ВАРИАНТ 8 - ПИСЬМЕННАЯ ЧАСТЬ

Раздел 1. ЗАДАНИЯ ПО АУДИРОВАНИЮ

1. Вы два раза услышите четыре коротких диалога, обозначенных буквами А, В, С и D. Установите соответствие между диалогами и местами, где они происходят: к каждому диалогу подберите соответствующее место действия, обозначенное цифрами. Используйте каждое место действия из списка 1-5 только один раз. В задании есть одно лишнее место действия.

1. At home.

2. At the police station.

3. In the street.

4. In a cafe.

5. At the dentist.

Запишите в таблицу выбранные цифры под соответствующими буквами.

Ответ:

Диалог	А	В	С	D
Место действия

2. Вы два раза услышите пять высказываний, обозначенных буквами А, В, С, D, Е. Установите соответствие между высказываниями и утверждениями из следующего списка: к каждому высказыванию подберите соответствующее утверждение, обозначенное цифрами. Используйте каждое утверждение из списка 1-6 только один раз. В задании есть одно лишнее утверждение.

1. The speaker shares his experience of staying calm.

2. The speaker talks about his way of staying energetic.

3. The speaker admits that there is something besides sport.

4. The speaker mentions the social importance of sport competitions.

5. The speaker talks about his sports victories.

6. The speaker admits that regular training can be a good motivation.

Запишите в таблицу выбранные цифры под соответствующими буквами.

Ответ:

Говорящий	А	В	С	D	Е
Утверждение

Вы услышите разговор двух подростков. В заданиях 3—8 в поле ответа запишите одну цифру, которая соответствует номеру правильного ответа. Вы услышите запись дважды.

3. What colour is the hall?

1) Orange.

2) Blue.

3) Pink.

Ответ:___________ .

4. Why did Nancy paint the living room blue?

1) Because the room is often too sunny.

2) Because the room is very light.

3) Because the room is very small.

Ответ:___________ .

5. How did Nancy get prepared for redecoration work?

1) She attended courses.

2) She got professional advice.

3) She used advice given in magazines.

Ответ:___________ .

6. Nancy painted the rooms

1) upstairs.

2) both upstairs and downstairs.

3) downstairs.

Ответ:______________ .

7. How did Nancy choose the color for her bedroom?

1) She wanted it to be the same.

2) She wanted it to match the new floor.

3) She wanted it to match the furniture.

Ответ:______________ .

8. Bob likes the kitchen because

1) it has a new wooden floor.

2) it looks larger.

3) it looks stylish.

Ответ:______________ .

По окончании выполнения заданий 1—8 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. ЗАДАНИЯ ПО ЧТЕНИЮ

9. Прочитайте тексты и установите соответствие между текстами и их заголовками: к каждому тексту, обозначенному буквами А-G, подберите соответствующий заголовок, обозначенный цифрами. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании есть один лишний заголовок.

1. Difficult to group

2. Modern information

3. All living things’ protection

4. Comfortable condition

5. The living planet

6. The air

7. Useful gases

8. The hidden picture

A. Like other planets the Earth moves around the sun. But the Earth is different from all the other planets in our solar system. It’s well known that life exists only on the earth. The surface of our planet in which organisms can live is called ‘the Biosphere’. The biosphere includes all the places where life exists: sky, sea and land. The soil on which plants grow and the oxygen we breathe are produced by living things. The biosphere extends vertically to a height of ten thousand meters. In the opposite direction it extends to five thousand meters into the oceans and several hundred meters below the land surface. The biosphere depends on the sun directly or indirectly.

B. Different cultures imagine different shapes when they look at the same group of stars. They see simple objects, animals or people. The ancient Greeks often named constellations after the great heroes of Greek mythology, the Japanese after their samurai warriors. One of the best-known small group of stars are seven bright stars seen from the northern part of the world. They form a part of the constellation the Great Bear. But the British named them the Plough. The Americans saw a large spoon with a long handle so they called it the Big Dipper. The Arabs saw a very sad picture: a coffin and three mourners. The Aztecs saw a god. Although a constellation may form a picture, to modern astronomers it is just a group of balls of burning gas.

C. It is easy to tell the difference between a tree and a dog, but it’s not so easy to tell the difference between all plants and animals living on the Earth. You might say that animals have eyes and ears, while plants do not. Plants certainly do not have such sense organs, but there are also many animals without them, for instance earthworms. Unlike green plants animals can’t make their own food. Because of their need to find food, they develop ways of moving around and responding to their surroundings. Some microscopic living things can make their own food in the same way that plants do, but also take in ready-made food like animals.

