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Примерные вариант устного экзамена по английскому языку в Московский педагогический государственный университет

Устный экзамен по английскому языку включает в себя следующие задания:

• 1 вопрос – Прочитать и перевести текст. Ответить на вопросы экзаменатора по содержанию текста.

• 2 вопрос – Передать содержание небольшого рассказа (шутки), прочитанного экзаменатором на английском языке.

• 3 вопрос – Беседа по теме, предложенной экзаменатором. Ответ на второй и третий вопросы дается у стола экзаменатора без предварительной подготовки.

Ниже приводится образец текста (первый вопрос билета)

PROTECTING HIS PROPERTY

John Webb was an American businessman. He had a comfortable flat in New York but he preferred to leave the dusty city in summer and to live in his cottage.
In one of the rooms in his cottage there was a big closet in which he kept his things. John liked his cottage, especially his own closet, for John Webb loved his personal things and got very angry when somebody else touched them.
It was autumn and John was packing things, as he was going to return to New York. Suddenly his eyes fell on the shelf where his wine stood. One of the bottles was half full, though he remembered he had not opened it. He took the bottle and stared at it. At that moment his wife Helen entered the room.
“John”, – she exclaimed, – “You are not taking a drink at ten in the morning, are you?” – “No, dear, – he answered. “I’m only going to put something into it.” With these words he took some small white tablets out of his pocket and dropped them into the bottle. While his wife was staring at him in horror he explained to her: “You see, my dear, somebody has stolen my wine and I want to punish the thief.”
“What are these tablets? Will they make the man sick?” – Helen cried.
“Not only sick, they’ll kill him. It’s poison.”
Helen grew pale. “But, John, it’s awful, it’s murder, even the law doesn’t punish a thief by death, what right have you?”
“When it comes to protecting my property I make my own laws”, – he answered. Near the bottle he put a small wine glass filled with poisoned wine.
Helen couldn’t help thinking with horror of what might happen while they were in New York. She made up her mind to tell their neighbour about it. Someone had to know.
“Well, my dear”, – she said pretending to smile, – “I’ll go and say good-bye to our neighbours”.
Helen went away and John went on packing. Suddenly he remembered that he had not packed his hunting boots, which were in the garden.
Leaving the door open he went out into the garden. Suddenly he slipped and struck his head and fell down. He felt a sharp pain and fainted.
Some minutes later he felt a strong arm round him and heard his servant say: “It’s all right, Mr Webb, take this, it’ll make you better.” A small wine glass was pressed to his lips.
Half-conscious he drank it.

Второй вопрос билета на устном экзамене по английскому языку абитуриент получает у стола экзаменатора, ответив на первый вопрос билета. Экзаменатор зачитывает по-английски небольшой рассказ-шутку. Прослушав текст, абитуриент пересказывает его также по-английски, то есть передает его содержание.
Ниже приводятся образцы таких шуток, предлагаемых абитуриентам в качестве второго вопроса экзаменационного билета.

THE BOY AND THE CAKES

A train stopped at a small station. A passenger looked out of the window and saw a woman who was selling cakes. The gentleman wanted to buy a cake, but the woman was standing rather a long way from the carriage.
The gentleman didn’t want to go for the cake himself, so he called a little boy who was on the platform near the carriage and asked him: “How much does a cake cost?” “Threepence, sir,” answered the boy. The gentleman gave him sixpence and said to him: “Bring me a cake and with the other threepence buy one for yourself.”
A few minutes later the boy came back. He was eating a cake. He gave the gentleman threepence change and said: “There was only one cake left, sir.”

TWO CHAMPIONS

Once a famous boxer went to a restaurant to have dinner. He took off his coat at the door, but he was afraid that somebody would take it. So he took a piece of paper and wrote on it: “This coat belongs to Tom Brown, the famous boxer; he will come back in a few minutes.” He fastened the paper to his coat and went to have his dinner. When he returned, however, his coat was not there, but he found a piece of paper in its place which said: “Your coat has been taken by a famous runner, who will not come back at all.”

