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1) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Henry Thompson

Henry was the most talented child in the Thompson family. The whole family were really proud ___ him. Henry’s mother Mrs.

1) by
2) to
3) of
4) at

2) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Linda Thompson never tired of ___ everybody what fine letters and essays he could write when he studied at school. She bought a lot of different books to help Henry develop his skills.

1) saying
2) talking
3) telling
4) speaking

3) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Just as his mother hoped, when Henry ___ up, he decided to be a writer. To begin with, he taught at school a while and gave lectures which people did not understand very well, for he had strange ideas for those times.

1) grew
2) got
3) came
4) rose

4) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

___, Henry didn’t give up his philosophy and devoted his time to writing his thoughts down.

1) Otherwise
2) However
3) Moreover
4) Therefore

5) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

No ___ how tired or busy he was, he wrote page after page, sitting in the woods, as he liked that activity better than anything else. It helped Henry to express his ideas and understand the world around him. He first wrote a report on a week’s trip on the Concord and Merrimac rivers.

1) chance
2) wonder
3) problem
4) matter

6) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

This book did not sell very well, and one time he carried home from the publishers seven hundred copies that no one would buy, saying: “Well, I have quite a respectably sized library now — all my own writing, too!” His sense of humour never ___ him.

1) ruined
2) failed
3) turned
4) spoiled

7) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Henry’s mother Linda was always by his side supporting him, reading his books. Mrs. Thompson often kept ___ Henry of his wonderful talent. She had no doubt that her son would succeed one day; it was only a question of time. And she was absolutely right.

1) recovering
2) realizing
3) reminding
4) remembering

Вставьте слово, которое грамматически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

Baghdad

Baghdad is the capital of Iraq. Located along historic trade routes, it ___ (BE) an important city in the Middle East for thousands of years.

9) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

It is also the ___ (LARGE) city in the country.

10) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

In 1991 and again in the early 2000s it was the scene of heavy fighting during U.S. led attacks on Iraq. Parts of the city ___ (DESTROY).

11) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

Barbados

What do you know about Barbados? This island country is located on an island group in the Caribbean Sea ___ (LIE) to the east of the West Indies.

12) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

It ___ (THINK) to have received its name from the Portuguese word for ‘bearded’ because of the bearded fig trees that grow on the island.

13) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

Bridgetown is the capital, ___ (LARGE) city and only seaport.

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ЕГЭ по английскому языку задание №19-25 Грамматические навыки Демонстрационный вариант ЕГЭ 2019 г. – задание №19-25 The name of Alaska

Раздел 3. Грамматика и лексика

Прочитайте приведённые ниже тексты. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 19–25, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текстов. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы 19–25.

The Thorn Birds
19.	The Thorn Birds is a 1977 bestselling novel by the Australian author Colin McCullough. The story gives __________________ information about life on Australian sheep stations, but it also includes a dramatic love story.	WE
20.	The book __________________ the writer international fame as soon as it was published.	BRING
21.	In 1983 it was adapted into a TV miniseries __________________ Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward.	STAR

GPS functions
22.	Car GPS Tracking appears a lot in new vehicles, offering drivers tracking and navigation. Yet, the __________________ inventions are even more modern and sophisticated, offering extra opportunities to people.	LATE
23.	Smart box technology is one example of how car GPS tracking systems __________________ to lower car insurance.	USE
24.	If the driver __________________ the rules, he gets a discount or an insurance premium.	NOT BREAK
25.	Without doubt, this new technology __________________ popular among drivers very soon.	BECOME

ЕГЭ по английскому языку задание №19-25 Грамматические навыки Демонстрационный вариант ЕГЭ 2017 г. – задание №19-25 The name of Alaska

