Университетская гимназия (школа-интернат) МГУ имени М.В.

Ломоносова
10 класс – II этап
Английский язык Демонстрационный вариант

Part I Listening

1. You will hear five different people talking about a charity running event. For speakers 1-5,
choose from the list (A-F) what each of them says. Use the letters only once. There is one extra
letter which you do not need to use.
A I feel proud of my latest performance.
В I don’t think it was very well organised.
С I felt sorry for the runners who weren’t fit enough.
D I was disappointed at the amount of money raised.
E I was surprised by how many people came to watch.
F I regret changing my mind about taking part.

Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 Speaker 5

2. You will hear an interview with a woman called Sally Gartree, who works as an organiser of the
three-day Ixford Music Festival. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer (A, В or C).
1. Sally says that her involvement with the festival began
A before her parents were asked to help run it.
В when it was first held over twenty years ago.
C after she had started attending the event regularly.
2. Sally feels that the biggest change in the festival has been in
A the scale of the event.
В the atmosphere at night.
C the facilities for performers.
3. Sally regrets that some people attending the festival now seem most interested in
A how well known the bands are.
В trying out different types of food.
C the retail outlets selling souvenirs.

4. What does Sally enjoy most about the festival?

A the non-stop entertainment
В the relaxed attitude of the people
C the range of musical styles on offer
5. What would Sally like to change about the festival?
A so many people arriving by car
В the reliance on good weather
C how poorly advertised it is
6. Sally tells the story about the famous rock star to show
A how well respected the festival is.
В how unreasonable such people can be.
C how important the festival was to his career.
7. Sally hopes that in the future the festival will
A go on for longer.
В be shown on TV.
C stay the same size.
Part II Reading
 Университетская гимназия (школа-интернат) МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова
10 класс – II этап
Английский язык Демонстрационный вариант

1. You are going to read an article about an actor. For questions 1-8, choose the answer (А, В, C or D)
which you think fits best according to the text.

The reluctant hero

The most endearing thing about Aaron Green - and there are many - is his refusal to accept how
famous he’s about to become. ‘I can walk down the street and not be hassled, which is really nice. I
kind of hope that continues and I’m sure it will,’ he says earnestly. How lovely if this turned out to
be true, but the chances are somewhere between unlikely and impossible, and he must know this.
Aaron has been cast as the hero in the latest fantasy blockbuster that will hit our screens next year.
The first photo of him in his costume was released last week to an Internet frenzy.
After an award nomination for his last film, Aaron is having the biggest year of his life, but it hasn’t
gone to his head. ‘It’s nice if your work is praised, but it’s all very new to me, this,’ he says. ‘I really
like working in this profession and exploring its possibilities. Who knows what the future holds?
We could dream about what might happen next, but there’s not much point. I’m just enjoying my
job and want to do well in it in the future, but that’s kind of it, really. No big hassles.’
Of all the characters in his last film, which is based on a true story about a group of university
students who start an influential blog, Aaron’s character is the one who emerges as most likeable.
But he insists that the plot is not as straightforward as it might appear. ‘What’s wonderful about this
film is that everyone feels they are the good guy. I don’t think anyone in the cast felt they were
playing the villain. It was just a group of human beings that had different opinions.’
It’s a typically thoughtful answer from the 27-year-old, who seems to be a bit of a worrier and
prefers to avoid watching himself on screen. Doubtless he doesn’t care for interviews either, but he
is so open and engaging that you wouldn’t know it. He felt ‘a heightened sense of responsibility’
playing a real-life person in his last film, but had no contact with the person concerned. ‘These
people are living and breathing somewhere — of course that has a great effect on the care with
which you approach your work. I kept wondering if he’d come and see the film, if he’d recognise
himself in my performance or be angered by it.’
His performance has a vulnerability about it that is almost painful to watch. Does he seek out those
parts or do directors see that quality in him? ‘I don’t know, I think it’s probably a bit of both. I
certainly have that unwillingness to lose naivety; to lose that childlike way of looking at the world. I
find it a very real and profound theme in my life and, talking to other people my age, I think it’s
universal.’
Born in Vancouver to an American father and Scottish mother, Aaron moved to Edinburgh with his
family when he was four. His rise has been swift, beginning at stage school; he got rave reviews for
his theatre work and TV parts before making his film debut. How does he react to getting them for
his film work too, perhaps even an award? ‘Luckily it’s not something I’ve given much thought to
because I’m so busy working on something else and don’t want to be distracted from that,’ he says.
This is Aaron’s typically understated way of mentioning the fantasy epic.
He was unveiled for the role by the film corporation at an industry event in California, stepping on
to the stage with a bemused expression, as if he didn’t know quite why he was there. He loved the
fantasy novels as a kid himself and is aware how much the role means. ‘I don’t need anyone else to
tell me what a big deal it is because I’m that character’s biggest fan.’ He seems genuinely to believe
that the job won’t change his life. ‘There’s nothing fascinating about my life, and there’s absolutely
no reason why that should start happening.’ You can only wish him well.
 Университетская гимназия (школа-интернат) МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова
10 класс – II этап
Английский язык Демонстрационный вариант

