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Grades 9-10
SECTION А
Listening(30 min)
Task 1
You will hear six people. Match the Speaker 1-6 with their statement A-G.
Be attentive! There is one extra statement.
You have 20 seconds to look through the task. You will hear the recording twice.
Put A-G into the table below.
A. Not many people really get in love.
B. Love really hurts me.
C. Scientists shouldn’t study such feelings as love.
D. One should keep off love.
E. Love is the most mysterious feeling.
F. Love takes a lot of money.
G. No matter what love makes people happy.
Speaker / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6Statement
Task 2
You will hear two Americans who teach English in China. Decide which of the statements
А1–А7 are 1 – True, 2 – False or 3 – Not stated). Circle the answer you choose.
You have got 20 seconds to look through the tasks. You will hear the recording twice.
A1 Jerry has no idea how to spend his holidays.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
A2 Guizhou province attracts Jerry by its popularity.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
A3 Fay is worried about Guizhou climate.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
A4 Jerry’s student is an experienced traveller.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
A5 Jerry is excited about Guizhou scenery.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
A6 Jerry will stay at his student sister’s place.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
A7 Fay approves Jerry’s plan.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Task 3
You will hear an interview with the American actress. You have 50 seconds to look through the tasks. You will hear the recording twice. Answer the questions А8–А14, circle 1, 2 or 3.
A8 What does Mascha think about the attention of press?
1) She ignores it.
2) Sometimes it makes her sad.
3) She protests against it.
A9 What, according to Mascha, can make people look different?
1) Their own feelings.
2) The state of their health.
3) The work of photographers.
A10 What, according to Mascha, is the age when girls begin to think about how they look?
1) After 20.
2) All the time.
3) Starting from 13.
A11 Who, according to Mascha, does the pressure on women to look good come from?
1) men 2) women 3) both
A12 How does Mascha feel about beauty?
According to her…
1) it’s more than just an appearance.
2) it’s all in the men’s minds.
3) it’s not an important thing.
A13 Why, according to Mascha, does the pressure to look good grow?
1) People become more self-critical.
2) Mass media promote it.
3) Surgery makes it possible for anyone.
A14 How, according to Mascha, can one find happiness?
1) Follow the example of celebrities.
2) Work on one’s weak points.
3) Use one’s best qualities.
SECTION B Reading
B2
Read the texts. Match what each of the texts is about A – Н with the texts 1 – 7.
Put your answers A – Н into the table below. Be attentive! There is one extra idea in the list.
A / about a place for paintings and sculpture / E / about the museum which stopped working because of the lack of moneyB / about a place for sports / F / about a church opened in the previous century
C / about a church built 600 years ago / G / about a museum for vehicles
D / about a museum located below the ground / H / about the smallest city museum
About Coventry
1. St. Michael's Cathedral is Coventry's best-known landmark and visitor attraction. The original 14th century cathedral was largely destroyed by German bombing during World War II, leaving only the outer walls and spire. At the time of the bombing, the Spire of St. Michael's was the third tallest in Britain, Ely and Salford cathedrals being taller. Due to the architectural design (it was the tallest standing spire and not constructed as part of the roof, as is the case with the neighbouring Holy Trinity Church), it survived the destruction of the main Cathedral.
2. The new Coventry Cathedral was opened in 1962 next to the ruins of the old. It was designed by Sir Basil Spence. The cathedral contains the tapestry Christ in Glory by Graham Sutherland. The bronze statue St Michael's Victory over the Devil by Jacob Epstein is mounted on the exterior of the new cathedral near the entrance. Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, regarded by some as his masterpiece, was written for the opening of the new Cathedral. The spire of the ruined cathedral forms one of the Three Spires which have dominated the city skyline since the 14th century, the others being those of Christ Church (of which only the spire survives) and Holy Trinity Church (which is still in use).
3. The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum is a major art gallery in the city centre. The ground floor offers breathtaking views of the 500sq metre glass-covered court, a beautiful piece of architecture amongst Coventry's skyline. Underneath the court are the entrances to the Coventry History Gallery and Archive rooms, both offering an interesting insight into Coventry's past. Further along the building are two galleries, plus training and learning spaces.
4. Another major visitor attraction in Coventry city centre is the free-to-enter Coventry Transport Museum, which has the largest collection of British-made road vehicles in the world. The most notable exhibits are the world speed record-breaking cars, Thrust2 and ThrustSSC. The museum received a major refurbishment in 2004 which included the creation of a striking new entrance as part of the city's Phoenix Initiative project. The revamp saw the museum exceed its projected five-year visitor numbers within the first year alone, and it was a finalist for the 2005 Gulbenkian Prize.
5. Coventry was one of the main centres of watchmaking during the 18th and 19th centuries and as the industry declined the skilled workers were key to setting up the cycle trade. A group of local enthusiasts are in the process of setting up a museum in Spon Street. Coventry City Farm was a small farm in an urban setting. It was mainly to educate city children who might not get out to the countryside very often. The farm closed in 2008 due to funding problems.
6. The city's main police station in Little Park Street also hosts a museum of Coventry's Police Force. The museum, based underground, is split into two sections - one representing the history of the city's police force, and the other compiling some of the more unusual, interesting and grisly cases from the force's history. The museum is funded from charity donations - viewings can be made by appointment.
