Фипи досрочный егэ по английскому. Егэ по иностранным языкам

Уважаемые коллеги!

А заодно расскажу их “историю болезни” – с чего все начиналось и к чему мы пришли, включая анализ ошибок, сделанных на экзамене. Надеюсь, мой опыт поможет Вам в подготовке!

В этом году ЕГЭ по английскому языку у меня сдавали две девушки – Анастасия и Ирина.

Анастасия

Анастасия пришла ко мне за полтора года до экзамена с уверенным уровнем Intermediate . Занималась с репетиторами по английскому языку с начальной школы, а ко мне обратилась, потому что не чувствовала прогресса в занятиях с предыдущим преподавателем.

Анастасия меня радовала легкостью восприятия языка, быстрым запоминаем новых структур и слов, но расстраивала ошибками уровня Elementary. Причем ладно бы они были fossilized, то есть постоянными. Но эти самые ошибки вели себя как на курорте – появлялись один раз и пропадали бесследно…

Пробный вариант ученица написала примерно на 75 баллов, отлично для человека незнакомого с форматом экзамена. Поэтому целью подготовки было научить девушку, как втиснуть ее хороший английский в формат экзамена.

А через год занятий Анастасия поменяла решение о выборе ВУЗа и сказала, что теперь ей нужен ЕГЭ по литературе, а не по английскому. Но все равно решили сдать экзамен, раз столько сил уже положено.

Последние, предэкзаменационные пробники Анастасия писала примерно на 90 баллов, и это был тот результат, который мы ждали на экзамене.

Перед экзаменом, по ее словам, совсем не волновалась и была уверена в своих ответах. Но, получив результаты, обе были разочарованы – 78 баллов !

Таблица наглядно показывает, как ученица писала пробники и что получилось на экзамене. В столбиках указано минус сколько баллов ученица получила.

Особенно обидно за грамматику с лексикой и эссе. Давайте посмотрим на ошибки в эссе согласно критериям оценки ЕГЭ по английскому языку:

Тема Московской области этого года: “The best holidays and festivals are those with specific traditions for celebrating”. Да, заковыристая. Мне было бы интересно посмотреть, как бы ее описал на 14 баллов выдумавший ее человек, особенно волнует решение коммуникативной задачи – никто из моих учениц не получил максимум за этот пункт.

За решение коммуникативной задачи (КЗ) у Анастасии 2 балла из 3. Это значит: “неко­то­рые ас­пек­ты, ука­зан­ные в за­да­нии, рас­крыты не пол­но­стью; име­ют­ся от­дель­ные на­ру­ше­ния сти­ле­во­го оформ­ле­ния речи”. Так как со стилем все в порядке (нет сокращений и неформальной лексики), нераскрыт какой-то аспект.

На мой взгляд, Анастасия исказила тему. Во вступлении мы видим противопоставление “old traditions – specific traditions”, что не совсем верно. Скорее должно звучать так: “no particular traditions – specific traditions”, например 8-е марта/23 февраля – Хэллоуин/Новый год. Это неверное противопоставление повторяется во всем эссе, из-за этого снят балл.

За организацию текста (ОТ) имеем 2 балла из 3: “вы­ска­зы­ва­ние в ос­нов­ном ло­гич­но, име­ют­ся от­дель­ные от­кло­не­ния от плана в струк­ту­ре вы­ска­зы­ва­ния; име­ют­ся от­дель­ные не­до­стат­ки при ис­поль­зо­ва­нии средств ло­ги­че­ской связи; име­ют­ся от­дель­ные не­до­стат­ки при де­ле­нии тек­ста на аб­за­цы”. Недостатков при использовании средств связи я не заметила, деление на абзацы правильное, значит имеем дело с нарушением логики высказывания.

Во 2-м параграфе, где указано мнение ученика, первый и второй аргумент похожи – 1) старые традиции скучные; 2) они не могут удивить туристов.

В 3-ем параграфе, где нужно выразить противоположную точку зрения, мы читаем о старых традициях стран, которые показывают древнюю культуру страны. Контраргумент в 4-м абзаце утверждает, что в таких странах туристам будет интереснее поучаствовать именно в специфических празднованиях, чтобы понять уникальность страны. Нелогично, ведь древние традиции также отличают одну страну от другой.

Здесь могли поставить минус еще вот за эту связку во 2-ом абзаце: “Personally, in my opinion, …” Хотя я лично в ней криминала не вижу.

За лексику снят 1 балл. “Ис­поль­зу­е­мый сло­вар­ный запас со­от­вет­ству­ет по­став­лен­ной ком­му­ни­ка­тив­ной за­да­че, од­на­ко встре­ча­ют­ся от­дель­ные не­точ­но­сти в упо­треб­ле­нии слов (2-3 слова), либо сло­вар­ный запас огра­ни­чен, но лек­си­ка ис­поль­зо­ва­на пра­виль­но”. Я не знаю, где в этой теме со словарным запасом можно было развернуться, поэтому, вероятно, баллы снимали за неправильное употребление лексики:

celebrate with old traditions / … are celebrated by old traditions … 1,2 параграфы our world does not stand on one place, 5 параграф

На грамматике тоже минус 1 балл – “име­ет­ся ряд оши­бок, не за­труд­ня­ю­щих по­ни­ма­ния тек­ста (не более 4)”.

the old traditions, 2 параграф (нет уточнения, какие именно)

… are popular with tourists who want to visit a country again and again, 2 параграф (там про определенную страну)

tradition make any country is different …, 4 параграф

… the best holidays and festivals are not those which are celebrated ordinary …, 5 параграф (не та часть речи)

За орфографию и пунктуацию также сняли балл. “Име­ет­ся ряд ор­фо­гра­фи­че­ских оши­бок или/и пунк­ту­а­ци­он­ных оши­бок, в том числе те, ко­то­рые не­зна­чи­тель­но за­труд­ня­ют по­ни­ма­ние теста (не более 4)”.

