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Listening Comprehension Test for 9th Form Students
Tape script
Believe it or not.
Now, I am going to tell you a story and I swear every word of it it is true. Three years ago I started to feel very sick. I had
terrible headaches, I felt tired all the time, and all my body ached. In the end I went to hospital and had some tests. Well, when
they told me the news…I couldn’t believe it. They said I had a rare bone disease, and there was nothing they could do. They
said that within just a few months I would be in a wheelchair – for the rest of my life.
Well, I decided I wouldn’t give up without the fight. I’ve always been interested in alternative medicine, so when a friend
told me about stories he’d heard of a kind of witchdoctor in Indonesia who could work miracles – I decided to take a chance. I
sold my house, said goodbye to my friends and flew to Indonesia.
When I got to Jakarta I took a train and then two buses up into the mountains to this tiny village in the middle of
nowhere. When I arrived I asked people, “Yayang? Yayang?”
That’s the name of the witchdoctor my friend told me about. Then a small boy –he must have been seven or eight – took
my hand and led me out of the village and further up into the mountains. For two days we walked. I was in terrible pain the
whole time……but I was determined to go on. Eventually we reached a small hut and I could see a strange man standing
outside. He was short, and covered in mud or something like that. He smiled and took me into his hut. I didn’t say anything –
he just seems to know why I was there.
Well……..in the hut it was really dark but I could see lots of bowls all around, each full of some kind of herb or plant or
something. He told me to lie down and he put his hands on my head and started to sing. All of a sudden I felt a great energy
come into me. He did this for maybe half an hour and then he gave me something to drink. I don’t know what it was. It was a
thick brown liquid and it smelled awful, But I still drank it.
Well, to cut the long story short, I stayed there for a week. Every day the witchdoctor did the same thing, and I drank
the same liquid. After a week the boy came back. I felt so good I almost ran back to Jakarta. When I got home I went back to
the same hospital and had the same tests, and guess what? The disease had completely gone. There was no sign of anything.
They couldn’t believe it. Like I say, that was three years ago and here I am, still strong and healthy. Amazing.
Listening Comprehension Test for 9th Form Students
I.
You will hear the text. On your answer sheet put T if the statement is true, F if it is false.
1. Three years ago I had terrible headaches and all my body ached.
2. The doctors said I had a rare head disease, and there was nothing they could do.
3. I decided I wouldn’t give up without the fight.
4. The doctor advised me use alternative medicine.
5. The witchdoctor lived in a tiny village.
6. When I reached the hut I saw a witchdoctor and told him about my disease.
7. The witchdoctor was a tall man and covered in mud or something like that.
8. Every day the witchdoctor gave me the same liquid.
9. I spent a week with a witchdoctor.
10. When I got home I went back to the same hospital and had no tests because I was healthy.
II.
Choose the right ending to the sentences.
1. The doctors said that within just a few months I would be in a wheelchair –
A) for the rest of my life B) for several months
C) for several years
D) for an uncertain period of time
2. I sold my house, said goodbye to my friends and .
A) went to Indonesia B) flew to Indonesia
C) drove to Indonesia D) sailed to Indonesia
3. When I got to Jakarta I took ................
A)
a train and then two buses
C) two trains and then two buses
4. I was ……but I was determined to go on.
A) nervous the whole time
C) exhausted the whole time
B) a train and then a bus
D) two trains and then a bus
B) happy all the whole time
D) in terrible pain the whole time
5. In the hut it was really dark..............
A) and I couldn’t' see anything
B) but I could see lots of bowls all around
C) but I could see lots of stones all around D) but I could see the witchdoctor
6. The witchdoctor told me to lie down and he put his hands on my head and ................................
A) started to sing
C) started to ask me
7. The witchdoctor gave me ..................to drink..
A) a clear liquid
C) a thick dark liquid
B) started to talk
D) started to message
B) a thick brown liquid
D) a thick clear liquid
8. Every day the witchdoctor did the same thing, and ....................................
A) I drank different liquids
B) I drank the same liquid
C) I took different medicines
D) I took the same medicine
Reading Comprehension Test for 9th Form Students 41 tasks
Directions:
In this Test you will read five texts. Each text is followed by 7 – 15 tasks. You should do the tasks following a text on the basis
of what is stated or implied in that text. For each task you will choose the best possible answer and mark your choice on the
Answer Sheet.
TEXT 1
Read the article and choose the best word (a, b, c or d), according to the text
A love of traveling
For Nigel Portman, a love of travelling began with what’s (0) …….. a ‘gap year’. In common with many other British teenagers,
he chose to take a year out before (1) …….. to study for his degree. After doing various jobs to (2) …….. some money, he left home
to gain some experience of life in different cultures, visiting America and Asia. The more adventurous the young person, the (3) ……..
the challenge they are likely to (4) …….. themselves for the gap year, and for some, like Nigel, it can (5) …….. in a thirst for
adventure.
Now that his university course has (6) …….. to an end, Nigel is just about to leave on a three-year trip that will take him (7) ……..
around the world. What’s more, he plans to make the whole journey using only means of transport which are (8) …….. by natural
energy. In other words, he’ll be (9) …….. mostly on bicycles and his own legs; and when there’s an ocean to cross, he won’t be taking
a (10) …….. cut by climbing aboard a plane, he’ll be joining the crew of a sailing ship (11) …….. .
As well as doing some mountain climbing and other outdoor pursuits along the way, Nigel hopes to (12) …….. on to the people he
meets the environmental message that lies behind the whole idea.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
A settling down
A achieve
A stronger
A put
A result
A come
A just
A pulled
A relying
A quick
A anyway
A leave
B getting up
B raise
B wider
B set
B lead
B turned
B complete
B charged
B using
B short
B alike
B keep
C taking over
C advance
C greater
C aim
C cause
C reached
C whole
C forced
C attempting
C brief
C instead
C pass
D holding back
D win
D deeper
D place
D create
D brought
D right
D powered
D trying
D swift
D otherwise
D give
TEXT 2
For questions 56-65, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the
space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example:
0 ability
COMPUTERS THAT PLAY GAMES
Computers have had the (0) ability to play chess for many
years now, and their (56) ...............in games against the best
players in the world has shown steady (57)..............However,
it will be years before the designers of computer games
machines can beat their (58)… challenge yet – the ancient
board game called Go.
The playing area is (59) ...............larger than in
chess and there are far more pieces, so that the (60)...........of
moves is almost (61).............The game involves planning so
many moves ahead that even the (62) ........calculations of the
fastest modern computers are (63) ...........to deal with the
problems of the game. In a recent (64) .........for computer Go
machines, the best machine beat all its computer rivals, but
lost (65) ........to three young schoolchildren, so there is
obviously still a lot of work to do!
ABLE
PERFORM
IMPROVE
BIG
CONSIDERABLE
COMBINE
END
IMPRESS
SUFFICIENT
COMPETE
HEAVY
TEXT 3
Read the following. You must choose which of the titles A-G match the numbers 1-6. There is one extra title.
A. INFORMATION
B. TRANSPORT
C. PEOPLE
D. CLIMATE
E. TELEVISION
F.
FOOD
G. RADIO
1.
Ireland is located on an island. Winters in Ireland are not cold and rivers do
not freeze. The summer months of June, July and August are mild. However,
the weather is changeable. If you are going to visit Ireland in summer, do not
forget to take an umbrella and warm clothes.
2.
Most buses in big cities in Ireland have conductors who collect the money,
but in small places passengers pay the driver. The trains in Ireland are not
cheap, but they usually leave on time. Taxies are easy to get although they
are rather expensive in comparison to other countries.
3.
Irish farmhouse cheeses are very popular gift items. Other products to delight
tourists are Irish salmon, netted in autumn, oysters and hand-made
chocolates.
