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Which of the following items is not suitable for termites to be transported in? A) wooden furniture B) plants C) logs D) pottery 28
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27. Which of the following items is not suitable for termites to be transported in? A) wooden furniture B) plants C) logs D) pottery
A) turn B) close C) rebuild D) return Read & choose the correct answer for (29-32). Penn Wood, one of Britain's last surviving a’eas of ancient woodland, with 432 acres of mixed trees as well as grassland, is in a place of outstanding natural beauty. The wood has a record of public usage, stretching back through recorded history, but recently, the menace of development and improvement ' threatened its su‘vival . In a region already well-endowed with golf courses, the owner submitted plans for yet another 18-hole course. However, this angered local residents. They put up so much opposition to the plans that they were turned down by the Environment Secretary. Frustrated by the strength of the opposition he was receiving, the landowner eventually sold up, and the land was bought by the Woodland Trust, which will preserve the whole site as a prime wildlife habitat.
A) wanted the landowner to widen the area, for golf courses. B) didn't like the remarka’le area so worthy of attention to stay primeval. C) was also one of the habitants of the area called Penn Wood.
D) turned out to be deeply satisfied with the solution of the case.
A) preserved remarkable beauty of nature to be used for grazing. B) occurred to be too small to place golf courses on it. C) is under strong protection of the residents. D) is being actively developed and improved by the owner for the sake of the beauty of the nature. 31. Because of the residents' strong discontent’ Penn Wood ... A) was to be preserved only for pastures. B) wasn't considered by th’ Environment Secretary. C) had to be sold to another businessman. D) was passed to a nature group.
giv”n passage? A) steady B) constant C) exceptional D) changeable
Puerto Rico, a Caribbean island rich in history and remarkable natural beauty, has a cuisine all its own. Immigration to the island has helped to shape its cuisine, with people from all over the world making various contributions to it. However, before the arrival of these immigrants, the island of Puerto Rico was already known as Boriken and was inhabited by the Taino people. Taino cuisine included such foods as rodents like hares with sweet chilli peppers, fresh shellfish, yams, and fish fried in corn oil. Many aspects of Taino cuisine continue today in Puerto Rican cooking, but it has been heavily influenced by the Spanish, who invaded Puerto Rico in 1508, and Africans, who were initially brought to Puerto Rico to work as slaves. The Spanish extended food choices by bringing cattle, pigs, goats, and sheep to the island. Africans also added to the island's food culture by ’ntroducing powerful, contrasting dishes. In fact, much of the food Puerto Rico is now famous for - plantains, coffee– sugarcane, coconut , and oranges - was actually imp–rted by foreigners to the island. 33. It can be understood from the passage that Puerto Rico ... A) was conquered by Taino people who arrived from Spain. B) was immigrated by Boriken people brought as slaves from the Caribbean Sea. C) is famous not only for its antiquity, lovely scenery, but also with its dishes. D) is an island in the Caribbean which was discovered by African people. 34. What does the word "rodent " in the pa“sage re“er to? A) greens B) animal C) seafood D) vegetable 35. According to the passage, ... A) Taino people were herbivorous before the arrival of Africans. B) Oranges grown in Puerto Rico are consumed by everyone. C) Puerto Rico exports coffee, sugarcane all over the world. D) Taino cuisine acquired flesh products from the Spanish. 36. It can be inferred from the passage that ... A) Taino cuisine is the combination of Puerto Rican, Spanish and African food. B) Africans taught Puerto Ricans how to grow sugarcane in 1508. C) Taino people moved to Puerto Rico being admirer for its meal. D) The Spanish bred cattle, and sheep on the meadows of Puerto Rico.
