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9 класс

Answersheet

20 points

Directions:

You are going to listen to the text. The text is followed by 2 tasks. You should do the tasks on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. For each task you will choose the best answer: two symbols (T or F) or one from four possible answers (A, B, C or D), as specified prior to each task.

Choose the best answer and mark the letter or symbol of your choice on the Answer Sheet.

Task 1.

Questions 1 through 5: write T if the statement is true, F if it is false

             (10 Points)

Listen to the text. While the first listening write T if the statement is true, F if it is false on your answer sheet.

1.Abby’s Mum ordered her daughter to clean the kitchen.

2.Mother promised to give Abby extra pocket money.

3.In the kitchen Abby hunted for the purse.

4.  Abby looked really silly with lots of little bunches all over her head.

5.Mum kneeled down and lifted the bed cover to get the fish tank out.

 Task 2.

Questions 6 through 10:  For each task you will choose the best answer from four possible answers (A, B, C, or D)  and circle the letter of your choice.

(10 Points)

6. When Mum came to Abby’s room she saw……………….  .

A) her daughter reading at her table.

B) the cat looking at the fish.

C) a terrible mess all over the place.

D) Abby dressed up as a vampire.

7.  When Mum came back later …………………..  .

A) all the toys and clothes and books had disappeared.

B)  Abby was looking for the purse.

C) Abby carried on looking through the drawer.

D)Abby was sitting on her bed.

8.………………….. and carried on washing himself on the seat next to her.

A) She pulled the drawer out

B) Wow-Wow, the cat, ignored her

C) Abby followed her upstairs

D)She gave her Mum a kiss

9. In the  tidy drawer there were lots of…………………., but there were lots of interesting things as well.

A) tidy towels

B) toys, books, tapes, clothes and shoes, empty plastic cups, wrappers and a half-eaten sandwich on a plate

C) of boring things like staplers and string

D)paints and books

10. Later Mum discoveredheaps of Abby’s things …………  .

A) in the fish tank

B) in the tidy drawer

C) in the kitchen

D)underneath the bed cover

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ABBY’S TIDY DRAWER

One Saturday morning, Abby’s Mum came up stairs to see Abby in her bedroom. There was a big mess on the floor and Abby sat in the middle of it all reading a book.

 “What a mess,” Mum said. “You need to have a clear up in here. Because things get broken or lost when they’reall willy-nilly like this. Come on, have a tidy up now.”

“But I’m very busy,” Abby argued, “and it’s boring doing it on my own. Can’t you help me?”

“No I can’t,  I’m busy too. But I’ll give you extra pocket money if you do a good job.”

         When Mum came back later all the toysand clothes and books had disappeared.

“I’m impressed,” said Mum. “But I’ll inspect it properly later.”

“It was easy,” said Abby. “Can I have my extra pocket money now?”

“Allright. Get it out of my change purse. It’s in the kitchen tidy drawer.”

In the kitchen, Abby went over to the dress erand pulled open the tidy drawer. She hunted for the purse.

“It must be somewhere at the bottom,” Mum said. “Let’s have a proper look.”

 She pulled the drawer out and carried it over to the table. Abby looked inside. There were lot sof boring things like staplersand string, but there were lots of interesting things as well.

“What’s this?” Abby asked, holding up a plastic bottle full of red liquid.

“Fakeblood, from a Halloween party years ago. Your Dad and I took you to that, dressed up as a baby vampire. You were really scary.”

Abby carried on looking through the drawer. She found some vampire teeth, white face paint, plastic witch nails and hair gel. Mum pulled out a glittery hair band. It had springs with wobbly balls on the top that flashed disco colours! Abby found some sparkly hair elastic stomatch the hair band. She made her Mum put lots of little bunches all over her head so she looked really silly.

 “I remember this,” Abby said as she pulled out a plastic bag. “This is from my pirate party.” Inside there was a black, false moustache and some big gold earrings.

“Comehere,” Mum said  and smeared white face paint all over Abby’s face. She dribbled the fake blood so it looked as if it was coming out of Abby’s eyes and mouth. She put gel all over Abby’s hair and made it stand up into weird, pointy shapes. Abby put in the vampire teet hand slipped on the witch fingers. She made scary noises at Wow-Wow, the cat. He ignored her and carried on washing himself on the seat next to her.

Abby came to sit on her Mum’s knee.

“It’s fun doing this together,” she said.

“Maybe. But we still haven’t found the change purse.”

“Well, you know things will get lost, or broken, when they’reall willy-nilly.”

“You cheeky monkey!” Mum laughed. “But what shall I do with it all?”

