Письменная часть ЕГЭ-2024

1.  Вы услышите 6 высказываний. Установите соответствие между высказываниями каждого говорящего A–F и утверждениями, данными в списке 1–7. Используйте каждое утверждение, обозначенное соответствующей цифрой, только один раз. В задании есть одно лишнее утверждение. Вы услышите запись дважды.

1.  The speaker was glad when she/he was given more serious work to do.

2.  The speaker learned nothing important at work.

3.  The speaker did not want to take any responsibility.

4.  The speaker didn’t mind doing a lot of things during work practice.

5.  The speaker wants to do the same kind of work in the future.

6.  The speaker has a different idea of the profession after completing the practice.

7.  The speaker felt rather nervous before starting work.

2. Вы услышите диалог. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений А–G соответствуют содержанию текста (1 – True), какие не соответствуют (2 – False) и о чём в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3 – Not stated). Занесите номер выбранного Вами варианта ответа в таблицу. Вы услышите запись дважды.

A)  Lucy wasn’t at school for several days.

B)  Lucy felt bad because of overeating.

C)  Lucy’s mother is a doctor.

D)  Peter did exercises with the map of the UK.

E)  Peter is not afraid of the test.

F)  Peter offers his notes to Lucy.

G)  Lucy and Peter are going to review for the test later.

Запишите в ответ цифры, расположив их в порядке, соответствующем буквам:

3.Вы услышите репортаж дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

Crispin thinks that his first name

1)  is better than Spin.

2)  sounds awful.

3)  should be Darrell.

4.  Вы услышите репортаж дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

By saying universities ‘give me the creeps’ Crispin means that universities

1)  give him nothing useful for real life.

2)  make him study hard for the exams.

3)  cause a feeling of anxiety in him.

5.  Вы услышите репортаж дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

When speaking about himself at the age of 18 Crispin admits that he

1)  worried about the secret parties in his house.

2)  was somewhat interested in communism.

3)  was going to join the Communist Party.

6.  Вы услышите репортаж дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

Crispin is happy because this year

1)  the band’s music has changed a bit.

2)  his band are going to star in a new Hollywood film.

3)  new people have joined the band.

7. Вы услышите репортаж дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

When writing songs Crispin

1)  is inspired by childhood memories.

2)  usually stays at his parents’ house.

3)  needs to be all alone to succeed.

8.  Вы услышите репортаж дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

Crispin decided to sell his first house and buy a new one because

1)  he was tired of being the centre of attention in his neighbourhood.

2)  the main road near the house made the place too noisy.

3)  the new house was a good way of investing money.

9.  Вы услышите репортаж дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

Crispin thinks music fans are being reasonable when they

1)  call bad music rubbish.

2)  avoid listening to music which causes health problems.

3)  express their negative feelings openly and honestly.

10.  Установите соответствие между заголовками 1–8 и текстами A–G. Запишите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании есть один лишний заголовок.

1.   The House of Commons

2.   Parliamentary Procedure

3.   The House of Lords

4.   Westminster

5.   The System of Government

6.   Parliamentary Committees

7.   Whitehall

8.   The Crown

A. Her Majesty’s Government, in spite of its name, derives its authority and power from its party representation in Parliament. Parliament is housed in the Palace of Westminster, once a home of the monarchy. Like the monarchy, Parliament is an ancient institution, dating from the middle of the thirteenth century. Parliament is the seat of British democracy, but it is perhaps valuable to remember that while the House of Lords was created in order to provide a council of the nobility for the king, the Commons were summoned originally in order to provide the king with money.

B. The reigning monarch is not only head of state but symbol of the unity of the nation. The monarchy is Britain’s oldest secular institution, its continuity for over a thousand years broken only once by a republic that lasted a mere eleven years (1649-60). The monarchy is hereditary, the succession passing automatically to the oldest male child, or in the absence of males to the oldest female offspring of the monarch. In law the monarch is head of the executive and of the judiciary, head of the Church of England, and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

C. The dynamic power of Parliament lies in its lower chamber. Of its 650 members, 523 represent constituencies in England, 38 in Wales, 72 in Scotland and 17 in Northern Ireland. There are only seats in the Commons debating chamber for 370 members, but except on matters of great interest, it is unusual for all members to be present at any one time. Many MPs find themselves in other rooms of the Commons, participating in a variety of committees and meetings necessary for an effective parliamentary process.

