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II этап
АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК (9-10 класс)

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Listening
Task 1
You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the
best answer, a, b or c.
1. You hear this woman speaking on the radio. What is her job?
a. manager
b. secretary
c. accountant
2. You overhear two people talking in a railway station. What is the situation?
a. They have just argued with each other.
b. They have just been insulted by someone.
c. They have just made a mistake.
3. You overhear this conversation in a cafe. What is the woman's opinion of Paul?
a. He is too sensitive.
b. He has a bad temper.
c. He is unreliable.

4. Listen to this conversation about some tickets. What does the man say about them?
 a. He cannot collect them.
b. He cannot afford to buy one.
c. He doesn't want to get them in advance.
5. You hear the beginning of a radio programme. What kind of programme is it?
a. a discussion programme
b. a quiz show
c. a current affairs programme
6. You overhear this man talking on the phone. Who is he talking to?
a. a hotel receptionist
b. a colleague
c. a police officer
7. You hear two people talking about a night club. What does the woman say about it?
a. It has been taken over.
b. It has gone out of fashion.
c. It has changed in appearance.
8. You hear part of an interview on the radio. What does the speaker want listeners to
do?
a. watch some advertisements
b. give money to an organization
c. become aware of a problem
Task 2.
You will hear extracts of five people in a shopping centre talking to the person they are
with.
For questions 9-13, decide from the list A-F what each speaker wants the other person to
do. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use.

A) stop complaining
B) make a choice
C) be adventurous
D) make an apology
E) return an item
 F) keep a promise

9 - Speaker 1 10 - Speaker 2 11- Speaker 3 12 - Speaker 4 13 - Speaker 5

Transfer your answers to the answer sheet!

Reading
Task 1.
Six sentences have been removed from the article below. Choose from the
sentences (A-G) the ones which fit in each gap (14-19). There is one extra sentence which
you don't need to use.
Katharine Viner lights a Hopi ear candle
When you think of alternative therapies, you tend not to think of sticking a
burning candle in your ear. 14. ____ Nevertheless, Hopi ear candles are huge on the
Continent, imported from the Native American Hopi who have used them for centuries.
They are said to clear ear and sinus problems, headaches, ringing in the ears and
impacted wax; to activate blood and energy flow; to ease stress; and, most thrillingly, to
"co-ordinate the cerebral hemispheres". 15. _______
16. _________The candles are hollow tubes of stiff linen impregnated with herbs,
and I roped in a friend (who said I looked like a birthday cake) to hold them upright. The
first surprise when a lit candle is inserted in your ear is the noise. It's like the whoosh
inside a conch shell at the seaside and it is
a lovely, relaxing sound. 17. ________ Once I'd got used to the snap of the flame,
however, I felt quite sleepy and forgot the ridiculousness of my position.
Time passed gently and I had a sensation of clarity in my normally confused head,
as if my sinuses had been opened up and expanded. This is apparently an effect of what
Biosun, the manufacturers, call the "medicinal herbs" which impregnate the candle -
sage, chamomile and St John's Wort. 18. ________At one point I thought that my hair
might get singed, but my friend assured me the flame was still inches away.
 19. _______I have no idea if my cerebral hemispheres were co-ordinated, but the
experience was pleasant enough. One tip, though; it's disturbing if friends light
cigarettes from your flame.

A. As the candle burns down - the linen just turns to ash - it gets very hot, which
made me slightly anxious.
В. It sounds like do-it-yourself torture.
C. Nevertheless, afterwards I was calm and clear, and my ears felt as though they'd
had a soft little massage.
D. So I settled down for some "gentle thermotherapy of the head and ears".
E. That sounds like something all need.
F. The noise in my ears was terrifying.
G. There is also a crackling sound, which is disconcerting.

14 15 16 17 18 19

Task 2.
You are going to read the article about friendship. For questions 20-26, choose the
answer which you think fits best according to the text.

Nigel was one of my best friends. In the seventeen years we’ve known each other,
we’ve done the sort of things that mates do. We’ve gone out for drinks together, played in
a number of sad rock bands together. We’ve got a history, as they say.
When a personal disaster of catastrophic proportions left me out on the streets with
a couple of cardboard boxes and a rucksack, it was Nigel who supplied a sofa and a well-
stocked fridge. And when I got married, it was Nigel’s plum-colored Rover P5 Coupe
that was waiting, engine purring, outside the registry office.
However, it came as something of a shock when I realized that I hadn’t actually
seen Nigel for nearly six months. What had got wrong? It’s not that we’d fallen out. We
still worked and lived in the same town. We had simply fallen victim to something that
afflicts millions of men in their late twenties and thirties. We start misplacing friends.
 Once you and your mates were inseparable. Now there never seems to be enough
time to cram everything in. There’s work, a home, kids even. In reality, it’s getting to the
point where it’s not so much a question of meeting up, more a question of having a
reunion. It’s been so long since you got together it’s actually becoming embarrassing.
The irony is that you’ll continue to insist that these men, whom you hardly ever
see, are your closest friends in the world, even though in every meaningful sense they
now barely qualify as acquaintances. You probably have a closer relationship with the
man who collects your ticket at the railway station.
Men seem to need a practical reason to spend time together. Psychologist Dr Malcolm
George says, “As men, we very much form our friendship around doing something mutually.
But the problem is that the maintenance is dependent on doing the thing. When the demands
of career and family kick in, those relationships get squeezed out.”
Dr George believes that there is an essential difference in the nature of male and
female friendship. Men have a more limited expectation of their friendship, partly
because the man-woman relationship is still looked upon as the vehicle for emotional
fulfillment. Men’s relationships with other men are regarded as having no real emotional
content. They serve a function – playing in the football team or whatever. Women
actually expect to share their emotional life with their friends – that’s the difference.
It seems as though your partner may determine the friends you keep. This may be
because people tend to make new acquaintances at work and it’s very hard to convert
those work friends into family friends. When men launch into a relationship and lose
contact with their friends, they make bigger demands on their partner by expecting her to
supply all the friendship that is missing.
Most women want men to keep their friends – as long as they can express
themselves within these friendships and talk problems over. After all, men’s inability to
express their feelings is one of the things that makes relationships flounder.

