Стр.4-5 Рабочая тетрадь Модуль 1 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 11 класс
Module 1 Reading & Vocabulary Reading 1 a) Read the text. For statements 1 -7, choose А, В, C or D to complete each statement correctly.
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Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Баранова, Дули, Копылова 11 класс, Просвещение:
Module 1
Reading & Vocabulary
Reading
1 a) Read the text. For statements 1 -7, choose А, В, C or D to complete each statement correctly. Circle the answer you choose.
A major drawback was that nobody spoke English. As I was later to learn, you need only ten words of their language and the Italians will gladly help you with the rest, but at that stage I had only three words and a punctuation mark: ‘Autostrada del Sole?’. I was looking for the Highway of the Sun. When I said this phrase with an interrogative inflection while doing my gestural imitation of a six-lane highway, people crossed themselves. Some of them crossed the street.
But a few brave souls pointed the way, so that after about two hours of doing my frog-man walk through the killing midday heat I had reached the highway at a spot where it looked like I might get a lift, if one of the hurtling cars would only stop. After another two hours one did. It had an English driver: a Unilever accountant who said he could take me as far as Piacenza. While I drank two bottles of orangeade out of a six-pack and the entire contents of a flask of mineral water, he explained that it wasn’t just the beard which kept me rooted to the hard shoulder, it was also that hitchhiking was forbidden.
Dimly I remembered Francoise telling me that in her last letter. Receiving advice, ignoring it, and then finding out the hard way how good it was, has been the story of my life. One of these days the Good Samaritan might fail to materialise, or might not have any orangeade with him when he does.
Just outside the Piacenza exit my saviour set me off at a point where I might conceivably pick up another lift south, but he warned me not to bank on it. After an hour and a half of watching Fiats, Lancias and Alfas go by both ways like an exchange of bullets, I got the point and started walking towards town. It was a long way and I was grateful when a three-ton lorry heading in that direction slowed down and stopped just ahead. The old hooked thumb had worked at last.
When the driver leaned out, he doubled my relief by speaking English.
“You want a lift?”
“Yes, actually.”
“Yes, actually. You from England?”
“Australia.”
“Australia. I hear your accent now. I was in Australia, at the Snowy River Project. I do not feel comfortable with Australians. Here in Italy we do not like the beard. I drive into town, get some of my friends, we come back and fix you good.”
On the other side of the roadside ditch there were cabbages growing among which I hid, but after about another hour it started looking probable that he would not come back, so I began walking again, this time without the extended thumb.
Having to turn my feet sideways even to limp successfully, I had a terrific pain in the ankle, so by the time I got to Piacenza railway station I had barely enough strength to get my wallet out. Spending all my money on a ticket to Florence was rendered needlessly complicated by the fact that none of the ticket-sellers had ever heard of the place. At last their supervisor showed up and set them straight by informing them that the city they had always referred to as ‘Firenze’ was in reality called Florence. It took a long time to sort out and I missed a train while it was happening, but the next train had a name - accelerate - that sounded fast enough to make up the difference.
1 The writer was at a disadvantage while trying to find the highway because he hadn’t learnt enough Italian.
A he hadn’t learnt enough Italian.
В he didn’t know where he wanted to go.
C people were frightened by his appearance.
D the locals weren’t very friendly.
2 The writer found it difficult to get a lift because most drivers were unwilling to pick him up.
A there were few cars on the road.
В most drivers were unwilling to pick him up.
C the drivers were going too fast to see him.
D he wasn’t standing in a good spot.
3 The writer says that when he is given advice he doesn’t usually follow it.
A gives it careful attention.
В doesn’t usually follow it.
C is very grateful for it.
D thinks it often helps him.
4 In paragraph four, the English driver uses the expression ‘not to bank on it’ to suggest that the writer should not expect to be picked up.
A should not expect to be picked up.
В should not wait for too long.
C should stand where he could be seen.
D should not walk along the road.
5 The writer was pleased to meet the second driver because he could communicate with him.
A introduced him to his friends.
В was from Britain.
C had worked in Australia.
D could communicate with him.
6 The writer eventually walked to Piacenza because he decided it was safer than hitching a ride.
A the driver wasn’t going that way.
В the lorry driver threatened to harm him.
C he decided it was safer than hitching a ride.
D the lorry driver’s friends failed to pick him up.
7 The writer suggests that at Piacenza railway station they do not serve many foreigners.
A the trains are never on time.
В there is no-one in charge.
C the ticket-sellers are poorly trained.
D they do not serve many foreigners.
b) Translate lines 10-26 from the text into Russian.
Vocabulary
2 Fill in: hurtling, declared, inflection, imitation, showed, rooted, saviour, bank, rendered, pointed, lean, head for.
1 It is dangerous to lean out of the window of a moving train.
2 This vase is a poor imitation of the actual antique vase.
3 The comet came hurtling towards the Earth at great speed.
4 I was so scared I remained rooted to the spot.
5 You need to use a rising inflection when you ask a question in English.
6 He was my saviour when he rescued me from danger.
7 Don’t bank on him being there for you. He’s very unreliable.
8 The shocking news rendered me speechless.
9 I want to go swimming, so let’s head for the beach.
10 The signs pointed the way to the museum.
11 The estate agent showed us the apartment yesterday.
12 The candidates for the election declared their political intentions.
3 Choose the correct word. Then translate the sentences into Russian.
1 We have finally reached a decision.
The plane arrived at Heathrow Airport two hours ago.
2 The television comes complete with a stand and a remote control.
I read the entire book in two days.
3 At long last the winter was over.
Later on that night, we walked along the beach.
4 I couldn’t understand her because she had a strong German accent.
Cockney is an dialect of English.
5 The table extends to fit twelve people.
Living healthily can prolong life.
4 Tick the correct boxes.
the
train
a goal
my temper
the target
the point
my keys
the chance
my job
miss
lose