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Раздел 1. АУДИРОВАНИЕ

1. It turned out that Father had just got a new rod the day before.

2. It made us realise how much Mother had done for us for years.

3. It turned out anyway that Mother didn't care for fishing.

4. We were going to get Mother a new hat too, but it turned out that she liked her old hat better than a new one.

5. It was decided that Mother would have a splendid time decorating the house with flowers.

6. When we all kissed Mother before going to bed, she said it had been the most wonderful day in her life.

7. When the car came to the door, it turned out that we couldn't all get in.

A. Daniel Boone is the legendary 18th century conqueror of the wilderness.

B. The Wild West heroes didn’t have to fight against other men rather than mastering
the harsh challenges of the wilderness like Daniel Boone.

C. There is nothing like reading. It's much more absorbing than the abridged screen versions.

D. To make a long story short, I prefer reading novels about Fenimore Cooper's “The Leather Stocking Tales” to seeing westerns.

E. Westerns are far more dynamic and thrilling.

F. The Russian are said to be prim, the French are considered full of life, the Finnish are believed to be taciturn, the Spanish are known to be proud, the German – pedantic, the English – hospitable.

G. A macho-man is a physically tough and rugged guy standing alone.

1) Manhattan.              

2) the fifth avenue.      

3) Broadway.

Ответ: ___.

1) two million dollars; 

2) a million dollars;                 

3) half a million dollars;

Ответ: ___.

1) an African-American scriptwriter;

2) an American-African playwright;

3) an African-American playwright.

Ответ: ___.

Hollywood is the center of … industry.

1) the international movie;

2) the international theater;

3) the international amateur performance.

Ответ: ___.

   Between …, the five largest Hollywood film studios produced most of the movies.

1) 1940 and 1945;                    

2) 1935 and 1945;                    

3) 1930 and 1945.

Ответ: ___.

1) on a Tuesday;                      

2) on a Sunday;            

3) on a Monday.

Ответ: ___.

On Thanksgiving Day, families and friends share a big meal of …     

1) roast turkey and pumpkin pie.

2) roast chicken and pumpkin pie

3) roast turkey and mushroom pie.

Ответ: ___.

Раздел 2. ЧТЕНИЕ

A. As American as apple pie               E. At high school

B. What’s for breakfast?                      F. The school system

C. Mexican-American War                  G. Fast food

D. The City of Angels

1. Los Angeles is America’s second largest city.

Its name comes from the Spanish for “the City of Angels”, because the land was originally claimed for Spain by missionaries in 1781. It became an American city in 1850 when California became a part of the United States after the Mexican-American War.

Approximately 3.5 million people live in Los Angeles. It is a popular place because of its pleasant semi-tropical climate and beautiful Pacific coast. Almost everyone drives to work on the miles of freeways that connect the different areas of this sprawling city. There are about four
million private cars in Los Angeles, often backed up in long traffic jams. The level of air pollution is one of the highest in the country.

Suburbs like Hollywood, the center of the movie industry, and Beverly Hills, where famous actors and other celebrities live, have also made Los Angeles a tourist attraction.

2. The expression “as American as apple pie” means something that is typically American, but even apple pie came from somewhere else. The only true American foods are those that the Native Americans gave the first settlers, including corn, squash, pumpkin, turkey, and buffalo. Roast
turkey, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pie are still eaten at Thanksgiving.

Immigrants have brought all kinds of dishes with them from their home countries. People
enjoy tasting new dishes and often exchange recipes with friends. A typical family may eat tacos (originally from Mexico), pizza (from Italy), or apple pie (from England). Steaks and hamburgers are popular, although for health reasons many people eat less red meat than they used to. Fried chicken is also a favourite, especially in the southern states.

Americans love desserts. The standard dessert is a pie. You can have fruit pies made from
apple, peach, rhubarb, apricot, or cherry, or berry pies with blackberry, raspberry, or blueberry.
A piece of a pie is often served with ice-cream.

3. People eat on the go because of busy work or social schedules don’t have much time for cooking at home. Takeout meals from restaurants, pizza parlors, and delicatessens (also called delis) have become a regular part of everyday life. Food can be picked up at a restaurant, or people call in orders by phone and the takeout meal is delivered to their homes.

