| ЗАДАНИЕ N 1 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск A British university year is divided into three _____.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| conferences
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| 2)
| sessions
| | 3)
| terms
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| 4)
| periods
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 2 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск A _____ is a formal written agreement, drawn up between two sides.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| invoice
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| 2)
| registration
| | 3)
| contract
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| 4)
| declaration
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 3 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск Arriving 20 minutes late for a dinner party is considered unacceptable ____.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| interaction
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| 2)
| posture
| | 3)
| relation
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| 4)
| behaviour
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 4 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск _____ is a set of expectations for people who occupy a given social position.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| Language
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| 2)
| Interaction
| | 3)
| Social group
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| 4)
| Social role
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 5 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск The article deals with the problem of our country’s economic ______.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| politics
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| 2)
| politician
| | 3)
| policy
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| 4)
| political
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 6 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск It is not my book, it is ______.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| them
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| 2)
| themselves
| | 3)
| theirs
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| 4)
| their
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 7 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск I have ______ job in the world.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| the best
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| 2)
| better
| | 3)
| goodest
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| 4)
| a good
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 8 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск He knows ________ history of French Revolution well.
| | ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 9 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск I had a great time _______ my working holiday.
| | ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 10 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск She went to work _______ she had a cold.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| or
|
| 2)
| for
| | 3)
| as
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| 4)
| although
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 11 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск - You _______ hard today. - Yes, I’ve got a lot to do.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| works
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| 2)
| has worked
| | 3)
| are working
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| 4)
| work
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 12 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск _______ all his money, Martin asked for a loan.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| Spent
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| 2)
| To have spent
| | 3)
| Having spent
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| 4)
| To spend
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 13 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск Dear Tom, Marry and me would like to _______you _______ your birthday.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| congratulate... in
|
| 2)
| congratulate …from
| | 3)
| congratulate …to
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| 4)
| congratulate … on
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 14 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск John ______ take a taxi because he was late.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| had to
|
| 2)
| did not have to
| | 3)
| could
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| 4)
| was to
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 15 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск Your friend: Would you like to come to our house on Sunday? You: __________________
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| Will you repeat it, please?
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| 2)
| No, I wouldn’t.
| | 3)
| Thanks. I’d love to. That’s great.
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| 4)
| Really?
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 16 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Выберите реплику, наиболее соответствующую ситуации общения Woman: “I’m Laura Miles from London office. How do you do!” Man: “____________________”
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| Hello, everybody!
|
| 2)
| What do you want?
| | 3)
| Pleased to meet you, Ms Miles.
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| 4)
| Hi, Laura!
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|
| ЗАДАНИЕ N 17 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Выберите реплику, наиболее соответствующую ситуации общения Student: “Have you had time to mark my composition?” Teacher: “__________________________”
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| Oh, dear, you look awful, what’s the matter with you?
|
| 2)
| Yes, and I do hope you don’t mind my saying this but you’ve made one or two tiny mistakes.
| | 3)
| Yes, it was quite good, and I’ve underlined the mistakes you’ve made.
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| 4)
| Yes, I have.
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 18 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Выберите реплику, наиболее соответствующую ситуации общения Colleague: “Can you lend me some money?” Peter: “_________________________”
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| Nobody likes to lend money.
|
| 2)
| Sorry, but I’m short of money at the moment.
| | 3)
| You see, money is not everything.
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| 4)
| Yes, do, please.
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 19 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск _______ is a very large Gothic church in central London. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English monarchs.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| Southwark Cathedral
|
| 2)
| Westminster Cathedral
| | 3)
| Westminster Abbey
|
| 4)
| Buckingam Palace
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 20 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск The USA consists of 50 _____.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| states
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| 2)
| counties
| | 3)
| republics
|
| 4)
| districts
|
| | АДАНИЕ N 21 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск The Great Lakes are situated between Canada and _____.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| Cuba
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| 2)
| the USA
| | 3)
| Great Britain
|
| 4)
| Mexico
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 22 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Заполните пропуск The Scottish man who lived most of his life in the USA, _______, invented the telephone.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| Benjamin Franklin
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| 2)
| Christopher O’Donnell
| | 3)
| James Dean
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| 4)
| Alexander Bell
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| ЗАДАНИЕ N 23 ( - выберите варианты согласно указанной последовательности) Расположите части делового письма в правильном порядке
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| We thank you for your letter dated the 29th September and are pleased to send you our latest catalogue and the current price list. We shall send you a special offer as soon as we have your exact requirements.
