III. USE OF ENGLISH (GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY)
1. For questions 1-10, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D fits best each space
THE HISTORY OF ROCK’N’ROLL
Rock’n’roll started in the USA (1) the great black rhythm’n’blues players: Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Chuck Berry.
Fifty years ago black and white music were two completely separate things. Chuck Berry was the first black musician (2) cross the barrier and sell records to (3) black and white young people. His songs were about the lives of teenagers.
Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly mixed black music with white ‘country’ music to create rock’n’roll.
This was all happening in the United States. But people in Britain were listening to this music (4) . The black rhythm’n’blues singers and the best rock’n’roll stars (5) Buddy Holly were (6) popular in Britain than in the States.
Then, in the 1960s the British invaded America, (7) the Americans some years ago did. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who. There were concerts with tens of thousands of fans. The name of the music – rock’n’roll - changed to ‘rock’.
In the 1960s the style of the musicians changed a lot. The clothes of the musicians became crazy and (8) their hair. The guitar became as important as the voice. Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton were guitarists more than singers.
In the 1970s rock went in two different directions. (9) Elton John and Rod Steward, The Sex Pistols, The Stranglers, and a few other bands started to play loud, violent music called ‘punk’. Punk was also important (10) a fashion in clothes.
1. A. with B. at C. from D. on
2. A. who B. to C. – D. that
3. A. – B. like C. both D. like
4. A. either B. so C. too D. –
5. A. and B. and C. as D. so
6. A. more B. much C. as D. so
7. A. so B. like C. as D. also
8. A. so was B. both was C. as did D. so did
9. A. Unlike B. Not as C. More than D. As not
10. A. – B. as C. like D. than
Объяснение:
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2. если мы заранее решили что то сделать а не в момент когда у нас спрашивают о наших планах, то в значении "собираться что то сделать " будет исп. going to
3.здесь идет речь о заплнированном мероприятии
4.starts по программе он всегда в это время начинается
5. решение вызвать такси появилось в тот момент когда собеседник предложил подвезти, это не запланированно заранее, поэтому will
6. с often исп. present simple
7. потому что я так думаю, это мое мнение
8.are meeting см.пункт 3
9. это только наше мнение
10 они празднуют только определенное кол.во времени, не постоянно
Disney's cartoon Films became popular all over the world.
The Disney studios continued producing movies after Walt's death in 1966. Wherever American films are shown, the name of "Disney" still draws the crowds.
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was born in 1910 in Albania . Her real name was Agnes . She was the youngest of three children. Her father was a good businessman and the family had a comfortable life. Her parents were very religious. Agnes's mother taught her children to pray and to love and help other people. They often gave food and money to the poor. They were the first lessons in kindness for little Agnes.
When Agnes was only nine, her father died. The family became poor. But later her mother opened a shop, and The business did well. That was the second lesson in life from her mother: when life is difficult you must try, try and try again.
In 1928 Agnes left her family to become a nun. She chose a new name for herself— Teresa. Sister Teresa went to India to teach poor children. Later she began to help the poor. She took care of people who had no one else to look after. She worked hard. She was sure that she would succeed. She believed that "all men are created equal". In 1948 she and her pupils set up Missionaries of Charity (Благотворительная миссия).
They worked in hospitals and schools, took care of children without parents and helped the sick and the dying.
Mother Teresa never worried about money. She always said that the help would come when it was needed. In 1979 Mother Teresa got the greatest prize in the world — the Nobel Peace Prize. She received the prize of $190,000 not for herself but for the poor people of the world. She used this money to feed hungry people and to give help to the sick and dying. Mother Teresa received the Nobel Prize because all her life she loved and helped people.
After Mother Teresa's death her Missionaries of Charity continue their work trying to help people all over the world.
You've just read an interview with Slava Polunin who is generally recognized as one of the greatest living clowns. He is one of those rare artists who have climbed to the top of their chosen profession. This is how the newspaper "The Irish Times" has described this world famous mime actor. One of his most successful productions has
been the "Snow Show" which began in 1996 in Britain. A well known Russian artist and fashion designer Mikhail Shemyakin made some fantastic costumes for Slava's "Snow Show".
The "Snow- Show" can transform adults into wide-eyed children.
Slava was born in a small place in Central Russia. As a boy, he was fond of playing snowballs and making tunnels under the snow. In his "Snow Show" Slava realized the fantasy of his childish games as a mime actor.
Mime traditionally means acting without words. Mime artists believe that they can communicate without language — speak with their bodies, Slava Polunin believes that you can do a show without words but if it needs a word, it's better to put one in.
The "PIay-Makers group", founded by Slava Polunin, is known all over Russia and the world. They have travelled through more than 20 countries. Over 25 years they have made unbelievable progress and have become a national attraction. Their theatrical characters are known to everyone in Russia,
At the moment Slava is about to start work on some new productions working with clowns from Britain and Russia, Polunin's show is constantly changing. Each show is so different from another that "If you watch the show once a year, you will see that each time, it's a new one," says Slava Polunin.