Английский язык (с ответами). Всероссийская олимпиада школьников в Москве (2022-2023 год)

XXIV Всероссииская олимпиада школьников по англиискому языку

2022-2023 гг. Региональныи этап

Карточка участника

Speaking

Set 2 Student 2

Preparation - 15 minutes

Presentation and questions - 10 minutes

Task 1

MUSIC, THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF THE MUSES, DOES NOT

NEED TO BE TRANSLATED

1. Listen to the presentation of your partner (Set 1: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky).

2. Questions/ Answers: Time: 2- 3 minutes

Ask 2 QUESTIONS about the composer and his music to get ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION not mentioned in the presentation.

Task 2

1. Monologue: Time 2-3 minutes

Your English School Club plans to visit a musical concert and you are to

propose some music pieces of a famous Russian composer to your school mates that

are worth listening to. You have to present the information about the composer and

his music (Set 2: Alexander Borodin) to the fellow students to persuade them to

attend the concert of this composer.

Speak about:

The Composer’s Life

Music Style

Essential Pieces

Cultural Recognition

You can make notes during the preparation time, but YOU ARE NOT

ALLOWED TO READ them during the presentation.

2. Questions/ Answers: Time: 2- 3 minutes

Answer 2 QUESTIONS from your partner, who wants to get ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION not mentioned in your presentation about the composer and his

music from the fact file.

YOUR ANSWERS WILL BE RECORDED

Set 2. Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin

The

• Russian composer, prominent chemist (1833 - 1887)

Composer’s

• Born: St. Petersburg; died: St. Petersburg

Life

• Education: excellent home education with private tutors; 1850 Medical-Surgical Academy in St. Petersburg; 1859 - 1861Advanced scientific study in

western Europe; 1862 taking lessons in compositions from Mily Balakirev

• Career: a chemist; a military hospital surgeon; Professorship of Chemistry at the Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy in St. Petersburg (1862), made early

contributions to organic chemistry; Music was his secondary vocation besides his main career as a chemist and physician, he composed in his free time.

• Married a pianist Ekaterina Protopopova (1863)

• Was a promoter of education in Russia, in 1872 established the School of Medicine for Women in St. Petersburg

Essential

A Romantic composer was one of the prominent 19th-century Russian composers known as "The Five", a group dedicated to producing a uniquely Russian kind

Pieces

of classical music.

Best known for:

• Symphonies

• String Quartets

• The symphonic poem

In the Steppes of Central Asia

• Opera: Prince Igor contains the Polotsian Dances (was completed posthumously, later was adapted into the musical Kismet in 1953)

He died suddenly leaving many of his works incomplete

Music Style

Borodin’s Romantic music combines beautiful melodies, impressive harmonies in traditional Russian harmonic structures.

His recognizable melodies demonstrate perfect technique in composition. Borodin based the thematic structure and instrumental texture of his pieces on strong

lyricism and rich harmonies.

Along with some influences from Western composers, as a member of The Five his music has also a Russian style. His passionate music and unusual harmonies

proved to have a lasting influence on the younger French composers Debussy and Ravel (in homage, the latter composed during 1913 a piano piece entitled "À la

manière de Borodine").

Cultural

• Creative work of Borodin constitutes the pride of the Russian classical music.

Recognition

• It had a huge impact on many generations of Russian and foreign composers (including Glazunov, S. Prokofiev, K. Debussy, M. Ravel and others).

• Borodin's fame outside the Russian Empire was made possible during his lifetime by famous musicians performing his music.

• The evocative characteristics of Borodin's music—specifically In the Steppes of Central Asia, his Symphony No. 2, Prince Igor—made possible the

adaptation of his compositions in the 1953 musical Kismet, by Robert Wright and George Forrest, notably in the songs "Stranger in Paradise", "And This Is

My Beloved" and "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads".

• In 1954, Borodin was posthumously awarded a Tony Award for the show Kismet, based on Borodin’s music

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2022-2023 гг. Региональныи этап

Карточка участника

Speaking

Set 3 Student 1

Preparation - 15 minutes

Presentation and questions - 10 minutes

Task 1

MUSIC, THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF THE MUSES, DOES NOT

NEED TO BE TRANSLATED

1. Monologue: Time 2-3 minutes

Your English School Club plans to visit a musical concert and you are to

propose some music pieces of a famous Russian composer to your school mates that

are worth listening to. You have to present the information about the composer and

his music (Set 3: Aram Khachaturian) to the fellow students to persuade them to

attend the concert of this composer.

Speak about:

The Composer’s Life

Music Style

Essential Pieces

Cultural Recognition

You can make notes during the preparation time, but YOU ARE NOT

ALLOWED TO READ them during the presentation.

2. Questions/ Answers: Time: 2- 3 minutes

Answer 2 QUESTIONS from your partner, who wants to get ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION not mentioned in your presentation about the composer and his

music from the fact file.