Ready-to-eat and instant processed foods that are quick to prepare are very popular. TV
dinners are complete dinners on a tray that you take from the freezer and heat up in the oven
or microwave. Snacks and junk food like doughnuts, popcorn, cookies, or potato chips are also easy to eat.

4. The day starts with breakfast. During the week this might be something quick: cereal with milk, a muffin or toast with coffee, tea, milk, or juice to drink. On the weekends when people have more time, breakfast might be pancakes, waffles, an omelet, or bacon and eggs.

Lunch at work or school is usually between 12 am and 1 pm. Some people prefer to bring their lunch from home. Tuna fish, sliced meat called cold cuts, or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are kids’ favorites. Most schools and some businesses have cafeterias that serve lunch.

Dinner, the biggest meal of the day, is generally at 6 or 7 pm. A typical dinner includes a hot vegetable, a salad, meat or some kind of vegetable protein, and a potato or pasta dish. Stew (meat cooked with vegetables) and soup are also favorite dinner foods.

5. The word “school” can mean anything from elementary school to university. Adults of any age can study for a high school or college diploma, and many public schools offer adult-education classes during the evening and on weekends.

All American children have the right to thirteen years of free education at a public school. Approximately 11 per cent of children go to private schools, because the class size is smaller
or academic standards may be higher. Some private schools offer religious teaching that is not available in public schools.

Each September, more than fifty million students between the ages of five and seventeen start the new school year. The first year is called kindergarten, and each of the following years has
a grade number up to 12. Students attend classes for an average of five hours a day, five days
a week Monday through Friday, and they have homework assignments to complete after school and on the weekends. The school year ends in June.

Students are encouraged to ask questions and discuss their ideas with their teacher and classmates. This method works better in smaller classes (up to twenty-five students).

6. To graduate from high school, students have to complete a course of study that leads to
a diploma. Anybody who wants to go to college must have a high school diploma and take the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test). The SAT checks maths and English-language skills through multiple-choice questions marked by computer.

A student starting high school is called a freshman and becomes a sophomore in the second year. Eleventh-grade students are called juniors, and twelfth-grade students are seniors. There are eight classes a day, usually from 8 am to 3 pm.

Students take classes in major subjects such as English, maths, history, and science. They must also take classes in physical education and a foreign language. Then they can usually choose
an elective in subjects like art or music.

At the end of term students get a grade of A, B, C, D, or F (fail) for each subject. Grades are based on test scores, class participation, and class and homework assignments. As they finish each class in a subject, students get a credit. When they have enough of these, they can graduate.

The United States of America in our days

The United States of America (USA) is one of the largest countries in the world. The population of the USA is 1_________. The USA has 50 states. Its capital is Washington, DС (the District
of Columbia). It is the highly developed country. People of very many nationalities live in the USA.

The flag of the USA has 2_________representing the original 13 states and 50 stars – for each of the 50 states of the country in our days. Each state has its symbol.

In the north the USA borders on Canada and in the south it borders on Mexico. It is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the east and by the Pacific Ocean in the west. Hawaii, which became the 50^th state in 1959, is situated in the Pacific Ocean. Alaska is separated from Russia by the Bering Strait. It is the biggest state of the country. The area of the USA is over nine million square kilometres. The official language of the country is English.

Some of the biggest cities are New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and others.

New York is not a very old city. It was founded some three hundred years ago. New York is the largest city in the USA, it is situated in the mouth of the Hudson River. The centre of New York is Manhattan Island. New York, one of the leading American manufacturing cities, is the home of great firms and banks. There are many skyscrapers of fifty and more storeys in it.

Washington, the capital of the country was named in honour of the first president, George Washington. It is located on the north bank of the Potomac River. Washington is one of the most beautiful and unusual cities in the USA. It has little industry. Washington looks different from other cities. No building in the city may be more than 3__________. The Capitol is the tallest building in Washington. This is where laws are made. The White House is home of every president of the United States.

Boston is located on the bank of the 4________. There are three universities in this city. The oldest university in the USA, Harvard University, was founded in Boston in 1636. Boston is one
of the America’s oldest cities. It was founded in 1630.

There are 5_________called Paris in the United States and six called Moscow, but only four called London. There are two Stockholms, an Oslo and a Copenhagen.

Many places are named after American presidents. Washington is the most popular. Washington is the name of the capital, twenty-one towns, cities, a lake, an island, a river, a mountain and
a whole state.