D. Britain is a democracy, yet its people are not, as one might expect in a democracy, constitutionally in control of the state. The constitutional situation is an apparently contradictory one. As a result of a historical process the people of Britain are subjects of the Crown, accepting the Queen as the head of the state. Yet even the Queen is not sovereign in any substantial sense since she receives her authority from Parliament, and is subject to its direction in almost all matters. This curious situation came about as a result of a long struggle for power between the Crown and Parliament during the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries.

E. Her Majesty’s Government governs in the name of the Queen, and its hub, Downing Street, lies in Whitehall, a short walk from Parliament. Following a general election, the Queen invites the leader of the majority party represented in the Commons, to form a government on her behalf. Government ministers are invariably members of the House of Commons, but infrequently members of the House of Lords are appointed. All government members continue to represent “constituencies” which elected them.

F. Each parliamentary session begins with the “State Opening of Parliament”, a ceremonial occasion in which the Queen proceeds from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster where she delivers the Queen’s Speech from her throne in the House of Lords. Her speech is drafted by her government, and describes what the government intends to implement during the forthcoming session. Leading members of the Commons may hear the speech from the far end of the chamber, but are not allowed to enter the House of Lords.

G. The upper chamber of Parliament is not democratic in any sense at all. It consists of four categories of peer. The majority are hereditary peers, a total of almost 800, but of whom only about half take an active interest in the affairs of the state. A smaller number, between 350 and 400, are “life” peers – an idea introduced in 1958 to elevate to the peerage certain people who rendered political or public service to the nation. The purpose was not only to honour but also to enhance the quality of business done in the Lords.

11.  Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу.

Australia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1.  that once stood here

2.  that is almost continent long

3.  whose property is situated to the north of Tasmania

4.  whose landscape  — much of bleak and inhospitable

5.  whose beauty reminds of the MacDonald Ranges

6.  Although its annual rainfall looks adequate on paper

7.  Although there is still seismic activity in the eastern highland area

12.  The narrator was afraid to enter the hairdresser’s because she

1)  had spilt coffee on her white trousers.

2)  doubted the qualification of local stylists.

3)  was strangely self-conscious.

4)  was pressed for time.

Avoidance activity

I am in Birmingham, sitting in a cafe opposite a hairdresser’s. I’m trying to find the courage to go in and book an appointment. I’ve been here three quarters of an hour and I am on my second large cappuccino. The table I’m sitting at has a wobble, so I’ve spilt some of the first cup and most of the second down the white trousers I was so proud of as I swanked in front of the mirror in my hotel room this morning.

I can see the hairdressers or stylists as they prefer to be called, as they work. There is a man with a ponytail who is perambulating around the salon, stopping now and then to frown and grab a bank of customer’s hair. There are two girl stylists: one has had her white blonde hair shaved and then allowed it explode into hundreds of hedgehog’s quills; the other has hair any self-respecting woman would scalp for: thick and lustrous. All three are dressed in severe black. Even undertakers allow themselves to wear a little white on the neck and cuffs, but undertakers don’t take their work half as seriously, and there lies the problem. I am afraid of hairdressers.

When I sit in front of the salon mirror stuttering and blushing, and saying that I don’t know what I want, I know I am the client from hell. Nobody is going to win Stylist of the year with me as a model.

‘Madam’s hair is very th ...’,they begin to say ‘thin’, think better of it and change it for ‘fine’  — ultimately, coming out with the hybrid word ‘thine’. I have been told my hair is ‘thine’ many times. Are they taught to use it at college? Along with other conversational openings, depending on the season: ‘Done your Christmas shopping?’ ‘Going away for Easter?’ ‘Booked your summer holiday?’ ‘You are brown, been way?’ ‘Nights are drawing in, aren’t they?’ ‘Going away for Christmas?’