Раздел 3. Грамматика и лексика

The name of Alaska
19.	Do you know the origin of the place name Alaska? The name Alaska comes from the Aleut word alaxsxaq, __________________ “an object toward which the action of the sea is directed” – that is, the mainland.	MEAN
20.	It is also known as Alyeska, the “great land”, an Aleut word __________________ from the same root.	FORM
21.	Its nicknames are the Land of the Midnight Sun and America’s Last Frontier. Its first nicknames were “Seward’s folly” and “Seward’s icebox” to laugh at the secretary of state who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia, which __________________ foolish at the time.	CONSIDER

A landmark for the new millennium
22.	Have you seen the photos of the London Eye? The London Eye is a giant observation wheel __________________ in the Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank of the river Thames.	LOCATE
23.	The structure __________________ by the architectural team of David Marks and Julia Barfield, husband and wife.	DESIGN
24.	They submitted their idea for a large observation wheel as part of a competition to design a landmark for the new millennium. None of the entrants __________________the competition.	WIN
25.	However, the couple pressed on and eventually got the backing of British Airways, who sponsored __________________ project.	THEY

Демонстрационный вариант ЕГЭ 2016 г. – задание №19-25

Раздел 3. Грамматика и лексика

The name of Alaska
19.	Do you know the origin of the place name Alaska? The name Alaska comes from the Aleut word alaxsxaq, __________________ “an object toward which the action of the sea is directed” – that is, the mainland.	MEAN
20.	It is also known as Alyeska, the “great land”, an Aleut word __________________ from the same root.	FORM
21.	Its nicknames are the Land of the Midnight Sun and America’s Last Frontier. Its first nicknames were “Seward’s folly” and “Seward’s icebox” to laugh at the secretary of state who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia, which __________________ foolish at the time.	CONSIDER

A landmark for the new millennium
22.	Have you seen the photos of the London Eye? The London Eye is a giant observation wheel __________________ in the Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank of the river Thames.	LOCATE
23.	The structure __________________ by the architectural team of David Marks and Julia Barfield, husband and wife.	DESIGN
24.	They submitted their idea for a large observation wheel as part of a competition to design a landmark for the new millennium. None of the entrants __________________the competition.	WIN
25.	However, the couple pressed on and eventually got the backing of British Airways, who sponsored __________________ project.	THEY

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Прочитайте текст. Заполните пропуски в предложениях под номерами В11-В16 соответствующими формами слов, напечатанных заглавными буквами справа от каждого предложения. TEST 12 (part 2)

Florida

B11	When the famous explorer, Columbus claimed Florida for Spain in 1492, he had never laid eyes on it. The area’s most important early visitor thus set a pattern that has continued for centuries.	VISIT
B12	There is a general belief amongst people, apparently quite unconnected with whether or not they’ve been there themselves, that Florida is a good place to go.	CONNECT
B13	In fact, it is almost impossible not to enjoy yourself in Florida today, given the wonderful selection of facilities available for tourists.	SELECT
B14	Some of the world’s most popular tourist attractions are located in the state whose sandy beaches welcome 40 million people each year.	SAND
B15	These days it seems pointless to describe Florida’s geography and climate.	POINT
B16	After all, few people would have difficulty in finding it on a map and most would know what weather to expect there.	DIFFICULT