“I know, it’s easy,” Abby said and began to remove everything off the table into her arms. She put it all back in the kitchen drawer.

Mum looked at her suspiciously. “Let’s go and inspect your bedroom, shall we?”

Abby followed her upstairs and into her bedroom. Wow-Wow was sitting in front of her fishtank looking hungrily at the goldfish. He dashed under the bed when he saw Mum and Abby. Mum kneeled down and lifted the bedcover to get him out. Underneath were heaps of Abby’s toys, books, tapes, clothes and shoes, empty plastic cups, wrapper sand a half-eaten sandwich on a plate.

“Abby! What’s all this?”

“It’s my tidy drawer,” Abby said. She wrapped her arms around her Mum and gave her a kiss. “Let’s sort this one out together now.”

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1. Some people like to stay at home resting, others prefer going out.

In an article for the Youth magazine:

• tell what kind of rest do You prefer
• describe  the most relaxing activity for you
• does the choice of your activities depend on the weather.

Объем высказывания: от 12 до 15предложений

Limit: not less than 12 not more than15 sentences.

2. Write a lettertoyour English-speaking pen - friend.

In your letter tell him / her:

- what part of schooling seems more important toyou: getting knowledge or communicating with your classmates

- which days of the school week are the most difficult for you

-   what would you change at your school.

Remember the rules of letter writing.

Объем высказывания: от 12 до 15предложений

Limit: not less than 12 not more than 15 sentences.

3. “A friend in need is a friend indeed”.

In an article for the school newspaper tell:

• about your best friend
• what makes a close friendship: knowing someone a long time, seeing someone regularly, sharing secrets etc.
• are your parents your friends.

Объем высказывания: от 12 до 15предложений

Limit: not less than 12 not more than15 sentences.

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Is it easy to spot a liar?

Answer Sheet

Directions:

You are going to listen to the text twice. The text is followed by 2 tasks. You should do the tasks on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. For each task you will choose the best answer: two symbols (T or F) or one from three possible answers (a, b or c), as specified prior to each task.

Choose the best answer and mark the letter or symbol of your choice on the Answer Sheet.

Task I. Questions 1 through 5: write T if the statement is true, F if it is false

             (10 Points)

1. Many animals deceive others around them in order to survive.

2. The muscle structure of the face is directly connected to the areas of the brain that process emotions.

3. An increased heartbeat, a faster rate of breathing, and a higher voice pitch are signs of lying.

4. High-tech lie detectors or ‘polygraphs’ are the most accurate in detecting lies.

5. Mostly actors and politicians are not able to consciously control all of their facial expressions.

Task II. Questions 6 through 10: choose  and cross the right answer  a, b or c.

             (10 Points)

       6. Birds protect their young by ...

a)  injuring themselves .

b)  injuring the predators.

c)  behaving as if they are injured.

       7. Human  beings often tell lies to ...

a)  protect their skin.

b)  to avoid difficult situations,

c)  to get away from other people.

      8.  The author says that actors ...

a)  tell  more lies than most people .

b)  are good at lying.

c)  are good at recognizing liars.

       9. According to the text...

a)  people are better at telling lies than detecting lies.

b)  people  are better at detecting lies than telling lies.

c)  people  are bad  at telling  and detecting lies.

10. Lie detectors cannot be used in court because they...

a)  are not totally accurate.

b)  break down very frequently.

c)  can be bad for health.

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Is it easy to spot a liar?

According  to  psychologists , the  average human  being  lies  to  others  once  or twice  a  day. This  is  because deception  -  or  'untruthfulness' -  is  a natural  tendency  amongst  all  living  things.  Many animals deceive others around them in order to get ahead in life. Birds, for example, pretend to be injured in order to distract predators from baby birds in their nest.  Chimpanzees, when  they  are  foraging  for  food  and  come across  something tasty, will  occasionally pretend not to  have noticed the  food  so  as  not to  alert the  chimps nearby  and  lose their prize . So it is not a  surprise that human  beings  often  deceive  for exactly the  same reasons:  to  save their  own  skins or to get something they can't get by other methods.

       Despite  how  often  they  engage  in   it,  most  people  aren't  experts  at  lying. People  often  make inconsistent facial  expressions  and body movements  in  a desperate  attempt to  seem believable  and to  suppress what they  are really thinking. Because the muscle structure of the face is directly connected to the areas of the brain that process emotion, very few people - most notably, actors and politicians - are able to consciously control all of their facial expressions. Other signs of lying are an increased heartbeat, a faster rate of breathing, and a higher voice pitch.

