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Speakout Intermediate
I semestr (II kurs)

1)Read the text and answer the True/False questions:

The dream is the same for everyone: actors, dancers, singers, film-makers.They go
to Holllywood looking for money, success, fame and power. But Hollywood can
be a dangerous place, and some of Hollywood’s heroes even lose their lives
because of it. But although they die young, they are heroes forever, immortalised
in film history.
One such hero was James Dean. Soon, he was more popular than ever his
own screen idol, Marlon Brando, and he was nicknamed “America’s Rebel” by
Ronald Reagen.
Always the rebel, Dean was afraid of nothing. Dean loved his car, a silver
Porsche 550 Spyder, and it was in his car that on September 30,1955, Dean crashed
and died from injures. He was just twenty-four years old. Even though his career in
Hollywood was short, he only made three films, he made lasting impression on
everybody who watched him, and even on future generations. James Dean will be
forever young.
There are many myths about James Dean, but only some of them are true.
James Dean loved speed. When he was younger, he had motorcycle accident and
lost his two front teeth. People assumed that Dean was speeding at the time of his
car crash – he had been stopped by police for speeding just two hours earlier. But
experts now believe that Dean was travelling at 55 mph, and that the accident was
just unlucky. As a young man, Dean was a rebel at home. He was thrown out of his
father’s house when they argued about Dean wanting an acting career, rather than a
career in law. And finally, on-screen James Dean is shown getting into a fight after
drinking whisky, but off-screen his favourite drink was coffee.
1. James Dean was nicknamed “America’s Rebel”
2. He died in a car accident when he was just twenty-one years old.
 3. His favourite drink was coffee.
4. Dean’s father wanted him to be a doctor.
5. Jame Dean was fond of speed.

2) Read the text and answer the True/False questions:

On 21st August , 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, one of the most
famous paintings in the world, was stolen from the wall of the Louvre Museum, in
Paris. At first, the police thought one of the guards, might have stolen the painting,
but seventeen days after the theft, they arrested poest Guillaume Apollinaire.
However, he was released, when police could find no evidence that he had
committed the crime. Two years later, the real thief, Vinzenzo Peruggia, was
arrested in Italy. Peruggia had worked at the museum, and had stolen the painting
because he was angry about how many Italian paintings were on display in France.
He had planned to return the painting to the Italian Uffizi gallery, in Florance. The
public was so excited at the news on finding the Mona Lisa that the painting was
displayed throughout Italy before it was returned to France in 1913.
1. The painting was stolen from the museum in Paris.
2. Seven days after the theft the police arrested the robber.
3. Police arrested Peruggia in Italy.
4. The robber wanted to return the painting to the gallery in Florence.
5. Police could not find the thief.

3)Read the text and answer the True/False questions:

When Elvis Presley was found lying unconscious on his bathroom floor at the
home Graceland, his family and his friends desperately tried to save him. An
ambulance was called and Elvis was rushed to the hospital where a special room
had been prepared for him. However, the “King of Rock’n’Roll” was already dead
when he arrived there. At first, doctors said that Elvis died because his heart had
stopped, but later they claimed that drugs were involed. Elvis had taken painkillers
because he had toothache and he couldn’t sleep. However, for years his fans
refused to believe that Elvis was gone, and there were numerous sightings of
“Elvis” around the world. There is even a website elwis-is-alive.com decided to
finding out the truth.
1. Elvis Presley was found lying unconscious on his parlour floor.
2. An ambulance took him to the hospital.
3. He was called “King of Rock’n’Roll”.
4. Elvis had taken painkillers because he had headache.
5. His fans refused to believe his death.

