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Раздел 1. Аудирование

В1
The speaker talks about
A. friendship as the beginning of love
B. uselessness of life without love
C. different attitudes to love
D. that true companionship gives psychological comfort
E. individual opinions being varied
F. his disapproval of negative attitude to love

A1   The girl doesn’t have a good suitcase.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

А2   It’s a New Year’s Eve.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

A3   The girl has prepared a New Year’s present for her Mother.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

А4   The girl doesn’t want to go to Una and Geoffrey party.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

Раздел 2. Чтение

В2
A. Special family days
B. The right to choose
C. National spirit traced in different celebrations
D. They invent local holidays
E. Love for celebrations
F. One common event for a national holiday

1. People in every culture celebrate holidays. Although the word «holiday» literally means «holy day,» most American holidays are not religious, but commemorative in nature and origin. As. the nation is blessed with rich ethnic heritage, it is possible to trace some of the American holidays to diverse cultural sources and traditions, but all holidays have taken on a distinctively American flavor.

2. Each of the 50 states has the right to observe Federal holidays according to their legislation. However, the majority of the states usually choose the date or day celebrated by the rest of the nation. Still the closing of local government offices and businesses on these holidays vary. For instance, in Washington State there are five official holidays when people have five days off; however, a company may give their employees three extra days per year to enhance their holiday term.

3. One of the most widely celebrated and popular holidays in the USA is Independence Day. What is rather remarkable about it is the splendid colorful parade. Take, for instance, a parade in Seattle, Washington. Different organizations take part in it. First, usually comes the fire brigades in full dress, with polished fire-engines. Girls throw flowers to them. The firemen and women are regarded as heroes, especially in small towns. Then come the police and other state organizations, fund raisers, voluntary bodies, factories, and small businesses proudly showing off their produce.

4. It is worth mentioning that in the United States, Americans like holidays very much. The word «holiday» for them is synonymous with «celebration». They tend to make some Sundays unique by organizing various festivals and carnivals. On these Sundays you can go to different towns and take part in entertaining events. The main attractions are festivals that welcome in the autumn as the leaves on the trees begin to turn red, orange, and yellow. For example, a festival of wooden boats or classical automobiles, or a wood-chopping contest and an auction are popular activities.

5. As for family celebrations in the USA, it is worth saying that these holidays are mostly calm and quiet. The most popular family holidays are Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. The extended families gather for these two events. Americans prepare only traditional meals for these holidays. For instance, for Thanksgiving Day there will be a roast turkey with cranberry sauce, white mashed potatoes (which ARE indispensable with turkey). Other sweet potatoes or yams, vegetables and a pumpkin pie.

Modern people use various means of transportation to get from one place to another. In the old days people had to travel several days, weeks and months to get to the place they needed. They either went on foot, by coaches driven by horses or on horseback or by boats and so on. Then trams, cars, buses, planes, underground and other means appeared.

Many people like to travel by plane as it is the fastest way of traveling. A lot of people like to travel by train because they can look at passing villages, forests and fields through windows. Some people like to travel by car. There they can go as slowly or as fast as they like. They can stop when and where they want.

People who live in big cities use various means of transportation to get from one place to another. Londoners use the underground railway. They call it «the tube». London’s, underground is the oldest in the world. It was opened in 1863. There was one route at that time, four miles long. Now London’s underground has 277 stations and it is 244 miles long.

London was the first city where trams appeared, but now it is one of the greatest cities in the world where no trams have been used for many years. Londoners prefer buses. London’s buses are double-decked buses. The first bus route was opened in London in 1904 Today there are hundreds of routes there. The interesting thing is that some of the routes remain the same as many years ago.

Londoners use cars. One can see a lot of cars in London streets. When Londoners leave the town, they use trains, ships or planes.

A5
In old days people used one way of transportation.
1) True    2) False    3) Not stated

A6
Different people prefer different transport.
1) True    2) False    3) Not stated

A7
London’s underground is the largest in the world.
1) True    2) False    3) Not stated

A8
Today Londoners use buses more often than they use trams.
1) True    2) False    3) Not stated

Раздел 3. Грамматика и лексика

Раздел 4. Письмо

С1
You have 30 minutes to do this task.
You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend Andrew.

Write him a letter and answer his 3 questions.
Write 80–100 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.

Раздел 5. Говорение

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