Номер 1, страница 58 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс (spotlight) тренировочные упражнения в формате огэ (гиа) Ваулина, Подоляко

1. Read the texts. Match the titles to the descriptions of unusual talents. One title is extra.

1. AN AMAZING DESIGN

2. THE MYSTERIOUS ARTIST

3. SCULPTURE BALANCED ON A SINGLE FEATHER

4. THE UNUSUAL TOOL

5. AN EDIBLE PAINTING

6. A WALL AS A CANVAS

A. For most of us a typewriter is a relic of the past. But for Keira Rathborne, it is a means to create really cool art. The 25-year-old graduate spends up to 90 hours creating each masterpiece, working at various letters and punctuation marks thousands and thousands of times to get the right image. Keira’s drawings range from beautiful landscapes to famous celebrities. Her favourite key for buildings and views is dashes and apostrophes, while for portraits she prefers brackets. Now she can type-draw almost anything by just tapping with one finger – quite amazing!

B. For most part, elementary school student Solveig is just like any other 10-year-old. She loves to play with Barbies, ride her bike, and paint. However, unlike other kids her age, she doesn’t paint on a piece of paper or even a canvas – she paints on street walls! Solveig started her graffiti paintings two years ago, when she saw some other people doing it and thought it looked fun. Now she is known as the “Picasso of Street Painting”. In last two years, she has created 20 colourful, larger-than-life paintings. She has been recently invited by one of London’s leading newspapers, The Sun, to create something special for them.

C. It took 10,000 pieces of pasta, countless hours of gluing and a huge backache – but the result looked good enough to eat and almost as good as the original Mona Lisa. Prudence Emma Statie, who created it, spent two weeks searching for different kinds of pasta which she arranged to capture every line of Mona Lisa’s smiling face. The brown, yellow and green shades of pasta almost match the colors of the real painting by Leonardo da Vinci. Ms. Statie, a food artist, said that this was the hardest food creation she had ever made, because she had to glue each piece of dry pasta to a wooden board.

D. For the past few months, residents of the town of Stourbridge in the United Kingdom have been waking up to a pleasant surprise. One day they found empty milk bottles with beautiful farm animals cut into the glass on their doorsteps. However, just like Santa, nobody had seen or known who this amazing artist was until now. Charlotte Hughes-Martin, a 30-year-old artist, finally confessed to being the secret “Santa”. Charlotte, who carves her creations in a studio at a former glass factory, said she was motivated by the desire to show people how even ordinary everyday items can be turned into beautiful pieces of art.

E. There are numerous amazing architectural designs but none is as creative, and unusual as Bulgaria’s Snail House! The house designed by local architect Simeon Simeonovo looks as though the mollusk is crawling on the street’s sidewalk, except for the fact, that it is a little larger and more colourful than the real one. At first glance it may look just like a decorative structure, but a closer examination reveals some amazing features. The bee on top of the house is a chimney, and the snail horns act as night lights. The mouth-shaped door with red lips will bring a smile on the visitor’s face.

1. Read the text, then match statements 1–6 to paragraphs A–E. One statement is extra. Complete the table below.

This artist is famous for ...

1. creating a mollusk-shaped residential area.

2. amazing the neighbourhood with his/her creations and remaining anonymous for some time.

3. combining painting, sculpturing and fashion design in his/her pieces of art.

4. using an old-fashioned device as a tool.

5. making edible pieces of art.

6. creating masterpieces outside buildings.

A. For most of us a typewriter is a relic of the past. But for Keira Rath-borne, it is a means to create really cool art. The 25-year-old graduate spends up to 90 hours creating each masterpiece, working at various letters and punctuation marks thousands and thousands of times to get the right image. Keira’s drawings range from beautiful landscapes to famous celebrities. Her favourite key for buildings and views is dashes and apostrophes, while for portraits she prefers brackets. Now she can type-draw almost anything by just tapping with one finger — quite amazing!

B. For most part, elementary school student Solveig is just like any other 10-year-old. She loves to play with Barbies, ride her bike, and paint. However, unlike other kids her age, she doesn’t paint on a piece of paper or even a canvas — she paints on street walls! Solveig started her graffiti paintings two years ago, when she saw some other people doing it and thought it looked fun. Now she is known as the “Picasso of Street Painting”. In last two years, she has created 20 colourful, larger-than-life paintings. She has been recently invited by one of London’s leading newspapers, The Sun, to create something special for them.

C. It took 10,000 pieces of pasta, countless hours of gluing and a huge backache — but the result looked good enough to eat and almost as good as the original Mona Lisa. Prudence Emma Statie, who created it, spent two weeks searching for different kinds of pasta which she arranged to capture every line of Mona Lisa’s smiling face. The brown, yellow and green shades of pasta almost match the colours of the real painting by Leonardo da Vinci. Ms Statie, a food artist, said that this was the hardest food creation she had ever made, because she had to glue each piece of dry pasta to a wooden board.

D. For the past few months, residents of the town of Stourbridge in the United Kingdom have been waking up to a pleasant surprise. One day they found empty milk bottles with beautiful farm animals cut into the glass on their doorsteps. However, just like Santa, nobody had seen or known who this amazing artist was until now. Charlotte Hughes-Martin, a 30-year-old artist, finally confessed to being the secret “Santa”. Charlotte, who carves her creations in a studio at a former glass factory, said she was motivated by the desire to show people how even ordinary everyday items can be turned into beautiful pieces of art.

E. There are numerous amazing architectural designs but none is as creative, and unusual as Bulgaria’s Snail House! The house designed by local architect Simeon Simeonov looks as though the mollusk is crawling on the street’s sidewalk, except for the fact, that it is a little larger and more colourful than the real one. At first glance it may look just like a decorative structure, but a closer examination reveals some amazing features. The bee on top of the house is a chimney, and the snail horns act as night lights. The mouth-shaped door with red lips will bring a smile on the visitor’s face.

Прочитайте текст, затем сопоставьте утверждения 1-6 с абзацами A-E. Одно утверждение является лишним. Заполните таблицу ниже.

Этот художник известен тем, что...

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Here is the completed table matching the statements to the paragraphs:

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