

A person who to smoke knows that he is entering a dark road.

So, if his

experience is not good he may read the warning label on the cigarette box and decide to not smoke again.

However, if smoking is a habit, a smoker

about the side effects of smoking.

Although he knows that smoking is injurious, he thinks that it

him very soon. So he ignores the warning labels and conЦ tinues smoking.

As a rule heavy smokers don’t really care about themselves, because if

JUST START ONE

NOT CARE NOT HARM

they , they would not be smoking in the first place. DO

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The Internet — a Blessing or a Curse?

We live in the age of information technology and the Internet is a

unique , which has influenced all areas of our lives. INVENT

Yet some people are about the importance of the Web. Is it a blessing or a curse?

On the one hand, with the Internet, it is now possible to communicate

CERTAIN

with people all over the world. EASY

In addition, the Internet is very useful, because it makes the world of

facts and knowledge to everyone. ACCESS

However, a huge amount of information on the Internet is also one of its

. This diversity makes it difficult to find the type of inforЦ mation you want.

Moreover, the Internet can become

for our society, because of cybercriminals. The information wars of the future may be fought on Web sites.

WEAK DANGER

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Squirrel

It was when Squirrel Nutkin appeared at the October Board meeting that Mr. Ramsay began to 32 his reputation for eccentricity. And that’s putting it 33 . To be fair, there were people who said at the time that there was nothing wrong in wearing a glove puppet to a Board meeting. However, there were more who disagreed, and several who thought that Mr. Ramsay was off his chump. The matter was hotly disputed in the company’s offices, on the shop floor and in the canteen.

It happened during Mr. Giles’s monthly overlong summary of the company’s financial position. Two factors were making the prospects for Ramsay & Co look bleak.

The first of these factors spoke for itself. There were simply fewer items of hosiery being sold. Whether this was due to the long hot summer combined with the undoubted increase 34 the uptake of feminine trousers, or it was a sign of continued recession was not for him to say. Ramsay & Co simply had to 35 the facts, whether they liked them or not, and accept what the market was telling them. Reality didn’t always turn 36 the way people wanted it to.

The second factor, however, was where they could do something about. Ramsay & Co’s costs were inordinately high compared to those of its competitors, who had been cutting back on staff over the last five years, reducing their workforce to one fifth of its previous level. It was high 37 that Ramsay & Co got itself into a similar position.

None of the Board members was surprised at what Mr. Giles had to say. He had, after all, said it all before, many times, over the past several months. Mr. Ramsay had, until now, always stubbornly resisted him. This time, though, what happened was different from all the previous occasions. Mr. Ramsay had never before produced a glove puppet from underneath the table. He had never had a squirrel sitting on his left hand during a presentation.

The only two pairs of eyes in the room focused on Mr. Giles during his summation of the company’s position were those of Mr. Ramsay and the squirrel, both of whom were shaking their heads very slightly. The other Board members were sitting shocked with their mouths wide open and were 38 at the puppet.

1) acquire 2) enquire 3) inquire 4) require Ответ:

1) mild 2) milder 3) mildest 4) mildly Ответ:

1) at 2) in 3) of 4) to Ответ:

1) comment 2) cope 3) deal 4) face Ответ:

1) in 2) on 3) out 4) up Ответ:

1) price 2) moment 3) time 4) way Ответ:

1) watching 2) staring 3) seeing 4) observing Ответ:

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Проверьте, чтобы каждый ответ был записан рядом с номером соответствующего задания.

Раздел 4. ПИСЬМО

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You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Adam who writes:

…As for me, I’m crazy about chess. This is a wonderful game and it makes my brain work. What sports games do you play, if any? What kind of things do you and your friends like doing after classes? Do you take part in any after-school activities? Why?

Guess what! I found a homeless puppy the other day and my parents let me have it …

Write back to Adam. In your letter

answer his questions
ask 3 questions about his puppy

Write 100 — 140 words.

Remember the rules of letter writing.

Comment on the following statement.

Exams are a fair way of testing students.

