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соч Total 15 points 1. Reading. Read the article about mobile phones and do the tasks. (4 points) Mobile Fever Why are we so addicted to mobile phones? There are now over forty million people in Britain with mobiles and if the present trend continues, every man, woman and child in Britain will soon have one – or two, or three! They can be expensive and are possibly bad for us. You can spend a lot of money if you use your mobile a lot. According to some scientists, if we go on using mobiles, we’ll cook our brains. Some people even say that radiation from mobiles causes cancer. Teenagers are among the biggest users of mobiles, and ‘texting’ is creating a new language full of abbreviations such as ‘How RU?’ in Japan, Surveys show teenagers are reading less and mobile use is affecting the marks of secondary school learners. A big problem in Britain is crime. Last year half a million British teenagers were victims of mobile phone theft. As technology improves, mobiles can do more and more. If you have one of the new multimedia mobiles, you can log on the net, pay for things, play games, interact with TV programs and take photos to send to your friends. Read the text again and answer the questions. 1. How many British people are addicted to mobile phones? A) 60 million B) 40 million C) 5 million D) 2 million 2. … are among the biggest users of mobiles. A) Middle age people B) Old people C) Young people D) Adult people Read the text and give a short answer. 3. Does a mobile phone improve the marks of the learners? 4. Is ‘texting’ creating a new type of communication? 2. Writing. Complete the sentences with the suitable words. (3 points) Spread, eat, distract, couch potato, desert island, transform. 1. is a person, who eats a lot of junk food and do nothing all the day. 2. Technology will our home in ways we can only dream about. 3. Don’t say anything if you are not sure, rumors really fast. 4. The ship found the survivors on a . 5. It’s very rude to with your hands in my country. 6. The Internet you from real life. 3. Use of English. Choose the correct item. (2 points) 1. My brother used to/didn’t use to travel a lot before he got married, but now he spends all his time travelling to different countries with his wife. 2. Kristin used to/didn’t use to have long dark hair, but now her hair is really short. 3. My sister used to/didn’t use to eat only seafood, but now she loves it. 4. Mary used to/didn’t use to wear sweater, she preferred wearing jackets. 4. Use of English. Complete the sentences with can, could, be able to in appropriate tense. (6 points) 1. Although I woke up 40 minutes late, I ………. get to work on time. 2. Emily … cook perfect meal as the meat was fresh. 3. We … see the performance better if we buy the tickets in the first row. 4. You … drive a car in Kazakhstan until you are 18. 5. I … speak French now at all but I … speak it two years ago very well. 6. …you hear the sound? I was really scared.