Задание 41 

№4
Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the
presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be
ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.
The ostrich is the bird that lays the smallest egg for its size. Although it is the largest single cell in nature, an
ostrich egg is less than 2 per cent of the weight of the mother. A wren’s egg, by comparison, is 13 per cent of its
weight. The largest egg in comparison with the size of the bird is that of the Little Spotted kiwi. Its egg accounts for
26 per cent of its own weight.
An ostrich egg weighs as much as twenty-four hen’s eggs; to soft-boil one takes forty-five minutes. Queen
Victoria tucked into one for breakfast and declared it among the best meals she had ever eaten. The largest egg laid
by any animal – including the dinosaurs – belonged to the elephant bird of Madagascar, which became extinct in
1700. It was ten times the size of an ostrich egg, nine litres in volume and the equivalent of 180 chicken’s eggs.

Задание 42 №4
Study the advertisement.

You are considering staying one night at the hotel and you'd like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to
ask five direct questions to find out the following:
1) local museums and theatres
2) special offers
3) number of available rooms
4) quality of the staff
5) if they have TV in hotel rooms
You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Задание 43 №4
These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your
talk remember to speak about:
• where and when the photo was taken
• what/who is in the photo
• what is happening
• why you keep the photo in your album
• why you decided to show the picture to your friend
You have to talk continuously, starting with: "I’ve chosen photo number … ".

Задание 44 №4
Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common
• say in what way the pictures are different
• say which car, presented on the photos you'd like to ride
• explain why
 You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.