Ответы на билеты по английскому для 9-классников 2023 года (2-е вопросы)

Ответы на вторые вопросы в экзаменационных билетах по английскому языку 2023 года для девятиклассников Узбекистана вы найдете ниже (ответы на первые вопросы здесь, а на третьи здесь).

В английском, полагаю, я могу быть экспертом. Все-таки на протяжении почти 30 лет работала англоязычным журналистом для известнейших мировых СМИ (The Associated Press, United Press International, World Politics Review), и, кроме того, выдержки из моих статей рассылались людям, изучающим английский.

А пока вторые вопросы билетов по английскому. Погнали! Ответы выделены жирным и наклонным.

CARD 11

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
Advertisements want to persuade us to buy particular products. Advertisers study how people learn so that they can ‘teach’ them to respond to their advertising. They want us to be interested, to try something, and then to do it again. These are the elements of learning: interest, experience and repetition. If an advert can achieve this, it is successful. If an advert works well, the same technique
can be used to advertise different things.

• What is the main purpose of advertisements?
• Do you think advertisements are persuading?

• The main purpose of advertisements is to persuade us to buy particular products.
• Yes, I do. Because people often buy things they don’t need if they are advertised well.

CARD 12

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
We all know a good film when we see it. It has a great story, excellent photography and wonderful acting. But what makes a good movie into a big hit? This is a question that filmmakers are always asking themselves! Of course, there is no perfect answer. However, movie companies have a few tricks which help make their films become as successful as possible.

• How do you think? (Неудачный вопрос, но составители билетов суют его здесь постоянно)
• What kind of qualities should a successful film have? Why?

В тексте задания есть явная ошибка. Первое предложение следует перевести так: «Мы все знаем некий хороший фильм, когда (у)видим его.» Ерунда. Явно хотели сказать, что мы можем определить, хорош ли фильм в момент просмотра, но не смогли правильно перевести на английский (над вопросами работали аж пять человек — ужас!) Все равно ответим на вопросы.

• I agree that a good film must have a great story, excellent photography and wonderful acting.
• A successful film must have the same qualities as well as good advertising and promotions. Otherwise, people may overlook it.

CARD 13

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
Most of us live in an apartment or in a house. Our homes often look similar to our neighbors’ ones from the outside, but on the inside, they can be very different. Most of us like our homes to be cozy and comfortable, but we have very different ideas about what that means. Some people like to have bright colors and lots of furniture, others prefer a cool, modern-looking home.

• What do you prefer?
• Apartment or House? Why?
• Describe your dream house.

• I prefer to live in an apartment because it’s cheaper and easier to clean.
• But my dream house is big with a lot of spacious rooms and modern furniture in them. I’d like to have a lot of money so that I can hire cleaners.

CARD 14

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
We talk to other people and give our opinions every day. Maybe you talk about what to do after school with your friends, or about plans for the weekend with your family. It’s important to give your opinions, but it is also important to listen to other people’s opinions and think about the best option.

• How good are you at listening?
• Do you usually accept other people’s opinions or make them follow
  you? Why?

• I’m good at listening.
• But I usually make other people follow me because I always feel that I know better what to do.

CARD 15

2.Read the paragraph and tell your opinion. Answer the questions.
In international tests of math, science and reading, students in Finland do well. This is good news! But when you look more carefully at the schools, it’s not easy to explain. Finnish students don’t start school until they are seven years old. The school day is short, about five hours, and there are only three or four classes a day. Students don’t have much homework and there are no exams. So, why don’t they do badly in tests? Perhaps something else can explain it.

• Do you think all Finnish students study well?
• What can be the success factor?

• I don’t think all Finnish students study well.
• A success factor for most Finnish students can be their happy life.

CARD 16

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
There are many NGOs working in the world. They work to improve all areas of life – health, environment, education, mass media, promoting small businesses, and so on. Some of them work to raise awareness about the problem of drugs, the effects of drugs and how to treat them. They organize different types of seminars. Some NGOs organize a number of national youth camps with many interesting and educational programs for young people. Some NGOs raise money to build or improve something.

• How do you think about the NGOs?
• Are they important? What kind of NGOs are there in Uzbekistan?
• Would you like to work for NGOs?

• I think some NGOs are useful but some are useless.
• Most NGOs are important, however. I don’t know much about NGOs here in Uzbekistan — I’ve just read about the National Association of Electronic Mass Media of Uzbekistan. As far as I remember it was not much of use.
• I don’t want to work for NGOs because it’s very difficult to raise money.

CARD 17

2.Read the paragraph and answer the question.
If there are little children in your life, explain to them that life isn’t always easy for kids around the world and that not all children have toys to play with or enough food to eat. Talk to them about how they can help to make a difference for kids in need and try to become a positive role model in their lives. Educate the kids in your life. Help them to learn life skills.

