Экзаменационные материалы для проведения устного экзамена по английскому языку в традиционной форме в 9 классе.
учебно-методический материал по английскому языку (9 класс) на тему

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Методическая разработка

Экзаменационные материалы

для проведения устного экзамена по английскому языку в традиционной форме в 9 классе.

Составила: Солдаткина Н.Н.

учитель английского языка

2012-2013 уч. год.

Экзаменационные билеты.

Билет №1.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

2. They say, school days are the happiest days of your whole life. Can you say that you are happy at school? Why?

Билет №2.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

 2. What would you like to do after school? Would you like to go to a college or university after school?

Билет №3.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

2. Is it easy to choose the profession? What can help to do the right choice?

Билет №4.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

2. There are many ways to receive information. Which ways do you prefer and why?

Билет №5.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

2. Do you like travelling? What places of interest would you show our foreign guests in Russia?

Билет №6.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

2. Speak about one of the English-speaking countries.

Билеты №7.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

 2. Russia has a lot to be proud of. Are you proud of our Motherland? Why?

Билет №8.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

 2. Speak about one of the famous people in our country. What makes him famous?

Билет №9.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

2. What can you tell your foreign pen friends about traditional Russian holidays? What do you know about traditional holidays in English-speaking countries?

Билет №10.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

2. You are going to stay for a month in your pen friend’s family. What can you tell them about yourself?

Билет №11.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

 2. People like to read different books. What do you like to read?   Why?

Билет №12.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

2. Speak about advantages and disadvantages of television.

Билет №13.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

2. What do you like to do in your free time? What is your hobby?

Билет №14.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

 2. Young people like to listen to different musical styles. What music do you like to listen to? Why?

Билет №15.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

 2. What kinds of sports are popular in Russia and in English-speaking countries? Do you do any sport yourself?

Билет №16.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

 2. What is better to do sports or to watch sports competitions on TV? Why?

Билет №17.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

2. Is it important to keep fit? What do you do to keep fit and to be healthy?

Билет№18.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

2. Speak about ecological problems. What can people do to protect the environment?

Билет №19.

1 Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

2.Speak about teenagers’ problems. Do you have any problems? What are they?

Билет №20.

1. Read the text and answer the teacher’s questions.

2. Why do people learn foreign languages? Why do you learn English?

                      Экзаменационные тексты.

Билет №1.

A Voyage up the Volga.

   Thousands of tourists travel up and down the Volga every year. It’s Europe’s longest river and many consider it to be the national river of Russia, but what can one to see there?

    We began our journey in the historic city of Volgograd with an inspirational trip to Mamayev Kurgan to see the enormous statue, The Motherland calls. This city witnessed the full horror and heroism of World War II.

    Over the next few days the boat stopped at many small villages, and we sailed past Saratov, Samara and Simbirsk. In every village there were small shops and street vendors selling clothes, matryoshka dolls and amber jewellery. It was a great chance to see rural life in Russia, and the people we met were incredibly hospitable.

    The third day of our trip brought us to Kazan, where the Volga meets the Kazanka River. Kazan is half Russian, half Tatar and completely charming. In the upper part of the city, we visited the Kazan Kremlin, where we saw the amazing Annunciation Cathedral and the mysterious leaning Soyembika Tower.

    As the river carried us further, Nizhny Novgorod came into view, standing on a high hill where the Volga meets the Oka River. The red bricks towers of the grand Kremlin dominate the skyline and the Archangel Cathedral lies within its historical walls. From there we visited many of the city’s famous abbeys, such as the Monastery of the Caves and the Annunciation Monastery.

    We sailed to Kostroma- a city that’s almost as old as Moscow. We saw the medieval peasant homes and the golden domes of the Ipatiev Monastery. The Epiphany Cathedral, with the 10th century Byzantine icon, Our Lady of St Theodore, was also truly remarkable.

    Finally, our voyage brought us to Yaroslavl. We saw the 17th century red brick churches with fantastic frescos. At the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery we saw many wonderful religious icons as well as the original manuscript of the Russian literary treasure, The Lay of Igor’s Host.

    All too soon it was time to leave but we knew that we had taken a journey that would live in our hearts forever.

  Билет №2.

Hope for the Future of Pandas.

    Giant pandas, found only in China, are one of the world’s most endangered species. There are only about 1600 left in the wild and another 200 in captivity. The female panda has an average of only about 7 cubs (baby pandas) in her lifetime. This is why it is extremely important that we protect these beautiful animals.

    In April 2006, a four-year-old male panda called Xiang Xiang was released into the wild. He was the first panda born in captivity to be set free. This was more than 40 years after the birth of the first giant panda in captivity. Xiang Xiang, whose name means “lucky”, has a radio collar so scientists can follow his movements. When released, he barked like an angry dog and ran towards photographers before heading into the forest!

    Xiang Xiang began training to be a wild panda from the age of two. He was raised at the Panda Centre in the Wolong Nature Reserve where more than a hundred pandas live (more than half of the pandas in captivity!). Xiang Xiang’s habitat training began in a five acre open space. He later went to a much larger area that was more like a natural panda habitat. There, Xiang Xiang learned to build a place to live and to eat bamboo. He started to be aggressive towards humans and make noises like a wild panda. Also, his health improved and he began to have more energy.

    The area around the Wolong Nature Reserve is the largest giant panda habitat in the world. Scientists will work out how many more pandas can live in this area, then they will release that number into the wild. Xiang Xiang was released into the western end of the Wolong Nature Reserve. There, he may meet other pandas. The plan is to double the number of pandas in the wild by releasing around 15 each year.

    The Chinese government has decided to protect 28 natural areas. They have also set up centers like the Chengdu Research Base. This research base started with six pandas whose habitat had been destroyed. Today it has 33 and they plan to reintroduce some of them to the wild in the future.

