USE OF ENGLISH
Time: 20 minutes
(20 points)
Task 1. Questions 1–10
For items 1–10, 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).
Example:
| IMPRESSION |
BRITISH FOOD
| Many people are under the (0) … that British food is awful. | IMPRESS |
| It is said to be (1) … and cooked badly, so the idea that Britain has some of the best restaurants in the world is | TASTE |
| usually met with roars of (2) … . | LAUGH |
| However, perhaps this is a little (3) … . | FAIR |
| There have been some wonderful (4) … in recent years. | IMPROVE |
| There are now many (5) … restaurants serving high quality | EXCITE |
| dishes that have been very (6) … prepared. Also, many British chefs now have Michelin stars, which are only awarded to the world’s very best chefs. | SKILL |
| A good (7) … of food is available these days, too. In other words, the food being served isn’t just French gourmet. | VARY |
| There has been a huge rise in the popularity of (8) … British dishes. Fortunately, gone are the days when the only things on the menu were boiled vegetables and stewed meat! | TRADITION |
| So, the next time you get a chance, be (9) … and try some real British food. You just might find it no longer deserves | ADVENTURE |
| its terrible (10) … . | REPUTE |
Task 2. Questions 11–20
For items 11–20, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. Use from three to five words. The number of words you should put in the gap is specified in each case. Do NOT use contracted forms. There is an example at the beginning ().
Example: 0. “Let’s go to the cinema on Sunday,” said Ann.
wanted
Ann_____ _____ ____ ____ to the cinema on Sunday. (4 words)
| wanted us to go |
- The professor said that his assistant had given away the secret formula.
ACCUSED
The professor ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ away the secret formula. (5 words)
- They say a multinational company owns this factory.
SAID
The factory ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ by a multinational company. (5 words)
- I think they did not plan this.
MIGHT
They ____ ____ ____ ____ this. (4 words)
- He will probably win the race.
LIKELY
He ____ ____ ____ ____ the race. (4 words)
- She woke up early so that she could catch the 5:30 train.
ORDER
She woke up early ____ ____ ____ ____ the 5:30 train. (4 words)
- Martin realised that he could never be an athlete.
BORN
Martin realised that he ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ an athlete. (5 words)
- The teacher advised him to study harder.
WERE
“If ____ ____ ____ , ____ ____study harder”, said the teacher. (5 words)
- They are launching a new product these days.
A new product ____ ____ ____ these days. (3 words)
- There were very few guests at Paula’s wedding yesterday.
CAME
Hardly ____ ____ ____ ____ Paula’s wedding yesterday. (4 words)
- Our teacher demands that we hand in our homework regularly.
INSISTS
Our teacher ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ our homework regularly. (5 words)
Подсчёт баллов за все конкурсы
Listening. Максимальное количество баллов – 10. Задания проверяются по ключам. Каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. За неверный ответ или отсутствие ответа выставляется 0 баллов.
Reading. Максимальное количество баллов – 15. Задания проверяются по ключам. Каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. За неверный ответ или отсутствие ответа выставляется 0 баллов.
Use of English. Максимальное количество баллов – 20. Задания 1–20 проверяются по ключам. Каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. За неверный ответ или отсутствие ответа выставляется 0 баллов. Орфография учитывается. Если допущена орфографическая ошибка в ответе, балл не начисляется. В заданиях 11–20 возможно расширение ключей (возможны дополнительные правильные варианты), эти задания необходимо проверять, имея перед глазами не только ключи, но и сами задания, чтобы не пропустить возможные правильные варианты, не указанные в ключах.
Writing. Максимальное количество баллов – 15. Задание оценивается по Критериям оценивания.
При подведении итогов баллы за все конкурсы суммируются.
Максимальное количество баллов за все конкурсы – 60.
Audioscript
Listening comprehension
For items 1–10 listen to a man talking about a boy called Michael who crossed the Atlantic in a sailing boat and decide whether the statements 1–10 are TRUE according to the text you hear (A), or FALSE (B), or the information on the statement is NOT STATED in the text (C). You will hear the text twice. You have 20 seconds to look through the statements.
Now we begin
In 2007, Michael Perham, a fourteen-year-old boy from the south of England, became the youngest person to sail across the Atlantic alone. Michael set off from Gibraltar on the 5,600 kilometre voyage which took forty-seven days. It was a long and, some may say, dangerous adventure, but Michael was determined to get there.
Michael started sailing when he was seven, and says the idea of an Atlantic crossing had been floating around in his head for a few years. Then one day, his father, Peter, who’s a keen sailor, decided that the time was right. Michael helped with the design of a new 9-metre yacht which was built for them and to which Michael gave the name the Cheeky Monkey.
They say that for a real sailor, crossing the Atlantic isn’t a big deal, but people imagine that sharks and huge waves would be the greatest dangers. In fact, Michael’s father sailed alongside his son in his own boat to make sure he was OK. They worked in shifts throughout the night: an hour on, then an hour off, because one of them had to be on watch, in case large ships came too near to them.
Are you wondering what Michael ate during his voyage? Well, he says he and his father filled two supermarket trolleys with things like sausages, spaghetti and stews, which could be easily heated in a pan. Everything had to be in tins, though, because that type of food keeps fresher than stuff in packets or jars.
So what did Michael miss most? He says he sometimes missed human contact and having a face-to-face conversation. He got used to his limited food supply but says what he really longed for was hot toast. Knowing what teenagers are like, I’d been expecting him to say burgers or crisps, but then Michael is no ordinary teenager!
When asked how he communicated with his father, Michael explains that it was all done by radio, though for Michael nothing compared with the pleasure of following his father’s progress through his binoculars. Michael also communicated with his family at home by satellite phone. One day his father contacted Michael to tell him a part of his own boat was broken, which really disappointed Michael because it might mean that they would have to go slower. But, in the end, that wasn’t necessary.
