DO-3
READING
Task 1
the text below. Match choices (А—Н) to (1—5). There are three choices you do not need
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to use. Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.
HOW DO I BUY AN ITEM ON EBAY?
You can shop for almost anything on eBay. Get started using these steps:
1 Enter keywords into the search box located at the top of any page, or browse through the
list of categories on the home page.
2 Read the item description carefully. If you have any questions about the item, you can
find answers by clicking the Ask a Question link.
3 View the seller’s business reputation by looking at his or her Feedback score, and read the
comments left by previous buyers to be sure that this is a seller you feel you can trust.
4 Check the item page to see what purchase options are available. You can either place a
bid on an item or purchase it instantly using Buy It Now. Remember, all bids are active
until the listing ends. If you win or click the Buy It Now button, you’re obligated to
complete the transaction.
5 After you’ve won or bought the item, send your payment to the seller within 3 days. To
pay with one of the electronic payment methods offered by the seller, click the Pay Now
button in the listing or email notification. If you’re picking up the item, you can pay by
any method the seller accepts (including cash).
Important: Be sure to pay using one of the methods specified by the seller.
Checks, money orders, and bank wire transfers aren’t allowed for most purchases. Exceptions
include vehicles, capital and business equipment, real estate, items in the Adult Only
category, and local pickup. For specifics about payment methods, see the accepted payments
policy.
A Bid or buy it now.
B Use different ways of buying. C
Review the seller’s feedback. D
Contact customer support.
E Find an item.
F Return an item through the managed return process.
G Learn about the item you found.
H Pay for the item.
Task 2
the text below. For questions (6—10) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Write
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your answers on the separate answer sheet.
A WEEK IN THE AMAZON JUNGLE
As I stand atop the thirty-foot muddy bank of the Amazon River, I look across the tall grass
towards a Bora tribal village. I am about to spend a life-changing week free from the complexity
of city life. Down the narrow dirt path walks a young girl, no more than ten years old, stopping
long enough to give me a look that shows innocent curiosity. Following her lead, an elderly lady
leisurely walks by and greets me with a smile — her face covered in bright white powder from a
recent healing ceremony.
Lifting the two large drums of water onto my shoulders, I hike towards the small wooden
shelter that would be my home for the coming week. The rusty brown path radiated with intense
heat, and the sweltering humidity made every touch of my clothing against the skin a reminder
of how grubby
I felt. The eleven-hour overnight riverboat journey, which had only ended hours earlier, had left
a mark on me, both physically and emotionally. Seeing the lush, peaceful surroundings before
me, the fears of not reaching our destination gradually fades from my immediate thoughts.
The wooden-slat hut rested upon stilts nearly four feet high, and provided a much-needed,
although ineffective, barrier against the countless bugs and insects who would also call these
tropical grounds their home.
The young family welcomed me into their home, standing together quietly, watching. Sharing
no common language, I smiled and waited as Orlando stepped forward, speaking their native
tongue. Orlando, my guide, was an ex-commando who seemed to be comfortable in any
unpleasant situation. With a machete always at his side, he was ready for anything, and was
instrumental in
escorting me well past my usual comfort zone.
Two days earlier, as I sat uncomfortably in Orlando’s pale green office, I was suddenly
struck by his tough demeanour when he asked,
«For the next week, would you like me to bring my shotgun and we only eat what we hunt
— maybe caimans and monkeys?»
The hut consisted of three open areas — a main room that was large enough for several
hammocks and an eating table, a smaller room for a teenage girl with her daughters, and a
walkway that connected to a cooking area that buzzed with activity. The roof was covered with
tied palm leaves, allowing small hints of skylight (or rain) to stream down upon me. The large
window gave my room a very airy feel, full of every imaginable irritating flying insect.
The air was fresh with the smell of wet grass after the daily thunder and downpour. A pair of
blue iridescent Morpho butterflies chased each other past my window into the field. With more than
ten feet of rainfall a year, the lush surroundings come as no surprise.
My hammock attached to a sturdy beam, I fell into the handmade webbing and searched for
some essence of relaxation. Unfortunately, the salty sweat beading down my face and the
constant swarm of tiny flesh-seeking flies negated any of the relaxation that a hammock in the
shade might have offered.
6 The man was going to spend in the jungle.
A a fortnight
B all summer
C 7 days
D all life
7 The author after the trip to the tribal village.
A felt well
B felt fit and healthy
C was sleepy
D was exhausted
8 The author’s shelter A
was not protected from bugs. B
was also the home for poultry.
C provided a poor barrier against insects.
D seemed very comfortable after a long journey.
9 The word machete in line 19 is closest in meaning to
A cigar.
B gun.
C knife.
D bowl.
10 The man couldn’t sleep because of the
A heat.
B sunshine.
C flies.
D sweat and flies.
Task 3
the texts below. Match choices (A—H) to (11—16). There are two choices you do not
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need to use. Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.
SAFE SCHOOL NOTICE
Welcome to our school
Visitiors must register in the main office
11
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS
When
Hihg school: Sept, 18th
Middle school: Sept, 19th
12 Elementary school: Sept, 20th
NOTICE
Pupils, visitors and staff are advised that the
Council and the Governors accept no
responsibility for personal property lost or
13 damaged in the school
SCHOOL DISTRICT #43 COMMUNITY SCHOOL’S
14 SUMMER DAY CAMPS
YOU’RE
FIRED!