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Did You Know That Barbados

Is the birthplace of Rihanna, who moved from Barbados to the United States at the age of sixteen to pursue her music career.
Was chosen by Tiger Woods as the location for his wedding in 2004.
The name ‘Barbados’ is derived from the Bearded Fig Trees once found in abundance on the island.
Has always flown only the British Flag, until achieving its independence in 1966.
Has never been successfully invaded by a Foreign power.
Is completely surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean.
When first settled by the British in 1625, was found to be almost totally covered in dense jungle, with a very large population of wild pigs.
First and second Governors, Captain William Deane, and John Powell, respectively, were each arrested during their terms as Governor, and returned to England in irons.
The first settlement in Barbados, Holetown,
was originally named Jamestown, after its benefactor, King James I
of England. It acquired the name «Holetown» due to the off
loading and cleaning of ships in the very small channel located within
the immediate vicinity of the town. These tasks left the area in an
untidy and smelly condition….thus the Jamestown area became referred
to as «the Hole», which evolved into «Holetown»,
as it known today. (This channel is no longer in use for such purposes).
Commander-in-Chief from 21 December 1629 to 16 July 1630, Sir William Tufton, was executed by firing squad in May 1632, for high treason.
One of the Judges in Sir William Tufton’s case, Captain William Kitterich,
was executed by firing squad for the murder of a Captain William Birch.
The Capital city, Bridgetown, was
originally named «Indian Bridge» for the rude bridge which
had been constructed over the river (now known as the Careenage) by
the Indians. It was later called the «town of St. Michael»
in official documents, before finally being named Bridgetown when a
new bridge was built in place of the Indian Bridge, sometime after 1654.
Most of what is now the Southern part of Bridgetown (the lower Bay Street environs) was once a huge swamp.
The House of Assembly, in 1666, by special Act, ordered that all buildings under construction of wood be halted, and that all buildings in Bridgetown, including homes, must be built of stone, due to the fire which totally destroyed Bridgetown in that year.
The first slaves in Barbados were white (called Indentured Servants); people who, for various reasons, had been deemed enemies of the Crown. This practice was so prevalent during the period 1640 to 1650, that a phrase for punishment was coined «to be Barbadoed».
It was written of the great Hurricane of 16 October 1780 «Whites and Blacks together, it is imagined (the deaths) to exceed some thousands, but fortunately few people of consequence were among the number».
In 1736 boasted 22 Forts and 26 Batteries, mounting a total of 463 Cannon, along its 21 miles of Western shoreline.
During the terrible landslip of 11 October 1786, a home in the area of Walcotts
Plantation, in that part of the Parish of St. Joseph called Crab-Hole,
in which a Christening was to take place, sank entirely underground.
«The next morning no vestige of it was to be seen. Some time afterwards,
it was discovered through a fissure in the soil, which was enlarged,
an opening made in the roof, and to the great astonishment of the persons
who descended into it, the internal arrangements were found in the same
order as before the accident took place; even the christening Cake was
found unimpaired in appearance and taste.»
During this same landslip of 1786, several buildings on the Walcott estate were
swallowed up, including the windmill, «which was carried some hundred
yards from its original location and swallowed up, no part remaining
visible but the extremity of the upper arm».
Foster Hall Plantation suffered precisely the same fate during the landslip of 1819, during which time the woods under Hackelton’s Cliff
slid down in its entirety to cover the area where the Fosterhall buildings
had previously stood.
The
Lord Nelson Statue, erected on Bridgetown’s Trafalgar Square on 22 Mar 1813, is older than the statue and square of the same name and
fame in London. Trafalgar Square was renamed National Heroes Square
in April 1999, in honour of the national heroes of Barbados.
During the period 1841 — 1845, Barbados was considered the healthiest place in the world to live, having 1 death per 66 people, compared to
world averages of approximately 1 death per 35 people.
People, in times past, traveled from all over the world to Barbados for its
healing qualities. These were to be immersed
totally, with the exception of the head, in the sands of the beaches
of Cattlewash in St. Andrew. This treatment
was believed to cure many ills. This practice lasted for some years
before waning.
Had on record, in 1846, 491 active Sugar Plantations,
with 506 windmills.
South Carolina, in the USA, was originally settled
by Barbadians, and its first Governor was a Barbadian.
LAST but certainly NOT LEAST…..throughout the History of our Island, it is well known that the Mongoose in Barbados never crosses the road unless someone is watching.

Some of the above information © Ellis Burnham, 1996.

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Задания 19-25

As old as a brontosaurus

As we walked around the Prehistoric Park in Calgary, I had my six-year-old son, Jordie, pose for a picture with a brontosaurus in the background. After I took the photo, I ___COULD_NOT___ help crying.

«What’s wrong, Mom?» Jordie asked. I explained that when I was his age, my parents had taken my picture standing in exactly the same spot, and I was feeling rather nostalgic. I added that perhaps one day he ___WOULD_TAKE___ his son’s picture here.

