Районный тур олимпиады по английскому языку


Part 2 (30 minutes)

Maximum points - 10

Read the passage below.

The Green House Effect

(A) Saving the world begins at home. The energy we use to power our daily domestic lives and drive our cars produces almost half of our output of carbon dioxide, the gas which is the main contributor to the problem of global warming. The way in which we use energy is not only polluting but also incredibly wasteful. But there is nothing to stop us greatly reducing our energy consumption and creating a more comfortable world.

(B) Redesigning the home to bring our lifestyles more into balance with what the environment can cope with need not involve expensive or painful changes. Most of the technology to make the changes is already available. When the changes have been made, the home of the future will be a better place to live in. So what will it be like?

(C) We will have switched from ‘fossil fuels’ - coal, gas and oil - to sources of power which are non-polluting such as windmills or using the power of tides. Houses will be heavily insulated and heating systems made much more efficient. In addition, our future homes will use low-energy light bulbs.

(D) With water costs rising enormously, most houses will trap rainwater and store it in a large, well-insulated tank in the cellar. This tank also serves to save energy: heat is recycled from other parts of the house to maintain a high water temperature for washing and central heating.

(E) Recycling waste will be much more common than it is today. Tins, bottles, plastic, and paper will be put into vents in the wall from where they will fall into divided bins for collection. All vegetable matter will go straight on to a compost heap in the garden.

(F) The home will be a cleaner place. Air conditioning will do much more than keep you cool. It will improve air quality by filtering out contaminating dust mites and by controlling moisture and condensation.

(G) Outside the home as well, life will have become more pleasant. The car will no longer be the threat to our health that it is today: it will run on hydrogen or a mixture of battery and safer petrol. It won’t be allowed to clog up our cities: people will use the tram, a clean, fast, and quiet form of city transport which many cities are already reintroducing.

(H) This picture of the future is one which should appeal to all of us. It’s one that our grandchildren could take for granted, not believing that people lived any other way, that people went around polluting, destroying, wasting resources, and apparently not caring. But if we want our grandchildren to have a world which is cleaner and safer, we have to start to change our ways. The picture of the future can become a reality but only if we do something about it. And we should do something about it soon.

Below you will find four headings. Each heading describes the contents of one of the paragraphs in the passage. However, since there are eight paragraphs and only four headings, four of the paragraphs will not fit any of the headings below.

You need to choose which heading best describes which paragraph. Write the letter of a paragraph next to the number of the heading 11 -14 on the separate answer sheet.

11. Homes of the future will be more hygienic.

12. We ought to change the way we live.

13. The way we live now damages the world.

14. Future energy needs will be lower and not cause pollution.

Choose option A , В, C or D which best answers the question. Circle the correct letter in boxes 15-20 on your answer sheet.

15. The author’s intention in writing the above article was to show...

A. the sort of future we can expect for our grandchildren.

B. why we should reduce pollution and use energy more efficiently.

C. why we have taken steps to reduce pollution and improve our use of energy.

D. how changes in house design will encourage people to use less polluting energy.

16. Which of the following statements is the author most likely to agree with?

A. In the future, houses will be much healthier.

B. In the future, people will produce much less waste.

C. In the future, very few people will own their own car.

D. In the future, the problem of global warming will be better understood.

17. In the passage the author explains...

A. why using less energy has become more popular.

B. why sources of energy are going to become more scarce.

C. how savings could be made in the way energy is used.

D. how, unless we use less energy, energy costs will rise.

18. In the passage the author DOES NOT explain...

A. how our cities could be made cleaner.

B. why our use of energy needs to change.

C. why water costs will rise in the future.

D. how the way we live produces global warming.

19. According to the author, one of the differences between our way of life and that of people in the future might be that...

A. cars will be much cheaper to maintain.

B. fewer people will travel in the cities.

C. cars will have far more safety features.

D. cars will be used less than they are today.

20. The passage describes the homes of the future. Such homes, according to the author, might NOT be built if we...

A. could not afford the necessary technology.

B. could not find alternative sources of energy.

C. were unable to reduce the amount of waste we produce.

D. failed to agree to make necessary changes in our lives.

Part 3 (15 minutes)

Maximum points - 20

Use of English

Fill in the gaps in the text choosing an appropriate word from the column on the right. Choose one word once only. There are two extra words in the right column which you don’t have to choose. Write the letter which marks the word next to the number of the gap on the answer sheet.