Task 2

1. Listen to the presentation of your partner (Set 4: Dmitri Shostakovich).

2. Questions/ Answers: Time: 2- 3 minutes

Ask 2 QUESTIONS about the composer and his music to get ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION not mentioned in the presentation

YOUR ANSWERS WILL BE RECORDED

Set 3. Aram Ilyich Khachaturian

The

• Soviet composer, conductor (1903 - 1978)

Composer’s

• Born: Tiflis; died: Moscow

Life

•

1921: Moved to Moscow

•

Education:1922 - 1927 Gnesin Music School (private composition class with Gnesin), 1929 - 1934 - Moscow Conservatory

•

Career: Professor at the Gnesin Institute and Moscow Conservatory, conductor, the Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers (1957 - 1978), Conducting

appearances in Europe, Latin America, the US with his own concerts (from 1950)

Essential

Best known for composing concert and theatric music:

Pieces

• Ballets: Gayane (with renowned Sabre Dance), Spartacus

•

3 Symphonies ( 1935,1943,1947)

•

Concertos: Piano Concerto, , Violin Concerto, Cello Concerto

•

Anthem of the Armenian Republic

•

25 film scores

His other works include songs, piano pieces, and chamber music.

Music Style

Khachaturian’s Classical and Avant-Garde music styles draw on the melodic and rhythmic vitality of Armenian folk music. He never strayed from a basically diatonic

musical language. His style is characterized by impressive colorful harmonies, captivating rhythms, combining beautiful sensuous melodies, virtuosity, improvisations and

powerful orchestrations. It has been used extensively in popular culture and has been performed by a number of musicians worldwide.

The Piano Concerto and the Violin Concerto in D Minor are truly Romantic works, virtuosic, clear, and unaffectedly expressive, remaining popular and frequently

performed. The popularity the "Sabre Dance" from the ballet Gayane, which made Khachaturian a household name during World War II, is still most widely recognized

and performed all over the world by outstanding musicians. Blending national Armenian vocal and instrumental intonations with contemporary orchestral techniques makes

Khachaturian unique among Soviet composers.

Cultural

• The 20^th century icon and a key figure of Soviet-Armenian pride (His proletariat origins, non-Russian ethnic origins and Soviet training made him a powerful

Recognition

symbol within the Soviet musical establishment of the ideal of a multinational Soviet cultural identity, an identity which the composer enthusiastically embraced

and exploited both at home and abroad.).

• Earned world-wide recognition, is a national treasure, celebrated by the Russian and Armenian people.

• One of the leading composers of the Soviet era alongside Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev.

• Has become known to the wider international public.

• The most renowned Soviet-Armenian composer of the 20th century, and the most famous representative of Soviet-Armenian culture, the "Armenian Tchaikovsky".

• The musical ambassador of Armenian culture (the only Armenian composer to rise to international significance, who is credited for bringing Armenian music

worldwide recognition).

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2022-2023 гг. Региональныи этап

Карточка участника

Speaking

Set 4 Student 2

Preparation - 15 minutes

Presentation and questions - 10 minutes

Task 1

MUSIC, THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF THE MUSES, DOES NOT

NEED TO BE TRANSLATED

1. Listen to the presentation of your partner (Set 3: Aram Khachaturian).

2. Questions/ Answers: Time: 2- 3 minutes

Ask 2 QUESTIONS about the composer and his music to get ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION not mentioned in the presentation.

Task 2

1. Monologue: Time 2-3 minutes

Your English School Club plans to visit a musical concert and you are to

propose some music pieces of a famous Russian composer to your school mates that

are worth listening to. You have to present the information about the composer and

his music (Set 4: Dmitri Shostakovich) to the fellow students to persuade them to

attend the concert of this composer.

Speak about:

The Composer’s Life

Music Style

Essential Pieces

Cultural Recognition

You can make notes during the preparation time, but YOU ARE NOT

ALLOWED TO READ them during the presentation.

2. Questions/ Answers: Time: 2- 3 minutes

Answer 2 QUESTIONS from your partner, who wants to get ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION not mentioned in your presentation about the composer and his

music from the fact file.

YOUR ANSWERS WILL BE RECORDED

Set 4. Dmitri Shostakovich

The

• Soviet composer, pianist (1906 - 1975)

Composer’s

• Born: St. Petersburg; died: Moscow

Life

• Education: Piano lessons at 9, 1919 - 1925 the Petrograd Conservatory (at 13)

•

1943: moved to Moscow

•

Career: 1937 - 1941 the Leningrad Conservatory Professor of composition, 1945 a concert pianist and composer, 1960 - 1968 the Chairman of the Union of

Composers in the Russian Socialist Federative Repudlic

• Performed all over Russia, Europe, the USA

Essential

• Symphonies: The 1st, The 2nd, The 5th, The 7th Symphony (that was performed in besieged Leningrad is the most famous wartime contribution), the 8th

Pieces

‘Stalingrad Symphony’, The 10th, The 13th, The 15th (melodic and retrospective in nature)

• Chamber Music: Second Piano Trio, The 4th String Quartet, The 8th String Quartet

• Operas: The Nose, Lady MacBeth of Mtsenks

• Ballets: The Limpid Stream, Katerina Izmailova

• Concerts: Violin Concerto No.1, Waltz No.2 (Russian Waltz)

• Song cycles: From Jewish Folk Poetry

• Overtures: Festive Overture, opus 96 ( played at Summer Olympics in 1980 and 2004)

Music Style

Shostakovich’s music is distinctively characterized by sharp contrasts, elements of the grotesque, and ambivalent tonality; it was also heavily influenced by the

Neo-Classical style pioneered by Igor Stravinsky, and (especially in his symphonies) by Neoclassicism and the late Romanticism of Gustav Mahler. It is frequently

quite Classical in structure, yet not in a strict sense. It is also highly Romantic in its way of delving deep into emotions, yet it uses frivolity or sarcasm. The extreme

use of parody and irony can be quite striking and modern. Shostakovich's music represents something of a synthesis of elements from different musical periods.

