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The main problem for the author was that…

1) nobody seemed to understand her feelings.

2) she was not ready for the classes.

3) she would miss her family and friends a lot.

4) her parents wouldn’t help her with advice.

Start of college life: how I coped with fear

For the last two years I’ve been working really hard to pass all my exams successfully and to get accepted to college. And yet college seemed to be the scariest thing that I could think of. Whenever I thought about it, my stomach would immediately begin to spin in circles. Although I was ready to go off and be by myself and meet new people, I was scared to death at the same time. I pictured hard classes that I wouldn’t be able to keep up with, people that wouldn’t like me, long hikes to get to my classes, and horrible food. I couldn’t imagine leaving the security of my own room, my own stuff where I want it, my friends that I’ve spent practically my whole life with, my family who put up with all my little quirks.

Everyone else that I talked to, however, didn’t seem to have this problem. They all were thrilled at the thought of being on their own and not having to worry about their parents telling them what to do or not to do all the time. And, sure, the thought was extremely exciting to me as well, but how would I survive without my family and friends and the things that had taken me eighteen years to get used to?

The summer before I came to college was probably the most fun my friends and I ever had. We all knew that in September things would never be the same again and we had to make the most of it while we still could. As the end of August rolled around we knew that it was time to say goodbye and be on our way to our own independence. I packed up the memories of the last eighteen years of my life into about five suitcases and was ready to go. I still didn’t feel like I was just as mature as my older college friends and I thought that I still looked like I was twelve years old.

We finally made it to the doors and began unloading my clothes and the eight million bags of food that my mom had packed for me. I still was unsure about sharing my room and not being able to have the privacy that I had back home. I was worried that the little habits that I had might annoy my roommate and that my roommate might have just as many annoying little habits that I might not be able to handle as well.

After I had all my things unpacked and put exactly where I wanted, my roommate and I decided to go around our hall and see whom we would be living with for the next two semesters. As we went around to different rooms and met different people my nervousness seemed to diminish. I began to realize that not everyone here knew everyone else and most were just as anxious and nervous about being here as I was. It worked. I started to feel better and was actually kind of excited about living here all by myself.

I still miss the security of living at home (and I wonder who would blame me for this feeling) and, most of all, home-cooked meals that are nonexistent here and the friends that I grew up with. But I know that we’ve all changed and those memories are just that — memories, no matter how pleasant they might be. And when times get too tough, my mom is just a phone call away. But I’m not too quick to call her and have her solve my problems. I’ve learned that I can usually work things out by myself. I’m glad that I’ve gone through these changes in myself and it makes me realize that I don’t need to fear change, that it’s just a part of life that everyone has to go through sometime.

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Чтение. ЕГЭ по английскому

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How has becoming a college student changed the author?
1) She has got used to eating out.
2) She has learned how to make new friends.
3) She has become more attached to her mother.
4) She has become more independent.

Решение:
How has becoming a college student changed the author? She has become more independent.
Как поступление в колледж изменило автора? Она стала более независимой.

«I’ve learned that I can usually work things out by myself.»

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Lessons leave no time for play in Seoul

A 17-year-old boy drifts into sleep, his head drooping into the textbook open in front of him. It is 9 pm and Yang Dong-myung has two more hours of study to complete before going home. Around him sit other teenage South Koreans struggling to stay awake as a tutor scribbles English vocabulary on a blackboard. Mr Yang and his classmates are among the roughly 80 per cent of South Koreans who attend private evening schools, known as hagwort, to improve their changes of reaching university.

An almost cult-like devotion to learning has been among the driving forces behind South Korea’s rapid economic development over the past half century, creating one of the world’s most highly educated workforces. But concern is growing that the obsession with education has spun out of control, putting children under too much stress and families under pressure to pay expensive tuition fees.

The government signalled its alarm last month by announcing plans to outlaw evening classes after 10pm as part of tougher regulation of the $ll billion hagwon industry. Mr Yang attends his hagwon in Seoul four evenings a week from 6pm to 11pm after a full day at school. “I get tired and fall asleep in class,” he says. “But in Korea education is important so my parents force me to study.”

South Korea spends 6.8 per cent of gross domestic product on education, more than any other member of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). However, the country’s public spending on education is highlighting the role played by private tuition in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.