Орфография: “they long to try something knew “, 2 параграф

Пунктуация:

The others have an opposite opinion …__ and I can understand this point of view, 1 параграф (сложносочиненные предложение без запятой перед союзом)

… they sing their national songs, do not dance as usual, but make cool tricks … 2 параграф (однородные члены, не нужна запятая)

As a result, events, which make people surprised… , are the best, 4 параграф (придаточное определительное, не выделяется запятыми)

… events, which are celebrated by specific traditions, 4 параграф (придаточное определительное, не выделяется запятыми)

Вот такое получилось сочинение и его разбор. Если Вы не согласны со мной в оценке эссе или в чем-то еще, пишите в комментариях!

Ирина

Теперь расскажу про Ирину. С ней мы занимались ровно год до экзамена, пришла она ко мне также от другого репетитора, от занятий с которым не видела пользы. До этого с преподавателями языком не занималась, ЕГЭ по английскому был нужен для поступления в ВУЗ. Уровень языка – начало Intermediate, пробник написала на 67 баллов. Постоянно всплывали пробелы в элементарном, вроде: Are there a vegetarian menu? Но в отличие от Анастасии, ошибки эти были уже отложившиеся на подкорке.

В течение года мы практически не трогали лексику, запаса которой хватало для написания сочинения, а подтягивали грамматику и корпели над форматом экзамена. Большой вклад в подготовку внесла школьная учительница, эксперт ЕГЭ, она делилась материалами для подготовки и подсказывала моменты, которые я не знала. Огромное ей за это спасибо!

Перед самим ЕГЭ пробники показывали 85 баллов, так Ирина и сдала – на ожидаемые 85 баллов . Особенно меня порадовало эссе с непростой темой, которую она сумела описать и говорение без ошибок.

Сравнительная таблица:

Давайте также разберем ее эссе в соответствии с критериями:

В этой работе по 1 баллу потеряно на КЗ и грамматике . Обращу внимание только на них, ошибки по остальным параметрам, не повлиявшие на потерю баллов, трогать не буду.

Итак, КЗ . Лично для меня тема раскрыта, единственное место, где я не вижу логики в привидении примера к своем утверждению – 3-ий параграф с контраргументом: “They consider that unusual celebrations can be dangerous because people do not know what they should do there”. Для меня слово dangerous не расшифровывается как “people do not know what they should do there”.

Грамматика , нашла 4 ошибки:

… because ___ unusual way of spending your free time …, 2 параграф (нет артикля)

Moreover, you can go with your friend which was there earlier …, 4 параграф (which вместо who, was вместо has been)

In conclusion, I would state that specific festivals are __ very exciting way of spending your free time, 5 параграф (нет артикля).

Итоги

Какие я для себя сделала выводы ?

С Анастасией я не проработала психологию сдачи ЕГЭ – надо было перед экзаменом много раз повторить, что она должна не расслабляться и быть внимательной, чтобы не наляпать ошибок. Возможно, именно ее уверенность в своих силах и подвела.

Это пример того, что человек с хорошим знанием языка (к концу наших занятий у Анастасии был уверенный Upper-Intermediate) не всегда может подстроить его под формат экзамена. И ЕГЭ – лотерея, в этом году с непредсказуемыми текстами, иногда выше требуемого уровня, и заковыристой темой сочинения.

С Ириной все логично, она написала на столько, сколько заслужила. Конечно, я бы хотела, чтобы она получила около 90, но учитывая сложное аудирование (2 задание), чтение (3 задание) и тему эссе, могло быть и хуже. Так что тут мы остались довольны.

Здесь я сделала вывод, что уровень Intermediate достаточен для успешной сдачи экзамена, главное освоить формат и стратегии решения заданий, где не хватает знаний для полного понимания текста.

На этом моя рефлексия над проделанной работой подходит к концу. Будет здорово, если и Вы поделитесь результатами ЕГЭ 2016!

Всем хорошего отдыха!

Школьная пора ассоциируется с яркими моментами, интересными предметами, учителями, последним звонком. Но наступает период, когда необходимо вступить во взрослую жизнь, а это предполагает поступление в выбранный университет. Первым шагом для реализации поставленной цели является преодоление единого государственного экзамена.

ЕГЭ по иностранному: подготовка

Аттестация по гуманитарной дисциплине нужна на многих специальностях: лингвистика, преподавание, регионоведение, международные отношения и др. Бывают случаи, когда не получается попасть на испытание в назначенное время, тогда выручит досрочный ЕГЭ 2019 по английскому языку (онлайн-подготовка).

Проверка знаний абитуриента производится в письменной и устной форме. При первом варианте ученики сдают чтение, аудирование, письмо, лексику, грамматику. На это отводится 180 минут, перечень составляет 40 заданий. Сдача второго этапа происходит в другой день и является для школьника необязательной. Выпускники должны выполнить 4 упражнения за 15 минут. Конечно, это дает дополнительные баллы. Появляется больше шансов стать студентом учебного заведения высшего уровня.

Досрочный ЕГЭ 2019 по английскому языку (онлайн-подготовка): когда нужен

Курс довольно объемный, поэтому готовиться следует заранее. Настроиться на качественную тренировку сегодня можно, не выходя из дома. Занимаясь онлайн, каждый самостоятельно выявляет свои пробелы и выбирает оптимальный способ для их устранения. Участвовать в досрочном экзамене могут:

  • обучающиеся призывники вечерних школ;
  • те, кто имеет направление по медицинским показаниям в лечебные и реабилитационные учреждения;
  • выезжающие на конкурсы, соревнования, олимпиады, спортивные сборы, смотры отечественного и международного уровней;
  • покидающие страну для смены постоянного места жительства;
  • ученики, заканчивающие российскую школу, находящуюся за пределами РФ, при условии сложного климата государства.