The United States are called a “melting pot”, or a salad bowl/mixed salad because people from all over the world have mixed together to create modern American society. A typical American family lives in a house 6__________. Their ancestors came from Europe, but they also have some African, Asian and a little Indian blood. If you ask Mr Typical American where his family has come from, he will probably say something like, “I’m English-Irish-German-Swedish American.” But no one has ever seen a family quite like this.

A. red and white stripes;

B. Atlantic Ocean;

C. outside a big city;

D. about 250 million people;

E. seven towns;

F. many places;

G. 40 meters tall.

Terrible news

“Where were you when you heard that President Kennedy had been shot?”

This is a question that most people who were alive at the time can answer. It is one of those moments that they can remember clearly, and will never forget.

On the morning of November 22, 1963, the President of the United States of America, John F. Kennedy, arrived in Dallas, Texas, with his wife, Jacqueline, on an official visit. It was a beautiful sunny day. At 11.50 am they left the airport at Love Field, and crowds stood along the streets
of Dallas to watch the open-topped presidential car go past. They waved and shouted their good wishes to the young president and his lovely wife, while millions more watched on television. In the same car were John Connally, Governor of Texas, his wife, Nellie, and two Secret Service men.

“You can’t say Dallas doesn’t love you,” Mrs Connally told the Kennedys, as they listened
to the shouts and saw the smiling faces.

At 12.30 the car turned from Houston Street into Elm Street. It was moving very slowly. One of the buildings which had a view over Elm Street was the Texas Book Depository, a large building full of schoolbooks.

Mr Kennedy was waving at the crowds when there was the sound of a gun shot. The president’s hand stopped moving and then, as a second shot was heard, went to his neck. There was a third (and perhaps a fourth) shot, and his head was suddenly covered in blood. John Connally, who had also been shot in the back by one of the bullets, fell to the floor of the car.

The car immediately raced away to Parkland Memorial Hospital, with Jacqueline Kennedy holding her husband’s wounded head in her arms.

“Oh my God, they killed my husband!” she cried.

The cry was echoed through the crowd. “They’ve killed the president!”

And at one o’clock America and the rest of the world heard the news that President John
Fitzgerald Kennedy was dead.

1) on an important visit.

2) on a business visit.

3) on an official visit.

4) on formal visit.

Ответ: ___.

1) shouted their good wishes;

2) yelled their good wishes;

3) cried their good wishes;

4) scream their good wishes.

Ответ: ___.

1) advancing very slowly.

2) starting  out very slowly.

3) moving very slowly.

4) floundering very slowly.

Ответ: ___.

The Texas Book Depository is a large building …

1) full of historic books.

2) full of fiction books.

3) full of schoolbooks.

4) full of textbooks.

Ответ: ___.

1) sound of a cannon shot.

2) sound of a gun explosion.

3) sound of a gun report.

4) sound of a gun shot.

Ответ: ___.

1) was supporting;

2) was holding;

3) was carrying;

4) was keeping.

Ответ: ___.

There were … shots at the president.

1) two;

2) three;

3) four;

4) more than one.

Ответ: ___.

Раздел 3. ГРАММАТИКА И ЛЕКСИКА

Honest, Simple and True

After N. Kidd

The first Americans

Halloween in America

Halloween is celebrated by nearly all American children, and over 70 % of adults also 32_________ some Halloween activity. College students and other young adults may attend
masquerade parties or Halloween parades. Many families carve pumpkins and decorate the outside of their homes with the traditional Halloween symbols. Businesses 33_______ the act, too. Store windows display jack-o’-lanterns, scarecrows and witches. Servers in restaurants and salespeople in supermarkets and bookstores are often in costumes. Many nightclubs and bars encourage customers to come in costumes 34___________ prizes for the best disguises.

Part of the fun of Halloween is to get scared out of your wits. This can easily be done by visiting a haunted house. Supposedly, the spirits of dead people “live” in haunted houses. These spirits try to scare away living residents or visitors so that the spirits can enjoy their afterlife (which really means a life after death) in peace. Why do spirits hate the living? The living always want to clean up and brighten their 35__________, while ghosts and skeletons prefer dust, spiders, cobwebs, and darkness.

