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Listening
Task 1

Listen to the dialogue and decide to whom – John (A), Sarah (B) or to both of
them (C) refer the following statements. You'll hear the dialogue twice.

John Sarah Both

1 Have/has father's birthday in August A В С
2 Think/s that Susan's newborn baby is big A В С
3 Think/s that Susan's baby got a good name A В С
4 Suggest/s visiting Susan and her baby A В С
5 Have/has a car which needs repair A В С
6 Live/s next to the State Bank A В С
7 Suggest/s presenting to Susan a plant in a pot A В С
8 Suggest/s chocolates as a present for Susan A В С
9 Suggest/s buying a soft toy as a present for the baby A В С
10 Propose/s to buy all the presents A В С

Task 2

Listen to a part of a lecture and decide whether the following statements are
True (A) or False (B). You'll hear the text twice.

According to the lecturer... True False

11 ... the culture shock is experienced by every person making the А В
first trip to another country.
12 ... the culture shock is viewed as application of different cultural А В
rules.
13 ... the culture shock is a relatively simple thing. А В
14 ... he plans to conclude his lecture describing his own experience А В
with the culture shock.
15 ... a person grows up relying on the rules existing in his/her А В
social group.
16 ... a person always has knowledge of the existing social rules. А В
17 ... the social rules are not important if a person doesn't encounter А В
a social group living under a different set of rules.
18 ... the culture shock is sure to take place when you are having А В
cold water poured over you.
19 ... the culture shock serves as a behaviour guide in a different А В
culture.
20 ... experiencing the culture shock people often behave А В
unreasonably.

Transfer your answers to the ANSWER SHEET!

Listening
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LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Task 1

Listen to the dialogue and decide to whom – John (A), Sarah (B) or to both of
them (C) refer the statements 1-10 in your booklet. You'll hear the dialogue twice.

Sarah: John, I've just had some good news. Susan has had her baby.

John: Do you know when she had it?

Sarah: Yesterday. The tenth of August.

John: Oh, my father was born on August the tenth. Give me the details and I'll make a
note for everyone at work.
Sarah: OK.
John: Well, was it a boy or a girl?
Sarah: It's a boy.
John: And what are they going to call him?
Sarah: Tom. Tom Lightfoot. It sounds quite good, don't you think?
John: Yes, that has quite a good ring to it.
Sarah: You know he's quite a big baby. He weighed four and a quarter kilos when he
was born.
John: That does sound big, four and a quarter kilos.
Sarah: And he's long too, forty-six centimeters.
John: Mmmmm. Tall parents. He'll grow up to be over two meters. I'd say.
Sarah: With masses of black hair, curly black hair. You know, we should go and visit
them in hospital. What about tomorrow afternoon at around 1 pm?
John:Yes, OK.
Sarah: Where should we meet? ...Ah, I could come and pick you up at your house if
you like.
John: Yes, that would be wonderful. My car is still off the road.
Sarah: Just refresh my memory. What's the address again?
John: It's 15 Chesterfield Road, Paddington.
Sarah: It's next to the library, isn't it?
John: Not exactly. It's next to a bank. The State Bank actually. The library is opposite
us, on the corner.
Sarah: That's right, and there's a garage on the other street corner. I remember now.
John: So, you'll pick me up at a quarter to one and we'll be there at one easily.
Sarah: Now what should we take? We must take them something.
John: I always think flowers are good to take to someone in hospital, don't you?
Sarah: Well, not really. Everyone always brings flowers and they don't last. I think
it's much better to take a pot plant, so she can take it home with her.
John: Yes, but then she has to remember to water it. What about a big box of
chocolates?
Sarah: OK, chocolates sound fine. We should get something for the baby too. What
do you think?
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John: Yes, you're right. What do you think of something like baby shampoo or talcum
powder?
Sarah: Or we could get a little hat, or something like that.
John: We don't know the size, or the right colour, do we?
Sarah: I think we should get something they wouldn't normally buy. What about a
soft toy of some sort?
John: Yes, a soft toy.
Sarah: What about a teddy bear?
John: I could get one early tomorrow at the market and I could probably get the
chocolates there too.
Sarah: Good.
John: So you'll pick me up at a quarter to one at my place and I'll make sure that I've
got the presents.
Sarah: You must remember how much you paid for the gifts, so I can pay you back
for the half. If they're going to be from both of us, 1 would like to go shares.
John: OK. I'd say the chocolates would be about $15 for something nice and not too
small and the toy would be around $35 or so, I'd think.
Sarah: Good, that'll be fine. About $25 each then. Good, I'll pick you up then on
Sunday at twelve forty-five.
John: OK.
Sarah: See you then. Bye.

<Pause 20 seconds>

Listen to the text again.

