1. Прослушайте выпуск новостей и выберите подходящие варианты для заполнения пропусков. Вы услышите текст два раза.
The Government plans to give 1) _____ dollars to assist the farmers. This money was planned for improving Sydney’s 2) _____ but has now been re-allocated.
Australia has experienced its worst drought in over fifty years. Farmers say that the money will not help them because it is 3) _____.
An airplane which was carrying a group of 4) _____ was forced to land just 5) _____ minutes after take-off. The passengers were saved by 6) _____. The operation was helped because of the good weather. The passengers thanked the 7) _____ for saving their lives but unfortunately they lost their 8) _____.
1) a) 250 000 000 b) 205 000 000 c) 25 000 000
2) a) buses b) airelines c) roads
3) a) too little b) too late c) too quick
4) a) adults b) children c) farmers
5) a) 3 b) 50 c) 25
6) a) the boats b) the helicopters c) the ocean liners
7) a) plane b) good weather c) pilot
8) a) school bags b) clothes c) instruments
2. Заполните пропуски словами из рамки. Два слова в рамке лишение.
1) A lot of old people without relatives try to deal with their ________.
2) Japan is one of the most industrialized ________.
3) If the effort brings no result we speak about ________ resources.
4) According to the vocabulary, ________ is the state of not knowing how to read or write.
5) During the crisis the ________ are on the rise.
6) Mr. Grattan is thinking about ________ his money among his children.
7) The meaning of word «________» is similar to the meaning of the word «necessities».
8) It’s an article about the ________ of the people who have destroyed many ancient statues.
9) The rate of ________ is an indicator of the health of the society.
10) Those documents are now in the ________ of the Guardian.
3. Образуйте нужную форму глаголов в скобках.
1) Every week my sister (TO ATTEND) a school club.
2) These plans (TO DISCUSS) by my parents a few years ago.
3) My boss is interested in (TO COOPERATE) with Singaporean factories.
4) Next month I (CAN) pay for my new car.
5) My friend (NOT TO CHANGE) at all since I saw him in 2010.
6) By now all cakes (TO EAT) by our colleagues.
7) He (TO BECOME) a billionaire before I was born.
8) At the moment I (TO HAVE) a lunch near my office.
9) Recently a new branch of the bank (TO OPEN) in Germany.
10) Unless the weather (TO BE) fine, I won’t go to the forest.
11) I’m so upset. I (TO LOOK) for a job for many weeks.
12) I (NOT TO DRIVE) my car this week.
4. Прочитайте текст и выберите наиболее верный и полный вариант ответа на каждый вопрос после него.
In 1997, a group of twenty British women made history. Working in five teams with four women in each team, they walked to the North Pole. Apart from one experienced female guide, the other women were all ordinary people who had never done anything like this in their lives before. Who were these women and how did they succeed where others failed?
In 1995 an advertisement about a selection for the expedition was put in several British newspapers. Nearly one hundred women took part in the first selection weekend and then twenty women were chosen. The youngest of these was twenty-one and the oldest was fifty-one. In the group there was a mother of triplets, a teacher and even a film producer.
They were a mixed group but they all really wanted to take part in the adventure and make it a success. Each of the women agreed to raise the ?2500 needed for the expenses and the airfare to Canada, where the expedition began. They also committed themselves to following an intensive physical training programme before leaving the UK. The women set off as soon as they were ready.
Once in the ice, each woman had to ski along while dragging 50 kilos of baggage. This would not have been too bad on a smooth surface, but for long stretches, the Arctic ice is pushed up into huge blocks two or three metres high. The temperature was always below freezing point and sometimes strong winds made walking while pulling so much weight almost impossible. It was so easy to lose their necessary stuff. Also, it was very difficult to put up their tents when they stopped each night.
In such conditions the women were making good progress if they covered fourteen or fifteen kilometers a day. But there was another problem. Part of the journey was across a frozen sea with moving water underneath the ice and at some points the team would drift back more than five kilometers during the night. So they had to spend part of the next day covering the same ground again. Furthermore, each day it would take three hours from waking up to set off and another three hours every evening to set up the camp and prepare the evening meal. All these conditions weakened woman’s bodies and mind.
So, how did they manage to succeed? They realised that they were part of a team. Any form of selfishness could result in the efforts of everyone else being completely wasted, so personal feelings had to be put to one side. At the end of their journey, the women agreed that it was the mental effort far more than physical fitness that got them to the North Pole.
1) What was so extraordinary about the expedition?
a) There was no one to lead it.
b) The women did not have any men with them.
c) It was a new experience for most of the women.
d) The women had not met one another before.
2) What did the women who answered the advertisement have in common?
a) They were about the same age. c) They all had plenty of money.
b) They had all suffered pain and discomfort. d) They all wanted to achieve a goal.
3) What does underlined ‘these’ refer to?
a) all the women c) the women who went on the trip
b) the training expeditions d) the unsuitable women
4) What did each woman have to do before the start of the expedition?
a) visit Canada c) learn to ski
b) get fit d) meet the other women
5) On the expedition, the women had to be careful to avoid
a) falling over on the ice.
b) being left behind.
c) losses of the instruments and the equipment.
d) getting too cold at night.
6) It was difficult for the women to cover 15 kilometres a day because
a) they got too tired and exhausted. c) they kept getting lost.
b) the ice was moving. d) the temperatures were too low.
7) What is the main message of the text?
a) Motivation and teamwork achieve goals.
b) Women can do anything they want.
c) It is sometimes good to experience difficult conditions.
d) Arctic conditions are very difficult.
8) The best alternative title for the text is
a) Discovery of the Nord Pole
b) Staying fit in modern life
c) The team of the housewives