7. Since 2005, Coventry City Football Club have been playing at their new home, the Ricoh Arena, a 32,500 capacity stadium in Foleshill in north Coventry. Their football academy is now based at The Alan Higgs Centre, a leisure centre in south-east Coventry opened in 2004. The Highfield Road stadium has been demolished, making way for new housing and a small green.
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7B3
Read the text. Fill in the missing information A–G into the text 1-6. Be attentive! There is one extra piece of information in the list. Put your answers A-G into the table below.
A scientist claims that need for less sleep as your age is a myth and could do you harm
The idea that people need less sleep as they age is a myth and could be contributing to a decline in memory among the elderly, according to a researcher.
Professor Sean Drummond, and expert in sleep and memory, said that an older 1______. But because they found it harder to sleep so soundly they assumed this meant they did not need so much. This could damage their health and brain ability. Maintaining the same amount of sleep you had when you were 35 could 2______and improve general health, he said.
Speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Prof Drummond, a psychologist at the University of California, said: “The ability to sleep 3______but it is a myth that older people need less sleep. Older adults benefit from getting as much sleep as they get when they were in their 30s. This varies from person to person but whatever you slept when you were 35 should be the same from 75.”
“The problem is people find it harder to sleep as they get older and they think that that is a sign that they need less sleep but that is not the case. “The quality of sleep may go down 4______. This will have relevance to age related cognitive decline.”
Prof Drummond carried out a test on 33 older adults, average age 68, and proved that insufficient sleep 5______. In the study the less sleep the volunteers had the less likely they were to memorize a list of unrelated nouns. He said: “People think that they can survive on less sleep 6______. Seven to eight hours seems to be the optimal for longevity. “Less than six hours has the effect of reducing their ability to carry out tasks and remember things.
A. goes down as you age
B. adult needed just as much sleep as a younger one
C. older adults to get back to the sleep
D. but they must maintain the quantity
E. but cognitive tests say otherwise
F. help ward off age related 'cognitive decline
G. severely affected the brain’s ability to function
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6B4
Read the story. You can find statements А15–А21 summarizing it below.Circle 1, 2, 3 or 4 to complete each statement or to answer the question.
There are grounds for deep suspicion, in the idea of a family group which does not occasionally dissolve into a mass of screaming squabblers. I know of families where no word of dissent is ever permitted before – or from – the children, and these to be families where no word of tenderness either is ever permitted before – or from – the children. Not to put too fine a point on it, if two or three or four or five or six people live together in one house, sooner or later something is going to come up about which they do not see eye to eye and are prepared to say so. The children are displeased with their parents, perhaps, or displeased with each other or some outside element; it is even possible that the parents are displeased with their children. It would be unsafe to imagine that the average family could keep these emotions unspoken without some damage to the psyche, particularly the parents’.
In our family we are six – two parents and four children – and we are given to what I might call unceasing differences of opinion, more or less violent. Anyone, of course, may start the fray, but once begun, certain immutable ground rules apply and must not be broken. Approximately, the ground rules may be stated as: the battle must be joined in a spirit of high moral indignation and a correspondingly high voice. The more vivid the detail, the more forceful the complaint. "He hit me and scratched me and pulled my hair and bit me” is clearly a finer many-angle trench than merely : “He hit me”.
Once the arguable premise has been decided, counter-attack may consist of flat denial (“I never did”), counter-accusation (“Well, you hit me first”) or personal insult (“Anyway you are nothing but a big baby”). In the case of parental involvement, case histories may be admitted evidence (“Since you are so consistently rude to members of your own family, I can see no reason why we should believe that you are civil to your sister’s friends”), and dire prediction may be used as a pseudo threat (“The main part of growing up is the acceptance of responsibility, so a little girl who is going to wear lipstick and fancy shoes will naturally want to be more capable in the home and can, therefore, expect to wash and dry up every night”).
If the father of the family speaks, whether in anger or not, absolute silence must be maintained, although it is not necessary to pay any particular attention to what he is saying.
If the mother of the family speaks, by heaven everybody had better look alive.
Any apology fairly earned must be delivered in a cold and superior voice, as grudgingly as possible (“Well, I said I was sorry”), and complete to teach the children manners.
A15 The story gives us information on how ...
1. to settle a family quarrel
2. to conduct a family quarrel properly
3. to avoid a family quarrel
4. to take advantage of a family quarrel
A16 The author claims that families who have quarrels turn out to be ...
1. more affectionate to each other
2. more cruel
3. more tolerant
4. more united
A17 What is the reason for a family quarrel? It starts when family members ...
1. can’t see the eyes of each other
2. see the matters differently
3. don’t see much of each other
4. don’t see tenderness from each other
A18 Why is it impossible for an average family to live without quarrelling?
1. It may affect the family’s mental health, the children’s especially.
2. It may affect the family’s mental health, the parents’ especially.
3. It may make the parents feel displeased with the children.
4. It may make the children feel displeased with the parents.
A19 What is one of the most important rules to remember when starting a family quarrel?
1. To determine who is going to start it.
2. To arrange a forceful battle.