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Раздел 1. Аудирование
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Вы услышите half-dozen высказываний. Установите соответствие между высказываниями каждого говорящего A—F и утверждениями, данными в списке i—seven. Используйте каждую букву, обозначающую утверждение, только один раз. В задании есть одно лишнее утверждение. Вы услышите запись дважды. Занесите свои ответы в поле справа.
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1. Information technology is important to teach pupils important elements of storytelling.
2. The compelling tone and atmosphere are important.
iii. It is pregnant that students brand their own choice.
4. Creative writing makes students nervous and bored.
5. Analyzing the development of characters improves writing.
half-dozen. The use of agile verbs make stories live.
7. These tasks are hard for both students and teachers.
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Вы услышите диалог. Определите, какие из приведенных утверждений A—G соответствуют содержанию текста (1 — True), какие не соответствуют (2 — False) и о чем в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (three — Non stated). Вы услышите запись дважды.
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A. Linda and Frank are going to the movies.
B. Mel Gibson's character fights in the War of Independence.
C. Frank thinks the plot benefits from beloved stories.
D. Gibson'southward character falls in love with a British girl.
East. Frank finds the film unrealistic in many ways.
F. Frank is sure costumes will be the principal attraction for Linda in the film.
G. Linda plans to run into the film that very night.
Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях three—9 выберите цифру 1, 2 или three, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Вы услышите запись дважды.
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David has some piece of work feel equally ...
1. a military pilot.
2. a airplane pilot of regional airlines.
iii. a British Airlines representative.
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David'southward present duties include ...
i. helping his senior colleagues with their baggage and uniform.
2. paging important information to his senior colleagues.
3. replacing his senior colleagues when they are sick.
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What is annoying to David in his electric current job?
ane. The airline'south plans can go wrong.
2. It takes him too long to get to the aerodrome.
3. Being paged interrupts his personal life.
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Describing some difficulties in his current job, David says that ...
1. it is a normal part of a reserve pilot's career.
2. other pilots accept more serious problems.
3. he expects his job to go more difficult in the future.
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What is the biggest disadvantage of David's current job?
1. Lack of free time.
2. Irregular working hours.
3. Low salary.
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Speaking about his flat-mates. David says that ...
ane. they are non very friendly to him.
2. they e'er argue about who volition cook the meals.
three. he doesn't accept the opportunity to see them very oftentimes.
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What kind of training will David need in the time to come?
1. Training in flying A320.
2. Training for keeping up with changes.
iii. Grooming in the company'southward operations.
Раздел ii. Чтение
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Установите соответствие тем i — 8 текстам A — Thou. Занесите свои ответы в соответствующее поле справа. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании одна тема лишняя.
1. Comparing insects
2. Some special features
iii. Some dragonflies drift
iv. Excellent vision
five. Keeping them warm or cool
half dozen. Masters of flight
7. Aboriginal insects
8. Risks of extinction
A. Long before the dinosaurs walked the Globe, dragonflies took to the air. If nosotros could ship ourselves back 250 million years, we would immediately recognize the familiar sight of dragonflies flying in pursuit of casualty. Ancient dragonflies may have been considerably larger than those we see today. A fossilized impression of a dragonfly wing, found in a coal mine in England, is the oldest known dragonfly specimen. This dragonfly lived 320 million years agone and had a wingspan of 8 inches.
B. Relative to other insects, dragonfly vision is extraordinarily good. The caput consists almost entirely of two huge compound eyes, which gives the dragonfly nearly 360° vision. Each compound eye contains as many as 30,000 lenses, or ommatidia. A dragonfly uses near lxxx% of its brain to process all this visual information. They can see a wider spectrum of colours than humans. This remarkable vision helps them to observe the motility of other insects and avoid collisions in flight.
C. Dragonflies tin can move each of their four wings independently. In addition to flapping each wing upwards and downward, they can rotate their wings forward and back on"an axis. This flexibility enables them to put on an aerial testify like no other insect. Dragonflies tin move direct up or down, fly backwards, stop and hover, and make hairpin turns, at full speed or in slow motion. A dragonfly can fly forward at a speed of 100 torso lengths per second, or upwardly to 30 miles per hour.