An 11-year-old piano prodigy from Indonesia will appear at the prestigious Newport Jazz Festival after taking the American jazz (21) __________ by storm. Joey Alexander, who releases his debut album My Favorite Things this week, has attracted high (22) __________ from trumpeter and director of Jazz at Lincoln Centre Wynton Marsalis, who has said: "There has never been anyone that you can think of who could play like that (23) __________ his age. I loved everything about his playing his rhythm, his confidence, his understanding of the music." Marsalis said he found out about Bali-born Alexander after a friend suggested he watched a YouTube clip of the then 10-year-old (24) __________ tunes by John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk and Chick Corea. Now, to (25) __________ his debut album, Alexander is set to play at the Montreal and Newport jazz festivals. Newport producer George Wein says he"s always been reluctant to (26) __________ so-called child prodigies, but he made an exception after Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, tennis legend Arthur Ashe"s widow, brought Alexander over to his Manhattan apartment to (27) __________ for him. "The thing that differs him from most young players is the maturity of his harmonic approach," Wein told AP reporter Charles J Gans. "His playing is very contemporary but he also has a (28) __________ of the history of the music." Alexander"s parents were jazz fans and he himself admires the playing (29) __________ Horace Silver, McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans and Brad Mehldau. He also loves the Avengers and SpongeBob Squarepants. "For me jazz is a calling. I love jazz because it"s about freedom to express yourself and being spontaneous, full of rhythm and full of improvisation," said the young pianist. "Technique is important, but for me first when I play it"s from the (30) __________ and feeling the groove. I want to develop by practicing and playing, and challenging myself to get better every day," said Alexander. A) at
B) book
C) for
D) heart
E) of
F) performing
G) play
H) praise
I) promote
J) pushing
K)scene
L)sense
For items 31-40, Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
When you have made the (0) ... to begin exercising, DECIDE
you need more than just enthusiasm - you need to use (31) ... EQUIP
which is high quality, safe and (32) ... .The Classic Home RELY
Cycle is a basic model with a (33) ... distance meter and timer. MECHANIC
It has a strong construction and enclosed flywheel for (34) ... SAFE
and both the seat and handlebars are (35) ... to different ADJUST
(36)... so the user can pedal in the most comfortable position. HIGH
With a rowing machine you can (37) ... the arms and legs as STRONG
well as exercise the back. Brisk rowing is just as (38) ... for EFFECT
burning calories as running at 11 km an hour. The (39)... REASON
priced Classic Rower has a seat which moves smoothly (40) ... the whole rowing programme, and is suitable for all home exercisers. THROUGH

Part 4 (30 minutes)

Maximum points - 10

Comment on the following problem: Modern libraries in the digital age should be different from the libraries of the past.

In your comment use the information from the Internet below.

Modern Libraries

Many people, when asked about libraries, imagine old buildings with heavy bookshelves and dimmed light. Libraries around the world are heading into the future, creating for their patrons a more dynamic, multi-level environment for learning and pleasure.

Enjoy most tremendous examples of how modern libraries are shaping the way we learn and enjoy reading in the digital age.

LiYuan Library, China Built in 2011 in a small village of Huairou on the outskirts of Beijing, this beautiful nature-inspired library was designed by Li Xiaodong. The 175-square-meter building’s interior is spatially diverse by using steps and small level changes to create distinct places. The wooden sticks temper the bright light and spread it evenly throughout the space to give a perfect reading ambience. The library has no electricity supply and closes at dusk. Ballyroan Library, Ireland Designed by Box Architecture, the new library in South Dublin opened in early 2013. The new library offers extensive seating and a large study area with many public access computers, as well as printing and photocopying facilities. Free internet is available throughout the building.

Write 100-120 words. Remember to

Make an introduction;

Express your personal opinion on the problem and give reasons for your opinion;

Express your attitude towards the information from the Internet;

Make a conclusion.

