ВАРИАНТ 1

Task 1. 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.

The first human carrying flight technology was the hot air balloon. While unmanned balloons have been around in some form for thousands of years, the first flight with people aboard was in 1782. The large balloon on top is called an “envelope”. It holds hot air created by a heat source known a burner. The burner creates an open flame by burning a mix of propane and air. Hot air balloons are capable of floating because the hot air inside the envelope has a lower density than the colder air outside. The top of the balloon usually has a vent which allows the pilot to control the speed of ascent or descent. Passengers typically stand in a basket beneath the envelope. While most envelopes have a standard balloon shape, others are designed to look like animals, cartoon characters and other fun objects.

Task 2. Study the advertisement. You are considering celebrating your birthday at a restaurant and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask four direct questions to find out about the following:

1. location
2. music choice
3. price per person
4. discounts for students

 

 

Task 3. You are going to give an interview. You have to answer five questions. Give full answers to the questions (2-3 sentences). Remember that you have 40 seconds to answer each question.

Tapescript for Task 3

Interviewer: Hello everybody! It’s Future Career Channel. Our guest today is a teenager from Russia and we are going to discuss his future career. We’d like to know our guest’s point of view on this issue. Please answer five questions. So, let’s get started.

Interviewer: What two school subjects are the most important for your future job?

Student: ________________________________________________________________

Interviewer: What job would you like to have in the future?

Student: _________________________________________________________________

Interviewer: Do your relatives approve of your career choice?

Student: _________________________________________________________________

Interviewer: What job did you use to like when you were younger?

Student: _________________________________________________________________

Interviewer: Would you like to follow in your parents’ footsteps in choosing a career? Why?

Student: _________________________________________________________________

Interviewer: Thank you very much for the interview!

 

Task 4. Imagine that you are doing a project “Types of Shopping” together with your friend. You have found some illustrations and want to share the news. Leave a voice message to your friend. In 2.5 minutes be ready to tell the friend about the photos:

• explain the choice of the illustrations for the project by briefly describing them and noting the differences;
• mention the advantages (1-2) of the two types of shopping;
• mention the disadvantages (1-2) of the two types of shopping;
• express your opinion on the subject of the project – which type of shopping you would prefer and why.

You will speak for not more than 3 minutes (2-3 sentences for each item of the plan, 12–15 sentences total). You have to talk continuously.

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ВАРИАНТ 2

Task 1. 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.

Many lands that had once been swamps were drained or filled in. There are different reasons why people drained swamplands. Some were drained to fight diseases caused by insects that lived in them. Because swamps were considered unpleasant places in which to live and harmful to health, many people thought that unless they were drained the land was worthless.

Other swamps were drained to make new land. As the population grew and more land was needed, people drained swamps or filled them to make room for more farms and factories, more roads and airports.

Few people thought that it might be harmful to get rid of swamps. As swamps disappeared, other things happened. There were both more floods and more droughts than before. There were also more fires, for swamps had acted as firebreaks. Hunters noticed that there was less wild game. Wild life that once lived in the swamps was dying out, because it had no place to live.

Task 2. Study the advertisement. You are going to visit a natural history museum and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask four direct questions to find out about the following:

1. opening hours
2. special exhibitions
3. transport to the museum
4. ticket price

Task 3. You are going to give an interview. You have to answer five questions. Give full answers to the questions (2-3 sentences). Remember that you have 40 seconds to answer each question.

Tapescript for Task 3

Interviewer: Hello everybody! It’s Holidays and Celebrations Channel. Our guest today is a teenager from Russia and we are going to discuss holidays and celebrations in Russia. We’d like to know our guest’s point of view on this issue. Please answer five questions. So, let’s get started.

Interviewer: What public holidays are celebrated in Russia?

Student: ________________________________________________________________

Interviewer: What is your favourite public holiday? Why?

Student: _________________________________________________________________

Interviewer: Do you like public celebrations? Why?

Student: _________________________________________________________________

Interviewer: How did you celebrate last Christmas?

Student: _________________________________________________________________

Interviewer: Where would you like to spend the best New Year holidays in your life? Why?

Student: _________________________________________________________________

Interviewer: Thank you very much for the interview!

Task 4. Imagine that you are doing a project “Best Ways of Sightseeing” together with your friend. You have found some illustrations and want to share the news. Leave a voice message to your friend. In 2.5 minutes be ready to tell the friend about the photos:

• explain the choice of the illustrations for the project by briefly describing them and noting the differences;
• mention the advantages and disadvantages (1-2) of the two ways of sightseeing;
• mention the disadvantages (1-2) of the two ways of sightseeing;
• express your opinion on the subject of the project – which way of sightseeing you prefer and why.

You will speak for not more than 3 minutes (2-3 sentences for each item of the plan, 12–15 sentences total). You have to talk continuously.

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