<Text repeated>

<Pause 30 seconds>

Task 2

Listen to a part of a lecture and decide whether the statements 11-20 in your
booklet are True (A) or False (B). You'll hear the text twice.

The subject of today's lecture is Culture Shock – Group Pressure in Action.

Culture shock, as you know, is the term used to describe the experience many
people have when they travel to another country, and it can be seen as a manifestation
of group pressure in action. It's a good example of group pressure, because it shows
what happens when an individual suddenly experiences different cultural rules - the
rules of another cultural group.
Now culture shock is a complex phenomenon, but I'm going to focus on three
main ideas in this lecture. First of all, we will consider the reasons why people
experience culture shock. Secondly, I will describe the different stages of this
experience. Finally, I'll mention some possible applications of this research because
although you might think that culture shock affects, say, only travelers, that is not the
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case. In fact, cross-cultural studies have immense practical value for modern society.
First, then, why do people experience culture shock? Think about this for a
minute. When you grow up in a particular set of surroundings, naturally you get used
to the rules and guidelines that govern the behavior of the people around you. In a
sense, you become totally dependent on the rules of your social group. You tend not
to question them; you just accept them without thinking. These rules are often not
clearly articulated, and therefore, you're not aware of their impact. In other words,
you are not necessarily conscious of them. They only become important when, for
example, you go to another country or a different environment that's governed by a
different set of rules. In fact this experience can be so shocking that it has been
compared to having a bucket of cold water thrown over you. Culture shock happens
precisely because you cannot use your own culture as a map to guide your own
behavior and your own understanding of what surrounds you. You're totally out of
control, just as if you were driving along a highway in the dark, without a road map.
And because of this, people often behave irrationally. It's a highly stressful
experience, and there are different symptoms in different stages.

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Listen to the text again.

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Listening comprehension part is over. Transfer your answers to the Answer Sheet!

Listening

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Use of English

Time: 45 minutes

Task 1

For questions 1-10 read the text below and decide which word (А, В, С or B)
fits the space best.
Example: (0) just
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On the other hand?

We left-handed people lack collective pride. We (0) just try to get by, in our
clumsy way. We make (1)______ demands and we avoid a fuss. I used to say
whenever someone watched me sign my name and remarked that he or she was also
left-handed: "You and me and Leonardo da Vinci!" That was a weak joke, (2) ______
it contained my often unconscious desire to belong to Left Pride, a social movement
that (3)______ far doesn't exist but I hope may one day come. There are many false
stories about the left-handed (4)______ circulation: for example, a few decades ago
someone wrote that Picasso was left-handed, and others kept repeating it, but the
proof is all (5)______ the contrary. The great genius Einstein is often still claimed as
one of ours, also (6)______ proof. And sadly there is also no truth in the myth that
the left-handed tend to be smarter and more creative.
(7)______ the amount of research that has been carried out, researchers in the field
still find it hard to decide precisely what we mean by left-handed. Apparently a third
of those who write with their left hand throw a ball with their right. (8)______, those
using their right hand for writing rarely throw with their left. A difficult skill that
becomes crucial at a most impressionable age, writing defines (9)______ you will
call yourself. I have never used scissors, baseball bat, hockey stick or computer
mouse with anything but my right; (10)______ so, I think I'm left-handed as does
everyone else.

1 A some В few С little D any

2 A yet В while С still D even
3 A so В as С this D by
4 A on В by С in D under
5 A for В at С to D on
6 A despite В without С lacking D beyond
7 A Although В However С Nevertheless D Despite
8 A However В Whereas С Despite D Unlike
9 A what В how С this D which
10 A more В yet С even D and

Task 2

For questions 11-20 match two parts of 10 idioms. There is one extra part in
the second column.

11 To be as alike as A chalk and cheese

12 To be as different as В daughter
13 To be the apple of С the family

14 To be the black sheep of D the mice will play

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15 To be tied to E thicker than water
16 To be your mother's F two peas in a pod

17 Blood is G two sisters

18 Follow in H your father's eye

19 Twist someone round I your father's footsteps

20 While the cat's away J your little finger
К your mother's apron
strings

Task 3

For questions 21-31 Solve the clues and complete the puzzle. The puzzle deals
with different aspects of tourism. The sentence (0) is done for you as an example.

0. The place where someone is going or where something is being sent or taken is
called destination.
21. A time, often one or two weeks, when people are free to do what they want is
known as a/an __________________.
22. A business, which represents one group of people when dealing with another
group, is called a/an __________________.
23. __________________ is the business of providing services for people who are on
holiday.
24. An act of travelling in which you go somewhere, usually for a short time, and
come back again is called a/an __________________.
25. __________________ is an agreement in which you pay a company money and
they pay you costs if you have an accident or injury.
26. An act of travelling from one place to another, especially in a vehicle is known as
__________________.

