Вариант 15
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.
Online friendships are quite easy, but in the real world things are much more difficult. There are no rules about friendship. There are no guidelines about how to make friends, how to keep friendships going, and how to finish friendships if we want to move on.
People also have very different opinions about friendship: some people would die for their friends and value them more than family. Others feel that friends are temporary. If people with such different views become friends, this can lead to problems.
Because of these different definitions of friendship, it is easy to be unhappy about our friends. We may want our relationship with them to be deeper or closer, or we may want to have more friends in our lives. Sometimes we simply do not have the time to develop our friendships.
Ресурс: (Get ready for IELTS)
Task 2
Study the advertisement.
London’s month-long festival! Exhibitions, performances, art installations, boat trips, walks, talks and more!
You are considering volunteering at the Thames Festival 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:
- registration deadline
- volunteer roles available
- duration of a volunteer shift
- how to cancel or change your shift
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 smartphones. We'd like to know our guest's point of view on this issue. Please answer five questions. So, let's get started.
Interviewer: When did you get your first smartphone? How did you feel when you got it?
Student: ______________________________
Interviewer: What do you mostly use your smartphone for?
Student: ______________________________
Interviewer: What do you like most about having a smartphone?
Student: ______________________________
Interviewer: What problems can teenagers have because of smartphones?
Student: ______________________________
Interviewer: Do you think life would be difficult without a smartphone? Why or why not?
Student: ______________________________
Interviewer: Thank you very much for your interview.
Task 4
Imagine that you and your friend are doing a school project «Pets in our lives». 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 pets;
- mention the disadvantages (1–2) of the two types of pets;
- express your opinion on the subject of the project — say which type of pets 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.