4.
The best place to learn how to get a room in a hotel, change money, and
much more is your nearest Tourist office. In Dublin city-centre the Tourist
office is situated at 14 Upper O'Connel Street, beside the Savoy cinema.
5.
Ireland has two national stations, RTE 1 and Network 2. You can watch
different programmes. Most popular are political news, country news, sports
and music programmes. People can also enjoy watching drama, films etc.
6.
It is impossible to make any statement about the characteristics of the Irish,
but they are known for their humour, hospitality, kindness.
The Irish know how to have a good time and very often they get enjoyment
in the pub to the accompaniment of Irish folk music.
TEXT 4
Read the story and choose the best answer А8 – А14 according to the text,
During the baking hot months of the summer holidays my mother and I used to escape to one of the scattered lakes north of
Prince Albert. In its magic surroundings we used to spend the long summer days in the open air, swimming and canoeing or
just lying dreaming in the sun. In the evening the lake was always a bright, luminous grey after the unbelievable sunset colours
had faded.
The last summer before we returned to England was particularly enchanted. For one thing, I was in love for the first time.
No one will ever convince me that one cannot be in love at fifteen. I loved then as never since, with all my heart and without
doubts or reservations or pretence.
My boyfriend Don worked in Saskatoon, but the lake was ''his place'' – the strange and beautiful wilderness drew him with
an obsessive urgency, so I suspected it was not to see me that he got on his motor-cycle as many Fridays as he possibly could,
and drove three hundred-odd miles along the pitted prairie roads to spend the weekends at our place.
Sometimes he couldn't come, and the joy would go out of everything until Monday, when I could start looking forward to
Friday again. He could never let us know in advance, as we were too far from civilization to have a phone or even a telegraph
service. Three hundred miles in those conditions is quite a journey. Besides, Don was hard up, and sometimes worked
overtime at weekends.
One Friday night a storm broke out. I lay in bed and listened to the thunder and the rain beating on the roof. Once I got up
and stood looking out over the treetops, shivering. I tried not to expect Don that night hoping he would have enough sense to
wait until the storm ended. Yet in my frightened thoughts I couldn't help imagining Don fighting the storm. His motorbike,
which had always looked to me so heavy and solid, seemed in my thoughts
frail enough to be blown onto its side by the first gust that struck it. I thought of Don pinned under it, skidding, his face
pressed into the mud.
I crawled back into bed, trying to close my throat against the tears. But when my mother, prompted by the deep sympathy
and understanding between us, came in to me, she kissed my cheek and found it wet.
"Don't get upset, Jane,'' she said softly. ''He may still come.''
When she had tucked me in and gone, I lay thinking about Don, about the danger of the roads … you couldn't ride or walk
along them safely after heavy rain; your feet would slip from under you. The roads in Northern Canada are not like the friendly
well-populated English ones, where there are always farmhouses within walking distance and cars driving along them day and
night.
It was hours later, that I suddenly realized the sound of the roaring engine was real. The storm was dying. I lay absolutely
still, relief and pain fighting for ascendancy within me, each in itself overwhelming enough to freeze the breath in my lungs as
I heard Don's heavy tired footsteps on the wooden stairs.
A8
The last summer was particularly fascinating for Jane because she
1)
2)
3)
4)
spent it in the magic surroundings.
had a lot of fun in the open air.
enjoyed unbelievable sunsets by the lake.
fell in love for the first time.
A9
Jane believes that love at fifteen is
1)
2)
3)
4)
a sincere deep feeling.
associated with doubts.
full of reservations.
connected with pretence.
A10
Don travelled three hundred-odd miles every weekend because he was
1)
2)
3)
4)
desperate to see the author before she left.
fond of riding his motorcycle.
attracted by the beauty of the lake.
fond of spending weekends with his friends.
A11
Sometimes Don didn't come to see Jane and her mother on Friday because he
1)
2)
3)
4)
thought they were too far from civilization.
had given up hope of seeing the author.
worked to make some extra money.
hated travelling in exhausting conditions.
A12
Mother came into Jane's room during the storm because she
1)
2)
3)
4)
felt Jane was afraid of the thunder.
felt Jane was worried about Don.
heard Jane walking in the room.
heard Jane crying in her bed.
A13
According to the author the roads in Northern Canada were
1)
2)
3)
4)
slippery.
muddy.
lonely.
busy.
A14
1)
2)
3)
4)
“… relief and pain fighting for ascendancy within me…” means that the author felt
overwhelming pain.
relief and pain alternately.
relief as a prevailing emotion.
neither relief nor pain.
TEXT 5
Read the text below and put these events in order.
Silly Crime
a. Firemen go up on the roof.
b. Fuller calls the fire brigade
c. Police arrive and take him away.
d. Foster goes down chimney.
e. Foster goes to court.
f. Foster pulled out of chimney.
A burglar, who became trapped in a chimney for seven hours after trying to break into a pub, had to be rescued by fire-fighters
after a delivery man heard his cries for help coming from a ventilation shaft.
Six feet tall Foster had crawled into the 18 inch wide shaft, armed with screw drivers, pliers, a hammer, and chisel - believing it
would lead him straight to where cash was kept. He managed to wriggle down 12 feet of aluminium piping, before he became
lodged in a bend.
Greengrocer Thomas Fuller heard noises when he arrived at the King’s Head pub in Newcastle, to deliver fruit on Tuesday
morning.
Foster claimed he got stuck after trying to rescue a cat just after midnight. It eventually took five fire-fighters to free him. The
crew used extending ladders to clamber onto the roof and managed to lower a rope to the trapped man.
Foster was handed straight into the arms of two police officers who were waiting to arrest him.
Fire station officer Dave Cotton told the court: “The man was stuck 12 feet down the narrow shaft and was out of sight. He was
wedged down the bend.
“We lowered a rope down and told him to put his foot in the loop and managed to slowly winch him up,” added the fire officer.
“He was shouting and swearing as he was being brought up as his skin was scraping off his knuckles and other parts of his body. It
took about 40 minutes to get him out.”
Foster made a full admission when he was questioned by police officers.
Judge Edward Luck told him: “You made a silly attempt at a crime. You risked your life getting out of that chimney and the
lives of firemen.”
Speaking Comprehension Test for 9th Form Students
Directions:
In this Test you will select three task slips from those before you. After selecting three choose one you feel you are most capable
to speak about and return the other two to the table face down. Then take about a minute to collect your thoughts before you
begin to speak on the topic. You may refer to the topic as needed.
1. What are some important festivals in your country?
 What kind of holiday it is.
 Where you should go for such a holiday.
 What kind of people is likely to like this holiday.
2. What is the difference between shopping in Ukraine and shopping in Great Britain?
 Give reasons to support your answer.
3. How do movies or television influence your behavior?
 Give reasons to support your answer.
 Do you think we should control television in some way?
4. Have you been collecting for a long time?
 What items?
 Is it an interesting occupation?
5. What roles do our friends play in our lives?
 Do they have positive or negative influences?
 What do you look for in a friend?
6. Some people think that they can learn better by themselves than with a teacher. Others think that it is always an advantage
to have a teacher
 Which do you prefer?
7. You are awarded a 10-day tour about Ukraine or any country abroad. You can choose only one city to visit.
 Give your reasons where to go.
 Present information on the place the city is situated.
 What historic events took place in it, places of interest.
8. Which is more important for success: the natural ability or hard work?
 Explain your opinion.
9. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
 Face-to face communication is better than other types of communication, such as letters e-mail or telephone
calls.
10. Some people prefer to spend most of their time alone; others like to be with friends most of the time.
 What do you prefer?
11. Some people think that children should begin their formal education at a very early age and should spend most of their time
on school studies. Others believe that young children should spend most of their time playing.