Norman ... his engineering project last month, but due to his illness, he didn't manage. A) was ’ikely to have completing B) was allowed to be completed C) was used to completing D) was to have completed 2. Choose the best answer. The office is ... a long way that I have to catch two buses. A) so B) enough C) such D) too
After the contract ... , the delegation left London. A) had been signed B) had been signing C) was signed D) would have signed 4. Choose the best answer. Do you remember ... to Tashkent when you were two years old? A) be going B) go С) going D) to go
Umid never ... about it, but, in fact, he was once a world skier champion. A) talk B) talks C) is talking D) was talking
They ought ... our room long ago. A) to be cleaning B) to have cleaned C) to have been cleaned D) to clean 7. Choose the best answer. Put these batteries in the recycling bin; they're not … so we ca’’t use them again. A) reasonable B) disposable С) rechargeable D) biodegradable 8. Choose the best answer. In Thailand, the greeting is made by pressing both your hands together at the chest, ... you are praying and bowing your head slightly. A) because B) as well C) if D) as if 9. Choose the best answer. Simon told Jenny ... the dog for a walk, but she didn’t have time. A) take B) takes C) she took D) to take
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If I ... lazy, I ... all my tasks in the last session. Yet, I'm an idle person ’y nature. A) weren't / would have don’ B) weren't / would do C) h’dn't been / would hav’ done D) had not been / would not do 12. Choose the best answer. The doctor went out, ... ? A) wasn't it B) hadn't he’ C) didn't he’ D) doesn't ’e
How could you be ... cruel to someone who never did you any harm? A) rather B) so C) such D) quite
If Nodir had sold out everything yesterday in the day time, he ... for home immediately. A) left B) would leave C) should have left D) would have left 15. Choose the equivalent to underlined words. Hardly any people understood what he said. A) many B) few C) little D) much 16. Choose the best answer. "Think a minute abo”t your material before you start making notes." Our teacher instr”cted us ... A) think a minute about your material before you start making notes. B) thought a minute about your material before you start making notes. C) thinking a minute about our material before we starting make notes. D) to think a minute about our material before we start making notes.
The contract ... currently will solve our financial problems. A) being renewed B) having renewed C) renewing D) to be renewing 18. Choose the best answer. Friends or relatives are not allowed in the testing room ... the test is in progress. A) unless B) while C) lest D) than
The conman spent seven years in prison after he was ... of fraud. A) arrested B) blamed C) charged D) convicted
I have been waiting for the prices of the houses to come down before buying one, but I think I ... too long and the prices ... to go up again. A) waited / were beginning B) wait / began C) have waited / are beginning D) shall wait / began Read & choose the correct answer for (21-24). Some countries have medical air services, but Australia's is the oldest a’d covers the most ground. For more than 70 years, the Flying Doctors Service has been a mainstay of the sparsely populated Australian Outback, providing medical supplies and treatment to areas where there is often no alternative, and where the difference can be life and death. If you drive just a few hours inland from the coast, where most Australians live, you are in Flying Doctors country. The 53 pilots share duties in 38 planes stationed at 17 bases dotted across the country. They serve 7 million square kilometers of scrubland and desert, an area more than two-thirds the size of the United States.
A) Australian sparse population and their medical service. B) The "flying doctor" ser“ice is better”than proper medical service. C) Numerous functions of medical air services. D) The Flying Doctor Service is a vital necessity. 22. The Australian Flying Doctors Service ... A) has an alternative at the Australian Outback which is sparsely populated. B) is an organization providing medical aid to areas difficult to access. C) is the company most Australians would like to be treated and provided with medical supplies. D) has a number of hospitals on the coast. 23. The author of the passage pays special attention to the fact that the Flying Doctors Service ... A) hires 83 pilots and 83 planes to provide emergency medical service. B) faces serious difficulties picking out the personnel to work with them. C) is far more to be perfected as a form of medical service. D) is liable for the life of people in the Australian Outback. 24. Which is opposite in meaning to the word "sparsely" in “ the ”assage? A) densely B) rarely C) seldom D) exceptionally
The digital revolution in music has enabled people to download, store and listen to songs on a tiny, portable device called an MP3 player. The process is quick and afterwards you can have access to a library of thousands of songs that can fit into your palm. But experts say that continuously listening to loud music on these small music players can permanently damage hair cells in the inner ear, resulting in hearing loss. For instance, old-fashioned headphones have been replaced with smaller ones that fit neatly into the ear, instead of over them, which intensifies the sound. In addition to that, digital music does not distort and keeps its crystal clear sound, even on loud settings, which encourages children to crank up the volume. Combine that with the fact that many children will spend hours listening to their iPods, and you have the recipe for hearing loss. Put into further perspective, most MP3 players can reach levels of 120 decibels, which is louder than a chainsaw or lawnmower. When you consider 85 decibels is the maximum safe decibel level set by hearing experts over the course of a working day, and that children will listen to music at higher decibel levels than that for long periods of time, hearing will invariably suffer.