D. The Earth’s atmosphere consists of different gases. This is what the living things breathe to live. The atmosphere extends to a few hundred miles above the surface of the Earth. It includes water vapor and the gases nitrogen (77%) and oxygen (21%). It also includes argon, carbon dioxide, helium, neon and hydrogen.

E. The lower part of the stratosphere contains a band of warm gas called the ozone layer. Ozone absorbs very shortwave ultraviolet radiation — that is the harmful, burning rays from the sun. These rays kill plants and cause burns, skin cancer and cataracts in animal and man.

F. The solar system consists of the sun, nine planets and their moons and other objects. The sun is a star that radiates heat in all directions. The planets in the solar system were formed about 4,5 billion years ago. The distance of the Earth from the sun is about 93 million miles. The Earth moves around the sun in a regular orbit. The total orbit area of the planet is about 197 million square miles. Land covers about 30% of the surface. Oceans cover about 70 percent. The Earth has only one moon. The Moon is smaller than any of the nine planets. But like the planets it shines by reflecting the sun’s light.

G. The Earth has the perfect temperatures for life. It’s not too hot unlike Venus and not too cold unlike Neptune. Different places on Earth have different temperatures and different types of weather. However, the average temperature on the Earth is about 60 °F (16 °С).

Запишите в таблицу выбранные цифры под соответствующими буквами.

Ответ:

Текст	A	В	С	D	E	F	G
Заголовок

Прочитайте текст. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений 10—17 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). В поле ответа запишите одну цифру, которая соответствует номеру правильного ответа.

Nostradamus the Prophet

Was a man living in the 16th century able to predict the French Revolution, World War Two and that Man would walk on the moon? The answer is ‘yes’ if we ask the fans of Nostradamus, a great French astrologer and astronomer, who used both astrology and astronomy to predict the future.

Nostradamus’ real name was Michel de Nostradame. He was born on the 14th of December, 1503, in a small town in southern France. As a child he was very good at mathematics and astrology. At the age of 15, he became a university student, but the University was soon closed because of an outbreak of the plague. Nostradamus travelled across the country and helped victims of the plague using his own methods. It is said that he invented a ‘rose pill’ that could protect people against the plague. Sadly, his first wife and two small children later died of the plague.

Nostradamus continued to learn and practise medicine, but he also got interested in astrology. Soon legends began to grow about his strange ability to predict the future. One story said that when Nostradamus was in Italy, he met a monk. He immediately went down on his knees and called the monk ‘Your Holiness’. About 45 years later the monk became Pope.

Nostradamus realised that he had an unusual gift and started writing down his predictions in the form of four-line poems. He quickly became famous, and even Queen Catherine de Medici of France wanted to meet him. Nostradamus predicted the death of her husband, King Henry II, and in 1559 his prediction came true!

It is said that Nostradamus even predicted his own death! When his assistant wished him goodnight on the 1st of July 1, 1566, Nostradamus said: ‘You won’t find me alive at sunrise’. He was found dead on the 2nd of July.

All in all, Nostradamus wrote over 900 predictions about the future of the world. They were published in two books called The Centuries, which were published in 1555 and 1558.

Nostradamus’s four-line poems predicted events from the mid-1500s until the end of the world. People have studied and interpreted his predictions since the sixteenth century!

The problem with these predictions is that they are very vague and can mean many things. Nostradamus made his poems difficult to understand by using words from Latin, French, Greek and Italian. They have anagrams and riddles and are not placed in chronological order. This was because he didn’t want the Church to accuse him of being a magician or a heretic.

But just how did Nostradamus predict the future? He worked with ancient books, he studied the stars using his knowledge of astrology. He also used an ancient method of predicting the future — he looked into a bowl of water until he had an inspiration or saw an image.

People who believe him say that he predicted the Great Fire of London of 1666, the rise of both Napoleon and Hitler, the assassination of American President John F. Kennedy and even the terrorist attacks of the 11th of September, 2001.

Many of his predictions seem true. But some of the events never happened. Sceptics think that Nostradamus’ predictions can be interpreted to fit almost any event.

10. Nostradamus’s father was rich enough to give him good education.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

Ответ:__________________ .

11. Nostradamus invented a lot of medicines.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

Ответ:__________________ .

12. Nostradamus tried to hide his predictions in poetic form.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

Ответ:__________________ .