 Compare these two views.
 Which view do you agree with? Why?
12. Do you agree with the following statement?
 Parents are the best teachers.
 Give reasons to support your answer.
13. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement.
 Only people who earn a lot of money are successful.
 Explain your opinion.
14. Do holidays honor people or events?
 If you could create a new holiday, what person or event would you honor?
 How would you want people to celebrate it?
15. Movies are popular all over the world.
 What makes them so popular? Explain your opinion.
16. The expression “Never, never give up” means to keep trying and never stop working for your goals.
 Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
17. Do you agree or disagree that a person should never make an important decision alone?
 Explain your opinion and give reasons to support it.
18. Most people enjoy travelling, but some things can spoil the impression of your journey.
 What are they?
 Can you give an example from your own experience?
19. “The progress rules the world”
 Do you support this statement?
 Can we state that progress ruins the world?
20. Do you agree that there is nothing that young people can teach older people?
 Are older people open to this kind of experience?
 Use specific reasons to support your position.
Writing Test for 9th Form Students
You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with relevant evidence.
Write at least 250 words.
1. As computers are being used more and more in education, there will be soon no role for teachers in the classroom.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
2. In some countries children have very strict rules of behavior, in other countries they are allowed to do almost anything
they want.
To what extent should children have to follow rules?
3. Some people regard work as the most important thing in life and have little interest in anything else. Other people are
more enthusiastic about their hobbies and leisure interests than their jobs.
Discuss both these attitudes and give your own opinion.
10 КЛАС
Listening 10
Task 1
Listen to the radio interview about life for business managers. Decide which of the following statements (items 1-10) are True (A),
False (B) or on which the information in the interview was Not Stated (C). You will hear the radio interview twice.
1. More than 10000 managers took part in the survey.
A. True B. False
C. Not Stated
2. The survey involved senior managers.
A. True B. False
C. Not Stated
3. About 50 countries participated in the survey.
A. True B. False
C. Not Stated
4. The results for Britain were as expected.
A. True B. False
C. Not Stated
5 The main measure of condition was a manager’s salary.
A. True B. False
C. Not Stated
6. It was very difficult to calculate the buying power of a salary.
A. True B. False
C. Not Stated
7 A further study will follow.
A. True B. False
C. Not Stated
8 The standard of managers’ living turned out to be higher in Germany than the USA.
A. True B. False
C. Not Stated
9 The results for Ecuador were very surprising for the sociologists.
A. True B. False
C. Not Stated
10 There were no European countries among the worst for managers.
A. True B. False
C. Not State
Task 2
Dr Matthew Belmont, who teaches at Manchester University, gives a lecture on the problems associated with cities today.
Listen to his talk and for questions 11 - 20 choose the best option A, B or C. You will hear the extract twice.
11. Dr Belmont studies life in …
A. countries.
B villages. C. cities
12. According to Dr Belmont problems of the cities in the 21st century are caused by their…
A. expansion.
B. differences.
C. lifestyles.
13. Which was not mentioned by Dr Belmont as a specific topic of his talk
A. healthcare
B. pollution C. crime
14. People move to the cities looking for…
A. work.
B. money.
15. People live longer
A. In the cities
C. better healthcare.
B. In the country C. Both in the cities and in the country.
16. According to Dr Belmont the crime rate may be explained by
A. unemployment B. overpopulation C. cost of living
17. The number of mobile phones snatched in Manchester in 2003 grew by ….. compared to 2002.
A. 400
B. 600
C. 900
18. According to Dr Belmont people have to spend on transport ….. every day.
A. £4
B. £14
C. £40
19. Dr Belmont’s talk implies that to improve the environmental situation people …
A. should pay special taxes.
B. shouldn’t bring their cars into city centres.
C. must use public transport.
20.In London last year
A. The number of cars increased.
B. People paid for bringing their car in the city.
C. The drivers were dissatisfied with the new tax.
Listening
KEY
1. Life for business managers
In the studio today we have Mike Holliday from the sociology department of Queensgate University.
A: Mike, you’ve been involved in an international survey into the quality of life enjoyed by business managers.
B: Yes, I have. It was a very interesting survey of over 1000 managers worldwide.
A: What kinds of managers were you investigating?
B: Well, we looked at managers in all branches of industry but we only looked at senior management. A further study will deal with
middle management but it wasn’t our brief this time round.
A: How big was the range of countries involved?
B: We were able to conduct an extremely broad survey looking at conditions for managers in almost fifty countries. Nothing quite
so large scale has ever been attempted before.
A: Well, the question that I’m sure our listeners are keen to have answered is “How do managers in the UK compare with those
elsewhere”.
B: Actually, we found they did surprisingly poorly, even though the British economy is doing quite well at the moment. Britain
ranked eleventh on our scale.
A: Were you just translating all salaries in US dollars and then seeing which was the biggest?
B: No, it was a bit more sophisticated than that. The actual amount you earn is not as important as what you can do with it. The US
dollar or equivalent will buy you an awful lot more in some countries than others of course. We not only looked at the buying power of
the salary, we also took into account how much would automatically go on taxes and on basic living costs like accommodation.
A: And did you make allowance for state provision of things like school and healthcare?
B: We’d have liked to do this but it was too complicated at this stage. We’ll do that in our follow up study.
A: So it was the relatively high levels of taxation and property prices that pushed British senior managers down to eleventh place?
B: Hmm, that’s right. In terms of actual money received they did quite well but we got a different picture when we took everything
into account. It was a similar picture for managers in some other countries in the EU.
A: So, where do senior managers enjoy the highest standard of living?
B: Well, we found the three places where high flyers enjoy the best standard of living are Hong Kong, Switzerland and Ecuador.
These were followed by Germany, the USA and Chile, in that order.
A: And where do managers do least well?
B: Actually, India, Bulgaria and Vietnam came out worst for managers. They got both the worst of both worlds in a way there, with
the combination of relatively low pay and high taxation.
A: So, if your ambition is to become a member of a senior management team you should try first for a job in Hong Kong?
B: Well, certainly if standard of living is your first priority.
A: Thank you very much, Mike. I’m now going to…
2. British City in the 21st Century
Hello, I’m doctor Matthew Belmont and I lecture in urban studies at Manchester University. My specialist subject is The
British City in the 21st Century and this is the title of my talk today.
I know that you have been discussing your own cities which you obviously know a great deal about. Cities like Beijing,
Cairo and Rome are very different from Manchester and other British cities but as we move into the 21 st century they face many of
the same problems.
Many of these problems are caused directly or indirectly by the size of modern cities.
So, I will talk about this first and then go on to consider three specific topics: crime, the cost of living and environmental
issues.
Cities have become much bigger over the last hundred years. One reason for this is that many young people find the urban
lifestyle attractive and exciting and don’t want to live in the countryside. Also, because unemployment is rising many people
cannot find jobs in smaller towns or villages. So they move to the cities to look for work.
The third reason is that because modern healthcare is so good people are living much longer than they did in the past. That
means that the size of the population in general is increasing and many of these people, of course, live in cities.
When large numbers of people live very close together there is often more violent crime. Theft is unfortunately a major
problem of the British cities today. The police advise people to be careful in urban areas, especially at night. Don’t walk home
alone if you’ve been out in the evening.
Also, it is not a good idea to use your mobile phone whilst you are out in the street. In 2003 in Manchester alone almost
1600 mobile phones were snatched from people in the street that compares to just over 1200 in 2002.
Part of the reason for the increasing crime rates is the high cost of living in today’s cities. As we all know, cities are
expensive places to live. Housing is usually very expensive as everyone wants to live near the theatres, cinemas and restaurants.
