ЧТЕНИЕ
Задание 2. Прочитайте тексты и установите соответствие между текстами A–G и их заголовками 1 - 8: к каждому тексту подберите соответствующий заголовок. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании есть один лишний заголовок.
1. SHOP AND TRAVEL
2. THEY DON’T WANT TO CHANGE ANYTHING
3. A SHOP FOR THE RICH
4. SHOPPING ON WATER
5. CHILDREN’S DREAMLAND
6. SHOPPING ALONE
7. A TASTE FROM THE PAST
8. NOT NEW BUT GOOD AND CHEAP
A. Hamleys is the best toyshop in the UK. It has seven floors of toys, games and sweets. The shop assistants often dress up in costumes of famous characters from fairy tales and stories. Because of this the place looks like a magic land. The atmosphere is wonderful, and the shop really has everything young ones could ever want.
B. Harrods, is perhaps London's most famous department store, named after Charles Harrods, who opened a family grocer's shop on the site in 1849. The little shop has grown and become a symbol for expensive and glamorous shopping. It contains over 300 departments selling luxury items, from furniture and ladies fashion to sports equipment. Harrods continues to astonish customers from around the world with first-class service and product quality.
C. The Old Umbrella Shop is one of the shops that hasn’t changed from the early twentieth century. Inside it looks exactly as it was years ago. There are old telephones, shelves, shop windows and an umbrella museum. What's more, it still sells umbrellas and doesn’t want to specialize in anything else. The shop has faithful clients who have been coming there for years.
D. Muara Kuin is an unusual river market in Indonesia. With the sunrise people from local villages arrive here by boat with fresh fruit and vegetables. Buyers get to the market in the same way. Nobody goes on shore, all business is done from boats. If you wish to get a cup of tea, there are special motor boats selling drinks and cookies
E. The city of Dongguan in China has the world's largest shopping mall. There are seven zones in it, which are designed to look like world's cities and regions. In no time you'll get from Paris to Amsterdam. Take a lift and it will take you from Europe to Canada. There's even a small river with boats, where you can relax and take a trip after shopping.
F. Hope and Greenwood is a sweet shop in London. It offers traditional British sweets. They were popular in the 50s and 70s. Now you can’t find them anywhere else, because chocolate factories use new modern recipes and ingredients. This shop offers a unique opportunity to try the desserts of the previous century.
G. Oxfam is a chain of shops all over the world, which sells very cheap things. Its aim is to attract shoppers by offering them many second-hand and donated things of good quality. Also anyone can come and bring the books or clothes they no longer need. Oxfam takes everything: from stamps to furniture.
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Задание 3. Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 1-5 так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста.
1.Edmund and Lucy. This story happened to __________________ THEY
when they had to leave their home city, London, during the war.
2. They __________________ to the house of an old Professor SEND
who lived in the country, ten miles from the nearest railway station.
3. He __________________ a wife and he lived in a very large NOT/HAVE
house with a housekeeper.
4. He himself was a very old man with white hair which grew over
most of his face as well as on his head. The children liked him almost
at once. Only Lucy, who was the __________________ of them, felt YOUNG
a little afraid of him.
5. On their __________________ evening, after dinner, they said ONE
good night to the Professor and went upstairs. It was the largest house
they had ever seen, so Peter suggested exploring it in the morning.
Задание 4. Выберите правильный вариант ответа.
1. They _____ basketball yesterday. A. did played B. play C. played
2. She is _____ than she looks. A. older B. oldest C. more old
3. I ___ to the USA.
was never B. has never been C. have never been
4. If I _____ my friend, I will be very glad.
see B. will see C. saw
5. If I _____ in Sochi, I would bathe every day.
live B. will live C. lived
Задание 5. Выберите правильный ответ.
1. He said that he _____a new computer.
bought B. buy C. will buy
2. I'm looking ____ a job.
with B. at C. for
3. Are you interested ___ gardening?
of B. at C. in
4. Tobacco ______ to Russia by Peter the Great.
were brought B. was brought C. brought
5. Mother spends a lot of time in the ____.
kitchen B. living-room C. study
Задание 6. Раскройте скобки, поставив глаголы в правильную форму.
1. –Why (you/to walk) ___________________ so fast today? You usually (to walk) slowly, don’t you?
2. Your English (to get) ____________________better and better.
3. I (not/to see) ______________________________Tom this week.
4. Mike still (not/to find) ________________________his keys.
5. What time ____________the film (to begin)_________________?
Задание 7. Раскройте скобки и поставьте глаголы в правильную форму.
1. The Prime Minister just (to announce) __________________________that voting is postponed till tomorrow.
2. We (to paint) ____________________________________our room for a week.
3. When I (to get)______________________________ home yesterday, my sister (to make) __________________________a pie already.
4. He (to work) ______________________as a journalist for several years before he (to begin) __________________________writing novels.
5. Imagine! Next year my Grandpa (to give) _____________________lectures at the University for 40 years already.
ПИСЬМО
Задание 8 (задание по письму). Вы получили письмо от вашего друга по переписке Бена. Прочитайте письмо и ответьте на его 3 вопроса.
You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend, Ben.
… I am very busy now preparing for my exams but yesterday I went to the cinema with my friends. We saw a new film about Sherlock Holmes. You’ve probably seen it too. …
What kinds of films do you like? Where do you prefer watching films – in the cinema or at home and why? What would you make a film about if you had a chance?…
Answer his 3 questions.