    It is important to breed pandas and to release them into the wild. However, protecting their habitat is the most important step. This is the only way to make sure they survive.  

 Билет №3.

Lake Baikal.

    Between the Yenisei and Lena and north of the Sayan highlands, the mineral-rich economic region of Eastern Siberia is situated. It includes Lake Baikal and the republics of Buryatia and Sakha. Buryatia lies around the eastern and northern shores of Lake Baikal and borders on Mongolia.

     Lake Baikal, in eastern Siberia, is a miracle of nature. It’s the deepest lake on Earth and it contains more water than all the Great Lakes of America put together. It’s also the oldest lake on Earth and, after more than 25 million years, Lake Baikal is still growing at a rate of 2 cm a year. However, facts and figures fail to describe the breathtaking beauty of Baikal. The water is crystal clear, and when you can see the shimmering stones on the bottom of the lake it’s hard to believe they are so deep down. As the lake changes its mood, the wind rises and huge waves begin to roll across the surface.

      Lake Baikal is surrounded by some magnificent ranges. More than 300 rivers flow into Lake Baikal and only one river, the Angara, flows outwards. Of the 22 islands in the lake, the most famous is Olkhon Island, where they say the sun shines brightly for more than 300 days a year. Olkhon is a place of legend and wild spirits, and it’s home to the famous Shamanka, where shamans used to live in times gone by.

      This environmental treasure also contains a wealth of biodiversity. Most of the 2,635 species of animals and plants discovered in and around Lake Baikal cannot be found anywhere else in the world. The lake is also the only breeding ground for the Baikal  Seal and the Omul Fish, on which   they feed. In 1996, Baikal was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The total area of the site is 8,8 million hectares, which includes the lake’s surface, three reserves, and two national parks, Pribaikalsky and Tunkinsky.

      Today, this precious Russian jewel is threatened by the industry around its shores. We can only hope that future generations will be able to come here and enjoy Lake Baikal as much as we do.

                                                     Билет № 4.

Boston, Massachusetts.

    Boston is the 5th largest city in the United States. Only New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston are larger. It is located on the Atlantic Ocean. Boston has always been an important port. The Charles River runs along the north side of the city and separates Boston from another well known city, Cambridge.

    Boston is the capital of Massachusetts.

    If you like sports, you will love Boston. It is home of basketball, baseball and ice-hockey teams. Also, the oldest running race in the United States, the Boston Marathon, is held in Boston each April.

     Boston is also home of one of the best Symphonies in the United States- the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The Boston Ballet is also very good.

    Some of the best known universities are located in Boston. The oldest university in the United States, Harvard University, was founded in 1636. It is located in Cambridge, just across the Charles River from Boston. There is also Boston University, Boston College and many others.

    Boston has many nice parks. The Public Garden has a pond where you can ride on boats in the shape of swans.

    Boston is one of America’s oldest cities. It was founded in 1630.

    Boston was one of the key cities in the years before and during the Revolutionary War. In 1773, to protest a new set of taxes on tea, a group of Americans dressed up like Indians, climbed abroad a ship full of tea and threw it all overboard into Boston Harbor. This was known as the Boston Tea Party.

    You can see many historical sites by following the Freedom Trail. The Freedom Trail is marked by a red brick line that runs through the city streets of Boston connecting 16 historic sites.

   Boston has been the final home of many immigrants to the United States. In the 19th and 20th centuries, many Italian and Irish immigrants moved to Boston. Every year, South Boston hosts the St.Patrick’s Day parade. Today, many other nationalities from such places as Asia, South America and Eastern Europe are also represented in Boston.    

Билет №5.

Oxbridge.

    For seven hundred years two universities dominated British education, and today they dominate more than ever. Oxford and Cambridge preserve an antique way of life in the midst of twentieth century. Oxford and Cambridge have always provided a large number of prominent secretaries (Whitehall civil servants), members of Parliament, and of the vice-chancellors of other universities.

    The students of Oxbridge make up one of the most elite elites in the world. Less than one per cent of Britain’s population go to Oxbridge. B.A. (Oxford) or B.A. (Cambridge) is quite different from an ordinary B.A.                                                                   

    Oxbridge is only in session half the year, and the universities adjourn for four month in the summer- a relic from medieval times, when scholars had to bring in the harvest.

    Only since the 1870s have women been admitted, and the women’s colleges constitute only 12 per cent of the Oxbridge population, so that the competition to reach them is fierce: only a small per cent of the candidates are chosen- mainly on the results of the written examination.

    Oxbridge and Redbrick differ greatly. It is absurd that four fifth of the undergraduates should be made to feel that they are inferior for life. In the civil service, politics and law there has been no visible breach in the supremacy of Oxbridge graduates. The division is essentially a class one. While a large per cent of Oxbridge undergraduates come from public schools, very few of Redbrick do: many public school boys would rather go straight into business, into the services of a foreign universities, than go to a Redbrick university: they prefer no degree to a Redbrick degree.

In England Redbrick has been separated from the beginning. When Oxford and Cambridge were exclusively Anglican, the new Victorian universities were built to provide a liberal education for the poorer boys and dissenters of the provinces and to give technological training. They grew up outside the old aristocratic pattern. Oxford and Cambridge undergraduates scorned them.                                    

Билет №6.

Rainbow of Food.

   Red foods get you moving. They give you that extra boost when you really need it the most. What’s more, eating foods in this group will protect you from many serious illnesses and can keep older people active for longer. So, have you got a big game tonight? Is it your turn to do the gardening? Then go ahead and treat yourself to one or even two of your favourite red foods.

