Подготовка к ЕГЭ

1. Тип 1 № 3747 

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

1.  It helps me to kill time when I’m bored.

2.  I like it too much for my own good.

3.  It’s getting better all the time.

4.  It is just not good for our health.

5.  I don’t like it, but I cannot avoid it.

6.  It is the best solution for any businessman.

7.  Elderly people find it difficult to use.

2. Тип 2 № 2733 

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

A)  It didn’t cost Betsy anything to use the diving equipment.

B)  Alex had to work more than 9 hours on Saturday.

C)  Alex is pleased with the benefits he gets at his work.

D)  Betsy forgot about her classmate’s birthday.

E)  Betsy’s friends gave her a lift home because it was very late at night.

F)  Alex was invited by his grandparents for lunch on Sunday.

G)  Betsy couldn’t make herself do any homework on Sunday.

Запишите в ответ цифры, расположив их в порядке, соответствующем буквам:

3. Тип 3 № 4547 

Вы услышите интервью дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

Dr. Bennet is a medical doctor who specializes in treating

1)  children.

2)  grown-ups.

3)  astronauts.

4. Тип 4 № 4548 

Вы услышите интервью дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

According to Dr. Bennet, which of the following is NOT what healthcare and spaceflights are similar in?

1)  Both include dangerous procedures.

2)  Both have complicated structures.

3)  Both require considerable financing.

5. Тип 5 № 4549 

Вы услышите интервью дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

By saying “Go to the source!” Dr. Bennet means that he had to learn the method from

1)  people who had invented it.

2)  documents that described it.

3)  a paid-for teaching resource.

6. Тип 6 № 4550 

Вы услышите интервью дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

According to Dr. Bennet, in healthcare, simulators are used

1)  in the form of a videogame.

2)  in medical universities.

3)  by doctors before operations.

7. Тип 7 № 4551 

Вы услышите интервью дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

When Dr. Bennet says that “in real life it never rains but pours”, he means that in real spaceflights

1)  problems that astronauts face are never simple or easy to solve.

2)  astronauts often have to solve several problems at the same time.

3)  solving problems is part of a regular daily routine for astronauts.

8. Тип 8 № 4552 

Вы услышите интервью дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

According to Dr. Bennet, at NASA,

1)  the more experienced you are, the less you need to go through simulations.

2)  astronauts who have just graduated from university don’t need simulations.

3)  frequency of simulations doesn’t depend on the experience of the astronaut.

9. Тип 9 № 4553 

Вы услышите интервью дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

According to Dr. Bennet, debriefings at NASA

1)  focus on what astronauts did badly in simulations.

2)  are meant to make astronauts feel more confident.

3)  are happy events that involve a lot of laughter.

10. Тип 10 № 3756 

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

1.  A lasting relationship

2.  An inspirational city

3.  An unexpected discovery

4.  A brilliant celebration

5.  A random birthday

6.  Undestroyed beauty

7.  The future of the city

8.  Not intellectual enough

A. Nobody knows when Moscow first appeared on the face of the earth. It is true that the first mention of Moscow dates back to 1147, but by that time it had probably been around for a while and was big enough to be mentioned in the Russian chronicles. Still, it is convenient to use that date to celebrate Moscow’s anniversaries which we are doing this year – Moscow has turned 870, a respectable age for one of the biggest capitals in the world!

B. Throughout its history, Moscow has been visited by many English speakers. The first British people arrived in Moscow in 1553 by accident. In the age of great geographical discoveries, when Spanish and Portuguese navigators were

sailing the world in search of the shortest way to Asia, British merchants tried to find their own way – through the Arctic. When they were stopped by ice, they turned their ships south and ended up in Russia.

C. Ivan the Terrible was happy to meet the first English merchants and granted them privileges to make trade between Russia and Britain easy. This was how The Muscovy Company appeared in Britain. The Czar even granted them a house near the Kremlin. This solid brick building has survived all the fires of Moscow and can be visited today. In 1994, during Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Moscow, it was turned into a museum – The Old English Court.

D. Mr Francis Pargiter was one of the merchants of The Muscovy Company and visited Moscow in the 1660s. He did not leave a written account of his trip, but his impressions of Moscow were recorded by his friend – Samuel Pepys, a

Member of Parliament who kept a diary. Mr Pargiter described Moscow as ‘a very great city’ but mostly with wooden houses and with very few people playing chess and ‘not a man that speaks Latin’!

