Подготовка к ЕГЭ

1. Тип 1 № 1786 

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.  The weather can affect people's health and emotions.

2.  Bad weather can be the result of human behavior.

3.  The stock market depends on weather conditions.

4.  Some people have a gift for predicting things.

5.  Climate can influence national character.

6.  Wet weather can be good in any season.

7.  The weather changes according to some objective phenomena.

2. Тип 2 № 2738 

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 took Alice nearly four hours to get home.

B)  Michael wanted to see the film “Avatar”.

C)  There was no chance for them to watch TV that evening.

D)  Alice would quite like to see the film about The Doors.

E)  Alice is really enjoying her essay on Shakespeare.

F)  Alice thinks that Michael should choose a red car.

G)  Michael is not sure if he can afford a new car.

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

3. Тип 3 № 1167 

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

The girl’s grandmother goes by the name of Elaine because

1)  it is only natural to go by one’s first name for a girl.

2)  she didn’t like her real first name and changed it when she grew up.

3)  she wanted to avoid confusion with other female members in the family.

4. Тип 4 № 1168 

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

Elaine liked primary school because

1)  she could be alone at least on the way to school.

2)  her teacher always made her feel special.

3)  she could learn more, listening to older kids.

5. Тип 5 № 1169 

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

Among Elaine’s chores was

1)  waxing the floors.

2)  tidying the closets.

3)  washing the dishes.

6. Тип 6 № 1170 

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

When in high school Elaine

1)  proved to be a natural dancer.

2)  couldn’t learn to play basketball.

3)  could take athletics with boys.

7. Тип 7 № 1171 

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

She got a chance to go to college because

1)  her employer helped her to continue her education.

2)  she earned enough money working at the creamery and at the cafeteria.

3)  she got an academic scholarship.

8. Тип 8 № 1172 

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

She majored in

1)  economics.

2)  home economics education.

3)  education.

9. Тип 9 № 1173 

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

Elaine had a big family, and remembering her kids growing up

1)  she feels sorry she had so many children.

2)  she wishes she had more.

3)  she believes it was a reward for all her previous problems.

10. Тип 10 № 3676 

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.  Getting around the city

2.  Always in a hurry

3.  Unknown side of the city

4.  Winning and losing

5.  The city of skyscrapers

6.  For the holiday and more

7.  Saving the variety

8.  Nickname for a building

A. New York is really the melting pot of the world. Over 30 percent of its residents have come from abroad. It is believed that the city has the greatest linguistic diversity on the planet. There are over 800 different languages spoken by its people. As some of these languages are nearly extinct, the City University of New York has begun a project called the Endangered Language Alliance. Its aim is to preserve rare languages like Bukhari, Vhlaski, and Ormuri.

B. New Yorkers love to think they know everything about their city: where to find the best fruit, how to avoid paying full price at museums, what route to take to avoid traffic. But New York City can reveal new treasures even to its veterans. Beyond the city where New-Yorkers work, eat, play and commute every day lies a hidden New York: mysterious, forgotten, abandoned or just overlooked. There are places about which you’re not likely to read in any guidebook.

C. The Chrysler Building was in a race with the Bank of Manhattan for getting the title of the tallest skyscraper in the world. The Bank was likely to triumph, with its height of 282 meters. But the spire of the Chrysler Building was constructed in secret inside the tower. Just one week after the Bank of Manhattan was finished, it was put in place, making it 318 meters tall and beating the Bank. It wouldn’t keep this title for long: one year later the Empire State Building was erected.

D. The Flatiron Building was constructed between 1901 and 1903 at the intersection of Broadway and Fifth Avenue. It was designed by Chicago’s Daniel Burnham as a steel-frame skyscraper covered with white terra-cotta. Built as the headquarters of the Fuller Construction company, the skyscraper was meant to be named Fuller Building. But locals soon started calling it “Flatiron” because of its unusual shape. The name stuck and soon became

official.

E. How does Rockefeller Center manage to find the perfect fur-tree each Christmas season? They do aerial searches by helicopter, of course, and bring it to the city during the night when there isn’t much traffic on the streets. After the tree is taken down for the year, it continues to be useful. For example, in 2005 Habitat for Humanity used the wood to make doorframes for houses for the poor and in 2012 the paper was used to publish a book.