   Orange foods are brain food. They help you keep your mind on things and really improve your powers of concentration. On the physical side, foods like mangoes, oranges and peaches have lots of vitamin C. This is important because that’s the vitamin that helps your body fight off infections. As everyone knows, carrots are also fantastic for your eyesight.

   Yellow foods are nature’s way of helping us to stay happy. They make you more optimistic. Imagine that you’re feeling a bit down in the dumps. Eat a banana and you’ll feel better. Eat a couple of slices of pineapple and you’ll feel a smile coming on and by the time you finish your tall glass of lemonade, you’ll be grinning from ear to ear! What could be easier? Enjoying yellow foods is better for you, emotionally, than hearing the best jokes in the world.  

   Broccoli, lettuce and cucumbers are all green foods. These foods are great when you want to relax, calm yourself down or keep your emotions under control. Green foods are good for you because they contain vitamins and minerals that keep your teeth and bones strong and healthy, so next time your mum tells you to eat your peas don’t complain, just do it. Remember, mums always know what’s best for you, no matter how old you are!

   You’ve had a hard day and now you just want to flop in front of the TV for a bit before you go to bed. The best thing at this time of the day is something blue. Blue foods are soothing, both emotionally and physically, and prepare you for a good night’s rest. Say goodnight with a delicious bowl of blueberries or a handful of tasty raisins.

   Shakespeare, Da Vinci and Picasso must have all been fans of purple foods. This is because fruits and vegetables like figs, prunes and beetroot make people more creative. If that isn’t a good enough reason to eat them, than think about this … purple foods can keep you looking young! Imagine being eighty years old, but looking as if you’re forty and just about to finish writing your second best-selling novel. Bring on the purple foods!

Билет №7.

The Pyramids of Egypt.

   Since ancient times, the pyramids at Giza in Egypt have been one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations. The largest of these, the Great Pyramid of Giza, is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that still survives today. It was the tallest building in the world for almost 5,000 years- that is, until the Eiffel Tower was built in 1889.

   Pharaohs, the first rulers of Egypt, built pyramids to show their power to the people. The first Pharaohs build much simpler tombs called mastabas Ancient Egyptians believed that dead people still needed their bodies and treasures, such as paintings, gold and jewels, for their life and death.

   Many of the pyramids were decorated inside, especially in the room where the dead pharaoh was laid. Archaeologists discovered many pictures in the tombs and mysterious writings on the walls. They were just simple drawings of everyday things we see and hear. The Egyptians believed that the tomb pictures were magical, which is why they painted them inside the pyramids. Many archaeologists believe that the builders first studied the stars to decide which direction the pyramid would face, as Egyptians believed the pharaohs would join the stars after death.

   The city of Giza is on the River Nile. The Nile was also very important in the building of the pyramids as it was used to transport the stones from far away.

   Just to give you an idea of how large the Great Pyramid is- it is the height of a modern 40-storey building, or over 145 meters. It covers an area of land the size of seven city streets. It took about 36,000 workers (mostly slaves and farmers) between 20 and 30 years to build it. This means that for every minute they worked, they added three blocks to the pyramid, each weighing 2.5 tons.

   In conclusion, there is still a great deal of wonder and mystery surrounding the pyramids. No one knows for certain exactly when and how they were built. So far 46 of them have been found in Egypt. However, maybe there are others lying underneath the sand just waiting to be discovered.

Билет №8.

Types of schools.

   There are many types of schools in the world. Some are expensive, private boarding schools, like Rugby School in England where the game of rugby was invented! There are also some specialist schools, like drama schools, dance schools or acrobatic schools in China. It might sound like fun, but, as 13-year-old Zhang Li explains, “Our training starts at 5:30 am. It’s very hard, but these skills will help me when I leave.” There are also a wide range of school subjects at different schools. At Holden High School in the USA, subjects include comic book art, photography, song writing and yoga. At a school in the Annapurna mountains in Nepal, classes don’t start until 10 am because a lot of students have to walk for about an hour to get there. In Japan, it isn’t unusual for students to spend two hours or more getting to school on public transport. “It’s not so bad,” says 15-year-old Keiko from Tokyo. “I sometimes sleep or study on the train, and it’s a great way to catch up with my friends.”

   The average school day in the UK and the US is 6.5 hours for high schools students. Students in Korea and Greece, however, are not so lucky! After school they attend extra classes in private schools. “On a typical day,” says Jie Kim from Seoul, South Korea, “I don’t get home until midnight, but if I don’t study hard, I won’t go into a good university.”

   All schools have rules, but sometimes they are really strict. At Eton College, a very famous boys’ boarding school in England, the students have a smart but very old-fashioned uniform with a long jacket, trousers and a shirt. In Japan, everyone has to participate in cleaning of the school before they go home, whereas at Summerhill School in England, it’s the students who make the rules!

   So, is your school better or worse than schools in other parts of other parts of the world? No matter what your answer is, we shouldn’t forget that 300 million children in the world don’t have any schools to go to. So even if you’d like to change some things about your school, you really are one of the lucky ones!

Билет № 9.

The Weather.

    Do you know what thunder or lightning are? Lightning is a big spark of electricity that travels from the sky down to the earth. Thunder is a big noise you hear after you see lightning in the sky. Have you ever heard the expression, “Lightning never strikes the same place twice”? Well, it’s not exactly true. A man named Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times in 25 years. Many people die the first time they are struck by lightning. More than 200 people are killed by lightning in the United States every year.

    Do you know what the weather will be like tomorrow?  

    The weather is an important part of our lives. It can change what we do and how we feel. Therefore, we often need to know what the weather will be like. Meteorologists are scientists who study the weather 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They try to predict, or forecast the weather.

