Everyday life, houshold chores. shopping

Вариант 1. EVERYDAY LIFE, HOUSHOLD CHORES. SHOPPING

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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.

1. Going shopping alone is not for me.

2. I’m not keen on window shopping.

3. I prefer shopping online.

4. I never go shopping with my partner.

5. My partner likes shopping less than I do.

6. I don’t go shopping very often, but when I shop, I spend quite a lot of time at a particular place.

7. Shopping abroad is my choice.

Говорящий	A	B	C	D	E	F
Утверждение

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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.

1. James has got a big backyard.

2. Fred has got enough money to hire a gardener.

3. It doesn’t take much effort and money to make a birdhouse.

4. Fred regrets having planted so many trees.

5. Fred will need a special lawn mower to limit the amount of grass in his backyard.

6. James has got lots of gardening tools.

7. Fred didn’t take James’s advice seriously.

Говорящий	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Утверждение

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.

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The narrator was brought up mainly in
1) Denmark.
2) England.
3) the USA.

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The narrator is not happy about Danish grocery stores because of
1) the quality of the products.
2) their size.
3) the poor choice of foods.

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The narrator criticizes
1) the lifestyle in Denmark.
2) Danish supermarkets.
3) the Danish diet.

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The prices in the Danish stores are quite high because
1) the level of service is very high.
2) everything is imported from abroad.
3) there are no artificial foods.

Ответ:

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According to the unwritten rules of Danish supermarket culture
1) you pack all the food you buy on your own, without any help.
2) shop assistants are always ready to pack your food for you.
3) there are clerks whose duty is to help you with your bagging.

Ответ:

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When the narrator says, “I do miss American convenience” it means that he
1) wants ready-made dinners to be delivered to his place.
2) wants to rent a flat near a big supermarket.
3) doesn’t like to spend much time cooking his meals.

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Having lived in Denmark for a few years as a student, the narrator
1) feels nostalgic about the USA.
2) believes it to be a good place for him.
3) pities Danish people.

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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.

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Раздел 2. ЧТЕНИЕ

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. Accessories for everybody 5. Household ideas

2. Bedding items 6. Hygeinic aids

3. Dealing with оld T-shirts 7. New clothes

4. Donations 8. Reusable bags

1. T-shirts are a universal clothing item. If you’ve ever attended a rock-concert, cheered on a sports team or participated in a charity, you’ve likely racked up a bunch of them. But over time, they tend to get worn out or just overwhelming in volume. Sometimes, a removal might be necessary. There are always people who need gently used clothing to hand them over to. But you can give old T-shirts new life. There are scores of ideas for upcycling them from the simple and practical to the downright creative.

2. Four T-shirts sewn together make a dog blanket that is harder to destroy by chewing and cheaper than dog beds from a pet-shop. A dozen T-shirts can turn to a travel quilt for a grown-up human. To make a travel pillow, just cut around the T-shirt design and add other fabrics around and stuff it all with the leftovers. When one is sick or sweating at night, old T-shirts may serve as pillow covers. Lots of people just sleep wearing them and consider them best pajamas.

3. Not only must your old-T-shirts be clean and in good repair. Make sure that the receiving charity actually needs them. Such organizations rather accept business suits for people to wear to job interviews or gowns for girls who want to attend high school proms but can’t afford a new dress. Illegal businesses often send unneeded clothes overseas ruining local textile and clothing industries. If you really just want to get rid of old clothes, it is better to throw them out.

4. The English obsessed with Do-It-Yourself activities won’t throw away even badly worn-out T-shirts. They’ll wear them or use as rugs for painting or plumbing or polishing silver. Gardeners will cut them into strips and use those strips to tie up tomato plants or trees. Handy women will knit or crochet rugs for kitchen or door-mats out of T-shirt strips. One of them boasted about turning one into a macramé lampshade!

