Test 12
Страна/страны изучаемого языка и родная страна.
Раздел 2. (задания по чтению)
Прочитайте тексты и установите соответствие между заголовками 1–8 и текстами
А–G. Запишите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую букву только один
раз. В задании есть один лишний заголовок.
В3
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
A RICH FOOTBALL FAN
WOMEN’S VOICE IN POETRY
IMITATING THE GREAT
KEEPING A FOREIGN EXAMPLE
FAMOUS RUSSIAN SPORTS MODEL
TROUBLE PROVOKING LEADER
NOTORIOUSLY FAMOUS
EQUAL TO THE WORLD’S MASTERS
A. The poetry of Anna Akhmatova can be called “the book of woman’s soul”. At the turn of
the centuries – 19th and 20th, on the edge of the great revolution, in the epoch having two
world wars, there appeared, formed and developed perhaps the most significant female
poetry in the history of the new time. Do we really need to distinguish between “male”
and “female” poetry? Of course the great poetry is all-human, but it will hardly be
possible to understand Akhmatova’s work not taking into consideration its female
character. And the main explanation of it is in the world and Russian history itself – it
was for the very first time that a woman had a poetic voice of such strength. “I taught
women to speak”, – noticed Akhmatova in one of her epigrams.
B. There is no doubt that practically every person in the entire world knows Tchaikovsky as
one of the most famous composers of all time. He is a real genius and ranked among such
unsurpassable masters as Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach. And yet, he didn’t have an easy
life. Few people know about his searches, failures and success, his delight and his
despair. If you are in Russia you’ll probably be visiting one of his beautiful and striking
ballets or operas – Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping beauty, Eugene Onegin, or Queen of
Spades listening to which is great pleasure and experience of a lifetime.
C. Valentin Serov was considered to be the greatest portraitist of his time. He has been
extremely revered both in Russia and abroad. Serov continued the traditions of late
nineteenth-century realist portraiture influenced by late Impressionism. While creating
his early works that resemble Renoir in a way, he did not know about the existence of the
new trend called Impressionism. Serov painted a brilliant gallery of portraits that are
among the most treasured exhibits in the Russian Museum in St Petersburg and the
Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
D. Roman Abramovich is a Russian multi-billionaire who owns the private investment
company Millhouse LLC. Born in Soviet Russia and orphaned at the age of two, he was
raised by an uncle and his family in Ukhta, N Russia. While still a student he set up a
small company producing plastic toys, and its success enabled him to found an oil
company later the fourth biggest in the world. Roman was elected twice to the Russian
parliament representing Chukotka. Among his many homes is a country estate in Sussex,
and he has become a familiar face in England since his acquisition of Chelsea Football
Club in 2003.
E. Catherine II, often called Catherine the Great, the Russian empress under whose reign
Russia expanded its territories and was modernized following the example of Western
Europe. Catherine started out as a minor German princess. She grew up in Stettin in a
small principality called Anhalt-Zebst. Her father, Christian August, was a prince of this
tiny dominion, but he gained more fame for his military career. He served as a general for
Frederick William I of Prussia. Catherine II’s mother, had little interest in her daughter.
F. Anna Kournikova is a Russian professional tennis player. She was competing in the
juniors since 9. She subsequently won several international junior tennis tournaments and
was declared the Junior European Champion and Junior World Champion in 1995. In
1999, she won two Grand Slam doubles titles with a partner. However, she was soon
ranking quite low in tournaments. Despite her losing record, her fame grew thanks to her
modeling career and personal life.
G. Nikita Khrushchev became Premier of the Soviet Union after Joseph Stalin’s death in
1953. In a 1956 “secret speech,” he discussed Stalin’s crimes for the first time, starting a
process called ‘de-Stalinization.’ He also visited the West, putting a smiling face on his
brand of ‘Reformed Communism.’ But he is more famous for provoking the Cuban
Missile Crisis and his frightening speech in the white House.
Тексты
A
Заголовки
B
C
D
E
F
G
Прочитайте текст. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений А7–А14 соответствуют
содержанию текста (1 – True), какие Peter
не соответствуют
(2 – False) и о чём в тексте не
the Great
сказано, то есть на основания текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного
ответа
– Not stated).