It is common knowledge that tourists visiting Moscow understand what Russia is. However, some people have a different vision of situation and sure that to know Russia well you should visit only Moscow. To my mind, I am certain that Russia is a very large country with a lot of history and culture around all country and it would be difficult to understand them visiting only Moscow.

Традиционно мы будем делить эссе на пять абзацев.

Абзац 1. Вступление Здесь должна быть постановка проблемы. Поскольку постановка проблемы уже изложена в задании, Ваша задача – грамотно её пересказать.

Именно ПЕРЕСКАЗАТЬ, а не перефразировать.

Вместо банальных “ Some people think, . Others think, . ” можно использовать: Some people claim that . while others argue that .

Пс: а ещё у меня на устной части вылетела программа, пришлось ждать технического специалиста, тоже спокойствия не добавило

аналогичная ситуация и у меня!

готовилась всегда хорошо, а сейчас я просто в шоке! аудирование выбило из колеи, некоторых слов не разобрать, речь тихая (некоторые задания вызвали сомнения в выборе ответа. Желаю нам хороших результатов!

Видимо, как на устной части, у всех опять один и тот же вариант

Рассчитывала на 90+, теперь понимаю, что опять пролетела. нечестно это. вот эти темы-то явно не школьного уровня.

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Досрочный вариант ЕГЭ 2019 по английскому языку вариант_101

Досрочный вариант ЕГЭ 2019 по английскому языку вариант_101 полный вариант реальные варианты егэ 2019 аудио письменный устный

Правила оформления и структура письма личного характера 1.

В правом верхнем углу письма пишется ваш адрес и дата.

номер дома / номер квартиры, название улицы 145/4 Esenin Street 1 February 2012 Существует сокращенный вариант написания адреса и даты, который также является правильным.

В адрес можно включить только название города и страны, а дата может состоять из одних цифр: Thanks for your letter, it was nice to hear from you.

Письмо ЕГЭ по английскому: образец

15 December, 2013 Thank you for your letter.

It was nice to get a reply from you so soon. First of all, congratulations on your victory! You fellow, you win Prize for the best research culture of another country.

This country — Russia? In any case, you’re asking me a lot about my country. As for me, I have a success in the sport.

Our school football team will be playing in a city school tournament! We had to beat three strong teams from other schools.

You write about moving to a new home.

Тема 1.9 Would you agree that sport means health? 14 Тема 1.10 Do you agree that people will sometime live on other planets? 15 РАЗДЕЛ 2. Пишем эссе на основе аргументов и ключевых слов Тема 2.1 Should children be made to follow the rules of behaviour?

17 Тема 2.2 Traffic accidents: who is to blame? 17 Тема 2.3 Can vandalism among teenagers ever be stopped?

ЕГЭ по английскому языку: пишем эссе в соответствии с требованиями ФИПИ (2014 г

Use the following plan: Таким образом, мы видим, что это так называемое эссе-мнение.

Отстаивать своё мнение можно:

  1. путём аргументации - но этого обычно недостаточно для ЕГЭ;
  2. путём аргументации и опровержения мнения оппонентов, что и требуется в пунктах 3 и 4 плана эссе.
Иными словами, опровергая мнение оппонентов, предварительно надо уметь объяснить, почему они так думают. Разберём подробнее каждый пункт плана эссе.

Вариант № 510277

ЕГЭ - 2017. До­сроч­ная волна по английскому языку

Для выполнения заданий 1, 2 прослушайте аудиозапись и выпишите правильную последовательность цифр. Для выполнения заданий 3-9 прослушайте интервью и выберите один из трех вариантов ответа. В задании 10 установите соответствие между текстами A-G и заголовками 1-8. В задании один заголовок лишний. В задании 11 прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A-F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1-7. Одна из частей в списке 1-7 лишняя. Прочитайте текст и выполните задания 12-18. В каждом задании запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.


При выполнении заданий 19-25, преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текстов. Записывайте ответы без пробелов, запятых и других дополнительных символов; не копируйте слова-ответы из браузера, вписывайте их, набирая с клавиатуры. При выполнении заданий 26-31, образуйте от слов, напечатанных заглавными буквами однокоренные слова так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Записывайте ответы без пробелов, запятых и других дополнительных символов; не копируйте слова-ответы из браузера, вписывайте их, набирая с клавиатуры. Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 32-38. Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.


Если ва­ри­ант задан учителем, вы мо­же­те вписать от­ве­ты на за­да­ния части С или за­гру­зить их в си­сте­му в одном из гра­фи­че­ских форматов. Учи­тель уви­дит ре­зуль­та­ты вы­пол­не­ния за­да­ний части В и смо­жет оце­нить за­гру­жен­ные от­ве­ты к части С. Вы­став­лен­ные учи­те­лем баллы отоб­ра­зят­ся в вашей статистике. Тексты недостаточного объема, а также часть текста, превышающая требуемый объем, не оцениваются.

Версия для печати и копирования в MS Word

Вы услышите 6 высказываний. Установите соответствие между высказываниями каждого говорящего A-F и утверждениями, данными в списке 1-7. Используйте каждое утверждение, обозначенное соответствующей цифрой, только один раз. В задании есть одно лишнее утверждение. Вы услышите запись дважды.

