Вариант 1
Langart speaking
Task 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.
Sharks are ancient creatures. They were around some 400 million years ago! Even before dinosaurs roamed the earth, sharks hunted the seas. Sharks are survival machines. They’re well-designed to stay alive. They have the strongest jaws on the planet. Unlike other animals, both their upper and lower jaws move.
Sharks can feed on nearly any creature in the sea. The only animals that see sharks as food are other sharks, whales, and human beings. Unlike most animals, sharks don’t take care of their babies. Newborn pups fend for themselves. In some species, the strongest pup eats its brothers and sisters. This improves its own chances of survival.
Some types of sharks must swim constantly in order to breathe. Sharks go from periods of strong activity to times of calmer rest. But it is true that sharks are ever-watchful. They never sleep.
Ресурс: Read, Reflect, Respond. Book A. Student Edition
Task 2
Study the advertisement.
Your next adventure is waiting for you in Australia!
You are considering travelling to Sydney (Australia) 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:
- popular holiday packages
- current visa requirements
- travel insurance
- cancellation policy
Task 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.
Interviewer: Hello everybody! It's Teenagers Round the World Channel. Our guest today is a teenager from Russia and we are going to discuss leisure activities. We'd like to know our guest's point of view on this issue. Please answer five questions. So, let's get started.
Interviewer: How did you like to spend your free time when you were younger?
Student: ______________________________
Interviewer: What do you enjoy doing in your free time now? How did you get into that?
Student: ______________________________
Interviewer: How do your friends spend their free time? Are your interests similar or different?
Student: ______________________________
Interviewer: What’s your favourite way to spend a weekend, and why?
Student: ______________________________
Interviewer: If you had more free time, what new activities would you like to try, and why?
Student: ______________________________
Interviewer: Thank you very much for your interview.
Task 4
Imagine that you and your friend are doing a school project «Weekends in the summertime». 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 ways of spending a weekend in summer;
- mention the disadvantages (1–2) of the two ways of spending a weekend in summer;
- express your opinion on the subject of the project — say which way of spending a summer weekend presented in the pictures you’d prefer and why.
You will speak for not more than 3 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.