Write in your own words.


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Центр развития талантов «Мега-Талант» предлагает принять участие во всероссийской олимпиаде по английскому языку. Миссия ЦРТ «Мега-Талант» — раскрыть способности к познанию и обучению. Наши образовательные мероприятия помогают ученикам и студентам в учебе и личностном развитии.

ЦРТ «Мега-Талант» это:

  • Больше чем 400 успешных олимпиад по 47 школьным предметам.
  • 20 000 учеников из 12 стран среди участников олимпиад по английскому языку.
  • 2,5 миллиона рублей выплаченных компенсаций организационных расходов.
  • Сообщество педагогов, объединенных общей целью.

Двигаясь навстречу учителю

Мы стремимся к тому, чтобы сокращать трудности и разрушать препятствия! Именно поэтому в организации и проведении олимпиады мы упростили все до 5 простых шагов.

  1. Учитель получает доступ к заданиям для всех классов и проводит олимпиаду.
  2. Ученики получают заслуженные дипломы, а учителя свидетельства и благодарности.
  3. Выплачивается компенсация организационных расходов.
  4. Самые активные учителя получают призы каждый месяц.
  5. На всех этапах проведения олимпиады учитель может обратиться за помощью в службу поддержки.

Дистанционные всероссийские и международные олимпиады от ЦРТ «Мега-Талант» по английскому языку

Дистанционный формат имеет множество преимуществ. Учитель может провести олимпиаду на базе своего учебного заведения, обеспечив тем самым максимальный комфорт для участников. Такая «домашняя» обстановка позволяет ученикам и студентам полностью сосредоточиться на заданиях олимпиады.

Все задания базируются на школьной программе, а сама олимпиада придерживается высоких стандартов ФГОС. Такое мероприятие — отличная возможность проявить себя как для учителя, так и для ученика.

Для каждого класса подобран свой комплект заданий из 15 вопросов. Среди них:

  • Тестовые задания
  • Вопросы, предполагающие анализ предложенных данных
  • Работа с иллюстративными материалами
  • Вопросы на исключение и соотнесение рядов данных

Стоимость участия в олимпиаде по английскому языку

Оргвзнос устанавливается отдельно для каждой олимпиады. До 30% оргвзноса возвращаются учителю в виде компенсации на организационные расходы: печать заданий, дипломов, сертификатов и т. д. Подробнее о том, как рассчитывается сумма компенсации можно узнать во время подачи заявки.

Как часто проводятся олимпиады по английскому языку?

Всего есть три сезона всероссийских олимпиад (осенний, зимний и весенний), три сезона международных, которые проводятся в промежутках между всероссийскими, а также итоговая олимпиада в конце года. Учитель может подобрать подходящий ему период и провести олимпиаду в удобное для себя время. Подробнее о том, какие мероприятия проводятся прямо сейчас можно прочитать на странице расписания ЦРТ «Мега-Талант» .

Как определяются результаты?

После проведения олимпиады учитель заносит ответы участников в своем личном кабинете. Система обрабатывает эти данные и определяет победителей. Вместе с этим становятся доступны все наградные материалы: дипломы победителей, сертификаты участников, а также соответствующее свидетельство для учителя.

Как организовать олимпиаду для своих школьников или студентов?

  1. Зарегистрированный пользователь ЦРТ «Мега-Таллант» подает заявку на участие и подтверждает ее, оплатив оргвзнос.
  2. В период выдачи заданий пользователь скачивает задания олимпиады в своем личном кабинете.
  3. Задания распечатываются и проводится олимпиада.
  4. Ответы участников вносятся в личном кабинете пользователя в базу данных системы.
  5. Система проверяет работы участников и публикует результаты на сайте.
  6. Пользователь получает в свое распоряжение все наградные материалы.

Как оплатить оргвзнос?

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Все это может быть использовано для оплаты оргвзноса.