F. In New York life never stands still. People have to call cabs, ride subway cars, do business of all kinds, eat pizzas and sandwiches for lunch. When you multiply that by more than eight million people in less than 500 square miles, you get the idea: everyone goes everywhere as fast as it is humanly possible. Whatever you do, don't stop in the middle of the sidewalk or you’ll make everyone around you incredibly angry.

G. New York is extremely easy to navigate. Manhattan is divided into numbered streets from north to south and avenues from east to west. It’s almost impossible to get lost there. Buses are useful to travel around Manhattan, and the subway is the best means of transport to the other parts of the city. At some stage you’ll definitely use a yellow taxi. Try to get one on an avenue that’s going in the same direction you are – you’ll save time and money. And don’t forget to leave a tip for the driver.

11. Тип 11 № 3234 

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 Survival of the Welsh Language

Wales is a small country of just over 3 million people, on the north west seaboard of Europe. Despite many historical incursions of other peoples, particularly the English, it has preserved its ancient Celtic language, A___________________________. Welsh is habitually spoken by about 10% of the people, half understood by a further 10%, and not spoken at all by the majority in this ‘bilingual’ society.

Up to the First World War most people were Welsh speaking, especially in the mountains of North Wales. The English-speaking areas were along the more fertile coastal plains. On the whole there was an easy tolerance of the two languages, B___________________________.

By 1919 there was a considerable drop in Welsh speakers. This was due to the large flows of capital investment from England into the South Wales coalfield, C___________________________.

Now, D___________________________, commerce and everyday business were carried out in English.

In the rural mountain areas 80% to 85% of the population were Welsh speakers, E ___________________________. However, in the coalfield country of Glamorgan 70% spoke English only, and in its neighbour border county the figure was over 90%.

By 1931 the number of people able to speak Welsh in the whole of Wales had fallen to 37% of the population, F ___________________________. It continued to drop and reached its lowest – 18.6%  — in the 1990s. But by the start of the 21st century, numbers had begun to increase again and reached 21.7% in 2004!

1.  as well as education and the law

2.  the only one of a number of allied languages that remain

3.  with radio and the English press further speeding the decline

4.  many being able to speak Welsh only

5.  where Welsh was studied as language and literature in an academic manner

6.  apart from the fact that Welsh was not permitted to be used at all in the schools

7.  bringing a flood of immigrant labour from all over Britain

12. Тип 12 № 392 

The narrator was looking forward to meeting with his father because he

1)  hoped that his parents would get back together.

2)  expected to get a valuable present from him.

3)  wanted to stay with him in New York.

4)  missed the feeling of being with him.

Reunion

The last time I saw my father was in Grand Central Station. I was going from my grandmother’s in the Adirondacks to a cottage on the Cape that my mother had rented, and I wrote my father that I would be in New York between trains for an hour and a half, and asked if we could have lunch together. His secretary wrote to say that he would meet me at the information booth at noon, and at twelve o’clock sharp I saw him coming through the crowd.

He was a stranger to me  — my mother divorced him three years ago and I hadn’t been with him since  — but as soon as I saw him I felt that he was my father, my flesh and blood, my future and my doom. I knew that when I was grown I would be something like him; I would have to plan my campaigns within his limitations. He was a big, good-looking man, and I was terribly happy to see him again.

He struck me on the back and shook my hand. “Hi, Charlie,” he said. “Hi, boy. I’d like to take you up to my club, but it’s in the Sixties, and if you have to catch an early train I guess we’d better get something to eat around here.” He put his arm around me, and I smelled my father the way my mother sniffs a rose. It was a rich compound of whiskey, after-shave lotion, shoe polish, woollens, and the rankness of a mature male. I hoped that someone would see us together. I wished that we could be photographed. I wanted some record of our having been together.

We went out of the station and up a side street to a restaurant. It was still early, and the place was empty. The bartender was quarrelling with a delivery boy, and there was one very old waiter in a red coat down by the kitchen door. We sat down, and my father hailed the waiter in a loud voice. “Kellner!” he shouted. “Garcon! You!” His boisterousness in the empty restaurant seemed out of place. “Could we have a little service here!” he shouted. Then he clapped his hands. This caught the waiter’s attention, and he shuffled over to our table.

“Were you clapping your hands at me?” he asked.