These days, it’s hard to find a real haunted house. But every year shortly before Halloween, many charities and communities create fake haunted houses. They hire actors to dress up in scary costumes and hide inside. Customers pay a few dollars each to walk through these places and have “ghosts” surprise them with a loud “Boo!” and “skeletons” clang chains in their ears. Children usually love these haunted houses, but sometimes their parents are scared to death!

For those who have no haunted house nearby, another way to share a good scare is to go with friends to see a horror movie in a theatre or rent one and watch it together on Halloween night (in a dark room, of course).

Most American children have a wonderful, exciting day on Halloween. If Halloween 36_______ a schoolday, they sometimes bring their costumes to school and spend the last few hours of the schoolday with spooks instead of books.

After school and perhaps in the evening, they go trick-or-treating. Often, there’s a party at
a friend’s home or at the local community centre. At most Halloween parties, prizes are 37_____
the best costumes. Bobbing for apples, telling fortunes, playing scary games, and snacking on caramel apples, candies, apple cider, and pumpkin pie are all part of the fun. Some communities build a bonfire, just as the Celts did. Children may 38___________the bonfire telling scary stories while roasting hot dogs or toasting marshmallows.

Halloween, which began hundreds of years ago as an evening of terror, is now an occasion
of great fun.

Ответ: ___.

1) get into;                    2) got in;                    3) get to;                     4) gets into.

Ответ: ___.

1) by offering;              2) by attempting;         3) by giving;               4) by getting.

Ответ: ___.

Ответ: ___.

Ответ: ___.

Ответ: ___.

Ответ: ___.

Раздел 4. ПИСЬМО

Write a letter to Peter.

In your letter

– answer his questions;

– tell him about your attitude to the problem of his classmate;

– ask 3 questions about Ann and her new school.     

Write 100–140 words.

Remember the rules of letter writing.

Some pupils prefer to study alone. Others prefer to study with a group of pupils. Which do you prefer?

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.

Раздел 5. УСТНАЯ ЧАСТЬ

Task 2. Study the advertisement.

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

1) dates for departures;

2) hotel facilities;

3) if breakfast is included;

4) number of city tours;

5) discounts;

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

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Task 3. Imagine that while travelling during your holidays you took some photos. choose one photo to present 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:

– when you took the photo;

– what/who is in the photo;

– what is happening;

– why you took the photo;

– why you decided to show the picture to your friend.

You have to talk continuously, starting with: “I’ve chosen photo number …”.

– give a brief description of the photos (action, location);

– say what the pictures have in common;

– say in what way the pictures are different;

– say which of the concerts presented in the pictures you’d prefer;

– explain why.

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

1.                                                                                                                                     2.

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  1 HOW WE KEPT MOTHER'S DAY (After S. Leacock)

Speaker A

We decided to have a special celebration of Mother's Day. We thought it a fine idea. It made us realise how much Mother had done for us for years, and all the efforts and sacrifices that she had made for our sake.

So we decided that we'd make it a great day, a holiday for all the family, and do everything we could to make Mother happy. Father decided to take a holiday from his office, so as to help in celebrating the day, and my sister Ann and I stayed home from college classes, and Mary and my brother Will stayed home from High School.

Speaker B

It was our plan to make it a day just like Christmas or any big holiday, and so we decided to decorate the house with flowers. We asked Mother to do it, because she always does it.

The two girls thought it would be a nice thing to dress in our best for such a big occasion, and so they both got new hats. Father had bought silk ties for himself and us boys. We were going to get

Mother a new hat too, but it turned out that she liked her old hat better than a new one.

Speaker C

After breakfast we decided that we would hire a motor car and take Mother for a beautiful drive away into the country.

But on the very morning of the day we changed the plan a little bit. We all felt that it would be nicer to have a definite purpose. It turned out that Father had just got a new rod the day before, and he said that Mother could use it if she wanted to: in fact, he said it was practically for her, only Mother said she would rather watch him fish than fish herself.

Speaker D

So we got everything arranged for the trip. Mother cut up some sandwiches and packed all up in a basket for us.

When the car came to the door, it turned out that we couldn't all get in.

Father said that he could stay at home and work in the garden. The girls said that Mother had only to say the word and they'd gladly stay at home and work.

