A It required me to do things rather than just watch. B It helped me to renew my enthusiasm for cooking.
C It taught me how to use the latest kitchen equipment. d It included an unexpected search for ingredients.
F It took into account the fact that I wasnt a beginner. E It gave me skills I wish Id acquired earlier in life.
Total mark 0.6 × 5 = 3 points
WRITING
Write your article.
You have seen an announcement in an international magazine: When I was really small
Tell us about your best friend when you were a child and say why you get on well together. The best article will win a book as a prize.
Total mark 3 points
Total mark for the test: 4 × 3 = 12 points
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Variant B
GRAMMAR AND VoCABuLARY
1. Choose the correct answer:
1) I couldnt answer the questions I at the interview last month.
a) have asked c) was asked
b) have been asked d) was being asked
2) Brian shouldnt
a) be laughed at c) be laughed
b) la ugh at d) to be laughed
3) Your food.
a) is still being prepared b) is still being prepared c) has still been prepared d) will prepare yet
4) If we afford it, well buy a new car. a) can c) will
b) could d) will be able
5) Would it be all right if Iround at about six?
a) come c) will come b) came d) have come
6) If I had known that you were coming, I __ you at the air
port.
a) would have met c) will meet
b) met d) would meet
Total mark 0.5 × 6 = 3 points
Fill the correct word.
1) You dont need to, weve got plenty of time.
2) She loves books so much. She is a real!
3) We saw many sculptures, but only this one was a great beauty.
4) dont at people like that! Its very rude.
5) His sister offered to help with his financial problems but he turned her.
6) Young children find it very difficult to stand for a long time.
Total mark 0.5 × 6 = 3 points
TESTS. 9th form
READING
SPACE ToURISM
Many people still think that to get the chance to go to space youve got to try to be an astronaut. Unfortunately, the chance of becoming a government astronaut is tiny, simply because there are so few and theres no prospect of a lot more being employed.
However, dont despair. Far more people will go to space as vi sitors. But it will be expensive, so you had better start saving your money. The price of a return flight to Earth may drop from what it costs now, but estimates vary. The target of the Space Tourism Study Program of the Japanese Rocket Society is to bring the price down to about 1 million yen (about US $10,000), on a turnover of about 1 million passengers per year. However, the demand is expected to be so strong that in the early stages prices will be con siderably higher perhaps 5 million yen ($50,000). As the number of vehicles grows, the number of flights will increase, and prices will fall to 3 million yen over 510 years, and then to 1 million yen if possible.
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We know that most people would like to stay in orbit for a few days or more. And this stands to reason, if youre paying $20,000 for your trip to orbit! So in order for space tourism to reach its full poten tial, theres going to be a need for orbital accommodation or space hotels. These will grow through phases, starting with lodges for up to about 100 guests, growing to true hotels of several hundred guests, and eventually to orbiting theme parks for many thousands of guests.
What would a space hotel actually be like to visit? Hotels in orbit will offer the services you expect from a hotel: private rooms, meals, bars. But theyll also offer fantastic views of Earth and space and the endless entertainment of spacewalking. A trip to a hotel will start with launch to orbit, which takes. about five minutes of powered ac celeration, followed by up to a few hours of weightlessness approach ing the hotel (depending on the flight schedule). docking will be rather like an airliner parking at an airport but youll leave the cabin float ing in zeroG (zero gravity) into the access tube, holding onto a cable with your hands!
of course all good things have to come to an end, unfortunately. And so after a few days youll find yourself heading back through the docking point to the returning vehicle though youll be much more expert at manoeuvring in zeroG than you were when you arrived!
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Youll be thinking how soon you can save up enough to get back up again or maybe you should change jobs to get to work in an orbiting hotel!