1. A uniform makes the school a better organized place.

2. Uniforms help improve the discipline at schools.

3. Uniforms can help prevent crimes at school.

4. Uniforms will not make life at school better.

5. Uniforms can teach students how to behave professionally.

6. Getting used to uniforms is good for a future career.

7. Uniforms make students focus more on their learning.

Говорящий A B C D E F
Утверждение

Ответ:

Вы услышите диалог. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений А–G соответствуют содержанию текста (1 – True) , какие не соответствуют (2 – False) и о чём в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3 – Not stated) . Занесите номер выбранного Вами варианта ответа в таблицу. Вы услышите запись дважды.

Воспользуйтесь плеером, чтобы прослушать запись.

A. Jake succeeded in his school-leaving exams.

B. Jake has an elder brother.

C. Jake wants to teach the subject Miss Clark teaches.

D. Miss Clark is surprised with Jake’s career choice.

E. Jake doesn’t believe in the abilities of every student.

F. Miss Clark thinks Jake’s made the right choice.

G. Miss Clark isn’t happy to hear Jake’s words.

Запишите в ответ цифры, расположив их в порядке, соответствующем буквам:

A B C D E F G

Ответ:

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What do we learn about Alice at the beginning of the interview?

1) She has an Academy award already.

2) She’s 18 years old.

3) She was born in Brazil.

Ответ:

Вы услышите интервью дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

Воспользуйтесь плеером, чтобы прослушать запись.

Which of the following is TRUE about Alice’s family?

1) She takes part in a business with her family.

2) All of her relatives live in São Paolo.

3) Many of her relatives work in show business.

Ответ:

Вы услышите интервью дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

Воспользуйтесь плеером, чтобы прослушать запись.

What made Alice want to become an actress?

1) A theatre play she once saw.

2) Her school in São Paolo.

3) Glossy magazines about stars.

Ответ:

Вы услышите интервью дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

Воспользуйтесь плеером, чтобы прослушать запись.

Which is TRUE about Alice’s current project?

1) Her character is very beautiful.

2) Her part isn’t in English.

3) Her friend offered her the role.

Ответ:

Вы услышите интервью дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

Воспользуйтесь плеером, чтобы прослушать запись.

Why did Alice sign up for Queen of the South?

1) Because of the film director.

2) Because of the role she had to play.

3) Because she had written the book.

Ответ:

Вы услышите интервью дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

Воспользуйтесь плеером, чтобы прослушать запись.

What does Alice’s acting coach help her with?

1) Getting to know the character.

2) Memorizing the lines.

3) Suggesting ideas about costumes.

Ответ:

Вы услышите интервью дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

Воспользуйтесь плеером, чтобы прослушать запись.

What does Alice say about having to act in English?

1) It’s easier when she spends a long time working on it.

2) It’s no problem for her anymore.

3) It makes her translate all the time.

Ответ:

Установите соответствие между текстами A-G и заголовками 1-8 . Запишите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.

1. Reasons to be afraid

2. Fight your fear

3. A place of wonders

4. How to say thank you

5. Visiting for wild life and animals

6. Learn to be grateful

7. It’s never late to learn

8. Reading non-verbal language

A. Nowadays when it’s all too easy to send an email or text, the best way to show that you are grateful to somebody is to actually mail a hand-written card. The person who gets it will know you took the extra time and thought to write a card and put it in the mail with a nice stamp. That person will appreciate your efforts much more. Plus, you’ll get the added bonus of feeling grateful a little longer than usual as you write out each note and wait for it to arrive.

B. Music is a noble passion, and people who can play a musical instrument have always been seen as intelligent people. Learning how to play a musical instrument is far more efficient if you do it in childhood. However, there are millions of adults who learn to enjoy music throughout their lives. Moreover, they don’t focus on just one instrument, but specialize in two or even more, if they have the time and the necessary ambition.

C. Millions of people avoid air travel each year because of their fear of flying. The fear of accidents happening is probably the most common fear among air travellers. It is an understandable fear, since there have been many aviation accidents throughout history. Some people may have a fear that the plane has some type of malfunction or breakdown, while others may have a fear that the weather or turbulance will affect the plane.

D. Try to understand that being scared is just an illusion that makes you limited and miserable. Take control of your mind and don’t let your imagination create frightening pictures in your head. If you cannot deal with it, you should make attempts to leave your comfort zone. Choose things and activities you are afraid of and meet your worries face to face, because it is impossible to run away from them. Just face your troubles no matter how powerful they may seem.

E. When you get chronically bored with something, your mind gets used to seeing the world negatively. It is necessary to break the chain of negative thoughts and train your mind to notice the best. Just write down 5 things you are thankful for. This way, your mind will change for the better in a while. The thankfulness will open your eyes to the beauty of the world around you and will help you to focus on positive moments in your life.

F. If you go to Ireland, go to isolated distant places in the country, talk to the locals and they will tell you the stories about the mythical Irish place, called the Otherworld. They believe that it is the land of paradise and happiness. In Irish poetry and tales, it is described as a series of islands near Ireland where the various fairytale creatures lived. Also the Otherworld seemed to be able to move from one location to another.

G. Many people can understand the nature of character without talking to the person they are interested in. The gestures and postures usually reflect the mood and the level of the person’s confidence. It’s easy to notice a highly confident person even in a big group of people. They stand in one place without constant moving from place to place, and they always make eye contact with the person they are talking to.

Ответ:

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A-F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1-7 . Одна из частей в списке 1-7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу.

Peter and Paul Fortress

The Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, located on small Hare Island, is the historic core of the city. The history of St. Petersburg begins with the history of the fortress.

Since 1700 Russia had been fighting the Northern War against Sweden. By 1703 the lands by the Neva River were conquered. To protect them from the attacks of the Swedes it was necessary to build a strong outpost here. The fortress was founded on Hare Island 16 (27) May, 1703 by joint plan of Peter I and French engineer Joseph-Gaspard Lambert de Guerin. This day is well known A_______________________.