What is your opinion? Do you agree or disagree 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

Источник

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A. Necessary Components

B. Important Conclusion

C. Useful Advice

D. Significant Difference

E. Health Risks

F. Moderation Is the Key!

G. Diet and Exercise

H. Benefits of Good Nutrition

I. Developing healthy eating habits is simpler and easier than you might think. You will look and feel better if you make a habit of eating healthfully. You will have more energy and your immune system will be stronger. When you eat a diet rich in fruits and vegetables you are lowering your risk of heart disease, cancers and many other serious health ailments. Healthy eating habits are your ticket to a healthier body and mind.

J. A Four-week clinical trial that tested the new regimen found that overweight adults who consumed a high-protein, entirely vegan diet were able to lose about the same amount

Of weight as a comparison group of dieters on a high-carbo — hydrate, low-fat vegetarian dairy diet. But while those on the high-carbohydrate dairy diet experienced drops of 12 percent in their cholesterol, those on the high-protein vegan diet saw cholesterol reductions of 20 percent.

K. ‘The idea preyed on me for a long time. If the Atkins Diet looks good, and it’s got so much saturated fat and cholesterol in it, suppose we took that out and put vegetarian protein sources in, which may lower cholesterol,’ Dr. Jenkins said. ‘We know that nuts lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease, and soy is eaten in the Far East, where they don’t get much heart disease. So we put these foods together as protein and fat sources.’

L. The first official warning about the dangers of the Atkins diet was issued by the government amid concern about the rising number of people opting for the high-fat, high-protein diet. Cutting out starchy foods can be bad for your health because you could be missing out on a range of nutrients. Low — Carbohydrate diets tend to be high in fat, and this could increase your chances of developing coronary heart disease.

S. Earlier this year, a large study that compared different kinds of diets — including low-fat and Iow-Carbohydrate plans — found that the method didn’t matter as long as people cut calories. That study also found that after two years, most people had regained at least some of the weight they had lost. Dr. Tuttle said that while different weight loss plans offer people different ‘tricks’ and strategies, ultimately, ‘It really comes down to calories in and calories out.’

T. When you think about nutrition, be aware of serving sizes. Many people will eat everything on their plate, regardless of how hungry they actually are. If you know you tend to clean your plate, make an effort to reduce your serving size. If you’re eating out or dining at a friend’s house, don’t be shy about asking for smaller portion sizes. Too much of any one food is a bad thing. There are no bad foods, just bad eating habits.

U. Your body has to stay well hydrated to perform at its best and to properly process all the nutrients in the food you eat. Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day. You may need even more water if you are in a hot environment or if you are exercising. If you are trying to lose weight, add plenty of ice to each glass of water. Your body will bum energy to warm the water up to body temperature.

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Задание 1.17

A. Staying in Contact

B. Internet Security

C. Digital Divide

D. Obvious Benefits

E. Floating City

F. Contrary to Popular Belief

G. Unknown Sailor

H. Varied Community

I. When the Oasis of the Seas sets sail later this year, it will claim the record for the biggest passenger ship, with space for 6,300 passengers, 2,000 more than any other ship. But it will also claim the most rooms with balconies, the biggest onboard swimming pool, and the first at-sea, tree-filled, outdoor park. Those features were possible because of the ship’s unique design.

J. More and more people are getting broadband, and high speed net is available almost everywhere, but there are still a significant number of people who refuse to take the first step. As the cost of getting online is going down and Internet speeds are increasing, the gap between those who use the Internet and those without access continues to widen. That means these people will get left behind and miss out on many opportunities, especially in their careers.

K. There are more than 40 research projects being carried out at Davis Station in Antarctica. It is home to physicists, biologists, weather observers, mechanics, communication technicians, electricians, carpenters, plumbers, a doctor and A chef. There is also a station leader whose job is to keep everyone happy and productive and to look after all the paperwork. They have good food, comfortable buildings, telephone, entertainment, the internet, but for many months at a time no chance ofleaving.

L. The term ‘bird brain* has long been a common means of expressing doubts about a person’s intelligence. In reality, birds may actually be a great deal, more intelligent than humans have given them credit for. Now scientists understand that birds actually use a different part of their brain for intelligence. Observations of different Species af birds, both in the wild and in captivity, have shown a great deal of evidence of high Ievek of avian intelligence.