Born in(3Moscow,
Russia on June 9, 1672, Peter the Great was a Russian czar in the late 17th
Restoring a Red Square Icon
BBC Moscow correspondent
Ever since it was built by Ivan the Terrible, St Basil’s Cathedral with its host of multi-coloured
domes has been one of the most recognizable buildings in all of Russia. Today it is covered with
green dust-netting. Builders shout to each other, as they winch materials to the top of one of St
Basil’s towers. “It's like a visual icon of Red Square. I think it’s beautiful,” says an American
tourist gazing up at the building.
A three-year restoration project on the cathedral’s exterior is just coming to an end. But inside,
the walls – built over 400 years ago – are slowly cracking. There are fears Russia is in danger of
losing its most famous landmark. If you walk up the dark and narrow staircase in the centre of St
Basil’s, you emerge in one of the nine separate chapels inside the building. The walls are
covered in old paintings and frescoes. But long cracks run through the brickwork. A report
commissioned by the Russian Government has said the cathedral is slowly sinking into the
ground and cracking apart. It warns St Basil’s could fall into ruin if its foundations are not
strengthened.
The earth under the cathedral is more solid in some places than others. As a result the cathedral
has settled unevenly over the years. So that’s why there are these cracks.
The use of Red Square for huge public events has also helped weaken St Basil’s foundations.
During the Soviet years massive military parades were held here. Squadrons of tanks and
missiles launchers would grind their way past the cathedral. In more recent years it has been used
as the venue for rock concerts by the likes of Paul McCartney.
“When tanks used to cross Red Square we could feel everything shake,” says Igor Mitichkin, the
man responsible for the upkeep of all the monuments around the Kremlin.
“Thank God there aren’t tanks any more. Gun salutes don’t really have any effect on the
buildings. But rock concerts, if they are too loud, they do.”
Right across the road from St Basil’s is Number Five, Red Square. It is a long cream-coloured
building with a green tiled roof, and a commanding view of the cathedral and the Kremlin.
There are plans to turn it into a giant hotel complex with an underground car park big enough for
600 vehicles.
The cathedral’s curator, Lybov Uspenskaya, says she has not been consulted about the plans for
the hotel so has no way of knowing if they might further undermine St Basil’s.
“Nobody has showed us any plans for the development. As for who’s in charge of it, they have
nothing to do with us. We don’t even know which authorities are handling the project.”
Mrs Uspenskaya is not going to question the new development. It is not her place to do so she
says. Instead she will wait and then fix any new damage that is done to cathedral.
But she insists St Basil’s will still be standing as a symbol of Russia for centuries to come.
A7
St Basil’s Cathedral was built during the reign of Ivan the Great.
1) True
2) False
3) Not stated
A8
The building of St Basil’s Cathedral is the most recognizable Russian construction.
1) True
2) False
3) Not stated
A9
Now St Basil’s Cathedral is being rebuilt.
1) True
2) False
3) Not stated
A 10
All visitors of Red Square admire the beauty of St Basil’s Cathedral.
1) True
2) False
3) Not stated
A 11
The basement of St Basil’s Cathedral need fixing.
1) True
2) False
3) Not stated
A 12
The basement of St Basil’s Cathedral is not evenly grounded unfortunately.
1) True
2) False
3) Not stated
A 13
Military parades have lead to cracks all over the inside walls of the cathedral.
1) True
2) False
3) Not stated
A 14
Rock concerts do not do any harm to the building.
1) True
2) False
3) Not stated
Раздел 3. (задания по грамматике и лексике)
Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами
в конце строк, обозначенных номерами. В4–В12 так, чтобы они грамматически
соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый
пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию В4–В12.
В4
В5
B6
В7
В8
B9
В10
B11
B12
Where Are They Now: Life After Olympic Gold
________ celebrated Olympic champions from decades
past wrote sports history, but what are they up to now?
Here’s the _______ on some of the greatest.
