В Тольятти посчитали, сколько человек будут в этом году сдавать ЕГЭ. Определиться с тем, какой экзамен сдавать, выпускники должны были еще до начала марта.

По данным, которые озвучила руководитель департамента образования Ирина Кочукина, ЕГЭ по русскому языку в этом году собираются сдавать 4 тысячи 733 выпускника, по математике – 4 тысячи 523 человека. Третий по числу сдающих предмет – обществознание.

Кроме того, специалисты департамента отмечают, что по сравнению с прошлым годом в три раза увеличилось число выпускников, которые собираются сдавать ЕГЭ по английскому языку - пишет TLTnews.

"Прежде чем говорить о плюсах и минусах системы ЕГЭ, необходимо, как говорится, попробовать ее на себе", - заявила в интервью вице-спикер Госдумы, заместитель председателя фракции "Единая Россия" Любовь Слиска. "Однако, - продолжила она, - те люди, которые давно работают в системе высшего, среднеспециального и среднего образования, говорят, что это - не тот уровень знаний, который можно будет подготовить к сдаче Единого государственного экзамена".

Парламентарий отметила, что сама является противником Единого государственного экзамена. "Я до сих пор остаюсь при мнении, что ЕГЭ – это не проверка знаний, а лотерея, в котором либо повезет, либо нет. На мой взгляд, необходимо серьезно и фундаментально изучать в школе предметы, которые необходимы как на выпускных, так и на вступительных экзаменах", - подчеркнула она.

Отчасти поддерживает введение в России Единого государственного экзамена (ЕГЭ) заместитель председателя Комитета Госдумы по образованию, член фракции "Справедливая Россия" Виктор Шудегов.

"У системы ЕГЭ есть ряд неконституционных положений, в частности, выпускники прошлых лет, которые в этом году собираются поступить в вузы, обязаны наряду с сегодняшними выпускниками сдавать ЕГЭ, чего, безусловно, не должно быть", - заявил депутат в интервью. "Конечно, - продолжил он, - есть еще моменты системы ЕГЭ, которые не только отрицательно сказываются на российской системе образования, но и могут негативно отразиться на жизни наших абитуриентов". При этом он подчеркнул, что "в системе ЕГЭ есть и плюсы".

The protection of the environment

Our country. Our environment. There are many big and small rivers, green forests, high mountains, lakes and seas in Russia. Our Earth is our home.

I think people must take care of our Motherland. There are some laws and decisions on this important subject. We have state organizations which pay attention to this problem.

The international conventions pay much attention to the control of pollution too. There are a lot of industrial enterprises in our country, that's why we can't ignore the problem of the protection of our environment.

My Favorite Book

My favorite book is one of the most famous novels in world literature, Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment from 1866. It is a stressful tale about one man’s attempt to escape the implication of a single terrible act of murder.

Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov - known as Rodya - is a handsome young student who, in an attempt to save his sister Dounia from marrying just to provide for him, kills a careless sixty-year old pawnbroker with a porter’s axe. During the killing, her sister Lizaveta enters and he murders her too, burying the spoils.

Problems of city and country life

- Where would you prefer to live in the city or in the country?

- If I could choose where to live I would have the best of both places as each of them has its own advantages to say nothing of disadvantages.

- What are the advantages of living in the modern city?

- Life in the city is much easier than in the country - developed transport system, sewerage system, information, sports, shopping malls, etc. Modern men are too sophisticated for simple country pleasures. There is far more entertainment in the city than in the country. Cities offer high concentration of good things in life: big stores, restaurants, theatres, cinema, art galleries. Life is more convenient in a city: services are always better here. In the city people are more open-minded. It is possible to go out, make friends and never be cut off from them by weather conditions. Generally, people do not mind what you do in the city. In the city people have more chances to be employed, as the range of jobs is greater than in a village. Besides in the city people have more chances to succeed. Moreover, life is never dull in the city, people always have something to do here. The objections to city living are not convincing enough. People easily adapt to various inconveniences of city life. For example, noise and traffic are hardly noticeable to city-dwellers. In the city especially in our country people live in apartments with central heating, telephone, gas, electricity, radio, TV the Internet. Most people love cities. In 330 BC Aristotle wrote that by nature man belonged to a city. Many people love the busy city life. It is enough for them to visit a country at week-ends.

Books in Our Life

Books... I think that we can't live without them. I consider that books are with us during all our life. When I was a child my parents read them to me. I was pleased to listen to the stories and tales. I learned a lot of interesting things from books. I remember, I liked thick books.

Later I could read myself. I like to read books about animals, nature and children. I like to get presents on my birthday. I am happy if it is a book. It doesn't matter what kind of book it is. I like to read almost all books. If I have got time I like to spend it with my favourite book.

Christmas Day

Every country has its own customs and traditions. English people are proud of their traditions and they keep them up.

It is difficult to speak about England without speaking about its holidays. Christmas Day is among them.

All English people celebrate Christmas (or X-mas) on the 25th of December.

Christmas! What kind of holiday is it? It is the yearly celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. It falls on December 25 by the Catholic Church and on the 7th of January by the Orthodox Church. This holiday means the beginning of the new year and the new life. English people celebrate this holiday with the evergreen tree - Christmas tree. Children put a long sock, called a Christmas stocking at the end of their beds and Santa Claus comes down the chimney to bring them presents.

Christmas Day is the greatest holiday in England. It is interesting to visit the shops before this holiday. There are a lot of nice Christmas cards and presents there. English people like this holiday very much and prepare for it beforehand. They buy presents for each other, try to send Christmas cards for their relatives and friends.

My hobby

What is a hobby? It is what you can and like to do, when you have free time. We choose a hobby according to our character and taste. When we have a hobby our life becomes more interesting.

Very often our hobby helps us to choose our future profession because we learn a lot of new things.

Many people are interested in music. They collect records. Others like to read and collect books. People living in cities and towns like to be closer to nature and they spend their free time in the country.

Some of us go on hikes, some like to Work in their gardens, take photographs or knit.

For example, gardening and growing roses is the most common hobby among Englishmen.

Both grown-ups and children are fond of playing different computer games. It has become one of the numerous hobbies.

I have got a hobby too.