Раздел 1 чтение
Установите соответствие тем ”А-G" текстам 1-6. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую букву только один раз. В задании одна тема лишняя.
A. CONFUSING PICTURES E. FAILED HOPES
B. IMPRESSIVE PROGRESS R QUESTIONING EXPERT
PLEX NETWORK G, SOCIALISING PROBLEM
D. UNUSED POWER
1 It has been claimed that we only use ten per cent of our brain. This is a myth but it is true that we
are probably all capable of doing far more with our brains than we do at present. The brain can be
trained to improve performance, rather like a muscle can. There are various techniques for improving
your memory, for example that do seem to work. Many magicians and stage performers use these
methods and there seems no reason why the rest of us couldn't learn to improve our abilities with
practice.
2 James Randi is a professional magician. He is well known for more than just his performances of
magic, however. He is also famous for offering $10,000 to anyone who can prove that they have
supernatural or paranormal powers. As a magician, he believes that all the people who claim to have
special powers are actually tricking other people into believing them. His knowledge of tricks means
that he can soon see how people are being deceived.
3 Our brains arc usually very good at analyzing the information they receive from our eyes. However, it
is possible to fool the brain using certain images. To test this, draw two lines of equal length, one
above the other. Now draw two more lines crossing them, going up the page and going in at an angle.
The new lines should look like railway tracks disappearing into the distance. When you look now at
the original two lines, your brain will think the top line is longer than the bottom line. Images like
this are known as 'optical illusions'.
4 Watch science fiction films and you will often see a computer or a robot that is intelligent. In the 70s,
researchers in artificial intelligence were generally optimistic that they would create a thinking
computer within a few decades. However, they have not been very successful. Outside a few very
specialised tasks, such as playing chess, computers are still a long way from being intelligent in any
real sense. Some scientists even question whether it is ultimately possible to create an intelligent
computer at all.
5 In the middle of the twentieth century, a new medical condition was identified: autism. A child with
autism has problems communicating with other people and finds it difficult to establish relationships
with others. Autistic children develop language more slowly than other children and often seem very
distant. The condition can be stronger in some people than in others and there is no cure, although
many autistic people can learn to interact with other people reasonably well.
6 The brain is composed of about 100 billion neurons or nerve cells, all connected to one another.
Information comes into a neuron from other neurons and then the neuron sends out a signal to other
neurons it is connected to. Using electrical and chemical signals, this complicated system of neurons
is behind all the processes of the brain, from looking after the body to higher thoughts and aims.
Прочитайте утверждения 1 — 6 и следующие за ними тексты. Установите соответствие
между утверждениями и содержанием текстов. Напишите цифру 1 - если утверждение верное, и цифру О - если утверждение неверное. Занесите свои ответы таблицу.
1 Elvis Presley's family
were quite rich.
2 Elvis’s first hit record
and first film mere made
in the same year.
3 Elvis had a brother who
lived longer than he did.
Elvis Presley was born into a working class family in. Mississippi in 1935. Although there was never much money, his family was very close and went to church together. The music he heard there had a big influence on his future sound. Elvis recorded his first songs in 1953, but it wasn't until January 1956 that he produced his first hit, Heartbreak Hotel. In August of that year, he also filmed his first movie, Love Me Tender. He would go on to make 33 films and sell over 500 million records around the world.
Despite this enormous success, there was also tragedy in Elvis's life. He had a twin brother who died at birth and his mother died at the young age of 46. He himself suffered a heart attack and died in 1977, aged just 42,
4 "John Lennon never saw
his mother after the age of five.
5 John Lennon and Paul
McCartney both played
in The Quarry Men.
6 John Lennon died a
few years after Elvis
Presley did.
Born in 1940, John Winston Lennon was brought up by his Aunt Mimi. His father left his mother when John was five and his mother, Julia, didn't feel able to look after him. They kept in touch, though, and it was in fact Julia who taught him to play banjo, starting one of the most amazing careers in pop music. Lennon went to art college, although he left before finishing the course to concentrate on his music. He had already formed a group called The Quarry Men and they performed at various places in Liverpool. Lennon was introduced to Paul McCartney, who joined the band. They changed the name of the band a few times, finally settling on The Beatles by I960.
The band became very famous and had 20 number one hits in America. They introduced a serious, poetic side to pop music and influenced many performers. Various artistic differences led to the group splitting up in 1970.
Lennon continued to make music on his own and with his wife, Yoko Ono, until he retired in the mid~70s to spend more time with his family. He started to make music again in 1980 and had released a new album. Double Fantasy, when he was shot and killed by a fan in December of that year. He was 40 years old.
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Раздел 2 Грамматика и лексика
Прочитайте текст. Заполните пропуски в предложениях под номерами В4-В11
соответствующими формами слов, напечатанных заглавными буквами справа от каждого предложения.
Diamonds
В4 Diamonds are a symbol of luxury for many people. People________ _____ VALUE
diamonds as attractive jewellery for around 2,500 years.
The Indians used them to decorate religious icons and it seems the ancient
B5 Chinese___________ their axes a sharp edge using diamonds. GIVE
B6 Diamond is the hardest substance on Earth,________ that only MEAN
another diamond can be used to cut a diamond.
B7 Diamonds consist of carbon and usually they_______ deep FIND
underground in mines, but you might get lucky and see them on the surface.
B8 Mining_____________ in places like Africa make a lot of money COMPANY
from diamonds.
B9 However, the miners______________ are often quite poor. THEY
BIO The value of a diamond is judged on four criteria._______________ KNOW
as the four Cs: carat (or size), clarity, colour and cut.
Bl1 The____________ diamond ever found was the Cullinan diamond, heavy
which was discovered in 1905 and weighed 621 grammes.
Прочитайте приведенный ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами после номеров В12-В18 так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы В12-В18.
В12 Greek___________ is full of amazing stones about gods and heroes. MYTH
B13 These stories describe the_________ actions of people such as HERO
Hercules and were well known in ancient Greece. One such story is that of
B14 Daedalus, a skilful_________ , and his son, Icarus. Daedalus and INVENT
Icarus were put in prison on Crete by King Minos. One day, Daedalus had
B15 a clever___________ . He decided to build giant wings from feathers THINK
B16 and wax which would_________ them both to escape from the island. ABLE
B17 He built the wings and gave Icarus _______ not to fly too close to INSTRUCT
the sun because the heat would melt the wax. They escaped, but Icarus
В18 forgot his father's_________ and flew too close to the sun. The wax WARN
melted and he fell into the sea, where he died.
Раздел 3 Письмо
You have 20 minutes to do this task.
This is part of a letter from Jack, your English pen friend.
...Have you thought about what career you’d like to do in the future? I haven’t, but my parents said I need to start thinking about it. Have you decided what you want to do? How did you decide? Have you asked anyone for advice? How can I find out more about jobs?
Let me know what you think.
Love,
Jack
Write back to Jack answering his questions.
Ask him 3 questions about the most popular jobs in Britain.
Write 100-140 words.
Remember the rules of letter writing.