27. He was a young sailor on his first sea __________________.

28. An American word meaning a period of time when you are allowed to be away
from work or school is called a __________________.
29. A/an __________________ is a short trip arranged for a group of people so that
they can visit a place of interest, especially while they are already on holiday.
30. A place at a border where travellers' bags are looked at to find out if any goods
are being carried illegally is known as __________________.
31. The airport was jammed with thousands of __________________ from delayed
or cancelled flights.

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22 E

23 S

24 T

25 I

26 N

27 A

28 T

29 I

30 O

31 N

Task 4

For questions 32-36 look at the notices below with their 'translations' into
everyday English. Fill in the gaps. The sentence (0) is done for you as an example.

Notices 'Translations'

0. Reduce speed now. Start going more slowly.

32. T_________ will be prosecuted. People who walk on this private land will
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be taken to court.

33. Kindly r_________ from smoking in Please don't smoke in the theatre/hall.
the auditorium.

34. Cyclists d_________ here. Cyclists should get off their bikes here.

35. A_________ for ticket holders only. You can enter only if you have a ticket.

36. P_________ for dropping litter up to You can be taken to court and made to
£100 fine. pay £100 for dropping rubbish.

Task 5

For questions 37-40 look at this gender-biased advertisement for an airline.

Change the underlined words into more neutral equivalents to make the
advertisement politically correct.

Example: 0. businessman – business person

Now! Eagle Airlines offers even more to those who need comfort.

Any 0. businessman knows 37. he must arrive fresh and ready for work no matter
how long the journey. With Eagle Diplomat-Class you can do just that. Let us fly
you to your destination in first-class comfort, looked after by the best-trained 38. air
hostesses in the world. And, what's more, your 39. wife can travel with you on all
international flights for only 25% of the normal fare! We even sell fancy 40.
American Indian crafts on board!

37. he – t_________
38. air hostesses – f_________ a_________
39. wife – s_________
40. American Indian – N_________ A_________

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Use of English
KEYS
Item
1 В
2 A
3 A
4 С
5 С
6 В
7 D
8 A
9 A
10 С
11 F
12 A
13 H
14 С
15 K
16 B
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17 E
18 I
19 J
20 D
21 holiday
22 agency
23 tourism
24 trip/tour
25 insurance
26 journey
27 voyage
28 vacation
29 excursion
30 customs
31 passengers
32 trespassers
33 refrain
34 dismount
35 admission/access
36 penalty
37 they
38 flight attendant
39 spouse
40 Native American
Reading

Time: 45 minutes

Text 1

Task 1
Read the article and match the paragraph summaries (A-G) from the box
below with each paragraph (1-7).

A A language Ken helped save

В Ken's ability to learn languages quickly
С How Ken learnt languages
D Ken's origins
E Reasons for protecting languages under threat
F Ken's involvement in language theory
G The biological basis of language

Kenneth Hale, Master Linguist

1 SOMETIMES Kenneth Hale was asked how long it would take him to learn a
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new language. He thought ten or fifteen minutes would be enough to pick up
essentials if he were listening to a native speaker. After that he could probably
converse; obviously not fluently, but enough to make himself understood. To
those whose education, however admirable in other respects, had provided only
rudimentary language skills, he seemed a marvel.
8

2 As many of these languages had no written grammar or vocabulary, and

indeed were spoken by few people, Kenneth picked them up orally. His tip for
anyone who pressed him for advice on learning a language was to talk to a
native speaker. Start with parts of the body, he said, then common objects. After learning
the nouns, you can start to make sentences and get attuned to the sounds.
9

3 This is all the more confusing as language is much more complex than, say,
simple arithmetic, which often takes years to master. It is often hypothesised
that language is an innate human faculty, with its own specialised system in our brain.
10

4 He spent his childhood on a ranch in Arizona and started his education in a

one-roomed school in the desert. Many years later, lecturing at MIT, he still
felt most comfortable in cowboy boots. On his belt was a buckle he had won
at a rodeo by riding bulls, and he had the slightly bowed legs of a horseman.
His students were impressed that he could light a match with his thumbnail.
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5 One Indian language at its last gasp was spoken by the Wopanaak, the tribe
that greeted the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620. It is now spoken again by several
thousand people around Cape Cod. A Wopanaak who studied under Kenneth
is preparing a dictionary of her language. 'Ken was a voice for the voiceless,'
said Noam Chomsky. And he worked tirelessly to learn endangered languages.
12

6 Despite these setbacks, Ken did contribute to an understanding of the

apparently innate human capacity for speech. He made a number of what he
called 'neat' discoveries about the structure of language, and had an instinctive
sense of what all languages had in common. After his retirement from MIT, he said he
would 'really get down to work', an ambition he was unable to achieve, though his other
achievements were considerable.
13

7 And these people are often particularly upset by a scholarly argument which
surfaces from time to time about the desirability of keeping alive languages
that have little chance of survival. Occasionally the argument turns
nationalistic. For example, is what Kenneth called the 'revitalisation' of Welsh
merely a nuisance in Britain where, obviously, English is the working
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language? Kenneth Hale had an indignant answer to that question. 'When you
lose a language', he told a reporter, 'you lose a culture, intellectual wealth, a
work of art. The damage that's done is irreparable. It's like dropping a bomb
on a museum, the Louvre.'