1 In the first paragraph, the writer suggests that he thinks Aaron

A has a sensible attitude towards fame.
В seems confident that he can deal with fame.
C seems unaware that he’s about to become famous.
D has unrealistic ideas about what it’s like to be famous.
2 The phrase ‘hasn’t gone to his head’ (line 7-8) suggests that Aaron is
A modest about his achievements.
В used to receiving so much praise.
C doubtful whether he will win an award.
D unsure whether he deserves so much attention.
3 What does Aaron say about his last film?
A There are clear heroes and villains in it.
В The story is not as simple as it may seem.
C He knows why people liked his character best.
D There were often disagreements between the actors.
4 What makes the writer think that Aaron is an anxious person?
A He has no wish to watch his own films.
В He obviously doesn’t like giving interviews.
C He feels responsible for the character he plays.
D He thinks carefully before answering a question.
5 What does Aaron say about playing a real-life person on screen?
A He was disappointed that he never met that person.
В He was sure that person wouldn’t want to see the film.
C He was concerned that the person might easily be offended.
D He was pleased that the person approved of the fact he was playing it.
6 What does Aaron suggest in the sixth paragraph?
A He only plays parts that suit his own personality.
В He lets the director decide how a part should be played.
C He’s not such an immature person as he may appear.
D He shares certain feelings with lots of other young people.
7 When asked about the prospect of winning an award for his film work, Aaron
A admits it’s more exciting than other awards he’s been up for.
В explains why he prefers not to think too much about it.
C compares the film with his current project.
D suggests that it’s mostly a matter of luck.
8 The word ‘bemused’ in line 36 means that Aaron seemed to be
A proud of himself.
В happy to be there.
C scared of something.
D unsure about something.
 Университетская гимназия (школа-интернат) МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова
10 класс – II этап
Английский язык Демонстрационный вариант

2. You are going to read an article about a language. Seven sentences have been removed from the
article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap (9-15). There is one sentence
you do not need to use.
I’m the last speaker of my language
I come from Chile and I’ve always been interested in my country’s history and culture. It all started
when I was about eight and I started to learn about the Mapuches, the indigenous inhabitants of
central and southern Chile. My friends thought I was strange. But I didn’t mind that they weren’t
interested.
When I first found out about the native people of Patagonia, in the far south, I had no idea that my
mother’s family was from there and that her grandfather had been a Selk’nam. The last speaker of
Selk’nam died in 1974. I really wanted to learn Selk’nam, so relatives on my father’s side who live
in Punta Arenas, the southernmost town in mainland Chile, sent me dictionaries. ___ 9 But I had no
idea what these sounded like.
Then, when I was about eleven, I saw a television programme about the Yagan people who lived on
the island of Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost tip of South America. The programme interviewed
two sisters, Cristina and Ursula Calderon, and said they were the only two speakers of their
language left. ___ 10 Only later did I discover that the two languages are quite different; that the
two peoples couldn’t communicate with each other.
One day, my mother told me that although she was born in the capital, Santiago, her grandfather
was a Selk’nam from the north of Tierra del Fuego. ___ 11 When I asked why, she said that when
she was young she had been teased for looking different, and so she had just kept quiet about it.
When I was thirteen, I went to the south for the first time on my own to meet Cristina Calderon, ___
12 I discovered that there used to be four thousand Selk’nam in Tierra del Fuego. They were hunters
of wild cats and foxes. The Yagan lived further south and travelled by canoe all the way down to
Cape Horn, but the Selk’nam moved on foot.
Settlers from the north arrived in the nineteenth century and introduced diseases like measles and
typhoid, which affected the local people very badly. Now, there’s no way back. I got hold of some
recordings of a Selk’nam shaman from the 1960s and started to study them. ___ 13 Gradually,
however, I began to understand how the words sounded and began to reproduce them.
The Selk’nam express themselves using lots of prefixes and suffixes, and the sounds are guttural,
nasal and tonal. ___ 14 For example, it has lots of different words for the weather. The hardest thing
in Selk’nam, however, is the verbs – they all sound a bit the same. There are some English
loanwords, such as ‘bread’ and ‘money’. Others are descriptive: ‘read’ translates as ‘playing with
words’ and ‘drum’ as ‘vibrating leather’. Then there are words for modern things – for ‘telephone’,
you have to say ‘speak from afar’, and ‘car’ is ‘go on four wheels’. I speak the language well now.
Cristina’s husband spoke Selk’nam and apparently I sound just like him.
Because music is something that reaches lots of people, I started composing traditional songs in
Selk’nam and formed a band with two friends. This meant that they had to learn some words, too.
___ 15 I need to teach my language to more people because if something happened to me, it would
die out all over again.

А I felt a sudden desire to learn that one too.

В It was slow because I had no one to talk to.
C Nobody had ever told me anything about this before.
D This meant that I was able to start learning words, verbs and expressions.
E This was good because I didn’t want to be the only one.
F These turned out to be rather hard for me to pronounce, however.
G The trip seemed the best way to find out about my roots.
H Yagan is quite different, however, because it has more vocabulary.
Part III Use of English
 Университетская гимназия (школа-интернат) МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова
10 класс – II этап
Английский язык Демонстрационный вариант

1. For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (А, В, C or D) best fits each
gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Vera Neumann: fabric designer

Vera Neumann was an artist, designer and businesswoman whose products (0)..A. their way into the
homes of people across the USA in the second half of the twentieth century.