4) Read the text and answer the True/False questions:

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on 22nd November 1963. He
was riding through crowds in his car when a gunman shot him once in the head.
Lee Harvery Oswald was arrested almost imediately after Kennedy’s death, and
charged with killing him. He was murdered two days later. A report in 1964
concluded that Oswald had acted alone. But conspiracy theorists have doubts, and
believe more people were involved. Suspects include in CIA the FBI and the
Cuban leader Fidel Castro. In 1979, a new report agreed that Oswald had killed
Kennedy, but also concluded that the President was killed ‘as a result of
conspiracy’ by unknown people.
1. President John F.Kennedy was riding through crowds in his car.
2. He was shot twice in the head.
3. H. Oswald was not arrested.
4. Conspiracy theorists believe more people were involved.
5. F. Castro is suspected to be a murderer.

5) Read the text and answer the True/False questions:

We’ve seen the photos , but many people claim that Neil Armstrong’s “giant
leap for mankind” never really happened. They suspect that the astronauts Neil
Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin never left earth, but acted out the scene and took
photographs in studio. Conspiracy theorists say there were strange shadows falling
in the photos, and surprisingly no stars are visible. They point out that the US flag,
planted by Buzz Aldrin, was apparently waving, although there is no wind on the
moon. However, these doubts can be explained logically. The lighting conditions
on the moon were complicated, and the flag only appears to “flutter” because the
astronauts moved it.
1. Conspiracy theorists say that many stars were visible.
2. They say that the USA flag was waving.
3. There is no wind on the moon.
4. These doubts cannot be explained logically.
5. The lighting conditions on the moon was simple.

6)Read the text and answer the questions.

In the near future, we shall be able to communicate in any language we
choose. A number of companies are working on translating machines that use the
voice frequencies of the speaker. This make it sound as though the user is speaking
the foreign language. We already have translating machines, but they are slow and
inaccurate and they sound like robots. In only a year or two this new machine,
which will be a headset, could come onto the market and allow us to speak every
language under the sun.
1. How shall we be able to communicate in the near future?
2. What a number of companies are working on?
3. How do the translating machines sound?
4. What will be this translating machines?
5. What will the new machine allow us to do?

7)Read the text and answer the questions.

Full immersion virtual reality will be with us in perhaps ten to twenty years’
time. We will be able to plant tiny michrochips in the brain, allowing a person to
experience games, movies, and virtual life as if they are real. As computers interact
with the brain, we will have the sensation of touching, seeing, hearing, and
smelling virtual objects in virtual worlds. Instead of just watching heroes in
movies, signals to the brain will let us feel what our heroes feel, see what they see.
Fortunately, if things get too terrifying, we will be able to switch it off with the
push of a button!
1. How long will full imersion virtual reality with us?
2. What will we be able to plan tin the brain?
3. What will a person experience?
4. What sensations will we have in virtual world?
5. What will we be able to do if the things get too terrifying?

8)Read the text and answer the questions.

The future of health is going to be a tale of big and small. Tiny nano
monitors will be placed inside our bodies, and these will produce Big Data –
enourmous amounts of information – that allow us to check our health and help us
predict illnesses. Another big development probably won’t be ready in the short
term, but in the longterm there is hope that 3D printers will make copies of body
parts such as hearts, livers and kidneys. If it happens, this is likely to save millions
of lives. Using 3D printers, we can already make copies of plastic and metal
objects. The next step is to copy living tissue.
1. What is the future of health going to be?
2. What will be placed inside our bodies?
3. What will these tiny nano monitors produce?
4. What will 3D printers do?
5. What is the next step?

9)Read the text and answer the questions

In the next thirty years, climate change is going to seriously affect traditional
farming. Floods and droughts will distrupt farming patterns that have existed for
thousands of years. Because of this, cities will have to start producing food, and
vertical farming will become common. Tower blocks and skyscrapers will have
gardens built into them. Each floor will grow different plants, fruit and vegetables,
and the water will be recyled. Instead of stretching out for miles across the
landscape, farmland will now rise hundreds of meters into the air.
1. What is climate change going to seriously affect?
2. What will floods and droughts distrupt?
3. What will become common?
4. What will each fllor grow?
5. What will tower blocks and skyscrapers have?