D. A number of dragonfly species are known to drift. As with other organisms that migrate, dragonflies relocate to follow or find needed resources, or in response to environmental changes like common cold weather. The world skimmer is one of several species known to develop in temporary freshwater pools. Forced to follow the rains that replenish their breeding sites, the world skimmer set up a new insect world tape when a biologist documented its xi,000 mile trip between India and Africa.
East. Fifty years ago there were twice as many ponds in Uk as there are today. The draining of agronomical country, "filling in and pollution have all contributed to the disappearance of most countryside ponds. Canals take also suffered from pollution, especially by chemicals used on farmland draining into water. The loss of suitable fresh water habitats has affected dragonflies enormously and they are becoming increasingly rare. Some of dragonflies which tin be found living only in the Norfolk Broads, is on the list of British endangered species of insects.
F. A dragonfly has two large compound optics which have upwards most of its head. Dragonflies have long, fragile, membranous wings which are transparent and some have light yellowish colouring near the tips. Their bodies are long and slender and they accept short antennae. Dragonflies are very colourful. Some are red like the Comet Darner and yellow like the Emerald Darner. They can vanquish each pairs of wings together or separately and their rear wings tin exist out of phase with the front wings. Their fly beat is around 50-90 beats per 2d.
G. Dragonflies and butterflies possess two pair of wings. The butterfly's wings are made up of two large pairs of wings each possessing a forewing and a hindwing. Butterflies can't fly if the temperature of their trunk falls beneath 8"5 degrees and therefore need to sunday themselves in guild to warm up. Collywobbles also have a pair of antennae with small-scale receptors attached for smelling. Dragonflies have 2 pairs of wings that are transparent, rigid, straight, and have few veins. Different butterflies, dragonflies are skillful at flying.
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Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A-F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1-seven. Одна из частей в списке лишняя.
1. the realization of anybody's right to education
two. 1 of its principal activities to achieve this aim
3. make instruction systems more constructive
4. to respond to contemporary global challenges
5. stimulating teachers to work more effectively
6. to higher educational activity, including vocational education
7. improving quality, and ensuring that education
Education for the 21st century
Since its creation in 1945, UNESCO's mission has been to contribute to the building of peace, poverty eradication, lasting development and intercultural dialogue. Education is A ______ . The Organization is committed to a holistic and humanistic vision оf quality education worldwide, В ______ and the conventionalities that education plays a primal part in human, social and economic development.
UNESCO'south educational objectives are to support the accomplishment of didactics for All (EFA), to provide global and regional leadership in education; to strengthen didactics systems worldwide from early childhood to the adult years; C ______ through education.
UNESCO'south work encompasses educational development from pre-school through D ______, not-formal educational activity and literacy.
The Organisation focuses on increasing access, E ______ develops knowledge and skills in areas such as sustainable development, human rights and gender equality. UNESCO works with governments and a wide range of partners to F ______ through policy modify. It coordinates the Didactics for All movement, tracks educational activity trends and raises the profile of educational needs on global development agendas.
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания 12—xviii, обводя цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую номеру выбранного вами варианта ответа.
The Maya civilisation
The Maya civilisation was one of the most advanced cultures in Mesoamerica, and their empire's incredible reign (and mysterious collapse) is a source of fascination for all types of scholars. The culture is well-known for its long-count agenda, inscribed on a large rock, as well as its incredible architecture, and for having the commencement fully developed written linguistic communication in the Americas. This is known due to the codices, or folding books, which accept been found in diverse historical sites and are considered some of the era'southward nigh important artifacts.
While many of these volumes were destroyed in the years during and afterward the Spanish conquest, three of the codices have been established every bit authentic beyond doubt. They are named after the cities in which they eventually came to reside: the Dresden, Madrid, and Paris codices. Other Maya books are extremely rare due to disintegration; many excavations of archaeological sites have unearthed lumps of plaster which are the remains of tomes where all organic thing has decomposed.