Puzzled, he looked several times from the brontosaurus to ___ME___.

And then came the ___WORST___ moment of my life. My son said, «But …when you were a girl … it was alive then, right?»

Barbados

What do you know about Barbados? This island country is located on an island group in the Caribbean Sea ___LYING___ to the east of the West Indies.

It ___IS_THOUGHT___ to have received its name from the Portuguese word for ‘bearded’ because of the bearded fig trees that grow on the island.

Bridgetown is the capital, ___LARGEST___ city and only seaport.

Аудирование Чтение Языковой материал Письмо Говорение

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Образец выполнения задания.

Образец выполнения задания.

Задание: преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце каждого предложения так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста, заполните пропуски полученными словами.

Who really discovered America?

B4. Everybody knows that Christopher Columbus discovered America. However, America _________ after Amerigo Vespucci who explored the eastern coast of South America. [NAME].

B5. Was he really the first to reach the continent? The great Norwegian explorer Heyerdal _________ it wasn’t true. [THINK].

B6. He believed that ancient people were able to build boats that _________ cross oceans. [CAN].

B7. To test his ideas, Heyerdal decided to build a copy of the reed boats, which _________ in ancient Egyptian paintings and sail across the Atlantic. [PICTURE].

B8. On May 25, 1969 the boat called Ra left a port I Morocco and headed across the _________ part of the Atlantic.[WIDE].

B9. Before reaching Barbados, Ra _________ but all the members of the expedition survived and wanted to try again. [BREAK].

B10. So, on May 17, 1970 Ra II successfully crossed the Atlantic, _________ that ancient civilizations had enough skill to reach America long before Columbus. [PROVE].

Прочитав текст, я поняла, что он, за исключением начала первого предложения, в прошедшем времени.

Тестовый вопрос В4. По смыслу я должна восстановить глагол в прошедшем простом времени, т.к. действие даётся как факт и в пассивном залоге, т.к. Америка – подлежащее – объект, который не совершал действие, а подвергался ему.

Ответ: was named.

Тестовый вопрос В5. По смыслу я должна восстановить глагол в прошедшем простом времени, в активном залоге. Тур Хейердал, подлежащее – субъект, который совершал действие. Прошедшее время неправильного глагола think — thought.

Ответ: thought.

Тестовый вопрос В6. Пропущен модальный глагол в прошедшем времени (модальные глаголы не могут употребляться в продолженном и совершённом времени и в пассивном залоге).

Ответ: could.

Тестовый вопрос В7. Пропущен глагол в прошедшем простом времени в пассивном залоге (Лодки были изображены).

Ответ: were pictured.

Тестовый вопрос В8. Пропущено прилагательное в сравнительной степени, подсказкой служит определённый артикль the перед словосочетанием. Прилагательное односложное, превосходная степень образуется путём прибавления суффикса –est.

Ответ: widest.

Тестовый вопрос В9. Пропущен глагол в прошедшем совершённом времени в активном залоге. (Есть идея предшествования: Before reaching Barbados).

Ответ: had broken.

Тестовый вопрос В10. Пропущено причастие I(настоящего времени), образуем его от основы глагола путём прибавления суффикса –ing.

Ответ: proving.

Последнее изменение: Понедельник, 31 августа 2015, 11:56

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Раздел 1. АУДИРОВАНИЕ

Вы услышите 6 высказываний. Установите соответствие между высказываниями каждого говорящего A—F и утверждениями, данными в списке 1—7. Используйте каждое утверждение, обозначенное соответствующей цифрой, только один раз. В задании есть одно лишнее утверждение. Вы услышите запись дважды. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу.

Вы услышите диалог. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений А—G соответствуют содержанию текста (1 — True), какие не соответствуют (2 — False) и о чём в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3 — Not stated). Занесите номер выбранного вами варианта ответа в таблицу. Вы услышите запись дважды.

A The customer is worried about getting spare parts for the computer.

B The salesperson says there are no stocks at the Head Office in London.