       It would  be  logical  to  think  that  with  these sorts  of symptoms,  we  would  be  able  to    spot  a  liar  easily. However, just as we are poor liars, it seems that we are equally hopeless at detecting lies. In a survey carried out at the University of Portsmouth in the UK, participants were able to detect a lie 44 percent of the time, and able to detect the truth 67 percent of the time.

       So are we better at detecting the truth than detecting lies? High-tech lie detectors or ‘polygraphs’ are not much more accurate.  They cannot detect lies as such; they merely detect the physical effects of emotions. These machines measure breathing,  heart rate,  and skin conductivity, which tend to  increase when people  are nervous , as  they  usually  are  when  lying. On  the  other hand, the  idea  of being  hooked  up  to  a  machine  like  this  could easily produce symptoms  of fear, anxiety  and  anger which  are very  similar to  those responses used  to  detect a lie, which  is one reason  lie detector tests are inadmissible in court.

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1. You are health-conscious, keep an eye on diet and go in for sports. Your close friend is against any attempts to strengthen his / her health. Write a letter to your English-speaking pen - friend.

In your letter try to persuade him / her:

• to do at least morning exercises
• not to overeat
• not to eat junk food/fast food

Remember the rules of letter writing.

Объем высказывания: от 15 до 20 предложений

Limit: not less than 15 not more than 20 sentences.

2. There is an expression that says, “Money makes the world go round”.

In the article to the Youth magazine express your opinion:  Do you agree or disagree with this expression? Why or why not?  If  you were rich, how would you use your money? What  would  you never do even for money?

Объем высказывания: от 15 до 20 предложений

Limit: not less than 15 not more than 20 sentences.

3. “There is no place like home”. Write a short article for the school newspaper in which You:

• describe the house of your dreams
• tell what things make your home cosy
• name the three things you would like to have in your own flat/house first.

Объем высказывания: от 15 до 20 предложений

Limit: not less than 15 not more than 20 sentences.

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11 класс

Driverless cars

Answer sheet

                                                     20 points

Directions:

You are going to listen to the text. The text is followed by 2 tasks. You should do the tasks on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. For each task you will choose the best answer: two symbols (T or F) or one from four possible answers (A, B, C or D), as specified prior to each task.

Choose the best answer and mark the letter or symbol of your choice on the Answer Sheet.

Task 1.

Questions 1 through 5: write T if the statement is true, F if it is false

             (10 Points)

1. A driverless car operator won’t be responsible for accidents.
2. The age required to operate a driverless car is likely to rise.
3. Driverless cars may increase the number of road accidents.
4. The driverless cars will be voice-activated.  
5.  The prospect of flying cars may soon become a reality.

 Task 2.

Questions 6 through 10 :  For each task you will choose the best answer from four possible answers (A, B, C, or D)  and circle the letter of your choice.

(10 Points)

6. According to the author driverless cars will become cheap enough for most people to buy within the following …

  A) 8 years.

  B) 15 years.

  C) 7 years.

  D) 20 years.  

7. To operate a driverless car, their owners will be required to …

 A) set the destination on the GPS.

  B) have experience in programming.

  C) obtain a collision insurance.

  D) have a special license.  

8. Which of the following, according to the author, will a driverless car have?

  A) Gas and brake pedals.

  B) A steering wheel.

  C) Video displays.

  D) A turn signal arm.  

9. The author claims that with the introduction of driverless cars …

  A) personal vehicle ownership will increase.

  B) the number of vehicles on the roads will diminish.

  C) people will rent vehicles instead of buying them.

  D) vehicle owners will spend more money on insurance.    

10. According to the author, driverless cars will be …

 A) as important socially as the Internet.

 B) enthusiastically accepted by the people.

 C) operated without transitional delays.

  D) used by people with caution at first.  

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Driverless cars

        Driverless cars are expected to be rolling into the streets within the next 20 years. In fact, they’ve legally been on the roads for the past years, approved for testing purposes. It is predicted that driverless vehicles will be commercially available at a high cost within 7 years, but it may take another 8 years for prices to drop enough to spur mass consumption.  

Today, the discussions focus primarily on the shifting of accident liability to manufacturers and all the goodness that comes along with reducing accidents. A truly driverless road would not be accident-free as there would still be a number of accidents caused by mechanical or computer errors, weather conditions, pedestrians and sheer random chance. But it would make the now-routine loss of life on the roads far rarer. The concept of a “driver” will be replaced with that of an “operator”, who simply programs the vehicle’s GPS to arrive at the desired destination and pushes the “Start” button to begin the trip.

Since judgment will no longer be required of the operator, they won’t need a driver’s license. Theoretically, a 10-year-old child could independently take the car to school in the morning.