Task 2
Now choose from the paragraphs A-G the one which fits each gap in the
text (8-13). There is one paragraph which you do not need to use.

A And he had discovered his talent for language when playing with Indian
friends who taught him Hopi and Navajo. Learning languages became an
obsession. In Spain he picked up Basque, in Ireland he learnt Gaelic, and he
mastered Dutch within a week. He sought to rescue languages that were dying
out.
B And so he was. He had a gift. But he was also an academic, a teacher of
linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was aware
that many otherwise clever people find learning a second language extremely
hard. He sought to find laws and structures that could be applied to all
languages and the search took him into many linguistic byways, to the
languages of Native Americans and Australian aborigines and the Celtic
fringes of Europe.
C However, for Kenneth bilingual dictionaries were an anathema and banned in
his classes. He held that meanings were too fluid to be captured and readily
translated word-for-word from one language to another. He always told his
students that meaning was intuitive: you either grasped it, or you didn't.

D In addition to his feat of learning so many languages, he is likely to be

remembered by The Green Book of Language Revitalisation, which he helped
to edit. It was warmly welcomed, especially by those who may be a touch
aggrieved by the spread of English, which is blamed for brutally sweeping
other languages aside.
E Kenneth could converse in about 50 languages, perhaps a world record. He
was the last person on earth to speak some languages. Hundreds are
disappearing, he said. 'They became extinct, and I had no one to speak them
with.'
F Some students of linguistics believe that such an ability, if it exists, is
normally lost at the age of 12. But for Kenneth it was around this age that his
interest in language was just starting.
G Still, there is much more to language than that. Noam Chomsky, like Kenneth
a teacher of linguistics at MIT, wrote: 'Language is really weird. There is
nothing else in the natural world that even approaches its complexity.
Although children receive no instruction in learning their native language,
they are able to fully master it in less than five years.'

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Task 3
You are going to read an extract from an autobiography. For questions 14-
20, choose the answer (А, В, С or D) which you think fits best according to the
text.

A Visit Home

Amid the swarming, clattering travellers, railway staff and suitcases, I saw the
thick, dark eyebrows of my brother Guy lift by approximately one millimetre in
greeting as I came down the steps of the footbridge and out into the station forecourt.
Guy speaks like most men in the village we come from, i.e. not at all until he has
spent five minutes considering whether there are other means of communication he
can use instead. His favourites are the eyebrow-raise, the shrug, and the brief tilt of
his chin; if he is feeling particularly emotional, he may perform all three together.
That morning, as I worked my bags through the other passengers, he kept his
eyebrows raised. Standing in his work clothes, he looked rather out of place,
resembling a large, solitary rusty nail in the midst of, but apart from, the crowd of
people: his steel-capped boots, battered, formless jacket and heavy stubble seemed to
be causing many people to give him a wide berth1, diverting their path to the exit
rather than heading for it directly.
'Hello, Guy', I said.
'Now then,' he replied. 'Give me one of your bags.'
'Thank you,' I said, and passed him a large bag.
'Whatever have you got in here?' he exclaimed.
My brother is appalled by indulgences such as luggage, although his
exclamations are less aggressive than resignedly bemused. With Guy, you have to
understand that when he asks what on earth you've got in a bag, it is a way of saying,
'Hello, how are you?'
'It'll be the computer that's heavy. And there are some books,' I explained.
'Books,' he said wearily, shaking his head.
'Sorry.'
'Doesn't matter,' he said. 'It's not that heavy.' He yanked the bag up onto his
shoulder.
'It's nice to see you, Guy.'
Guy raised his eyebrows and chin five millimetres, and strode off towards the
car park.
I felt relieved by his distracted, unemotional expression because it was usual:
since he was a small child he had gone through much of life looking as if he was
pondering2 the answer to a complex mathematical problem. But as I caught up with
him and looked at him from the side, I noticed dark half-circles below his eyes.
'Are you all right, then?' I said.
He raised his eyebrow again, and blew out through pursed lips. He looked as if
he were trying to pop the features off his face. Then he gave me the sort of
1
a berth – a place for a ship or boat to stay in a port
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to ponder – to think about something for a long time
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consolation smile you give people when they've asked a stupid question, batted his
lashy black-brown eyes and shrugged.
'You look a bit worn out,' I said.
'I should think I do,' he said. 'I've been doing twelve-hour days on the farm since
July. Sling your bags into the back of the van then.'
This was not as straightforward as he made it sound. He used the van as a
workshop, storage unit and mobile home, and so as well as the usual driving-dregs of
sweet wrappers and plastic bottles, there was farm equipment of an often surprising
scale – straw bales, black polythene barrels, bundles of shovels and forks, metal
toolboxes which were themselves almost as large as small cars, and other tools which
I did not recognise or understand. Intermingled with that were random, inexplicable
household articles: sofa cushions, half a dozen plant pots and a roll of carpets.
I gingerly3 balanced my bags on some boxes, and then walked round the van and
climbed into the front passenger seat. Guy stamped down the accelerator and we shot
out of the car park. Guy looked straight ahead into the traffic, lifted his eyebrows and
moved his mouth in what may or may not have been a grin. As we drove through the
city, I watched his face to try to catch his expression when the half-grin lapsed, but he
just lost himself in nonchalant concentration on the other cars and vans around us.
For something to do, I turned on the radio and began retuning it. This caused a very
loud static noise to fill the cab, and Guy to jerk round in his seat, shouting, 'Don't
fiddle with that radio.'
I snapped it off, and looked at him again. 'Sorry'.
'Never mind,' he said. 'It only plays one station and it takes me ages to get that.
There are some CDs in the glove compartment. Put one of those on instead.'
I put a CD on but as we accelerated off at the bypass roundabout the music was
drowned out by the engine noise anyway.
It takes only twenty minutes to drive through the hills to our village, but that day
the journey seemed to take forever. Neither of us could think of anything to say to
each other so Guy pretended to concentrate on the speed of his windscreen wipers
which were keeping the driving rain off the windscreen so he could see the road
ahead. I, on the other hand, leant my forehead against the side window, looking out at
the scenery which was so familiar to me but was actually obliterated by the horizontal
rain.

