List the advantages of a camping holiday

Charles Dickens once said ,"There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts". Could you agree with his remark? Why?

Write a definition to the word. You may use any definition structure:
a bag

Give no less than five reasons to support the statement:
Chance can play a role in scientific discoveries.

Give the Russian equivalent to the English word combination:
the marker of contrast

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Билет № 25

Over a century ago, the novelist Anthony Trollop listed the sports “essentially dear to the English nature”. These included hunting, shooting, rowing and horse racing. He was, of course, referring to the ‘gentleman class’, which through the public school system established football, rugby and cricket as national games. But hunting, rowing and horse racing, because of the expense involved, have remained primarily upper-class pastimes. Attendance at Henley Regatta, the high point of the rowing season, and Royal Ascot, for horse racing, remain the pinnacles of the upper class summer season.
1. Write out an example of cause / effect relationship and underline the marker of cause / effect.
2. Fill in the table with the data from the paragraph.

3. Note-taking.
a. List the most popular sports in Britain in the XIX century.
b. List the sports (included in 3a) which are still popular among the upper-class.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Use reasons and specific examples to support your opinion. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

Psychologists have succeeded in undermining parents’ confidence in their own authority which has had numerous consequences. In addition to the great modern classics on child care, there are countless articles in magazines and newspapers. With so much unsolicited advice flying about, mum and dad just don’t know what to do any more. In the end, they do nothing at all. So, from early childhood, the kids are in charge and parents lives are regulated according to the needs of their offspring. When the little dears develop into teenagers, they take complete control. Law authority over the years makes adolescent rebellion against parents all the more violent. If the young people are going to have a party, for instance, parents are asked to leave the house. Their presence merely spoils the fun. What else can the poor parents do but obey?
1. Identify the topic and controlling idea.
2. Which function does the underling part of the text perform? Identify the marker of the type of relationship concerned.
3. Find and write out an example of addition underline the marker of addition.

Judging from your experience as a learner, how important is the encouraging tone of the examiner? What kind of atmosphere is /un/desirable for the examination room?

Write a definition to the word. You may use any definition structure:
a kitchen

Give no less than five reasons to support the statement:
A university education should be available for all students.

Give the Russian equivalent to the English word combination:
a topic sentence

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Билет № 26

The legal system for England and Wales (there are separate ones for Scotland and Northern Ireland) does not have a criminal or civil code, but is founded upon two basic elements: Acts of Parliament or statute law, and common law which is the outcome of past decisions and practices based upon custom and reason. Common law has been slowly built up since Anglo-Saxon times one thousand years ago, while Parliament has been enacting statutes since the thirteenth century. Generally speaking, almost all criminal law is now set out in Acts of Parliament, while the greater part of civil law still depends upon common law, the weight and guidance of previous similar decisions.
1. What sort of paragraph is it?
a) description; b) comparison; c) classification; d) definition.
2. Fill in the boxes with suitable words and expressions.

3. Write a formal definition of common law.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Use reasons and specific examples to support your opinion. Money has no smell. Money is the root of all evil.

She was like a sea of calm, nothing ruffled her, she always had time. Me and the others would be scrapping about something, and she’d say ‘OK, OK, let’s calm down, let’s go back to the beginning and sort it out – so we did, and it was sorted out!’ I remember this schoolfriend of mine, she fell off her bike and completely smashed her front teeth. She didn’t cry because she was hurt, but because her mother was so particular about her appearance. She said ‘She’ll kill me. She thinks I have such lovely teeth!’ I thought ‘Gosh – how weird, I couldn’t bear it if my mother was like that!’ In fact this friend came to my mum first and she rang and told her mum what had happened. Fancy not being able to go to your own mum!
1. Find and write out an example of comparison. Underline the marker of comparison.
2. Fill the gaps with words from the paragraph.
a. The girl was afraid to go home because she had ________ her front teeth.
b. The mother always managed to _________ her children’s problems.
c. The girl cried because her mother was so _________ about her appearance.
3. Paraphrase the sentences using the words in brackets.
a. Me and the others would be scrapping about something. (a row)
b. She cried because her mother was so particular about her appearance. (proud)
c. I couldn’t bear it if my mother was like that. (hate)

When a person decides to enter a university away from home, he or she must also consider living accommodations. What would you do, if you were to face the problem?

Write a definition to the word. You may use any definition structure:
a customer

Give no less than five reasons to support the statement:
People are becoming more and more isolating from each other.

Give the Russian equivalent to the English word combination:
to prove one’s idea

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Билет № 27

Since the days of Shakespeare, the English of south east England has been considered the ‘standard’, for no better reason than that the south east is the region of economic and political power. The emergence of an upper and upper-middle-class mode of speech, ‘received pronunciation’ (RP), was systematically established through the public (in fact private) school system attended by the boys of wealthier families. RP persists as the accepted dialect of the national йlite.
1. What type of relationship do the underlined words express?
2. Write a naming definition of RP.
3. Find and correct the false statement.
a) It is prestigious to speak RP.
b) RP appeared on the base of the south-eastern accent.
c) The south-eastern dialect is considered the standard because it is the closest to the language of Shakespeare.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Use reasons and specific examples to support your opinion. Every man is the maker of his own fortune.

Television encourages passive enjoyment. We become content with second-hand experiences. It is easy to sit in our armchairs watching others working. Little by little, television cuts us off from the real world. We get so lazy, we choose to spend a fine day in semi-darkness, glued to our sets, rather than go out into the world itself. Television may be a splendid medium of communication, but it prevents us from communicating with each other. We only become aware how totally irrelevant television is to real living when we spend a holiday by the sea or in the mountains, far away from civilisation. In quiet, natural surroundings, we quickly discover how little we miss to hypnotic tyranny of King Telly.
1. Write a topic sentence for the paragraph. The controlling idea is ‘disadvantages’.
2. Find and write out two examples of contrast relationship and underline the markers of contrast.