Computer-operated cars will eventually reshape the car design as things like windshields will become less necessary. Drivers will be able to sit wherever they’d like in their cars. There will be no need for gas and brake pedals as speed will be automatically controlled by the computer. The steering wheel and the turn signal arm can also be eliminated once the public gets used to reliability of these vehicles.  Each passenger will have a personal video display informing about a current location, the distance to your destination, speed and personal entertainment selections. The concept of ‘distracted driving’ will disappear as there will be no reason to pay attention to where you are going.  

Vehicle owners will no longer buy collision insurance since manufacturers will be solely responsible for damage. Owners will only need theft insurance and coverage for hail, falling objects or floods. To take this one step further, personal vehicle ownership may dramatically diminish. Car dealers will have lots full of vehicles for hire on a daily or hourly basis instead of vehicles for sale. When you need a car, you’ll summon one using your mobile phone. The closest unmanned vehicle will be dispatched to your home to take you where you need to go. When done, you’ll simply push the button for the unmanned vehicle to drive itself back to the rental lot. The social and cultural impact of driverless cars could cause far more upheaval than any of us could imagine.

Perhaps, it would be even greater than the impact the Internet had on commerce and communication. Obviously, the picture being painted is the one that assumes total adoption, which is far from realistic.

You will always have transitional delays caused by the lack of free cars, the longevity of today’s vehicles and cultural resistance.  This resembles the historical factors that affected the transition from horse to the automobile.

At the moment, the driverless car seems like a novelty. However, it will open up new prospects. The prospect of flying cars may soon become a reality. With computer-controlled vehicles that strictly follow traffic rules, three dimensional roads become far less scary and more a matter of simply solving the technological challenge.  Where we’re going, we may not need roads at all.  

АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК

11класс

Driverless cars

Answersheet

20 points

Directions:

You are going to listen to the text. The text is followed by 2 tasks. You should do the tasks on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. For each task you will choose the best answer: two symbols (T or F) or one from four possible answers (A, B, C or D), as specified prior to each task.

Choose the best answer and mark the letter or symbol of your choice on the Answer Sheet.

Task 1.

Questions 1 through 5: write T if the statement is true, F if it is false

             (10 Points)

1. A driverless car operator won’t be responsible for accidents.
2. The age required to operate a driverless car is likely to rise.
3. Driverless cars may increase the number of road accidents.
4. The driverless cars will be voice-activated.  
5.  The prospect of flying cars may soon become a reality.

 Task 2.

Questions 6 through 10 :For each task you will choose the best answer from four possible answers (A, B, C, or D)  and circle the letter of your choice.

(10 Points)

6. According to the author driverless cars will become cheap enough for most people to buy within the following …

A) 8 years.

B) 15 years.

C) 7 years.

D) 20 years.  

7. To operate a driverless car, their owners will be required to …

A) set the destination on the GPS.

B) have experience in programming.

C) obtain a collision insurance.

D) have a special license.  

8. Which of the following, according to the author, will a driverless car have?

A) Gas and brake pedals.

B) A steering wheel.

C) Video displays.

D) A turn signal arm.  

9. The author claims that with the introduction of driverless cars …

A) personal vehicle ownership will increase.

B) the number of vehicles on the roads will diminish.

C) people will rent vehicles instead of buying them.

D) vehicle owners will spend more money on insurance.    

10. According to the author, driverless cars will be …

A) as important socially as the Internet.

B) enthusiastically accepted by the people.

C) operated without transitional delays.

D) used by people with caution at first.  

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1. There is an expression that says, “Being famous does not mean being happy”.

In the article to the Youth magazine express your opinion:  Do you agree or disagree with this expression? Why or why not?  How important is it for a person to be famous in today’s society?

Объемвысказывания: от 20 до 25 предложений

Limit: not less than 20 not more than 25 sentences.

2. You will soon graduate from school.  

Write a letter toyour English-speaking pen- friend.

In your letter tell :

• about your ambitions and plans for future.
• when did You finally make up your mind what You are going to be?
• about the way to make use of your knowledge of  English in future?

Remember the rules of letter writing.

Объемвысказывания: от 20 до 25 предложений

Limit: not less than 20 not more than 25 sentences.

3. You see such a notice in an international English-language magazine for teenagers.

“Articles wanted!  We’re looking for articles about unusual objects. Have you, or a member of your family, ever owned/seen an unusual object?   Tell us about it – describe the object and explain why it’s so unusual.The best articles will be published in our next issue”.

Объемвысказывания: от 20 до 25 предложений

Limit: not less than 20 not more than 25 sentences.

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