The fortress stretches from west to east with six bastions B_______________________. The Peter’s Gate on the east side, C_____________________, has remained since the time of Peter I. The Peter and Paul Cathedral, D_______________________ emperors and the monument of Russian baroque, was completed after the death of the emperor, in 1733. The weathervane as a golden angel with a cross, E_______________________, is one of the main symbols of the city. On the opposite side of the cathedral, there is the Mint building, constructed in the time of Paul I by architect A. Porto. Coinage was moved to the fortress F_______________________ in the time of Peter I. The Peter and Paul Fortress has never directly participated in any fighting. From the very beginning of its existence it was used as a political prison. Since 1924 the Peter and Paul Fortress has been a part of the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg.

1. as the day of the birth of St. Petersburg

2. which was designed by D. Trezzini

3. which was the burial place of Russian

4. and reminding of the rich history of the city

5. as the most protected part of the city

6. which is located on the spire of the cathedral

7. that are located at the corners

Ответ:

At the beginning of the article the author reminds that the new media technologies …

1) turn our attention off morals.

2) used to frighten the majority of people.

3) improve human brainpower.

4) could make people less intelligent.


Mind over mass media

Ответ:

What has life proved about electronic technologies according to the author?

1) Scientists can’t do without them.

2) They could increase the crime level.

3) They don’t disrupt brainwork.

4) Television influences intelligence.


Mind over mass media

New forms of media have always caused moral panic: the printing press, newspapers, and television were all once denounced as threats to their consumers’ brainpower and moral fiber. So too with electronic technologies. PowerPoint, we’re told, is reducing discourse to bullet points. Search engines lower our intelligence, encouraging us to skim on the surface of knowledge rather than dive to its depths. Twitter is shrinking our attention spans.

But such panic often fails basic reality checks. When comic books were accused of turning juveniles into criminals in the 1950s, crime was falling to record lows. The decades of television, transistor radios and rock videos were also decades in which I.Q. scores rose continuously.

For a reality check today, take the state of science, which demands high levels of brainwork. These days scientists are never far from their e-mail, rarely touch paper and cannot lecture without PowerPoint. If electronic media were hazardous to intelligence, the quality of science would be plummeting. Yet discoveries are multiplying like fruit flies, and progress is dizzying.

Critics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how “experience can change the brain”. But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Experience does not remake the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read “War and Peace” in one sitting: “It was about Russia.”

Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing, they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn’t make you better at math. Accomplished people immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read lots of novels, scientists read lots of science.

The effects of consuming electronic media are also likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational equivalent of “you are what you eat”. As with primitive peoples who believe that eating fierce animals will make them fierce, they assume that reading Twitter postings turns your thoughts into Twitter postings.

Yes, the continual arrival of information packets can be distracting or addictive. But distraction is not a new phenomenon. The solution is to develop strategies of self-control. Turn off Twitter when you work and put away your smartphone at dinner time.

And to encourage intellectual depth, don’t rail at PowerPoint or Google. It’s not as if habits of deep reflection or thorough research ever came naturally to people. They must be acquired in universities, and maintained with constant analysis, criticism and debate. They are not granted by propping a heavy encyclopedia on your lap, nor are they taken away by efficient access to information on the Internet.

The new media have caught on for a reason. Knowledge is increasing exponentially; human brainpower and waking hours are not. Fortunately, the Internet and information technologies are helping us manage and search our collective intellectual output at different scales, from Twitter to e-books and online encyclopedias. Far from making us stupid, these technologies are the only things that will keep us smart.

Ответ:

According to the author, the arguments of the critics of new media make neuroscientists feel …


Mind over mass media

New forms of media have always caused moral panic: the printing press, newspapers, and television were all once denounced as threats to their consumers’ brainpower and moral fiber. So too with electronic technologies. PowerPoint, we’re told, is reducing discourse to bullet points. Search engines lower our intelligence, encouraging us to skim on the surface of knowledge rather than dive to its depths. Twitter is shrinking our attention spans.

But such panic often fails basic reality checks. When comic books were accused of turning juveniles into criminals in the 1950s, crime was falling to record lows. The decades of television, transistor radios and rock videos were also decades in which I.Q. scores rose continuously.

For a reality check today, take the state of science, which demands high levels of brainwork. These days scientists are never far from their e-mail, rarely touch paper and cannot lecture without PowerPoint. If electronic media were hazardous to intelligence, the quality of science would be plummeting. Yet discoveries are multiplying like fruit flies, and progress is dizzying.

Critics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how “experience can change the brain”. But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Experience does not remake the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read “War and Peace” in one sitting: “It was about Russia.”

Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing, they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn’t make you better at math. Accomplished people immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read lots of novels, scientists read lots of science.

The effects of consuming electronic media are also likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational equivalent of “you are what you eat”. As with primitive peoples who believe that eating fierce animals will make them fierce, they assume that reading Twitter postings turns your thoughts into Twitter postings.

Yes, the continual arrival of information packets can be distracting or addictive. But distraction is not a new phenomenon. The solution is to develop strategies of self-control. Turn off Twitter when you work and put away your smartphone at dinner time.

And to encourage intellectual depth, don’t rail at PowerPoint or Google. It’s not as if habits of deep reflection or thorough research ever came naturally to people. They must be acquired in universities, and maintained with constant analysis, criticism and debate. They are not granted by propping a heavy encyclopedia on your lap, nor are they taken away by efficient access to information on the Internet.

The new media have caught on for a reason. Knowledge is increasing exponentially; human brainpower and waking hours are not. Fortunately, the Internet and information technologies are helping us manage and search our collective intellectual output at different scales, from Twitter to e-books and online encyclopedias. Far from making us stupid, these technologies are the only things that will keep us smart.