Участие в олимпиаде для жителей СНГ и ближнего зарубежья

Любой, кто свободно владеет русским языком, может принять участие в заочных международных олимпиадах ЦРТ «Мега-Талант». Остались еще вопросы? Наверняка ответ находится . Если же его там не найдется, обратитесь к нашей оперативной и отзывчивой службе поддержки. Ни одно обращение не останется без внимания.

Task 1

For items 1–10 listen to a passage from a lecture and decide whether the statements (1–10) are TRUE (A) , or FALSE (B) according to the text you hear. You will hear the text twice .
Аудиозапись

  1. Some time ago the speaker went to buy a new bicycle.
    • A) True
    • B) False
  2. The speaker left the shop without buying anything.
    • A) True
    • B) False
  3. The speaker promised the shopkeeper to come back later.
    • A) True
    • B) False
  4. The speaker didn’t want to offend the shopkeeper.
    • A) True
    • B) False
  5. The speaker thinks that his behaviour in the shop was tactful.
    • A) True
    • B) False
  6. The speaker disagrees with the Collins Dictionary definition of tact.
    • A) True
    • B) False
  7. The speaker wants to find words that would make people feel better.
    • A) True
    • B) False
  8. The speaker doesn’t refer to the situations when one needs to compliment somebody.
    • A) True
    • B) False
  9. The speaker calls the behaviour when one is trying to help people avoid feeling bad negative behaviour.
    • A) True
    • B) False
  10. The speaker thinks that only positive behaviour is important.
    • A) True
    • B) False

Task 2

For items 11–15 A, B or C ) to answer questions 11–15 . You will hear the text only once .

  1. How does Patrick describe the Isle of Collett?
    • A) As a place with bad weather conditions.
    • B) As a very distant place.
    • C) As a stony island.
  2. What helped Patrick pass the time?
    • A) Work on his university thesis.
    • B) Weather research.
    • C) Birdwatching.
  3. When Patrick says ‘It took me less than 20 minutes’ he means that…
    • A) he couldn’t leave his work for longer.
    • B) the island is very small.
    • C) he doesn’t like long walks.
  4. What does Patrick say about his PhD thesis?
    • A) He still has a year to work on it.
    • B) It was rejected by the university.
    • C) He has finished it.
  5. Where does Patrick plan to spend his short holiday?
    • A) In London.
    • B) In the Mediterranean.
    • C) Back on the Isle of Collett.

READING

Time: 45 minutes (40 scores)

Task 1

For items 1–10 , read the passage below and choose option A, B, C or D which best fits according to the text.

Duncan Phyfe

Duncan Phyfe made some of the most beautiful furniture found in America. His family name was originally Fife, and he was born in Scotland in 1768. In 1784, the Fife family immigrated to Albany, New York where Duncan’s father opened a cabinet making shop. Duncan followed in his father’s footsteps and was apprenticed to a cabinetmaker. After completing his training, Duncan moved to New York City. Duncan Fife was first mentioned in the 1792 NYC Directory as a furniture “joiner” in business at 2 Broad Street. Two years later, he moved, expanded his business, and changed his name to Phyfe. He was a quiet-living, God-fearing young man who felt his new name would probably appeal to potential customers who were definitely anti-British in this post-Revolutionary War period. Duncan Phyfe’s name distinguished him from his contemporaries. Although the new spelling helped him better compete with French émigré craftsmen, his new name had more to do with hanging it on a sign over his door stoop.
The artisans and merchants who came to America discovered a unique kind of freedom. They were no longer restricted by class and guild traditions of Europe. For the first time in history, a man learned that by working hard, he could build his business based on his own name and reputation and quality of work. Phyfe’s workshop apparently took off immediately. At the peak of his success, Phyfe employed 100 craftsmen. Some economic historians point to Phyfe as having employed division of labor and an assembly line. What his workshop produced shows Phyfe’s absolute dedication to quality in workmanship. Each piece of furniture was made of the best available materials. He was reported to have paid $1,000 for a single Santo Domingo mahogany log.