14. What aspect of Guy's personality is the writer reinforcing when he says 'if he is
feeling particularly emotional, he may perform all three together'?

A His facial expressions are difficult to interpret.

В His speech is always backed up by non-verbal expressions.
С He is very controlled when expressing his feelings.
D He can give out conflicting messages about what he is thinking.

15. What is meant by many people giving Guy 'a wide berth'?

A People were staring at him because of the way he looked.

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В People were getting annoyed with him because he was in their way.
С People did not understand what he was doing there.
D People did not feel comfortable getting too close to him.

16. How does the writer feel when Guy complains about his bag?

A He knows he shouldn't take the complaint seriously.

В He thinks Guy is making an unnecessary fuss.
С He wishes Guy had not greeted him with a complaint.
D He is embarrassed about bringing so much luggage.

17. As they walk towards the car park, the writer realises that

A he is not being sensitive enough about Guy's situation.

В there is a change in Guy's normal behaviour.
С Guy's expression seems more worried than usual.
D he had more reason to be concerned about Guy than he initially thought.

18. What does the writer exaggerate when he is describing the back of the van?

A the combination of items

В the size of the items
С how old the items were
D how many items were unnecessary

19. Guy gets annoyed in the van because

A the radio doesn't work properly.

В he prefers to listen to CDs.
С the radio made a terrible noise.
D his brother touched the radio.

20. What does the writer say about the journey in the van?

A He preferred to look out at the countryside rather than talk.

В He didn't speak to Guy because the driving conditions were difficult.
С The fact that they travelled in silence seemed to make it longer.
D It was much slower than usual because of the weather.

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Вы услышите разговор двух друзей об организации благотворительного

вечера. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений А1-А6 соответствуют
содержанию текста (1), какие не соответствуют (2) и о чём в тексте не сказано,
то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного
ответа (3). Обведите номер выбранного вами варианта ответа. Вы услышите
запись дважды.

A1 Bob has had a number of medical problems.

1) верно 2) неверно 3) в тексте не сказано

А2 Bob offers to give Angela £50 to help her charity.

1) верно 2) неверно 3) в тексте не сказано

A3 Angela wants Bob to give her some money for each hour she walks.
1) верно 2) неверно 3) в тексте не сказано

А4 Bob thinks that Angela will walk 24 miles.

1) верно 2) неверно 3) в тексте не сказано

А5 Bob may have to give Angela more money than he imagines.

1) верно 2) неверно 3) в тексте не сказано

А6 Bob often goes to the town centre on Sunday.

1) верно 2) неверно 3) в тексте не сказано

Вы услышите, как Дэбби расспрашивает отца о его работе. B заданиях A7-A13

обведите цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному вами варианту ответа.
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Вы услышите запись дважды.

