Вы услышите монолог. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений A-G соответствуют содержанию текста (1 — True), какие не соответствуют (2 — False) и о чём в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3 — Not stated).
A) The transport Minister left his post because of the gossips
B) The Prime Minister opened the Conference on the Environment
C) A lot of working places for engineers will be opened in Wales.
D) The inflation process is slightly increasing nowadays
E) The dangerous criminal got away from the prison.
F) A racing pigeon saved on the board of the ship crossing the ocean
G) Finally the speaker tells the weather forecast.
A) The transport Minister left his post because of the gossips TRUE
B) The Prime Minister opened the Conference on the Environment NOT STATED
C) A lot of working places for engineers will be opened in Wales. NOT STATED
D) The inflation process is slightly increasing nowadays FALSE
E) The dangerous criminal got away from the prison. TRUE
F) A racing pigeon saved on the board of the ship crossing the ocean TRUE
G) Finally the speaker tells the weather forecast. FALSE
Good evening. Here is the news at 6.00 p.m.
The Transport Minister, Mark Lloyd, has resigned. In a brief statement from his family home this morning he said that he was resigning for personal reasons. The resignation comes after reports in several newspapers that Mr Lloyd had had an affair with his secretary. Mr Lloyd has denied the reports. This morning he said that he just wanted to spend more time with his family.
The Prime Minister is attending the World Conference on the Environment. The conference president, Dr Sami Ranbuka, told the conference that the world was running out of time to solve the problems of the environment. He asked the countries to put the interests of the Earth before their own national interests.
The computer company, K.B. Grant, plans to open a new factory in Wales. The Managing Director, Judy Foster, said that the new factory would create up to 300 new jobs. She added that if the business software market continued to expand, even more jobs could be expected. Figures released today show that inflation fell slightly last month from 3.8% to 3.6%. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jack Tinker, said that the government was coming to keep inflation under control. For the opposition, however, Sally Walker said that inflation was still too high and the government was not doing enough to get it down.
A prisoner has escaped from Ford prison. The prison governor, Colin Richardson, said that Frank Selwyn, who is serving 12 years for armed robbery, had escaped at about 2 o’clock this afternoon by hiding in a builder’s lorry. Не said that Selwyn was dangerous and anyone seeing him should call the police immediately.
And finally a story of an extraordinary journey A racing pigeon from Scotland turned up recently in Canada, over 3 000 miles away. The pigeon is now back home with its owner, Eddie Forbes. Eddie said he didn’t think that the bird had actually flown across the Atlantic. He thought it had probably landed on a ship.