10)Read the text and answer the questions

He works as a gym instructor in a sports centre. He gets up at 5a.m. every morning
and makes a cup of coffee. He can’t function until he has had his coffee! He drives
to work – it takes about fifteen minutes on a good day – usually getting there at
about 5.40. The first thing he does is switch on the lights and the air conditioning if
it’s summer (heating if it’s winter), and then the radio. They have the radio on all
day because their clients like listening to the news and the music. The sports centre
opens at 6 a.m.
He works in a team of four, altough only two of them are ever in the gym at the
same time. The instructors all wear sports clothes. It’s important to be comfortable
because they sometimes need to show new clients how to use the machines. Apart
from this, their other tasks are quite simple: they check that everyone has their
membership card when they come in, and they check that the machines are clean
and safe.
1. Where does he work?
2. What does he do every morning?
3. What do their clients like to do?
4. When does the sports centre open?
5. What do the instructors wear?
11) Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There are two extra
words you do not need.

Argue, debate, ancestors, inquire, arguments, look into,

quarrel, reply, research, wonder, wrong

1 Do you ever_____ how humans began to create a spoken language with

grammatical structures?
2 I watched a fascinating _____ on nuclear power last night on Channel Four.
3 The company said that customer services would ______ the complaints they
have had about poor service.
4 After their ______, my two brothers refused to talk to each other. It made life at
home very difficult.
5 Why didn’t you _______to any of my text messages?
6 He’s doing ______ into the long-term health effects of spending hours sitting at
a desk in front of a computer.
7 Have I done something__________?
8 The given by those in favour of it and those against it really made me
think_________.
9 Where did your _______ come from?
10 Sit down and watch the game. Ronaldo _____ 2 minutes ago.

12)Complete the types of film stories in the sentences.

mysteries, biopic, period dramas, psychological thrillers, romantic

comedies, disaster

1 Liz enjoys ______ _____ because she thinks they are fun to watch and likes
films about people falling in love.
2 I love watching _____ _____. I’m very interested in history and I love old-
fashioned costumes.
3 Did you see the ______ on Gandhi’s life? It was really interesting. I had no
idea he had studied at university in London.
4 _______ movies are both genres that deal with imaginary or speculative concepts
and worlds.
5 Tim never watches _____ movies as he thinks there are already too many
stories of terrible things that have happened, like earthquakes and plane crashes, on
the news.
6 ________is a film genre where the good guy (the detective) finds the bad guy
(the criminal).
7 Pru often watches ______ . She likes to try and solve the murders before the
detectives do.
8 _________ is a documentary made more interesting with some parts acted.
9 Lee says his favourite films are _______ _____ because they focus on the mental and
emotional states of the characters so you never know what is going to happen
10 ________ film is a film genre in which the heroes chase and fight each other

13) Complete the words in the sentences and questions.

First, questions, thing, aspect, couple, query, suppose, wondered, cultures, care

1 A: So, before we finish – does anyone have any ______?

B: Yes, actually. I have one _____. I_________ if you could tell me when the job starts.
2 A: What ______ of your current job would you say you most enjoy?
B: Um, that’s a hard question. I _____ I’d have to say I like the travelling best because it gives
me the opportunity to experience other ___________.
3 A: There are a _______ of things I’d like to ask about. _____, can you drive?
B: Yes, I got my driver’s license five years ago.
4 A: Can I ask you about holidays?
B: Employees get three weeks a year. But one _______I’d like to say is that we also offer
excellent health________.