15
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What can you learn from these
notices? A A company provides casting
services. B A student needs help.
C Children can stay at school after lessons.
D Someone’s lost their job.
E A new club has been created.
F You can’t bring a gun into school.
G Three parties will be organized in September.
H If you lose something, nobody will pay you.
Task 4
the text below. Choose from (A—H) the one that best fits each space (17—22). There are
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two choices you do not need to use. Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.
BOULDERS ON THE BEACH
North of Dunedin in New Zealand, there are about 100 spherical boulders (17) . The
largest has a diameter of 3.16 metres. These giant geodes are literally flushed out of the
rock, roll a few metres, come to a halt, and are then washed over by the daily tides. Many
have broken apart, crumbling away (18) . No
one has any idea how many of the boulders have already been swallowed by the surf, worn
down over thousands of years. Yet the rock keeps flushing out new boulders from the
sediment as if a rock mother were laying eggs.
Geologically, (19) . The boulders are formed through the deposit of calcite in
soft sandstone. This calcite forms a core around which the rock solidifies over millennia
(20) although the oyster with the pearl is constantly in motion in the water; the rock,
by contrast, does not move. It is interesting that this geological miracle doesn’t happen on
other beaches around the world.
The Maoris, the original inhabitants of New Zealand, (21) . The composite word
consists of kai, meaning food, and hinai, meaning basket. According to their legend, a long
time ago the ship called Arai-te-uru had been destroyed (22) . A hill not far from the
beach is considered the petrified hull of the vessel. The boulders which keep emerging from the
rock contain the food which fell out of the baskets when the ship was destroyed.
A because of the nature conditions
B this is a perfectly natural process
C while searching for valuable
gems D lying on Moeraki Beach
E the first inhabitants of the island
F rather like a pearl around a grain of sand
G as the result of the action of wind and waves
H call these boulders Te Kai-hinaki
USE OF ENGLISH
Task 5
the text below. For questions (23—32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Write
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your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Every summer when I was a kid, my mother (23) me to visit her parents, who lived
on the shores of a lake in east Texas. When we arrived, we always (24) straight to their
grapevines to pick and eat the fresh, juicy fruit. This was not a fancy grape-growing enterprise,
just a couple purple Concord grapevines climbing a metal trellis in a (25) lot. These grapes
got very little attention between our visits. My grandparents (26) them and tied on new
strips of flash tape to keep the birds away, but (27) that, the grapes were on their own.
A (28) mix of weeds and wildflowers served as cover crops. A (29) population
of insects pollinated the flowers. The (30) running into the lake kept water available to the
roots. Disease must have struck from time to time, but the vines seemed to shrug it off and keep
bearing bunches of the fruit that brought us back each visit.
As a gardener now, I know that the secret to growing grapes (or anything else) without a lot of
fuss or toxic treatments is to grow plants that will (31) in my climate, just as those grapes
did in east Texas. Whether you have room for a small vineyard or just a few vines climbing over
the patio, you and your family can enjoy homegrown grapes. The secrets to success are simple and
manageable for even a (32) gardener.
A B C D
23 led took sent travelled
24 headed followed left came
25 empty blank vacant unknown
26 grew cleaned planted pruned
27 apart for apart from apart by apart with
28 indigenous native local dear
29 various diverse multinational different
30 sea river creek marsh
31 bloom flourish in blossom flower
32 newcomer young new novice
Task 6
the text below. For questions (33—42) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Write
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your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Late last year, fishermen began (33) dead dolphins, hundreds of them, washed up
on Peru’s northern coast. Now, seabirds have begun dying, too, and the government has yet to
conclusively pinpoint the cause. Officials insist (34) the two die-offs are unrelated. The
dolphins are succumbing to a virus, they suggest, and the seabirds (35) of starvation
because anchovies are in short supply. There is growing suspicion among the public and
scientists that there might be more to the story. Some argue that offshore oil exploration could
(36) wildlife, for example, and others fear that biotoxins or pesticides (37) their
way up the food chain.
Interpol has placed the head of anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, Paul Watson, on its
international wanted list. Interpol (38) a so-called blue notice, asking national police
forces
(39) on information about Mr Watson’s whereabouts and activities. The Sea Shepherd
leader has harassed the Japanese whaling fleet for the past few years, limiting (40) of
whales caught for so-called scientific research. Mr Watson, who is in the United States, says
the notice (41) any sense. «It’s a blue notice which means
it’s not an arrest warrant, it’s just so they can keep tabs on me. But they (42)
their time, they could have just followed our website», he said. «One thing that it
does mean to me is that we’re certainly getting to them. We cut their kill quotas in half and
they’re really desperate that we not go back down there this year. But I can tell them we’ll
certainly be back down in the Southern Ocean harassing them again in December».
A B C D
33 findings finding find found
34 to what that this
35 are dying die had died has died
36 disturbed have disturbed disturb be disturbing
37 can be working might be working must be working have to be working
38 issued have issued has issued had issued
39 pass to pass passing to have passed
40 a number number the number numbers
41 does not make makes not do not make makes
42 needn’t waste don’t need waste needn’t wasted needn’t have wasted
WRITING
43 The idea of going overseas for university study is an exciting prospect for many people.
Do the benefits of study abroad justify the difficulties? What advice would you offer to a
student who wants to study abroad?
Use 100—120 words.