Speaker E

In the end it was decided that Mother would stay at home and have a lovely restful day round the house. It turned out anyway that Mother didn't care for fishing and also it was just a little bit cold and fresh out-of-doors, though it was lovely and sunny, and Father was afraid that Mother might take cold if she came.

We had the loveliest day. Father and the boys fished, the girls met quite a lot of people. We all had a splendid time.

Speaker F

It was quite late when we got back. We sat down to dinner. It was grand. When it was over all of us wanted to help clear the things up and wash the dishes, only Mother said that she would really much rather do it. When we all kissed Mother before going to bed, she said it had been the most wonderful day in her life and I think there were tears in her eyes.

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On and off Broadway

New York is the American theater capital. The main theater district is based around part of the long avenue called Broadway. Many big plays and musicals open there. It can cost more than
a million dollars to produce a play or a show on Broadway, so ticket prices can be very high; some start at $60 or more.

Smaller or more experimental plays are shown off-Broadway, in smaller theaters around
Manhattan. If a play is off-off-Broadway, it is in a theater that is very small and out of the way.

Every year outstanding Broadway playwrights, actors, musicians, lyricists, directors, choreographers, and technicians are nominated for Tony Awards. August Wilson, an African-American playwright, has received both a Tony and a Pulitzer Prize for his play Fences. It is about a first-class baseball player who can’t make it to a major league team and his struggle with the difficulties of everyday life. Wendy Wasserstein, a female playwright, won a Tony for The Heidi Chronicles, which was later made into a movie. The play follows the life of a well-educated, middle-class single woman growing up in the 1960s, and her life in the 1970s and 1980s.

The movie business

Have you seen a Hollywood blockbuster recently? Hollywood is the center of the
international movie industry, and American movies are distributed all over the world. They are made in English, but often dubbed into other languages. In some countries, 90 per cent of the movies that people see are US productions. Sometimes, a film is not very popular with Americans, but people in other countries like it.

The first films were made in Hollywood in 1911. Between 1930 and 1945, the five largest Hollywood film studios produced most of the movies and owned most of the movie theaters in the United States.

Making films is expensive. On the average, it costs 36 million dollars to produce a movie. Some of this goes to pay the salaries of well-known movie stars, and large sums can be spent
on special effects like computer-generated imagery (CGI). Marketing the movie to the public may cost another 17 million dollars or more. To cover these costs film companies receive money for movie theater tickets and the sale or rental of videos. They also sell CDs of the soundtrack, and toys, books, or clothes associated with the movie.

Public holidays

Americans usually have only two to three weeks’ paid vacation a year, so they make the most of public holidays. Often public holidays fall on a Monday so people have only a minimum of extra time off.

Public holidays are the same throughout the country, although some states like Massachusetts and Maine have an extra holiday. They celebrate Patriot’s Day on the third Monday in April
to remember the first battle of the American Revolution.

Memorial Day and Labour Day mark the beginning and end of the summer. Many people take short vacations over the long holiday weekends. Others enjoy picnics or barbecues.

The first holiday, Memorial Day, honours American soldiers who have died in wars. Labour Day is a holiday to honour working people all over America.

Independence Day, also known as the Fourth of July, comes in the middle of summer. It is another time to celebrate with barbecues and picnics, and many towns and cities across the nation have exciting fireworks displays in the evening. The Fourth of July is the day in 1776 when the
Declaration of Independence was signed and Americans started to fight for independence from the
British.

Autumn and winter

On Halloween (October 31) children wear costumes and go trick-or-treating. At each house they visit, they shout “Trick or treat?” Usually, people give the children candies, because they don’t want to have a trick played on them.

On Thanksgiving Day, families and friends share a big meal of roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They celebrate the first feast that the English settlers, the Pilgrims, shared with the American
Indians in 1620.

After Thanksgiving, preparations for the winter holiday season begin. Christians celebrate the birth of Christ on Christmas, and families and friends exchange cards and gifts. Houses are
decorated with Christmas trees and coloured lights. On Christmas Day, children find presents from Santa Claus under the Christmas tree.

The eight days of Hanukkah in December celebrate the religious freedom of the Jews from oppression. Jews light a candle for each night of Hanukkah to remember the miracle of the sacred lamp that burned for eight days on only one day’s worth of oil.

Kwanzaa is a seven-day African-American holiday from December 26 through January 1.
A candle is lit on each of the seven days of Kwanzaa.

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