A7 When Debbie's father tells her to 'Fire away!', he means she

1) should not disturb him at that time.
2) must put something away first.
3) can ask him lots of questions.

A8 Debbie's father suggests that

1) he has no control over what his job is called.
2) his job title changes every time he is promoted.
3) he is allowed to create his own job title.

A9 Debbie's father runs a team of people who

1) manufacture a certain product.
2) promote the company's products.
3) build various public buildings.

A10 According to Debbie's father, marketing at his company involves

1) past, current and future products.
2) current and future products only.
3) future products only.

A11 Debbie's father spends most of a typical day

1) driving around the country.
2) sitting down in an office.
3) visiting customers.

A12 He feels that the meetings he has

1) often create problems.
2) are often enjoyable.
3) are often boring.

A13 Debbie's father suggests he's different to other people at work in that he
1) doesn't get angry in meetings.
2) is respected by everyone else.
3) enjoys watching people get annoyed.

Вы услышите высказывания людей в семи различных ситуациях.

Ответьте на вопросы по содержанию высказываний, выбрав один из
предложенных вариантов ответа. В заданиях А14-А20 обведите цифру 1, 2
или 3, обозначающую ответ, который вам кажется наиболее верным. Вы
услышите каждое высказывание дважды.

А14 You will hear a woman talking about her job. How does she feel about her
boss?
1) She admires him.
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2) She is jealous of him.
3) She feels sorry for him.

А15 You will hear a man talking about a TV documentary. What did he think
was missing from the programme?
1) the opposite point of view
2) interviews with people involved
3) the historical context of the problem

А16 You will hear a boy talking about his favourite football team. What does
he say about them?
1) They have achieved a lot recently.
2) They were a better team in the past.
3) The new players have performed badly.

А17 You will hear a woman describing an art gallery she visited. How did she
feel about the gallery?
1) She found it dull.
2) She found it interesting.
3) She found it tiring.

А18 You will hear a man talking about his business. Who does he have
problems with?
1) his business partners
2) his suppliers
3) his customers

А19 You will hear an advertisement for a language course. Who is the course
for?
1) people who don't know any of the language
2) people who already know some of the language
3) people who already know a lot of the language

А20 You will hear a woman talking about her home town. Why did she leave
the town?
1) She went away to university.
2) She got bored with it.
3) She got promoted at work.
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A1: 3 А2: 2 А3: 2 А4: 2 А5: 1 А6: 3
Tapescript – A1-6
Bob: Hi Angela!
Angela: Hi Bob! I'm glad I ran into you,
actually. I was wondering if you'd sponsor
me.
Bob: What do you mean exactly?
Angela: Well, I'm a member of the Friends
of St Mark's. Have you heard of it?
Bob: No. What is it?
Angela: It's a charity. We raise money to
help the heal hospital. You know, St Mark's
Hospital, in the town centre.
Bob: Oh yes, I know. Good hospital. I had
some tests done there a couple of years ago.
The doctor was very polite and helpful. Nice
nurses, too!
Angela: Bob! Anyway, we're doing a
sponsored walk next Sunday and I'm trying
to get as many people to sponsor me as
possible.
Bob: Yeah, all right. I'll give you £15
towards it.
Angela: Wow! Thanks! But it doesn't
actually work like that. You see, we're not
asking for donations. We're asking people to
sponsor us per mile.
Bob: Per mile?
Angela: Yes. If you want to sponsor me –
and I hope you do! – you have to say a
certain amount of money you'll give me for
each mile I walk.
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А7: 3 А8: 1 А9: 2 А10: 1 А11: 2
А12: 2 А13: 1
Tapescript – A7-13
Girl: Dad, we're doing a project at school on
jobs and I want to write about what you do,
but I've realised I don't know anything at all
about what you do at work! Can I ask you a
few questions?
Dad: Sure, Debbie! Fire away!
Girl: Well, first of all, what exactly is your
job title?
Dad: It keeps changing! I've been in the
same position at work for about two years
now, but in that time my actual job title's
changed three times. When I started, I was
Senior Sales Manager. After about six
months, they decided to call me Senior Sales
and Marketing Manager and then about two
months ago I became Sales and Marketing
Director. Who knows? It might change again
soon. The company can't make up its mind!
Girl: Right. And, you're the boss, are you?
Dad: Well, I'm the boss of my department,
so there are people under me, yes. About
twenty-five, actually. But I'm not the boss of
the company. There are lots of people with
more power and responsibility than I've got.
And bigger salaries too, of course!
Girl: And what are your main
responsibilities, then? I mean, what do you
do on a day-to-day basis?
Dad: There are two main areas – sales and
marketing – but within them there are lots of
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Bob: So, if I say ten pence, for example, then
I give you ten pence per mile.
Angela: That's right.
Bob: And how many miles are you planning
to walk?
Angela: Well, that's the thing. We won't
know until we do it. We start at ten in the
morning, and stop at six in the evening.
We're just walking round and round the town
centre. How many miles do you think I'll do?
Bob: Well, most people walk about three
miles an hour, I think. If you're walking for –
what is it? – eight hours, that's about 24
miles, but you'll get tired, so let's say 20
miles. You're not going to cheat and run, are
you?
Angela: No, no. I'm going to walk normally!
Bob: Okay. So, if my calculations are right, I
can give you 75p a mile. That'll be £15 if
you walk the distance I think you're going to
walk.
Angela: 75 pence a mile? That's fantastic!
But if I do walk more than you think I will,
you'll have to pay me a bit more. You realise
that, don't you?
different things I'm responsible for. Let's
take sales first. I've got a team of sales
people who go round the country selling, or
trying to sell, our products to potential
customers. We make fire extinguishers, so
most of the people buying our products work
for public organisations like hospitals,
libraries, things like that. I train the team and
deal with any problems that they have.
Girl: And what about the marketing?
Dad: Marketing's several things, really. It's
doing market research to find out what
products people want us to make in the
future. It's creating advertising campaigns
and brochures – things like that – for the
products we've got now. And it's making
sure your existing customers are happy with
the products you've already sold them – even
if that was five years ago – and dealing with
any problems they have.
Girl: I think I see. So, tell me about a typical
day.