Shostakovich succeeded in forging a musical language of colossal emotional power.

Shostakovitch’s music shows the influence of many composers he admired: Bach, Beethoven, Mahler, Berg, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, as well as Russian church and

folk music. His Avant-Garde style had a deliberate technique to allow him to create patterns of contrast, repetition, exaggeration that gave his music large-scale

structure.

Cultural

• The 20-th century Soviet composer in the tradition of Tchaikovsky, influenced by Stravinsky and Mahler among others. Yet the music is his own, not theirs.

Recognition

• Shostakovich wrote some of the most powerful - and cryptic - music of the 20th century, the wealth of his musical legacy is beyond doubt.

• The music of Shostakovich has never been more widely played or more consistently popular than it is today.

National and international awards:

•

12 Soviet awards, including Lenin Prize (1958 - for the Symphony No. 11 "The Year 1905")

•

United Kingdom: Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society (1966)

•

Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical based on Musorgsky’s Khovanshchina (1959)

Критерии оценивания заданий в разделе «Устная речьª (максимальное количество баллов: 20)

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РЕШЕНИЕ КОММУНИКАТИВНОЙ ЗАДАЧИ

ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ

ЯЗЫКОВОЕ ОФОРМЛЕНИЕ РЕЧИ

РЕЧИ

(максимум 3

балла)

МОНОЛОГ

ДИАЛОГ

Лексическое

Грамматическое

Фонетическое

(6 баллов)

(5 баллов)

оформление речи

(2 балла)

Коммуникативная

задача

полностью выполнена: цель

общения успешно достигнута,

тема раскрыта в заданном

объеме (6 аспектов задания

раскрыты полностью):

Выполнение задания

1-4. В выступлении участника

прокомментированы

все

пункты задания (4 пункта).

В своем выступлении

участник

приводит

требуемую аргументацию.

Стиль презентации

Участник

говорит

свободно, а не читает свое

выступление

по

своим

записям.

Коммуникативная задача

аспектов

задания

по

выполнена не полностью: не

диалогу:

раскрыт 1 аспект задания.

1-2. Участник задает

два

вопроса по теме выступления

для

получения

дополнительной информации,

которая не была озвучена

выступающим

своих

комментариях.

3-4.

Участник дает два

логичных и фактически

правильных

ответа

на

поставленные вопросы.

5. Участник соблюдает нормы

вежливости при ведении

диалога с собеседником.

Коммуникативная задача

Коммуникативная задача по

выполнена не полностью: не

диалогу выполнена не

раскрыты 2 аспекта

полностью: не раскрыт 1

задания.

аспект задания. Участник не

может задать один вопрос или

дать один ответ. ИЛИ задан

вопрос, ответ на который

прозвучал в речи

собеседника. ИЛИ участник

допускает отдельные

фактические ошибки в ответе.

ИЛИ не соблюдаются нормы

вежливости при

взаимодействии с

собеседником.

Коммуникативная задача

Коммуникативная задача по

3 пункта:

выполнена частично: не

диалогу выполнена не

1. Презентация

раскрыты 3 аспекта

полностью: не раскрыты 2

участника логична.

задания.

аспекта задания.

2. В презентации

участника имеются

вступление и

заключение,

соответствующие

теме.

3. Средства

логической связи

используются

правильно.

Коммуникативная задача

Коммуникативная задача по

Не выполнены

Словарный запас

В речи участника

В речи участника нет

выполнена частично не

диалогу выполнена частично:

требования (есть

участника богат,

возможны 1 - 2

фонематических

раскрыты 4 аспекта

не раскрыты 3 аспекта

ошибка/ ошибки) по

разнообразен и адекватен

грамматические

ошибок. В речи

задания.

одному пункту

поставленной задаче. В

ошибки.

участника возможны

организации речи.

речи участника

1 - 2 фонетические

возможны 1 - 2

ошибки. Беглый темп

лексические ошибки.

речи.

Коммуникативная задача

Коммуникативная задача по

Не выполнены

Словарный запас

В речи участника

Речь участника в

выполнена в ограниченном

диалогу выполнена частично:

требования по двум

участника в основном

присутствуют 3 - 4

целом понятна,

объеме: не раскрыты 5

не раскрыты 4 аспекта

пунктам

соответствует

грамматические

участник допускает

аспектов задания.

задания.

организации речи.

поставленной задаче,

ошибки.

отдельные (3 - 4)

однако имеются 3 - 4

фонетические

лексические ошибки.

ошибки. Медленный

темп речи.

Коммуникативная задача не

Коммуникативная задача по

Не выполнены

В речи участника

Понимание речи

выполнена: Отказ от ответа

диалогу не выполнена: Отказ

требования по трем

присутствуют

участника затруднено

или не раскрыты 6

от выполнения задания по

пунктам

многочисленные (5 и

из-за большого

аспектов задания.¹

диалогу или не раскрыты 5

организации речи.

более) лексические

более)

количества

аспектов задания.

