The second block - practice
Exam cards
CARD #1
LISTENING (7 minutes)
Task 1.Listen to the text T.1 ‘Frederick’s restaurant’and fill up the table
( listening- 2 min., time for filling up the table – 1 min., for checking – 1 min).
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| I’d always wanted to have my own school and it would have been very expensive to do that in England | |||
| Because Frederick’s my father’s name. It’s my second name too. | |||
| We serve traditional European breakfast. | |||
| Trifle is a typical English desert. |
Task 2.Retell the listened text (preparation time – 2 min., for answer – 1 min).
SPEAKING (10 minutes)
Task 1. Discuss the given situation( preparation time – 2 min., for answer – 2 min).
What do you understand by the following proverbs and sayings about money? Do you have similar ones in your language?
- There are some things money can’t buy.
- Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
- Lend your money and lose a friend.
Task 2.Speak on the given topic ( preparation time – 5 min., for answer – 1 min).
Kazakh national sport
READING (9 minutes)
Task 1. Read the text (silent reading - 1 min., aloud- 2 min.).
Make a plan to the text (preparation time - 1 min., for answer- 1 min.).
Kazakh cuisine
Traditional Kazakh cuisine revolves around mutton and horse meat as well as various milk products. For hundreds of years, Kazakhs were herders who raised fat-tailed sheep, Bactrian camels, and horses, relying on these animals for transportation, clothing, and food. The cooking techniques and major ingredients have been strongly influenced by the nation’s nomadic way of life. For example, most cooking techniques are aimed at long-term preservation of food. There is large practice of salting and drying meat so that it will last, and there is a preference for sour milk, as it is easier to save in a nomadic lifestyle.
Meat in various forms has always been the primary ingredient of Kazakh cuisine, and traditional Kazakh cooking is based on boiling. Horse and mutton are the most popular forms of meat and are most often served in large uncut pieces, which have been boiled. Kazakhs cared especially for horses which they intended to slaughter-keeping them separate from other animals and feeding them so much that they often became so fat they had difficulty moving.
Task 2.Translate the 1st paragraph of the text (preparation time - 3 min., for answer- 1 min.).
WRITING (14 minutes)
Task 1.Write an essay to the given topic (preparation time – 13 min., for checking up – 1 min)-60 words.
Famous fashion designers. Do clothes make the man?
CARD #2
LISTENING (7 minutes)
Task 1.Listen to the textT.2 ‘Experience of a referee’and fill up the table
( listening- 2 min., time for filling up the table – 1 min., for checking up – 1 min).
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| I remember some of the Real Madrid-Barcelona matches | |||
| The atmosphere was incredible in the cinema | |||
| During my career there have been many great players, like Johan Cruyff and Diego Maradona | |||
| I was only 20 and I was refereeing a match in a town in Spain and the home team lost |
Task 2.Retell the listened text (preparation time – 2 min., for answer – 1 min).
SPEAKING (10 minutes)
Task 1. Discuss the given situation (preparation time – 2 min., for answer – 2 min).
Some people prefer to marry when they are young, while others prefer to wait until they are older to marry. Discuss the advantages of each position.
Task 2.Speak on the given topic (preparation time – 5 min., for answer – 1 min).
Judging people according to their friends
READING (9 minutes)
Task 1.Read the text(silent reading - 1 min., aloud- 2 min.).
Make a plan to the text ( preparation time - 1 min., for answer- 1 min.).
The history of football
Football or soccer, which is so popular over the world. Dates back to the Middle Ages. At that time it was very different from the game we play today. Any number of players could do part and the matches usually developed into a free-for- all. In its modern form, football is less than two hundred years old. In 1863, the Football Association was set up to help promote the game in Britain.
The game is played on a grass or artificial pitch with a goal net at each end.
The object is to move the ball around the field. With the feet or head, until a player is
in a position to put the ball into the net and score a goal.
Professional football is not only the most popular, spectator sport in the world. Because also more people actually play football themselves than any other team sport. In 1904 FIFA, the world governing body of football was founded. It organizes the World Cup tournament every four years.
Task 2.Translate the 2nd paragraph of the text ( preparation time - 3 min., for answer- 1 min.).
WRITING (14 minutes)
Task 1.Write an essay to the given topic (preparation time – 13 min., for checking up – 1 min)-60 words.
Traditional and modern families
CARD #3
LISTENING (7 minutes)
Task 1.Listen to the text T.3 ‘Injuries on holidays’and fill up the table
( listening- 2 min., time for filling up the table – 1 min., for checking up – 1 min).
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| They were actually on a road and a car came past a minute or two later. | |||
| The woman driving offered to take James to the nearest hotel. | |||
| After a couple of hours, they rang and told me they'd given James an injection | |||
| He was waiting to have a few stitches in the cuts |
Task 2.Retell the listened text ( preparation time – 2 min., for answer – 1 min).
SPEAKING (10 minutes)
Task 1. Discuss the given situation(preparation time – 2 min., for answer – 2 min).
Various lists of the Wonders of the World have been compiled from antiquity to the present day to catalogue of the world's most spectacular natural wonders and manmade structures.
What do you know about Wonders of the World?
Task 2.Speak on the given topic (preparation time – 5 min., for answer – 1 min).
Wedding traditions of your country
READING (9 minutes)
Task 1.Read the text(silent reading - 1 min., aloud- 2 min.).
Make a plan to the text (preparation time - 1 min., for answer- 1 min.).