Test Your English: Preparation Guide. Дворжец О.С - 60 стр.

 Part B. Directions:    Questions 6 through 10 are based on the text          9. What title would you give to the text?
 (Questions 6 –10)      you’ve read in Part A of this Section.                   A Changes in the face of Britain.
                        Choose the one best answer to each question on           B Long but fruitful partnership.
                        the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.      C Ultramodern hall for the old orchestra.
                        Mark the answer on your answer sheet.                    D Maestro for the millenium.

6. Which of the following is not true?                                        10. The word «rein» («reins») means in the text:
   – At a time when classical music was opening out to a new public, Rattle       A remains or ruins
   A came along to face the changes of classical music in his country.            B a means of guidance or control
   B appeared and changed the face of classical music in Britain.                 C that which remains
   C managed to change the face of classical music in Britain.                    D a means of orchestra transformation
   D impressed the British public in a way no other British conductor of
       his generation has done.
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7. Why did Simon Rattle refuse to consider offers from other orchestras
   and become the conductor of CBSO?                                           Part B. Directions:     Questions 1 through 5 are based on the text below.
   A He wanted to be in partnership with the orchestra in the ultramod-        (Questions 1 – 5)       Choose the one best answer to each question on
       ern new concert hall.                                                                           the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
   B He ignored various symphony orchestras as not having standing                                     Mark the answer in your answer sheet.
       and international reputation.
   C He decided to keep his attention on the long partnership with mu-               It began life inside the American slang expression ‘gettalife’. Which
       sicians from CBSO, transforming its standing and international         is ‘get a life’, an instruction to people whose life is so full of work that they
       reputation.                                                            have no time to enjoy it. Since then the word has developed a life of its
   D The classical music audience of Birmingham insisted on the long          own – as used by the stressed workaholic who sighs, ‘I have no life’. In this
       and fruitful partnership.                                              new context the word refers to those rare moments of genuine living, to
                                                                              those fleeting seconds of ‘quality time’. It can be spent anywhere – just so
8. In spite of the fact that                                                  long as it’s away from the office or the factory.
   A Simon Rattle’s time is divided, he regularly returns to Birming-                The conflict between life and work is laid bare in a survey published
        ham.                                                                  by Management Today magazine. It makes for compelling and timely read-
   B the number of orchestras Simon Rattle works with has changed, he         ing. The survey reveals that employees across Britain, male and female, are
        left his full-time post in 1998.                                      cracking under the stress of work overload.
   C Simon Rattle doesn’t devote all his time to CBSO, he still works                More than half of respondents report spending between 41 and 50
        with the orchestra as visiting conductor.                             hours a week at work, with a further 25 % staying in the office for more
   D Simon Rattle handed over the reins to guest conductors, he divides       than 51 hours. Close to half say they find it increasingly hard to reconcile
        his time between 3 cities.                                            their work with their personal commitments. Fascinatingly, a quarter say
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