Because there is so much to do in the city people go out a lot and have to spend a lot of money on transport. Most people
spend around £4 a day on bus or train fares.
Cities are often very dirty places and there are all kinds of environmental problems.
Many of these problems are caused by cars. As urban areas have got bigger more and more people want to bring their cars
into city centres. This has led to worrying congestion levels as well as increased pollution.
Most British cities are very smelly places. The government is trying to find a solution to this problem and in London last
year the mayor introduced a special tax, so people have to pay to bring their car into the city centre. This wasn’t very popular with
drivers but it has cut down the number of cars in London…
Reading Comprehension Test for 10th Form Students 43 tasks
Directions:
In this Test you will read five texts. Each text is followed by 6 – 15 tasks. You should do the tasks following a text on
the basis of what is stated or implied in that text. For each task you will choose the best possible answer and mark your
choice on the Answer Sheet.
TEXT 1
Read the text and complete the gaps (15-21) with these extracts (A-H). There is one extra extract.
Memories of a man I won't forget!
I wish you'd met my Uncle Bill. He was a tall man - so tall that he could change the bulbs in
light
so
sockets
while
-
was
up
easier. 15|
it
hardly
something
reaching
above
to
with
do
his
a
head.
heart
He
said
condition
-
that
and
he
that
wasn't
being
supposed
tall
made
to
reach
life
much
Those accessible bulbs were an easy target for that lofty, blundering head of his.
I realized from the start that his problem was not so much tallness as clumsiness. He blundered into anything and everything and
often had injuries (though not in fact burns) to prove how "accident-prone he was.
A miserly man, my uncle always stuck replacement soles on his shoes as the old ones wore through, no matter how shabby the
uppers became - or how badly he injured himself in the process. 16|
Well, strictly it wasn't the sticking that did it but the razor blade
adjustments that followed. In his clumsiness, he nearly always stuck the soles slightly out of position. Once firmly glued they couldn't be
moved but at least the protruding parts could I neatly trimmed away. 17|__
I can see him now in my mind's eye! There was the sole, slightly out of position, and there was my uncle his fingers encrusted with
firmly set glue. 18|__ Then he'd blunder round his house in search of lint and sticking plasters. Vases would topple, ornaments would get
knocked off walls. He lived alone but his frequent visitors were used to the commotion my uncle made as he hurried round his untidy
house. 19|__ Even going to answer the phone could cause calamities and a trail of damage.
20|__ No, they were due to injured fingers, banged heads and falls down stairs. As a matter of fact he survived so many serious
injuries that in the end I came to doubt that there was anything wrong with his heart at all.
21|__
A I think he preferred to claim a bad heart than admit to bad eyesight or total and utter clumsiness!
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
He would set to work with his razor blade, and a minute later we'd hear his cry of pain and frustration.
My uncle's visits to hospital never resulted from that famous heart condition of his.
But how could even a clumsy man suffer injuries sticking soles on his shoes?
And that's where the razor blades came in, and all the consequent injuries to fingers and thumbs.
However, it also created problems for him.
The slightest haste was enough to cause an accident.
You should have seen him when he really got going!
TEXT 2
For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. There is an example at
the beginning (0).
Example: 0
A given
B owned
C asked
D claimed
DOG TRAINING
If you’ve ever (0) ... an untrained dog you’ll be able to sympathize with the thousands of other owners in the same (1) .... Most
people when they take on the (2) ... of having a pet know very little about what the job entails. The best advice is to (3) ... your
knowledge on the four-legged friend you have purchased (4) ... reading books or by talking to other dog owners who will be able to
tell you all the (5) ... of the trade.
The first 6 months are the crucial ones when you must start with basic (6) ... as well as (7) ... training to ensure your dog knows
that the house is not its toilet. Obedience training is crucial from the start if you expect to have a good working (8) ... with your dog.
(9) ... the fact that not all dogs are easily trainable, most owners would agree that the results are extremely positive and rewarding for
both (10) ....
Training can be (11) ... on a one-to-one basis or in a group led by a qualified and experienced dog (12) .... Basic commands start
with “sit”, “stay”, “down” and “come” as these are monosyllabic words, which will be easy for the dog to react to. Obedience is
rewarded with lots of patting, praise and even the odd (13) ..., which give the dog the message that they are doing the right thing. A
lot of time and patience needs to be invested in order to produce the desired effects and (14) ... you know it your dog will be eating
out of your (15) ....
1
A kayak
B boat
C ship
D canoe
2
A responsibility
B role
C occasion
D problem
3
A push up
B clean up
C bring up
D brush up
4
A with
B about
C by
D while
5
A secrets
B tricks
C games
D lessons
6
A remarks
B orders
C commands
D functions
7
A house
B patience
C endurance
D polite
8
A friendship
B team
C relationship
D relative
9
A however
B although
C despite
D Even
10
A parts
B sections
C friends
D parties
11
A conducted
B convinced C concerned
D conceived
12
A handler
B juggler
D fan
13
A meal
B punishment C treat
D threat
14
A after
B then
C before
D soon
15
A bowl
B hand
C arm
D control
C walker
TEXT 3
For questions 56-65, read the text below. Use the word at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same
line.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example: 0
fondest
SWEET SHOPS OF THE PAST
My (0) fondest memory of my grandmother’s town, where
fond
we spent our holidays, was the (56) ... sweet shop
chant
on the corner next to the church. It was owned by an
old man who was always (57) ... under his breath and
whistle
the (58) ... of sweets was out of this world. The old man
select
would take a paper bag and fill it up with your (59) ...
choose
sweets, then place it on his ancient (60) ... scales. He
weigh
was so accurate and he rarely made a mistake. However,
one day in the late afternoon, when he must have been
tired, he (61) ...and gave me double the amount
calculate
of sweets I had actually (62) ... for. He was such a nice man
pay
that I decided to not to be (63) ... so I told him.
honest
He was so happy he gave me two (64) ... bags
add
for having told the (65) .... I was very popular with my
true
friends that day.
TEXT 4
For questions 18-23, choose which of the paragraphs A-G fit into the numbered gaps in the following magazine article. There
is one extra paragraph which does not fit in any of the gaps. Indicate your answers on the separate answer sheet.
DOLPHIN RESCUE
Free time isn't in the vocabulary of British Divers' Marine Life Rescue teams; one fairly normal weekend recently spilled over
into three weeks, as a seal move turned into a major dolphin rescue.
To find a beached and stranded dolphin is a rarity; to nurse one back from the brink of death, and reintroduce it into the wild, is
almost unheard of. Only two cases have occurred in Britain, the most recent of which involved a rescue team from British Divers'
Marine Life Rescue. They started the weekend trying to relocate a 9ft bull seal and finished it fighting to save a dolphin's life after the
Sea Life Centre on the south coast had informed them that a dolphin was beached at Mudeford (pronounced Muddyford) near
Bournemouth.
The dolphin was found by a lady, who must have heard the message telling anyone who found it what to do. The animal was kept
wet and its blowhole clean. Mark Stevens of the rescue team says:
'The dolphin would have certainly been in a worse condition, if not dead, if that lady hadn't known what to do.'
18
...'I cant thank those people enough. The woman even gave us her lemonade so we could have a much-needed drink.' The
Sea Life Centre had hastily moved several large tope and the odd stingray from their quarantine tank, and the dolphin was duly
installed.
19
...By 1 a.m. the team were running out of energy and needed more help. But where do you find volunteers at that time of
night? Mark knew of only one place and called his friends at the local dive centre.
20
...The team allowed the photographers in for a few minutes at a time, not wanting to stress the creature too much. They had
to walk a fine line between highlighting the animal's ordeal and being detrimental to its health.