Vera was born in Connecticut in 1907 and showed artistic (1) … from an early age. After (2) … art
college in New York, she got a job as a textile designer on Seventh Avenue, but didn’t like being (3)
… what to do. Determined to develop her own styles, Vera built a silk screen at home which fitted
neatly on to her dining-room table. She started to produce domestic textiles – (4) … tableware –
each (5) … printed by hand and ‘cured’ in the oven in her kitchen.

But it was her scarves that (6) … Vera’s name. Good fabric was in short (7) … during the Second
World War, but Vera was lucky enough to (8) … across some silk left over from the manufacture of
parachutes. Vera used it to design scarves with floral, abstract and geometric designs. These were an
(9) … success when they appeared in department stores. (10) … during the 1950s they were the (11)
… of fashion, being worn by celebrities such as the film star Marilyn Monroe. By 1960, the
company which Vera had (12) … was employing 200 staff and producing 130 patterns per season.

A found B arrived C fetched D reached

0
A training В talent C expert D gift
1
A applying В going C studying D attending
2
3 A led В directed C told D forced

4 A mostly B greatly C widely D broadly

5 A portion B item C issue D matter

6 A got B did C gained D made

7 A supply B availability C quantity D delivery

A fall B come C happen D run

8
9 A acute B urgent C instant D extreme

10 A However B Indeed C Nonetheless D Otherwise

11 A height B peak C top D crown

12 A worked out B put on C carried off D set up

 Университетская гимназия (школа-интернат) МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова
10 класс – II этап
Английский язык Демонстрационный вариант

2. For questions 13-22, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the
lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

0. BOREDOM
Games in space
For astronauts on long missions into space, (0) … can be a BORE
real problem. For example, a return trip to the planet Mars would
take an (13) ... 520 days. In order to help the astronauts who AMAZE
might one day undertake just such a journey, (14) … and doctors SCIENCE
need to find out what it would be like. As part of the (15) … SEARCH
programme, six volunteers will take part in a simulation (16) … ACTIVE
The volunteers will be locked away for 520 days to see what effect
this has on their mind and body. During their time in (17) … , ISOLATE
the volunteers will be able to communicate with their controllers,
but only in a very (18) … way. For example, the further away from REAL
the Earth they get, the longer the delay in the signal, so they will not
be able to have a conversation in real time.
As part of the experiment, they will be allowed to play computer games.
There will be a (19) … of solo games and competitive games MIX
available. Afterwards, the astronauts will be asked to give (20) … FEED
on how hard they found the games to play and what their (21) … EMOTION
state was at the time. As a result of the (22) … gathered, it may be INFORM
possible to create special software for crews on future missions.

3. For questions 23-30, 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. You must use between two and
five words, including the word given.
Example: 0. What type of music do you like best? FAVOURITE
What IS YOUR FAVOURITE type of music?

23. Learning to sew seemed a waste of time to Lisa. POINT

Lisa couldn’t ........................ learning to sew.
24. I love the local food, but prefer having pizza when I go out with friends. WOULD
Although I love the local food, I ........................ a pizza when I go out with friends.
25. I reckon Barry was relieved to find his missing cellphone again. BEEN
Barry must ............................ he found his missing cellphone.
26. According to the gossip, the actress will be getting married soon. RUMOURED
The actress ............................ getting married soon.
27. Pamela said that she regretted sending that angry text message to Harry. ONLY
‘If ………………….… that angry text message to Harry’, said Pamela.
28. Ashley always eats a big breakfast before going out in the morning. WITHOUT
Ashley never goes out in the morning ......................... a big breakfast.
29. Emily does not intend to answer any of the interviewer’s questions.NO
Emily .......................... any of the interviewer’s questions.
30. Liam has decided not to go to football practice any more. GIVE
 Университетская гимназия (школа-интернат) МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова
10 класс – II этап
Английский язык Демонстрационный вариант

Liam has decided …………………………… to football practice.

Part IV Writing
Choose the quotation you like most (circle the number). Think to what extent you can agree or
disagree with this opinion. Give at least two reasons for your answer and include at least one
relevant example from your own knowledge and experience. Write up to 200 – 250 words. Your
essay should consist of the Introduction, the Body of paragraphs and the Conclusion.

1. Winston Churchill, a British politician: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to

continue that counts.”

2. Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher: “Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized

life.”

3. Albert Einstein, a German mathematician and physicist: “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your

balance, you must keep moving.”

4. Helen Keller, an American author and a political activist: “Walking with a friend in the dark is better

than walking alone in the light.”

5. Pablo Picasso, a Spanish artist: “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”

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 Университетская гимназия (школа-интернат) МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова
10 класс – II этап
Английский язык Демонстрационный вариант

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 Университетская гимназия (школа-интернат) МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова
10 класс – II этап
Английский язык Демонстрационный вариант

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