E. In 1867, Moscow’s 720th anniversary, a trip to Moscow was undertaken by the author of “Alice in Wonderland”, Lewis Carrol. He described Moscow as a ‘wonderful city, a city of white houses and green roofs, of conical towers that rise one out of another like a telescope; of bulging glided domes, in which you can see as in looking glass, distorted pictures of the city.’ It is believed that the idea of “Through the Looking Glass” came to the writer during his trip to Russia.

F. In 1917, during the restless days of the Revolution, when not many people even remembered Moscow’s 770th anniversary, Moscow was visited by the American journalist John Reed. Among the fires and destroyed buildings, he

was happy to see St. Basil’s Cathedral untouched: ‘Late at night we went through the empty streets to the great Red Square. The church of Vasili Blazheiny loomed fantastic, its bright-coloured cupolas vague in darkness’.

G. In 1947, the American writer John Steinbeck witnessed Moscow’s 800th anniversary celebration. ‘The walls of the Kremlin and its towers were outlined in electric lights. Every public building was floodlighted. In every public square dance stands had been put up, and in some of the squares little booths, made to look like Russian fairy-tale houses, had been erected for sale of sweets, and ice-cream, and souvenirs’, he wrote in his Russian Journal.

11. Тип 11 № 3542 

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

The Joy of Reading

Have you ever wondered why people read? Why reading is one of the few things A _________________ for thousands of years? Even before reading became available to the general public, stories were told around campfires, passed down

from generation to generation.

First of all, stories are a good way to escape from your ordinary life, to get immersed in another world, if only for a little time. While reading, you can imagine yourself in different situations B __________________, but in the moment that doesn’t matter. Whether you’re suffering from depression or are just bored, reading is a great distraction.

Similarly, another reason people are attracted to stories, is because they are lonely, very often they feel as if they are the only ones in the world C ___________________. Identifying with a fictional character can make a big difference in helping people understand D ________________.

Other people read because it can be a good way to relax. It can be very nice to sit down and enjoy a good plot unfold, to watch the actions of fictional characters from the side, and to see the consequences of these actions,

E ______________.

Lastly, people read because it is the easiest way to gain knowledge in a certain area. Instead of finding a teacher, you can just find a book, sit down, and spend a few hours reading. This way you can study wherever you want, whenever you want F ________________.

There are countless books in the world, and whoever you are, whatever you’re feeling, there is definitely a book out there, just waiting for you to discover it.

1.  try to avoid the boredom of life

2.  that has consistently remained part of society

3.  that they are not alone

4.  going through something difficult

5.  without having to bear any responsibility

6.  that range from unlikely to impossible

7.  at your own pace

12. Тип 12 № 3758 

Drivers of Hackney carriages insulted people who were using umbrellas because

1)  they wanted to sell umbrellas themselves.

2)  they were trying to save their business.

3)  the owners of umbrellas were French.

4)  they didn't like what umbrellas looked like.

Umbrellas

Ha, ha, ha! How they laughed that day in the 1790s when a man first walked the streets of London holding an umbrella.

Some people got angry and began shouting that to carry such a contraption was ungodly because it ‘defied the heavenly purpose of rain’ (which is to get uswet).

Drivers of Hackney carriages soon realised umbrellas posed a threat to their trade, and insulted chaps who carried them by yelling: ‘What’s wrong – are you a Frenchman?’ It was a grievous insult (and still is today), but the umbrella was not

to be denied.

Eton schoolboys took to carrying them, much to the annoyance of their headmaster, John Keats. “An effeminate innovation,” he thundered. “We are degenerating into a girl’s school.”

Early umbrellas were not impenetrable to rain. Their coverings of cotton, or even silk, were coated with oil, varnish or melted wax, which soon cracked. They featured all kinds of gimmicks. Some had windows, or whistled when open. There was an umbrella with a gutter, which drained rain down a tube. A variation on this caught rain in a flask for use as drinking water.

It was not until about 1800 that umbrellas and parasols achieved separate identities in Britain. Since ancient times there have been umbrellas to keep off the sun, but the word umbrella had nothing to do with rain. It is derived from Latin ‘umbra’, meaning shade.

Until the early 1850s umbrellas had heavy whalebone frames which tended to crack. But then Samuel Fox came on the scene, and from his factory in Stockbridge, Sheffield, he revolutionised the umbrella world. In 1852, he patented a lightweight metal frame which was to make him a fortune and set the standard for umbrellas we know today.