21
...How a striped dolphin got stranded in Mudeford isn't clear because they are primarily an oceangoing, rather than an
inshore, species. Theories suggest that he was chucked out of his pod (group of dolphins) for some reason and, maybe chasing fish or
attracted by the sounds coming from the Mudeford water festival, wandered into the bay by accident.
22
...It took several days before the dolphin was comfortable enough to feed itself - in the meantime it had to be tube-fed. Fish
was mashed up and forced down a tube inserted into the dolphin's stomach. It's not a nice procedure, but without it the dolphin would
have died. Eventually he started to feed and respond to treatment.
23
...His health improved so much that it was decided to release him, and on Tuesday, 24th August, the boat Deeply Dippy
carried the dolphin out past the headland near the Sea Life Centre. The release, thankfully, went without a hitch; the dolphin hung
around the area for a while before heading out to sea. And that was the end of another successful operation.
A
He actually started toying with the team and trying to gain attention. He would increase his heart rate and show distress so a
team member had to quickly suit up to check him over. But as the person entered the pool, his heart rate returned to normal.
B
It is large but has only a small opening so, once in, getting out isn't easy. The boats at the event would have panicked the
creature and it ended up beached, battered and drained of energy.
C
The story actually appeared in several national newspapers as well as the local press. Publicity is very important for charities
like the Marine Life Rescue, providing precious exposure which pleases the sponsor companies and highlights the team's work.
D
Luck then seemed to be on the team's side when a double-glazing van-driver stopped to investigate. The driver offered his
services to transport the dolphin back to the Sea Life Centre and a lady spectator gave the team a brand new cooler box to store
valuable water to keep the dolphin moist.
E
However, by the time they arrived, the dolphin had started to swim unsupported. The press picked up on the story and
descended on the Sea Life Centre wanting stories, pictures and any information they could get hold of. And they wanted a name. Mark
and the other team members had a hasty think and came up with 'Muddy' - after all, it was found at Mudeford.
F
Now the battle to save its life could begin, but a transportation problem arose. How do you get a grown dolphin back to the
Sea Life Centre without a vehicle big enough?
G
The creature was so weakened by the ordeal that it could not even keep itself afloat and had to be walked in the tank to stop
it from just sinking to the bottom and drowning. Most people can only walk a dolphin for around 20 minutes to half an hour. Holding
a 150 kg animal away from your body and walking through water at sea temperature saps your strength.
TEXT 5
Read the following newspaper article and then answer questions 24-28. On your answer sheet, indicate the letter A, B, C or D
against the number of each question 24-28. Give only one answer to each question.
RESURRECTION OF A DEAD MAN'S DREAM
Few great architects have been so adamant in their belief in the integration of architecture and design as Charles Rennie
Mackintosh. Clients who tried to modify his grip on every detail of the structure, interior decoration or furniture often ended up
with the architect losing his temper - and his commission. Now, 63 years after he died, Mackintosh has found the perfect patron,
in the form of a 56-year-old structural engineer and fellow Glaswegian named Graham Roxburgh.
The story begins with a competition launched in December 1900 by Zeitschrift Fϋr Innendekoration, an innovative design
magazine published in the German city of Darmstadt. European architects were invited to design an Art Lover's House.
Mackintosh sent in his entry in March 1901, his one chance to design a house unfettered by financial constraints or a conservative
client. But he was disqualified for failing to include the required number of drawings of the interior. He hastily completed the
portfolio, which he then resubmitted. Delighted with the designs, the judges awarded Mackintosh a special prize (there was no
outright winner).
Publication of these drawings did much to establish Mackintosh's reputation abroad as an original and distinctive architect,
particularly in Austria and Germany. The Art Lover's House is an important twentieth-century building because it anticipates the
abstract forms of Modernism. At first glance it could be an illustration from the thirties. Artists of the avant-garde Vienna
Secession described Mackintosh as 'our leader who showed us the way' - an acclaim that he was never able to gain at home. Rich
Glasgow businessmen never quite took him seriously.
But today Glaswegians hail Mackintosh as their local genius. Three years ago, the enterprising Mr Roxburgh, who has
already rescued Craigie Hail, a mansion on the outskirts of Glasgow that Mackintosh helped design, hatched a plan to build the
Art Lover's House - now close to completion on a site in Glasgow's Bellahouston Park. Strathclyde Council, the Scottish
Development Agency and the Scottish Tourist Board have picked up a third of the hefty £3 million bill. Roxburgh has raised the
rest through sponsorship and private loans.
The original designs contradict each other in places. Details of the elaborate external stone carvings and much of the
furniture and fittings for the main interiors - which will be open to the public - are exact, but Mackintosh gave no indication of
what should be done with the lower ground floor or the roof spaces. No matter, for the area will be rented out as offices to recoup
some of the costs. The plans have been meticulously interpreted by Andy McMillan of Glasgow's Mackintosh School of
Architecture and the furniture made by an expert cabinet-maker.
The elegant, mysterious music-room is lit by tall windows along one side; the vertical lines are repeated in the elongated
female figures embroidered on linen that hang in the recesses, in the clusters of coloured lamps suspended on slender wires and
the uncomfortable high-backed chairs. The whole effect culminates in the strange superstructure of the piano.
What would Mackintosh have made of the Art Lover's House? There is a danger it will be all too perfect, like those
expensive reproduction Mackintosh chairs you find in shiny magazines or on the dust-free floors of design buffs. Yet Roxburgh's
attention to detail and refusal to cut corners makes him a man after Mackintosh's heart. He is now hunting for an extra £300,000
to complete the interiors according to his exacting requirements.
24 Why were there sometimes problems between Mackintosh and his clients?
A Mackintosh resented interference from his clients.
B Clients refused to pay him in full for his work.
C Mackintosh did not pay enough attention to detail.
D Clients did not like the changes Mackintosh made.
25 According to the writer, Mackintosh decided to enter the competition because
A not many drawings had to be submitted.
B no designs were required for furniture.
C there was no need to worry about cost.
D he had designed similar buildings before.
26 What was significant about Mackintosh's entry for the competition?
A It was considered to be ahead of its time.
B It was based on architecture from Austria and Germany.
C It changed the opinion of him in his own country.
D It was the most attractive building he had designed.
27 Mackintosh's original designs for the Art Lover's House
A included areas intended for commercial use.
B gave full information about the interior.
C concentrated on external features.
D were incomplete in certain respects.
28 If Mackintosh could see the Art Lover's House now, the writer feels he would probably
A think that it had cost too much.
B wish he had completed his designs.
C think it was an improvement on his design.
D approve of Roxburgh's approach to building it.
Speaking Comprehension Test for 10th Form Students
Directions:
In this Test you will select three task slips from those before you. After selecting three choose one you feel you are most capable
to speak about and return the other two to the table face down. Then take about a minute to collect your thoughts before you
begin to speak on the topic. You may refer to the topic as needed.
1. What aspect of English do you find most difficult?
 How do you cope with the problem?
2. In your opinion what are the most serious problems associated with modern city life?
 How, do you think, they should be solved?
 Why or why not?
3. Develop a fitness programme for yourself.
 Describe the type of foods you eat, and the type of health programme you like to follow.
4. What role does tourism play in your country’s economy?
 Give the reasons to support your answer.
5. Imagine that you are designing the metro.
 What new stations should be opened in your city?
 Where and how should they be connected?
 Name three things you like and you don't like about the metro.
 Do you think that metro stations are comfortable enough?
 Would you like to add something to the underground halls?
6. How do you think the Internet will change entertainment in the future?
 Can you give some details on how it will be done?
 Will this affect traditional movie theatres?
 What will happen to traditional movie theatres in the future?
7. Describe a musical performance you have seen and heard.
 What instruments where played?
 Were there any particular attributes of the performers that you admired?
 How did the audience respond to the performance?