C The customer has to bring the computer back to the Head Office in the event of a fault.

D The customer is satisfied with other firms’ speedy service.

E The annual charge for the service increases every year.

F The customer asks about the sort of paper for the printer.

G The customer says they’ve had only one printer up to now.

Утверждение

Соответствие диалогу

Вы услышите часть интервью с актёром, который сыграл роль капитана Барбосса в фильмах «Пираты Карибского Моря». В заданиях 3—9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Вы услышите запись дважды.

Geoffrey Rush believes that the reason why he comes back is

1) the money he gets.

2) the popularity he enjoys.

3) the teamwork.

Ответ: .

Geoffrey Rush says that improvisation

1) is not allowed in their work.

2) is what Johnny Depp usually does.

3) usually becomes part of the script.

Ответ: .

One of the most predictable pirate clichés is

1) wearing an eye patch.

2) having a pet monkey.

3) using a peg leg to survive.

Ответ: .

While talking with Terry Rossio, Geoffrey Rush came up with the idea of
1) hiding money in a peg leg.
2) drinking alcohol out of a peg leg.
3) having a weapon in a peg leg.
Ответ: .

Penelope Cruz

1) met her match in the film.

2) made the actors work harder.

3) sharpened the actors’ wits.

Ответ: .

Geoffrey Rush is sure that in the fifth film
1) Barbossa’s wish to have more power will increase.
2) Barbossa will lose his power.
3) Barbossa will turn into James Cameron.
Ответ: .

In the fifth film Terry Rossio might explore

1) new aspects of the pirate world.

2) situations that are pirate-driven.

3) things that aren’t connected with piracy.

Ответ: .

Раздел 2. ЧТЕНИЕ

Установите соответствие между заголовками 1—8 и текстами A—G. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.

1. Hazardous Waste
2. Invisible Threat
3. Primary Reason
4. Possible Solutions

5. Global Destruction
6. Disastrous Growth
7. Water Shortage
8. Quick Change

A. Acid rain moves easily, affecting locations far beyond those that let out the pollution. As a result, this global pollution issue causes great debates between countries that fight over polluting each other’s environments. The problem is that acid rain, one of the most important environmental problems of all, cannot be seen. Some scientists think that human production is primarily responsible, while others cite natural causes as well.

B. Air pollution has many disastrous effects that need to be curbed. In order to accomplish this, governments, scientists and environmentalists are using or testing a variety of methods aimed at reducing pollution. There are two main types of pollution control. Input controls are usually more effective than output controls. Output controls are also more expensive, making them less desirable to tax payers and polluting industries.

C. Global warming is called the greenhouse effect because the gases that are gathering above the earth make the planet comparable to a greenhouse. By trapping heat, the greenhouse effect is warming the planet and threatening the environment. Current fears stem largely from the fact that global warming is occurring at such a rapid pace. Models are predicting that over the next century the global temperature will rise by several degrees.

D. Individuals often throw out goods without realizing that they could be dangerous for the environment. No matter where people put these materials, there is always a chance that they could find their way into the ground and eventually into our bodies. Special research is necessary to provide data on the effects of every chemical as well as to learn how combinations of these chemicals affect human health.

E. Only a few factors combine to create the problem of ozone layer depletion. The production and emission of CFCs, chlorofluorocarbons, is by far the leading cause. Many countries have called for the end of CFC production. However, those industries that do use CFCs do not want to discontinue usage of this highly valuable industrial chemical. So it’s important to make people realize the disaster CFCs cause in the stratosphere.

F. Unlike some environmental issues, rainforest depletion has fortunately received significant public and media attention. According to some estimates, 50 million acres of rain forest are cut down every year. Every year, Brazil chops down an area of forest the size of the state of Nebraska. In Indonesia, Zaire, Papua-New Guinea, Malaysia, Burma, the Philippines, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, and Venezuela, rain forests that were once great have been lost.