ошибки. Словарного

грамматические

фонетических и

запаса не хватает для

ошибки.

фонематических

общения в соответствии

ошибок (5 и более).

с заданием.

¹ При оценке «0ͩ по данному критерию выставляется общая оценка «0ͩ за конкурс устной речи.

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Listening and Reading

Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

LISTENING

Task 1

For items 1-10, listen to part of a radio feature about New York urban legends. Decide

which of the statements (1-10) are True according to the text you hear (A) and which

are False (B). You will hear the text TWICE.

Mythology clarifies the meaning of things that cannot be explained.

A. True

B. False

The speaker mentions that there are five districts of NYC.

A. True

B. False

The speaker says that the Statue of Liberty meets all people arriving in NYC.

A. True

B. False

One treasure lies inside the Statue of Liberty, and the other is hidden under its

feet.

A. True

B. False

Captain William Kidd was interrogated in court and punished for being a

privateer.

A. True

B. False

The Armenian ship was half-full with treasures.

A. True

B. False

You cannot do any excavation works on Liberty Island.

A. True

B. False

The soldiers were banished from the island by a ghost of a dead pirate.

A. True

B. False

The Empire State Building is famous for its art gallery.

A. True

B. False

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10. The broadcast beacon stopped functioning five years after the reported

accidents.

A. True

B. False

Task 2

For items 11-15 listen to the dialogue. Choose the correct answer (A, B or C) to

answer questions 11-15. You will hear the text only ONCE.

11. Bob didn’t reply to the e-mail because he

A. was busy.

B. didn’t get the e-mail.

C. forgot about the e-mail.

12. Vanessa wants to order

A. 50,000 pairs of sunglasses.

B. 15,000 pairs of sunglasses.

C. 5,000 pairs of sunglasses.

13. If Vanessa paid on delivery she could get the sunglasses in

A. September.

B. August.

C. July.

14. Vanessa is able to pay after

A. 30 days.

B. 40 days.

C. 60 days.

15. At the end of the call Vanessa

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A. made a deal.

B. decided to think it over.

C. removed her order.

INTEGRATED LISTENING AND READING

Task 3

Read the text below, then listen to a talk on the same topic. You will notice that some

ideas coincide and some differ in them. Answer questions 16-25 by choosing A if the

idea is expressed in both materials, B if it can be found only in the reading text, C if

it can be found only in the audio-recording, and D if neither of the materials

expresses the idea.

Now you have 15 minutes to read the text.

These days, the word “forensic” conjures up an image of a technician on a

“C.S.I.” episode who delicately retrieves a single hair or a chip of paint from a crime

scene, surmises the unlikeliest facts, and presents them to the authorities as

incontrovertible evidence. If “forensic linguist” brings to mind a verbal specialist who

plucks slivers of meaning from old letters and segments of audiotape before

announcing that the perpetrator is, say, a middle-aged insurance salesman from

Philadelphia, that’s not far from the truth.

James Fitzgerald, a retired F.B.I. forensic linguist, brought the field to

prominence in 1996 with his work in the case of the Unabomber, who had sent a series

of letter bombs to professors over several years. Fitzgerald had successfully urged the

F.B.I. to publish the Unabomber’s “manifesto”—a rambling thirty-five-thousand-word

declaration of the perpetrator’s philosophy. Many people called the Bureau to say they

recognized the writing style. By analyzing syntax, word choice, and other linguistic

patterns, Fitzgerald narrowed down the range of possible authors and finally linked the

manifesto to the writings of Ted Kaczynski, a reclusive former mathematician. For

instance, the bomber’s use of the terms “broad” and “negro,” for women and African-

Americans, enabled Fitzgerald roughly to calculate his age. Both Kaczynski and the

Unabomber also showed a preference for dozens of unusual words and expressions,

such as “chimerical,” “anomic,” and “cool-headed logicians,” as well as the less

familiar version of the cliché “You can’t have your cake and eat it, too.” A judge ruled

that the linguistic evidence was strong enough to prompt him to issue a search warrant

for Kaczynski’s cabin in Montana; what was found there put him in prison for life.

The pioneer of forensic linguistics is widely considered to be Roger Shuy, a

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retired Georgetown University professor and the author of such fundamental textbooks

as “Language Crimes: The Use and Abuse of Language Evidence in the Courtroom.”

Shuy is now eighty-one years old and lives in Montana. When I asked him to describe

the origins of forensic linguistics, he referred me to an Old Testament story. After a

confusing battle with the Ephraimites, the Gileadites were able to identify the enemy

by asking them each to pronounce the Hebrew word “shibboleth.” If they pronounced

the first syllable in the Ephraimic dialect, “sib,” instead of in the Gilead dialect, “shib,”

they were killed. According to the Bible, some forty-two thousand Ephraimites failed

that first linguistic test.

Today, one can study forensic linguistics at several schools. For those earning a

master’s degree, the field offers job prospects also outside the courtroom. Immigration

and Customs Enforcement hires language detectives to assist agents in evaluating

asylum seekers. In such cases, forensic linguists interview applicants to verify that their

accents and their use of idiom and slang match those of the country they claim to have

fled.

Now listen to a talk made by a teacher and then do the tasks (questions 16-25),

comparing the text above and the talk. You will hear the talk TWICE.