|
| 2)
| George Finchley & Sons, 68 Bond Street, London 4 October 2003
| | 3)
| Yours faithfully, ____________ Sally Blinton Sales Manager
|
| 4)
| Dear Sirs,
| | 5)
| Messrs Dickson & King, 9 Newgate Street, London
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|
|
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| ЗАДАНИЕ N 24 ( - выберите варианты согласно тексту задания) Перед Вами конверт  Соотнесите информацию под определенным номером на конверте с тем, что она обозначает.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| A)
| the ZIP Code in the return address
|
| B)
| the ZIP Code in the mailing address
| | C)
| the addressee
|
| D)
| the addressee’s company name
| | E)
| the sender
|
| F)
| the town the letter comes from
|
| ЗАДАНИЕ N 25 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Определите, к какому виду делового документа относится представленный ниже отрывок 
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| Memo
|
| 2)
| Job advertisement
| | 3)
| Contract
|
| 4)
| Letter of inquiry
|
| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 26 ( - выберите варианты согласно тексту задания) Выберите слова или сочетания слов для заполнения пропусков так, чтобы они отражали особенности оформления служебной записки (1) _____: Purchasing & Sales Supervisor From: (2) _____ (3) _____: Drinks and Beverages Co Date: 1 Feb Drinks and Beverages Co recently delivered our (4) _____. Unfortunately, we ordered 75 kilos of tea and 60 kilos of coffee powder and they only sent us the tea. Please write and ask them to deliver the coffee powder as soon as possible.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| A)
| order No.378
|
| B)
| Manager
| | C)
| To
|
| D)
| Subject
|
| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 27 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Прочитайте текст и выполните задания CLOTHING SIGNALS 1. It is impossible to wear clothes without transmitting social signals. Every costume tells a story about its wearer. Even those people who insist that they don’t pay attention to clothing, and dress as casually as possible, are making quite specific comments on their social roles and their attitudes towards the culture in which they live. 2. For the majority of people, Clothing Signals are the result of a single daily event – the act of dressing, performed each morning. The once-a-day routine is usually only broken for the wearing of specialised clothing. The man who gets dirty wears working clothes, the sportsman wears high-activity clothes. People attending special ceremonies – weddings, funerals, dances, formal dinners – change into the appropriate costumes. But although these pursuits mean the doubling of the once-a-day act of dressing, the change is nearly always from ‘everyday’ clothes into ‘special’ clothing. The old pattern, in which social rules demanded the changing from ‘morning dress’ to ‘afternoon dress’ to ‘evening dress’, has now disappeared. 3. The modern trend in dressing behaviour is usually referred to as one of increased informality, but this is misleading. In reality, there is no loss of formality, but the exchange of old formalities for new. The wearing of a pair of jeans by a young male today is as much of a formality as was the wearing of a top hat by his equivalent in a previous epoch. He may feel that he is free to wear anything he pleases, but what he wears is as much a uniform today as the costumes were in earlier times. The written rules of yesterday have rapidly been replaced by the unwritten rules of today. 4. There are many trends in the complex world of Clothing Signals. Not all are easy to explain. One of the most mysterious is the relationship between female skirt-length and economic conditions. During the 20th century, ever since the First World War, there has been a rather precise correlation between the length of female skirts and the periods of boom and depression. The general atmosphere of financial activity makes women feel more physically active – a condition favoured by shorter, less hampering skirt-lengths. Определите, является ли утверждение: The act of dressing is practised only by people who wear specialised clothes.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| ложным
|
| 2)
| истинным
| | 3)
| в тексте нет информации
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|
|
| |
| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 28 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Прочитайте текст и выполните задания CLOTHING SIGNALS 1. It is impossible to wear clothes without transmitting social signals. Every costume tells a story about its wearer. Even those people who insist that they don’t pay attention to clothing, and dress as casually as possible, are making quite specific comments on their social roles and their attitudes towards the culture in which they live. 2. For the majority of people, Clothing Signals are the result of a single daily event – the act of dressing, performed each morning. The once-a-day routine is usually only broken for the wearing of specialised clothing. The man who gets dirty wears working clothes, the sportsman wears high-activity clothes. People attending special ceremonies – weddings, funerals, dances, formal dinners – change into the appropriate costumes. But although these pursuits mean the doubling of the once-a-day act of dressing, the change is nearly always from ‘everyday’ clothes into ‘special’ clothing. The old pattern, in which social rules demanded the changing from ‘morning dress’ to ‘afternoon dress’ to ‘evening dress’, has now disappeared. 3. The modern trend in dressing behaviour is usually referred to as one of increased informality, but this is misleading. In reality, there is no loss of formality, but the exchange of old formalities for new. The wearing of a pair of jeans by a young male today is as much of a formality as was the wearing of a top hat by his equivalent in a previous epoch. He may feel that he is free to wear anything he pleases, but what he wears is as much a uniform today as the costumes were in earlier times. The written rules of yesterday have rapidly been replaced by the unwritten rules of today. 