The Dresden Codex is one of the more well-known books, plant in Chichen Itza. The last is believed to be the central city of the Maya civilization. The Dresden Codex is the oldest volume written in the Western Hemisphere that'southward e'er been found, and consists of 39 double-sided sheets of amate paper. One of the nigh interest near the book is that information technology was written by different authors in a variety of colors, styles, and glyphs. The volume has an extraordinarily accurate astronomical table, including a chart that predicts the move Venus in the sky. It's believed that the Maya rulers would organise their wars to occur only when the planet had risen. We still can't explain what made it possible for the Maya people to make such accurate astronomical observations without special equipment, so at that place are abiding talks virtually possible contacts of Maya with other interspace civilizations.
The Madrid Codex is more varied than the Dresden, and is thought to take been written by simply ane person after the Castilian had already arrived in Mesoamerica. It may have been sent back to Espana past Herman Cortes himself, and it now resides in the Museo de America in Madrid. The source city for this book is believed to be Tayasal, which was conquered by conquistadors in 1697.
The Paris Codex was qcquired by French republic in 1832, and promptly disappeared for several years presently subsequently a few reproduction drawings had been made. It was rediscovered in 1859 in a basket of papers in the National Library, and is in poor condition as a upshot. The book contains prophecies relating of Maya long-count calendar as well every bit their zodiac. Many people nonetheless believe in the verity of Maya prophecies, or at least in our ability to decipher them.
While these three are the but authenticated Maya codices, in that location are a number of others which are believed to exist forgeries; the rarity of this blazon of antiquity naturally causes a spike in the price for a new one. The Grolier Codex surfaced in the 1970s, and consists of eleven pages, which were discovered in a cavern. It is an extremely convincing artifact, but scholars are in serious disagreement over its legitimacy. While the newspaper is ancient enough, the pictures on it have many inconsistencies and errors, and no consensus has nevertheless been reached.
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Which of the following is, co-ordinate to the writer, NOT what the Maya civilization is famous for?
one. Knowledge.
2. Outstanding constructions.
iii. Armed services victories.
4. Time-planning charts.
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The Maya codices became so important for modem scholars because they
1. were establish in different places.
2. are directly evidence of an aboriginal civilization.
three. disembalm ancient mysteries.
4. can notwithstanding function equally a calendar.
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The Codices are named after several European cities because
1. they were found at that place.
2. they are kept there.
iii. these cities are as well very old.
4. these cities are the best research centres.
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According to the author, in Maya civilisation the planet Venus motion was used to bear witness ...
i. when to modify the ruler.
2. the accurateness of astronomical tables.
3. how to organize their civilisation.
4. when to showtime a military activeness.
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Information technology tin can be implied that the Madrid Codex was ...
1. a war trophy.
2. bought for the museum.
iii. the reason of an ancient disharmonize.
4. discovered by chance.
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The Paris Codex is in the poorest condition because it was ...
ane. not kept in a library.
ii. poorly copied.
3. neglected for a menses of time.
4. discovered likewise tardily.
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The scholars are in doubt about the actuality of the Grolier Codex because of ...
one. its controversial content.
2. the qualities of its newspaper.
3. the text mode.
4. its size.
Раздел 3. Грамматика и лексика
Прочитайте приведенные ниже тексты. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные жирными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 19—25, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текстов. Перенесите полученный ответ в соответствующее поле справа. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы xix — 25. Ответ пишите без пробелов и иных знаков.
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The Due north Pole has melted once more
Surround Two weeks of warm weather in the high Chill have caused a lake to begin forming. To be articulate, the water the pole is non bounding main water ______ from the ocean.
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MELT Information technology is ______ water ice water resting on a layer of ice below. "It'due south a shallow lake. Information technology's a common cold lake. Merely it is, actually, a lake," writes William Wolfe of Canada.com.
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BAD That lake started to form on July 13 during a month of abnormally warm weather condition - temperatures were i-3 degrees Celsius college than average in the Chill Body of water this calendar month. In addition, the weather is likely to get ______ over the coming calendar week. An Arctic cyclone will bring strong winds and rain.
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Snow in Brazil
GO Co-ordinate to the National Meteorology Institute, 87 towns in all iii of Brazil's southern states saw snow and freezing rain last week. The temperature ______ below zero.
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One In some towns temperature equally low as minus 7 degrees Celsius was registered. It was the ______ time that information technology snowed in Florianopolis, and Curitiba, the upper-case letter of the land of Parana reported snow after 38 years.