I am hopeless at small talk (and big talk). I’m also averse to looking at my face in a mirror for an hour and a half. I behave as though I am a prisoner on the run.

I’ve looked at wigs in stores, but I am too shy to try them on, and I still remember the horror of watching a bewigged man jump into a swimming pool and then seeing what looked like a medium sized rodent break the surface and float on the water. He snatched at his wig, thrust it anyhow on top of his head and left the pool. I didn’t see him for the rest of the holiday.

There is a behavior trait that a lot of writers share  — it is called avoidance activity. They will do anything to avoid starting to write: clean a drain, phone their mentally confused uncle in Peru, change the cat’s litter tray. I’m prone to this myself, in summer I deadhead flowers, even lobelia. In winter I’ll keep a fire going stick by stick, anything to put off the moment of scratching marks on virgin paper.

I am indulging an avoidance activity now. I’ve just ordered another cappuccino, I’ve given myself a sever talking: For God’s sake, woman! You are forty-seven years of age. Just cross the road, push the salon door open, and ask for an appointment!

It didn’t work. I’m now in my room, and I have just given myself a do-it-yourself hairdo, which consisted of a shampoo, condition and trim, with scissors on my Swiss army knife.

I can’t wait to get back to the Toni & Guy salon in Leicester. The staff there haven’t once called my hair ‘thine’ and they can do wonders with the savagery caused by Swiss army knife scissors.

13. Watching the stylists, the narrator concluded that they

1)  were too impulsive.

2)  had hair anyone would envy.

3)  had strange hair-does themselves.

4)  attached too much importance to their ‘craft’.

14.  The narrator calls herself ‘the client from hell’ mainly because she 

1)  doesn’t like to look at herself in the mirror.

2)  never knows what she wants.

3)  is too impatient to sit still.

4)  is too demanding.

15.  The narrator doesn’t like stylists as they

1)  are too predictable in their conversation.

2)  have once suggested that she should try a wig.

3)  are too insensitive to clients wishes.

4)  are too talkative.

16.  According to the narrator the avoidance activity is

1)  common to all writers.

2)  mostly performed in winter.

3)  talking to oneself.

4)  a trick to postpone the beginning of work.

17.  The narrator finally

1)  talked herself into going and fixing an appointment.

2)  got her hair done at a hotel.

3)  cut her hair after shampooing it.

4)  spoilt her hair completely.

18.  The last paragraph means that the Toni & Guy salon in Leicester is the

1)  only hairdresser’s she has ever risked going to.

2)  salon she trusts and is not afraid to go to.

3)  place where she is a special client.

4)  the first place she has ever tried.

The ‘All Blacks’

 19.  Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово PLAY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Rugby is the most popular sport in New Zealand. The country even has a Rugby Museum. The game ______ there as early as the 1860s.

20.  Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CALL так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The game spread quickly. Soon New Zealand’s national team appeared. It ______ the “All Blacks” and not because of the colour of the players’ skin.

21.  Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово MAN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

They got their name because all the ______ in the team wore black shorts, shirts, socks and shoes when they play rugby.

22.  Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово ONE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In 1884 they went to New South Wales, Australia to play and won eight games! It was the ______ international competition for them.

23.  Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT MEAN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Before a rugby match, the “All Blacks” dance a special Maori war dance. The Maories are the New Zealand aborigines. It ______ that all the players in the team are Maori but they all perform the dance.

24.  Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LIVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Today the most popular player is Jonah Lomu. He is a ______ legend of New Zealand rugby.

25.  Образуйте от слова APPRENTICE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Repin

Ilya Yefimovich Repin was born in Kharkov, Ukraine in 1844. Aged 22, after an ______ that covered icon painting and portraiture, he was admitted as a student to the Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg.

26.  Образуйте от слова FRANCE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

For more than 3 years, supported by the Academy, Repin lived in Italy and France where he was exposed to ______ Impressionist painting. This influenced his use of light and colour but he never became an impressionist.