The teachings of Confucius, the ancient Chinese philosopher who stressed the importance of scholarship, influence many east Asian societies. In South Korea, the zeal for learning is reinforced by a belief that knowledge is crucial to the bid to catch up with richer nations such as Japan and stay ahead of China. “Korea is a country with few natural resources so to better ourselves individually and as a nation we have to use our brains,” say Lee Nan-young, mother of two teenage students. Commitment to education is reflected by research showing South Korea’s 15-year-olds have the highest scientific literacy and second-highest mathematics standards among OECD members.

Private tuition has become so entrenched that public schools skip parts of the curriculum on the assumption it will be taught in evening classes. “Public education teaches students to be rounded individuals; hagwon exist to get them through the university entrance exam,” says Mr Lee.

Getting into a good university is considered a ticket to success in status conscious South Korea, where people are judged according to educational background. The annual entrance exam is so important that people start work an hour late on test day to keep roads clear for candidates, while airports restrict take-offs and landings during the exam to avoid disturbing students.

There is growing awareness of the negative consequence of such a fanatical approach to education. “I worry about my children having no time to exercise and have fun,” says Lee Nan. “Children are getting fat because they are always studying.”

Jung Bong-sup, head of school policy at the ministry of education, says the hagwon style of teaching fails to provide the skills needed in the modem global economy. “Students memorise facts but they don’t learn the ideas behind them,” he says. “In the 21 st century people need to think creatively and that requires more interactive education.”

However, as long as university remains the path to prosperity in South Korea, parents will send their children to hagwon. “If other kids go then so must yours,” says Mrs Lee.

1. Most teenagers in South Korea
1) have to study till late hours.
2) have difficulty to understand English vocabulary.
3) have little chance to enter a university.
4) struggle not falling asleep.

2. Hagwon is the name for
1) the process of intense studying.
2) the process of preparing to enter a university.
3) private evening schools.
4) the obsession with education.

3. The devotion to learning has led to
1) growing the workforce in Korea.
2) too much stress among children.
3) fast economic development.
4) high tuition fees.

4. The South Korean government is going to
1) ban studying after 10pm.
2) make private schools pay $11 billion fine.
3) support private education.
4) make private evening schools out of law.

5. The words “knowledge is crucial to the bid to catch up with richer nations” means that South Korea wants
1) to get the best education among OECD members.
2) to go ahead among Asia’s leading countries.
3) to survive without natural resources.
4) to prove the teaching of Confucius.

6. While the annual entrance exam in South Korea
1) people avoid going out on the exam day.
2) the airports delay flights for the day.
3) there are huge traffic jams on the roads.
4) people try to do everything not to disturb students.

7. The higher education in South Korea is considered to be
1) enough to get a job.
2) the path to a wealthy life.
3) the must for everybody..
4) the way to lead an unhealthy lifestyle.

Тест ЕГЭ-2011 по английскому языку.

Демонстрационный вариант (III).

(Ответы в конце теста)

1. ЧТЕНИЕ (30 МИНУТ). Задания В2, В3, А15-А21.

В2. Прочитайте тексты.

1. It’s strange that the differences in Britain itself are greater than those between Britain and other English-speaking countries. For a Londoner, it’s easier to understand an American than a Cockney. Cockney has a pronunciation, accent and vocabulary unlike any other dialect. Cockney speech is famous for its rhyming slang. A word is replaced by a phrase or a person’s name which rhymes with it.

2. Other languages absorb English words too, often giving them new forms and meanings. So many Japanese, French, Spanish and Germans mix English words with their mother tongues that the resulting hybrids are called Japlish, Franglais, Spanglish and Denglish, In Japanese, for example, there is a verb Makudonaru, to eat at McDonald’s.

3. Have you ever wondered why the English language has different words for animals and meat? When William the Conqueror invaded England in 1066, French became the official language of the court. The English would look after the animals and cook the meat, still calling the animals pig, sheep and cow. The Normans, when they saw the cooked meat arrive at their table, would use French words – pork, mutton and beef.

4. English is mixing with other languages around the world. It’s probably the biggest borrower. Words newly coined or in vogue in one language are very often added to English as well. There are words from 120 languages in its vocabulary, including Arabic, French, German, Greek, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. 70 per cent of the English vocabulary are loan words and only 30 per cent of the words are native.

5. Have you ever wondered how many people speak English? It’s around 400 million people. Geographically, English is the most wide-spread language on earth, and it’s second only to Chinese in the number of people who speak it. It’s spoken in the British Isles, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and much of Canada and South Africa. English is also a second language of another 300 million people living in more than 60 countries.