4. There are many trends in the complex world of Clothing Signals. Not all are easy to explain. One of the most mysterious is the relationship between female skirt-length and economic conditions. During the 20th century, ever since the First World War, there has been a rather precise correlation between the length of female skirts and the periods of boom and depression. The general atmosphere of financial activity makes women feel more physically active – a condition favoured by shorter, less hampering skirt-lengths. Определите, является ли утверждение: A young man wearing jeans follow some formal rules.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| истинным
|
| 2)
| ложным
| | 3)
| в тексте нет информации
|
|
|
|
| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 29 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Прочитайте текст и выполните задания CLOTHING SIGNALS 1. It is impossible to wear clothes without transmitting social signals. Every costume tells a story about its wearer. Even those people who insist that they don’t pay attention to clothing, and dress as casually as possible, are making quite specific comments on their social roles and their attitudes towards the culture in which they live. 2. For the majority of people, Clothing Signals are the result of a single daily event – the act of dressing, performed each morning. The once-a-day routine is usually only broken for the wearing of specialised clothing. The man who gets dirty wears working clothes, the sportsman wears high-activity clothes. People attending special ceremonies – weddings, funerals, dances, formal dinners – change into the appropriate costumes. But although these pursuits mean the doubling of the once-a-day act of dressing, the change is nearly always from ‘everyday’ clothes into ‘special’ clothing. The old pattern, in which social rules demanded the changing from ‘morning dress’ to ‘afternoon dress’ to ‘evening dress’, has now disappeared. 3. The modern trend in dressing behaviour is usually referred to as one of increased informality, but this is misleading. In reality, there is no loss of formality, but the exchange of old formalities for new. The wearing of a pair of jeans by a young male today is as much of a formality as was the wearing of a top hat by his equivalent in a previous epoch. He may feel that he is free to wear anything he pleases, but what he wears is as much a uniform today as the costumes were in earlier times. The written rules of yesterday have rapidly been replaced by the unwritten rules of today. 4. There are many trends in the complex world of Clothing Signals. Not all are easy to explain. One of the most mysterious is the relationship between female skirt-length and economic conditions. During the 20th century, ever since the First World War, there has been a rather precise correlation between the length of female skirts and the periods of boom and depression. The general atmosphere of financial activity makes women feel more physically active – a condition favoured by shorter, less hampering skirt-lengths. Определите, является ли утверждение: Men are more conservative in dressing behaviour than women.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| истинным
|
| 2)
| в тексте нет информации
| | 3)
| ложным
|
|
|
|
| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 30 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Прочитайте текст и выполните задания CLOTHING SIGNALS 1. It is impossible to wear clothes without transmitting social signals. Every costume tells a story about its wearer. Even those people who insist that they don’t pay attention to clothing, and dress as casually as possible, are making quite specific comments on their social roles and their attitudes towards the culture in which they live. 2. For the majority of people, Clothing Signals are the result of a single daily event – the act of dressing, performed each morning. The once-a-day routine is usually only broken for the wearing of specialised clothing. The man who gets dirty wears working clothes, the sportsman wears high-activity clothes. People attending special ceremonies – weddings, funerals, dances, formal dinners – change into the appropriate costumes. But although these pursuits mean the doubling of the once-a-day act of dressing, the change is nearly always from ‘everyday’ clothes into ‘special’ clothing. The old pattern, in which social rules demanded the changing from ‘morning dress’ to ‘afternoon dress’ to ‘evening dress’, has now disappeared. 3. The modern trend in dressing behaviour is usually referred to as one of increased informality, but this is misleading. In reality, there is no loss of formality, but the exchange of old formalities for new. The wearing of a pair of jeans by a young male today is as much of a formality as was the wearing of a top hat by his equivalent in a previous epoch. He may feel that he is free to wear anything he pleases, but what he wears is as much a uniform today as the costumes were in earlier times. The written rules of yesterday have rapidly been replaced by the unwritten rules of today. 4. There are many trends in the complex world of Clothing Signals. Not all are easy to explain. One of the most mysterious is the relationship between female skirt-length and economic conditions. During the 20th century, ever since the First World War, there has been a rather precise correlation between the length of female skirts and the periods of boom and depression. The general atmosphere of financial activity makes women feel more physically active – a condition favoured by shorter, less hampering skirt-lengths. Определите, является ли утверждение: The better economic situation is the shorter skirt lengths are.