16. The word “forensic” is associated with a TV series.

17. Forensic linguists use speech analysis.

18. Forensic linguistics may help identify the race of a criminal.

19. Forensic linguistics wasn’t a well-known field of study until 1996.

20. Ted Kaczynski’s statement contained more than 30, 000 words.

21. There was not only the linguistic evidence which helped the FBI to imprison Ted

Kaczynski.

22. A professor from Georgetown University introduced the new term.

23. There are few graduate programs in forensic linguistics.

24. Ted Kaczynski used the words “You can’t have your cake and eat it, too” multiple

times in his writings.

25. Forensic linguists don’t work in a single field.

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READING

Task 4

Read the text and answer questions 26-40 below.

Celebrities? They are all a bit weird…

Hadley Freeman on 22 years interviewing stars.

I started working at the Guardian in the summer of 2000 - not to write, but to

look after a key. The key to the fashion cupboard, to be precise, I had to (26) … no

clothes for the fashion shoots were stolen.

Nonetheless, soon after I started, section editors asked which celebrities I’d like

to interview. I was flabbergasted to say the least. In fact, as well as being an enthusiast,

I am nosy, and this has occasionally got me into trouble in Britain. In New York City,

where I’m from, it’s pretty much standard for two strangers on the subway to chat about

what prescription meds they’re on, what crazy neighbours they’ve got, about the

district or town they live in. In London, there are people I’ve known for more than 20

years and I wouldn’t dare to ask them if they dye their hair or recently had a job

promotion. However, here, celebrity interviews, I quickly realised, are a context in

which obnoxious nosiness and candor are not just accepted but expected. It still amazes

me that so many celebrities will answer the bluntest of questions about their unhappy

childhood/deepest trauma/ugly divorce in exchange for a mention of their movie in a

newspaper, it’s an undertaking I am repeatedly thrilled to exploit. It has been the rare

week in the past 22 years when I haven’t thought: I can’t believe I’m doing it as a job.

But initially I had some concerns about interviewing famous people for the

Guardian. As I’ve said, I’m an enthusiast, but I wasn’t sure if my tastes would really

gel with Guardian readers. A bigger problem was that I had absolutely no idea what I

was doing, as a glance at the transcript of my first interview for the paper proves. It

was with Simon Amstell and Miquita Oliver, hosts of the Channel 4 show Popworld,

which I adored, and fortunately for me, as well as being my first interview, it was theirs,

too, so the three of us were equally clueless.

Others have been less understanding. When I made the rookie error of turning

up to interview the shoe designer Christian Louboutin in a pair of very (27) … ballet

pumps, he sniffily informed me that if I were a shoe, I’d be “a DM boot”. Robert

Downey Jr was similarly unimpressed and took one look at my less-than-polished

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twentysomething face and expressed amazement that the Guardian had sent “the work

experience girl” to interview him. As a hardwired people pleaser, these kinds of

interactions initially unnerved me. But I soon learned that this gave me inner strength

and helped me slough off my childish people-pleasing ways.

The most common question I get from readers is what the celebrities I’ve

interviewed are like. That’s easy: they’re weird, because wanting to be famous is a

weird thing and living your life as the object instead of a subject is a genuinely

maddening way to exist. Generally, celebrities are very good at being celebrities, such

as George Clooney and Tom Hanks, and many others, who maintain such a

commitment to their brand images that they retain the facade even during interviews.

It must be exhausting to be them - always on - but at least they make being famous

look more fun than most.

It took me a while to let readers know how weird I am. It happened inadvertently,

when the editor sent me to the US to interview Michael J Fox about his new sitcom. I

adored him. I was so overwhelmed by my lifelong (28) … of Marty McFly and my

now deep love for Mr. Fox himself that I let my full enthusiastic nature show in the

article. I was a little trepidatious the night before the article out - would I be laughed

out of the paper?

To my amazement, readers seemed to like the piece. From then on, I went full

tilt with my enthusiasms: I interviewed pretty much all of my childhood idols - Mel

Brooks, Rob Reiner, Ivan Reitman, Frank Oz - and I was delighted by how many

Guardian readers shared my love for them. When I was overcome by Keanu Reeves’s

(29) … and charm to the point I was barely able to ask him a question, Guardian

readers gave me sympathy rather than the snark I expected.

There is now a mentality - popular in some progressive circles - that to give

someone “a platform” (interview them) means you endorse them. But this is only true

if you write puff piece interviews, whereas I like to have what Mrs. Merton used to call

“a heated debate”, or what I call a conversation. I feel free to express my own and at

times very different opinion. So I argued with Jeff Koons in New York about politics

and art, and I argued with Margaret Atwood about gender. PRs, of course, hate this,

because they think a journalist’s job is to transcribe unquestioningly whatever the

celebrity said, but I know that’s not what readers want. It is definitely not what I want

when I read an interview.

As well as writing interviews, I also wrote columns, and as a columnist, the

temptation is to be definitive about an issue, focus on the ringing black and white and

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not the more complicated greys. But people are rarely black and white, which is why

they’re so interesting. Charlie Sheen was a fascinatingly grey interviewee, someone

who had done terrible things, but was smart and surprisingly self-aware and trying to

figure out how to live with HIV. Woody Allen is now widely painted as A Bad Man,

generally by people who have only the most skating knowledge of the accusations

against him. I will always be grateful for the chance to interview him and later his son,

Moses, and for giving me the space to (30) … the allegations. Journalism is about

asking questions and refusing to accept whatever the currently accepted narrative is,

whether it’s about politics or celebrities. It is not about getting likes on Twitter.

