Жизнь и творчества русских писателей

Задание 1

Установите соответствие между заголовками A-F и текстами 1-5. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую букву только один раз. В задании есть один лишний заголовок.

A. Various activities.

B. Summer journey

C. Excitement adventure

E. No chance of coming back

F. Uneasy to organize.

G Difficult flight

1

We visited Spain in summer. The purpose of the trip was to study the art and architecture of the region, particularly the mediaeval Moorish influence. And, of course, to enjoy Spanish cuisine and people. We «travelled without a guide, but well supplied with guidebooks, that allowed us to take our time and enjoy the country. Organizing all our own sightseeing and meals gave us considerable flexibility, and not being tied to a guide and a timetable turned out to be quite a bonus. Finally, we made our way back to the airport by train and bus. It was a highly successful trip in every way!

2

As we departed from Twickenham, having been on the exchange before I thought that there wouldn't be anything new to me, except the language perhaps. As I found out over the next week Russia always has new experiences to offer. The Russian host families were very kind and hospitable while we spent the weekend with our hosts, so we felt as if we were back at home — well, apart from having to speak Russian, obviously! Our guides had planned a range of excursions, including cultural, sporting and entertainment centres of the city.

3

Going to London was a fantastic experience as it is truly the most diverse city in the world. Apart from the usual tourist attractions there are plenty of other areas worth visiting. Also, I found the English people not to be as serious and reserved as I thought they would be. They were very friendly and good hosts. I agree that visiting any European capital is going to give a broad insight into the culture and London is no exception. It's a shame that in future we won't have an opportunity to go on this exchange because of some restrictions of our partner school!

4

I and other six boys from my group drove up to the Snowdonia National Park during the half-term break for three days of climbing. On arrival we booked into the Youth Hostel. Later that day we drove to a shop to buy equipment at discount prices. The next day after our instructor gave us some instructions we climbed an assortment of routes on Spotty Rock. We lead some very difficult technical routes over the three days. Overall the trip was a huge success.

5

This year I decided to organize the work experience week in Italy and with a different company. Indeed, though the week in a foreign country had been a success every time, the main problem was in the evening as the students were all staying together and, therefore, speaking English. Trying to make them speak Italian to each other, after having spent the day at their work placement trying to understand, what was going on, was a very difficult task. This time I arranged their accommodation in different families.

Задание 2

Прочитайте текст. Определите, какие из приведенных утверждений A6-A10 соответствуют содержанию текста (1 – True), какие не соответствуют (2 – False) и о чем в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3 – Not stated).

Read the text and say if you have illusions towards this profession. She is a photographer's model, high fashion. Her face is familiar one in magazine ads and on television commercials. She has been engaged in this work for eight years. She earns the city's top rate: $ 50 an hour.
At first you work very hard to try to discover different looks and hairdos. After a while you know them all. Someone once asked me, "Why do high-fashion models pose with their mouths open? They look like they're catching flies." This look has been accepted for a long time. They want everything to be sexy, subtle or overt. It's automatic.
They want you natural but posed. How can you feel natural with three pounds of make-up, in some ridiculous costume, standing there and looking pretty?
Someone will call you at seven in the morning and say be ready at eight thirty. Can you be there in 40 minutes? You're trying to get your wardrobe together and be there in time. It's terrible. Somehow you manage to make it on time. I'm very seldom late, I'm amazed at myself.
You go out of your house with your closetful on your arm. Different colors and shoes to match and purses and wigs. So I've developed these strong muscles with one shoulder lower than the other from carrying all the wardrobe about.
In the middle of the winter you're fighting all the people to get a taxi. You're supposed to look fresh and your hair is supposed to be sparkling. By the time you get there, you're perspiring like crazy, and it's difficult to feel fresh under all those hot lights when you've had such a struggle to get there.
Most people have strange feeling about standing before a camera. You have to learn to move and make different designs with your body.
You feel like you're a clothes hanger. One day someone will say you're great. In the next studio they will say you're terrible. It changes from minute to minute: acceptance, rejection.
My feelings are ambivalent. I like my life because it does give me freedom.
I usually don't tell people that I am a model. I say I'm an actuary or something.
I don't like to look at my pictures. I don't like to ride by and see some advertisement and tell everyone that's me.
Most models, after one or two years, can't be very interested in it. But they get involved with money, so it's difficult for them to quit. And there's always the possibility of the commercial that's going to make you twenty thousand dollars at one crack. You can work very hard all year on photos and not make as much as you can on two television commercials.

A1. According the text the photographer’s models earn 50$ a week.

1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

A2. The photographer’s model says it is not easy to be natural and posed with a great amount of make up during the photo shoot.

1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

A3 . According the text the photographer’s model should fight all the people to get to the bus.

1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

A4 . Experienced models can’t easily give up their profession because of money.

l) True 2) False 3) Not stated

Задание 3.

Прочитайте текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами ВЗ — В9 так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию ВЗ — В9.

Housework and history

The history of housework is the history of everything.

B3 Housework an amazing amount in only the last CHANGE

hundred years or so. The invention of electricity was very important,

B4 and it to the arrival of the washing machine, the LEAD

vacuum cleaner, the dishwasher, and so on.

B5 Housework much BE

B6 without them fifty years ago. It's not just technology HARD

that's different - these days,

B7 most husbands by their EXPECT

B8 to share the housework. Overall, then, we can see a WIFE

great improvement in relation to housework,

B9 especially for although the environmental cost of WOMAN

modern housework is high.