Вариант 1
Задание 1. Вы услышите 5 высказываний. Установите соответствие между высказываниями каждого говорящего A–E и утверждениями, данными в списке 1–6. Используйте каждое утверждение из списка 1–6 только один раз. В задании есть одно лишнее утверждение.
1. The speaker says what language he/she wants to learn and why.
2. The speaker talks about language education in his/her country.
3. The speaker explains what language he/she finds difficult to learn.
4. The speaker explains how to learn a foreign language quickly.
5. The speaker talks about the most popular language in the world.
6. The speaker explains how to teach a foreign language to children.
Задание 2. Прочитайте отрывок из романа и выполните задания 1 – 7, выбирая букву A, B, C или D. Установите соответствие номера задания выбранному вами варианту ответа.
Harry had come to Canada from Poland at the age of eight. The family was sent to a Jewish farming village in Manitoba. His father had been a merchant in the old country, but he was allowed into Canada on condition that he took up agriculture. In the village, they lived in a small wooden house.
When he was sixteen Harry moved to Winnipeg to work for his cousin Albert in the fur business. He was paid fifteen dollars a week for sixty or seventy hours of work. This arrangement continued for two years, and then Harry asked for a raise or a reduction in working time. His cousin said no; that was when Harry began his own family fur business. After his parents sold their farm and moved into the city, he operated out of their North Winnipeg basement.
I was introduced to Harry through a friend of mine, a local city planner. Harry now owned properties in the exchange district, so named because it was where the grain and fur exchanges started. My friend had been encouraging Harry to renovate these buildings. The city was trying to save its architectural past. Much remained that would have been torn down in other Canadian cities.
The three of us walked to a restaurant called Bottles. Looking at the menu, Harry said he didn’t want anything rich. He had had problems with his stomach since he was eighteen. “Poor eating,” he explained. There had not been enough money for decent food.
“I don’t know what’s happened to Winnipeg,” Harry said. “Thirty years ago Portage Avenue was full of life. Now in the evening the whole downtown is dead.”
Harry had bought his first raw pelts in 1952. There had been a thousand people employed in the fur trade when he began. Now he thought there might be a hundred. The fur manufactures in Montreal and Toronto, many of them Greek immigrants, had taken over the business. “We used to work like dogs. One of my parents’ neighbours reported us – we weren’t supposed to work out of a house – so we had to rent space downtown. People said we’d be broke very soon. But slowly we expanded.”
Harry was among the inter-war immigrants who had given Winnipeg’s north end its special character. Then North Winnipeg had been a seat of political ferment and of Jewish immigrant culture. Its history had acquired a patina because so many talented people had escaped its poverty and gone into business or the arts professions. But Harry was one of the last. Many of the old Jewish families had moved across the river into more expensive neighbourhoods. There was a new underclass made up of Filipinos, Vietnamese, and Canadian Indians.
1. Harry’s father was permitted to come to Canada if he
A) didn’t work in agriculture.
B) became a farmer.
C) remained a merchant.
D) returned to Poland after some years.
2. Harry stopped working for his cousin Albert because
A) he returned to his father’s farm.
B) he went to Poland to start his own business.
C) his cousin refused to pay him more money.
D) his cousin wanted to increase working hours.
3. A local city planner wanted Harry to
A) tear down the old buildings.
B) own the buildings.
C) exchange the buildings for fur.
D) restore the buildings.
4. Harry had some problems with his stomach because in his childhood he
A) had eaten too much.
B) had not been able to eat proper food.
C) used to starve.
D) had liked rich food.
5. One of Harry’s parents’ neighbours told the police about them because they
A) used to work like dogs.
B) rented a place downtown.
C) ran their business at home.
D) had expanded their business.
6. “People said we’d be broke very soon” means that people expected them to
A) go bankrupt soon.
B) destroy their house.
C) have a breakthrough in business.
D) break their back due to hard work.
7. “Last” in “Harry was one of the last” refers to
A) the political figures who gave Manitoba its special character.
