1-year, 2nd semester 2020-2021 academic year, English Exam Card # 1

Head of the department: Mirsanov B.M.
1-year, 2^nd semester 2020-2021 academic year, English Exam Card # 13
1. Complete the missing parts Q1-Q7 of the passage with suitable answers A, B,C or D.
In the vastness of the universe, are we humans Q1________? The answer Q2________ on whether there are other planets that are endowed with the warm climate, diverse chemicals, and stable oceans that provided the conditions for biological evolution to proceed here on Earth. During the 4th century BC, two great philosophers, Aristotle and Epicurus, opposed each other about the
existence of worlds besides Earth. Epicurus asserted that the universe must be infinite and hence contain plenty of worlds. Aristotle argued that Earth was placed at the center of the universe, making it unique in the universe. For over 2000 years, the question remained: Does the universe Q13________ other worlds, like Earth? Scientists have learned that our sun is simply 1 star among 100 billion in our Milky Way Galaxy. Is the Milky Way a heavily populated metropolis of intelligent creatures, or is it a virtual desert, with precious few Earth-like Q4________?
Astronomers are Q5________ searching for the answers to these questions. We and other astronomers recently took an important step toward addressing some of these questions when we reported finding that planets do exist outside our own solar system. Since October 1995, we and other astronomers have announced the detection of eight planets orbiting sunlike stars. Just recently, on April 25, 1997, a group of astronomers reported that they had detected Q6________ new planet.
Astronomers at the Smithsonian Institution’s Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, found Q7________ for a planet orbiting around the star Rho Coronae Borealis in the Northern Crown constellation.

Q1.	A) ourself	B) lonely	C) alone	D) sole
Q2.	A) deals	B) is	C) concerns	D) depends
Q3.	A) has	B) contain	C) obtain	D) absorb
Q4.	A) oases	B) oasis	C) oaseses	D) oasea
Q5.	A) yet	B) still	C) already	D) also
Q6.	A) other	B) the other	C) another	D) more
Q7.	A) lack	B) demand	C) existence	D) evidence