Phyfe did not create new designs. Rather, he borrowed from a broad range of the period’s classical styles, Empire, Sheraton, Regency, and French Classical among them. Nevertheless, Phyfe’s high quality craftsmanship established him as America’s patriotic interpreter of European design in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Although the number of pieces produced by Duncan Phyfe’s workshop is enormous, comparatively few marked or labeled pieces have been found extant. In antiques shops and auctions, collectors have paid $11,000 for a card table, $24,200 for a tea table, and $93,500 for a sewing table.

  1. Based on the information in the passage, what can be inferred about Duncan Phyfe?
    • A) He regretted that Great Britain no longer governed New York City.
    • B) He was an excellent businessman with a good sense of craftsmanship and design.
    • C) He built all his furniture by himself in a workshop in Santo Domingo.
    • D) He joined the cabinetmakers’ guild after he moved to Scotland in 1792.
  2. According to the passage, which of the following does the author imply?
    • A) Duncan Fife and his father had the same first name.
    • B) Duncan Fife worked for his father in Scotland.
    • C) Duncan Phyfe made over 100 different kinds of tables.
    • D) Duncan Fife and his father were in the same business.
  3. Which sentence in paragraph 2 explains Duncan’s name change?
    • A) The third sentence.
    • B) The second sentence.
    • C) The first sentence.
    • D) None of the above.
  4. Which choice does the word ‘it’ refer to in the second paragraph?
    • A) His spelling.
    • B) His chair.
    • C) His name.
    • D) His French.
  5. Which of the following does the word ‘freedom’ refer to?
    • A) Restricted.
    • B) No longer restricted.
    • C) By working hard.
    • D) Took off.
  6. Which choice is closest in meaning to the word ‘guild’ in the third paragraph?
    • A) Organization of craftsmen.
    • B) Verdict of a jury.
    • C) Political party of émigrés.
    • D) Immigrants’ club.
  7. Where in the passage could the following sentence be added to the passage? Every joint was tight, and the carved elements were beautifully executed.
    • A) After the word “workmanship” in paragraph 3.
    • B) After the word “cabinetmaker” in paragraph 1.
    • C) After the word “stoop” in paragraph 2.
    • D) After the words “sewing table” in the last paragraph.
  8. In his business, Duncan Phyfe used all of the following EXCEPT:
    • A) division of labor.
    • B) an assembly line.
    • C) continental designs.
    • D) inexpensive materials.
  9. Based on information in the passage, what can be inferred about Duncan Phyfe’s death?
    • A) He died in the eighteenth century.
    • B) He died in England.
    • C) He died in the nineteenth century.
    • D) He died in Scotland.
  10. The author implies that furniture from Duncan Phyfe’s work-shop
    • A) no longer exists.
    • B) costs a lot of money today.
    • C) was ignored by New Yorkers.
    • D) was made by his father.

Task 2

For items 11–20 , read the passage below and choose which of the sentences A–K fit into the numbered gaps in the text. There is one extra sentence which does not fit in any of the gaps. Write the correct letter in boxes 11–20 on your answer sheet.

Ever since the 1910s, when film-makers first set up shops in Hollywood, mapmakers have been making quite unusual and even unique things: maps showing the locations of the fabulous homes of the stars. Collectively, they form an unofficial version of the Oscars, showing who’s in and who’s out in the film world. ‘Each one looks different,’ says Linda Welton, whose grandfather and mother pioneered these maps. 11 ________. Former film stars vanish from them, new ones appear on them, and some of the truly greats are permanent fixtures on them.
In 1933, noticing the steady stream of tourists going westward to follow the stars from Hollywood to Beverly Hills (the nearby district where most of the stars went to live), Linda’s grandfather, Wesley Lake, got a copyright for his Guide to Starland: Estates and Mansions. 12 ________. For 40 years Linda’s mother, Vivienne, sold maps just down the road from Cary Cooper’s place at 200, Baroda*. The asterisk indicates that it was the actor’s final home, as opposed to a plus sign (denoting an ex-home) or a zero (for no view from the street).
‘My grandfather asked Mom to talk to the gardeners to find out where the stars lived,’ Linda recalls. ‘She would come up to them and say: “ 13 ________” Who would suspect a little girl?’ Linda Welton and her team now sell about 10,000 maps a year from a folding chair parked curbside six days a week. 14 ________.

