WRITING
Imagine you visited one of these places on holidays: Disneyland, London, International camp.
Write a letter to your foreign friend about the place and how you spent your time there. (150-180 words)
SPEAKING
Your foreign friend wants to spend his/her holidays somewhere in Russia.
Invite your foreign friend to spend his/her holidays in your hometown.
remember to:
say what is special about your hometown;
describe places of interest in your hometown;
say about the holiday activities your foreign friend will be able to take part in;
explain why your hometown could be the best place for your friend to come. Name at least three reasons.
You have to talk for 2 minutes. The teacher will listen until you have finished. Then he/she will ask you some questions.
9 класс
Unit 3
TEST
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Teenagers’ attitudes towards adverts vary.
You will hear four teenagers talking about their attitude towards advertising. For questions 1-4 choose from the list A-F what each of them thinks about commercials and advertisements. There are two extra letters which you do not need to use. You will hear the recording twice.
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Speaker 1 _____
Speaker 2 _____
Speaker 3 _____
Speaker 4 _____
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Advertisements are not realistic.
Commercial breaks stop you from watching TV too long.
Commercial breaks spoil family gatherings.
Adverts with celebrities are the most annoying ones.
Ads that cater for adults are loved by children more than those for children.
Advertisements are more interesting than films.
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READING COMPREHENSION
Shelley is a journalist on the Newsround website.
Read through Shelley’s answers to the questions below. Match the questions and the answers.
What subjects did you like at school? __________________
What were your hobbies? ______________
Did you write only school stuff? _______________
When did you first think that you wanted to work in the media? ________________
What was your first job, and hoe did you get it? ___________________
What other jobs have you had? ____________________
What is your advice to young people who want to get into journalism? _______________
What do you enjoy about journalism? _____________________
What’s the worst thing about working in journalism? ___________________
It’s a great buzz; I like knowing stuff and when being able to pass it on to the audience. I really enjoyed that on radio and at Newsround I really like making stuff enjoyable and understandable for kids.
I only liked English and Art, that was it. I hated everything else – I really did. History, Geography, sciences – I hated them all. But I loved English.
I did hospital radio and I spent a lot of time going to see bands. I was heavily into music.
I was trying to get into radio so I didn’t write a lot. I got my experience in hospital radio and then got work experience at the local BBC station and the local commercial station. That’s where I started writing for news bulletins.
When I was about ten, I’m not sure why but mainly I was really into radio and loved listening to it. I wanted to be one of the news broadcasters and I found out that to get into radio news you had to be a journalist. My dad wanted me to be lawyer.
I worked as a broadcast journalist on Red Rose Radio in Lancashire. I was doing some journalist work during the course. The editor I worked for told me that the editor of Red Rose was looking for a journalist, so it was an example of how important networking is.
I have been a researcher on the Guinness Book of records and I also worked at BBC local radio stations and commercial stations. I worked as a correspondent for a news service that puts bulletins on mobile phones. Now I work for the Newsround website.
The worst bit about this work is the hours. It is shift work: and I don’t think it will ever change.
You have to be very keen and very confident because of all the competition. Get as much experience as you can by working in the areas that you are interested in. If you are not going to go to college then you have to get a lot of experience. It’s harder to work your way up but I know a lot of people who have done it. It’s another route.
Read through the following sentences, cross the wrong word(s) in each sentence and write the correct one(s) in the space provided. There is an example at the beginning (0).
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At school Shelley only liked English and History.
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ART
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Shelley’s hobby was music and she spent a lot of time going to play in bands.
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Shelley was trying to get into radio so she didn’t read a lot.
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At school Shelley got her experience in home radio.
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Then she got work experience at the regional BBC station and the local commercial station.
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That’s where Shelley started writing for new bulletins.
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Shelley knew that to get into radio news you had to listen to be a radio fan.
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But her granddad wanted her to be a lawyer.
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On Red Rose Radio in Lancashire Shelley worked as a broadcast journalist.
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Among others Shelley has been a reader of the Guinness Book of Records.
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She also worked for news a news service that put bulletins on websites.
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III. USE OF ENGLISH
Here are some comment British adults made on the information about favourite activities of British teenagers.
Report their comments and make necessary changes. There is an example for you at the beginning.
Mrs Henderson: I am not surprised that television is named one of the most popular teenage activities.
Mrs Henderson was not surprised that television was named one of the most popular teenage activities.
Mr Brooke: I am surprised by the fact that British teenagers’ favourite TV programmes can be a soap opera and a quiz.
Mr Brooke_____________________________________
Mr Peterson: I feel sorry that teenagers spend their pocket money on games and cinema rather than on books. I’m happy that my son does not play computer games very often.
Mr Peterson_____________________________________
He____________________________________________
Mr Braxton: It is normal that three out of four boys aged 16-17 are involved in sports outside school. My 16-year-old son has been playing football for his school football team for two years.
Mr Braxton_____________________________________
He continued___________________________________
Mrs Holley: it’s a pity that only four out of ten girls take part in swimming and keep fit. Last year my daughter took part in a school swimming competition and got second place.
Mrs Holley______________________________________
She added_______________________________________
Mr Gordon: I’m sorry to say but participation in sports activities falls off when teenagers start to earn money and learn to drive. My daughter will never stop taking part in swimming. This year she is learning to drive and still going to swimming practice.
Mr Gordon_____________________________________
But he was sure_________________________________
He added______________________________________
Прочитайте текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных цифрами 6-14, так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. заполните пропуски полученными словами. каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию 6-14.
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Television can serve as a type of (6)______________. But (7)____________ too much TV can have an extremely negative influence on the life of people. People watch too many (8)__________ shows. As a result, they find (9)________ in the lives of actors on television and cannot comprehend real life and television. Violence on television is responsible for violence in real life, most (10)_________ companies know that, but do not change anything. (11)______________ are even worse than violent shows. (12)_________ about food, however, are the worst. Besides, while watching television, the TV (13)___________ are inactive and this contributes to the obesity problem. Alcohol and cigarette (14)___________ contributes to increased drinking among young people, which is very bad indeed.
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(6)ENTERTAIN
(7)WATCH
(8)REAL (9)ENJOY
(10)BROADCAST
(11)ADVERTISE
(12)COMMERCE
(13)VIEW
(14)ADVERTISE
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WRITING
What’s your opinion on the following statement by Newton Minow, a remarkable person in the US media industry?
“When television is good, nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse.”
Make comments, use arguments and give examples. Write 120-140 words.
SPEAKING
Give a talk on the medium which, in your opinion, fulfils its aim to educate, to inform and to entertain to the full. Remember to give arguments and examples. You have to talk for 1,5-2 minutes. The teacher will listen until you have finished. Then he/she will ask you some questions.
With your foreign friend choose ONE from the suggested TV programmes you both would like to watch.
«Две звезды», «Что? Где? Когда?», «Ледниковый период», «Танцы на льду», Кто хочет стать миллионером?», Фабрика звезд», «Кадетство 2»
Remember to:
Discuss all the options;
find out your partner’s attitude towards all the programmes;
express your own opinion and give reasons;
ask your partner to say again, or to say in another way, the word(s) you could not hear or understand;
respond to your partner’s explanations;
come to an agreement.
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