• In what ways can you educate kids?

• I can help kids learn life skills and be a positive role model in their lives.

CARD 18

2.Read the paragraph and answer the question.
What is a tradition? Probably, traditions are a way of defining who people are. Traditions are something that people keep doing for a long time and join different generations together. That’s why traditions are very important in any country. We celebrate birthdays, holidays and traditional wedding ceremonies. The family meal is another tradition that we should try to keep up in our everyday lives. Family meals reflect country’s culture and traditions.

• How do you think? Why traditions are important? (Ошибка! В школах учат классическому английскому, где «are» должно стоять перед «traditions»)
• Because traditions are a way of defining who people are. They also join different generations together.

CARD 19

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
Mass media is communication through a collection of different media technologies that is important for a large number of people. Print media gives information in physical objects, such as books, comics, magazines or newspapers. Mass media may take the form of broadcast media, as television and radio. Mass media serves to get and share information. But one should pay attention to certain things while using mass media. Not all mass media are reliable and news can be fake.

• What is mass media used for?
• Why should you be careful while using it?

(Кошмар, в тексте для обсуждения масса ошибок, помимо спорного содержания. Media — существительное во множественном числе.)

• First of all, mass media should control authorities through getting and sharing information about their activities.
• You should be extremely careful if media are controlled by governments because such media share information which is in their interest and hardly in the public interest.

CARD 20

2.Read the paragraph and tell your opinion. Answer the questions.
My special memory is from when I was three years old. We were staying with my grandparents at their house in the country. They lived in an old wooden house. I remember the house was always cold and it was near a forest. When it was time for bed, Grandma took me upstairs to read me a story. On my bed there was a lovely wool blanket. It was really colorful. I remember touching it and it was so, so soft. ‘It’s yours. I made it for you,’ my grandma said. I still have the blanket on my bed at home. It looks really small there, but I remember when I was younger it seemed so big!

• Do you have this kind of special memory?
• When was it? Who was there with you?
• Why is it so special for you?

• Yes, I do.
• I was ten years old. I was with my grandma.
• She said I would be an adult but I would not be able to become a child again. She was right.

CARD 1

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
Millions of people all over the world speak English as a foreign or second language. We wonder whether English will still be the international language in the next century. Many people think that English will continue to be the international language. It is the language of many countries – the USA, Canada, Australia, the UK, New Zealand, and an official language of many others such as South Africa. Others think it depends on people. There are more than one billion people in China, so the language that is spoken by the most people will be the international language.

• How do you think?
• Can English still be the international language in the next century?
  Why/Why not?

• English maybe still be an international language in the next century, at least one of them, because such developed countries as the USA, Canada, Australia, the UK, New Zealand, and some others use it extremely widely. At the same time, another language, for example Chinese, also can be an international language. I think the more languages you speak, the better.

CARD 2

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
Being a school teacher is very demanding. School teachers teach five-six classes a day to thirty-five students in a class. They spend their evenings preparing lessons and correcting papers. At the end of the day they can be very tired but most teachers like their jobs. They are pleased by young minds. Their job is really hard. They should be paid more.

• Should school teachers be paid more or are they being paid enough?
• How can we support teachers?

(Пошли сами себя хвалить и просить большей зарплаты. Лучше бы английский учили.)

• No, they shouldn’t. They are paid more than enough because many of them even don’t know subjects they teach.
• We can fire teachers and advise them to become sellers on markets.

А если вы хотите ответить так, чтобы это было приятно учителям, можете сказать:

• Yes, they should. They are not paid enough.
• We must study better.

CARD 3

2.Read the paragraph and tell your opinion. Answer the questions.
It’s not difficult to see that having certain abilities means that you can do certain jobs much better. If you have an ability to make friends quickly and get on with other people, it would be easier for you to work in a shop. If you are good at technical machinery and interested in operational problems, you should be an engineer. We should think about our personal strengths and weaknesses so that we can choose something more in line with our natural abilities.

• How do personal skills help to do certain jobs?
• What are you good at?

• Personal skills help to do jobs better. If you have an ability to make friends quickly and get on with other people, it would be easier for you to work in a shop. If you are good at technical machinery and interested in operational problems, you should be an engineer. We should think about our personal strengths and weaknesses so that we can choose something more in line with our natural abilities.
• I am good at programming.

CARD 4

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
About 90 percent of all children in most countries attend public school, which is free. The other 10 percent go to private schools, which often include additional special education. Public schools usually provide general secondary education. Private schools usually include vocational subjects like business or auto mechanics too and provide elective courses. Public schools have a lot of pupils in a classroom. But private schools have fewer students.