8. If you were given an opportunity to create your own TV-show
 What kind of show would it be? Why?
 Whom would you ask to become an anchorman of the show?
 What traits of character do you think this person should have?
 What problems would you illustrate in your show?
9. Imagine that your greatest dream has finally come true. But this will last for only one day.
 What would you like to get?
 What's your dream?
 How would you like to spend this unique day?
10. You are at a cafe in your home city, and you notice a person at a neighboring table who obviously doesn't speak Ukrainian,
and therefore is struggling with the waitress and the menu. You guess this person is from Great Britain.
 Introduce yourself to the person and indicate that you are willing to help if he/ she needs help.
 Explain what on the menu is, and describe things that wouldn't be on a menu in his native country.
 Make a recommendation.
 Offer this person some advice or some places to visit while he/ she is in your town.
11. Imagine that it is the year 3000. The mayor has asked you to design the perfect city.
 What will you do first?
 What will it look like?
 What kinds of buildings will you design?
 How will the people in the city live, work, travel?
12. You meet up with a friend whom you haven't seen for several years.
 Tell him/her about the events in your family and in your school that have happened since you last saw him/her.
 Tell your friend how your goals have changed; what do you want to become?
13. If you could become a character from any book or play that you have read.
 Who would that character be?
 What does this character do that you consider so good?
 What time period, does this character live in?
 How would you adjust to living in this time period?
14. Your mother comes home and finds that several of your friends are in the apartment. She has told you that you shouldn't have
people there when she is out.
 Explain why your friends are there.
 Convince your mother not to punish you.
 Explain your friends how they should act so that your mother doesn't get angry.
15. You are going to start up a business. You have the money, you have the space, and you have the workers.
 What product will you sell?
 What types of people would be interested in your product?
 How will you advertise this product?
 Give a simple advertising motto.
16. What stereotypes do you think the foreigners have about Ukraine?
 Do you feel that these stereotypes are correct?
 What stereotypes do you feel are particularly harmful for the Ukrainian people?
 What can you do to change these stereotypes?
17. Advertisements are very much a feature of modern life. To create an effective advertisement takes some imagination, time,
effort and creativity.
 Design an advertisement for a new shopping centre
18. Say if you agree with this statement :
 "The love of money is the root of all evil, but the possession of it is an opportunity for much good."
19. Do you agree that "some of the best lessons are learned from mistakes and failures."
20. There are usually pleasant and unpleasant sides to every job.
 Choose three jobs you would like to do and find pros and cons .
Writing Test for 10th Form Students
You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with relevant evidence. Write
at least 250 words.
1.
2. Financial education should be a mandatory component of the school program.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
3. The ease of international travel and the spread of various kinds of mass media all over the world have made it more
possible than ever for people to know how other people live in other countries.
Do the advantages of this development overweigh the disadvantages?
11 КЛАС
Answer Key to Listening Comprehension Test for 11th Form Students
Listening Comprehension Test for 11th Form Students
I.
You will hear an interview about “hobby shopping”. Decide which of these statements are true (T), which are false (F).
1. Adam Cole is going to discuss the emergence of the term “hobby shopping”.
2. The media don’t cotton on the fact that men are shopping for themselves.
3. According to Government statistics some men would rather prefer to browse round the shops at weekend.
4. The change of attitude was caused by one very important thing.
5. Most men have been forced into change by a lot of useful ads.
6. Women now are allowed to “play” on men’s territory.
7. Great amount of men’s style magazines has helped to increase their interest in browsing around the shops.
8. Now retailers at last understood that men are shopping for themselves.
9. Men follow women’s shopping pattern nowadays.
10.There appeared new gadgetry appealing to a man’s machismo.
II.
Decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits the text and circle it.
1. Men are out in force for
A Christmas sales
B St. Valentine sales
C January sales
D Independence Day sales
2.What does the term “hobby shopping” suggest about men who love to shop?
A They like non-traditional male pursuits.
B They need more hobbies.
C
They have nothing better to do at the weekends.
D They only have time to shop at weekends.
3. Why does Adam think men have changed their shopping habits?
A Women have forced them to shop for themselves.
B Women have to work on Friday nights.
C Women now have different priorities.
D Women prefer to go out on Friday nights rather than shop.
4 The blurring of gender roles has played a major part in
A browsing around the shops
B arousing men’s interest in shopping
C. doing sports
D. changing men’s shopping preferences
5. According to Adam, how have men been affected by the change in women's role in society?
A They have become interested in female pursuits.
B They have become less masculine.
C They have become more sympathetic towards women.
D They have become more interested in sport.
6. The stores are coping with men’s changes of shopping habits by
A. placing men’s gear by the door
B. placing men’s gear far from the centre of the store
C. arranging exhibitions of men’s gear
D. becoming wise to the fact that men are shopping for themselves
7. What Adam says about men's shopping habits in the past?
A They rarely shopped alone.
B They rarely tried on clothes before buying.
C They rarely browsed before buying.
D They rarely bought clothes the right size.
8. According to Adam, how have menswear shops changed?
A Their sales staff have become more friendly.
B
There is a wider range of clothing to choose from.
C
They have learnt how to keep customers there as long as possible.
D They have begun to see other products.
9. These days men are shopping more as
A. hectic shoppers
B. a leisure pursuit
C. a tedious necessity
D. a hilarious adventure
10. Adam concludes that men
A
like shopping as much as women.
B
can no longer afford cars and motorcycles.
C
never grow up.
D
haven't changed very much.
Reading Comprehension Test for 11th Form Students 42 tasks
Directions:
In this Test you will read five texts. Each text is followed by 6 – 12 tasks. You should do the tasks following a text on the basis of
what is stated or implied in that text. For each task you will choose the best possible answer and mark your choice on the Answer
Sheet.
TEXT 1
Decide which of the statements (items 1 -6) are True or False .
Multiple Intelligences by Thomas Armstrong
Howard Gardner distinguishes between seven human intelligences. These are:
Linguistic intelligence: the ability to use words effectively, whether orally or in writing.
Logical-mathematical intelligence: the ability to use numbers effectively and to reason well.
Spatial intelligence: the ability to perceive the visual-spatial world accurately and to perform transformations upon those
perceptions. This intelligence includes the sensitivity to color, line, shape, form, space and the relation that exists between these
elements.
Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence: skill in using one’s whole body to express ideas and feeling and ability to use one’s hands
to produce or transform things.
Musical intelligence: the ability to perceive and express musical forms.
Interpersonal intelligence: sensitivity to the moods, intentions, motivations and feelings of other people. This can include
sensitivity to facial expressions, voice and gestures; the ability to discriminate among many different kinds of interpersonal cues,
and the ability to respond effectively to those cues.
Intrapersonal intelligence: self-knowledge and the ability to act adaptively on the basis of that knowledge. This
intelligence includes having an accurate picture of oneself; awareness of inner moods, intentions, motivations, temperaments, and
desires; and the capacity of self-discipline, self-understanding, and self-esteem.
Many people look at the above categories – particularly musical, spatial, and bodily-kinesthetic – and wonder why Howard
Gardner insists on calling them intelligences, not talents or aptitudes. Gardner realized that many people are used to hearing
expressions like “He is not very intelligent, but he has a wonderful aptitude for music”; thus he was quite conscious of his use of
the word intelligence to describe each category. He said in an interview that he wanted to make people think and talk about the
idea of intelligences. If he had said that there are seven kinds of competences, people would have yawned and said, “Yeah”. But
by calling them ‘intelligences’ he was saying that we have tended to put on a pedestal one variety called intelligence, and there
are actually several of them, and some are things we have never thought of as ‘intelligence’ at all.