S. Today cyber cafds are part of the cultural scene in the same way that cinemas and supermarkets are. Home computers are no good if you are out and about or happen to be on holiday somewhere. The cyber cafd is the obvious place to go if you want to keep in touch with friends and family. These cafds are also popular with foreign students studying abroad. These students feel it’s important to keep in touch with everyone At home and e-mail is cheaper than the telephone. —

T. When computers and the Internet entered the world of education, it has truly experienced a profound revolution. The information found on books remains static but the available information on the Internet is updated all the time. Plus, children are very much drawn to electronic. gadgets and are learning the medium at a pretty fast pace. The use of computers in addition to books as a learning resource definitely boosts learning»

U. Ellen MacArthur became front page news when, in 2001, she came second in the Vendee Globe round-the-world yacht race, Up until that point most people had never heard of her, even though at one stage during^ the race it looked as if she might win. EUen MacAtthur spent three months at sea on her own and succeeded where many others, far older and more experienced, had failed.

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Задаяне 1.18

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A. Health Probtem

В; Significant Difference

C1FasltionsteFood

-~ D. New Weapon

1. The Price of Success

2. Holiday Regalatioes

3. Strong Competitor

4. Psychological Barrier

5. Nowadays, potatoes are the ‘in’ thing so fax ’as health is concerned. In the 60s and 70s wc were told to avoid them at all costs for fear of getting fat, but now they have been reinvented by the dieticians as a source of fibre and vitamins. Sensible people, like you and me, have always eaten them because they taste so good.

6. Organizing a holiday isn’t the easiest task in the world; there are so many things to think about. Let’s keep it simple’ by assuming that there’s no overseas travel to arrange. That doesn’t mean that you can also forget about injections and other health precautions entirely. What about sun blocker? What about regular medication prescribed by your doctor? My point, quite frankly, is that planning a holiday can be a real pain although a well-planned holiday can more titan reward the pains you go to before you’set out.

7. Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro have the US market for anti-virus software sewed up between them. But here comes Russia’s Kasperskyr Lab trying to gain a foothold. The Moscow-based company opened a sales office outside of Boston in February and has signed up about 40 resellers. Kaspersky reacts quicker than the giants to new viruses and other forms of malware, and gets fixes out fast.

8. Sitting in the office armchairs all-day long has become the norm for many of us. Stress and rush make us forget about regular food and stuff our stomachs with cheesebur-

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Gers and sodas, which don’t do any good to our bodies. As a result, we rarely find time for exercises, gyms or balanced nutrition and it’s one of the reasons why a lot of people are overweight nowadays. However, it is possible to change your lifestyle and lose your weight if you are willing to.

9. The Internet is a very effective medium for spreading ideas or news. It eliminates geographical boundaries, and Greenpeace is aware of it, and benefits from it. For instance, in 1995, Greenpeace utilised its site to publicise a route that the French use to send nuclear shipments to Japan. They also included the fax number of the French Embassy and of the newspaper Le Monde so that letters of protest could be sent.

10. The biggest problem most people face in learning a new language is their own fear, like Stage Fear. They worry that they won’t say things correctly or that they will look stupid so they don’t talk at all. Don’t do this. Actually, the fastest way to Ieam anything is to do it — again and again until you get it right. Like anything, learning English requires practice. Don’t let your fear stop you from getting what you want.

11.

Fuel cells are similar to a battery except unlike batteries, they don’t need to be recharged. Fuel causes air pollution and noise, while fuel cells do not cause either. Fuel cells don’t cause pollution because they don’t create waste like fuel. Fuel cells are also very efficient, so efficient that fuel cells have been providing energy on spacecrafts for a very long time.

A. Circles on the Water

B. Ancient Ancestor

C. Different Explanations

D. Unexpected Invention

36 I

1. Sohitioa to Ae Problem

2. Hidden Menace

3. Artificial Eye —

4. Signfficaat Beaefits

5. Chocolate chip cookies were actually a mistake! One day in 1903, Ruth WakefieM, while baking a batch of cookies, noticed she was out of bakers’ chocolate! As a substitute she broke some semi-sweetened chocolate into small pieces and put them in the dough. She thought that the chocolate would melt in the dough and the dough would absorb it. When she opened up the oven, she realized she had invented the tasty treat called chocolate chip cookies!