6.  In Shakespeare’s time only a few million people spoke English. All of them lived in what is now Great Britain. Through the centuries, as a result of various historical events, English spread throughout the world. There were only 30,000 words in Old English. Modern English has the largest vocabulary in the world – more than 600,000 words.

7. In the English language blackboards can be green or white, and blackberries are green and then red before they are ripe. There is no egg in eggplant, neither mush nor room in mushroom, neither pine nor apple in pineapple, no ham in hamburger. Why is it that a king rules a kingdom but a queen doesn’t rule a queendom? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth? And in what other language can your nose run?

Установите соответствие между заголовками A – Н и текстами 1 – 7. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую букву только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.

А) GLOBAL LANGUAGE

B) HOW IT ALL BEGAN

C) GREAT BORROWER

D) THE LANGUAGE OF COMPUTERS

E) ENGLISH IN OTHER LANGUAGES

F) FRENCH INFLUENCE

G) CRAZY ENGLISH

H) DO YOU SPEAK COCKNEY?

B3. Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски 1 – 6 частями предложений, обозначенными буквами A – G. Одна из частей в списке А – G лишняя.

Australia

Australia was the last great landmass to be discovered by the Europeans. The continent they eventually discovered had already been inhabited for tens of thousands of years.

Australia is an island continent 1_______________________ is the result of gradual changes wrought over millions of years.

2_______________________, Australia is one of the most stable land masses, and for about 100 million years has been free of the forces that have given rise to huge mountain ranges elsewhere.

From the east coast a narrow, fertile strip merges into the greatly eroded Great Dividing Range, 3_______________________.

The mountains are merely reminders of the mighty range, 4 _______________________.  Only in the section straddling the New South Wales border with Victoria and in Tasmania, are they high enough to have winter snow.

West of the range of the country becomes increasingly flat and dry. The endless flatness is broken only by salt lakes, occasional mysterious protuberances and some mountains 5_______________________. In places the scant vegetation is sufficient to allow some grazing. However, much of the Australian outback is a barren land of harsh stone deserts and dry lakes.

The extreme north of Australia, the Top End, is a tropical area within the monsoon belt. 6_______________________, it comes in more or less one short, sharp burst. This has prevented the Top End from becoming seriously productive area.

A) that once stood here

B) that is almost continent long

C) whose property is situated to the north of Tasmania

D) whose landscape — much of bleak and inhospitable —

E) whose beauty reminds of the MacDonald Ranges

F) Although its annual rainfall looks adequate on paper

G) Although there is still seismic activity in the eastern highland area

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The Courtship of Susan Bell

Mrs. Bell invited Aaron Houston, a famous British artist, to paint her younger daughter’s portrait. Aaron wanted to make a few drawings before he started a portrait. On the Thursday evening the drawing was finished. Not a word had been said because the girls were shy to speak in Aaron’s presence and he had gone on working in silence. “There,” said he, “I don’t think that it will be any better if I go on for another hour. I hope you will like it. There, Miss Susan”, and he sent it across the table with his fingers.

Susan’s face got red, she was embarrassed. She took the drawing and said, “Oh, it’s beautiful”. The superb originality of the drawing captivated her. A young girl was represented sitting at a table in a room filled with fresh air and the soft light of a summer day. The greenery of an old overgrown garden could be seen through the window. In front of her on the white tablecloth there was her book.  The eyes of the girl looked out at you, dark grey, mysterious, sad, languorous, yet strangely intent. What was the girl thinking about? Who was the girl thinking about? The drawing was more than a portrait. It fact, the artist tackled a far bigger job than that of reproducing a definite person in portraiture and in performing which he imparted another and bigger content.

Susan’s face revealed her feelings. She turned to her mother and said, “Isn’t it beautifully done, mother?” and then her elder sister and her mother got up to look at it, and both admitted that it was beautifully done but Susan felt there was doubt in her mother’s voice.

“We thank you very much,” said Susan after a long pause.

“Oh, it’s nothing”, said he, not quite liking the word “we”.

On the following day he returned from his work to Saratoga about noon. He had never done this before, and therefore no one expected that he would be seen in the house before the evening. On this occasion, however, he went straight there, and by chance both the widow and her elder daughter were out. Susan was there alone in charge of the house.

He walked in and opened the sitting-room door. There she sat, with her knitting and a book forgotten on the table behind her, and Aaron’s drawing, on her lap. She was looking at it closely as he entered.
“Oh, Mr. Dunn,” she said, getting up and holding the picture behind her dress.