“Calm down, calm down,” my father said. “It isn’t too much to ask of you  — if it wouldn’t be too much above and beyond the call of duty, we would like a couple of Beefeater Gibsons.”

“I don’t like to be clapped at,” the waiter said.

“I should have brought my whistle,” my father said. “I have a whistle that is audible only to the ears of old waiters. Now, take out your little pad and your little pencil and see if you can get this straight: two Beefeater Gibsons. Repeat after me: two Beefeater Gibsons.” 

“I think you’d better go somewhere else,” the waiter said quietly.

“That,” said my father, “is one of the most brilliant suggestions I have ever heard. Come on, Charlie.”

I followed my father out of that restaurant into another. He was not so boisterous this time. Our drinks came, and he cross-questioned me about the baseball season. He then struck the edge of his empty glass with his knife and began shouting again. “Garcon! You! Could we trouble you to bring us two more of the same.”

“How old is the boy?” the waiter asked.

“That,” my father said, “is none of your business.”

“I’m sorry, sir,” the waiter said, “but I won’t serve the boy another drink.”

“Well, I have some news for you,” my father said. “I have some very interesting news for you. This doesn’t happen to be the only restaurant in New York. They’ve opened another on the corner. Come on, Charlie.”

He paid the bill, and I followed him out of that restaurant into another ...

13. Тип 13 № 393 

The narrator’s request to meet was accepted by his father

1)  unwillingly.

2)  with great pleasure.

3)  in business-like manner.

4)  with much hope and expectation.

14. Тип 14 № 394 

The narrator wanted to be photographed with his father because

1)  it was the happiest time of his life.

2)  he was proud of his father’s good looks.

3)  he wanted to boast of his father to his friends.

4)  he wished to remember their moments together.

15. Тип 15 № 395 

The father did not invite his son to his club because

1)  the son was pressed for time to catch a train.

2)  it was necessary to book in advance to enter the club.

3)  the man feared that his son would not behave properly.

4)  it was a closed club with no children allowed.

16. Тип 16 № 396 

The father’s behaviour in the first restaurant was inappropriate as he

1)  was too boisterous in an empty restaurant.

2)  could not afford to pay the bill.

3)  tried to boast of his knowledge of foreign languages.

4)  treated the waiter in a rude manner.

17. Тип 17 № 397 

The waiter in the next restaurant refused to bring them more drinks as

1)  the son looked pale and faint.

2)  the boy was too young to drink alcohol.

3)  the restaurant was closing soon.

4)  the waiter got angry with the son.

18. Тип 18 № 398 

The title of the story “Reunion” actually implies that the

1)  son found his lost father after decades of separation.

2)  son now would be living together with his father.

3)  son made an attempt to re-establish relations with his father.

4)  “father  — son” relations is what both sides feel the need for.

19. Тип 19 № 1697 

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

California Summer Camp for Children

When it comes to California summer camps for kids, Sky lake Yosemite Summer Camp is the very best. This year the camp is celebrating ______ 66th season.

20. Тип 20 № 1698 

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

If you ______ for a summer camp your kids will love, we invite you to consider Sky lake.

21. Тип 21 № 1699 

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

“We ______ in the California Sierra National Forest, on Bass Lake, just a few miles from the south gates of Yosemite National Park. Sky lake Yosemite is the kind of summer camp kids love.

22. Тип 22 № 1700 

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

Our dock on Bass Lake offers a variety of fun-packed waterfront activities, ______ warm-water swimming, waterskiing and tubing, and canoes and kayaks. All staff members are First Aid Certified and have Water Safety Certifications.

23. Тип 23 № 1701 

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

After School Clubs

Last year I started a new school. We have lots of clubs and ______ at our school and we are supposed to be involved in quite a few after school.

24. Тип 24 № 1702 

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

Some of them are pretty boring but it could be ______ . At least there is a lot of choice and it can make a nice change from the unnatural quantities of homework or even from natural quantities of computer games and TV!

25. Тип 25 № 3838 

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

Visiting Tasmania

Are you planning a trip to Tasmania? Without a doubt, any __________________ will find some things to do there.

26. Тип 26 № 3839 

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

To begin with, driving up the east coast of Tasmania is one of the most __________________ things you can do there.

27. Тип 27 № 3840 

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

Tasmania’s east coast is __________________ spectacular and along the way you’ll be able to stop for walks along cliff tops and swim in gorgeous beaches.