Questions 26-30

In some of the paragraphs a word is missing. These words in a DIFFERENT

WORD FORM are listed below:

examine

fan

grub

handsome

sure

DERIVE NEW WORDS from the given words to fill in the gaps 26-30.

Questions 31-35

Are the statements 31-35 true, false or not given? If a statement is true, circle A

on your answer sheet. If it is false, circle B on your answer sheet. If it is not given,

circle C on your answer sheet.

31. Condescending comments from celebrities undermined Hadley’s self-esteem.

32. Americans and Brits share the same opinions about privacy in everyday life.

33. Hadley learnt that her ways of interviewing people were one of a kind.

34. The Guardian readers could relate to what Hadley was writing and the way she

was feeling.

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35. Some of the celebrities initially questioned Hadley Freeman’s abilities of an

interviewer.

Questions 36-40

For questions 36-40 choose one answer A, B, C or D which best fits according to

the text.

36.Hadley Freeman says that when interviewing a celebrity in the UK you should

A) avoid requesting confidential and private information from interviewees;

B) be pushy and straightforward about the questions you ask;

C) make discreet inquiries about traumatic and sensitive issues;

D) be ready to pay the interviewees for the information they share.

37.On getting her first interview task from the Guardian, Hadley

A) put in a lot of time and effort to prepare for it beforehand;

B) studied the transcripts of her potential interlocutors’ earlier interviews;

C) wasn’t sure about what clothes to wear for a celebrity interview;

D) turned out to be an inept and bungling rookie in the field.

38.According to Hadley Freeman, on average being a celebrity means

A) being more self-sufficient and independent in your actions;

B) often having to live up to the image you project to people;

C) adopting common ways to stay close to the general public;

D) regularly searching for good professional interviewers.

39.Hadley Freeman confesses that in her interviews she

A) tends to express a personal, at times divergent opinion;

B) aims at praising and endorsing her interviewees;

C) tries to play devil's advocate to encourage a discussion;

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Use of English

Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Task 1

For items 1 - 10, fill in the gaps in the text choosing the word from the table that

FITS BEST. Choose one word only once. Form NEW WORDS from the words

in the table. Use the correct grammatical form. Use one word for each gap.

Write the correct word on your answer sheet. The first example (0) is done for

you.

Example:

president

classify, court, courage, govern, obey, object, official, other, preside, prime, trust

A Female President?

In 2016, the USA missed out on having its first female (0) … . However, what

most people do not realise is that in the early 20th century one woman single-handedly

assumed the presidential role, in all but name. Although never elected, as the wife of

US President Woodrow Wilson, Edith Wilson secretly governed the entire country for

over a year while her husband was seriously ill.

Upon meeting it was love at first sight between Edith and Woodrow. The

intense, whirlwind (1) … had thrown the couple together in ways that gave Edith more

access to her husband’s work than she might (2) … have had. He (3) … her to sit by

him when he read important documents, some of them highly secret and connected to

the war, and she was sometimes present during discussions with his advisers. But her

(4) … interest was in his health and comfort, and she continued to show little interest

in politics except as the subject related to her husband. Soon she became one of his (5)

… advisors, despite having no political experience, a development with which Wilson's

administrative team were ill at ease to say the least. Despite (6) … , Edith and Woodrow

married and she became engaged in helping the President with his work, (7) … , though

with full access to all kinds of (8)… materials.

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When Woodrow had a stroke, Edith would not contemplate that he should resign

from the role as President and have the Vice President step in. She decided instead to

cover up his illness by taking on his duties in secret. According to her and her personal

physicians, Woodrow was working from his bedroom, and she insisted that all

presidential work come through her, even firing staff members who (9) …. Many at

the time claimed it was clear to see the lack of (10) …, but all things considered, she

didn't do a bad job.

Task 2

For items 11 - 15, match the name of the author to the title of the book. The

book and the author should be related. There are 3 names you do not need to

use.

11.Falling from a Window

A. Roda K. Mul

12.How I Crossed the Desert

B. Amos Quito

13.Money or Life

C. Miss D. Buss

14.Taming Wild Cats

D. Stan Den Deliver

15.Is This Love?

E. Wendy Leeve

F. Eileen Dowt

G. Midas Wellbee

H. Claude Face

Task 3

For items 16-20, match the question and the person. There are 3 names you do

not need to use.

A) Sir Robin Sawyer

B) H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

C) Adm. V.E. Nott R.N. (ret)

D) John Fox O.B.E.

E) Lt. Al J. Woods

F) W.P.C. Lockwood

G) W.G. Smithson Esq.

H) G.L. Cousins M.A.

16. Who has a university degree? - …..

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17. Who has received a knighthood? - …..

18. Who is in the police force? - …..

19. Who has received an honour from the King or Queen? - …..

20. Who is an officer of middle rank in the armed forces? - …..

Task 4

For items 21-30, fill in the gaps with ONE word that suits all the three contexts.

The first example (0) is done for you.

Example:

A) The latest … in the New York Times was not favourable. He felt the moral

was underrated.