5. They make great surgery recovery shirts for dogs. Dogs do hate these stupid cones, but T-shirts don’t bother them at all. Some people also find T-shirts smooth enough for skin and cut them into small tissues to reuse as makeup-removing wipes soaked in micellar water or a tonic lotion. Old T-shirts are less damaging to dry hair than terry cloth, as well. So why not convert them into towels? And you’ll hardly find a girl who’s never worn an old T-shirt when coloring her hair.

6. Cut the fringe along the bottom and tie up the hole. Cut off sleeves to turn into handles. You’ll get a no-sew reusable grocery substitute to help get plastic bags out of the environment. So easy to make! Still so pleasant to remember and demonstrate your participation in sports competitions, festivals, fundraising and other events you’ve collected T-shirts from every time you use them.

7. Using braiding, knotting and macramé turn them into headbands that won’t squeeze your head. Tear them into strips for hair curls. You can make kid-friendly jewelry from old T-shirts. Cut them into strips, braid them into necklaces, bracelets and scarfs. Safe to chew on for those who can’t get rid of the habit so far. They also serve well as chew toys for dogs. Dolls will also profit from getting clothes made from old T-shirts.

Ответ:

A	B	C	D	E	F	G

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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.

Consumerism

Consumerism is the theory that a country that consumes goods and services in large quantities will be better off economically. Sometimes, consumerism is referred A_______________.

Over-consumption is sometimes negatively attributed to consumerism. For instance, some people might argue that Christmas holidays are a time of heightened consumerism, due B_______________________. At its core, consumerism postulates that the more materials acquired, the better.

The consumer society emerged in the late seventeenth century and intensified throughout the eighteenth century. The change was attributed C__________________ about luxury consumption and the growing importance of fashion as a motivator for purchasing rather than necessity.

The industrial revolution dramatically increased the availability of consumer goods, which led to the advent of the department store, which represented a paradigm shift in the consumer experience. For the first time, customers could buy an astonishing variety of goods, all in one place, D_____________________.

Advertising also played a major role in the emergence of a consumerist society, as goods were marketed through various platforms in nearly all aspects of life, advocating that the viewer’s life was in need of some product. Over the years, advertising changed with the evolving sophistication of consumer attitudes and tastes. Advertising media evolved as well as marketers tried to stay in touch with audiences’ constantly changing sensibilities and preferences. For example, billboards were created around the time that the automobile became prevalent in society in order to provide viewers with short details about a brand or a ‘catch phrase’ E ______________.

In the 21st century the focus of advertising is F______________________. In this new paradigm, consumer data and individual personal preferences have become increasingly available and actionable for marketers.

1. to enforce laws against unfair trade practices

2. to the large amounts of goods that are purchased during this time

3. and shopping became a popular leisure activity

4. to as a policy that promotes greed

5. on technology and digitization of culture

6. to a growing middle-class that embraced new ideas

7. that a driver could spot, recognize, and remember

Ответ:

A	B	C	D	E	F

Прочитайте текст и выполните задания 12–18. В каждом задании запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному вами варианту ответа.

There’s just one essential purchase I have to make on the way to the press conference — and that’s the Financial Times. The FT is by far the best accessory a girl can have. Its major advantages are: a nice colour, price (only 85p.), and if you walk into a room with it tucked under your arm, people take you seriously. With an FT under your arm, you can talk about the most frivolous things in the world, and instead of thinking you’re an airhead, people think you’re a heavyweight intellectual who has broader interests, too.

So I stop at a newsstand and buy a copy of the FT, admiring my reflection in the window of Denny and George. I don’t look bad, I think. I’m wearing my black skirt from French Connection, and a plain white T-shirt from Knickerbox, and a little angora cardigan which I got from M and S but looks like it might be Agnes B. And my new square-toed shoes from Hobbs.

It’s a habit of mine, itemizing all the clothes I’m wearing, as though for a fashion page. I’ve been doing it for years — ever since I used to read Just Seventeen. Every issue, they’d stop a girl on the street, take a picture of her, and list all her clothes. ‘T-Shirt: Chelsea Girl, Jeans: Top Shop, Shoes: borrowed from friend.’ I used to read those lists avidly — and to this day, if I buy something from a shop that’s a bit uncool, I cut the label out. So that if I’m ever stopped in the street, I can pretend I don’t know where it’s from.