Dad: Well, for the team, most of their day’s B3

spent in the car, when they're not seeing
customers, of course. For me, it's mainly 1 2 3 4 5 6
company meetings. Talking to our actual 1 0 0 0 1 0
customers only takes up a small amount of
my time nowadays. And when I'm not in A14-20
meetings, I'm replying to e-mails, making
and answering phone calls and planning for A14: 3 A15: 1 A16: 3 A17: 2 A18: 4
future meetings. A19: 3 A20: 2
Girl: It sounds really boring!
Dad: Well, you're solving problems and B4-11
being creative a lot of the time, so I get a lot
out of them, actually. B4 were B8 do not/don’t
Girl: Do they always go well? developed need
Dad: People do sometimes get annoyed or
B5 meant B9 being
lose their temper or just say something
stupid. That's quite fun too, though! I find
B6 did not/didn’t B10 used
the secret is to stay calm whatever anyone send
else says or does. That way, you never lose B7 have changed B11 will become
people's respect.
Girl: Thanks, Dad. Thai's been really useful. B12-18
Dad: Let me know if you've got any more
questions, won't you? B12 B16 possibility
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Girl: I will! unemployment
B13 Qualifications B17 location
B14 difficulty B18 application
B15 training
Раздел 2 Чтение
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A21: 2 A22: 3 A23: 1 A24: 4 A25: 2
1E 2C 3D 4B 5G 6A
A26: 1 A27: 2 A28: 3

Карточка экзаменатора-собеседника задания СЗ

Warm up
1 How often do you go to the cinema?
2 What kind of films do you enjoy most? Why?
3 Do you prefer watching films on your own or with other people? Why?

Interlocutor Card

Task 1 (3-3.5 minutes)

Let the student talk for 1.5-2 minutes.
Ask only those questions which the student has not covered while giving a talk.

1 What job do you want to do in the future? 3 Do you want to visit other countries in the
Why? future?
2 Where do you want to live in the future? 4 What other things do you want to do when
Why? you're older?

All of these ideas must be covered.

Finally, you must ask each student the following question:

