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Task 2. Retell the main idea of the text (Time for preparation-2 min., time for answering - 2 min.)
SPEAKING (10 min.)
Task 1. Discuss on the given situation. (Time for preparation- 3 min., time for answering- 1 min.).
Task 2. Speak on the given topic “Family traditions of celebrating the birthday and the birth of a child in Kazakhstan. Compare and contrast with traditions of other countries”. (Time for preparation- 4 min., time for answering- 2 min.)
READING (10 min.)
Task 1. Read the first passage of the text. Translate orally the second passage. (Time for preparation-5 min., time for answering- 2 min.).
Mark Twain’s regarded as among the greatest writers in American history
From 1885 to the present, Mark Twain’s books have sparked controversies that led to their removal from public libraries and school reading list. Adventure of Huckleberry Finn is clearly his most controversial work today, but The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Eve’s Diary were also banned from libraries during Mark Twain’s lifetime. Huckleberry Finn was banned from the public library in Concord, Massachusetts, after its directors decided that it was “more suited to the slums than to intelligent, respectable people.” Their decision was as much a reaction to Twain’s use of dialect in the narration as anything that occurred within the book, but for decades, even after Twain’s novels gained widespread critical acclaim, some librarians continued to view Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer as poor role models for young people.
Interactions between the novel and American culture continue to influence critical perspectives on Huckleberry Finn to this day. Most importantly, increased sensitivity to issue related to racism in the United States since the 1950s has contributed to new issues being raised about Mark Twain’s portrayal of race relations in the pre-Civil War South. In recent survey of attempts to ban in the United States, the American Library Association ranked Huckleberry Finn the fifth most frequently challenged book of the 1990s.
The continuing controversy in American schools has influenced scholarly studies of the novel, with numerous recent books addressing Twain’s portrayal of African Americans, the book’s place in the curriculum, and suggestions for how to teach it.
Task 2. Write suitable heading to each passage. (Time for preparation -2 min. Time for answer -1min.)
WRITING (10 min.)
Task 1. Write a short review “Fashion in Kazakhstan”. (100 words). (Time for preparation- 8 min., time for answering- 2 min.).
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LISTENING (10 min.)
Task 1. Listen to the text and give T(true) and F (False) answers. (Time for listening - 3 min., time for preparation-5 min., time for answering- 1 min).
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| 1.Tabloid paper is smaller, the so-called quality press, tend to be bigger. | ||
| 2. A tabloid newspaper tends to have huge pictures, huge headlines……….. | ||
| 3. The tabloid paper tend to have a much bigger circulation. | ||
| 4. The quality press has a much bigger circulation than tabloid paper | ||
| 5. The broadsheet newspapers tend to focus on the more serious stories – political stories. |
Task 2. Retell the main idea of the text. (Time for preparation – 2 min. Time for answer -2 min.)?
SPEAKING (10 min.)