So, there I am, gazing at myself, thinking I look pretty good, and half wishing someone from Just Seventeen would pop up with a camera — when suddenly my eyes focus and snap to attention, and my heart stops. In the window of Denny and George is a discreet sign: SALE. I stare at it, my heart thumping hard. It can’t be true. Denny and George never have a sale. Everyone I know in the entire world aspires to owning a Denny and George scarf.

I swallow, push the door open and a girl who works there looks up. I don’t know her name, but I’ve always liked her: she doesn’t mind if you stand for ages staring at clothes you really can’t afford to buy. Usually what happens is, I spend half an hour lusting after scarves in Denny and George, then go off to Accessorize and buy something to cheer myself up. I’ve got a whole drawerful of Denny and George substitutes.

‘Hi,’ I say, trying to stay calm. ‘You’re… you’re having a sale.’

‘Yes.’ The blond girl smiles. ‘Bit unusual for us.’

My gaze sweeps the room. I can see rows of scarves, neatly folded, with dark green ‘50 per cent off’ signs above them. I don’t know where to start.

‘You always liked this one, I think,’ says the nice blond girl, taking out a shimmering grey-blue scarf from the pile in front of her. The girl looks at the label. ‘Reduced from $340 to $120.’ She comes and drapes the scarf around my neck and I stare at my reflection. I have to have this scarf.

‘I’d snap it up, if I were you.’ The girl smiles at me. ‘There’s only one of these left.’

‘I’ll have it,’ I gasp.

As she’s laying it out on tissue paper, I take out my purse, open it up and reach for my VISA card in one seamless, automatic action — but my fingers hit bare leather. I stop in surprise and start to rummage through all the pockets of my purse. And then, with a sickening thud, I remember. It’s on my desk. How could I have been so stupid?

‘How would you like to pay?’ she says pleasantly.

‘I’ve just realized I’ve left my credit card at the office,’ I stutter. ‘Can you hold it for me?’ The girl looks dubious.

‘For how long?’

‘Until tomorrow?’ I say desperately. She’s pulling a face.

‘I’m afraid not,’ she says. ‘We’re not supposed to reserve sale stock.’

‘Just until later this afternoon, then,’ I say quickly. ‘What time do you close?’

‘Six.’

‘Can you hold it until then?’ I say. ‘Please? Please?’ The girl relents.

‘OK. I’ll put it behind the counter.’

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The author bought an issue of Financial Times because …

1. it was cheap.

2. it was a nice colour.

3. it made her look prettier.

4. it made her look more intellectually advanced.

Ответ:

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In paragraph 2 the author describes her outfit in such detail because …

1. she was going to an important meeting.

2. a photo of her was taken for a teenage magazine.

3. she is fond of shopping.

4. she scrupulously remembers the origin of all clothes items.

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When the author sees a sign SALE in one of the shops, she feels …

1. surprised.

2. blissful.

3. disappointed.

   

4. confused.

Ответ:

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According to the text, a Denny and George scarf is …

1. part of the author’s clothes in the drawer at home.

2. something the author is wearing at that moment.

3. something the author has always wanted to buy.

   

4. something the author has already bought.

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The author can’t buy the scarf because …

1. someone has already bought the one she wanted.

2. she hasn’t got any money with her.

3. it’s too expensive.

   

4. she left her VISA card at home.

Ответ:

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According to the text, the author …

1. doesn’t want to buy the scarf.

2. will come later the same day.

3. will come the next day.

   

4. wants a bigger discount.

Ответ:

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The word ‘relent’ means …

1. soften.

2. surrender.

3. give away.

   

4. reply.

Ответ:

По окончании выполнения заданий 10–18 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 10 и 11 цифры записываются без пробелов, запятых и других дополнительных символов. Каждую цифру пишите в отдельной клеточке в соответствии с приведёнными в бланке образцами.

Раздел 3. ГРАММАТИКА И ЛЕКСИКА

Прочитайте приведённые ниже тексты. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 19–25, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текстов. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы 19–25.