In your opinion, will your life in ten years' time be very different from your life
today?
Nadine: Didn't he tell you? We've had to
move it to a local hotel because Paul
remembered he's got an exam on Monday.
Ben: Oh, okay. It'll be better because we'll
have more room. There should be lots of
people there, shouldn't there? How many
have you invited?
Nadine: Well, I've sent out about fifty
invitations and there are about a dozen left
still to go. There might be sixty people
altogether.
Ben: What time are we starting? Will there
be food?
Situation 3
Teenage boy: The thing about United is that
they've always been a strong team. It's just
that that's rarely been reflected in the results
because they haven't had a manager who is
willing to take risks. Last season was
different, though, and that was all down to
one man being prepared to bring in new
players and take a bit of a gamble.
Situation 4
Woman: I went to the new gallery in town
recently. I was expecting the displays of
modern art to be boring, so I was quite
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Nadine: We've told everyone to be there at
seven, so I imagine they'll all be quite
hungry a couple of hours later. The hotel
said that they could ask their restaurant to
provide the food, but their prices were quite
high. I decided to just do it myself. We'll
have sandwiches and snacks.
Ben: Sounds good. And there'll be music, of
course.
Nadine: Oh, I hadn't really thought about
that. You're right. Do you know anyone who
can do it?
Ben: I've got a cousin who's a DJ in a night
club. I could borrow his equipment. I don't
mind being in charge of the entertainment.
Nadine: That would be great. My only
problem now is getting Helen to the hotel
without her guessing what it's for.
Ben: Let me think. She wants to be a model,
doesn't she? Tell her you've arranged a
meeting with a magazine and they're looking
for models. She'll definitely come for that.
Nadine: Yes. Good idea. I think that's
everything. I'll call you to check that you've
got everything you need. How about
tomorrow evening, about six?
Ben: I'll be there. Speak to you then. Bye.
Nadine: Bye, Ben.
A7-13
A7: 2 A8: 2 A9: 1 A10: 2 A11: 2
A12: 3 A13: 3
Tapescript – A7-13
Situation 1
Woman: I've been in the job for a year and a someone to take over the branch 200
half now. My boss is a man called John
Philips and I'm sorry, but he's been there less a great opportunity and I couldn't turn it
time than I have and he's already been
promoted above me. Everyone admires him
for succeeding so quickly, but he's not the
only one who deserves it. I'm not saying he's
not good at his job, but so am I. If I don't get В2
the same recognition soon, then I'll have to
start considering my options.
Situation 2
Man: It was about the pollution problems in B3
the local river. It seems that things are
relieved to see that it wasn't the same old
tired ideas being recycled again and again. I
ended up staying for a couple of hours and
being quite inspired, actually.
Situation 5
Man: It's been hell at work recently. Our
company exports olives and my two partners
are abroad trying to secure orders from new
customers, which can be quite difficult.
They'll be coming back to a shock when they
find that three of the olive growers have let
us down at the same time. I'm desperately
trying to find new sources, but I haven't had
much luck so far.
Situation 6
Woman: Have you ever wondered what the
difference is between a good speaker of a
language and a great speaker of a language?
Go Native is the new computer-based
language course from Linguacorp. Go
Native uses all the latest techniques to
convert your advanced level language into
expert level language. Focusing on
pronunciation, vocabulary and a few other
things you probably thought were only for
beginners, Go Native will help you reach
your ultimate goal.
Situation 7
Woman: Funny, really, but I always
assumed that I would just grow up and spend
the rest of my life in the same small town.
When I finished school, I went to work in a
bank. I would occasionally visit friends at
university, but I always enjoyed coming
home to the life that they now thought was
quite boring. It was only when they needed
kilometres away that I finally moved. It was
down.
Раздел 2 Чтение
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getting pretty bad, and the pictures of dead 1G 2F 3A 4E 5D 6C
fish were quite shocking, although getting
local people themselves to describe it might A14-20
have had a bit more of an impact. They had
some amazing statistics, going back for quite A14: 2 A15: 3 A16: 1 A17: 4 A18: 2
a few years, and it placed the blame squarely A19: 3 A20: 1
on the shoulders of the factory outside town.
The factory owners tried to argue that it
wasn't a problem, but their position just
looked ridiculous. Let's hope it makes a
difference.
Reading

KEYS
Item
1 В
2 С
3 G
4 D
5 A
6 F
7 E
8 В
9 G
10 F
11 A
12 E
13 D
14 С
15 D
16 A
17 D
18 A/B
19 D
20 С
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Creative Writing

Write your own version using the beginning and the end of the story.
You should write about 230-270 words.

Time: 1 hour

During the Christmas rush in London the intriguing story was reported of the
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The tramp was released from prison after seven days. The judge awarded no
compensation to the store for the food and drinks the tramp had consumed.

YOU CAN USE THE OPPOSITE SIDE

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Tramp – бродяга
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Карточка участника

Speaking

Set 1

Student 1

Task 1

Deliver a mini report, using the information from CHART 1 (Monologue;

Time: 1,5-2 minutes).

Then answer 3 questions of your partner, using the information from CHART
1 (Dialogue; Time: 2 minutes).

CHART 1

Changes in modes of travel in England between 1985 and 2000

Average distance in miles travelled per person per year, by mode of travel.

1985 2000
Walking 255 237
Bicycle 51 41
Car 3,199 4,806
Local bus 429 274
Long distance bus 54 124
Train 289 366
Taxi 13 42
Other 450 585
All modes 4,740 6,475

Task 2
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Listen to the report of your partner, based on CHART 2, and ask 3 questions
about the information presented in CHART 2 (Dialogue; Time: 2 minutes).

CHART 2

Underground railway systems in six cities

City Date opened Kilometres of Passengers per

route year (in millions)
London 1863 394 775

Paris 1900 199 1191

Tokyo 1927 155 1927
Washington DC 1976 126 144
Kyoto 1981 11 45

Los Angeles 2001 28 50

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