6. Computers originally began as calculators. The first calculator was madeby Blaise Pascal. It only had eight buttons, and it could only do addition and subtraction. There was a set of wheels, and all of the wheels had the numbers zero through nine on them. The wheels were connected by gears and each turn of one wheel wouM turn the next wheel one-tenth of a turn. This machine Was completed in 1642 when Blaise was twenty-one years old.

7. A helicopter has a big advantage over an airplane, especially when people might be trapped in’a tight place like on a mountain, where there is not much space to land, or Од the water. They are also used for rescuing people from burning buildings or from trees when there are floods. Without the helicopter as a rescue vehicle, many people would lose their lives because the rescuers would be unable to reach them if they were in a difficult area.

8. Cars have always caused air pollution. In the past, there was. a lot more air pollution created by cars than there is today. In die future, there will probably be even less. Two good ways fof pursuing the dream of less air pollution are cars that run on solar energy and cars that run on fuel cells. Solar energy and fuel cells don’t cause pollution because they do not give off any exhaust.

9. Reporter: Rob Spence is planning to have a camera embedded in his eye socket and become a tbionic reporter’. Spence, who lost one of his eyes when he was young, says he has a prototype in development and that one day the Replacement of even healthy eyes with bionic ones may become commonplace. ‘It seems shocking now, but it will become more and more normal,’ he said.

10. Crop circles have been appearing in fields all over the world for the past 30 years. There have been suggestions that they are made by flying saucers landing and flattening the crops, or even that they are messages left by visiting aliens. Others think they are created by microwave beams from satellites orbiting the Earth. Other more rational suggestions are that crop circles are man-made hoaxes, attempting to convince the public of extra-terrestrial life on Earth.

11. The Egyptian Pyramids have always been surrounded by mystery. When Egyptologists began to open the tombs of the pharaohs, rumours abounded that anyone who raided them would be cursed. Many think a curse was to blame for the death of Lx>rd Carnarvon, who funded the expedition to open King Tutankhamen’s tomb in 1923. He died of pneumonia after being bitten by a mosquito a few weeks after the tomb was opened.

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Задание 1.20

A. Unsolved Mystery

B. Meteorological Phenomenon

C. Curious Conclusion

D. Group Builders

E. Clever Camouflage

F. Friendly but Dangerous

G. Animal Diseases

H. Feeding to Death

1. Tree squirrels are quite used to humans and many will come close to people hoping they will be fed. However, squirrels deserve our respectful distance. They have very Shaιp teeth ‘and sharp claws and defend themselves by biting and scratching if they, are startled. However, they are fun to observe. So treat them with gentle respect… and they can be wonderful ‘wild friends’.

2. Elephants display ‘right-handedness’, not in their limbs, but in the tusks. Close examination of an elephant’s tusks will reveal that one tusk has a blunter tip and is thicker than its less favoured counterpart. The reason for this difference is that in their natural habitat elephants use their tusks for gathering food, and digging for water. Conseciuently the tusk on their favourite side becomes more developed, but blunter, √

3. In October 1987, an attempt to find a famous Loch Ness monster was made with 20 cruisers that swept the loch using sonar equipment, electronically recording all contacts. While the cruisers caught enough salmon to feed an army, there was no sign of Nessie. Most scientists would bet that there is no monster, yet they do seem to hedge themselves and keep an open mind as they await conclusive proof in the form of skeletal evidence or the capture of the monster.

4. Birds used for the production of Foie Gras are trapped in tiny cages, where they hardly have any place to move or flap their wings. Miechanized feeders come at regular intervals to feed them and metal pipes are forced’ down their gullets several times a day. The over-fed birds have difficulty breathing and acquire a range of diseases. Once these birds have reached a point of near-death, they are. slaughtered, and their livers end up in restaurants! :

5. Animals adapt over time to their environments, some so much so that they begin to look Uke their Surroundings — a helpful evolutionary advantage in the face of potential predators (or while stalking prey). There are octσpi that blend in perfectly with sandy ocean floors, insects that Iook just like leaves and fish that resemble oceanic plants. There is even an octopus that can mimic nearly twenty other oceanic species to scare off.