20. When disaster struck, Nigel

A. bought his friend a fridge.
B. provided a sofa for his friend’s flat.
C. allowed his friend to stay with him.
 D. helped his friend with his boxes and a rucksack.

21. Why did the author stop seeing Nigel?

A. They fell out.
B. Nigel moved away.
C. Other aspects of their life took over.
D. The author got married.

22. Millions of men in their thirties

A. don’t know where to find their friends.
B. have disagreements with their friends.
C. lose touch with their friends.
D. are no longer interested in friendship.

23. What does “they” in the fifth paragraph refer to?

A. people without qualifications
B. the writer’s relations
C. men in general
D. people the writer almost never sees
24. Men form friendships that
A. they maintain by spending time together.
B. can be maintained if there is a common activity.
C. aren’t dependent on career and family demands.
D. are mutually satisfying.
25. Men don’t expect a lot from their male friendships because
A. their relationships with women help them with their feelings.
B. they are not very emotional.
C. they gain happiness from looking after their vehicles.
D. football is more important than relationships.
26. A minority of women want
A. men to stay on good terms with their mates.
 B. men to speak to their friends on an emotional level.
C. men to break off their friendships.
D. men to express their feelings to save their relationships
Transfer your answers to the answer sheet!

Use of English
Task 1.
Complete these sentences by adding the most suitable adjective from the list to the
prefixes given.
Responsible, logical, fashionable, acceptable, legal, conscious, agreeable, limited,
advantaged, fair, competent, avoidable, correct, mature, replaceable, convincing, married,
literate, moral, believable, regular, complete, patient

27. Your behaviour was completely ir _____ ! You are eighteen years old, not eight!
28.Life can be quite difficult for un ____ mothers, or 'single parents' as they are
usually called.
29. She never learnt to read or write; she was completely il_________.
30. He's a very dis _______ man; bad-tempered, selfish, jealous and bigoted.
31. Using the 'broadband' system means that you get un________ Internet access at
any time of the day or night.
32. Dis__________ ______ children - those from poor families - have to work harder
than others to succeed in life.
33.The people who run our national rail network are lazy and in________ ;
they're so bad at their job.
34.Your homework is in__________. You've only answered half of the questions.

Task 2.
There are ten words in this passage which are spelt incorrectly. Can you find and
correct them? Transfer your answers to the answer sheet and put the correct words in the
order they come in the text.
It is becomming increasingly difficcult for many people to find decent
accomodation in London at a price they can afford. To put it simpley, most people just
don't have the necesary funds. Organiseations such as Home Front can offer advise, but it
widely agreed that the situation is no longer managable. The fact that city councils are
building cheap, tempory housing for lower-paid professionals is the only official
acknowledgment of this problem.

35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

Task 3.
Here are the definitions of the various types of writing. Fill in the gaps.
45 r…………. love story
46 c………… non-fiction record of events as they
happened
47 t…………. exciting suspense story
48 b………… account of someone's life written by
someone else
49 c…………. story told in pictures and dialogue
50 a………….. the author's account of his own life
51 a………….. information about sth in a newspaper
52 t………….. educational book
53 s……f….. story about space or the future
54 c………… funny story

Task 4.
Read the text below and choose the word А, В, С or D which best fits each space.
Why Explore Worldwide?
For more than 16 years we’ve pioneered and 55_______ thousands of tours, treks,
safaris and expeditions all 56 ________the world. Our expertise has 57 ___ expanded
throughout this time, and our continual innovations have kept us at the forefront of
adventure 58___. We think of it as a serious and rewarding business, one of life’s great
59 ___________ . Whichever holiday you choose from our worldwide brochure, we
promise you a 60____________ experience.

55. A discovered B led C sold D taken

56. A above B over C through D together
57. A completely B gradually C quite D unexpectedly
58. A excursions B flights C journey D travel
59. A chances B experiences C possibilities D profits
60. A forgettable B memorable C nice D pleasant
Task 5.
What would you do or say in these situations? Supply the best word or words.
61. You want to address an envelope to a whole family. You write:....................
a) Mr and Mrs Wilson and family b) Family Wilson c) Family Mr & Mrs Wilson
62. You want to begin a letter to a woman you have never met. You write:....................
a) Dear Mrs Grey b) Dear Miss Grey c) Dear Ms Grey d) Dear Mz Grey
63. You stop a man in the street to ask the way. You say:'.....................'
a) Excuse me, Mr b) Excuse me c) Sir
64. A shopkeeper might say this to a man: 'Can I help you,....................?'
a) Mr b) Sir c) Master
65. You are late for an appointment, so you say, “………… I’m late.”
a) Sorry/I’m sorry b) Excuse me, c) Forgive me, d) Pardon me

Transfer your answers to the answer sheet!

Creative writing
Write a short story using the suggested beginning and end.
You should write about 200-250 words

Time: 40 min
Greetings from sunny Jamaica!
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I just don’t want to leave!