14)Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Sorry I _____ the phone earlier. I _____and didn’t hear it ring.
(not answer / sleep)
2 Tim _____with his parents at the moment because he______a job and can’t afford to live on
his own. (live / not have)
3 I didn't do the homework, because I ___ (listen) when the teacher told us what to do.
4 Their children all _____ tennis very well now. They ______ after their mother, who used to be
a professional player. (play / take)
5 Adam______at home when I called him. His mother said he______a friend in hospital.
(not be / visit)
6____ you _____ that strange noise a few minutes ago? It ____ like a baby crying. (hear / sound)
7 I_____ anything about Aunt Betty now because she______to Canada when I was five.
(not remember / move)
8 Everyone knows smoking ____ (cause) cancer.
9 Sit down and watch the game! we ___ (win) 2-1. Ronaldo scored two minutes ago.
10 Claire ________ economics at university when she first met Jackie. (study)

15) Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There is one extra word
you do not need.
boss classmate fiancé married fiancée member mistakes mentor partner the same

1 In our small company the ______ and employees all work together and share an office. I think
this is unusual.
2 How much did you say it costs to become a ______ of your local golf club?
3 My squash ______ is very competitive and doesn’t like it when we lose a game.
4 Liane went to a school reunion last Saturday because she wanted to meet up with an old_____.
5 She said it was really great to see her and she looked exactly ________!
6 It was lovely to meet Beth and her______, Charles, and to hear about their engagement.
7 Did you know that they’ve decided to get ________in Fiji, where they got engaged?
8 At our university, all first year students have a _____ who helps them adapt to student life. I
think this is a great idea.
9 My Spanish teacher tells us that fluency is more important than _________ .
10 She tells us not to worry if we make________, because we will learn from them.

16) Complete the sentences with the correct past form of the verb in brackets.
1 It was the most beautiful beach he _____ and the perfect place to spend their honeymoon.
(see)
2 As soon as she closed the door, she _____ she ______ her house keys on the table.
(remember / leave)
3 While we ______ for the taxi to arrive, we ______ all the windows were closed.
(wait / check)
4 By the time they______ to the station, the train _____. (get / go)
5 As she______ over the bridge, the car in front swerved and nearly______into the river.
(drive / fall)
6 While I ______ the joke, I suddenly realised I ______ the ending! (tell / forget)
7 Liane______ to a school reunion last Saturday because she ____ to meet up with an old
classmate . (go / want)
8 I________ from my job because I ________an offer from another company. (resign / receive)
9 I ________the office after I _______writing my last email. (leave / finished )
10 I ______the film after I ______the book. (see / read)

17) Underline the correct answer, a), b) or c).

1I in a plane before so I am feeling a bit nervous about my flight.
a) have never flied b) have never flown c) didn’t fly
2 Sue _____ in a jazz band when she was 21.
a) sang b) has sung c) hasn’t sung
3 We first_____ Tamara at university in 2010. We were on the same degree programme.
a) have met b) meted c) met
4 James______ in the national hockey team for five years but stopped after he hurt his back.
a) has played b) played c) hasn’t played
5 They _____ a four-bedroom house in Wales.
a) have just bought b) have bought recently c) already bought
6 Who_____ the match on Saturday? Do you know?
a) has won b) did win c) won
7 Can we watch something else? I _____ this film twice.
a) saw already b) ’ve already seen c) just seen
8 You said you’ve been to South America. How interesting! Where_____ ?
a) did you go b) have you gone c) have you been yet
9 They _____ on a cruise before so they’re really excited about their holiday
a) already went b) never went c) ’ve never been
10 When I first saw Coldplay, they weren’t famous. They_____ a long way since then.
a) came b) have come c) didn’t come