ЧТЕНИЕ
Задание 2. Прочитайте тексты и установите соответствие между текстами A–G и их заголовками 1 - 8: к каждому тексту подберите соответствующий заголовок. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании есть один лишний заголовок.
1. FIRST COMPUTERS
2. RISKY SPORT
3. SHOPPING IN COMFORT
4. DIFFICULT TASK
5. PROFESSIONAL SPORT
6. SHOPPING FROM HOME
7. NEW USERS
8. COMPUTERS FOR BUILDING UP TEAM SPIRIT
A. A group of university students from Brazil have been given the job of discovering and locating all the waterfalls in their country. It is not easy because very often the maps are not detailed. The students have to remain in water for long periods of time. Every day they cover a distance of 35 to 40 kilometers through the jungle, each carrying 40 kilos of equipment.
B. If someone asked you about the negative aspects of a computer game, probably the first thing that would come to your mind is that it isolates a person from other people. Now the first virtual reality computer game has appeared which can be played in group of 6 people at the same time. The game is called “The Loch Ness Expedition”. Each player is given a role in the underwater expedition. Players have to cooperate to achieve the goal.
C. For many years now, mail-order shopping has served the needs of a certain kind of customers. Everything they order from a catalogue is delivered to their door. Now, though,
e-mail shopping on the Internet has opened up even more opportunities for this kind of shopping.
D. Another generation of computer fans has arrived. They are neither spotty schoolchildren nor intellectual professors, but pensioners who are learning computing with much enthusiasm. It is particularly interesting for people suffering from arthritis as computers offer a way of writing nice clear letters. Now pensioners have discovered the Internet and at the moment they make up the fastest growing membership.
E. Shopping centres are full of all kinds of stores. They are like small, self contained towns where you can find everything you want. In a large centre, shoppers can find everything they need without having to go anywhere else. They can leave their cars in the shopping centre car park and buy everything in a covered complex, protected from the heat, cold or rain.
F. Not many people know that, back in the fifties, computers were very big, and also very slow. They took up complete floors of a building, and were less powerful, and much slower than any of today’s compact portable computers. At first, the data they had to process and record was fed in on punched-out paper; later magnetic tape was used, but both systems were completely inconvenient.
G. Parkour is a name for a most interesting and adventurous sport. Mostly boys train in the streets, on the tracks, on the walls without any equipment. Parkour includes running, climbing, swinging, jumping in the fastest way. Parkours experience exciting adventures in urban spaces. You mustn’t forget, though, that it can be quite dangerous.
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Задание 3. Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 1-5 так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста.
1. People travel a lot nowadays. Planes are considered to be
the most __________________ means of transport but for some COMFORT
people airports can be a nightmare.
2. There are __________________ queues when you check in and END
you waste lots of time if your flight is delayed.
3. However, there are some airports where you can
__________________ enjoy yourself. ACTUAL
4. For example, you’ll never be bored at Hong Kong’s
international airport. There are thousands of people from
__________________ countries here but the passengers never DIFFER
experience any problems because everything is well organized.
5.There are attendants in red coats, who help you to get from one
place to another. It’s very good for people with no sense of
__________________. DIRECT
Задание 4. Выберите правильный вариант ответа.
1 . If I _____ shopping today, I will buy some apple juice for you.
go B. will go C. went
2. If I ____ more time, I would build another website.
would had B. have C. had
3. She said she _____ his new car. A. can like B. like C. liked
4. Don’t listen ____ what he says. A. at B. to C. on
5. They looked ______ him in surprise. A. with B. for C. at
Задание 5. Выберите правильный ответ.
1. I like ________ TV. A. watch B. watching C. watches
2 . _______ come to our party on Tuesday?
Can you to B. Can you C. Do you can
3. We_____ in the sea last year.
did swam B. swim C. swam
4. Lisa is _____than Ann. A. tallest B. tall C. taller
5. I ____to France.
has never been B. never was C. have never been
Задание 6. Раскройте скобки, поставив глаголы в правильную форму.
1. A lot of boys (to like) _______________ football.
2. My father (to read) _________________ newspapers to get information about political life.
3. What _________ (she/usually/to do) ______________________in the morning?
4. It (not/often/to rain) ___________________________________in this part of the country.
5. It (to rain) _________________________cats and dogs. Take your umbrella.
Задание 7. Раскройте скобки и поставьте глаголы в правильную форму.
1. We (to talk) __________________about him when he suddenly (to come)______ in.
2. I promise I (to phone)______________ you as soon as I (to arrive) ______________.
3. Julia (to finish) __________all the housework by three o’clock and we’ll go for a walk.
4. I am not sure I’ll recognize Eve. I haven’t seen her for ages. – She (to wear) ___________ ______________ a red coat.
5. He (to work) ___________________________________ at his report all day.
ПИСЬМО
Задание 8 (задание по письму). Вы получили письмо от вашего друга по переписке Бена. Прочитайте письмо и ответьте на его 3 вопроса.
You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend Daniel who writes:
…I am so happy today! My father has already returned from his business trip to Lisbon and has brought me a rare Portuguese coin as a gift. You know I’m fond of collecting coins very much. Also I like to play basketball with my friends in my free time.
And what is your hobby? Do you have much free time for it? Why – or why not? Do your
friends share your hobby? …
Answer his 3 questions.
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