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Marriage

A six-year-old boy walked up to his father one day and announced, 'Daddy, I'd like to

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get ___________________.' MARRY

His father replied hesitantly, 'Sure, son, do you have anyone special in mind?'

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Maybe it’s one of our neighbours’ _________________?’ CHILD

'No,' answered the boy. 'I want to marry Grandma.'
'Now, wait a minute,' said his father. 'You ____________________ I'd let you NOT THINK

get married with my mother, do you?'
'Why not?' the boy asked. 'You married mine.'

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Supermarket encounter

A young man was walking through a supermarket. Suddenly he noticed that he
___________________________ by an old lady. FOLLOW

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When he went to the checkout line, she got in front of him. “Pardon me,” she
said, “I’m sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable. It’s just that you look
exactly like my son whom I __________________________________ for
about 10 years. NOT SEE

“I’m very sorry,” replied the young man, “Is there anything I can do for you ?”
“Yes,” she said. “As I’m leaving, can you say ‘Goodbye mother’?” It
would make me feel much ______________________________ . “Sure,”
answered the young man. GOOD

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As the old woman was leaving, he called out, “Goodbye mother!” As he
stepped up to the checking counter, he saw that his total was $127.50. “How
can that be?” he asked, I only bought a few things!” “Your mother said that
you _____________________________ for her,” said the clerk. PAY

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The most important liquid on Earth

Water is a vital element in each of our lives. Not only is it essential to our health,

but we also use it for ___________________ household tasks. Every day VARY

we use water for cooking, bathing, and cleaning, and drinking; but how often

do we think about its source?

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__________________receive their water from one of two sources: a private CONSUME

well, or a community water system.

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Approximately 15 percent of the U.S. population relies on ________________ INDIVIDUAL

owned and operated sources of drinking water, such as wells, cisterns, and springs.

The majority of household wells are found in rural areas.

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Those who receive their water from a private well are solely _______________ RESPONSE

for the safety of the water.

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Private wells are not subject to different federal __________________ REGULATE

and are generally regulated on a very limited basis by states.

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Local health departments may assist well owners with __________________ PERIOD

testing for bacteria or nitrates, but the bulk of the responsibility for caring for

the well falls on the well owner.

Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 32–38. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям 32–38, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному вами варианту ответа.

How to shop on E-Bay

It all starts with registration. Just provide your name and email address and create a user ID and password. As soon as you 32 _________, you can start shopping. You can find almost everything on eBay, whether you have something specific in 33 __________ or you’re just looking around. Still can’t find what you’re looking for? Tens of thousands of new items are added every day. You can browse when you’re not exactly sure what you’re looking for, or when you just want to poke 34 __________ in a particular category, like Clothing or Home & Garden. To browse, click on a category on the left side of the eBay home page. Or you can search when you’re looking for something in particular. Just enter a few words to describe the item in the Search box, which is at the top right corner of most eBay pages. There are lots of ways to buy on eBay. You’ll find auction-style listings where you 35 __________ against other members, Buy It Now listings for buying something right away at a set price, and more. Once you’ve found something you’re interested in, read the description carefully to find out which payment methods the seller accepts. Most accept PayPal because it’s fast and convenient. And it’s especially good 36 __________ you, because PayPal protects your eBay purchases against fraud and other problems. You can keep 37 ___________ of your purchases on MyeBay page. After you register, you’ll get your own MyeBay page where you can see what’s happening with items you’ve bought (and sold). You’ll be able to keep records of your feedback from other members, and you’ll even be able to keep an 38 _________ on other items you’re interested in buying.

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1) register 2) log 3) entrance 4) exit

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Ответ:

1) brain 2) mind 3) thought 4) head

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Ответ:

1) in 2) out 3) for 4) around

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Ответ:

1) fight 2) bid 3) beat 4) bet

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Ответ:

1) for 2) of 3) to 4) at

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Ответ:

1) up 2) touch 3) track 4) pace

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Ответ:

1) ear 2) idea 3) arm 4) eye

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