СОЧ № Английский язык 11ОГН класс

Задание:

Read the text and complete the tasks below.
Anthony Coleman is a travel writer for the magazine The Four Corners of the Earth and travels the globe to inform and entertain his readers
My job as a travel writer requires me to share ‘authentic’ travel experiences with my readers. When I first started writing, I took part in activities where I could ‘study’ the locals and understand their culture. My goal was to immerse myself in international cultural experiences. Therefore, I rushed from Polynesian fire dances during Hawaiian Luau celebrations to Greek syrtaki nights with loud bouzouki music. I enjoyed riding South American llamas up rocky hillsides, staying in luxurious bungalows on stilts above Bora Bora’s turquoise lagoons and taking part in expensive Japanese tea ceremonies served by women wearing beautiful kimonos.
These experiences felt ‘authentic’ until my editor called to complain. ‘You write well but you’re not capturing the real mood of the places you visit,’ he said. ‘Don’t search for traditional stereotypes. Start writing about places and people as they really are, rather than what you think they should be like,’ he added. These days, I avoid cultural zoos where tourists pay good money to get taste of traditional customs that are recreated for their benefit. It’s common to find snap-happy tourists watching a country’s traditional dance at some luxurious resort instead of its original setting. Where is the authenticity?
I realised that the more you look for authenticity, the less likely you are to find it. An authentic travel experience hides in simple, everyday moments. It sweeps you through busy Istiklal Street in the Beyoglou district as you become one with the lively crowd of Istanbul. It bursts out of a café in Samoa cookie frappuccinos. Meanwhile, an elderly man sips his traditional watermelon drink, vaimeleni, on a porch across the road. Before you know it, you are drinking vaimeleni with him and are taking selfies to post on Instagram. You know it is an authentic moment because it feels meaningful and isn’t staged.
You can only appreciate these ‘authentic’ moments when you leave your comfort zone. Instead of staying at a luxurious resort, choose a student dormitory or a home stay where the facilities may leave a lot to be desired, but where you can experience life on the inside and learn the language. Avoid tourist bubbles such as air-conditioned sightseeing coaches, and squeeze onto the brightly coloured ‘Chicken Buses’ of Central America that take you from village to village.

1. Decide which of the following titles is the most suitable.
a. How to have an authentic travel experience
b. The most authentic travel experience ever
c. Why a travel writer has to have authentic travel experiences
a. Authentic travel is when a person experiences comfort zone
2. What is the writer’s purpose in the first paragraph?
b. to point out what qualifications a travel writer must have
c. to emphasise how good he is at his job
d. to explain how tiring being a travel writer can be
e. to define what the job of a travel writer involves
3. Why did the editor disapprove of the writer’s choices?
a. He was making the places sound too beautiful.
b. He described stereotypes rather than reality.
c. His style of travel writing wasn’t what it should be.
d. He was paying too much money for his experiences.
4. What are ‘cultural zoos’?
a. places where cultural activities are reproduced for tourists at a cost
b. museums, ancient sites and other cultural places to visit
c. places that offer culture from around the world
d. places where tourists can by cultural items
5. What is authenticity?
a. involvement into every instant of a visited country
b. identification the sphere of the country
c. knowledge of the travelling route
d. practice of communication
6. According to the writer, which of the following IS NOT an ‘authentic’ moment?
a. taking a selfie with an elderly Samoan who offered you a drink
b. travelling on a village bus
c. joining crowds at famous tourist attractions
d. hanging out at places with local teenagers

Решение:

1a
2d
3b
4a
5a
6c