• How do you think? Which is better – private or public school? Why? (Проталкивают идею частных школ)

Private and public schools are nearly the same in Uzbekistan. They provide similar education. But in private schools it’s easier to get good marks because teachers in them can’t afford to give you poor marks. Also private schools are more useful to busy parents as pupils leave home early in the morning and come back in the evening.

CARD 5

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
Pupils are expected a high standard of behaviour at all times at schools. Parents also should support teachers in developing the good behaviour of their children. It is important that pupils behave well in class. Bad behaviour affects the learning of other pupils and is unacceptable. Bullying is not tolerated at schools. Truancy is also a serious matter. Repeated truancy may result in exclusion from the school. Teachers may punish pupils if they break the rules. (Пытаются воспитывать родителей)

• How do you think?
• Why do schools need this kind of rules?

Pupils, teachers and parents are expected a high standard of behaviour. I agree that bad bahaviour affects the process of learning at schools.

CARD 6

2.Read the paragraph and prepare your own speech.

• What will you do if you are selected as a representative of School Council?
  Hello. My name is Saodat Zakirova and I am hoping you will vote for me to represent you on the School Council. If you vote for me, we will:
• help all the elderly people in our mahalla;
• invite them to the school once a week and put on a show for them;
• use our voluntary hours well;
• make our school into a model school;
• provide extra help for pupils who have low marks to help them raise the school standard;
  Do better at school! Look after our people! Vote for me as your representative and we’ll all have a bright future.

If I am selected as a representative of School Council, I will make our school into a model school and provide extra help for pupils who have low marks.

CARD 7

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
Imagine you have to spend an hour with a student you don’t know from another class. Maybe you’re going to take a test, or you’re waiting to see the head teacher. For some people, it’s a difficult situation because you don’t know the person very well. For other people, it’s easy to start a conversation and say, for example, How are you? or Are you nervous?

• Are you good at starting a conversation?
• What are the good ways to increase communication skills?

• I am good at starting a conversation.
• You should meet more people to increase your communication skills.

CARD 8

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
We must clean up our environment. A clean environment is not only clean streets and classrooms. A clean environment is life without alcohol and smoking. It’s time to stop this dangerous behaviour. We’re going to:

• raise this problem on local TV, on the radio and in local newspapers;
• carry out a survey of young people and inform the community about the real situation and the real facts;
• discuss the problem with adults;
• get support from all parents, teenagers, children and local government.
• What else can you do to save the planet?
• What kind of environmental problems do you have in your place?

• We can also speak to young people about the problem.
• In Tashkent, there is a lot of dust in the air.

CARD 9

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
Promotion is advertising. It helps companies to develop and to be famous. So, it is the main element of business. Without promotion companies cannot achieve anything. Some people think that promotion is to make money. It helps to pay for TV, radio, newspapers and magazines.

• What is promotion in your opinion?
• How can you promote your products and services?

• In my opinion, promotion is advertising. It helps companies to develop and to be famous.
• You can promote your products and services through TV, radio, newspapers, magazines and the Internet.

CARD 10

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
It’s normal for our planet to change, but at the moment, scientists think it’s changing faster than usual. They don’t understand everything that’s happening, but they know that some deserts (places where it doesn’t rain much) are growing, and many forests are getting smaller. The weather is getting wetter in some places and drier in others, and there are more big storms.

• Do you think our planet is changing faster now than before?
• If yes, why do you think so?
• What factors are affecting the change of planet?

• Yes, I do.
• I think that our planet is changing faster now than before because some deserts are growing very fast and many glaciers are melting at an alarming rate.
• These environmental changes are the result of human activity.

CARD 21

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
We know that day is a long way off, but some high-tech companies have already developed some pretty robots that make us feel like the future is here already. For example, Sofia is a humanoid-like robot that can hold a conversation. This robot has appeared in several TV programmes. Sofia officially lives in Saudi
Arabia and she was given a title “Innovation Champion” by the United Nations. Sofia can answer many kinds of questions and she is learning too.

• How do you think about the future of technologies?
• Is Sofia an image of the future?
• What kind of new technologies may appear?

• I am optimistic about the future of technologies.
• Yes, it is. Sofia is an image of the future.
• New robots and different neural networks can appear.

CARD 22

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
It is important to show a speaker that you are listening. This can help encourage the speaker to say more so you get more information. You can use different expressions for different emotions. For example, you can say “That’s so interesting”, “How cool! Amazing!” to show your interest. You can show your surprise, happiness or sadness with different expressions.

• What kind of expressions can you use in order to show different emotions?
• Do you think it is important to show emotions? Why?