Ответ:

What does the example of Woody Allen’s reading of “War and Peace” illustrate?

1) Scientific research of brain supports critics of new media.

2) Technology hardly influences the way brain deals with information.

3) Experience with technology is significant for intellectual abilities.

4) Speed-reading programs improve information-processing.


Mind over mass media

New forms of media have always caused moral panic: the printing press, newspapers, and television were all once denounced as threats to their consumers’ brainpower and moral fiber. So too with electronic technologies. PowerPoint, we’re told, is reducing discourse to bullet points. Search engines lower our intelligence, encouraging us to skim on the surface of knowledge rather than dive to its depths. Twitter is shrinking our attention spans.

But such panic often fails basic reality checks. When comic books were accused of turning juveniles into criminals in the 1950s, crime was falling to record lows. The decades of television, transistor radios and rock videos were also decades in which I.Q. scores rose continuously.

For a reality check today, take the state of science, which demands high levels of brainwork. These days scientists are never far from their e-mail, rarely touch paper and cannot lecture without PowerPoint. If electronic media were hazardous to intelligence, the quality of science would be plummeting. Yet discoveries are multiplying like fruit flies, and progress is dizzying.

Critics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how “experience can change the brain”. But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Experience does not remake the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read “War and Peace” in one sitting: “It was about Russia.”

Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing, they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn’t make you better at math. Accomplished people immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read lots of novels, scientists read lots of science.

The effects of consuming electronic media are also likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational equivalent of “you are what you eat”. As with primitive peoples who believe that eating fierce animals will make them fierce, they assume that reading Twitter postings turns your thoughts into Twitter postings.

Yes, the continual arrival of information packets can be distracting or addictive. But distraction is not a new phenomenon. The solution is to develop strategies of self-control. Turn off Twitter when you work and put away your smartphone at dinner time.

And to encourage intellectual depth, don’t rail at PowerPoint or Google. It’s not as if habits of deep reflection or thorough research ever came naturally to people. They must be acquired in universities, and maintained with constant analysis, criticism and debate. They are not granted by propping a heavy encyclopedia on your lap, nor are they taken away by efficient access to information on the Internet.

The new media have caught on for a reason. Knowledge is increasing exponentially; human brainpower and waking hours are not. Fortunately, the Internet and information technologies are helping us manage and search our collective intellectual output at different scales, from Twitter to e-books and online encyclopedias. Far from making us stupid, these technologies are the only things that will keep us smart.

Ответ:

The phrasal verb “takes on” in “Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities …” (paragraph 6) is closest in meaning to …


Mind over mass media

New forms of media have always caused moral panic: the printing press, newspapers, and television were all once denounced as threats to their consumers’ brainpower and moral fiber. So too with electronic technologies. PowerPoint, we’re told, is reducing discourse to bullet points. Search engines lower our intelligence, encouraging us to skim on the surface of knowledge rather than dive to its depths. Twitter is shrinking our attention spans.

But such panic often fails basic reality checks. When comic books were accused of turning juveniles into criminals in the 1950s, crime was falling to record lows. The decades of television, transistor radios and rock videos were also decades in which I.Q. scores rose continuously.

For a reality check today, take the state of science, which demands high levels of brainwork. These days scientists are never far from their e-mail, rarely touch paper and cannot lecture without PowerPoint. If electronic media were hazardous to intelligence, the quality of science would be plummeting. Yet discoveries are multiplying like fruit flies, and progress is dizzying.

Critics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how “experience can change the brain”. But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Experience does not remake the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read “War and Peace” in one sitting: “It was about Russia.”

Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing, they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn’t make you better at math. Accomplished people immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read lots of novels, scientists read lots of science.

The effects of consuming electronic media are also likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational equivalent of “you are what you eat”. As with primitive peoples who believe that eating fierce animals will make them fierce, they assume that reading Twitter postings turns your thoughts into Twitter postings.

Yes, the continual arrival of information packets can be distracting or addictive. But distraction is not a new phenomenon. The solution is to develop strategies of self-control. Turn off Twitter when you work and put away your smartphone at dinner time.

And to encourage intellectual depth, don’t rail at PowerPoint or Google. It’s not as if habits of deep reflection or thorough research ever came naturally to people. They must be acquired in universities, and maintained with constant analysis, criticism and debate. They are not granted by propping a heavy encyclopedia on your lap, nor are they taken away by efficient access to information on the Internet.

The new media have caught on for a reason. Knowledge is increasing exponentially; human brainpower and waking hours are not. Fortunately, the Internet and information technologies are helping us manage and search our collective intellectual output at different scales, from Twitter to e-books and online encyclopedias. Far from making us stupid, these technologies are the only things that will keep us smart.

Ответ:

Which negative effect of information flood does the author recognise?

1) Inefficient access to data.

2) Lack of self-control.

3) Continuous distraction.

4) Shallow mindedness.


Mind over mass media

New forms of media have always caused moral panic: the printing press, newspapers, and television were all once denounced as threats to their consumers’ brainpower and moral fiber. So too with electronic technologies. PowerPoint, we’re told, is reducing discourse to bullet points. Search engines lower our intelligence, encouraging us to skim on the surface of knowledge rather than dive to its depths. Twitter is shrinking our attention spans.

But such panic often fails basic reality checks. When comic books were accused of turning juveniles into criminals in the 1950s, crime was falling to record lows. The decades of television, transistor radios and rock videos were also decades in which I.Q. scores rose continuously.

For a reality check today, take the state of science, which demands high levels of brainwork. These days scientists are never far from their e-mail, rarely touch paper and cannot lecture without PowerPoint. If electronic media were hazardous to intelligence, the quality of science would be plummeting. Yet discoveries are multiplying like fruit flies, and progress is dizzying.