    How do meteorologists know what the weather will be like tomorrow or next week? Many years ago meteorologist tried to forecast the weather by looking at it. This did not work very well, because weather moves very quickly. Soon meteorologists began drawing maps of the way weather moves. Meteorologists can see a picture of the weather for large areas on a map. Winter snow storms can be 1,000 miles wide! You can only see storms this big on a map.

    Until recently it was difficult to make weather maps, because meteorologists couldn’t get weather reports from all over the country or world fast enough. But today it is not difficult to get these reports quickly, because the whole world works together to make weather maps. There are now weather forecast stations in many places in the world. Meteorologists can send weather reports from one country to another in seconds! Weather satellites, airplanes, ships and balloons help meteorologists. Computers are also used to put storms, temperature and wind direction on the maps, so meteorologists do not have to draw the maps by hand.

Билет №10.

Thanksgiving Day.

    There is one day a year when all Americans stay home with their families and eat a big dinner. This is Thanksgiving Day. The pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day in the fall of 1621. The pilgrims sailed to America from Plymouth, England, in September,1620. They came to America for religious freedom. They were among the first European settlers in America. The name of their ship was the “Mayflower”. They landed at Plymouth Rock, in what is now the state of Massachusetts in December, 1620.

    “At first, the passengers enjoyed good weather at sea. But soon, strong winds and fierce storms developed. Our ship, the “Mayflower”, began to shake and leak. Finally, one of the main beams broke. Some of the passengers and sailors were afraid the ship could not cross the ocean. They wanted to return to England. But others felt confident. “If we do not use all the sails, and if we repair the main beam, we will not sink,” they promised. So everyone put his trust in God, and they all decided to continue. After a long struggle with the sea, the “Mayflower” came to land. What a joy the pilgrims had when they realized where they were!”

    They were people living in America before the pilgrims arrived. These people were the Native American Indians. The Indians began settling in America about 25,000 years ago. They hunted, fished, and farmed to survive. There were many groups, or tribes, and each had its own customs and beliefs.

    The pilgrims’ first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow many crops. Without fresh food, half of the pilgrims died. The following spring the Indians taught the pilgrims how to hunt, fish, plant, and survive in America. The crops did well, and in the fall of 1621 the pilgrims had a great harvest. They were thankful and decided to celebrate with a Thanksgiving feast. They prepared a dinner of turkey, corn, beans and pumpkins. They invited their Indian friends to share this feast.    

Билет № 11.

English in my Life.

    My name is Olga. I am more than 80 years old. I would like to tell you about the great role that English has played in my life.

    In the early 1920s, I happened to come across an English book of stories published in a strange way. The first line was written in English, the second line gave the pronunciation in Russian letters and the third line gave the translation into Russians. It was really fun to read and soon I began to understand simple phrases without looking at the translation and I even learned many of the phrases by heart.

    The results of this language game were very successful. At age of 15, I started working as a cashier at the hotel “Europe” in a seaport, Novorossiysk. At the same time, I was asked to teach elementary English to the crew of an oil-tanker, which was going to England. So, my first English class consisted of a group of lively seamen enjoying their short rest at the sea shore. After some time, they learned about 20 useful sentences and were sure they knew English well.

    After this interesting experience, I decided to become a teacher. I began studying in Leningrad. Then, in 1940, I graduated from Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages. Since that time, I have been teaching, teaching and teaching English to schoolchildren, writers, composers, scientists and even the stuff of the Ministry of Foreign Trade during World War II.

    In the 1960s and 1970s, because of my knowledge of English, I was able to work as an interpreter with different delegations of peace activists from many countries. I interpreted for well-known people from Moscow and all over the country. Believe me that even now after 30 years of fruitful work, many of these people still send me letters and would like to meet again.

    English is becoming a global language. Problems of the 21st century cannot be solved if people do not speak the same language. So, dear boys and girls don’t waste time. Go on studying English each and every day.    

Билет №12.

Learning English the Easy Way

     Learning English is not as difficult as many students think. If you want to make rapid progress you should concentrate on building your “word power” first and on learning grammar second. To build up your “word power” you will have to learn at least ten new words a day. And don’t put off starting until next week. Start today, with the new words in this text, using a vocabulary notebook. Write the English words on one side of the page and the words in your language on the other. But don’t just write down the words-you must spend at least ten minutes a day learning them!

     The best way to do this is to start with the words in your own language and work backwards: cover the English words with a piece of paper and try to remember them by looking at the word in your language. When you have remembered, or “guessed” the English word, move your piece of paper down to see if you were right-or lucky. When you have found ten words that you have difficulty in learning, write them down-with the words in your own language-on a separate piece of paper and spend ten minutes learning them by heart. Keep your “learning lists” but cross out the words in your notebook when you are sure you know them. Then you needn’t check them again. Keep working on the words you don’t know-don’t waste time checking the words you already know.

     Knowing your grammar is, of course, important. The rules of English grammar are (fairly) simple and not as complicated as those of other living languages (not to mention dead ones like Latin or Greek). So concentrate on learning vocabulary-you can’t use your grammar without knowing a lot of words!

    Every day read a few pages of easy English texts and retell what you read aloud. Listen to any spoken English on television, radio, records or cassettes. Play any English games. Create crossword puzzles. Work with a friend and test each other’s abilities. This way you’ll improve your English skills.

Билет № 13.

A Rich Aunt.

    Henry Smith belonged to a good family. His father never forgot to mention the fact. Unfortunately Henry had some troubles with the bank and had to go to Australia. To be there was a torture for a young man, so he was eager to return to England. However, he couldn’t earn enough money to buy a ticket. When his father and brother died, Henry was glad to receive all the family money and return to England. Soon there was no money left. Henry was surprised to have spent the money so quickly, but there was nothing to do. He had two choices- to die or to work. He did not want to do any of that. Then he remembered that he had a rich aunt.