• You can use different expressions for different emotions. For example, you can say “That’s so interesting”, “How cool! Amazing!” to show your interest. You can show your surprise, happiness or sadness with different expressions.
• I think it’s important to show emotions because it shows a peaker that you are listening. Moreover, this can encourage the speaker to say more.

CARD 23

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
While using internet, you should protect your personal information. Never share personal information such as address, phone number, name, personal email address, relatives’ details, parents’ or your bank cards etc. Never click on a button if you do not know what it is or if you do not want to get dangerous information. Clicking on an app button could bring the dangerous viruses into your device. People could also gather your personal information. Never click on unknown emails, ads and e-newsletters. Use good software. Make sure it will protect your device from viruses and dangerous programmes. (THE internet — невежи-составители и редакторы билетов! Выучите английский хотя бы на уровне начальной школы. Или вы поручили составить билеты первоклассникам, а потом ни разу на них не взглянули?)

• Why is it importпоant to protect your personal information while using internet?
• How can you protect your personal information?

• Because people can gather your personal information and it may be dangerous.
• You shouldn’t share personal information such as addresses, phone numbers, names, personal email addresses, relatives’ details, parents’ or your bank cards and so on. You shouldn’t click on unknown emails, ads and e-newsletters.

CARD 24

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
There are many book reading tips. For example, if you are bored while reading, you should put the book down and do something else for a while. Choose books and magazines about your hobbies, career goals, or an interesting topic. Find a quiet and fun reading area to read. Turn off TV or the radio and make sure it is somewhere with good lighting where you can relax. Go to libraries to read books. Libraries are wonderful places to find a lot of books free. There is unlimited access to a lot of collections of reading materials and other types of media and technology.

• Do you often read books?
• What kind of books do you usually read?
• What kind of tips do you use to read a book?

• Yes, I do.
• I usually read detective novels.
• I find a quiet area. I make sure it is somewhere where I can relax.

CARD 25

2.Read the paragraph and answer the question.
For hundreds of years printed books are bought and sold. They have not changed very much until now. The idea of an electronic book reader with a screen instead of pages has become reality. Lots of E-book Reader programs were produced and millions of e-books are downloaded from web resources. So, what is the future of books? Will printed books be completely replaced by e-books? They are not replaced yet. But, maybe, very soon there will be no printed books in shops at all.

• What do you think about this statement? What do you prefer?
• Paper books or e-books? Why?

I agree with this statement. I prefer electronic books because I can download them from web resources.

CARD 26

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
Did you know that music is part of what makes humans human? Every culture makes music. Musical instruments are amongst the oldest man-made objects ever found. Scientists have recently discovered that music affects many parts of our brain very deeply. Music gets under your skin. It creates strong feelings and memories.

• Do you agree with this statement?
• How does music affect you?
• What kind of music do you like?

• Yes, I do.
• It creates strong feelings and memories.
• I like different kinds of music.

CARD 27

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
Classical music has been composed by musicians who were taught how to write it and they wrote it down so that other musicians can play it. It is a genre that beautifully expresses every imaginable emotion and tells so many brilliant stories throughout history. Playing classical music to young children has been proven to help with their cognitive development, to develop their imagination, and also to produce a calming effect.

• Why is classical music important?
• Do you like classical music or not? Why?/Why not?

• Because it calms and develops imagination.
• No, I don’t as I think it’s outdated.

CARD 28

2.Read the paragraph and answer the question.
Playing a good video game is an exciting experience. Games are full of light, sound, action and surprises, and this makes them fun to watch as well as to play. Because of this, more and more people are taking part in eSports. This is the short name for electronic sports – playing video games against other people in
competitions. There are huge tournaments all over the world, where big crowds watch matches on giant screens, and millions more watch online. (e-sports — «s» здесь — маленькая буква!)

• How do you think about eSports?
• Do you play eSports?
• Compare eSports with real sports.

• I don’t like e-sports.
• I don’t play e-sports.
• I believe that real sports such as running, jumping, and swimming are useful but e-sports are useless.

CARD 29

2.Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
Live theatre and film are very different media. In a film, the camera makes a lot of decisions for you: what direction to look, where to focus and what to listen to. In a live performance, your brain changes its attention from one thing to another. In the theater, it is a real live person directly in front of you. There is a kind of conversation between performers and audience during a live show that simply cannot be there when you are watching a film.

• What is better: theatre or cinema? Why?

It doesn’t matter to me because I can watch films and plays at home on my computer. I don’t need to go to the theatre or to the cinema to watch them.

CARD 30

2.Read the paragraph and tell your opinion about the statement. Answer the questions.
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. The good sportsmanship, sense of fair play, and respect for fellow athletes are developed
through participation in sports.

• What is more important for you?
• The process or the result? Why?

The result is more important to me. Because I don’t want to be a sore loser.

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