Critics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how “experience can change the brain”. But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Experience does not remake the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read “War and Peace” in one sitting: “It was about Russia.”

Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing, they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn’t make you better at math. Accomplished people immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read lots of novels, scientists read lots of science.

The effects of consuming electronic media are also likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational equivalent of “you are what you eat”. As with primitive peoples who believe that eating fierce animals will make them fierce, they assume that reading Twitter postings turns your thoughts into Twitter postings.

Yes, the continual arrival of information packets can be distracting or addictive. But distraction is not a new phenomenon. The solution is to develop strategies of self-control. Turn off Twitter when you work and put away your smartphone at dinner time.

And to encourage intellectual depth, don’t rail at PowerPoint or Google. It’s not as if habits of deep reflection or thorough research ever came naturally to people. They must be acquired in universities, and maintained with constant analysis, criticism and debate. They are not granted by propping a heavy encyclopedia on your lap, nor are they taken away by efficient access to information on the Internet.

The new media have caught on for a reason. Knowledge is increasing exponentially; human brainpower and waking hours are not. Fortunately, the Internet and information technologies are helping us manage and search our collective intellectual output at different scales, from Twitter to e-books and online encyclopedias. Far from making us stupid, these technologies are the only things that will keep us smart.

Ответ:

Mind over mass media

New forms of media have always caused moral panic: the printing press, newspapers, and television were all once denounced as threats to their consumers’ brainpower and moral fiber. So too with electronic technologies. PowerPoint, we’re told, is reducing discourse to bullet points. Search engines lower our intelligence, encouraging us to skim on the surface of knowledge rather than dive to its depths. Twitter is shrinking our attention spans.

But such panic often fails basic reality checks. When comic books were accused of turning juveniles into criminals in the 1950s, crime was falling to record lows. The decades of television, transistor radios and rock videos were also decades in which I.Q. scores rose continuously.

For a reality check today, take the state of science, which demands high levels of brainwork. These days scientists are never far from their e-mail, rarely touch paper and cannot lecture without PowerPoint. If electronic media were hazardous to intelligence, the quality of science would be plummeting. Yet discoveries are multiplying like fruit flies, and progress is dizzying.

Critics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how “experience can change the brain”. But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Experience does not remake the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read “War and Peace” in one sitting: “It was about Russia.”

Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing, they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn’t make you better at math. Accomplished people immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read lots of novels, scientists read lots of science.

The effects of consuming electronic media are also likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational equivalent of “you are what you eat”. As with primitive peoples who believe that eating fierce animals will make them fierce, they assume that reading Twitter postings turns your thoughts into Twitter postings.

Yes, the continual arrival of information packets can be distracting or addictive. But distraction is not a new phenomenon. The solution is to develop strategies of self-control. Turn off Twitter when you work and put away your smartphone at dinner time.

And to encourage intellectual depth, don’t rail at PowerPoint or Google. It’s not as if habits of deep reflection or thorough research ever came naturally to people. They must be acquired in universities, and maintained with constant analysis, criticism and debate. They are not granted by propping a heavy encyclopedia on your lap, nor are they taken away by efficient access to information on the Internet.

The new media have caught on for a reason. Knowledge is increasing exponentially; human brainpower and waking hours are not. Fortunately, the Internet and information technologies are helping us manage and search our collective intellectual output at different scales, from Twitter to e-books and online encyclopedias. Far from making us stupid, these technologies are the only things that will keep us smart.

Ответ:

«CHOOSE » так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста. Did you know?

Here are some interesting facts about Australia. Canberra __________________ as the capital because Sydney and Melbourne could not stop arguing which city should be the capital of Australia.

Ответ:

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово IT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The sports capital of the world has 70 percent of __________________ total population participating at least once a week in a particular recreational activity or sport.

Ответ:

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово ORGANISE

80 % of Australians believe Australia has a strong culture and identity characterised by honesty, sports and multiculturalism based on research __________________ by the Australia Day Council of NSW in 2008.

Ответ:

SEE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста. The wolf and the goat

A hungry wolf was out searching for a meal. He

A goat feeding on grass on top of a high cliff. The wolf wished to get the goat to climb down from the rock and into his grasp and he called out to her.

Ответ:

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GREEN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

“Excuse me, dear Goat,” he said in a friendly voice, “It is very dangerous for you to be at such a height. Do come down before you injure yourself. Besides, the grass is much __________________ down here. Take my advice, and please come down from that high cliff.”

Ответ:

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT CARE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

But the goat knew too well of the wolf’s intent. “You __________________ if I eat good grass or bad.

Ответ:

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово EAT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

What you care about is __________________ me.”

Ответ:

Образуйте от слова COMPETE

Texas Rodeo

The rodeo is a really exciting event. It is a thrilling __________________ between cowboys from all over the country.

Ответ:

Ответ:

Образуйте от слова VISIT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The rodeo is a spectacular sight. If a __________________ has a place in the first row of the arena, he or she may even be sprinkled with sand by the passing horses.

Ответ:

Образуйте от слова PERFORM однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста .

The __________________ usually starts with an opening ceremony by horsemen dressed in bright colours and carrying flags.

Ответ:

Образуйте от слова CONSTANT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

All through the show the master of the ceremony __________________ jokes with special clowns.

Ответ:

Образуйте от слова POSSIBLE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

A rodeo in Texas is certainly an exciting experience which is practically __________________ for a tourist to forget.

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How to become a good leader

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How to become a good leader

Being a good leader takes work. It is not hard at all to 32 ______ the difference between a good and a bad boss. Exceptional leaders – those who are respected and 33 ______ by their team – have a lot of secret skills that they put to use every day.