6. Humans work together all the time to build incredible structures we could never have dreamed up, let alone construct, on our own — but some animal architecture is arguably even more impressive. There is a spider web built by a

Variety of species working together that spans much of a public park, an ant colony that extendsfor thousands of miles and birds nests built by entire flocks living together Underonethatchedroof,

7. Raining animals … it sounds ridiculous, right? Nonetheless, it happens — although rarely. Fisħ> frogs and birds are the most common forms of animal rain. Sometimes the creatures land relatively unscathed but in other cases they are frozen or shredded to pieces. Theories vary in their details but generally, it is assumed, that certain kinds of strong winds lift up the animals with a volume of water (fish and frogs from ponds, for example) or sweep them out of the sky in the case of buds and then deposit them, often right before a major storm.

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A. Behind the Wbed

B. PessinBstic Predictioas

C. IatelIigent House

D. New Possibilities for Business..

E. Permanent People

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1. Easy Shopping

2. Futnre Entertainment

3. The smart fridge will be connected to the Internet as part of a home network that runs your domestic life, interacting with the barcodes on your food, and re-ordering them online as you Use them. Virtually all domestic appliances will be linked by computer, so that the fridge can communicate with the cooker and rubbish bin, coordinating complex tasks SuchascookingameaL,

4. Children of the future will never be able to complain that there’s no one to play with. Equipped with virtual reality headsets, they will be taking part in global games, for example, in medieval jousting tournaments. Their opponents, selected by the computer, will probably live on the other side of the world.

5. Caris of the future will take much of the strain out of driving. The intelligent navigation system will be able to choose the best route for you by monitoring an online traffic database for hold-ups, while. the cruise control keeps a constant distance from the car in front. And if you exceed the speed limit, the speedometer will give apolitewarningto you.

6. Holographic conferencing and virtual reality meetings will allow people to interact with colleagues and clients via computer, without needing to leave the comfort of their own homes. This will also mean that a lot more people will either work freelance from home, or on flexible short-term contracts. The old concept ‘jobs for life’ will be a thing of the past.

7. In the future it will become harder to tell the difference between the human and the machine. All body parts will be replaceable. A computer will function like the human brain with the ability to recognize feelings and respond in a feeling way. We will then be able to create a machine duplicate of ourselves and transfer our spirit so we will be able to live for as long as we want.

8. There will be great changes to the environment particularly because of the rising sea levels. Global wanning is expected to cause oceans to rise by one meter, which will increase the risk of flooding. It will happen regardless of any future actions to curb greenhouse gases. Projected climate change will also tend to degrade water quality through higher water temperatures.’

9. We will not rely so much on cash as we do now. .It will mainly be digital money, the inevitable medium Of exchange for an increasingly wired world. We will no longer need to carry a wad of bills or fumble for exact change. Supermarkets will have iris recognition systems so the money for. our groceries will automatically be transferred from our bank accounts as we’re standing at the checkout.

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A. Struggle for Survival

B. Ancient Wonder

C. Great Beginning

D. Important Event

E. Tourist Boom

F. Agriculture Success

G. Practical Invention

H. Living Longer

I. Computers have already revolutionized the way we live and work. But it is early days for computers. We do not know how much they are still changing the world. Already, Internet users can buy things and study holiday offers. It’s much easier to edit and print documents using a PC. More computer wonders are yet to come.

J. Only a few years before men were walking on the moon, reputable scientists declared that it was impossible. But in 1969 Neii Armstrong stepped out of his space capsule and made his famous statement, ‘That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.’ However, progress in this area is slower now. Not as much money goes into research as in the 1960s.

K. Surely nothing has done more for the comfort and happiness of mankind than the advance of medical knowledge! Lots of people have benefited from the aspirin and lots of lives have been saved by penicillin. Suigeons can perform the most amazing operations. Average life expectancy in Europe has risen dramatically over the last hundred years.