Gardner set up certain basic ‘tests’ that each intelligence had to meet to be considered a full-fledged intelligence and not
simply a talent, skill, or aptitude. The first test is related to work he did in hospitals. At the Boston Veteran Administration he
worked with individuals who had suffered accidents or illnesses that affected only specific areas of the brain. For example, a
person with a wound or a cut in the left frontal lobe might have a substantial portion of his linguistic intelligence damaged, and
thus experience great difficulty speaking, reading and writing. Yet, he might still be able to sing, do math, dance, reflect on
feelings, and relate to others. In these cases, brain lesions seemed to have selectively affected one intelligence and not others.
1. T
F
Giving students opportunity to write is the only way to develop their linguistic intelligence.
2. T
F
To have musical intelligence, a person has to be able to play an instrument.
3. T
F
It is implied that a person with good interpersonal intelligence makes a good team member.
4. T
F
People with strong intrapersonal intelligence know themselves but cannot change.
5. T
F
Studying what people can and can’t do after they suffer a head injury is one test Gardner used to show that
there are separate intelligences.
6. T
F
Gardner found that when a part of the brain is damaged, certain intelligences are affected but not others.
TEXT 2
You are going to read a brochure for tourists. Six sentences have been removed from the brochure. Choose from the sentences
A-G the one which fits in each gap 7-12. There is one extra sentence you do not need to use.
Jorvik - Lost Viking Capital
A thousand years ago York was one of the largest, richest and most famous cities in the whole of Britain. A monk at that
time described it as packed with a huge population, rich merchandise, and traders "from all parts, especially
Danes."7________It owed its prosperity to the hard work and commercial enterprise of Viking settlers from Scandinavia who
had captured it in AD 866 and almost totally rebuilt it.
Viking Jorvik has now completely disappeared. 8_________ In some parts of modern York, however, near the rivers Ouse
and Foss, which run through the centre of the city, archaeologists have found that remains of Jorvik do still survive. They are
buried deep below the streets and buildings of the 20th century city. Here the damp soils have preserved the timber buildings. 9
_________ All the debris and rubbish left by the people of Jorvik in and around their homes is still there, awaiting discovery.
Between 1976 and 1981 archaeologists from the York Archaeological Trust excavated a part of this lost and all-but-forgotten
city. The dig took place in Coppergate, before the city's new Coppergate Centre was built. 10__________ The remains were so
well preserved - even down to boots and shoes, pins and needles, plants and insects - that every aspect of life at the time could
be reconstructed.
York Archaeological Trust decided to try to tell the story of Jorvik as it was a thousand years ago. To do so it built the Jorvik
Viking Centre in the huge hole created by the dig.
11 __________ A further two were preserved just as the archaeological team discovered them, the ancient timbers set out as
they were found in the late 1970s, deep below the new shopping centre, where they have lain for centuries.
In the Jorvik Viking Centre people from the 20th century journey back in time to the 10th century. The journey is done in
time-cars, which silently glide back through the years, past some of the thirty or so generations of York's people who have
walked the pavements of Coppergate, until time stops, on a late October day in 948. 12__________The neighbourhood is full of
the sights and sounds and smells of 10th century Jorvik. Townspeople are there, buying and selling, working and playing.
A
For a while, modern time-travellers explore Coppergate and a little alley, Lundgate, which runs off it.
B
Four rows of buildings were found, running back from Coppergate itself, almost exactly in the same positions as
their modern successors.
C
Jorvik has become York's favourite tourist attraction.
D
Most of the city's buildings were made of wood, and have long since been demolished, or have
burnt down or rotted away.
E
People in the 10th century called it Jorvik, and knew it as the capital of the North of England, and one of Europe's
greatest trading ports.
F
Two of the rows of buildings were reconstructed as we think they were.
G
Whole streets of houses, shops, workshops and warehouses are to be found, often still standing shoulder high.
TEXT 3
You are going to read an article about going to the library in the past. For questions 13-20, choose the answer (A, B, C or D)
which you think fits best according to the text.
GOING TO THE LIBRARY IN THE PAST
When I go into our local library, I often watch children looking at the shelves filled with a variety of brightly coloured
books. They pick a book, glance through a few of the pages and then almost immediately reject it before beginning to look at
another book. I smile to myself for when I was a child in the 1910s, we were never allowed anywhere near the books. They were
kept in some remote corner of the building to which only the librarian had access.
How, you may ask, did we manage to choose the book which we wanted to borrow? Well, immediately to the right of the
entrance was a room which served two purposes: it was a reading room for the older members of the community and it contained
catalogues in alphabetical order of the titles and authors of the books kept in the library. Using these, all one had to do was to write
out a list of the books required. However, since most of us knew very few authors by name, and even fewer book titles, the whole
process of borrowing a book was based upon guesses. There was no possibility of looking through the first few pages to help us
form an opinion, no looking at illustrations to discover if a book might arouse our interest.
Even now I recall almost with pain some of the selections my friends and I made. We learned with dismay that titles often
gave little guidance as to what the book was about. If we could have returned the book the next day, our irritation would have been
considerably reduced, but this was not possible. The librarian did not allow us to bring back any book until we had kept it for at
least a week.
Having written out your list, you presented it to the librarian. If you thought your troubles were finished, you were sadly
mistaken. Your hands were inspected to make sure they were clean. More than once, one or other of us was sent out of the library
and told to return when we had washed our hands.
Once the librarian was satisfied that we were clean enough, she would disappear into another room and return with the first
book on our list which was available. When a book was returned, she would make a thorough inspection of the pages to make sure
that it had not been damaged in any way. At least that way we never got blamed for something we had not done.
Although the librarian appeared very strict and frightening to a small boy, I owe her and the man who gave the library to the
town an immense debt of gratitude. They led me into the land of story, romance and adventure, which in years to come brightened
many a dull day.
13 According to the first paragraph, how is life different for children today from life for children in the 1910s?
A They always get what they want.
B They have a wider choice of books.
C They are allowed to behave badly.
D They spend more time reading books.
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A
B
C
D
It was difficult for children to know which books to choose because
there was no list of authors.
the illustrations did not interest them.
there were only a few book titles.
they could not see the books in advance.
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A
B
C
D
How did children find out which books were available in the library?
They had to write out a list.
They had to ask the librarian.
They had to look through the catalogues.
They had to order them.
16 What does the writer say about book titles?
A Nobody knew any of them.
B They told us what books were about.
C There were not very many of them.
D They were not very helpful.
17 What rule was there about returning a book to the library?
A You had to keep it until the following day.
B You had to return it within a week.
C You had to keep it for a week or more.
D You had to return it by the following day.
18 What did the librarian do as soon as she had received a child's list?
A She looked at the children's hands.
B She sent all the children away to wash their hands.
C She washed the children's hands.
D She asked the children if their hands were dirty.
19 Why does the author think that it was a good idea for the librarian to check the books carefully when they were
returned?
A She would be able to find out why you had damaged the book.
B You would not be accused of damaging a book that was already damaged.
C She would be able to find out if somebody else had damaged the book.
D You would not be blamed if you had damaged a book.
20 Why is the writer grateful to the librarian?
A She helped open up the world of literature to him.
B She told him wonderful stories.
C She helped to cheer him up when he was older.
D She made him feel like an adult.
TEXT 4
For questions 1 – 12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an
example at the beginning (0).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Example: O A expressed B directed
C indicated D guided
What we know about music and the brain
Work on the human brain has (0) …….. how different parts are centres of activity for different skills, feelings,
perceptions and so on. It has also been shown that the left and right halves, or hemispheres, of the brain are (1) …….. for
different functions. While language is processed in the left, or analytical hemisphere, music is processed in the right, or
emotional hemisphere. (2) …….. of music like tone, pitch and melody are all probably processed in different parts of the
brain. Some features of musical experience are processed not just in the auditory parts of the brain, but in the visual ones.