The evolution of the maps mirrors both the Hollywood publicity machine and real estate and tourism development. 15 ________. The first celebrity home belonged to the artist Paul de Longpre. 16 ________.

Although it is not known for certain who published the first map, by the mid-1920s all sorts of people were producing them. 17 ________.
One of the most famous of the early maps was produced to show the location of Pickfair, the home of the newly married stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, and the homes of some of their star friends. During World War I, they opened their home to serve refreshments to soldiers. As Vivienne Welton once explained in an interview, to a map and cartography magazine, ‘She asked a few friends to do the same. 18 ________.’

For over 40 years, people have marched toward the corner of Sunset and Baroda with hand-painted yellow signs saying: ‘Star Maps, 2 blocks’, ‘Star Maps, 1 block’, ‘Star Maps here’. The maps reflect the shifting geography of stardom as celebrities, looking for escape from over-enthusiastic fans, some with quite unhealthy intentions, have moved out to various districts in Malibu. 19 ________. Legendary stars – Garbo, Monroe, Chaplin – remain on them. 20 ________.

  • A. As they do so, they give advice to the tourists on star safaris through the lime green landscape of Beverly Hills.
  • B. Studios like Paramount published the names and addresses of its stars on theirs, and businesses distributed them as a promotional gimmick.
  • C. Others, however, say that the star maps are still an essential part of Hollywood and the film world.
  • D. More profoundly, perhaps, the maps suggest the temporary nature of fame.
  • E. Early film stars like Lillian Gish lived in modest, somewhat grubby rooming houses, taking street cars to and from the studio.
  • F. Updated regularly, they are still for sale at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Baroda Drive.
  • G. And so a map was needed.
  • H. It is the oldest continuously published star map and one of a half-dozen or so maps of varying degrees of accuracy and spelling correctness sold today.
  • I. Oh, this is a beautiful garden, but who lives here?
  • J. Others, however, hang on for about a decade and then vanish.
  • K. He had a luxuriously-landscaped house at Cahuenga Avenue and Hollywood and real estate agents would take prospective clients past it on tours.

USE OF ENGLISH

Time: 60 minutes, (50 scores)

Task 1. Questions 1–15

For Questions 1–15 , read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word on your answer sheet. There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00 ).

Example:

0 V
00 far

The Plaza hotel

0 The Plaza is situated close to the centre of town and only
00 20 minutes’ drive far from the airport. There are 605 guest
1 rooms providing a luxurious accommodation for tourists
2 and business people alike. Each room it is equipped with
3 a colour television, a mini bar and an individually-controlled
4 air conditioning. Guests have the choice of five superb
5 restaurants. Why not to sample local specialities in the Bistro
6 on the ground floor or enjoy yourself the finest international
7 cuisine in the fabulous Starlight Room with its panoramic
8 view of the city? There is a wide range of facilities for
9 relaxation and enjoyment including of a swimming pool,
10 health club, beauty salon and karaoke bar. In addition,
11 our modern conference centre which has been
12 designed to meet all your business needs. Why should you not stay
13 elsewhere when you can be sure of a warm welcome
14 and excellent service at the Plaza? For reservations
15 and information please to call 010 534 766 (24 hours).

Task 2. Questions 16–25

Example: 0 . The pool isn’t deep enough to swim in.
too
The pool ……………………. swim in.

0 is too shallow to
  1. Laura had to pay a fine of 50 dollars because she didn’t have a ticket.

dollar
Laura had to pay …………………… because she didn’t have a ticket.

  1. The concert wasn’t as good as we had expected.

live
The concert didn’t ……….. our expectations.

  1. I’ve been too busy to answer my emails, but I’ll do it soon.

round
I haven’t ………… my emails yet, but I’ll do it soon.

  1. It’s nearly lunchtime, so would you like to eat something?

feel
It’s nearly lunchtime, so do ……………………………… something to eat?

  1. Complaints about the food! That’s all I ever hear from you!

always
You …………………………… the food!

  1. They took advantage of the day-off at work and went to the seaside!

most
They ………………… of the day-off at work and went to the seaside!

