Тест 8. Устная часть. ЕГЭ по английскому языку


1) Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.

Many insects have the ability to taste things with different parts of their bodies. They have sensors in these body parts, usually in the form of tiny hairs. These act similarly to the taste buds in our tongues.

A fly is one type of insect that can taste things just by landing on it. This is because it has taste receptors in the hairs on its feet. In fact, when a fly rests upon a surface that is some kind of food, the fly’s mouth will open automatically as a reflex action. Another insect that can perform the same function is a butterfly.

Some insects can taste things using the thin hairs on their antennae. Honey bees and wasps are two such creatures. In the same way that they taste things, they can also use these hairs to smell odours that pass through the air.


2) Study the advertisement.

You are considering buying some flowers and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask four direct questions to find out about the following:

1) location
2) opening hours
3) kinds of flowers in stock
4) if they sell pot plants

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

3) You are going to give an interview. You have to answer five questions. Give full answers to the questions (2–3 sentences). Remember that you have 40 seconds to answer each question.

Tapescript for Task 3
Interviewer: Hello everybody! It’s Teenagers Round the World Channel. Our guest today is a teenager from Russia and we are going to discuss food. We’d like to know our guest’s point of view on this issue. Please answer five questions. So, let’s get started.

Interviewer: What do you usually eat for breakfast?

Student: ______________

Interviewer: What is your favourite food? Why?

Student: ______________

Interviewer: Is it important for you to eat healthy food? Why/why not?

Student: ______________

Interviewer: Where do you usually get food from?

Student: ______________

Interviewer: How often do you think about food?

Student: ______________

Interviewer: Thank you very much for your interview.

4) Imagine that you and your friend are doing a school project “Is it better to run outdoors or on a treadmill?”. You have found some photos to illustrate it but for technical reasons you cannot send them now. Leave a voice message to your friend explaining your choice of the photos and sharing some ideas about the project. In 2.5 minutes be ready to:

● explain the choice of the illustrations for the project by briefly describing them and noting the differences;
● mention the advantages (1–2) of the two types of workout;
● mention the disadvantages (1–2) of the two types of workout;
● express your opinion on the subject of the project – whether you would like to run on a treadmill or outdoors and why.

You will speak for not more than 3 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.