G. The world’s population has been booming for years. The population is now threatening to reach the stage where there are simply too many people for the planet to support. Greater populations pollute and consume more, ruining the environment and creating or intensifying a variety of problems. Also, with the food supply limited, the increase in population will make shortages in many parts of the world even worse.

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A—F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1—7. Одна из частей в списке 1—7 лишняя. Занесите цифру, обозначающую соответствующую часть предложения, в таблицу.

On 25 October 1881, a little boy was born in Malaga, Spain. It was a difficult birth and to help him breathe, cigar smoke was blown into his nose! But despite being the youngest ever smoker, this baby grew up to be one of the 20th century’s greatest painters — Pablo Picasso.

Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learned to draw before he could talk.

He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, A ____________. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him!

Apart from pigeons, his great love was art, and when in 1891 his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father painting and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons B ____________. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just 13.

From then onwards there was no stopping him. Many people realized that he was a genius but he disappointed those C ____________. He was always breaking the rules of artistic tradition and shocked the public with his strange and powerful pictures. He is probably best known for his ‘Cubist’ pictures, D ____________. His paintings of people were often made up of triangles and squares with their features in the wrong place. His work changed our ideas about art E ____________. Guernica, which he painted in 1937, records the bombing of that little Basque town during the Spanish Civil War, and is undoubtedly one of the masterpieces of modern painting.

Picasso died of heart failure during an attack of influenza in 1973. The artist created over 6,000 paintings, drawings and sculptures. Today a ‘Picasso’ costs several million pounds, F ____________.

which used only simple geometric shapes
so he was thoroughly spoilt
which is not surprising
that is why he was very hard-working
when he had to leave the room
who wanted him to become a traditional painter
that is why to millions of people modern art means the work of Picasso

Прочитайте текст и выполните задания 12—18. В каждом задании запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

After graduating from medical school, Eugene Alford built a lucrative career as an ear, nose, and throat specialist and a facial plastic surgeon at Methodist Hospital. In the summers, he and his wife Mary, a dentist and former paediatric nurse, would join a church-sponsored medical mission to Honduras, where he operated on the needy in a rural clinic.

At home, Alford treated many prominent Houston residents, but he also waived his fee for less fortunate patients. Carolyn Thomas, for instance, went to see him with a large gauze bandage over a cavity in her face. She had been shot by her boyfriend, who had also killed her mother. The bullet had blown away Thomas’s nose, upper jaw, and right eye. Reconstruction would have cost a million dollars, but Alford, his medical team, and his hospital did it for free.

Whenever Alford needed to relax after a particularly gruelling period of work, he’d drive to his ranch in Bellville and lose himself in farm chores. He didn’t make it out there as often as he would have liked. As a plastic surgeon at Methodist Hospital, he had performed 800 operations over the previous year and was booked solid for months ahead.

So on a chilly Sunday a few days after Christmas, Alford headed out through the pine bush, intending to clear a trail for deer hunting. As he cut through underbrush in the south pasture, Alford brought the tractor to a halt in front of a dead white oak standing in his path. He nudged the trunk with the tractor’s front-end loader, expecting the tree to topple neatly to the ground. Instead the top half of the oak swayed towards him. In seconds, more than a ton of hardwood slammed down on him, crushing his spine.

Pinned to the steering wheel, Alford could barely breathe. He tried to hit the brakes, but his legs failed to respond. When he found he could move his hands, he turned off the ignition, then with great effort pulled his cell phone from his shirt pocket and called his wife on speed dial. ‘Mary,’ he gasped, ‘a tree fell on me. I’m going to die.’ ‘Don’t quit!’ she shouted. ‘We’re coming to get you!’ Alford was still conscious when his neighbours Kevin and Snuffy, alerted by Mary, hauled the tree off him. A rescue helicopter touched down minutes later, and Alford advised the paramedics on which drugs to administer to him. Then he blacked out.