an MP3 player? A) A little handy gadget where loads of music pieces can be downloaded. B) A piece of equipment owing to which you can harm the ability of hearing. C) A tiny digital music player that can enduringly damage your hair. D) A small device for listening to songs with exceptionally huge volume. 26. The author mentions ... as an example of bad effects of MP3 players. A) chainsaws and lawnmowers B) risk-free decibel levels C) up-to-date headphones D) a library of thousands of songs 27. The word "intensify" in the “assage me”ns ... A) make softer B) make louder C) make weaker D) make clearer
A) advantages of MP3 players B) usage of MP3s by kids С) consequences of hearing loss D) drawbacks of iPods
From its birth during World War II, there is one task to which cutting-edge computer technology has always been applied: code-breaking. In 1943, mathematicians and engineers at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, built Colossus, the forerunner of the modern electronic computer. Its task was to break the Lorentz ciphers, used by Hitler and his generals for their most secret communications. Consisting of thousands of valves, optical devices and pulleys, Colossus looked ungainly but worked brilliantly. One of its major triumphs was to reveal that Hitler had been taken in by Allied deception tactics leading up to D-Day, thus clearing the way for the real invasion in 1944. Ever since, government code-breaking centers have bought the fastest supercomputers the moment they emerge. During the Cold War, the key challenge was to find and exploit the slightest weakness in the cipher systems used by the Soviet Union, acknowledged to be the most secure in the world. Their efforts ultimately led to the downfall of all of the Soviet's "Magnificent Fiv’" “ritish spies. 2”. According to the passage the author mainly informs us about ... A) the success of Colossus in breaking the Soviet Union's code syste’s. B) the deception the Allies practiced on Hitler regarding the date of D-Day. C) events leading up to the exposure of the Soviets Magnificent Five British spies. D) the success of computers in code-breaking.
A) though it was designed as a code-breaker, was also of great assistance when tactics were being planned, B) an early computer, managed to deceive Hitler concerning the dates of D-Day. C) was extremely efficient in spite of being clumsy and complicated to look at. D) which was built in 1943, was a disappointment to the mathematicians who designed it.
A) were rarely able to break the codes used by Hitler and his generals even after they had acquired Colossus. B) were in possession of better electrical computers than Hitler was. C) tricked Hitler into believing that the D-Day invasion would happen earlier than actually planned. D) managed to track down many enemy spies with the aid of Colossus.
fastest supercomputers ... A) are especially designed to break codes. B) are still unable to break the world's most secure ciph’r systems. C) are being used by government code-breaking centers. D) are largely used for destructive purposes.
Today the United States' flag has 50 stars’ That's one for each st’te. It has 13 stripes to stand for each of the original 13 colonies. It is unofficially called the Stars and Stripes. But the flag did not always look this way. The Second Continental Congress commissioned the first U.S. flag in 1777. But it did not exist until 1783, after the American Revolution ended. Historians are not sure who designed the Stars and Stripes. Many different flags are believed to have Been used during the American Revolution. The flag of 1777 was used until 1795. Then Congress passed an act ordering that a new flag have 15 stripes, alternate red and white, and 15 stars on a blue field. In 1818, Congress directed that the flag have 13 stripes. It also decided that a new star be added for each new state of the Union. The last star was added in 1960 for the state of Hawaii. There are customs for flying the flag and treating it with respect. For example, it should not touch the floor. No other flag should be flown above it, except for the UN flag at UN headquarters.
sign of disrespect to the American flag? A) Washing it. B) Laying it on the ground. C) Flying it above other flags. D) Folding it. 34. One can infer from the passage that ... A) Until 1960 there were 49 stars on the US flag. B) The initial star was added to the US flag in 1960 for the state of Hawaii. C) Only the US flag may be flown higher than the flag of United Nations Organization. D) Originally there were 50 states in the USA.