28. Тип 28 № 3841 

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

One more opportunity is to camp out at __________________ parks and do other cool activities.

29. Тип 29 № 3842 

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

One of the biggest __________________ along the east coast of Tasmania is Freycinet Park, renowned for the stunning

Wineglass Bay and many routes for day walks, bird watching and mountaineering.

30. Тип 30 № 859 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  captured

2)  took

3)  achieved

4)  required

Mausoleum of Mausolus

The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) was a tomb built in 350 BC for king Mausolus and Artemisia, his wife.

In 377 BC, Halicarnassus was the capital of a small regional kingdom on the coast of Anatolia. In that year the ruler of the region died and left the kingdom to his son, Mausolus. Before his death the father king 30 ______ control of several of the neighboring cities and districts. Mausolus 31 ______ the territory of the kingdom as far as the southwest coast of Anatolia. Mausolus and Artemisia ruled from their capital over the surrounding territory 32 ______ twenty-four years. Mausolus, although he was descended from local people, spoke Greek and 33 ______ the Greek way of life and government. He founded many cities of Greek design along the coast and 34 ______ Greek democratic traditions.

Mausolus decided to build a new capital, a city as safe from capture as magnificent to be seen. He chose the city of Halicarnassus. Mausolus and Artemisia spent huge 35 ______ of tax money to embellish the city. They commissioned statues, temples and buildings of gleaming marble. In the center of the city Mausolus planned to place a resting place for his body after his death. It would be a tomb that would forever show how rich he and his queen were.

In 353 BC Mausolus died, leaving Artemisia broken-hearted. As a tribute to him, she decided to build him the most splendid tomb, a structure so famous that it became one of the Seven Wonders of the 36 ______ World.

31. Тип 31 № 860 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  extended

2)  lengthened

3)  prolonged

4)  doubled

32. Тип 32 № 861 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  by

2)  in

3)  with

4)  for

33. Тип 33 № 862 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  worshiped

2)  admired

3)  beloved

4)  fancied

34. Тип 34 № 863 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  insisted

2)  suggested

3)  encouraged

4)  persuaded

35. Тип 35 № 864 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  amounts

2)  numbers

3)  quantities

4)  figures

36. Тип 36 № 865 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Archaic

2)  Prehistoric

3)  Antique

4)  Ancient

37. Тип 37 № 10957 

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

Write an email to Tom. In your message answer his questions, ask 3 questions about his trip to Scotland. Write 100−140 words. Remember the rules of email writing.

38. Тип 38 № 11739 

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 what young people in Zetland expect from university education. 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 facts;

— make 1−2 comparisons where relevant;

— outline a problem that one can face studying at a university and suggest a way of solving it;

— conclude by giving and explaining your opinion on the importance of university education for young people.

38.2 Imagine that you are doing a project on what young people in Zetland do to help the environment. 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.

What do young people in Zetland do to help the environment?

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;

— outline a problem that can arise if people stop helping the environment and suggest a way of solving it;

— conclude by giving and explaining your opinion on the importance of helping the environment.

39. Тип 39 № 2842 

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 № 10937 

Study the advertisement.

You are considering adopting a zoo animal and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask four direct questions to find out about the following:

1)  animals available for adoption

2)  possibility for the animal to visit you at home

3)  getting a photograph of the adopted animal

4)  donation amount per year

You have 20 seconds to ask each question

41. Тип 41 № 10723 

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 sports. We’d like to know our guest’s point of view on this issue. Please answer five questions. So, let’s get started.

Interviewer: What region of Russia do you live in? Are there any prominent sports teams there?

Student: _________________________

Interviewer: What else could you tell about your region?

Student: _________________________

Interviewer: What kinds of sports are popular in Russia? Which aren’t?

Student: _________________________

Interviewer: What kind of sports is your favourite? Why?

Student: _________________________

Interviewer: Are your friends interested in sports? If so, what kinds of sports?

Student: _________________________

Interviewer: Thank you very much for your interview.

42. Тип 42 № 12572 

Task 4. Imagine that you and your friend are doing a school project “Pastimes”. 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 kinds of pastimes;

• mention the disadvantages (1−2) of the two kinds of pastimes;

• express your opinion on the subject of the project — what kind of pastime you’d prefer and why.

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