27.  Образуйте от слова PSYCHOLOGY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Instead he developed "a realist" style of painting. His works often revealed great ______ depth and exposed tensions within the existing social and political order. In his old age he was celebrated within the USSR.

28.  Образуйте от слова COURAGE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The fact that in the Soviet Union he was eventually identified with the school of “Socialist Realism” may have harmed his reputation in the West. This is a pity because western prejudice may have ______ many art lovers from looking closely at Repin’s work.

29.  Образуйте от слова AMBITION однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The fact is that Repin painted some of the most exciting, original and ______ paintings of his age. “Party”, “They Did Not Expect Him” and “Reply of the Zaporochian Cossacks” are just a few of his many masterpieces.

Margaret

Old Margaret was just the kind of cook that we wanted. Lots of cooks can do rich to cook simple, everyday dishes dishes well. Margaret couldn’t. But she 30 ______ in a way that made our mouths water. Her apple-pies were the best pies I’ve ever tasted.

But to 31 ______ the truth, even Margaret sometimes miscalculated. A large, royal-looking steak would be set before Father, which, upon being cut into, would turn 32 ______ to be underdone. Father’s face would darken with disappointment. He would raise his foot and stamp slowly and heavily three times on the rug.

At this solemn 33 ______ , we would hear Margaret leave the kitchen below us and come up the stairs to the dining-room door.

“Margaret, look at the steak.”

Margaret would peer with a shocked look at the platter. She would then seize the platter and make off with it.

Father and Margaret were united by the intense interest they both took in cooking. Each understood the other instinctively. I have to 34 ______ that they had a complete fellow-feeling. Mother’s great interest was in babies. She loved her children and her happiness depended 35 ______ them. She wanted to keep Father pleased somehow, and if it was too difficult or impossible she didn’t always care about even that.

At table it was Father who carved the fowl, or sliced the roast lamb or beef. I liked to 36 ______ him take the knife and go at it. And usually the cooking had been as superb as the carving. Sometimes it was so perfect that Father would summon Margaret and say in a low voice, “You are a good cook”.

30.  Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  held

2)  took

3)  kept

4)  used

31.  Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  talk

2)  tell

3)  say

4)  speak

32.  Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  into

2)  of

3)  out

4)  over

33.  Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  gesture

2)  agree

3)  movement

4)  signal

34.  Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  admit

2)  on

3)  accept

4)  adopt

35.  Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  at

2)  on

3)  of

4)  in

36.  Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  look

2)  see

3)  watch

4)  gaze

37. You have received an email message from your New Zealand pen-friend Sheila:

Write an email to Sheila. In your message answer his questions, ask 3 questions about her favourite books. Write 100—140 words. Remember the rules of email writing. You have 20 minutes to do this task.

38.  Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных заданий (38.1 или 38.2). Укажите его номер и выполните согласно данному плану. В ответе на задание 38 числительные пишите цифрами.

38.1 Imagine that you are doing a project on the most popular disciplines of humanities among students in Zetland. You have collected some data on the subject  — the results of the opinion polls (see the table below).

Comment on the data in the table and give your personal opinion on the subject of the project.

Write 200−250 words. Use the following plan:

— make an opening statement on the subject of the project;

— select and report 2−3 facts;

— make 1−2 comparisons where relevant and give your comments;

— outline the problem that can arise with studying humanities and suggest a way of solving it;

— conclude by giving and explaining your opinion on the importance of studying humanities for students in Zetland.

38.2 Imagine that you are doing a project on where people usually buy clothes and shoes in Zetland. You have found some data on the subject  — the results оf the opinion polls (see the pie chart below).

Comment on the data in the diagram and give your personal opinion on the subject of the project.

Where do people usually buy clothes and shoes in Zetland?

Write 200−250 words. Use the following plan:

— make an opening statement on the subject of the project;

— select and report 2−3 facts;

— make 1−2 comparisons where relevant and give your comments;

— outline the problem that one can face buying clothes and shoes and suggest a way of solving it;

— conclude by giving and explaining your opinion on the market places in Zetland.