I asked Michael how he entertained himself on the boat. He told me he’d taken his guitar with him but it had stayed in its case throughout the trip. He couldn’t play because the boat was always rolling about! He loved to read and he also had an iPod that his sister had lent him. This he plugged into portable speakers and it was on pretty much all the time.
Was there anything that frightened Michael? He says the weather was a bit of a worry at times, and once he got caught in a force-nine storm, but managed to handle the boat OK. The one event that really shook him was when a flying fish jumped into the boat and hit him on the shoulder. But mostly things were great, like sailing alongside dolphins and seeing the bluest skies anyone could ever imagine.
Everybody is really proud of Michael’s achievements. And a remarkable thing about the trip is that he also raised thousands of pounds for the charity known as ‘Children in Need’. His school has been very supportive — the head teacher allowed Michael to miss school, saying that a few weeks on the ocean would be an amazing learning experience.
It’s quite likely that Michael’s next challenge will be to sail non-stop around the world. His father would do the trip in another boat, but it would be a very different experience because they would be in 20-metre boats which travel much faster, so they would never really be in sight of each other. Michael says next time he’ll remember to pack some photos, to remember friends and family if he feels lonely, but he’ll leave the guitar at home!
You have 20 seconds to check your answers. (pause 20 seconds)
Now listen to the text again. (text repeated)
This is the end of the listening comprehension task.
10 цитат на Английском. Развиваем эрудицию
Всем нам иногда сложно оставаться позитивными, ведь жизнь — сложная штука. Эти 10 цитат на английском помогут вам увидеть жизнь с лучшей стороны, открыть потрясающие возможности и улучшить своё настроение!
1. «Success is the child of audacity». (Benjamin Disraeli)
«Успех — дитя смелости». (Бенджамин Дизраэли)
2. «We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light». (Plato)
«Можно с лёгкостью простить ребёнка, который боится темноты. Настоящая трагедия жизни — когда взрослые люди боятся света». (Платон)
3. «It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change». (Charles Darwin)
«Выживает не самый сильный и не самый умный, а тот, кто лучше всех приспосабливается к изменениям». (Чарльз Дарвин)
4. «I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions». (Stephen Covey)
Я не продукт моих обстоятельств. Я продукт моих решений. (Стивен Кови)
5. «You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough». (Mae West)
«Мы живём один раз, но если правильно распорядиться жизнью, то и одного раза достаточно». (Мэй Уэст)
6. «The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why». (Mark Twain)
Два самых важных дня в вашей жизни: день, когда вы родились, и день когда поняли зачем. (Марк Твен)
7. «Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened». (Dr. Seuss)
«Не плачь, потому что это закончилось, улыбнись, потому что это было». (Доктор Сьюз)
8. «There are no shortcuts to any place worth going». (Helen Keller)
«К достойной цели нет коротких путей». (Хелен Келлер)
9. «Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm». (Winston Churchill)
«Успех — это умение двигаться от неудачи к неудаче, не теряя энтузиазма». (Уинстон Черчилль)
10. «Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language». (H. Jackson Brown, Jr.)
«Никогда не смейтесь над человеком, который говорит на ломаном английском. Это значит, что он знает и другой язык». (Х. Джексон Браун — младший)
Следите за новостями, подписывайтесь на канал и изучайте английский язык с удовольствием!
WRITING
Time: 40 minutes
(15 points)
Write a short description of any monument in Moscow which is devoted to
World War II and recommend it to foreign tourists.
Write the name of the monument at the beginning on a separate line (words are not counted in this line). The monument should be real, not imaginary.
Remember to mention in your description:
- what the monument looks like;
- where the monument is located (area of Moscow);
- why you recommend it to foreign tourists.
Write 200–250 words.
USE OF ENGLISH
| Item | Answer |
| 1 | TASTELESS |
| 2 | LAUGHTER |
| 3 | UNFAIR |
| 4 | IMPROVEMENTS |
| 5 | EXCITING |
| 6 | SKIL(L)FULLY |
| 7 | VARIETY |
| 8 | TRADITIONAL |
| 9 | ADVENTUROUS |
| 10 | REPUTATION |
| 11 | accused his assistant of giving |
| 12 | is said to be owned |
| 13 | might not have planned/ might have not planned |
| 14 | is likely to win |
| 15 | in order to catch |
| 16 | was not born to be/ was never born to be |
| 17 | I were you, I would |
| 18 | is being launched |
| 19 | any guests came to |
| 20 | insists on us/our handing in/ insists that we hand in/insists |
LISTENING
Time: 10 minutes
(10 points) For items 1–10 listen to a man talking about a boy called Michael who crossed the Atlantic in a sailing boat and decide whether the statements 1–10 are TRUE according to the text you hear (A), or FALSE (B), or the information on the statement is NOT STATED in the text (C). You will hear the text twice.
- Michael Perham, a teenage boy from the south of England, became the only person to sail across the Atlantic alone.
- Michael started his voyage across the Atlantic when he was seven.
- The Cheeky Monkey is a 9-metre yacht which was designed for the cross-Atlantic voyage.
- During his voyage, Michael ate food which had been presented to him by a local supermarket.
- Burgers and crisps were the things Michael missed most during his voyage.
- One day during the trip, Michael’s father contacted him to say that a part of Michael’s boat was broken.
- Michael didn’t play his guitar during the trip.
- Once he managed to catch a flying fish which had jumped into his boat.
- Michael contributed a lot of money to the fund Children in Need.
- Michael and his father would like to do their next trip in bigger and faster boats.