B) At the end of your first year at work we will … your salary and give you a

company car.

C) The Queen showed up at a military parade to … her troops.

review

21.

A) Though the movie was widely

… across the country, the sales were a

disappointment for the studio.

B) For a woman to get … in the business world seems to be a tall order in a

predominantly male environment.

C) This website was shut down soon after the Internet provider realized it … extreme

views inciting violence.

22.

A) If this method fails to work, try adopting a more rigid … to your child's upbringing.

B) Just before the plane was about to … the airport, the pilot asked the passengers to

fasten their belts.

C) I do not think shouting and venting your anger on people is the right way to … the

problem. Why don't you have a heart-to-heart talk with them?

23.

A) Each time he grinned showing the girl his … teeth, she became more and more

convinced that she did not want to spend her days looking after an octogenarian.

B) She bought herself a dog, which gave her a … sense of security. It was small and

could not bark loudly.

C) One … move and you will be pushing up the daises. So stay where you are.

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24.

A) When in the pub, Frank usually … up attractive girls sitting at the tables, which

makes his wife see red.

B) I am sorry I am so busy at the moment. I am up to my … in work.

C) You have to be very careful doing business with Kevin. He is a bit fishy. I advise

you to have … in the back of your head.

25.

A) Full of beans? Why don't you … your energy into some sport or hobby?

B) By popular request, the company added a sports … to its offer in order to attract

more TV viewers.

C) The … that connects the lake with the sea lost its importance once the forests had

been logged.

26.

A) You did not have to ask him twice. He … all the information to memory in no time.

B) The tribunal was provided with sufficient evidence that the dictator had … some of

the worst atrocities in human history.

C) A lot of funds have been … to the restoration process in parts of Asia ravaged by

the tsunami.

27.

A) The country prides itself on having the most national parks and … reserves in the

world and has often been given as an example for others to follow.

B) Fiona gave the … away when she began giggling behind his back. This made him

suspicious.

C) In his latest film Rooks attempted to raise his … to another level.

28.

A) Anyway, that is all for now. I have to go to … the post. Do drop me a line soon.

B) Be careful not to lose your bracelet because of that faulty … .

C) Most businessmen work long hours and don't get enough rest during the week, so

when the weekend comes they often … up on sleep.

29.

A) “To operate a computer, first you need to switch on the visual display…”. “What?"

“I mean the monitor.”

B) Their army … guarded the boarder.

C) I would like to have a big storage … in the corner and a double bed opposite the

door.

30.

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A) I am absolutely … the horse will win the race. There's no doubt about it.

B) It came as a shock to her coach when Joan tested … for illegal substance use.

C) The guru stresses the power of … thinking in his lectures, saying it helps to

overcome problems and reduce strain.

Task 5

For items 31 - 40, read the texts and match each description with the name of a

famous person the description refers to, choosing the correct letter from the

box. There are some extra options in the box which you do not need.

31. For more than a decade, this person called Key West home, producing some of

his most famous works and immortalizing what had been a somewhat remote stretch

of land in southern Florida. Today, their estate is a tourist hotspot, providing visitors

with a unique look into the legendary person’s life. When this person arrived there

in 1928, they were immediately enchanted. Located just 90 miles from Cuba, the

region’s welcoming weather and laid-back, permissive atmosphere seemed tailor-

made for this person. Their time in Key West inspired some of their most famous

works. This person helped make Key West famous, and they and the city became

almost impossibly intertwined during their years there. Their Key West home stands

almost frozen in time, a testament to their dramatic and eventful life.

32. This person first visited Brighton in 1783 in their youth. Attracted by the freedom

that the town gave them, away from the repressive austerity of their father’s home,

they made Brighton their second home for nearly forty years. From 1786, they rented

Brighton House, which was then developed into the Marine Pavilion. In 1815, they

employed John Nash to extend the main pavilion using Indian influences. Nash added

the banqueting and music rooms, and transformed the silhouette of the pavilion with a

cacophony of minarets and bulbous, onion-shaped domes. After the Royal

Pavilion was finished in 1821, however, they visited the town at less frequent intervals

as they became annoyed with the ever-increasing crowds.

33. This person lived in Bath from 1801-1806, when England’s high society flocked to

the city for its supposed health benefits - their parents moved the family here to follow

that fashion. They set two of their novels in Bath. Compared to their country

residences, Bath was a vibrant, lively, exciting place. On arrival, the family moved into

a townhouse that they found relatively pleasing. It was well placed outside the crowded

centre of Bath. This may have been why they took to the house positively - it was

outside the chaos of the centre of town, and also next to a park in which they used to

take long walks. Their house today is commemorated by a plaque with the person’s

name on it placed next to the front door.

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34. Torquay is where this legendary person was born on 15th September 1890 and grew

up. This is where they trained as a pharmacist and gained their knowledge of poisons

and here they began to write their first world-famous stories. Even today it is possible

to see much of what inspired their stories. It is incredible to think that they have now

sold in excess of 4 billion books worldwide and their work is constantly being reworked

for modern audiences. Whether you have come to this legendary author's work from

their books, the films or from the many TV series, Torquay is a great place to gain a

better understanding of their two most famous characters.