13. He could only predict the future of other people.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

Ответ:__________________ .

14. His books were never published after 1558.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

Ответ:__________________ .

15. Most people can interpret his predictions because they are put in chronological order.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

Ответ:__________________ .

16. The Church accused him of being a heretic.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

Ответ:__________________ .

17. People believe him because some of his predictions came true.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

Ответ:__________________ .

По окончании выполнения заданий 9—17 не забудьте перенести свои ответы в БЛАНК ОТВЕТОВ № 1! Запишите ответ справа от номера соответствующего задания, начиная с первой клеточки. При переносе ответов в задании 9 цифры записываются без пробелов, запятых и других дополнительных символов. Каждую цифру пишите в отдельной клеточке в соответствии с приведёнными в бланке образцами.

Раздел 3. ЗАДАНИЯ ПО ГРАММАТИКЕ И ЛЕКСИКЕ

Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 18—26, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию 18—26.

18-26.

Extreme Sports

Heart-stopping activities such as mountain biking, snowboarding and skydiving _____________ as ‘extreme sports’. And they are attracting more and more people. Rock-climbing, for example, _____________ now by more than half a million Americans. Only 50,000 were doing it in 1989.

One of the _____________ of all these sports is BASE jumping. First done in 1980, BASE jumping is jumping off tall buildings, towers and bridges, using a parachute. It _____________ dangerous, but of course, that’s why BASE jumpers love it. Like other extreme sports, it’s the risk of disaster that makes BASE jumping so exciting. As one BASE jumper _____________ it, ‘There aren’t many injuries in BASE jumping; you either live or die’.

Some experts predict that extreme sports _____________ the major sports of the 21st century. They may become _____________ than traditional favourites like soccer and baseball. One of the _____________ is that parents start taking their little kids to extreme sports shows. And _____________, also attending them, would like to do these dangerous sports in the near future.

What’s more, they are almost sure that they will be able to repeat their ‘deadly’ jump once again, like they always do in a computer game.

KNOW

ENJOY

EXTREME

BE

PUT

BECOME

POPULAR

REASON

TEENAGER

Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 27—32, так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию 27—32.

27-32.

As Selfish as Modern People

We believe that in old times people were ‘environmentally _____________’ and lived in harmony with nature. Some people (such as the _____________ Indians) respected and protected their environment. But there are many examples of ancient people who carelessly destroyed the land they inhabited.

The great city of Ur was destroyed by floods because people cut down the trees _____________ on the bank of their river to use for their fires. Although the Bible says that the cause of the floods was the anger of God, the real cause of the flood was probably _____________ damage by man.

The dodo was a large bird, rather like a turkey, that lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian ocean. When the first man arrived in Mauritius in the early 16th century, they found that the dodos were not afraid of people. The _____________ killed dodos partly for food and partly for sport. Less than 200 years after the first man settlement on Mauritius, the last dodo was dead. Only the expression ‘as dead as a dodo’ lives in the _____________ language.

FRIEND

AMERICA

REGULAR

ENVIRON

MENT

SETTLE

ENGLAND

По окончании выполнения заданий 18—32 не забудьте перенести свои ответы в БЛАНК ОТВЕТОВ № 1! Запишите ответ справа от номера соответствующего задания, начиная с первой клеточки. При переносе ответов буквы записываются без пробелов, запятых и других дополнительных символов. Каждую букву пишите в отдельной клеточке в соответствии с приведёнными в бланке образцами.

Раздел 4. ЗАДАНИЕ ПО ПИСЬМУ

Для ответа на задание 33 используйте БЛАНК ОТВЕТОВ № 2. При выполнении задания 33 особое внимание обратите на то, что Ваши ответы будут оцениваться только по записям, сделанным на БЛАНКЕ ОТВЕТОВ № 2. Никакие записи черновика не будут учитываться экспертом. Обратите внимание также на необходимость соблюдения указанного объёма письма. Письма недостаточного объёма, а также часть текста письма, превышающая требуемый объём, не оцениваются.

33. You have 30 minutes to do this task.

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend, Mark.

... We’re doing a project about beliefs and superstitions in different countries. I’ve found a lot of information, but nobody knows anything about Russia The only thing I know that in old times Russian people could forecast weather by some signs...

Could you write me a few words about Russian superstitions connected with good luck and bad luck? Are there any funny ones? Do the superstitions about the weather really help?

Write him a letter and answer his 3 questions.

Write 100—120 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.