He was flown to the trauma unit at Medical Centre in Houston, then quickly transferred to Methodist. The operation was successful, but the patient was still in danger. After almost two weeks in the ICU, Alford awoke, and his condition improved enough for him to be taken to a rehabilitation unit, where he began physical therapy and learned to use a wheelchair. In February 2008, six weeks after the accident, Alford returned to his 100-year-old home in Houston. At first, he was so weak that he could sit up only when strapped into a wheelchair.

Before the accident, Alford had been a solidly built six-footer and was used to being in charge. Now, entirely dependent on others, he fell into despair. ‘If it weren’t for my wife and kids, I would have killed myself,’ he says. But then the love started pouring in. Alford’s brother maintained a blog to provide updates about Alford’s recovery. Over the next three months, he received 40,000 messages from colleagues, former patients, acquaintances, even strangers. The outpouring raised his spirits. It also gave Mary a new perspective on him. For years, Alford’s schedule of 15-hour days hadn’t left him much time for her and the kids. ‘I’d just about decided you liked work more than us,’ Mary told him one day over lunch. ‘But now I realize you didn’t want to leave the hospital because there were so many folks that needed you. You couldn’t just abandon them.’

The couple refurbished their house with ramps, a wheelchair-accessible bathroom, and an elevator. They bought an extended-cab pickup truck and fitted it with a wheelchair hoist, a swivelling driver’s seat, and hand controls so Alford could drive himself.

But Alford’s goal was to make such adjustments temporary. After a month of physical therapy, he graduated from an electric to a manual wheelchair. The daily workouts built strength in his back and abdominal muscles, improving his ability to hold himself upright. Soon he was able to stand with the aid of a tubular steel frame; seated in his chair, he could now draw his legs toward his chest.

In May, Alford began the next phase of treatment. By putting a paralyzed patient through his paces, therapists hoped to grow new neuromuscular connections. After three months of this routine, Alford’s coordination had improved markedly. He felt ready to pick up a scalpel again, with the hospital’s approval. Alford still goes for four hours of rehab every morning and spends his evenings stretching and riding a motorized stationary bike to keep muscle spasms at bay. But in the hours between, he sees patients or performs surgeries — as many as five a week.

He’s eager to do more complex surgeries and plans to increase his workload. Walking remains uncertain. ‘I always tell him if I had a crystal ball, I’d be a millionaire,’ says Marcie Kern, one of his physical therapists. Still, the doctor considers himself a lucky man.

(Adapted from ‘His Own Medicine: a Doctor’s Story of Healing’ by Michael Haederle)

Eugene Alford

1) treated only prominent Houston residents.
2) did some charity work.

3) had fixed fees.
4) often visited his ranch in Bellville.

Ответ: .

In paragraph 3 ‘gruelling’ means

1) extremely boring.
2) quite exciting.

3) very tiring.
4) highly uncomfortable.

Ответ: .

As a result of the accident, the oak broke Alford’s

1) neck.

2) legs.

3) back.

4) chest.

Ответ: .

Before the accident, Alford
1) was in charge of the hospital.
2) liked his work more than his family.
3) worked 15 hours a week.
4) could not spend much time with his wife and children.
Ответ: .

To make Alford feel more comfortable
1) the family equipped their house with necessary facilities.
2) his 100-year-old house was redecorated.
3) the family bought a new house.
4) his old pickup truck was fitted with a wheelchair hoist.
Ответ: .

After physical therapy and daily workouts
1) Alford didn’t need a wheelchair.
2) Alford’s stamina came back.
3) Alford started to perform simple operations.
4) Alford’s coordination improved markedly.
Ответ: .

At present Alford
1) feels sorry for himself.
2) is planning to practise medicine as well as he used to.
3) is going to start walking.
4) wants to become a millionaire.
Ответ: .

Раздел 3. ГРАММАТИКА И ЛЕКСИКА

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A Practical Joke

Mr. and Mrs. Parker were having a quite day at home. Their 18-year-old daughter was away in Wales with a friend.

STAY

Suddenly the phone .

RING

A hoarse voice told Mr. Parker that his daughter and that he had to pay a ransom of $2,000.