The first umbrellas came to Britain from France but by the time of the battle of Waterloo in 1815 it was the French who were laughing at the British for using them. Napoleon’s General Lejeune was highly amused that English officers rode across the field of battle holding aloft umbrellas and parasols. It might have looked ridiculous, but the British won!

That was not the only instance of umbrellas being used by the British army. The British Major Digby Tatham-Warter, veteran of WWI, and a commander of a parachute brigade during WWII, always carried an umbrella into battle. This not only provided some British humour in otherwise very serious and frightening circumstances, but was even used by the brave major to fight the Germans. Once he disabled a German tank by pushing the umbrella through the observation slit and wounding the driver in the eye.

Some collectors believe that now is a perfect time to start collecting antique umbrellas and parasols, as they are reckoned to be underpriced, a situation which could easily change if more people got the idea of collecting them. Parasol styles seemed to change every few months in the 19th century, so there are plenty to choose from. Beautiful parasols made in Victorian times can be bought for as little as 30 to 100 pounds, but even a rare Georgian umbrella with carved ivory grip might be unlikely to exceed 500 pounds at an auction.

13. Тип 13 № 3759 

The funny and clever features of the first umbrellas did NOT include the following:

1)  making special noises

2)  having transparent parts

3)  being totally waterproof

4)  having a container for a drink

14. Тип 14 № 3760 

Before 1800 the word ‘umbrella’ meant

1)  the same as the word ‘parasol’.

2)  nothing: it simply did not exist.

3)  ‘a device protecting you from the rain’.

4)  any kind of shade of any shape.

15. Тип 15 № 3761 

What did Samuel Fox do?

1)  He replaced heavy whalebone with light metal.

2)  He became rich having discovered light metals.

3)  He wrote specifications for a quality umbrella.

4)  He participated in the revolutionary movement.

16. Тип 16 № 3762 

The French were laughing at the British during the Battle of Waterloo because

1)  the French were winning.

2)  the British looked funny.

3)  the British copied the French.

4)  it was General Lejeune’s tactics.

17. Тип 17 № 3763 

Which statement is NOT true about Major Digby Tatham-Warter?

1)  He had a British sense of humour.

2)  He was a typical British eccentric.

3)  He used an umbrella as a weapon.

4)  He didn’t find war serious or scary.

18. Тип 18 № 3764 

According to the author of the article, Victorian parasols are

1)  now cheap to buy.

2)  collectors' favourites.

3)  not reliable enough.

4)  not sold at auctions.

19. Тип 19 № 12007 

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово «NOT BE» так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill was a great political leader and a very clever man. Many British people think since then there __________________ a prime minister better than him.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill was a great political leader and a very clever man. Many British people think since then there 19_________________ a prime minister better than him. He even 20__________________ the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. His 21__________________ work was a six-volume memoir about WW2, but he wrote some science fiction books as well.

20. Тип 20 № 12008 

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

He even __________________ the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.

21. Тип 21 № 12009 

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

His __________________ work was a six-volume memoir about WW2, but he wrote some science fiction books as well.

22. Тип 22 № 12010 

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

Clouds

Do you like to watch clouds? Many people all over the world enjoy __________________ it.

Clouds

Do you like to watch clouds? Many people all over the world enjoy 22__________________ it. There are a lot of different kinds of clouds but they all look white as they reflect the Sun’s light — just like the Moon. It is interesting to know that clouds 23_________________ unique to our planet. In fact, any planet with an atmosphere has 24__________________.

23. Тип 23 № 12011 

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

There are a lot of different kinds of clouds but they all look white as they reflect the Sun’s light  — just like the Moon. It is interesting to know that clouds __________________ unique to our planet.

24. Тип 24 № 12012 

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

In fact, any planet with an atmosphere has __________________.

25. Тип 25 № 3966 

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

Auckland

Auckland is the largest and most populous city in New Zealand. The __________________ of Auckland is getting close to 1.4 million residents.

26. Тип 26 № 3967 

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

It is __________________ situated in the North Island of the country, between the Waitakere Ranges and the Hauraki Gulf.

27. Тип 27 № 3968 

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

The city enjoys an oceanic climate, which is __________________ to the climate in most of Europe.

28. Тип 28 № 3969 

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

Nothing can __________________ you about Auckland, which is why it is a popular destination for numerous immigrants to New Zealand.

29. Тип 29 № 3970 

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

Expats have an overall good experience when staying in Auckland. Most expats find it very easy to communicate with the locals, who are very __________________.

