Тест 20. Чтение. ЕГЭ по английскому языку


1) Установите соответствие между заголовками 1 — 8 и текстами A — G. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.

1. Essential money
2. Appropriate dress
3. Traveller identification
4. Quality maps
5. Skin protection
6. Handy devices
7. Boarding pass
8. Emergency numbers

A. Planning for a trip can be almost as exciting as going on it. You imagine how much you’re going to enjoy arriving at your destination, getting settled into your hotel and going out on that first night in a new town. Just make sure you bring the right clothes; even if you travel to a warm location, it might be chilly at night.

B. Airports can be dizzying experiences. There are signs and information everywhere, and loads of people running round, trying to do lots of things at once. In this chaos, it’s easy to misplace something, like the piece of paper or card that allows you on the plane. It’s best to keep it in your front pocket so you know where it is and it’s easy to hand it over to the attendant.

C. Travel preferences vary widely, but a large percentage of people choose fun and sun. There is lots to be done in preparation for such a trip, but as sun lotion is essential, you should remember to buy that at the very least. Buying it at home can save you 30 per cent on the price, and you should buy a new bottle every year, as the old stuff doesn’t protect as well.

D. We all prepare for the worst case scenario when we travel abroad, even though we don’t think about it all the time. Most of us have got mobile phones, which keep all our contacts stored for us. But what happens if you lose it? This is why you should also keep a handwritten list. It would be a shame if something terrible happened and you couldn’t reach your own home.

E. When you go on holiday, you should never carry a great deal of cash with you, but you need to have some on hand to pay for the odd things at the airport, like meals or last minute travel purchases. Most airports have cash machines, but it might be a good idea to have a small amount in your purse or wallet before you arrive.

F. Being in a new city means you’re not likely to know your way around. Walking the streets aimlessly is not ideal or even safe, so you need a paper or electronic guide that shows you where things are and how to get around the streets. It’s especially good if it shows where the hotels, museums and sights of interests are located, and how to find bus routes or metro stations, too.

G. Governments have put a lot of effort into travel documents to make sure they’re state-of-the-art. Nowadays, they come with microchips that contain all of the data in your passport in an electronic form. This is a way to prevent counterfeiting of these documents and to ensure that the holder of the documents is the true owner. It is yet another way to make our travel safer.

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2) Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A — F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1 — 7. Одна из частей в списке 1—7 лишняя.

Wales
Wales shares a great deal of its history with the rest of Great Britain, but it has its own distinctive identity that is closer to the Celtic regions of the British Isles, such as Ireland, Scotland and Cornwall, and also to Brittany in northern France. These regions make up the Celtic nations, ___ (A).

Wales, like Scotland and England, is considered to be a country within the country of the United Kingdom. This is because the region is distinctly different from other regions in aspects like history and culture, ___ (B).

Although Wales is represented in the United Kingdoms House of Commons, the lower house of the UK’s parliament, it is also partly self-governed. Some Welsh people wish for independence, ___ (C). Polls show that around 80-90% of Welsh people do not favour separation from the UK.

Nearly everyone in Wales speaks English, but Wales is officially a bilingual country, the other official language being Welsh. Wales is known as Cymru in the Welsh language, pronounced ‘kum-ree, and the Welsh people are known as Cymry, ___ (D).

Indeed, the influence of the rest of the UK on Wales has been strong and the use of English so widespread that the Welsh language was feared to be dying out. A law passed in 1993 officially placed the Welsh language on a par with English in the country. Court proceedings can be carried out in Welsh or English, ___ (E).

Furthermore, there are different dialects and forms of pronunciation of Welsh within the country. Differences are noted between the northern and southern regions, and a combination of English and Welsh, commonly known as ‘Wenglish’, has emerged ___ (F).

1. which is pronounced in the same way as the country’s name
2. which mixes words, grammar and pronunciation from the two languages
3. of which Wales is an integral and influential part
4. and road signs and public documents are printed in both languages
5. although it doesn’t have embassies and is subject to most UK laws
6. of which a large number of Welsh people approve
7. although support for it is not particularly strong

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3) Прочитайте текст и запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

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Becky was locked out of her online account because...
1) she’d completely forgotten her password.
2) her computer suffered a glitch.
3) she had problems typing her password correctly.
4) she owed money to her bank.



4) Прочитайте текст и запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

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The reason Becky contacted her bank was to...
1) complain about their service.
2) find out how to access her account.
3) ask questions about their policy.
4) learn what her old password was.



5) Прочитайте текст и запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

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The bill Becky wanted to pay...
1) was already late.
2) didn’t need to be paid for a few days.
3) was too expensive to pay.
4) would cost more if not paid that day.



6) Прочитайте текст и запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

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What happened when Becky called the bank for help?
1) They refused, on account of her anger.
2) They asked her for information she couldn’t provide.
3) They never responded to her after she’d been on hold for a long time.
4) They told her to phone another department.



7) Прочитайте текст и запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

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‘It’ in ‘Completely focused on the unfairness of it’ in the fourth paragraph refers to...
1) Becky’s clumsiness.
2) the difficulty of trying to do a simple transaction.
3) how banks treated their customers.
4) the lack of security for online accounts.



8) Прочитайте текст и запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

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What kind of passwords would Becky prefer to use?
1) Ones that were connected to her life somehow.
2) The most secure, theft-free password she could think of.
3) The simplest password she could possibly think of.
4) Ones that she could easily change on a regular basis.



9) Прочитайте текст и запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

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The expression ‘added fuel to the fire’ in the last paragraph means...
1) deliberately made someone feel angry.
2) did something that made something worse.
3) did something to help a situation.
4) made someone feel better about their mistake.