L. In the past, a holiday used to mean simply a day when you did not work. Now millions of holidaymakers travel to all parts of the world. Perhaps, not all people like to see lots of tourists in their countries, but we must admit that a phenomenon which sees the population of Greece treble is a wonder of the world.

S. It is true that the Olympic Games are now commercialized and there is greed and drug abuse. However, it is a competition in which every country of the world takes part. Every four years, for a brief moment, we see these countries come together in peace and friendship. We see people from warring countries shake hands. We feel hope again for the future of mankind.

T. In 1724, Jonathan Swift wrote, ‘Whoever makes two blades of grass or two ears of com grow where only one grew before serves mankind better than the whole race of politicians.’ In Europe farmers have done it andwe produce enough food to feed the world. Ifonly politicians could find a way to share it with those parts of the world where there is still famine.

U. The greatest wonder of the modem world is simply that we are still here. We have bombs that could destroy the world but we try our best not to use them. Because of people’s effort no government dares to use such weapons. The year 2001 marked the IOOth anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize, the most famous attempt to raise awareness of the issues of war and peace.

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A. Future Rescuers

B. Origiu Of the Superstitiou

C. Rfcky Sport

D. OMest Creatures «

E. Discredited Myth

F. Distress Call

G. Visible Obstacle

H. Significant Difference

1. ‘When men first flew in space, they were amazed to discover that the only men-made object visible from orbit was the Great Wall of China.’ This is a nice idea, but it’s not true. The Great Wall is mostly grey stone in a grey landscape and, in fact, is very difficult to see even from an aeroplane flying at a mere 15 kilometres above. What can be seen when orbiting the earth are the fires of African desert people and the lights of fishing boats off Japan.

2. The term ‘Mayday’ is an internationally recognized radio signal which is only used when a ship is in great danger and needs help immediately. The signal is transmitted on a wavelength of 2.182 kHz, which is permanently monitored by rescue services on the shore. The use of this expression has a very straightforward explanation. It came from the French phrase ‘m’aidez’, which means ‘help me’.

3. In 1700, Henri Misson, a Frenchman visiting Britain, asked villagers why they had horseshoes nailed above their doors. They said it was to keep witches away. Horseshoes are made of iron and the strength of the iron was thought to protect from evil. Still today they are thought to bring good luck and many brides carry silver ones at their weddings. The position of the horseshoe is very important. It must point upwards like a cup so that the luck cannot fall out.

4. Women generally live about six years longer than men. Evidence suggests that boys are the weaker sex at birth, which means that more die in infancy. Also women do not have as much heart disease as men. In terms of lifestyle, men smoke more than women and thus more die of smoking-related diseases. Also, they generally have more dangerous occupations, such as building work.

5. Scientists say that rats can help look for earthquake survivors buried in the ruined buildings. Dogs are already used to search for people, but rats can be even more useful. Like dogs they’ve got a great sense of smell, but scientists still need to train rats to sniff out people and to carry special radio transmitters to let them know when the survivor is found. Rats may also be trained to find bombs or explosives.

6. Dinosaurs roared for about 150 million years before they disappeared. We humans have only been around for about 2 million years. But cockroaches are 350 million years old And still going strong! Cockroacties can survive in extreme conditions. They can be frozen, then thawed, and walk away as if nothing had happened. They can go for incredibly k>nβ time without eating anything. And that is the secret Oftheirsuccesst

7. Founded in 1980, BASE jumping grew out of skydiving. But BASE jumping is much more dangerous titan skydiving that is why it is banned in many countries. Legal jumps now happen on specific days and from approved structures. However, like other extreme sports, it’s the risk Of disaster that’ makes BASE jumping so exciting.

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A Exotic Ptts

8. Going Back to Tinre

9. SmaH Screes Addiction

10. Body Language

11. Massive Destntctioa

12. Buried Treasure

13. Reasoa For Extinction

14. IateOigent Eaemies

Would have led to strongly acidic tain tailing all over the world. Ibis idea is fascinating but it would mean the dinosaurs would all have died within a very short time.