“Miss Susan, I have come here to tell your mother that I must start for New York this afternoon and be there for six weeks, or perhaps, longer.”

“Mother is out,” she said. “I am sorry.”

“Is she?” said Aaron.

“And Hetta too. Dear me! And you will want dinner. I’ll go and see about it.”

Aaron began to swear that he could not possibly eat any dinner.

“But you must have something, Mr. Dunn“ she said.

“Miss Susan,” said he, “I’ve been here nearly two months.”

“Yes, sir,” Susan said, hardly knowing what she was saying.

“I’m going away now, and it seems to be such a long time before I’ll come back.” And then he paused, looking into her eyes, to see what he could read there. She leant against the table; but her eyes were turned to the ground, and he could hardly see them.

“Will you help me?” he said. She was keeping silent. “Miss Susan,” he continued, “I am not very good at saying things like this, but will you marry me? I love you dearly with all my heart. I never saw anyone so beautiful, so nice, so good.” And then he stopped. He didn’t ask for any love in return. He simply declared his feelings, leaning against the door. Susan remained silent. Aaron ran out of the room.

A15. The girls kept silent because they.

1) didn’t like to speak to Aaron.

2) didn’t know what to say to Aaron.

3) were afraid to speak in their mother’s presence.

4) were too modest to speak in the guest’s presence

A16. It was a remarkable drawing as it managed to reflect

1) some philosophical idea.

2) The light of a summer day.

3) The peculiarity of the environment.

4) all the nuances of the girl’s facial expression.

A17. When Susan’s mother saw the drawing, she

1) remained indifferent.

2) showed her disapproval.

3) she wasn’t sure how to react.

4) shared her daughter’s admiration.

A18. The phrase “not quite liking the word “we” means that the painter

1) wanted Susan’s sister to admire his work.

2) wanted the mother to thank him personally.

3) expected all the present ladies to say something.

4) was mainly concerned about the girl’s approval.

А19. What was unusual about Aaron’s visit on the following day? He came

1) later than usual.

2) earlier than usual.

3) straight from Saragota.

4) without prior arrangement.

А20. Susan was alone at home

1) by pure chance.

2) because Aaron had arranged it.

3) regularly at this time of the day.

4) because she expected Aaron to come.

А21. When Aaron asked Susan to marry him he

1) was sure that she loved him.

2) just wanted to open his heart to her.

3) wanted to make sure that she loved him.

4) expected her to go with him to New York.

2. ГРАММАТИКА И ЛЕКСИКА (40 минут)

Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце предложений, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы B4 – B10.

Balloon Fiesta

B4.

B5.

B6.

B7.

B8.

B9.

B10.

Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце предложений, так чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы В11 – В16. 

EMERGENCY SERVICES

B11.

B12.

B13.

B14.

B15.

B16.

Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами А22 – А28. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям A22 – A28, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Укажите номер выбранного вами варианта ответа. 

Kent 1926

Uncle Will arrived at Kent at 5 p.m.  ”What’s wrong with your father, Bess? Will asked after A22______ her with an affectionate embrace. Bess was his favorite niece and he came as quickly as he could after her call. She sounded desperate. Stepping back, Will peered into her face. It was pale and filled with  A23______.

“What happened?” Uncle Will placed his hand on Bessy’s.

“Pa took my brothers fishing at Ravenscar last weekend and A24______ a cold then. It was chilly out on the North Sea, and very windy, and it poured with rain, they got drenched. His cold A25______  into bronchitis, as it often does with him. I think it’s a family weakness, a weak chest, I mean.  His face is white and he is feverish. I have never seen Pa look as ill as this. That’s why I telephoned you.”
“I am glad you did, and I’m certainly glad I decided to come down to Kent last night”.

As they walked across the entrance foyer of Waverley Court, heading toward the staircase, Bess went A26______, “I think you know that my mother went to Rome for Easter. Her former college mate invited her. She took Cecily and the two boys with her. The boys were so happy. I didn’t want to go with them, and now I’m relieved I stayed here, so that I can look A27______ my father”.

”I’m assuming you’ve telephoned the doctor?”

“Yes, he will be here very soon. It’s Dr. Earnest Lessing. He is the local doctor we use when we are residing in Kent. Meanwhile Faxton and I have been A28______ Father the best we can. He’s been inhaling Frier’s Balsam and taking his cough mixture. I do think that’s helped.” At this moment the door opened and Dr. Lessing came in.