35. This famous person was born in 1776 in Suffolk, some of the most fertile and

rich farming land in England. Their chosen profession was frowned upon by their

wealthy family so they tried to combine their love of painting with working in the

family business. However, they were eventually allowed by the father to attend the

Royal Academy in 1799. They were well aware of Gainsborough’s work and they

were among the formative influences in their work ‘I fancy I see Gainsborough

under every hedge and hollow tree’ they wrote in 1799 from Ipswich. This artistic

person was noted for their depictions of the sky using their knowledge of cloud

formations.

36. Chartwell House is located in a beautiful region of Kent. It’s incredibly easy to see

why this legendary person fell in love with it. They lived there for many years, skipping

a few during the Second World War and remaining until shortly before their death in

1965. Stepping through the original wooden door from 1923, you’re walking in the

footsteps of one of the UK’s most influential people. There is a collection of their many

hats and military uniforms there. The beamed vaulted ceiling rises high above their

desk in the study, where speeches were written and rehearsed and where they undertook

much of their writing. They didn’t start painting until 1915, when they were in their

40s, they continued painting for a further 50 years and produced over 500 canvases.

The studio contains the most extensive single collection of their artworks.

37. The ancestral home of this famous person, Abbotsford, is a popular tourist

attraction in the Scottish borders. Abbotsford grew from humble beginnings into a

grand, romantic mansion, an icon of 19^th century Baronial architecture. Once their most

cherished possession, Abbotsford is now a museum and shrine to the great person’s

life and work. It was called differently but they immediately renamed it Abbotsford,

after the ford across the Tweed below the house used in former times by the monks of

Melrose Abbey. Amongst the fascinating items they collected is one of the best

examples in the world of the 18th century personal library.

38. In many regards, this legendary person remains an exceedingly complicated

historical figure. On the one hand, their significant civic and architectural achievements

are unmatched in history. We admire the buildings they designed — Monticello (their

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own home), the Virginia State Capitol, and the Rotunda at the University of Virginia.

Yet on the other hand, we need to wrestle with the truth that this controversial person

— as were the majority of the prominent people from the southern colonies, men such

as George Washington, James Madison, and James Monroe — was a slaveholder who

owned more than 600 men, women, and children during the course of their life.

39. This 19th century artistic person is Dorset’s most famous literary legend. Born in

the village of Higher Bockhampton, they lived in the county for much of their life.

Dorset's landscapes were used by them time and again as a backdrop for their tales of

love and tragedy. You can visit their birthplace, the cottage, the modest cob and thatch

woodland dwelling, where they wrote some of their most famous novels. A short walk

to the edge of town will lead you to Max Gate. This was their Victorian townhouse of

their own design and where they spent some 40 years before their death in 1928. They

also entertained celebrities of the day there including Virginia Woolf, Gustav Holst,

H.G. Wells and Rudyard Kipling to name a few.

40. We take evolution so much for granted it’s easy to forget that the person who

worked it out, lived on the outskirts of London in the village of Downe, near Orpington.

They chose a square Georgian house in the pretty village of Downe, within reach of

London, and lived there 40 years. They built so many additions to Down House that it

doubled in size. The downstairs rooms contain much of the original mahogany

furniture, paintings and rugs, plus their library. In this legendary person’s study you

can vividly imagine them working. In this happy atmosphere, they wrote their main

work, which changed thinking and sold out on its first day of publication in 1859.

A. J.M.W. Turner

B. F. Scott Fitzgerald

C. Thomas Hardy

D. Sir Winston Churchill

E. Sir Walter Scott

F. Jane Austen

G. Charles Darwin

H. Ernest Hemingway

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Task

Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

An English language magazine invites young people to participate in a short story

writing competition. The participants are expected to use the following quotation

as an epigraph:

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.

Oscar Wilde

The story must begin with the following sentence:

As he got off the bus, Jamie looked around. There was no one there and he began

to feel a little worried…

and finish in the following way:

He was happy at the idea of making a new start in his life, and a big smile was

seen on his face. He knew the events of the day would change his life forever.

You decide to take part and submit your own short story. Your story must have a

title, a clear storyline, a setting, a description of the main character(s), and

direct speech.

Write 250-300 words (the words in the epigraph and the suggested sentences are

not counted).

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Listening and Reading

KEY

Item #

ensure/ insure

grubby

fandom

handsomeness

reexamine/ re-examine

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Use of English

Keys

COURTSHIP

OTHERWISE

PROMOTED/ WELCOMED/

ACCEPTED

ENCOURAGED/ TRUSTED

APPROACH

PRIMARY/ PRIMAL

FALSE

TRUSTED/ TRUSTWORTHY/ TRUSTY/

EYES

ENTRUSTED

OBJECTIONS

CHANNEL

UNOFFICIALLY

COMMITTED

CLASSIFIED

GAME

DISOBEYED

CATCH

GOVERNANCE/ GOVERNMENT

UNIT

POSITIVE

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балла)

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уверенное

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владение

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сторону увеличения или уменьшения (225 - 330

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пунктуации.

слов).²

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ошибок с точки

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зрения

лексики.

орфографии и

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достаточный для

уместное

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точный выбор слов и

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ошибки (1-2 в

владение лексической

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сочетаемостью.

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необходимый для

ошибки.

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пунктуационные

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сумме).

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трем пунктам данного критерия (есть

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многочисленные

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