Even with all his training, he was barely prepared for the adventure. At the first significant rapids, a middling run of white water called Badger Creek, Stewart was thrown out of his boat. He recalls how demoralized he felt as he swam to shore. Farther downriver at a place called House Rock, he was knocked over four times. He made it through mostly because hed mastered one good move: the Eskimo roll.
At another set of rapids, Horn Creek, he got sucked into a violent implosion of water that held him in a swirling maelstrom for several terrifying seconds. At the next, Hance, which was full of rocks, Stewart says, «I was upside down, backward basically, I was bounced down the river like a rubber ball.» He was figuratively, and literally, in over his head.
Stewart decided that to even pretend he knew what he was doing would be pure suicide. From then on, he followed more experienced paddlers through the thundering waters and relied on his Eskimo roll for emergencies. Up until now, even after his injury, Stewart had dominated just about every competition he entered. Here in the canyon, he realized, he might have met his match.
The Colorado can be a brutal adversary. It flows at the rate of anywhere from 10,000 to 30,000 cubic feet every second. It has roughly 100 named, or significant, rapids and a dozen smaller ones, all more than capable of trashing Stewart and his little plastic boat. And then there is the cold. Water temperature seldom gets above the high 40s. Some stretches are so chilly that boaters are warned not to swim in them at all. The shock of immersion can cause muscle exhaustion and drowning, even a heart attack.
After about a week and a half, Stewart had made it 90 miles. «I couldnt believe I was still alive,» he admits. «It was pure luck.» His luck was about to change.
He had been dreading the huge rapids called Crystal. Rapids in the Grand Canyon are rated one to ten in degree of difficulty, ten being the meanest. Stewart began his attack by dodging an enormous whirlpool. Paddling frantically, he slipped past a wall of waves powerful enough to flip a boat twice the size of his, and skirted what one guide called a «raft-ripping rock.»
But he still wasnt finished. There was a second half to navigate, a treacherous, boulder-strewn run euphemistically called the Rock Garden. To Stewarts relief, he wove through it all without getting tipped over once.
Shortly afterward, the river took a sharp left turn where he had to negotiate a little set of white water, coincidentally called Willies Necktie. The danger here is the way the current drives boats into the crook of the turn on the right side. The way to avoid it is to stay on the left. Stewart knew that, but he dropped his guard, making a deadly mistake. He drifted right.
Before he could make the correction, his boat slammed into a boulder and flipped. Tons of rushing water pinned him against the canyon wall. He tried to do his Eskimo roll, but his right arm the one he always used to pull himself up was jammed against the rock. Somehow he had to get himself vertical using his prosthesis.
Stewart fought hard, pushing up again and again, each time getting a few gasps of air before being submerged. Exhausted, freezing, running out of room to breathe, he thought he had one more try left in him. Gathering his last bit of energy, he lunged for the surface. This time, his paddle blade caught just right, and he pulled himself upright.
After a little less than a minute, the current spun him around and slammed him into a rock. Before hed even caught his breath, Stewart was underwater again. Luckily, this time someone saw him go down.
Timmy ONeill was an experienced kayaker on his fifth Canyon run. He quickly paddled across the river to help, arriving just in time to see Stewarts kayak pop to the surface. Several long seconds later, Stewart bobbed up. As he reached for ONeills kayak, they were both sucked into a hole of churning water. Finally, the river spit them out, and Stewart discovered he had a new problem. His paddle, strapped to his prosthesis, was acting like an anchor, dragging him toward the next set of rapids. He had to decide: keep the arm and drown, or cut it loose. Frantic, he clawed at the tight straps, finally getting them free. Then he felt the current drag everything away. «My arm,» he gasped. It was gone.
«I was devastated,» Stewart recalls. Here he was at the 100-mile mark, less than halfway, and for all practical purposes the trip was over.
12. Willie Stewart
1) was an experienced kayaker.
2) had a white-water kayak.
3) was disabled.
4) had been to the Grand Canyon before.
Ответ:
13. Before heading for the Grand Canyon, Stewart spend a lot of time
1) practising a self-rescue technique.
2) studying at University.
3) swimming in the pool.
4) looking for a prosthesis.