We don’t yet fully understand the (3) …….. of this.
The tempo of music seems to be (4) …….. related to its emotional impact, with fast music often (5) …….. as happier and
slower music as sadder. It is the same with the major biological rhythm of the body: our heart (6) …….. quickens when
we’re happy, but slows when we’re sad. Military music may have (7) …….. from attempts to get us ready for (8) …….. by
using fast drumming to (9) …….. our hearts into beating faster. Music is perhaps one of the most complex experiences the
brain (10) …….. with and it has become an absolutely (11) …….. part of our rituals and ceremonies. It has power beyond
language to (12) …….. mood and co-ordinate our emotional states.
1 A amenable
B dependable
2 A Views
B Aspects
3 A expectations B implications
4 A surely
B plainly
5 A felt
B endured
6 A pulse
B speed
7 A evolved
B extended
8 A battle
B fight
9 A activate
B motivate
10A manages
B copes
11 A vital
B important
12 A notify
B report
C responsible
C Factors
C assumptions
C evidently
C encountered
C pace
C advanced
C quarrel
C stimulate
C bears D holds
C compulsory
C associate
D reliable
D Pieces
D propositions
D directly
D touched
D rate
D elevated
D struggle
D animate
D dominant
D communicate
TEXT 5
For questions 28 – 37, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that
fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Example: 0 comparison
An ancient tree
In Totteridge, in north London, there is a yew tree estimated to be between
1,000 and 2,000 years old. This tree, however, is a mere youngster in0) …….. COMPARISON
with others of the species. The record in the UK is held by a yew in
Scotland that is thought to be between 4,000 and 5,000 years old. However,
such trees are becoming (28) …….. rare and the Totteridge specimen was INCREASE
considered of (29) …….. importance to be named in 1999 as one of the 41 SUFFICE
‘great trees’ in London. Like many yews, the Totteridge tree (30) ……..
DOUBT
predates the buildings around it and its exact age is unknown.
The Totteridge tree needs little (31) …….. . Some of its outer branches hang
MAINTAIN
down so low that they have taken root. But this is part of the tree’s natural
architecture and contributes to its (32) …….. in high winds. With the best of
STABLE
(33) …….. , ancient yew sites are often tidied up with no benefit to the tree.
INTEND
Dead branches are not (34) …….. shed by the tree and their wood harbours a
READY
multitude of insects, an inseparable part of the old tree’s natural (35) …….. DIVERSE
Something of the tree’s history is lost with the (36) …….. of dead wood. After REMOVE
all, the decaying, twisted and (37) …….. parts give the tree character.
ATTRACT
Speaking Comprehension Test for 11th Form Students
Directions:
In this Test you will select three task slips from those before you. After selecting three choose one you feel you are most capable
to speak about and return the other two to the table face down. Then take about a minute to collect your thoughts before you begin
to speak on the topic. You may refer to the topic as needed.
1. If you could meet with any important historical figure - living or dead - who would it be?
• Why did you choose him or her?
• What would you discuss?
• What would you tell him/her about yourself?
2. It has recently been announced that a new disco may be built in your neighborhood.
• Do you support or oppose this plan? Why?
• Name the advantages and disadvantages.
3. You have the opportunity to create your own island nation in the South Pacific Ocean.
• What type of government would it have? Who would be in charge? How would they be made leader?
• What laws would you pass first to protect your government and its people?
• What rights do you consider most important for your country?
4. You have just been appointed head of public relations for all of Ukraine. It is your job to encourage tourism in this
country.
• What aspects of places in Ukraine do you consider to be the most important for foreign tourists?
• What are some problems that tourists might face in Ukraine? How would you change these problems?
• Think of a motto for Ukraine's tourist industry.
5. What do you believe to be the greatest problem in today's society?
• Describe where you see it.
• Explain why you consider it to be so bad. How does it affect society as a whole and the individuals making up that
society?
• How would you propose to do away with this problem?
6. You are about to be alone for ten years of your life, most likely on a desert island where you will only be able to work on
your tan and not do much else.
• What two books (fiction or otherwise) would you bring with you, knowing they would be all you could read for ten years?
Explain why.
• What musical instrument would you bring to help keep yourself entertained?
• What types of food would you eat? How would you cook this food?
7. You are campaigning for election to a major governmental office.
• What do you consider to be your most important campaign issue?
• What laws do you think need to be passed in order to fix the issue you chose?
• What will the opposition say to your campaign, and how will you argue against them?
8. You can choose to have one supernatural ability or gift.
• What do you choose?
• Why will you choose this? Will you use it to help others, for personal gain, or for both?
• How do you think others will treat you because of your gift?
9. What is more important: fame and money or strong character and good values?
• Explain your point of view, and how you define "good values".
• Use examples of real people who have followed either fame or money, or pursued a strong character.
• How do people normally act? Do they aim for moral character or for money? Why? Is it impossible to have both?
10. You are a famous director with enough money to make any film you want.
• What kind of movie will you make and why?
• What will your movie be about and who will star in it?
• What kind of people will want to watch your movie and what will they think about it?
11. You are at a party with a foreigner who is expressing negative opinions about Ukraine. According to this person, his/her
country is better.
• Defend your country, telling the visitor the positive points of Ukraine.
• Name one or two things that are already improving in Ukraine.
• Suggest things that this foreigner could do to improve his/her opinion of Ukraine.
12. In many parts of the world children are forced to become soldiers and fight in wars. You are on a UN committee
reporting on this problem.
• What are the causes of this problem?
• What effects does this have on the children who are forced to fight?
• What recommendations do you have for improving the situation?
13. Your pen pal from the United States asks you how things have changed in Ukraine since independence.
• What, in general, do you tell him/her?
• What is the most positive change during this time?
• What is the most negative change during this time?
14. You are going to start a new business. You have the money, you have the space, and you have the workers.
• What product will you sell?
• What types of people would be interested in your product?
• How will you advertise this product? Give a sample advertisement motto.
15. The people in your neighborhood are becoming increasingly worried about safety. Someone on your block has recently
been robbed.
• What would you suggest your neighbors do in order to protect themselves?
• How will you make sure that you are safe at all times?
• One of your friends is visiting and decides to walk home. How do you convince him/her that he/she should not go alone?
16. If you were asked to send one thing representing your country to an international exhibition, what would you choose?
• Why?
17. A gift (such as a camera, a soccer ball, or an animal) can contribute to a child's development.
• What gift would you give to help a child develop? Why?
18. A person you know is planning to move to your town or city.
• What do you think this person would like and dislike about living in your town or city? Why?
• What change would make your hometown more appealing to people your age?
19. What stereotypes do you think that foreigners have about Ukraine?
• Do you feel that these stereotypes are correct?
• What stereotypes do you feel are particularly harmful for the Ukrainian people?
• What can you do to change these stereotypes?
20. Do you feel that history repeats itself?
• What events can you think of that are examples of history repeating itself?
• What events can you think of that have shown people learning from past mistakes and improving?
• What can you do to avoid repeating past mistakes?
Writing Test for 11th Form Students
You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with relevant evidence. Write
at least 250 words.
1.
forgotten.
Even though globalization affects the world’s economics in a very positive way, its negative side should not be
Discuss and give your own opinion.
2. Improvements in health, education and trade are essential for the development of poorer nations. However, the
governments of richer nations should take more responsibility for helping the poorer nations in such areas.
Discuss and give your own opinion.
3. In some societies stress is now regarded as a major problem, and it is thought that people suffer from more stress than they
did in the past.
However, others feel that the amount of stress people have today is exaggerated. They say that previous generations were
under more pressure, but the idea of suffering from stress did not exist.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.