Говоріння 8-11 клас

Speaking Comprehension Test (for 8-9^th, 10^th, 11^th Form Students)

1. What kinds of food can be dangerous? Do you like to try food you have never tasted before? Why or why not? What is the most unusual thing you have ever eaten?

 

2. Do you think parents should limit the amount of time their children play on the computer? What are the advantages and disadvantages of playing computer games?

 

3. Are physical education and art considered to be important? Why or why not? What new subjects would you like to have introduced at your school? Explain why.

 

4. What kind of clothes do you like wearing? Does fashion play an important part in your life? Is fashion just a matter of dressing smartly?

 

5. What sort of holiday would you like to go on? Why? What should you do before setting out on your journey? What are the advantages of tourism?

 

6. What makes a perfect holiday? Where would you like to go in the world? Why? What things can go wrong on holiday?

7. If you could learn any language besides Ukrainian, Russian, or English, what would it be? What are reasons? What opportunities would it create for you? What unique hurdles would you have to overcome?

11 клас

GRADE 10

Listening Comprehension

Istanbul: Memories of a City

Here we come to the heart of the matter: I've never left Istanbul—never left the houses, streets and neighbourhoods of my childhood. Although I've lived in other districts from time to time, fifty years on I find myself back in the Pamuk Apartments, where my first photographs were taken and where my mother first held me in her arms to show me the world. I know this persistence owes something to my imaginary friend, and to the solace I took from the bond between us. But we live in an age defined by mass migration and creative immigrants, and so I am sometimes hard-pressed to explain why I've stayed not only in the same place, but the same building. My mother's sorrowful voice comes back to me, “Why don't you go outside for a while, why don't you try a change of scene, do some travelling ...?”

10 клас

GRADE 10

Listening Comprehension

Istanbul: Memories of a City

Here we come to the heart of the matter: I've never left Istanbul—never left the houses, streets and neighbourhoods of my childhood. Although I've lived in other districts from time to time, fifty years on I find myself back in the Pamuk Apartments, where my first photographs were taken and where my mother first held me in her arms to show me the world. I know this persistence owes something to my imaginary friend, and to the solace I took from the bond between us. But we live in an age defined by mass migration and creative immigrants, and so I am sometimes hard-pressed to explain why I've stayed not only in the same place, but the same building. My mother's sorrowful voice comes back to me, “Why don't you go outside for a while, why don't you try a change of scene, do some travelling ...?”

8-9 клас

GRADE 8-9

Listening Comprehension

Dolphins to the Rescue

Stories of dolphins saving humans have existed since ancient times. Most of the stories tell of dolphins that saved people from drowning in the ocean. Sailors painted dolphins on their ships, and ancient Greek coins showed a dolphin with a boy riding on its back. Do these images and stories have any truth to them?

Todd Endris thinks so. He was sitting on his surfboard off a beach in California waiting for a good wave to ride. Suddenly, a great white shark attacked him. Endris held onto the board, but the shark attacked him a second time. The shark took hold of Endris’s leg and tried to pull him into the water. Just then, a group of dolphins arrived. They swam in circles between Endris and the shark. Endris was able to get back on his surfboard and reach the shore. An ambulance rushed him to the hospital. He lost a lot of blood from the attack and almost died. Endris believes the dolphins saved his life.