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FALLSnow is rare in Brazil. Final yr it ______ out simply in a scattering of towns in the mountainous areas.
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DECLARE This year considering of heavy snowfalls and low temperature a state of emergency ________ in several towns of the state.
Прочитайте приведенный ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные жирными буквам в конце строк 26—31, так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните соответствующее поле справа полученными словами. Каждое поле соответствует отдельному заданию из группы 26—31.
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Don't swim with 'Dusty'
AssailmentDolphins are known for their gentle personality. Simply the glory dolphin, 'Dusty', one can see in Doolin Harbour, Canton Clare, Republic of ireland is different. This female dolphin is well-known for her_______ behaviour.
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SWIM I day she was bathing next to a wall and stone steps of the harbour, with 2 ______ nearby.
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IRRITATESShe soon turned sinister every bit she began to fustigate her tail on the surface of the water in a sign of anger and _______ causing enormous splashes.
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SUDDEN________ the dolphin surged through the water and hit a woman, leaving her screaming in pain.
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FORTUNATEThe _______ woman began shouting for aid. She was dragged onto the steps by a bystander, but Dusty soon came back and menacingly raised her head out of the water before pond away.
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FRIEND Dusty was first spotted in the waters as far back as 2000. At times she can seem ______ and welcoming of the attending, but she can quickly plow nasty. Lifeguards in the area are now putting out scarlet flags whenever Dusty is spotted in the area and have asked tourists not to swim with the dolphin.
Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 32 — 38. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям 32 — 38, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Обведите номер выбранного вами варианта ответа.
Му family
I don't believe anyone could depict me as a snob. All the same, I practice believe that the saying "There's a place for everything, and everything has its place" 32 ______ every bit well to human beings.
I was born in Yorkshire in Victorian times and I tin can safely 33 ______ that during this menses my family played a considerable part. My father, Sir Raymond Hardcastle, was not but an inventor and industrialist of great imagination and skill, but he too built up 1 of the nation's most successful companies. At the same time he e'er 34 ______ his workers as if they were all part of the family.
Indeed it was this example that he 35 ______ , whenever he dealt with those less fortunate than himself that has been the benchmark past which I have attempted to carry my ain life.
I have no brothers and only 1 elder sister, Amy. 36 ______ in that location were merely a couple of years between us, I cannot pretend that nosotros were even particularly close, perhaps because I was an outgoing child, while she was shy and reserved. Her just interests in life were gardening, crochet work and the occasional visit to Scarborough festival. She never 37 ______ an attempt to get out of the family circle.
Gerald and I first met when I had been a houseguest at Lord Fanshaw's land home in Norfolk. As it turned 38 ______ we had much in common. Nosotros were married in July 1895 and our son Guy was born a yr subsequently. My father just doted on Guy and left everything to him.
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applies
affects
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therefore
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Раздел 4. Письмо
При выполнении заданий 39 и 40 особое внимание обратите на то, что Ваши ответы будут оцениваться только по записям, сделанным в БЛАНКЕ ОТВЕТОВ. Никакие записи черновика не будут учитываться экспертом. Обратите внимание также на необходимость соблюдения указанного объёма текста. Тексты недостаточного объёма, а также часть текста, превышающая требуемый объём, не оцениваются.
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You have received an electronic mail message from your English-speaking pen-friend Joan:
From: F[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject area: Welcome
… When I forget to take an umbrella in summer, it always rains. What's the atmospheric condition like in summer where yous live? What do you usually practice when it rains? How do you lot protect yourself from bad weather? I bought new shoes ii days ago, but at present I think I should have them back to the shop ...
Write an e-mail to Joan.
In your message
- reply her questions
- ask iii questions about her new shoes
Write 100–140 words.
Remember the rules of email writing.
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xl.1. Imagine that you lot are doing a project on what are the problems in rural areas in Zetland. You have found some data on the subject – the results of the opinion polls (see the table below). Comment on the information in the table and requite your personal opinion on the subject of the project.
