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Task 1 For items 1-10 listen to a talk by Gina Purvis, a pilot, and decide whether the statements (1-10) are TRUE, or FALSE according to the text you hear. You will hear the text twice. Прослушайте аудиозапись к разделу «LISTENING» (Task 1, Task 2)
1. Gina has dreamt of being a pilot since her childhood.
Ответ: true
2. Before becoming a pilot Gina worked as a vet for a few years.
Ответ: false
3. For Gina, working as a teacher was enthusiasm-boosting experience.
Ответ: F
4. Gina has been working for a commercial airline for the last decade.
Ответ: T
5. Gina says that you can’t become a captain if you don’t have three thousand flying hours.
Ответ: T
6. Before taking off Gina gets information from the airport information desk to know about problems there.
Ответ: T
7. Gina thinks every pilot has to have a degree in maths.
Ответ: F
8. Gina thinks pilots should be taught people management skills.
Ответ: T
9. Passengers are not allowed on board until the pilot fixes a broken ice chiller.
Ответ: F
10. Gina finds it magical to visit wonderful places.
Ответ: F
Task 2 For items 2-6 listen to a conversation. Choose the correct answer to answer questions 2-6. You will hear the text only once.
2. Allie thinks San Francisco is as beautiful as London. better than London. different from London.
Ответ: different from London
3. What is NOT TRUE about Allie? She isn’t keen on living in San Francisco. She couldn’t leave Europe to live in a different place. Her family lives in London.
Ответ: She couldn’t leave Europe to live in a different place
4. What does Mark say about Alcatraz? It is on the right ofthe boat. It was closed for visitors in 1963. It was a prison before 1963.
Ответ: It was a prison before 1963
5. Allie finds information about Alcatraz exciting. surprising. unexpected.
6. At the end of the conversation Mark feels cold. embarrassed. pity.
Task 1 For items 1-10, read the passage below and choose the option which best fits according to the text. Discovering your ancestral roots: a path to truly feel like yourself Greta Solomon, a writer, gained a richer sense of self when she discovered her ancestors were gifted storytellers too. I’ve always been proud of my identity as a person of Black Caribbean origin. My mother had left Jamaica aged 10 to join her father and stepmother in England. Similarly, my father left the tiny Caribbean island of Nevis as a teenager, to study maths and engineering.
They met, married and settled in a suburb of London, where I was born and raised. I knew the stories of my paternal great-grandfather who was born at the tail end of slavery in St Kitts, the twin island to Nevis. He grew up to be a successful entrepreneur in the construction industry and was instrumental in setting up the first trade union in St Kitts. That was all well documented. But I knew nothing of my African ancestry before the transatlantic slave trade until I decided to take a DNA test that enables you to discover the specific ethnicity of your mother’s maternal line, up to 2,000 years ago. Three weeks later, I found out that I’m descended from the Fang and Tikar people of Cameroon and Gabon.
So much of popular psychology focuses on the need to individuate and self-actualise. But the need to belong to a race, culture and community is an integral part of our sense of self. So, how is identity formed? «Identity development is an extremely complex process,» explains Dr Sarah Gaither. «These include where you’re living, messages your parents, peers or teachers give you, and encounters and experiences where someone may question you or notice something different about you. Usually, these encounters cause someone to go and learn about whatever that identity or difference may be. They either accept that part of themselves by learning to internalise it, or decide that the identity doesn’t match their sense of self.
1. What does Greta highlight as missing from her knowledge about the family background? The reasons why their parents chose to marry in London. Details about her earlier roots before recorded family history. Information about other relatives living in Europe. The specific career paths of her great-grandparents.
Ответ: Details about her earlier roots before recorded family history.
2. What does Greta’s great-grandfather seem to represent in the story? A symbol of freedom for his former slave family on Nevis. A person who disconnected from their native region. A symbol of conflict between different cultures.
Ответ: A symbol of freedom for his former slave family on Nevis.
3. According to Dr Gaither, what often leads people to reflect on who they are? Advice from friends and family stories about one’s ancestors. Unexpected meetings with people form one’s past. Facing situations others highlight something unusual about them. Social pressure to discover our ancestral roots and form an idea of self.
Ответ: Facing situations others highlight something unusual about them.
4. What does Dr. Gaither suggest about how people forma sense of who they are? It involves both personal reflection and outside input. It depends entirely on family traditions. It happens naturally without external influence. It is mostly shaped by media and entertainment.
Ответ: It involves both personal reflection and outside input.
5. What role did Greta’s mother play in her early interest in creative expression? She pushed her to focus on journalism as amore serious job. She discouraged her from pursuing reading and writing. She supported her early development but didn’t engage with her career. She enrolled her in music classes from a young age.
Ответ: She supported her early development but didn’t engage with her career.
6. What realisation did Greta have after learning about her heritage? Her passion may have been shaped by past generations. Her family background has little influence on personal interests. Her ancestors lefta lot of written heritage. Her ancestors were talented songwriters and singers.
Ответ: Her passion may have been shaped by past generations.
7. What does Greta suggest about her relatives from earlier generations? They might have discouraged her artistic expression. They would have been critical about her writing. They would have appreciated her talents and abilities. They would have welcomed her songwriting skills.
Ответ: They would have appreciated her talents and abilities.
8. What does Greta find unexpected about scientific views on racial categories? That they are shaped mainly by biology. That they are based on genetic facts. That they clearly explain inherited behavior. That they are not grounded in biological evidence.
Ответ: That they are not grounded in biological evidence.
9. How might learning about their background change a person’s view of themselves, according to Dr. West? They would be more interested in learning a new skill. They would prefer to move to another country. They would stop doing things they used to enjoy. They might feel less isolated in their behavior.
Ответ: They might feel less isolated in their behavior.
10. What did Greta hope to gain by traveling to Jamaica? A chance to meet and reconnect with distant relatives. A deeper connection to her family’s background. A prospect of settling in Jamaica with her family. An opportunity to study Jamaican traditions.
Ответ: A deeper connection to her family’s background.