1) rejecting.
2) delaying.
3) getting.
4) choosing.
Ответ:
14 Which advantage of a gap year is NOT mentioned in the text?
1) Understanding what you want.
2) Experiencing a different culture.
3) Becoming better at languages.
4) Having a rest and getting new impressions.
Ответ:
15 Such individuals in Paragraph 4 (“It’s a common misconception that such individuals immediately go abroad …”) refers to …
1) She had a vision of her future job.
2) She worked abroad for some time.
3) She worked for a firm for a short time.
4) She is satisfied with her experience.
Ответ:
16 Which statement about Elena Ricci’s experience is FALSE?
1) She had a vision of her future job.
2) She worked abroad for some time.
3) She worked for a firm for a short time.
4) She is satisfied with her experience.
Ответ:
17 What is the danger of taking a gap year, according to the text?
1) Risk of losing important skills.
2) Having a career in the field you dislike.
3) Misunderstanding on the part of employers.
4) Impossibility of further study.
Ответ:
18 The author advises that students should …
1) study on a master’s programme.
2) copy what other people do.
3) follow their own route.
4) try working after graduation.
Ответ:
По окончании выполнения заданий 10–18 не забудьте перенести свои ответы в БЛАНК ОТВЕТОВ № 1! Запишите ответ справа от номера соответствующего задания, начиная с первой клеточки. При переносе ответов на задания 10 и 11 цифры записываются без пробелов, запятых и других дополнительных символов. Каждую цифру пишите в отдельной клеточке в соответствии с приведёнными в бланке образцами.
Раздел 3. Грамматика и лексика
Прочитайте приведённые ниже тексты. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 19–24, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текстов. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы 19–24.
The secret of success
19 Thomas A. Edison was a famous American inventor. He __________________ the world a lot of useful inventions.
GIVE
20 He __________________ to be a genius by his contemporaries, However, Edison himself didn’t think so.
CONSIDER
21 He knew that if he didn’t work hard, he__________________ any further success.
NOT ACHIEVE
Ladybirds
22 Ladybirds are beautiful creatures. Farmers love them as they help the crops to stay healthy. __________________ look for them because they believe if you catch a ladybird and let it go free, it will bring good luck and happiness.
CHILD
23 They also love counting spots on ladybirds. They think that the number of spots defines the age of ladybirds. However, it __________________ true.
NOT BE
24 Ladybirds need __________________ spots to scare predators away.
THIS
Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Образуйте от слов, напечатанных заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 25–29, однокоренные слова так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы 25–29.
Sergey Bezrukov
25 Sergey Bezrukov is a Russian screen and stage actor and singer. He was born in an __________________ family as his father was an actor at the Moscow Satire Theatre.
ARTIST
26 On graduating from the Moscow Art Theatre School Sergey was immediately accepted into the troupe of the Moscow Theatre Studio under Oleg Tabakov. At that time, he also started to do voice-over for TV programmes and __________________ got noticed by TV producers.
QUICK
27 Due to his excellent acting in __________________ films, Sergey soon became a household name in Russia.
VARY
28 The range of his roles is truly __________________. He seems to be able to play anybody – from Russian poets Pushkin and Yesenin to comical figures in funny remakes of old Soviet comedies.
IMPRESS
29 Bezrukov is a prolific actor and director, and his fans are waiting for new __________________ films and plays starring him.
EXCITE
Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 30–36. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям 30–36, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.
A girl from Uganda
It was a special day for the girl from Uganda, a country in Africa. She was 30 ______ to meet the world’s greatest living chess player, which was a great honour for her. The girl was a chess player herself. She had been invited to 31 ______ her story by a committee that had organized a conference in Moscow. That story was one of triumph. It was a story of her childhood in Katwe, Uganda. She would describe how the skills nourished by the principles of the game of chess had 32 ______ her to come to that conference.
There is no word for chess in the girl’s native language. 33 ______, the game had taken her far from home, first to Sudan and Turkey, and finally to Russia. Chess had given her the opportunity to take her first flight above the clouds. Over the years, she had become the best female chess player in Uganda. Though the girl was only 17 years old, she had long competed at the highest level of the game. Her talent and 34 ______ made her one of the most promising young players in the world. The girl’s story was the subject of a book, documentaries, and magazine articles.
The girl still couldn’t believe she was visiting the conference in Moscow. She was very 35 ______ about meeting the world champion, the person she had idolized in her childhood. He had 36 ______ her to push herself so that one day she might achieve the rank of Grand Master, the highest honour in the game.
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