Firstly, building relationships – both with your team and your partners – is crucial in leading a team. That means your success depends greatly 34 ______ interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage our emotions, as well as understand the emotions of others. It’s a part of how we navigate social situations and then make decisions to 35 ______ goals. Several studies have found that a strong emotional intelligence is a top factor for a leader’s success. 36 ______ to the research, managers with the strongest emotional intelligence were much more likely to succeed.

Exceptional leaders are ones who regularly 37 ______ employees of the main goal. A team needs to know what they’re marching toward. With a larger vision in mind, their day-to-day work has more purpose.

Great leaders 38 ______ sure their daily behavior is a model for their team. They’re reliable (meaning they always follow through on what they’ve promised), they respect people’s time (meaning they don’t make others wait unnecessarily), and they retain a thoughtful, objective approach to problems or issues.

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How to become a good leader

Being a good leader takes work. It is not hard at all to 32 ______ the difference between a good and a bad boss. Exceptional leaders – those who are respected and 33 ______ by their team – have a lot of secret skills that they put to use every day.

Firstly, building relationships – both with your team and your partners – is crucial in leading a team. That means your success depends greatly 34 ______ interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage our emotions, as well as understand the emotions of others. It’s a part of how we navigate social situations and then make decisions to 35 ______ goals. Several studies have found that a strong emotional intelligence is a top factor for a leader’s success. 36 ______ to the research, managers with the strongest emotional intelligence were much more likely to succeed.

Firstly, building relationships – both with your team and your partners – is crucial in leading a team. That means your success depends greatly 34 ______ interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage our emotions, as well as understand the emotions of others. It’s a part of how we navigate social situations and then make decisions to 35 ______ goals. Several studies have found that a strong emotional intelligence is a top factor for a leader’s success. 36 ______ to the research, managers with the strongest emotional intelligence were much more likely to succeed.

Exceptional leaders are ones who regularly 37 ______ employees of the main goal. A team needs to know what they’re marching toward. With a larger vision in mind, their day-to-day work has more purpose.

Great leaders 38 ______ sure their daily behavior is a model for their team. They’re reliable (meaning they always follow through on what they’ve promised), they respect people’s time (meaning they don’t make others wait unnecessarily), and they retain a thoughtful, objective approach to problems or issues.

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How to become a good leader

Being a good leader takes work. It is not hard at all to 32 ______ the difference between a good and a bad boss. Exceptional leaders – those who are respected and 33 ______ by their team – have a lot of secret skills that they put to use every day.

Firstly, building relationships – both with your team and your partners – is crucial in leading a team. That means your success depends greatly 34 ______ interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage our emotions, as well as understand the emotions of others. It’s a part of how we navigate social situations and then make decisions to 35 ______ goals. Several studies have found that a strong emotional intelligence is a top factor for a leader’s success. 36 ______ to the research, managers with the strongest emotional intelligence were much more likely to succeed.

Exceptional leaders are ones who regularly 37 ______ employees of the main goal. A team needs to know what they’re marching toward. With a larger vision in mind, their day-to-day work has more purpose.

Great leaders 38 ______ sure their daily behavior is a model for their team. They’re reliable (meaning they always follow through on what they’ve promised), they respect people’s time (meaning they don’t make others wait unnecessarily), and they retain a thoughtful, objective approach to problems or issues.

Firstly, building relationships – both with your team and your partners – is crucial in leading a team. That means your success depends greatly 34 ______ interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage our emotions, as well as understand the emotions of others. It’s a part of how we navigate social situations and then make decisions to 35 ______ goals. Several studies have found that a strong emotional intelligence is a top factor for a leader’s success. 36 ______ to the research, managers with the strongest emotional intelligence were much more likely to succeed.

Exceptional leaders are ones who regularly 37 ______ employees of the main goal. A team needs to know what they’re marching toward. With a larger vision in mind, their day-to-day work has more purpose.

Great leaders 38 ______ sure their daily behavior is a model for their team. They’re reliable (meaning they always follow through on what they’ve promised), they respect people’s time (meaning they don’t make others wait unnecessarily), and they retain a thoughtful, objective approach to problems or issues.

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You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Nancy who writes:

… We had an awful summer this year. What was the weather like in the place where you spent your summer this year? What do you do on rainy days in summer? What is your favourite season and why?

Our history class this year is just fantastic! ...

Write a letter to Nancy.

Answer her questions

Ask 3 questions about the way her room looks now

Write 100–140 words.

Remember the rules of letter writing.

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1. Space exploration was the greatest achievement of the 20 th century.

2. Some people believe that English should be the only foreign language taught at our schools. Others think that German, French and Spanish should continue.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий части С не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.

A tree is a woody plant of a big size, usually over 20 feethigh. It grows with a single trunk with branches on the upper part. The parts of a tree are the leaves and needles, buds, cones and flowers, branches and twigs, a trunk or a stem and roots. The world’s tallest tree is situated in California, the USA. The world’s oldest tree is also in California. It is more than 4600 years old.

Trees have many important functions. For example, they help prevent erosion. They also provide building materials. Many trees are grown by people because of their edible fruits and nuts. Without trees it would be difficult for people to breathe. Trees keep our air supply fresh. They take in harmful gases and produce oxygen. In fact, this is the way trees and other plants make their food. One large tree can provide a day’s oxygen for up to four people.

Решения заданий части С не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

Study the advertisement. Make your life easier with our new kitchen unit!

You are considering joining the Chess Club and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out about the following:

2) training courses

3) membership fee

5) getting to the place

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Решения заданий части С не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

Where and when the photo was taken

What/who is in the photo

What is happening

Why you keep the photo in your album

Why you decided to show the picture to your friend