3. In 1948, a British farmer discovered an interesting lump of metal while ploughing his field. At first he thought the metal bits were parts of an old bed. Then more ‘parts of old beds’ turned up and the farmer took them to the local museum. ‘But these bits are priceless!’ exclaimed the keeper of the museum. ‘They are Iron Age jewellery and coins!’ Over the next 40 years, more and more Itemswere found in the same field.

4. Rats may have had a bit of a hard time over the years but these days lots of people are forgetting about guinea-pigs and hamsters and are buying rats instead. Domestic rats aren’t the same as the ones that run around rubbish bins — they’re actually quite cute. Thfcy are very intelligent and can be trained like dogs. They come in different colours and — a big bonus — they will eat anything!. ■

5. In Western cultures, people look each other in the eye during a ConyersatitHi to show interest and trust, but in many Asaan countries^ it’s rude to look people in die eye, especially a superior such as a teacher, One of die most basic and powerful signals is when a person crosses his or her arms across the chest. Thia can indicate’that a person is putting up an UnconsciousbarrierbetweenthemaeIvesandothers.

4. Earthquakes happen all the time in all parts of the world but we don’t notice most of them because they are small However, big earthquakes are really dangerous. They can make buildings fell down, set off landslides and do other deadly things. The highest death toll caused by an earthquake was in China in 1556, when at least 830,000 people died.

7. According to scientists, Americans watch more TV on average than any other nationality. In fact, many people, particularly children, sit for 35 hours or more per week glued to die box. What’s wrong with watching all that TV? Studies have finked it to everything from obesity to aggression in children not to mention that it puts your mind into a sort of sedated state. Habitual television watching, over long periods of time, has been known to cause depression, and anger.

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A. Space Research

B. A Touch of Magkr

C. Great Expectations

D. M-Learniug RevoIotioa

E. Wey Birds

F. ViaMe Alternative

G. OW Custom : HZAttractiveDestinatfoa

1. The Hebrides, a group of islands off the Scottish coast, offers tourists a diversity of wildlife and scenery with few equals in the UK. And in the waters around them you can find not only dolphins but whales and the mighty sea eagle as well. In places it is possible to see such marine animals from the shore, but to have the best views you need to be on a boat

2. Mostly it’s about hot air — for without that, balloons are just big empty bags with baskets on the bottom. The Montgolfier brothers had great hopes when they made the first manned fright. They thought balloons Would take off as a viable means of commercial flight. Instead, they have remained the province of sport, adventure and enjoyment. Yet they still retain the essential characteristics which make them so attractive.

3. Many people still think that to. get the chance to go to space you have got to tty to become an astronaut Unfortunately, the Chances of succeeding are tiny, simply because there are so few astronauts and there is no prospect of a lot more being employed. However, you need not despair because you will be able to go as a visitor. But the first thing you should do is to save up because the demand is expected to be strong and prices wfll be high.

4. The natural cautiousness is usual in. herons. They prefer to spend the day in areas where they can hunt for fish in peace. They seldom allow close approach and are quick to Take to the air when they sense humans are about. Such nervousness is understandable, given that they have suffered from persecution from fish farmers.

5. Crop circles are large circular patterns which have been turning up mysteriously in cornfields all over southern England, and in other parts of the world, since the 1980s. Many people believe they could not have been done by human beings — they say only visitors from outer space could have created such circles. Although scientists are trying to solve this mystery, the scientific explanation has not been found yet.

6. Teachers are used to asking students to turn off their mobile phones but soon they could be a major classroom aid for teaching and learning. Three schools in the Richmond area are taking part in an innovative project in which students will use their mobile phones. Students can use the phones to get access to learning materials as more phones nowadays have links to the Internet.

7. Every year, large crowds of people gather at Cooper’s Hill to watch the Cheese Rolling Championship. A group of brave people roll a Iaige cheese down the hill, and then run down after it. In theory, competitors must catch the cheese, but as it can reach speeds up to 70 miles an hour, this rarely happens. Cheese Rolling has been going on for hundreds of years and nobody knows for sure when it first started.

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