Английский язык 11 класс
Time limit: 120 minutes
Maximum score: 100
Внимание! Обязательно перенесите ответы в бланк ответов.
Жюри проверяет только бланк ответов.
LISTENING AND WRITING (35 points)
Task 1. Listen to the text. Decide which of the following statements 1-10 are (A) true, (B) false, or
(C) there is no information in the text. Transfer your answers onto the answer sheet.
№ Statements A B C
1 The speaker argues that empathy may be misleading.
2 Science as a field is a supporting example of the speaker's idea.
3 Indifference causes the speaker to favor s one nationality over another.
4 Pessimists are more emotional than optimists.
5 The speaker believes in one’s destiny.
6 The speaker always gets praising feedback to his ideas.
7 Emotional people are more successful.
8 The speaker wants to convince the audience to declare war against Syria.
9 People used to be more inclined to kill other human beings.
10 The speaker feels optimistic about the future.
Task 2. Listen to the text again and write a paragraph based on the text you have just listened to. You
should follow the structure:
• topic sentence;
• supporting arguments;
• conclusion.
You should write about 100-120 words.
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VOCABULARY (Vocabulary+Grammar+Culture Study - 30 points)
Task: For items 1-5, think of one word that fits all three sentences. Transfer your answers onto
the answer sheet.
Example:
The computer was delivered late so they agreed not to _______________me for delivery.
He’s been put in ____________________. of accounts while the boss is away!
The director shouted “_________________!” and all the soldiers ran into battle.
Answer: charge
1. Welcome to our ________________abode,’ Ricky said, entering the room, his guest
beside him.’
In my __________________opinion, the single best thing to do in Paris is to get lost.
Even when she became rich and famous, she never forgot her __________________
background.
2. Baking a cake isn't difficult - it's just a_________________ of following the recipe.
Global climate change is no laughing _________________.
The interview was over in a __________________ of minutes.
3. Sally is a singer with the outstanding talent and determination to go
the__________________
My gut feeling warned me to put some __________________ between us.
The company is trying to _________________ itself from remarks made by the former
director.
4. Violence of some type seems to __________________ in every society.
Does it ever __________________ to you that I might want to be on my own sometimes?
Minerals __________________ naturally in the earth's crust.
5. "Could you give me a copy of this page, please?" "__________________ it done.”
James did not __________________ his mother important and how she was going to feel
about him leaving.
If you__________________ how long he's been learning the piano, he's not very good.
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Task 2. For items 6-10, read the text and choose from the table below a word (A, B, or C) that
fits each gap best. Transfer your answers onto the answer sheet.
If one could put on magic spectacles – with lenses that make the murky depths of the ocean
become transparent – and look back several centuries to an age before widespread abuse of the
oceans began, even the most (6)_____________ observer would quickly discover that fish were
previously much more (7)__________. Likewise, many now-depleted species of marine
mammals would appear (8)___________. But without such (9)___________ glasses, the
differences between past and present oceans are indeed hard to (10)____________.
(6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
A casual A generous A threatened A special A ignore
B prescient B rich B plentiful B specific B discern
C clearheaded C abundant C unfamiliar C peculiar C dismiss
Task 3. For items 11-15, read the idioms below and decide which idiom fits each gap best. You
can use each idiom only once. There are extra idioms. Transfer your answers onto the answer
sheet.
A cross that bridge when you come to it F a penny for your thoughts
B an arm and a leg G he keeps something at bay
C he jumps on the band wagon H a piece of cake
D the ball is in his court I back to the drawing board
E all-singing, all-dancing J cry over the spilt milk
11. _________________________________, Jack! You haven’t said anything all evening!
12. I heard good food here costs ________________________________________________.
13. The regulations must be sent _______________________________ and revised to conform
to the real world.
14. If they later raise rates and institutions balk, _________________________.
15. She showed us the ________________ new graphics software she'd bought for her computer.
GRAMMAR
Task: For items 1-5, write the second sentence using a given word, so that it has a similar
meaning to the first sentence. Do not change the given word. You must use between three and
six words, including the given word. Transfer your answers onto the answer sheet.
Here is an example (0).
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Example:
0. “Where do you think he is?” she said.
WONDERED
She ________________________________________________.
Answer: She wondered where he was.
1. She’s never been in greater need of a friend than now.
HARDLY
________________________________________________.in greater need of a friend.
2. Photography interests her.
FIND
She ______________________________________________________.
3. Her parents believe nothing she tells them.
WHATEVER
___________________________________, ____________don’t believe her.
4. People who arrive late to the theater must wait for an intermission to take their seats.
ARE
People arriving late to the theater___________________ for an intermission to take their seats.
5. I worry that I don’t speak another language well.
WHAT
_____________________________I don’t speak another language well.
CULTURE STUDY
Task: Arrange the geographical sites in a direction from the West to the East. Put the appropriate
number in the right column.
Geographical Site Number
The Great Lakes
The Atlantic Ocean
The Pacific Ocean
The Cordillera Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains
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CREATIVE WRITING (35 points)
Задание к блоку «CREATIVE WRITING» приведено на дополнительном листе
Требуйте выдачи дополнительного листа с текстом задания к блоку
«CREATIVE WRITING» у организаторов в аудитории
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Time limit: 120 minutes
Maximum score: 100
CREATIVE WRITING (35 points)
Внимание! В работе не должно быть указания на авторство.
Write a fairy-tale based on one of the given sayings:
1) God helps those who help themselves.
2) Those who chase two rabbits at once will catch neither.
3) All's well that ends well.
Use your imagination. Your fairy-tale must have:
• A title
• Good and bad characters
• A setting (when and where the story is taking place)
• A plot (sequence of events)
• A morale (which supports the saying)
Total: 200 - 250 words
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