1. READING
Read the following passage. For Questions 1-7, choose the answer (A, B,
C or D )which you think fits best
according to the text.
Napoleon Bonaparte’s ambition to control
all the area around the Mediterranean Sea led him and his French soldiers to
Egypt. After losing a naval battle, they were forced to remain there for three
years. In 1799, while constructing a fort, a soldier discovered a piece of
stele (stone pillar bearing an inscription) known as the Rosetta stone. This
famous stone, which would eventually lead to the deciphering of ancient
Egyptian hieroglyphics dating to 3100 B.C., was written in three languages:
hieroglyphics (picture writing), demotic (a shorthand version of
hieroglyphics), and Greek. Scientists discovered that the characters, unlike
those in English, could be written from right to left and in other directions
as well.
Twenty-three years after discovery
of the Rosetta stone, Jean Francois Champollion, a French philologist, fluent
in several languages, was able to
decipher the first word – Ptolemy – name of an Egyptian ruler. This name was
written inside an oval called a “cartouche”. Further investigation revealed
that cartouches contained names of important people of that period. Champollion
painstakingly continued his search and was able to increase his growing list of
known phonetic signs. He and an Englishman, Thomas Young, worked independently
of each other to unravel the deeply hidden mysteries of this strange language.
Young believed that sound values could be assigned to the symbols, while
Champollion insisted that the pictures represented words.
1. How many years elapsed between
the date of the oldest hieroglyphics deciphered by means of the Rosetta stone and the stone’s discovery?
A 1 301
B 1 799
C 3 100
D 4 899
2. Which of
the following languages was NOT written on the Rosetta stone?
A French
B demotic
C Greek
D hieroglyphics
3. Which of
the following statements is NOT true?
A Cartouches contained names of prominent people
of the period.
B Champollion and Young worked together in an
attempt to decipher the hieroglyphics.
C One of Napoleon’s soldiers discovered the
Rosetta stone.
D Thomas Young believed that sound values could be assigned to the symbols.
4. When was
the first word from the Rosetta stone
deciphered?
A 3 100 B.C.
B 1766
C 1799
D 1822
5. What was
the first word that was deciphered from the Rosetta stone?
A cartouche
B Ptolemy
C demotic
D Champollion
6. Why were
Napoleon’s soldiers in Egypt in 1799?
A They were celebrating a naval
victory.
B They were looking for the Rosetta
stone.
C They were waiting to continue their
campaign.
D They were trying to decipher the
hieroglyphics.
7. Who was
responsible for deciphering the first word?
A Champollion
B Young
C Ptolemy
D Napoleon
2. USE OF ENGLISH
2.1.
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each
question, mark the letter next to the correct word - А, В, С or D - on your answer sheet.
ENGLISH AROUND THE
WORLD
English is the first language of (0)..............people in countries
outside the United Kingdom.
When you (1)..............speakers of English from around the world, you
(2)..............notice
that they do not all speak in the same way. There are also some
(3)..............in the words
they use, including the names of (4)..............objects that are part
of everyone's daily life.
But although pronunciation and (5)..............are not the same
everywhere, it is interesting
that English speakers (6)..............opposite sides of the world can
understand (7)..............
other quite easily. It does not seem to (8)..............where they
learnt the language. And of
course this is one reason why speakers of other languages are keen (9)..............learning
English too. If you know English, you are more (10)..............to be
able to study or work in all
orts
of exciting places, such as the United States or Australia.
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1
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A recognize
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В meet
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С
find
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D attend
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2
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A originally
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В
strangely
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С
curiously
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D immediately
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3
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A mistakes
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В corrections
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С
changes
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D differences
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4
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A common
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В
popular
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С
favourite
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D general
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5
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A reading
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В
composition
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С
dictation
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D vocabulary
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6
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A of
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В
in
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С
from
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D at
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7
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A each
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В
one
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С
the
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D some
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8
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A mind
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В
care
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С
matter
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D worry
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9
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A by
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В
on
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С
to
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D for
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10
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A likely
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В
probably
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С possibly
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D luckily
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2.2. For Questions 1-7, read the text
and then write the correct form of the word in CAPITALS to complete the gaps.
Example: 0 __favourite__
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TALENT
My (0)
… composer is Chopin and I am fortunate
enough
to have a friend who is also a very
gifted (1) … .
As a (2) …
musician, she believes strongly that
(3) … ability is mostly something you
learn, not a
(4) … that you are born with. She thinks
that
(5) … students can improve their
ability enormously.
I feel
really (6) … when I hear my friend
perform and the ecstatic response
that she
gets from her audiences at the end of a
(7)… .
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FAVOUR
PIANO
PROFESSION
MUSIC
CHARACTER
INDUSTRY
ENVY
PERFORM
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