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56. As wet as …

57. As tough as…

58. As green as …

59. As poor as …

60. As graceful as …

A) a church mouse; B) a swan; C) leather; D) a drowned rat; E) the sun; F) grass

VIII. Вставьте в пословицы и поговорки необходимые по смыслу слова из приведенных ниже. Одно из слов лишнее, которое не нужно использовать.

61. The leopard cannot change his….

62. Scratch my back and I’ll scratch….

63. The proof of the pudding is in the….

64. To make a mountain out of a….

65. Out of sight out of….

A) spots; B) children; C) mind; D) eating; E) molehill; F) yours

IX. Каждое предложение содержит одну ошибку. Подчеркните ее. Дайте правильный вариант.

66. Julia Roberts has a wonderful brown hair.

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67. You’d better to stop worrying.

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68. Sixty millions years ago the Earth was ruled by dinosaurs.

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69. I don’t know where is my diary.

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70. It’s often raining in autumn.

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Часть С

Примерное время выполнения задания С – 30 минут.

X. Write a short composition beginning like this: “Music is a universal language of mankind…” Write about your personal experience in music (if any). Write 140-150 words.

ВАРИАНТ - V

Часть A

К каждому заданию части А дано несколько ответов, из которых только один верный. Обведите номер правильного ответа.

I. Прочитайте текст и выполните задания, обводя букву A, B, C или D, соответствующую ответу, который вам кажется наиболее верным.

The Hot Dog

In its home country of Germany, the hot dog was called the frankfurter. It was named after Frankfurt, a German city. Frankfurters were first sold in the United States in the 1860s. Americans called frankfurters “dachshund sausages.” A dachshund is a dog from Germany with a very long body and short legs. “Dachshund sausage” seemed like a good name for the frankfurter.

Dachshund sausages first became popular in New York, especially at baseball games. At games they were sold by men who kept them warm in hot-water tanks. As the man walked up and down the rows of people, they yelled, “Get your dachshund sausages! Get your hot dachshund sausages!” People got the sausages on buns, special bread.

One day in 1906 a newspaper cartoonist named Tad Dorgan went to a baseball game, When he saw the men with the dachshund sausages, he got an idea for a cartoon. The next day at the newspaper office he drew a bun with a dachshund inside – not a dachshund sausage, but a dachshund. Dorgan didn’t know how to spell dachshund. Under the cartoon, he wrote, “Get your hot dogs!”

The cartoon was a sensation, and so was the new name. If you go to a baseball game today, you can still see sellers walking around with hot-water tanks. As they walk up and down the rows they yell, “Get your hot dogs here! Get your hot dogs!”

1. The special bread used for a hot dog is a______________

A. sausage

B. bun

C. dachshund

D. hot-water tanks

2. Another word for “to yell” is _____________

A. to name

B. to draw

C. to shout

D. to call

3. Which statement is true?

A. Frankfurters were first sold in the United States in the 1960s.

B. At baseball games today you cannot see sellers walking around with hot-water tanks.

C. The words under Tad Dorgan’s cartoon were “Get your hot dogs!”

D. Tad Dorgan drew a bun with a sausage inside.

4. Large containers for water or other liquids, sometimes made of metal, are called __________

A. sensation

B. tanks

C. sellers

D. cartoonists

5. Which statement is not true?

A. A dachshund is a dog from Germany with a very long body and short legs.

B. Dachshund sausages first became popular in America at baseball games.

C. As Tad Dorgan walked up and down the rows of people, he yelled, “Get your dachshund sausages!”

D. At the newspaper office Tad Dorgan drew a bun with a dachshund inside.

II. Из четырех предложенных вариантов выберите единственно правильный.

6. What... languages does your friend speak?

A. another

B. else

C. other

D. more

7. I asked Ann if she... sports.

A. played

B. plays

C. is playing

D. will play

8. I’d prefer us... to the cinema.

A. go

B. went

C. to go

D. going

9. The bus is coming... two hours, let’s have lunch before it comes.

A. after

B. in

C. for

D. at

10. I didn’t know the answer because I... the book.

A. wouldn’t read

B. don’t read

C. didn’t read

D. hadn’t read

11. We... in Paris for the next two months.

A. will be working

B. were working

C. had been working

D. have been working

12. It was... than I thought, not yet four.

A. early

B. earlier

C. earliest

D. most early

13. We were watching TV ... we heard loud barking coming from the yard.

A. during

B. since

C. when

D. that

14. It... to be Leonardo’s masterpiece.

A. believes

B. is believed

C. believed

D. has believed

15. It... for two years.

A. hasn’t rained

B. is raining

C. rained

D. rains

16. He hasn’t arrived yet, ... he?

A. hasn't

B. doesn't

C. isn't

D. has

17. My shirt... in Thailand.

A. was made

B. are made

C. had been made

D. made

18. You... pay a fine if you return books late.

A. have

B. have to

C. have had to

D. had to

19. My sister is short-sighted and she can’t... a person a few meters away.

A. learn

B. find out

C. recognise

D. get to know

any furniture in the room?