30. Тип 30 № 1917 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  specialized

2)  focused

3)  concentrated

4)  devoted

My company

In 1978 I was chairman of Cooper's, a company which ran 127 vehicles of various weights and sizes. We 30 ______ in transporting goods by road.

My father had founded the firm in 1931, starting out with three vehicles  — two of them driven by horses. By the time we became Cooper & Son in 1967, the company had 31 ______ in obtaining seventeen big trucks and delivered goods all over the north of England.

My father insisted that I leave school the moment I passed my О levels. "I'll teach you more about the real world in a month than you'd learn from any of those university types in a lifetime," he 32 ______ to say. I followed his advice and never 33 ______ it. I left school a few weeks after my sixteenth birthday. The next morning I joined Cooper's as an apprentice, and spent my first three years at the depot under the watchful eye of Buster Jackson, the works manager. He taught me how to take the company's trucks 34 ______ and, more important, how to put them back together again.

After graduating from the workshop, I spent five years in different departments. When my father retired in 1977  — at the age of seventy  — I took over as chairman. Then I began to set in motion some ideas I'd been working on for the past decade, 35 ______ I knew my father didn't approve of them. I never 36 ______ him, but Europe was only the beginning of my plans for the company s expansion.

31. Тип 31 № 1918 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  managed

2)  achieved

3)  succeeded

4)  fulfilled

32. Тип 32 № 1919 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  used

2)  held

3)  kept

4)  took

33. Тип 33 № 1920 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  disappointed

2)  displeased

3)  regretted

4)  dissatisfied

34. Тип 34 № 1921 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  along

2)  apart

3)  away

4)  among

35. Тип 35 № 1922 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  therefore

2)  moreover

3)  although

4)  however

36. Тип 36 № 1923 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  spoke

2)  told

3)  said

4)  talked

37. Тип 37 № 10986 

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

Write an email to Robert. In your message answer his questions, ask 3 questions about his mum. Write 100–140 words. Remember the rules of email writing.

38. Тип 38 № 11736 

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных заданий (38.1 или 38.2). Укажите его номер и выполните согласно данному плану. В ответе на задание 38 числительные пишите цифрами.

38.1 Imagine that you are doing a project on how young people in Zetland celebrate New Year. You have found some data on the subject  — the results of the opinion polls (see the table below).

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

Write 200−250 words.

Use the following plan:

— make an opening statement on the subject of the project;

— select and report 2−3 main facts;

— make 1−2 comparisons where relevant and give your comments;

— outline a problem that can arise with celebrating New Year and suggest a way of solving it;

— conclude by giving and explaining your opinion on the best way of celebrating New Year.

38.2 Imagine that you are doing a project on ways of learning a foreign language in Zetland. You have found some data on the subject  — the results оf the opinion polls (see the pie chart below).

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

Ways of learning a foreign language in Zetland

Write 200−250 words.

Use the following plan:

— make an opening statement on the subject of the project;

— select and report 2−3 facts;

— make 1−2 comparisons where relevant and give your comments;

— outline a problem that can arise with learning a foreign language and suggest a way of solving it;

— conclude by giving and explaining your opinion on the importance of speaking a foreign language.

39. Тип 39 № 2859 

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

40. Тип 40 № 11397 

Task 2. Study the advertisement.

You are considering getting a summer job and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out about the following:

1)  if previous experience is necessary

2)  possibility of flexible working hours

3)  salary

4)  when you can start working

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

41. Тип 41 № 10739 

Task 3. You are going to give an interview. You have to answer five questions. Give full answers to the questions (2−3 sentences). Remember that you have 40 seconds to answer each question.

Tapescript for Task 3

Interviewer: Hello everybody! It’s Teenagers Round the World Channel. Our guest today is a teenager from Russia and we are going to discuss music. We’d like to know our guest’s point of view on this issue. Please answer five questions. So, let’s get started.

Interviewer: Who do you believe to be the greatest musician? Why?

Student: _________________________

Interviewer: What is your favourite music genre?

Student: _________________________

Interviewer: Do you think classical music is still relevant in the modern world?

Student: _________________________

Interviewer: Should children have music lessons at schools?

Student: _________________________

Interviewer: Do you share similar preferences in music with your friends?

Student: _________________________

Interviewer: Thank you very much for your interview.

42. Тип 42 № 13079 

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

— explain the choice of the illustrations for the project by briefly describing them and noting the differences;

— mention the advantages (1-2) of the two types of exercising;

— mention the disadvantages (1–2) of the two types of exercising;

— express your opinion on the subject of the project – which type of exercising you prefer and why.

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