Ответ:
14. After a set of rapids, Stewart understood that
1) he was well prepared for the adventure.
2) he was having the best match in his life.
3) he didnt have necessary skills to succeed.
4) his adventure was a pure suicide.
Ответ:
15. Boaters are advised not to swim in some stretches because
1) of their dangerous rapids.
2) the water is too cold in them.
3) the current is too strong.
4) they are very deep.
Ответ:
16. Stewart went in the wrong direction after
1) Crystal.
2) a «raft-ripping rock.
3) the Rock Garden.
4) Willies Necktie.
Ответ:
17. Willie had difficulty in doing his Eskimo roll because
1) the water was too cold.
2) he was exhausted.
3) he was running out of room to breathe.
4) he could not use his right arm.
Ответ:
18. Stewart managed to escape the next set of rapids
1) with the help of ONeill.
2) after doing his Eskimo roll.
3) by disposing of his prosthesis.
4) holding on to the straps.
Ответ:
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Раздел 3. Грамматика и лексика
Прочитайте приведённые ниже тексты. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 1924, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текстов. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы 1924.
What Can Computers Do?
19. Computers and microchips part of our everyday lives.
BECOME
20. We read magazines which on computer, we buy things with the help of computer; we pay bills prepared by computers.
PRODUCE
21. Just a phone number involves the use of a sophisticated computer system.
DIAL
22. In the past, life without computers was much than it is today.
DIFFICULT
23. The first computers were able to multiply long numbers, but they do anything else.
NOT CAN
24. Nobody stories about robots and space travel, but now computers are able to do almost all difficult jobs.
BELIEVE
***Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Образуйте от слов, напечатанных заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 2529, однокоренные слова так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы 2529.
A Challenge for Europe
25. Recently there has been a small in the number of people out of work in Europe.
REDUCE
26. However, is still the number one social problem facing the 15 member states of the European Union.
EMPLOY
27. Moreover, of opportunity between men and women is still an issue that politicians in many countries have not come to grips with.
EQUAL
28. In professions such as law and engineering women are still by their absence.
NOTICE
29. still discriminate against women in a number of ways even if their qualifications are the same as those of men.
EMPLOY
***Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 3036. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям 3036, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.
Charity
A lot of people in our world have little or no money at all. Many of them are homeless and cant enjoy what most of us take for 30 _______. They need our help and there are a lot of charity organizations to help poor people. Because of charities many homeless people have shelters, hungry children have been fed, a lot of diseases have already been 30 _______and many animals are safe.
Around the world there are a lot of children who suffer from different diseases, running 32 _______ time and hope. The biggest charity project in Russia is «Contribution to the Future whose goal is to help any child in need. Its programmes help poor, homeless and disabled children.
There are a lot of people in the world who have chosen charity as their main mission in life. One of the most famous missionaries was Mother Teresa. She lived the hard life of the poor alongside them; she knew how it felt sleeping on hard floors and living on dirty streets. And because she was experiencing 33 _______what the people she was helping were going through, she so effectively knew how to give. Besides meeting peoples basic physical needs by giving them food and medicine, she met peoples emotional needs as well.
A lot of rich people also feel the necessity to help the poor. For example, Bill Gates is a famous billionaire, but he is also a noted philanthropist who donated the proceeds of his successful books to 34 _______educational organizations. He has also given millions to initiatives in global health and learning, hoping to 34 _________more and more people to have access to 34 _______ facilities in these areas. A good example is the opening of «The School of the Future in Philadelphia, sponsored by his company «Microsoft.
The spirit of philanthropy is not about what or how much you give but rather about the feeling that you are helping others in need.
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!Проверьте, чтобы каждый ответ был записан рядом с номером соответствующего задания.
Раздел 4. Письменная речь
Для ответов на задания 37 и 38 используйте бланк ответов 2. Черновые пометки можно делать прямо на листе с заданиями или использовать отдельный черновик. При выполнении заданий 37 и 38 особое внимание обратите на то, что Ваши ответы будут оцениваться только по записям, сделанным в БЛАНКЕ ОТВЕТОВ 2. 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. Укажите номер задания 37 в БЛАНКЕ ОТВЕТОВ 2 и напишите текст своего ответного электронного письма зарубежному другу по переписке.