английский11 класс
Task I
Reading
Read the text and choose the
best answer (a, b, c or d) to the questions that follow.
A FISH OUT OF WATER
A week earlier I had no idea
that the following Friday morning I’d be about to present my screenplay for a
film to my favourite film director, George Slater. Sitting alone in the waiting room outside his
office, watching the carp safe in their aquarium playfully chasing each other’s
tails, I could hardly believe where I was.
I wish I could say I was loving every minute of it. This was one fish who was definitely out of
water.
How did I find myself in that
situation? Well, it all started when my
friend Steve asked me if I’d like to earn some extra cash helping to serve
drinks at a party. He neglected to tell
me that the party was to be at Mr Slater’s house, so I said no. On the night of the party, Steve phoned me up
again, saying that one of the guys had got ill and they were desperate. He begged me to help him out and since I was
getting nowhere with the screenplay I was trying to write, I agreed.
Two hours later I found myself
sitting in movie director George Slater’s kitchen telling Mr Slater himself
about the screenplay I had ‘just finished.’
He said he liked the basic idea but that he was not sure who it was
aimed at or whether it would work.
Although he gave me some good suggestions, I went back to serving drinks
feeling disappointed.
The following day, I got a phone call from Mr Slater. At first I thought it was a friend pretending
to be him, so I hung up. When he called
back, I immediately realised my mistake and couldn’t stop apologising. Mr Slater said he had had second thoughts and
would like to read my screenplay. He had
got my number from Steve and he gave me one week to ‘put the final touches to
it.’
From that moment until the
next Friday morning I hardly slept at all.
Sitting in the waiting room, watching the carp watching me, all my
doubts about the screenplay came flooding back and I wondered whether I would
not have been better off if I had actually been able to write on the night of
Mr Slater’s party.
(1) What is the writer trying to do in this
text?
a) show how to get a screenplay accepted.
b) describe a chance meeting.
c) criticise the film-making industry.
d) explain how lucky he had been.
(2) How did the writer feel while he was
waiting?
a) playful
b) happy
c) uncomfortable
d) impatient
(3) Why did the writer not accept his
friend’s first request?
a) He did not know whose party it was.
b) Steve owed him some money.
c) He was too busy working.
d) He wasn’t feeling well.
(4) How did the writer feel when he got the
second phone call from Mr Slater?
a) Guilty for having lied about finishing the screenplay.
b) Embarrassed for not recognising his voice.
c) Worried about finishing the screenplay.
d) Angry with Steve.
(5) What kind of person does the writer seem
to be?
a) lazy
b) anxious
c) suspicious
d) confident
Task II English in use
1.Error
correction.
In
most lines of the following text, there is one wrong word. It is either grammatically incorrect or it doesn't fit in
with the sense of the text. For each numbered line 1-13, write the wrong word
in the space. Some lines are
correct. Indicate these with a tick (v). The exercise begins with two examples.
0 Saints are person believed to be connected in a
special
person
00 manner with what
is viewed as sacred reality-gods, spiritual V
1 powers, mythical
realms, and other aspects of the sacred or _______
2 holy. The existence of such
persons has been a widespread
________
3
phenomens throughout the religions of the world. The
religious ________
4
person may have been various
relationships with the sacred: as seer,
________
5
prophet, saviour, monk, nun,
priest, priestess, or another such ________
6
personage. In the case of each
of these, however, a specific
________
7 kind of
relationship to a holy is involved. Seers, for example, ________
8
have a inspirational vision of
the future; prophets proclaim ________
9
a revelation; saviours are entrusted with effecting
redemption, ________
10 liberation, or
other salvatory conditions; monks and nuns lead ________
11 religious live in accordance with
ascetic regulations that they ________
12
generally observe as long as they live. Every one of
these ________
13 religious personages may simultaneously
being a saint. ________
2. For questions 1-16, read the
text below and decide which answers А, В, С or D best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Hospice
Hospice is a 0) a or hospital established to 1)... the physical and emotional suffering of the dying. The 2)...
life-prolonging measures routinely taken in intensive-care 3)... often only
increased the discomfort and 4)... of terminally ill patients and
5)... them of the opportunity to die in a
6)... and dignified fashion. In response to the absence in the medical 7)... of provisions for the supportive 8)... of
this class of patients, the modern hospice was developed. The hospice
9)... as a sympathetic and reassuring
10)... dedicated to making the last days of the dying as pleasant as
possible. The 11)... of physical pain is the first priority, and analgesics,
tranquilizers, and physical therapy are used to alleviate physical 12)....
Hospices emphasize the prevention, rather than the mere control, of pain
through 13)... monitoring and by the tailoring of drugs and their dosages to patients' 14)... needs. Patients in
hospices receive moral 15)... from loved ones as well as the staff itself, and
a variety of 16)... are used to further their emotional and spiritual
well-being.
3. Read the sentences below and decide which answer А, В, С or D nest fits each blank.
l. At the station
they are usually met by a man from the travel bureau...?
A. are they
B. isn't they
C. are they not
D. aren't they
2. Now he seemed half as ... as he used to be before his
illness.
A. strong
B. stronger
С strongly
D. the strongest
3. At last we found ... in a big room with large windows.
A. our self
B. our own
C. ourself
D. ourselves
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