THE KING AND THE CRITIC

A king liked to write stories, which he thought were very good. The people to whom he showed them were afraid to criticize them. They said that his stories were good.
One day he showed some of them to a well known critic, who said that his stories were bad. The king got angry with him and sent him to prison.
After some time the king pardoned the critic and when he returned invited him to his palace to dinner. Again he showed him some of his stories and again asked him what he thought of them.
The critic turned to the guards who were standing behind him and said: “Take me back to prison.”

A GOOD LESSON

It was Sunday. The trains were crowded. A gentleman was walking along the platform looking for a place. In one of the cars he saw a vacant seat. But a small suitcase was lying on it and a stout gentleman was sitting next to it.
“Is this seat vacant?” asked the gentleman.
“No, it is my friend’s,” answered the gentleman. “He is just coming – this is his suitcase.”
“Well,” said the gentleman, “I’ll sit here till he comes.” Five minutes later the train started, but nobody came.
“Your friend is late,” said the gentleman. “He has missed his train, but he need not lose his suitcase.” And with there words he took the suitcase and threw it out of the window.
The stout gentleman got up and tried to catch the suitcase, but it was too late. It was his suitcase and he had taken a second seat for his own comfort.

WHY WAS SHE ANGRY?

A young man was in love with a beautiful girl. One day she said to him: “It is my birthday tomorrow.” “Oh,” said the young man, “I’ll send you roses, one rose for each year of your life.”
The same evening he went to a florist’s. As he knew that the girl was twenty-two years old, he paid for twenty-two roses and asked the florist to send them to the girl the next day.
The florist knew the young man very well as he had often bought flowers in his shop before. When the young man left the shop, the florist thought:
“This young man is a very good customer. I think that my price was too high. I’ll send ten more roses.”
He did so. The next morning thirty-two roses were sent to the girl. When the young man came to see her she didn’t want to speak to him. And he never knew why she was so angry with him.

В качестве третьего вопроса билета абитуриенту предлагается изложить свое мнение по теме, предложенной экзаменатором.
Это такие темы как:

• Семья

• Школа

• Москва. Ваш родной город

• Театр, кино, телевидение

• Летний отдых, досуг

• Времена года, погода

• Выбор профессии

• Спорт

• Праздники в семье

• Англия, США (основные сведения)

• Любимый автор, книга, фильм и т. д.

Темы формулируются примерно следующим образом.

1. Вы сдаете экзамены, чтобы поступить в Московский педагогический государственный университет. Почему Вы решили поступать именно сюда? Что привлекает Вас в Вашей будущей профессии?
2. Нравится ли Вам жить в Москве? Каковы, на Ваш взгляд, достоинства и недостатки жизни в таком большом городе?
3. Очень трудно представить себе нашу жизнь без телевизора. Многие люди проводят все свое свободное время у телевизора. Что Вы думаете по этому поводу? Хорошо это или плохо?
4. Кого из известных английских писателей Вы знаете? Какие книги этого автора Вы читали? На каком языке? Ваши любимые произведения этого автора?
5. Все школьники любят каникулы, но проводят они их по-разному. Какой вид отдыха Вы предпочитаете и почему?
6. 9-го Мая в нашей стране отмечают День Победы. Это один из немногих советских праздников, которые мы сохранили. Почему, как Вы думаете? Как обычно отмечается этот день?
7. Есть ли какие-либо интересные традиции в вашей семье? Расскажите о них.
8. Был ли у Вас в школе любимый учитель? Чем он Вам нравился?
9. Спорт занимает в жизни человека особое место. Нужно ли заниматься спортом? Какие виды спорта Вы предпочитаете и почему?
10. Как Вы думаете, почему из всех времен года многие люди предпочитают лето? Любите ли Вы лето? Какое Ваше любимое время года?