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| ложным
|
| 2)
| в тексте нет информации
| | 3)
| истинным
|
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|
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 31 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Прочитайте текст и выполните задания CLOTHING SIGNALS 1. It is impossible to wear clothes without transmitting social signals. Every costume tells a story about its wearer. Even those people who insist that they don’t pay attention to clothing, and dress as casually as possible, are making quite specific comments on their social roles and their attitudes towards the culture in which they live. 2. For the majority of people, Clothing Signals are the result of a single daily event – the act of dressing, performed each morning. The once-a-day routine is usually only broken for the wearing of specialised clothing. The man who gets dirty wears working clothes, the sportsman wears high-activity clothes. People attending special ceremonies – weddings, funerals, dances, formal dinners – change into the appropriate costumes. But although these pursuits mean the doubling of the once-a-day act of dressing, the change is nearly always from ‘everyday’ clothes into ‘special’ clothing. The old pattern, in which social rules demanded the changing from ‘morning dress’ to ‘afternoon dress’ to ‘evening dress’, has now disappeared. 3. The modern trend in dressing behaviour is usually referred to as one of increased informality, but this is misleading. In reality, there is no loss of formality, but the exchange of old formalities for new. The wearing of a pair of jeans by a young male today is as much of a formality as was the wearing of a top hat by his equivalent in a previous epoch. He may feel that he is free to wear anything he pleases, but what he wears is as much a uniform today as the costumes were in earlier times. The written rules of yesterday have rapidly been replaced by the unwritten rules of today. 4. There are many trends in the complex world of Clothing Signals. Not all are easy to explain. One of the most mysterious is the relationship between female skirt-length and economic conditions. During the 20th century, ever since the First World War, there has been a rather precise correlation between the length of female skirts and the periods of boom and depression. The general atmosphere of financial activity makes women feel more physically active – a condition favoured by shorter, less hampering skirt-lengths. Укажите, какой части текста (1, 2, 3, 4) соответствует следующая информация: The way people dress nowadays is still governed by rules.
| | ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 32 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Прочитайте текст и выполните задания CLOTHING SIGNALS 1. It is impossible to wear clothes without transmitting social signals. Every costume tells a story about its wearer. Even those people who insist that they don’t pay attention to clothing, and dress as casually as possible, are making quite specific comments on their social roles and their attitudes towards the culture in which they live. 2. For the majority of people, Clothing Signals are the result of a single daily event – the act of dressing, performed each morning. The once-a-day routine is usually only broken for the wearing of specialised clothing. The man who gets dirty wears working clothes, the sportsman wears high-activity clothes. People attending special ceremonies – weddings, funerals, dances, formal dinners – change into the appropriate costumes. But although these pursuits mean the doubling of the once-a-day act of dressing, the change is nearly always from ‘everyday’ clothes into ‘special’ clothing. The old pattern, in which social rules demanded the changing from ‘morning dress’ to ‘afternoon dress’ to ‘evening dress’, has now disappeared. 3. The modern trend in dressing behaviour is usually referred to as one of increased informality, but this is misleading. In reality, there is no loss of formality, but the exchange of old formalities for new. The wearing of a pair of jeans by a young male today is as much of a formality as was the wearing of a top hat by his equivalent in a previous epoch. He may feel that he is free to wear anything he pleases, but what he wears is as much a uniform today as the costumes were in earlier times. The written rules of yesterday have rapidly been replaced by the unwritten rules of today. 4. There are many trends in the complex world of Clothing Signals. Not all are easy to explain. One of the most mysterious is the relationship between female skirt-length and economic conditions. During the 20th century, ever since the First World War, there has been a rather precise correlation between the length of female skirts and the periods of boom and depression. The general atmosphere of financial activity makes women feel more physically active – a condition favoured by shorter, less hampering skirt-lengths. Укажите, какой части текста (1, 2, 3, 4) соответствует следующая информация: Clothes serve as a source of information about people and their social roles.
| | ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 33 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Прочитайте текст и выполните задания CLOTHING SIGNALS 1. It is impossible to wear clothes without transmitting social signals. Every costume tells a story about its wearer. Even those people who insist that they don’t pay attention to clothing, and dress as casually as possible, are making quite specific comments on their social roles and their attitudes towards the culture in which they live. 2. For the majority of people, Clothing Signals are the result of a single daily event – the act of dressing, performed each morning. The once-a-day routine is usually only broken for the wearing of specialised clothing. The man who gets dirty wears working clothes, the sportsman wears high-activity clothes. People attending special ceremonies – weddings, funerals, dances, formal dinners – change into the appropriate costumes. But although these pursuits mean the doubling of the once-a-day act of dressing, the change is nearly always from ‘everyday’ clothes into ‘special’ clothing. The old pattern, in which social rules demanded the changing from ‘morning dress’ to ‘afternoon dress’ to ‘evening dress’, has now disappeared. 3. The modern trend in dressing behaviour is usually referred to as one of increased informality, but this is misleading. In reality, there is no loss of formality, but the exchange of old formalities for new. The wearing of a pair of jeans by a young male today is as much of a formality as was the wearing of a top hat by his equivalent in a previous epoch. He may feel that he is free to wear anything he pleases, but what he wears is as much a uniform today as the costumes were in earlier times. The written rules of yesterday have rapidly been replaced by the unwritten rules of today. 4. There are many trends in the complex world of Clothing Signals. Not all are easy to explain. One of the most mysterious is the relationship between female skirt-length and economic conditions. During the 20th century, ever since the First World War, there has been a rather precise correlation between the length of female skirts and the periods of boom and depression. The general atmosphere of financial activity makes women feel more physically active – a condition favoured by shorter, less hampering skirt-lengths. Ответьте на вопрос: Why do people use clothes? They use clothes …
| ВАРИАНТЫ ОТВЕТОВ:
| 1)
| … to communicate.
|
| 2)
| … to look fashionable.
| | 3)
| … to display their wealth.
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| 4)
| … to be happy.
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| | ЗАДАНИЕ N 34 (- выберите один вариант ответа) Прочитайте текст и выполните задания CLOTHING SIGNALS 1. It is impossible to wear clothes without transmitting social signals. Every costume tells a story about its wearer. Even those people who insist that they don’t pay attention to clothing, and dress as casually as possible, are making quite specific comments on their social roles and their attitudes towards the culture in which they live. 2. For the majority of people, Clothing Signals are the result of a single daily event – the act of dressing, performed each morning. The once-a-day routine is usually only broken for the wearing of specialised clothing. The man who gets dirty wears working clothes, the sportsman wears high-activity clothes. People attending special ceremonies – weddings, funerals, dances, formal dinners – change into the appropriate costumes. But although these pursuits mean the doubling of the once-a-day act of dressing, the change is nearly always from ‘everyday’ clothes into ‘special’ clothing. The old pattern, in which social rules demanded the changing from ‘morning dress’ to ‘afternoon dress’ to ‘evening dress’, has now disappeared. 3. The modern trend in dressing behaviour is usually referred to as one of increased informality, but this is misleading. In reality, there is no loss of formality, but the exchange of old formalities for new. The wearing of a pair of jeans by a young male today is as much of a formality as was the wearing of a top hat by his equivalent in a previous epoch. He may feel that he is free to wear anything he pleases, but what he wears is as much a uniform today as the costumes were in earlier times. The written rules of yesterday have rapidly been replaced by the unwritten rules of today. 4. There are many trends in the complex world of Clothing Signals. Not all are easy to explain. One of the most mysterious is the relationship between female skirt-length and economic conditions. During the 20th century, ever since the First World War, there has been a rather precise correlation between the length of female skirts and the periods of boom and depression. The general atmosphere of financial activity makes women feel more physically active – a condition favoured by shorter, less hampering skirt-lengths. Определите основную идею текста
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| It is difficult to explain some trends in dressing behaviour.
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| People who dress very casually are signalling something.
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| People’s moods affect the way they dress.
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| Clothing has a social function and is determined by some regulations.
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