Раздел 1. Чтение
Прочитайте тексты и установите соответствия между текстами A-D и заголовками 1-5. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании есть одно лишний зоголовок.
Manchester is a Big International Port.
Manchester is a Student City.
Manchester is a Big Modern City.
Manchester is a Great City for Sport.
Manchester is a City for Entertainment.
A Manchester is the third largest city in England. More than 500,000 people live there. The city has an international airport. It is the third largest in the UK. It welcomes 20 million people every year. The city has got a modern on-street transport system, the Metrolink. Manchester communicates with the world with two TV stations and six radio stations.
B Manchester has more than 12,000 sports clubs. Ten million people play or watch sport there, more than in any other city of Britain. Manchester United, the wold’s most famous football club, has more international fans than any other club.
C Young people think that Manchester is the centre for music, fashion and style. There are two symphony orchestras, more than fifty museums and galleries. Two million people visit Manchester’s museums and galleries a year. There are a lot of other attractions with something for everyone.
D Manchester is one of the UK’s most popular university cities. The city has taught the world for many years. More than twenty Nobel Prize winners came from Manchester.
Раздел 2. Грамматика и лексика
1.Прочитайте текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные в скобках, так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски 1-8 полученными словами.
In the 16th century, Hyde Park (1) (be) a wild park. In 1637, it (2) (become) a public park. Since 1968, there (3) (be) free concerts in the park. In 1991 L.Pavarotti (4) (give) a big summer concert in the park. About 100,000 people (5) (come) to the park soon. On July 7th, they (6)(watch) a big pop concert. Now the park (7) (be) popular with Londoners and tourists. They (8)(like) the park.
2. Прочитайте текст. Выберите из слов, напечатанных в скобках, те, которые грамматически и лексически соответствуют содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски 9-14 выбранными словами.
Thorpe park is one of the largest and finest theme parks in the world. When it opened in 1979, people could watch a huge (9)(collect/collection) of miniature models from famous places on earth, such as the Eiffel Tower, the Pyramid of Cheops. The Tower of London and others there. They could also see an (10)(exhibit/exhibition) of boats of the era of the Vikings and take water rides on lakes around the park. Now it is the second largest (11)(amuse/amusement) park in the UK with over 25 rides and attractions. There is fun and (12)(entertain/entertainment) for people of all ages. Also there are fantastic Halloween (13)(perform/performances) in October every year in the park. In 2013, the park had about 2 million (14)(visits/visitors).
I.
1. Mary had not finished her dinner when her husband came.
2. The girls were frightened because they had not been on a plane before.
3. The boys had finished doing their homework by eight o'clock.
4. Tom (return) home before the storm broke out.
5. When she got to the garage, the mechanic had not repaired her car.
II.
1. Stephan had been looking for a job for half a year when he found one.
2. Reynolds had been working as a driver for thirty years when he retired.
3. Had you been waiting long when the boss announced that he couldn't see you?
4. We had been sunbathing for two hours when it started to rain.
5. Liza had been painting the walls all day before she finished them.
6. I had been living in Ukraine for five years when I met my wife.
7. They had been watching TV for a quarter of an hour when the door bell rang.
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