     Henry found her, but the woman was seriously ill and the doctor said it was impossible to cure her. Henry did not want to be left in the hard world alone, so one day when his aunt was feeling better than usual he asked her about her will.

     The old woman told her nephew that she had written a will long ago when she was a young girl. She was very religious and wanted all her money to go to some religious people in China.

     The next day Henry went to the lawyer. He found out that according to the law if his aunt had ever been married, her previous will had lost its value and if there were no new will after her death, all her money were to go to her nearest relative, in other words to him. His aunt probably did not know about it, so Henry thought his future to be safe.

     One day the old lady told Henry to send for her lawyer. She was planning to make a new will. Henry was afraid that his aunt wanted to leave all her money to somebody else. So it was time to act. Henry knew that every night his aunt took some medicine to make her sleep. Henry decided to double the portion. He wanted to put her to sleep forever.

     The aunt took the glass and said:”If I manage to wake up tomorrow, I shall change my will in your favour.” She explained to him that she had never been married, so her first will had not lost her value.  

Билет № 14.

Environment.

    Every year a lot of people around the globe get more and more environmentally concerned. First of all we pay attention that we drink dirty water contaminated by poisonous chemicals, and it harms our health. Then we notice how acid rains damage our hair and it starts going out. The layer of ozone does not protect the earth from harmful radiation any more, as there is a lot of growing ozone holes. Sun radiation causes cancer. Animals die out, because they are killed by men and poisonous environment.

    It is very important for everybody to understand that it is our responsibility to preserve the nature and help the earth to survive. I have a lot of friends who are very environmentally aware.

    My friend Kate is a vegetarian. She does not eat meat, because she is against bad conditions the animals are kept in. Kate never uses any products without a special label “not tested on animals” or “against animal testing”. She thinks it is unfair that animals should die for the sake of creating a better lipstick or shampoo for people. Naturally Kate does not wear any fur and is trying to avoid wearing leather boots as much as he can.

    My other friend Michael is very careful about the way he disposes of trash. He sorts his rubbish carefully and firstly divides it into organic and non-organic. Then he looks at non-organic things, which are glass bottles, tin cans, aluminiums and plastic containers. He washes them carefully and then takes each of them to a special container, so it can be recycled.

    Pete is strongly against cars. He is probably too radical, but he has his point when he says that cars are big air polluters and people should not have as many cars as they do at the moment.

    I respect my friend’ views very much and though I am not that good yet, I am improving and start noticing things. Now I understand that what we do now will preserve the world for our children.

Билет № 15.

Romeo and Juliet.

    In the town of Verona, in Italy there were two families. There was an old quarrel between them. There was a daughter, Juliet, in the Capulet family and a son, Romeo, in the Montague family.

    One day old Capulet made a great supper. Romeo and his friends went there. The young men wore masks on their faces.

    When dancing began, Romeo saw a young and beautiful girl. This was Juliet and Romeo fell in love with her. He came up to the girl and began to speak to her, but Juliet’s cousin, Tybald, recognized Romeo and wanted to fight with him. The fight did not take place because old Capulet did not give Tybald his permission, but Romeo had to leave the house.

    He did not go home, he went into Capulets’ garden. Juliet could not sleep that night, she fell in love with Romeo too. She went up to the window and from there saw Romeo in the garden. They talked about their love and about the quarrel between their families.

     The next day Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet. Juliet went home to wait for her young husband. Romeo went into the town and met his friend Mercutio. In one of the streets they saw Tybald. Romeo did not want to fight, but Tybald attacked Mercutio and killed him. That made Romeo very angry and he fought with Tybald. Soon Tybald was killed too and the prince of Verona decided that Romeo must leave Verona.

    Some days passed and Juliet’s father told her that she must marry a young man whose name was Paris. Juliet did not know what to do. Then she went to Friar Lawrence for help. He listened to the girl and told her to go home and be ready to marry Paris. But the night before her marriage she must drink some medicine which will put her to sleep for forty-two hours. Juliet went home and did as the friar told her. Juliet’s parents thought that she was dead and put her into the family tomb.

    Romeo heard that Juliet was dead and he was very unhappy. He came back to Verona and went to the tomb of Capulets. He looked at Juliet for a long time, kissed her on the lips and drank poison. At that moment Juliet woke up and saw Romeo. But the young man was dead and Juliet killed herself.

Билет № 16.

I have just read how an American library is organized. I wish we had computers in our libraries where all the books could be listed. Of course it will be very convenient. In our libraries we have catalogues where we look for the book by its title and the name of the author. There is nothing to be proud of as far as the organization is concerned. But there is a lot more we can be proud of: they are the books of our world famous and modern writers: Pushkin, Tolstoy, Lermontov, Aitmatov, Tsvetaeva, Bulgakov, Dostoevsky and many others.

     On the whole I like our school library. As far as I know it is one of the best among the school libraries of our city. It’s very important for me. Really a good book is the thing I always take delight in. I have a lot of interesting and useful books at home, but from time to time I go to the library to look for something particularly interesting and thrilling. Of course I don’t care much about books for children because I’ve already grown out of them. Nowadays I often turn to the masterpiece of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Pushkin and some other representatives of the 19th century. Even though I like them very much, sometimes it seems to me a bit boring to read them.

     In every library one has to be ready for a long search to find something worth reading and one day I was very lucky as I came across a wonderful book of poetry. In this book I read about “The Silver Age”, about Akhmatova and Gumilyov who were familiar to me and about Irina Odoevtseva whose poetry and character impressed me greatly. Really she was a unique and original character. Poet George Ivanov wrote about her that her sole was young, she was keen on everything: beautiful dresses, female gossip and romance. She knew how to cheer up and encourage people, was happy and carefree. This book opened a new page of a Russian poetry for me.  