A22.

1) meeting

2) greeting

3) keeping

4) holding

A23.

1) depression

2) stress

3) trouble

4) worry

A24.

1) caught

2) had

3) received

4) appeared

A25.

1) turned

2) seemed

3) appeared

4) was

A26.

1) out

2) up

3) on

4) off

A27.

1) up

2) for

3) after

4) at

A28.

1) curing

2) treating

3) inhaling

4) prescribing

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TEST 2 “STRESS”

Name: Class: Date:

Ι. LISTENING

1. Americans are proud of their history.

2. Americans feel very independent from other people.

3. Americans look to the future rather than to the past.

4. Americans don’t think it’s impolite to show their feelings.

5. Americans don’t care very much about dress code.

6. Americans think each person needs his own space.

ΙΙ. READING

Read the text and put T (True), F (False) or NS (Not Stated)

Stress and How to Cope Well With It

Nowadays many people say that they are tired of their hectic (беспокойная) lifestyle. They work too much and stop taking breaks. They forget about everything striving for their goals and they constantly raise the bar (поднять планку). Very often they don’t find personal satisfaction in their work and don’t love what they do. They have no sense of personal accomplishment (достоинство) and self-satisfaction. One the contrary, they feel disillusioned and dissatisfied. Having climbed the ladder of success they find nothing worthwhile on the top. Constant fatigue, physical and moral exhaustion, monotony and impossible pressure at work and at home can cause stress.

Stress is the emotional and physical strain caused by people’s response to pressure from the outside world. Stress causes tension, irritability, anxiety, alarm, loss of concentration, sensations of fear and panic as well as headaches and a fast heartbeat. It can result in a real breakdown of health.

Stress can have a negative influence not only on our physical and mental health, but on the lives of those around us. It often makes us lose control and shout at our spouses, relatives, friends or colleagues. People react to stress in different ways. Some of us are more vulnerable to stress than others. People who are always angry, impatient and mistrustful may have more stress-related physical problems.

Regular leisure activities and relaxing hobbies are also very important in reducing stress. If you feel depressed, yoga, swimming, bicycling, painting or gardening can help you relax, calm down and get a new lease on life. Anti-anxiety medications and anti-depressants can be useful for dealing with short periods of acute stress.

1. Many people give their opinions that they are weary of a rough-and-tumble life. _______

2. When people have success they express personal gratification. __________

3. Stress is inevitable. It goes hand in hand with the work people do. _______

4. Stress causes a real broken health. _________

5. Different actions are serious steps in stress reduction. ________

 6. Spikes of stress help us to develop and survive. ____________

ΙΙΙ. GRAMMAR

Ι. Use the relative pronouns or relative adverbs to make the sentences correct. Fill in which, why, who, whom, whose, that, when, where

1. The house ____________ you can see on the corner of the street is very old.

2. My mother _________________ is a professional doctor often tells me stories about her operations.

3. This is the same story _____________ I heard ten years ago.

4. I don’t know the exact place ___________ it happened.

5. She was met by a man __________ face she had never seen before.

6. I remember the day _________ I first came to Moscow.

7. The girl ______ you wrote is my cousin.

8. Tell me the reason ______ you are crying.

ΙΙ. Choose the correct word for each sentence.

deny regret

1. I ___________ leaving university. It was a very big mistake.

2. I’m sorry we have to ___________ your plan.

put on put down

3. ________ your coat. It is freezing.

4. He made an unkind remark, intended to _____ her ______.

harm hurt

5. I didn’t mean to _____________ him, honest!

6. Drinking alcohol and smoking can ____________your health.

losing missing

7. She moved to Brasilia. Now she is _____________ her pen friend from Los Angeles.

8. I work as a teacher and sometimes I feel like I am ___________ control.

effect influence

9. TV is a bad influence on people.

10. The operation was of no effect.

ΙΙΙ. Omit who, which, that where it is possible. Tick it ✔

1. The cake that Jane cooked was nice and tasty.

2. I insist that is a wrong plan.

3. I see a boy who is playing football badly.

4. The President who you met was Vladimir Putin.

5. I’m looking for jeans, which (that) are less expensive.

6. The dress which you bought yesterday is very good.

ΙV. Answer the questions.

1. What is stress? What do you do to cope with it? Is it difficult for you not to lose you control?

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