Utilise the following plan:
– make an opening argument on the subject field of the projection work;
– select and study ii–3 principal features;
– make 1–ii comparisons where relevant;
– outline a problem that can ascend with rural areas and propose the way of solving it;
– draw a conclusion giving your personal opinion on the problems in rural areas.
twoscore.2. Imagine that you are doing a project on what celebration activities are popular among children in Zetland. Y'all take found some information on the subject area (see the diagram beneath). Annotate on the information in the diagram and give your personal opinion on the bailiwick of the project.
Utilise the post-obit programme:
– make an opening statement on the subject area of the project piece of work;
– select and report ii–3 main features;
– make 1–2 comparisons where relevant;
– outline a trouble that tin ascend with celebration activities and suggest the style of solving it;
– draw a conclusion giving your personal opinion on the role of celebrations in our life.
Раздел 5. Говорение
Imagine that you are preparing a projection with your friend. You take found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. Yous have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be gear up to read it out aloud. You will not accept more than one.5 minutes to read it.
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Scientific discipline is what nosotros do to find out about the natural earth. It is the total of physics, chemistry, biological science, geology and astronomy. Science makes employ of mathematics, and it makes observations and experiments. People who written report and research science and try to find out everything near information technology are chosen scientists. Scientists study things by looking at them very carefully, past measuring them, and past doing experiments and tests. Scientists endeavour to explain why things act the way they do, and predict what will happen.
Science is a way to get knowledge by discarding what is not true.Scientists must be very careful to brand explanations that fit well with what they observe and measure. They compete to provide ameliorate explanations. An explanation might be interesting or pleasing, merely if it does non agree with what other scientists really see and measure, they volition try to observe a meliorate explanation.
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Report the advertisement.
You are considering visiting London send museum and you'd like to go more information. In 1.five minutes y'all are to ask four straight questions to find out the post-obit:
- location of the museum
- discounts for children
- working hours
- the most pop exhibit in the museum
You accept twenty seconds to enquire each questions.
Показать ответ
1. Where is the museum located?
two. Do yous provide any discounts for children?
three. What are the working hours of the museum?
4. What is the most popular exhibit in the museum?
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You are going to give an interview. Y'all have to answer five questions. Give full answers to the questions (two−3 sentences). Recall that you have 40 seconds to answer each question.
Interviewer: Hello everybody! It's Teenagers Round the Earth Channel. Our invitee today is a teenager from Russia and we are going to discuss environmental. Nosotros'd like to know our guest's betoken of view on this issue. Please respond five questions. Then, let'due south get started.
Interviewer: What region of Russian federation practice you live in? What is the state of ecology there?
Student: _________________________
Interviewer: What are the main sources of pollution?
Student: _________________________
Interviewer: How do nosotros reduce the corporeality of emissions that we output?
Student: _________________________
Interviewer: What kinds of dangers does global warming present to the world?
Educatee: _________________________
Interviewer: Who is more than responsible for pollution – companies or individuals? Why?
Student: _________________________
Interviewer: Cheers very much for your interview.
Показать ответ
i. I live in Moscow region. I like this city and place where I live. The country of ecology is normal there. Air and water are clean in Moscow region.
2. The primary sources of pollution are air, water, state pollution. Likewise the noise pollution is spread in big cities.
3. People should divide waste matter and throw garbage just in special containers. This will help to save nature.
four. Global warming leads to the melting of glaciers, to a decrease fresh drinking water, to a drought in nature and climate.
five. I call back that equally companies or individuals are responsible for pollution. Each one should empathize that people and industrial companies need to exist more attentive with our planet and nature.
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Imagine that y'all are doing a projection "Cooperation in the workplace" together with your friend. You accept constitute some illustrations and desire to share the news. Leave a phonation message to your friend. In 2.five minutes be ready to tell the friend most the photos:
- give a brief description of the photos (two features connected with the subject of the project in each photo minimum);
- say in what way the pictures are dissimilar (2 features continued with the subject field of the project minimum);
- mention the advantages and disadvantages (1–2) of the 2 approaches to doing piece of work;
- express your opinion on the subject of the project – whether you lot would like to work by yourself or in a grouping
You will speak for not more than 3 minutes (2–iii sentences for every item of the program, 12–xv sentences total). You lot have to talk continuously.
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