Билет № 17.

A Gin.

    Once a man and his wife went on a holiday to Switzerland.

    They had a great time and on the last day of their stay they decided to play tennis. The wife could not play tennis very well, so her husband kept nagging her about it. He often said that if she was not careful, she would break the window of one of the expensive houses that were standing around. Finally, the wife got very nervous, lost control and by mistake sent the ball straight into the window of one of those expensive houses, standing around. The couple got very scared, but there was nothing to do, so they went to have a look at the damage, they had caused.

    They went into that house and saw a broken window, and a broken bottle on the table. Suddenly there appeared a strange-looking man with a towel on his head. He looked at the husband and saw that he was much afraid, so he said, “Do not be afraid, kind people. I am a powerful Gin and, if you hadn’t broken the bottle, I would have still be kept a prisoner there. If you hadn’t arrived at this place, I would not have been able to see the day light again. I swore to myself that if somebody had freed me, I would have fulfilled three wishes of this man. So now you can have what you want, and each wish will cost you only one thousand dollars.”

    The man started, “I wish I could have all the money in the world.”

    “It is done for you,” replied the Gin.

    “I wish my mother were the Queen of England, so I could inherit the title.”

    “Done.”

    “I wish all the countries chose me the President of the world.”

    “No problem,” said the Gin. The happy family said goodbye and left. As they were passing the broken window, the Gin looked out and shouted to the husband. “Can I just ask you a little question?”-“Please, do,” answered the man.

    “How old are you?-“I am forty-five,” replied the man.

    “And how can you still believe in Gins?”

Билет № 18.

The Tikhonovs and the Weather.

    The Tikhonovs are a typical Russian family. The only thing which is very strange about them is their attitude towards weather. Weather plays an important part in their life, because each member of the family prefers a different type of weather, so it is difficult for the family to agree about a lot of things.

    The mother, Helen, loves it best when it is cold. For her there is nothing like a sunny frosty winter day when there is no wind and ice is sparkling on the branches of the trees. She also loves it when it snows and always wants to go out on days like that. Her love of cold can be explained by the fact that she was born in Siberia and her favourite sport is skiing.

    Her husband Kirill loves autumn best of all. It is neither too hot nor too cold in autumn. The sky is a beautiful shade of blue and the leaves on the trees are pink, yellow, red and orange. The mixture of these colours creates a beautiful picture of autumn. Sometimes it rains, and a cold wind starts blowing, but then it only makes it more pleasant to sit at home and drink hot tea.

    Their daughter Mary likes none of this. She cannot stand cold. The only seasons for her are summer and late spring. Mary enjoys life only when it is warm. She cannot live without heat. Her favourite temperature is anything above 30° Celsium. At heat waves when the sky is cloudless and there is no wind, so everybody hides in the shadow and drinks something cold, Mary lies in the sun and later boasts of a great suntan. The girl also loves spring for its May thunderstorms and showers when the nature is waking up and showing its young beauty.

    This could be all very well, but the problem with the Tikhonovs is that they can never decide when to go out, when to have a family holiday, and weather they should have a picnic or not. Some days are too cold for Mary; others are too hot for her mother, or not bright and interesting enough for her father. So very often they just have to agree that tastes differ and look for some compromise.

Билет № 19.

English Meals.

    I was eighteen when I came to England for the first time. I stayed with an English family, and many things were different from those that I knew and was used to.

    Actually, everything was different- the way people speak, dress, drive their cars and most importantly-eat. I never thought food could be such a torture.

    A modern English breakfast is mostly a help-yourself thing. Those who’d start telling you about bacon, eggs, grilled tomatoes and sausages, when asked about a typical English breakfast, are terribly out of fashion. You may still get such things in a hotel, but that is not something the English themselves have for breakfast.

    In reality you open the fridge and choose something. You will be quite limited in your choice. Basically, you can have a cheese sandwich, some toasts with jam or cornflakes with milk. At least breakfast is not a social event, which means you can have it on your lap while reading a morning newspaper.

    Then comes lunch. A typical English lunch leaves you hungry and consists of a sandwich and some coffee.

    Then comes dinner. It is considered vulgar to have it earlier than 6 or 7 o’clock. In reality the English will have it at around 8. First of all dinner is a social event. Everybody has to be at table in time and stay there until everybody has finished eating. Every movement and gesture is a matter of etiquette. You sit with your napkin on your lap, your back is very straight, you do not reach for anything across the table. Before you can have anything, you offer it to everybody else first. If somebody asks you for salt, you pass both salt and pepper and God save you from passing salt only! It will be considered rude.

    All that I have written here is true, and if you go to England, you will probably agree with me. However, now, having lived in England for a long time, I grew to love every bit of this diet.

Билет № 20.

A Father and His Child.

    That Sunday the visitors of Hide Park who could usually sit on the benches, enjoy the sun and eat their lunch quietly were surprised by a strange man.

    It was a young man with a pram. There was a baby in a pram, and it was crying loudly. So the young man had to make a stop and say softly:

    “You should take it easy, Tom. You should keep calm, Tom. You should control yourself, Tom.”

    Then the young father decided he could walk on, but the baby kept crying. The father had to stop and take a teddy bear out of the bag. He thought that it could help to calm the baby. Again he said softly:

    “You have to take it easy, Tom. You have to keep calm, Tom. You have to control yourself, Tom.”

    The young father started to push the pram again. After a few minutes the child began to cry. It cried louder and louder. The father put his hand into his pocket and took out some chocolate. He gave a piece to the baby and said firmly:

    “You must take it easy, Tom. You must keep calm, Tom. You must control yourself, Tom.”