  1. Two detectives investigating the robbery questioned us for over an hour.

enquiries
Two detectives ……………….. the robbery questioned us for over an hour.

  1. Jake was the person who started my interest in collecting pottery.

got
It was Jake ………… in collecting pottery.

  1. He really wanted to impress the interviewers.

desperate
He ………………………. the interviewers a good impression.

  1. Because he was injured he couldn’t play in the next game.

prevented
His ……….…. in the next game.

Task 3. Questions 26–30

Informal English Neutral Equivalents
26. Oh well, don’t let it get you down A) to borrow sth for a short time
27. I wish you’d stop going on about it for hours on end. B) to change one’s mind
28. It really bugs me when people don’t return my pen after they’ve borrowed it. C) to fool sb
29. My bicycle’s been nicked D) to annoy sb
30. He flipped his lid E) to upset sb
F) to steal sth
G) to argue
H) to lose one’s temper
I) to speak steadily
J) to surprise sb

Task 4. Questions 31–40

31 . The Trail of Tears A) the artist who made his masterpieces by putting the painting on the floor and then walking around it, letting the paint drip from sticks
32 . John Bull B) a figure who stands for the USA sometimes represented by the figure of a man with a white beard and tall hat
33 . The Great Gatsby C) This book deals with a poor Cockney girl who is taught how to speak and behave like an upper class lady as a scientific experiment.
34 . Prohibition D) the period from 1919 to 1933 in the US when the production and sale of alcoholic drinks was illegal
35 . Louisiana Purchase E) an English filmmaker of the 20-th century who specialized in thrillers
36 . Pygmalion F) the massive area of land bought from France in 1803 which doubled the US size
37 . The Great Depression G) a figure who stands for England in literary and political satire
38 . Jackson Pollock H) a group of eight old and respected universities in the Northeastern US
39 . The Ivy League I) the path that the Cherokees, forced to move away from their homes, travelled in the autumn and winter of 1838 to 1839
40 . Alfred Hitchcock J) the severe economic problems that followed the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and resulted in the failure of many banks and businesses
K) This novel describes the rise and fall of the main character, who extravagantly lives from bootlegging. He loves a beautiful woman who is the cause of his downfall.
L) an English animator of the 20-th century who is famous for inventing some of the best-known cartoons
M) Oxford and Cambridge together

WRITING

Time : 60 minutes, (30 scores)

Comment on the following quotation.

“All that glisters is not gold.”

Write 200–250 words .

Use the following plan:

  • explain how you understand the author’s point of view;
  • express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons in its support;
  • give examples to illustrate your reasons, using your personal experience, literature or background knowledge;
  • make a conclusion.

Внимание!

При превышении объема более чем на 10% от заданного (276 слов и более), проверяются первые 250 слов . При превышении объёма менее чем на 10% от заданного, баллы за содержание не снижаются.

Audioscript

Listening comprehension

For items 1–10 listen to a passage from a lecture and decide whether the statements (1–10) are TRUE (a), or FALSE (b) according to the text you hear. You will hear the text twice.
You have 20 seconds to study the statements.
(pause 20 seconds)

Now we begin.

Some time ago, I was in a bicycle shop looking for a new lock for my bicycle. The shopkeeper showed me several, patiently explaining their advantages and disadvantages. None of them was quite what I wanted and eventually I said to the shopkeeper, “I’ll think about it. Thanks very much”, and left the shop. Why did I say, “I’ll think about it”? Not something more straightforward like, “None of these is right”, “They’re too big”, “They are too small”, “They’re too expensive”, “I’ll go elsewhere”? I think, there are two reasons why I chose to say “I’ll think about it”. The first is that I didn’t want the shopkeeper to feel that his products were not valued or that his time had been wasted and second is that I didn’t want to be the object of his possible annoyance or irritation. In other words, I didn’t want him to feel bad. And I didn’t want me to feel bad. We have words for this general behavior pattern of not wanting ourselves or other people to feel bad as a result of the interactions that we have… have with other people. We talk about tact, which is defined in the Collins Concise Dictionary as ‘the sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others so as to avoid giving offence’, or we might equally call this, as many people do, politeness behaviour. Now notice that the definition of tact talks about avoiding giving offence. It is not talking about something positive that we do in order to make people feel better than they otherwise would. So, here we are not talking about the kind of behaviour we get into when, for example, we console a friend whose cat has just been run over or compliment our partner on a very well-cooked meal. We are not trying here to positively make people feel better, but trying to avoid them feeling bad. So, this is a negative kind of behaviour that I’m talking about. But the fact that it’s negative doesn’t mean that it’s not terribly important. It is extremely important. It is essential to our self-preservation and to social cohesion. And for this reason avoidance behaviour is of great interest to many different kinds of scholars.

