Duration of life and its social implications

Вариант № 1468224

Задание 1 № 1510

Вы услышите 6 высказываний. Установите соответствие между высказываниями каждого говорящего A–F и утверждениями, данными в списке 1–7. Используйте каждое утверждение, обозначенное соответствующей цифрой, только один раз. В задании есть одно лишнее утверждение. Вы услышите запись дважды .

1. Be active and try something new on holiday

2. Beach holidays make people boring

3. A chance to discover more about oneself

4. New places are the best places to go to

5. Holidays are perfect for hobbies and pastimes

6. Restful holidays involve family and friends

7. Extreme sports can ruin your holiday

Говорящий	A	B	C	D	E	F
Утверждение

Задание 2 № 2744

Вы услышите диалог. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений А–G соответствуют содержанию текста (1 – True), какие не соответствуют (2 – False) и о чём в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3 – Not stated). Занесите номер выбранного Вами варианта ответа в таблицу. Вы услышите запись дважды.

A) Kate is thinking about a present for her former school friend.

B) Kate usually easily chooses presents for her friends.

C) Kate keeps in contact with her friend via a social network.

D) Kate's friend was born in Peru.

E) Kate's friend enjoys local music.

F) Tom believes music preferences reveal a lot about a person.

G) Tom is a connoisseur of the type of music Kate needs.

Запишите в ответ цифры, расположив их в порядке, соответствующем буквам:

A	B	C	D	E	F	G

Задание 3 № 1535

Вы услышите репортаж дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

Watching the displays at the exhibition the speaker was eager to test personally

1) only some of them..

2) the first twelve.

3) all of them.

4. The speaker came to the exhibition

1) alone.

2) with James.

3) with a group of friends.

5. The speaker managed to do well in the

1) Brush boarding.

2) Roller skiing.

3) Land yachting.

6. The speaker didn’t do well in the Aquathlon because

1) he didn’t take it seriously.

2) he was saving energy for Kite surfing.

3) it was technically tricky.

7. The secret of successful Kite surfing lies in

1) choosing the largest possible kite.

2) ‘jumping’ and landing smoothly.

3) avoiding getting dragged in the air.

8. The speaker stopped Kite surfing after 30 minutes because

1) of extreme tiredness.

2) there was an off shore wind.

3) the instructor suggested it.

9.All the displays were

1) experimental models with designers used as instructors.

2) real practiced sports.

3) computer installations of real sports.

Задание 10 № 1649

Установите соответствие между заголовками 1–8 и текстами A–G. Запишите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании есть один лишний заголовок.

1. The wrong goal

2. Extra-curricular over load

3. Too much homework

4. Arguably helpful

5. Too stressful

6. Too many distractions

7. A better system

8. Poor co-ordination

A. My problem with homework is that I am rather fond of TV and computer games. Every evening after school it is the same. I start with the highest intentions. I’ll just play one round of Final fantasy and then begin. But it tends to be three rounds and then tea time. Oh — and then my favourite program begins in 10 minutes so I’ll start after that. And so it goes on. Probably I lack motivation.

B. It is so much faster doing homework these days. All our assignments can be done on the PC which means correcting and changing things is so easy. But of course the Internet is the biggest shortcut of all. Maybe it’s true what they say that it stops you reading textbooks. You get snatches of information rather than the whole story. Maybe I should try to use the internet less.

C. I am a drummer and a pianist. The school really encourages this and I have two one hour lessons a week plus one to two hours daily practice. I am in the basketball team. The school encourages this and we practice twice a week. I got picked to be in the school play. Rehearsals are two hours a week. Will somebody please tell me when I am supposed to get my homework done?

D. Exam practice, constant revision, exam techniques and how to get the highest possible grade— is this what education is supposed to be about? The school seems obsessed with grades and the school results league table. We are currently 17th highest achievers in England but if we really try hard this year we might make top 10. Silly me! I thought education was about learning and preparing for adult life.

E. For some kids exams bring more pressure than they can cope with. They worry about what their parents will say, not to mention what their teachers or class mates will think. No wonder some of them freeze up in the exam hall and are unable to write anything out of sheer nerves.

F. Why do they do it? We get three weeks in a row with minimal homework and then every teacher in the school sets a massive assignment to be completed “by next Friday — no late submissions”. Why don’t they get together and try and even the load?

G. I think Continuous Assessment is a very sensible idea. Education should not simply be about slick exam performance, but about overall how you perform in school — how you study, how much you read, how logical and clear your essay arguments are. 50% of our final grading should be based on course work. I think it is fair.

Текст	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Заголовок

Задание 11 № 776

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу.

Duration of life and its social implications

The world’s population is about to reach a landmark of huge social and economic importance, when the proportion of the global population over 65 outnumbers children under 5 for the first time. A new report by the US census bureau shows A ______ , with enormous consequences for both rich and poor nations.

The rate of growth will shoot up in the next couple of years. The В ______ a combination of the high birth rates after the Second World War and more recent improvements in health that are bringing down death rates at older ages. Separate UN forecasts predict that the global population will be more than nine billion by 2050.

The US census bureau was the first to sound the С ______ . Its latest forecasts warn governments and international bodies that this change in population structure will bring widespread challenges at every level of human organization, starting with the structure of the family, which will be transformed as people live longer. This will in turn place new burdens on careers and social services providers, D ______ for health services and pensions systems.

“People are living longer and, in some parts of the world, healthier lives,” the authors conclude. “This represents one of the greatest achievements of the last century but also a significant challenge E ______ population.”

Ageing will put pressure on societies at all levels. One way of measuring that is to look at the older dependency ratio, F ______ that must be supported by them. The ODR is the number of people aged 65 and over for every 100 people aged 20 to 64. It varies widely, from just six in Kenya to 33 in Italy and Japan. The UK has an ODR of 26, and the US has 21.