    The baby did not stop crying. In fact it cried louder and louder. An old lady was watching the father. She came up to him and smiled. She said:

    “You are doing very well, young man. You should always talk to the child in a nice and quiet voice like you are doing now.” Then she looked at the baby, smiled and asked:

    “What is wrong, Tom? Why are you crying?”

    The father looked very surprised and said quickly:

    “I am Tom. The baby’s name is Mark.”

Вопросы к экзаменационным текстам.

              Билет №1.

1. Do you agree that Volga is the national river of Russia?
2. What city stands on a high hill where the Volga meets the Oka River?
3. What can tourists see in Kazan?
4. What city is almost as old as Moscow?
5. Did the travelers like the journey?
6. Have you ever travelled up or down the Volga?

 Билет №2.

1. Why is it important to protect Giant Pandas?
2. When was the first panda born in captivity released into the wild?
3. How can the scientists follow the movements of Xiang Xiang?
4. What has the Chinese government decided?
5. What should people do to protect pandas?
6. Have you ever see pandas?

Билет №3.

1. Where is Lake Baikal situated?
2. How many rivers flow into and outwards Lake Baikal?
3. What is Olkhon island famous for?
4. What can you say about the species of animals and plants discovered in and around Lake Baikal?
5. When was Baikal declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
6. What does it include?

Билет №4.

1. Is Boston the largest city in the United States?
2. What are the most popular sports in Boston?
3. What famous university is located in Boston?
4. Where can you ride on boats in shape of swans?
5. Is Boston one of the oldest cities in the USA?
6. What event was called the Boston Tea Party?

 Билет №5.

1. What universities dominate in British Education today?
2. Oxford and Cambridge have always been provided many prominent secretaries and members of Parliament, haven’t they?
3. Why do Oxford or Cambridge graduates differ from ordinary graduates?
4. When have women been admitted to enter?
5. Why do many boys from public schools prefer to go straight into business than to go to a Redbrick university?
6. What universities were built to provide a liberal education for the poorer boys?

Билет №6.

1. What foods can improve your powers of concentration?
2. Yellow foods make you more optimistic, don’t they?
3. What foods are great when you want to relax?
4.  What foods should you eat before you go to bed?
5. Who must have been fans of purple foods?
6. What is your favourite colour of food?

 Билет №7.

1. What is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that still survives today?
2.  Why did Pharaohs build Pyramids?
3. What did archaeologists discover in the tombs?
4. Why was the Nile very important in the building of the Pyramids?
5. How large is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
6. How many Pyramids have been found in Egypt?

Билет №8.

1. Where was the game rugby invented?
2. Why do classes start at 10 o’clock in Nepal?
3. Is it usual for students to spend two hours or more getting to school in Japan?
4. All schools have strict rules, haven’t they?
5. Why does Kim from Seoul (South Korea) study hard?
6. How many children in the world don’t have any schools to go to?

Билет № 9.

1. What is the man named Roy Sullivan famous for?
2. Why is the weather an important part of our lives?
3. How did meteorologists try to forecast the weather many years ago?
4. Why did meteorologists begin drawing weather maps?
5. Why was it difficult to make weather maps until recently?
6. What do meteorologists use to forecast the weather?

 Билет № 10.

1.     When do all Americans stay at home with their families and eat a big dinner?
2.     Why did the pilgrims sail to America?
3.     What was the name of their ship?
4.     Who was living in America before the pilgrims arrived?
5.     Who taught the pilgrims how to survive in America?
6.     When did the pilgrims decide to celebrate a Thanksgiving Feast?

Билет № 11.

1.     What does Olga tell us in this text about?
2.     What book did Olga happen to come across in the early 1920s?
3.     When did Olga decide to become an English teacher?
4.     What institute did Olga graduate in the 1940?
5.     Why was Olga able to work as an interpreter?
6.     What should people do to solve the problems of the 21st century?

 Билет № 12.

1.     Is it difficult for you to learn English?
2.     What should pupils do to make a rapid progress in learning English?
3.     Are the rules of the English grammar difficult?
4.      Is it useful to read easy English texts and retell them aloud?
5.      Have you ever listened to any spoken English on television or radio?
6.      Do you play any English game with your friends?

Билет № 13.

1.      Why was Henry glad to return to England?
2.      Did Henry want to work?
3.      Why did Henry find his aunt?
4.      What was Henry afraid of?
5.      Why did Henry decide to double the portion of medicine?
6.      What is your attitude towards Henry Smith?

 Билет № 14.

1.      What harms our health?
2.      Why do animals die out?
3.      What is very important for everybody?
4.      What does it mean to be a vegetarian?
5.      What are the biggest air polluters?
6.      Can you say that you are environmentally aware?

                 Билет № 15.

1. What can you say about the story you have just read?
2. Where did Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time?
3. Who attacked and killed Mercutio?
4. What did the Prince of Verona decide?
5. Why did Juliet decide to drink the medicine that put her to sleep?
6. Can such story happen nowadays?

Билет № 16.

1. Is it convenient to have computers in the libraries?
2. What can we be proud of?
3. Do you like your school library?
4. Do you have a lot of interesting and useful books at home?
5. Are you ready for a long search to find anything interesting in your school library?
6. Have you ever read about “The Silver Age”?

 Билет № 17.

1. Where a man and his wife go on a holiday?
2. Why did the wife break the window?
3. Why did the couple get very scared?
4. Whom did they see in the house?
5. Did they really meet a gin?
6. Why did the strange man ask about the age of the husband?

Билет № 18.

1. What is strange about the Tikhonovs?
2. Why is it difficult for the family to agree about a lot of things?
3. How can Helen’s love of cold be explained?
4. What is Kirill’s favourite season?
5. What does Mary love spring for?
6. Why do Tikhonovs often have to look for a compromise?

Билет № 19.