(pause 20 seconds)

Now listen to the text again.

(text repeated)

You have 20 seconds to check your answers.

(pause 20 seconds)

For items 11–15 listen to the dialogue. Choose the correct answer (A, B or C ) to answer questions 11–15 . You will hear the text only once.
You now have 25 seconds to study the questions.

(pause 25 seconds)

Now we begin.

A Lonely Job

Jane : Wherever have you been, Patrick? I haven’t seen you for months. Someone said you’d emigrated.

Patrick : Whoever told you that? I’ve been working on a weather research station on the Isle of Collett.

Jane : Where on earth is that?

Patrick : It’s a lump of rock about 100 miles north-west of Ireland.

Jane : Whatever did you do to pass the time?

Patrick : Fortunately I had my university thesis to work on. If I hadn’t had a pile of work to do, I’d have gone off my head.

Jane : Was there anything else to do?

Patrick : Well, if you were a bird watcher, it would be a paradise; but whenever I got tired of studying, I could only walk round the island – and that took me less than twenty minutes.

Jane : However did you stand it? If I’d been in your shoes I’d have taken the first boat back to civilization.

Patrick : Well, I needed some information for my research there, and they paid me, so I saved some money. Now I can have a short holiday before I start looking for a job.

Jane : Have you finished your PhD already? I thought you had another year to do.
Patrick : No, time flies, you know. As long as they don’t reject my thesis, I’ll be leaving for London next week.

Jane : If I were you, I’d go off to the Mediterranean or somewhere before starting work.

Patrick : No thanks, I’ll stay in London. I’ve had enough of the sea for a while. This is the end of the listening comprehension part. You have 1 minute to complete your answer.

Keys

Use of English

Item Answer
1 a
2 it
3 an
4 V
5 to
6 yourself
7 V
8 V
9 of
10 V
11 which
12 not
13 V
14 V
15 to
16 a 50-dollar fine
17 live up to
18 got round to answering
19 you feel like having
20 are always complaining about
21 made the most
22 making enquiries into/ about
23 who/ that got me interested
24 was desperate to give
25 injury prevented him from playing
26 E
27 I
28 D
29 F
30 H
31 I
32 G
33 K
34 D
35 F
36 C
37 J
38 A
39 H
40 E

Подсчёт баллов за все конкурсы

Listening – максимальное количество баллов 30. Задание проверяется по ключам. Каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. За неверный ответ или отсутствие ответа выставляется 0 баллов. Затем полученное количество баллов умножается на два.

Reading – максимальное количество баллов 40. Задание проверяется по ключам. Каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. За неверный ответ или отсутствие ответа выставляется 0 баллов. Затем полученное количество баллов умножается на два.

Use of English – максимальное количество баллов 50. Задание проверяется по ключам. В заданиях 1, 3, 4 каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. За неверный ответ или отсутствие ответа выставляется 0 баллов. В задании 1 орфография не учитывается. В задании 2 каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 2 балла. За неверный ответ или отсутствие ответа выставляется 0 баллов. Орфография учитывается. Если дан грамматически правильный ответ, но в ответе допущены орфографические ошибки, ответ оценивается в 1 балл.

Writing – максимальное количество баллов 30. Задание оценивается по Критериям оценивания. Затем полученное количество баллов умножается на два. При подведении итогов баллы за все конкурсы суммируются. Максимальное количество баллов за все конкурсы – 30 + 40+ 50 +30 = 150.

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