Mary Lou Retton, Gold Medalist in Gymnastics (1984 Los
Angeles Games), continues to encourage _______ as a
motivational speaker and active member of the _______
Miracle Network. As founder of Mary Lou’s Weigh,
Retton spreads the message of healthy weight loss and a
balanced nutrition with a reinvented bathroom scale – o ne
that never ________ the starting weight.
Gail Devers, Gold Medalist in 100 meters, 4x100 meters
(1992 Barcelona Games, 1996 Atlanta Games), also
famous for her outrageously painted fingernails. In 2007,
Devers _______ from the sport and now stays fit by
_______ tag with her two daughters in the backyard of her
Atlanta home. She regularly volunteers at the local
elementary school (her husband _______ her “Ms. PTA”)
and gives motivational speeches. As for her fingernails,
they _____ short for practicality’s sake.
THIS
LATE
OTHER
CHILDREN
SHOW
RETIRE
PLAY
DUB
CUT
Прочитайте приведенный ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными
буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами В13-В18 так, чтобы они грамматически и
лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными
словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию В13-В18.
В13
В14
В15
В16
В17
В18
Asimov, Isaac (1920–1992) – a Russian-born American author
and professor of biochemistry, was a ______ successful writer
best ________ for his works of science fiction and for his
popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific
writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500
books and an estimated 9,000 letters and postcards. Asimov’s
most famous work is the _______ Series; his other major
series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series, both
of which he later tied into the same _______ universe. Asimov
was born in Petrovichi (Smolensk Oblast, Russia) into a
________ family of millers. His family immigrated to the
United States when he was three years old. Around the age of
eleven he began to write his own stories, and by age nineteen,
having discovered science fiction fandom, he was selling them
to the science fiction magazines. Asimov attended New York
City Public Schools and went to Columbia _________, from
which he graduated in 1939, returning after WW II to earn a
PhD in biochemistry in 1948.
HIGH
KNOW
FOUND
FICTION
JEW
UNIVERSE
Раздел 4 (задания по письму)
С1
Для ответа на задание С1 используйте бланк №2.
При выполнении задания С1 особое внимание обратите на то, что ваши ответы
будут оцениваться только по записям, сделанным на бланке №2. Никакие записи
черновика не будут учитываться экспертом. Обратите внимание также на
необходимость соблюдения указанного объёма письма. Письма недостаточного
объёма, а также часть текста письма, превышающая требуемый объём – не
оцениваются.
You have 30 minutes to do this task.
You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend Karen.
…I like magazine stories about celebrities and always read them…
I’d like to make a party at the weekend. What shall I start with? Shall I keep
my parents at home? How many guests shall I invite?
White a letter to him and answer his 3 questions.
Write 100–120 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.
Ключи
Раздел 2
Задание В3
7 – extra
Тексты
A
Заголовки 2
B
8
C
3
D
1
E
4
F
5
G
6
Задание А7–А14
A7 –2; A8 – 1; A9 – 2; A10 – 3; A 11 – 1; A12 – 1; A13 – 1; A14 – 2.
Раздел 3
Задание В4–В12
B4 – These; B5 – latest; B6 – others; B7 - Children’s; B8 – shows; B9 – retired; B10 – playing;
B11– dubbed; B12 – ’ve been cut.
Задания В13–В18
B13 – highly; B14 – known; B15 – Foundation; B16 – fictional; B17 – Jewish; B18 –
University.
Раздел 4
Задание С1
Dear Karen,
It’s nice to receive a fresh letter from you. You’ve been silent for quite a long time. Busy, I
guess, like all of us. Reading stories about celebrities is a very good way of having a rest from
the routine of the day. You sit and imagine you are one of them living in some luxurious place,
wearing fashionable clothes, dining out in exquisite restaurants. It really helps to forget about
everyday problems but you should never overdo. Remember that celebrities work a lot and
follow this pattern.
As for the party you are going to have, I think, you should invite those who have the same
interests and can keep a good conversation. Five or six people will be enough for the first time.
Start making your party with a plan of entertaining your quests not to be bored during the
evening.
See you soon,
Marcus.