KIDNAP

He was also warned that if he , he would never see his daughter again. The voice then gave him instructions about where and when to hand over the money.

NOT PAY

Mr. Parker took the train to Wales. He went to the hotel and gave the briefcase with the money to a woman in a scarf and a raincoat.

ONE

At 11 p.m. the same evening, to his great relief, his daughter came back home. She looked than ever and could hardly stop herself from laughing when she handed him his briefcase with $2,000.

HAPPY

It turned out that she and her friend to play a practical joke.

DECIDE

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Distance Learning

Many people have done research on how to improve the course work of distance learning and also the of how the material is being taught.

EVALUATE

One big concern is that people are cheating with distance learning classes. Many professors are now developing ways to keep distance learning courses from being .

MEANING

One way to improve them is to change the way they are taught.

CONTINUAL

Teachers are beginning to require classwork for the same course that they teach.

DIFFER

They also ask students to become more with their homework and the projects they have to complete.

ACTIVE

Moreover, students are given tests from a test bank. The test is made up I when they log into the test website. These are the same for students taking distant classes at school or at special courses.

REQUIRE

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Machu Picchu

In a way, it’s wonderful that Machu Picchu can nowadays be visited on a day 32____ from Cuzco. Everyone probably should have a chance to see this remarkable place.

Like many travellers, I hoped to get a taste of Machu Picchu’s ‘lost in the clouds’ atmosphere by approaching the ruins on foot 33____ the Inca trail. I joined the obligatory tour group in Cuzco, then spent the next four days surrounded by others making the classic pilgrimage. Along the way, we crossed several breathtaking Andean passes, treading on original Inca paving stones, and passing several other fine ruins.

Our last 34____ stop was at an exquisitely beautiful site called Huinay Huayna, where dozens of impossibly steep terraces cascade into a deep green gorge backed by a high waterfall. My new-found travelling companions included five Argentines who 35____ my interest in exploring Huinay Huayna by moonlight.

The only problem was a slight difference in styles. Mine was more along the lines of silent and meditative contemplation; theirs involved a ritualistic circle chant, led by the charismatic lone male in the group whom I thereafter nicknamed the Warlock. Absenting myself from the circle that night, I made a mental note to 36____ my distance from them the next day at Machu Picchu.

Before dawn the following morning we climbed to the mountaintop Gateway of the Sun, hoping for the classic panoramic view of Machu Picchu before the tour buses arrived. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate. With dozens of other disappointed trekkers, I shivered on the hilltop in chilly fog for two hours, waiting for a sunrise that never came, then trudged down the hill to Machu Picchu itself. As I 37____, the clouds started lifting, revealing the place to be every bit as spectacular as I could have hoped. By day’s end, my tour group had dispersed, apparently preferring a hot bath. I, however, felt I was just 38____ the surface.

1) travel

2) voyage

3) journey

4) trip

Ответ: .

1) with

2) via

3) across

4) over

Ответ: .

1) overall

2) overhead

3) overnight

4) overday

Ответ: .

1) captured

2) shared

3) kept

4) held

Ответ: .

1) keep

2) hold

3) take

4) use

Ответ: .

1) descended

2) ascended

3) attended

4) pretended

Ответ: .

1) reaching

2) touching

3) scratching

4) patching

Ответ: .

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Раздел 4. ПИСЬМО

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… Yesterday I borrowed a wonderful book from the library and I can’t put it down. Do you enjoy reading? Who is your favourite writer? What kind of books do you and your friends enjoy?

As for my school news, I’m getting ready for my final exams …

Write a letter to Susan.
In your letter
— answer her questions
— ask 3 questions about her exams
Write 100 — 140 words.
Remember the rules of letter writing.

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Lots of teenagers are keen on playing computer games. However, adults are sure that computer games teach us nothing and young people should avoid them.

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— express your personal opinion and give 2—3 reasons for your opinion
— express an opposing opinion and give 1—2 reasons for this opposing opinion
— explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion
— make a conclusion restating your position

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