B) those who had moved into more expensive neighbourhood.
C) successful immigrants who still lived in North Winnipeg.
D) those who had chosen the profession of the arts.
Задание 3. Прочитайте предложения и выберите правильный вариант ответа.
1.He (phones, will phone) you tomorrow when he (gets, will get) home from work.
2. 'I (am, being) very busy now.' 'Why? What you (do, are doing)?'
3. How often you (do you go, are you going) to the theatre?
4. We (will go, are going) to England for our holiday next year.
5. Wait for me! I (will come, come) as soon as I (finish, will finish).
6. When I (listened/was listening) to the radio, the telephone (rang/was ringing).
7. He (broke/was breaking) his leg when he (skied/was skiing) in the Alps.
8. Ann (played/was playing) the piano while Tom (painted/was painting) a picture.
9. We (saw/were seeing) an accident while we (waited/were waiting) for the bus.
10. She (worked/was working) quietly at her desk when suddenly the door (opened/was opening) and her daughter (ran/was running) in.
11.I (enjoyed/had enjoyed) the film even though I (saw/had seen) it before.
12. I got up late that morning so when I (arrived/had arrived) at the station, the train (already left/had already left).
13. I couldn't speak to them because when I (phoned/had phoned), they (went/had gone) out already.
14. They (lived/had lived) in their house for twenty years when they (decided/had decided) to sell it.
15. My sister (bought/had bought) me a novel but I (already read/had already read)
it.
Ключи к заданиям 1 варианта:
Задание 1. 3 1 2 4 6
Задание 2.
1-B; 2-C; 3-D; 4-B; 5-C; 6-A; 7-C
Задание 3.
1. Will phone, gets
2. am, are you doing
3. do you go
4. will go
5. will come, finish
6. was listening, rang
7. broke, was skiing
8. was playing, was painting
9. saw, were waiting
10. was working, opened, ran
11. enjoyed, had seen
12. arrived, had already left
13. phoned, had gone
14. had lived, decided
15. bought, had already read
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Вы услышите 5 высказываний. Установите соответствие между высказываниями каждого говорящего A- E и утверждениями, данными в списке 1–6. Используйте каждое утверждение из списка 1–6 только один раз. В списке 1–6 есть одно лишнее утверждение.
Speaker A
I’ve always been very good at languages. I can speak English and French and it helps a lot as I’m in the export business. When we worked on some contracts with Russian companies, I decided to learn Russian. I take lessons regularly and I’ve learned a lot of words, but there are very difficult grammar rules in Russian, and there are so many exceptions! I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to speak it.
Speaker B
My friends don’t think that learning foreign languages is important – English is understood everywhere. I don’t agree with them. I want to start learning Italian. It’s a lovely language and it sounds beautiful. I’ve got a pen-pal Mario, who lives in Italy, and I want to go there next year. I think Mario will appreciate my speaking Italian. And travelling is more enjoyable when you can communicate with the locals in their language.
Speaker C
English is my native language and I don’t have any problems when I travel – people can speak English everywhere. That’s why I don’t feel motivated to learn foreign languages at school. But according to the curriculum, I must learn two foreign languages. We start learning the first one at the age of seven. Usually it’s French or German. At the age of 13 or 14 we choose the second language - Italian, Spanish, Chinese or others.
Speaker D
Languages are very important in modern life. But learning languages is very difficult and time consuming. The quickest way to learn a language is to go the country where it’s spoken. It works, however, only if you communicate outside the classroom a lot. Watching the news, reading newspapers and writing notes and emails helps a lot too. But the most important thing is not to speak your native language to anyone.
Speaker E
Lots of adults want to learn foreign languages but have no time for it. Children, on the other hand, have enough time but they lack motivation. The easiest way to get children to speak a foreign language is to use it in a game. Young children are not able to understand language rules, but they can easily imitate their teacher. Pictures and toys work very well too – children pick up new words for toys very quickly.