1.     Is a modern English breakfast mostly a help-yourself thing?
2.     What was a typical English breakfast many years ago?
3.     What does a typical English lunch consist of?
4.     What rules should be obeyed on a typical English dinner?
5.     When do the English usually have dinner in reality?
6.     What is considered rude on a typical English dinner?

 Билет № 20.

1.     Where did this story take place?
2.     The baby in a pram was crying loudly, wasn’t it?
3.     Whom did the father calm all the time?
4.      What was the name of the man?
5.      What was the name of the child?
6.      Was the man a good father?

Вопросы к экзаменационным темам.

Билет № 1.

1 What is the number of your school?

2 Is your school big or small?

3 What can you say about your school building?

4 What do you usually do during the breaks?

5 Do you have many friends at school?

6 What do you talk about with your classmates?

                                                        Билет № 2.

1 What kind of professions do you like best of all?

2 What are your parents?

3 What do you want to be?

4 Is it difficult to make a choice of the future profession?

5 The profession of a teacher is difficult, isn’t it?

6 What should be done to help teenagers to find their way in life?

                                                         Билет № 3.

1What do you think about your future profession?

2 What professions do you know?

3What can help us to choose our future profession?

4 What factors can influence your choice?

5 What are the most popular professions?

6 What jobs will you never agree to do? Why not?

                                                           Билет № 4.

1 How do you get information about our world?

2 Do you like to read newspapers and books?

3 How often do you go to the museums?

4 Do you get a lot of information by television?

5 How often do you listen to the radio?

6 Which way of getting information is the best for you?

                                                            Билет № 5.

1 What monuments would you recommend your foreign guests to see?

2 What kind of museums do you like to visit?

3 What do you know about the Moscow Metro?

4 Have you been to the Bolshoi Theatre?

5 What is the highest building in Moscow?

6 Do you like Moscow? Why do you like it?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

                                                                       Билет № 6.

            1 What do you know about Great Britain?

            2 What English holidays do you know?

            3 What can you say about English weather?

            4 What is the name of the Queen of Great Britain?

            5 What is the symbol of the USA?

            6 What do you know about Big Ben?

                                                                       Билет № 7.

             1 What do you know about the first cosmonaut?

             2 Who was the founder of the first Russian university?

             3 What do you think about our democracy?

             4 Our achievements are connected with the outstanding people, aren’t they?

             5 When can we say that he (or she) is an outstanding person?

             6 Can you tell us anything about outstanding people in Russia?

                                                                        Билет № 8.

            1 Have you any books of outstanding poets and writers?

            2 What do you know about A.S.Pushkin?

            3 Who is your favourite English writer?

            4 What plays by William Shakespeare do you know?

            5 What is your favourite play?

                                                                       Билет № 9.

            1 Do you like to celebrate holidays?

            2 What is your favourite holiday?

            3 How do you celebrate holidays in your family?

            4 Do Russian people celebrate the 14th of February?

            5 Do you like this holiday?

            6 Can you draw any greeting cards by yourself?

                                                                         Билет № 10.

            1 Do you have grandparents?

            2 Do you have any other relatives?

            3 Do you have pets?

            4 Do you often go to the theatre?

            5 Have you ever been abroad?

            6 How do you spend your free time?

                                                                       Билет № 11.

            1 Do you like to read books?

            2 What kind of books do you like to read?

            3 Have you a favourite book?

            4 Who is your favourite writer?

            5 How often do you go to the libraries?

            6 Have you been to the State Library in Moscow?

                                                                       Билет № 12.

            1 Have you a favourite TV programme?

            2 Do you get a lot of information by television?

            3 What do you prefer, to watch TV or to go to the cinema?

              4 How many TV channels are there in Moscow?

              5 Is television popular in England?

              6 What programmes do members of your family like to watch?

                                                                         Билет №13.

              1 What is a hobby?

              2 Does your life become more interesting if you have a hobby?

              3 What kind of hobbies do you know?

              4 Have the members of your family hobbies?

              5 What is your hobby?

              6 Will your hobby help you in your future life?

                                                                        Билет № 14.

              1 What is music?

              2 Do you like to listen to music?

              3 What kind of music do you like?

              4 Is it difficult to live without music?

              5 Are there any lessons of music at your school?

              6 What is your favourite song?

                                                                        Билет № 15.

              1 Is sport popular in your country?

              2 What games do you play at school?

              3 What games are popular in Russia?

              4 What British football teams do you know?

              5 Is sport important for your family?

              6 Do you go in for sports?

                                                                        Билет № 16.

              1 Do you like to watch sports events on TV?

              2 What sports do you prefer to watch?

              3 Do you do your morning exercises?

              4 Can you play volley-ball and basketball?

              5 Do you take part in any sport competitions?

              6 Does sport help people to keep in good health?

                                                                        Билет № 17.

              1 How do you take care of your health?

              2 Do your friends take care of their health?

              3 What kind of food is useful for health?

              4 Do you smoke?

              5 What can influence on your health?

              6 What should people do to be healthy?

                                                                    Билет  № 18.

              1 Why do we have to control air and water pollution?

              2 How can people solve ecological problems?

              3 What are the results of the pollution of air, land and water?

              4 Do you love nature?

              5 How can you help to protect the environment?

              6 Why do you think recycling programs are important?

                                                                Билет № 19.

                1 Have you any problems?

                2 What are they?

                3 Are your problems important for you?

                4 Is it possible to solve your problems by yourself?

                5 Do your parents help you to solve your problems?

                6 Can you help your friends to solve their problems?

                                                                 Билет № 20.

                1 Why is it necessary to learn foreign languages?

                2 What language is the most popular in the world?

                3 Where do you learn foreign language?

                4 Who teaches you English?

                5 Is it difficult for you to learn English?

                6 Do you like to learn English?