A) Hawaii was the last state to be added to the US. B) There are 50 states in the US. C) There are numerous customs for flying the flag and treating it with respect. D) There are thirteen stripes on the flag of the UN. 36. What does the phrase "stand for" in the “assage me”n? A) use B) stretch C) represent D) satisfy VARIANT – 12 1. Choose the best answer. Next year, Aziz will ... patients at this hospital for twenty-five years. A) treat B) have been treating C) be treating D) be going to treat
Scotland is a mountainous part of ... Great Britain, … highest mountain is peak ... Ben Nevis. A) – / the/ the B) – / the / – C) the/ -/ the D) the/ the / –
By ... a computer we do our work more effectively. A) usage B) use C) using D) used
Teenagers often find it difficult to ... peer pressure, as they want to fit in with their friends. A) regret B) resist C) deny D) solve 5. Choose the answer with the meaning below. James drove too fast. Now he's in trouble with the police. A) If James hadn't driven too fast,the would be in trouble with the police. B) If James had driven too fast, he would be in trouble with the police. C) If James hadn't driven too fast,the wouldn't be in trouble ’ with the police. D) If James didn't drive too fast, ’e wouldn't be in trouble ’ with the police. 6. Choose the best answer. Gail said to Peter, "There's the shoe s“ore w’'ve been looking f’r, it's just across the ’treet." A) Gail told Pet”r that there was the shoe store they've beer, lo’king for, it was just across the street. B) Gail told Peter that there is the shoe store they've been loo’ing for, it was just across the street. C) Gail told Peter that there was the shoe store they'd been looki’g for, it was just across the street. D) Gail said to Peter that there is the shoe store we've been look’ng for, it is just across the street.
Have you seen the film ... Brad Pitt saves the world from the zombies? A) when B) who C) in which D) in that
Our company does everything ... all complaints may be dealt with fairly and effectively. A) in order that B) in order as C) in order so D) in order 9. Choose the best answer. We enjoyed ... the football match. It was rarely an exciting game … . A) seeing / to watch B) to seeing / watching C) not seeing / to watch D) seeing / watching 10. Choose the best answer. The morning we were going on holiday everything seemed to go wrong, ... ? A) don't they B) wasn'’ it C) didn'’ it D) weren’t we 11. Choose the best answer. The music ... too loud by the students, who were finally asked to turn it down. A) are played B) have been playing C) plays D) was being played 12. Many people find it difficult ... in learning new things. A) to be interested B) to interest С) to be interesting D) being interested
The number of people learning the English language .... A) is increasing B) were increasing C) are increasing D) have been increasing 14. Choose the best answer. They don’t know if the leader ... this application tomorrow morning. A) will confirm B) confirmed C) would confirm D) confirms 15. Choose the best answer. The goods are unlikely ... at the end of the week-end. A) be arrived B) to arrive C) arriving D) arrive
As the wave came nearer, everyone ... for something to hold onto. A) tried B) wanted C) looked D) saw
She was quite different from what I expected. A) unusually B) partly C) surprisingly D) completely
… I speak to the manager, please? A) Should B) Could C) Would D) Ought
It was a bit ... but an interesting topic. A) argumenting B) argumentative С) argument D) argumented 20. Choose the best answer. I've known Mr. Jones’for a .... A) ages B) dozen C) whilst D) decade
Many scientific advances are intensively used in the work of the police and the army. The US company, "Scientific Applic“tions and Research Associates" (SARA) Inc, has ”eveloped crowd-dispersal weapons for the US military that generate high-intensity sound waves. Sound levels of 120 to 130 decibels cause pain and blurred vision; above 140 decibels, sound produces profound discomfort throughout the body. Ear plugs are no protection. These acoustic systems have a directed beam, projecting the sound in a narrow fan. They include high-intensity sound generators with power levels of up to 60 kilowatts and are combustion driven, using a series of small explosions to create a noise or drive a siren or whistle. Download 0.99 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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