18) Put the sentences of the story (a–k) into the correct order.
a) The people in my carriage were really friendly so I started talking with them.
b) I had quite an adventure when I was travelling in Italy for work last summer.
c) He also called the school I was visiting and spoke to the headteacher to explain what had
happened.
d) Before long, I found out that the train didn’t stop at the place I was going to.
e) Anyway, I had no idea that there was a delay with the previous train that was due at the same
platform.
f) When I finally arrived at my destination, the headteacher was already there waiting for me at
the station.
g) Fortunately, another passenger told me where to get off and what train to catch from there.
h) So, when a train arrived at my platform a minute early I thought it was the one I wanted and I
got on it.
i) I was in a new town so I checked on the train and waited at the platform I needed.
j) Well, you can imagine that this was quite worrying.
19) Underline the correct answer, a), b) or c).
1 Could you tell me__________ ?
a) what the time is b) what’s the time c) what time is it
2 Could you_____ your car for the weekend?
a) borrow me b) lend me c) give to me
3 Do you know______ nearest garage is?
a) where is the b) where c) where the
4 Would you______ me a taxi?
a) mind to book b) to mind booking c) mind booking
5 Could you tell me_______ ?
a) where the bank is b) where is the bank c) where to get to the bank
6 Do you know what time_______ ?
a) does the bakery open b) is the bakery open c) the bakery opens
7________ hold the line, please?
a) Could you b) Do you c) Would you mind
8 Could you tell me who_______ to?
a) I should speaking b) should I speak c) I should speak
9 Do you know________ delayed?
a) if the plane is b) when does the plane c) if the plane has
10 Could you______ this machine works?
a) show me how does b) show me how c) show me does

20) Complete the conversation with the phrases in the box.

a good idea, First of all, good point, Let’s focus, Let’s sum, moving on, not sure, OK
by. really feel that, way I see, we need to

A: OK, so we’re going to decide on where to open our new office. 1 First of all, I need to
decide on the location. Then we’ll discuss the number of new staff we’ll need.
B/C: OK.
A: Right. 2_______ on the ideas we have for location. Last time we discussed Cardiff and
Bristol, but we need to decide between them.
B: I 3 ______ Cardiff would be a nicer place for our office. I know it is a smaller city but it
is developing fast as an area for small businesses.
C: Hmm. I’m 4_______ that I agree, actually. I really feel that Bristol would be better. The
5_______ it is that Bristol is much bigger and will give us the most custom.
A: It’s also closer to the main motorways and is only a few hours from London.
B: That’s a 6_______.
A: So, shall we say we’ll look into the office we’ve seen in Bristol?
B/C: Yes, OK.
A: Good. So, 7 _______ to the next point, how many staff are we going to need?
C: Hmm. I think to begin with we should employ fifteen people to cover our basic needs.
B: I’m not sure that’s 8_______. We talked about some of our London staff moving to the
new office. So, I really feel we should start with less.
A: I agree. I think 9_______consider salaries. What about employing five new people first?
B/C: That’s 10________ me.______ up what we’ve decided. We’re going to open our new
office in Bristol and employ five new members of staff. Is that right?
A: Yes, I think so. That’s right.

21. Describe someone who has had an important influence on your life.
You should say:
● Who the person is
● How long you have known him/her
● What qualities this person has
● Explain why they have had such an influence on you

22. Describe a practical skill that you have learnt (e.g. cooking, driving).
You should say:
● What the skill is
● How you learnt it
● Why you learnt it
● How this skill has helped you

23. Describe a recent event that made you happy.

You should say:
● When and where it was
● Who was involved
● What happened
● Explain why it made you happy

24. Describe a prize that you would like to win.

You should say:
● What the prize is for
● How you know about it
● What you would have to do to win it
● Why you would like to win this prize

25. Describe a family celebration that you remember.

You should say:
● Whatyou were celebrating
● Who was present
● What you and your family did to make the celebration special
● Why you enjoyed the occasion

26. Describe an artist you admire.

You should say:
● Who she/he is and what she/he does
● How she/he became successful
● How you found out about them
● Why you admire him/her
27. Describe a historical building.
You should say:
● Where it is
● What it is used for
● Why you like/dislike it

28. Describe a team project that you worked on.

You should say:
● What it was
● What you did
● How you felt about it

29. Describe a TV programme or channel that you enjoy watching regularly.

You should say:
● What it is called
● What is it about?
● When do you usually watch it?
● Why do you prefer it to other programmes or channels?

30. Describe a film you saw recently.

You should say:
● What kind of film it was
● When you saw it
● What it was about
● Why you liked or didn’t like it