A. Are there

B. There is

C. Is there

D. There are

21. What time did he arrive... the hotel?

A. in

B. at

C. to

D. for

22. He learnt how to... a bicycle when he was seven years old.

A. lead

B. ride

C. conduct

D. drive

23. Last summer... almost every day.

A. it rained

B. there rained

C. it raining

D. it is raining

24. I couldn’t hear him so he... his voice.

A. rise

B. rose

C. raise

D. raised

he told me about it.

A. There is all

B. All that

C. This is all

D. All this

26. …the increase in air fares, most people still prefer to travel by plane.

A. Despite of

B. Despite

C. In spite

D. Spite of

27. The Caucasus is said to be … the Carpathians, but it is much higher.

A. as old as

B. as old like

C. too old as

D. as old than

III. Выберите слово, выпадающее из ряда. Обведите соответствующую букву.

28. A) tight; B) round; C) square; D) triangular; E) oval

29. A) crab; B) oak; C) willow; D) elm; E) birch

30. A) peaches; B) pears; C) chicken; D) apples; E) bananas

31. A) cat; B) mouse; C) rabbit; D) tail; E) dog

Часть В

Каждому заданию соответствует один правильный ответ. Впишите в пропуск соответствующую букву.

IV. Выберите соответствующий предлог.

32. The dogs went _____ the fox.

33. It’s no use going ______ the customs of a country that you are visiting.

34. We’ll go _________ your suggestions, although it’s not exactly what we wanted.

35. How long has Jim gone _______ stamp collecting?

36. The doctor went ____ the girl carefully but could find no broken bones.

37. I’m afraid there’s no coffee, so we’ll just have to go ______.

A) over; B) after; C) without; D) against; E) along with; F) in for

V. Из четырех предложенных вариантов ответа, найдите тот, который наиболее точно подходит по смыслу или является синонимом подчеркнутых слов и словосочетаний.

38 It is difficult to get young people to plan for their old age, which seems very distant to them.

A. impossible

B. faraway

C. observable

D. fearful

39. Receptors for the sense of smell are located at the top of the nasal cavity.

A. upper end

B. inner end

C. mouth

D. division

40. Dotting the marshy expanse of the Florida Everglades are little islands known locally as hammocks.

A. generally

B. to all

C. in that area

D. occasionally

41. Voluntarism is a tradition in the United States, but how people realize that up to fifty-two percent of the adult population is engaged in some kind of volunteer service?

A. need

B. business

C. diversion

D. custom

42. Neon light is utilized in airport because it can permeate fog.

A. pass through

B. transmit

C. suspend

D. breakup

43. When preparing a diet, a person should be aware that vitamin D acts to increase the amount of calcium absorbed by the body.

A. schedule of exercises

B. nutritional plan

C. study on longevity

D. medicinal chart

44. Graffiti painting was among the latest trends in modern art represented in the exhibition "New York – New Wave", organized in 1981 by Diego Cortez.

A. acclaimed

B. arranged

C. reviewed

D. revealed

45. Sand is found in abundance on the seashore and is often blown inland to form sand hills and dunes.

A. at random

B. at high tide

C. in dry mounds

D. in great quantities

VI. Подберите слова, близкие по значению.

46. Annual	A) Other than
47. Always	B) Nearest to
48. Among	C) Everywhere
49. Besides	D) At all times
50. Beyond	E) Little by little
51. Except	F) Moreover
52. Universally	G) However
53. Gradually	H) Coming once a year
54. Nevertheless	I) Surrounded by
55. Next	J) Farther away

VII. Заполните пропуски словами, данными ниже. Одно из слов лишнее, которое не нужно использовать. Обведите соответствующую букву.

56. As brave as …

57. As changeable as …

58. As busy as …

59. As cold as …

60. As cool as …

A) the moon; B) a cucumber; C) a bee; D) a frog; E) a cat; F) a lion

VIII. Вставьте в пословицы и поговорки необходимые по смыслу слова из приведенных ниже. Одно из слов лишнее, которое не нужно использовать.

61. Don’t count your chickens before they are….

62. Hunger is the best….

63. Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles….

64. Every cloud has a silver….

65. He laughs best who laughs….

A) sauce; B) lining; C) you; D) last; E) dog; F) hatched

IX. Каждое предложение содержит одну ошибку. Подчеркните ее. Дайте правильный вариант.

66. Nick said that he has never been to Disneyland.

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67. I’ve spoken to everybody except his.

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68. I wonder if he comes to the party tomorrow.

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69. Ann runs slowly, but Tom runs very fastly.