Часть 3. Грамматика и лексика

Задание 3. Прочитайте текст с пропусками и выберите один правильный ответ из нескольких предложенных. По окончании выполнения задания 3 не забудьте перенести буквы (a, b, c или d) в соответствующее поле бланка ответов (3.1-3.12). Максимальное количество баллов 12.

SPACE TOURISM: WE HAVE LIFT-OFF

People are predicting that space tourism could be a $700m industry by 2020. Thousands of (3.1)__________ passengers a year could be flown as far as zero gravity and back, for the most thrilling (3.2)__________ of their life. Tickets are on sale now at a (3.3)___________ $200,000, from the well-known billionaire Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Galactic company has recently (3.4)_________ anther important stage in the successful testing of its six-passenger spacecraft.

In the meantime, a growing (3.5)________ of other business people are joining this new space race, (3.6)________ for the first time that there might actually be some money to be made. Virgin Galactic has already (3.7)____________ around $45m in deposits for reservations from over 330 people wanting to travel into sub-orbital space. Why are they so (3.8)__________ to do this? One common reason given is that people want to feel the (3.9)__________ of zero gravity, and many also say that they would like to (3.10)_________ the curve of the earth from above.

Sir Richard’s spacecraft, the VSS Enterprise, is the most advanced space tourism project in development and is in (3.11)__________ fact the best funded. It will reach a height of 50,000 feet attached to a mothership, and then be (3.12)___________ into space.

Задание 4. Внимательно прочитав текст, вставьте подходящее по смыслу слово. По окончании выполнения задания 4 не забудьте перенести слова в соответствующее поле бланка ответов (4.1-4.12). Максимальное количество баллов 12.

Ken Hom

I started cooking in my uncle’s Chinese restaurant at the age of 11. At first, I just (4.1)____________ to wash dishes, then chop and slice vegetables. But as soon (4.2)____________ the chefs went out of the kitchen I’d try to copy the dishes I’d seen (4.3)___________ cook. The first dish I attempted to make was fried rice. It’s (4.4)_____________ difficult to mess up that anyone can cook it.

By the (4.5)_____________ I was 15 I was fed (4.6)______________ fat. Chinese food working 12-hour days in the restaurant. So, I (4.7)_____________ up my mind to go to university to study History of Art and only started cooking again in (4.8)_____________ to get some extra money.

I think Americans eat too (4.9)____________ fat. Chinese food is much healthier. My mission (4.10)______________ always been to encourage people to eat (4.11)____________ fat and meat and more vegetables. Kids say they don’t eat vegetables, but they usually haven’t had them stir-fried. Cooked (4.12)_____________ this they are delicious, healthy and fun.

Задание 5. Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 5.1-5.10, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текстов. Запишите полученные слова в бланк ответов (поле 5.1-5.10). Максимальное количество баллов – 10.

Strange Pursuits

Go through the Directory of British Associations and you’ll find about 7,000 groups that re considered large enough to be of national importance. However, with the (5.1)________ (include) of every gardening club, film society and special interest group, the number swells to around 150,000! Most of these clubs provide a meeting place foe like-minded people. Societies and associations cater for every (5.2)__________ (imagine) interest, from cheese appreciation to the history of wallpaper.

With such an (5.3)__________ (end) choice available, there must quite literally be something for everyone. Let’s kick off with the Haggis Hurling Association, which supervises what has become a Guinness Book of Records event (current record for a 680 gram haggis: 55 metres) and organises (5.4)___________ (compete) to raise money for good causes. Then there’s tiddlywinks. This game, it must be said, has never been the most popular or the most (5.5)__________ (glamour), but it has nevertheless, had an official association since 1958. Most people start playing tiddlywinks ‘for a joke’, but then they get hooked, perhaps because the most of the post-match (5.6)___________ (analyse) is done in the pub.

If tiddlywinks strikes you as too (5.7)____________ (energy), the leisurely study of pub signs might be more your cup of tea. The Inn Sign Society has 400 members who spend their time travelling the country in search of (5.8)____________ (usual) pub signs. Their founder used to have a (5.9)____________ (collect) of 300 actual signs, as well as 20,000 photos of pub signals, going back to the 1930s.

To get the addresses of these clubs and others, why not visit your local? (5.10)______________ (alternate), try searching the internet. You’re bound to find something appealing to that you’ve never even taught of.

Задание 6. В каждой строчке найдите одно лишнее слово и запишите его в соответствующее поле бланка ответов (6.1-6.10). Максимальное количество баллов – 10.

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