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21. We can understand from the passage that high decibel levels of sound .... A) deteriorate the nervous system permanently B) are only harmful when they are continuous C) can only be resisted by means of earplugs D) result in bodily pain and upset the eyesight 22. The acoustic systems developed by SARA ... A) did not meet the requirements of the US military. B) do not, unlike other similar systems, cause any permanent damage whatsoever. C) use high-intensity sound generators and are combustion driven. D) use sound levels which range from 120 to 140 decibels.
developed for the US military ... A) were primarily designed for use in wartime. B) were primarily designed to break up crowds. C) can cause permanent damage to the eye. D) sometimes produce high-intensity vibrations that cause widespread damage to buildings.
decibels ... A) there will be pain in all parts of the body. B) then the crowds are readily dispersed. C) the sound produced is something between a siren and a whistle. D) earplugs are required for protection.
According to archaeological evidence, at least 50,000 years ago, and long before the advent of the Roman Empire, the Babylonians began to measure time, introducing calendars to co-ordinate communal activities, to plan the shipment of goods and, in particular, to regulate planting and harvesting. They based their calendars on three natural cycles: the solar day, marked by the successive periods of light and darkness as the earth rotates on its axis; the lunar month, following the phases of the moon as it orbits the earth; and the solar year, defined by the changing seasons that accompany our planet's revolution aroun’ the sun. Before the invention of artificial light, the moon had greater social impact . And, for those living near the equator in particular, its waxing and waning was more conspicuous than the passing of the season. Since, the calendars that were developed at the lower latitudes were influenced more by the lunar cycle than by the solar year. In more northern climes, however, where seasonal agriculture was practised, the soluarreledecame more crucial. 25. The word "advent" is the clo“est in”meaning to ... A) arrival B) narration C) crisis D) establishment 26. Which of the following is not mentioned in the text? A) Calendars were used to control the process of agriculture. B) Scientific assumptions say that the Babylonian people started to measure time 5,000 years ago. C) Until the artificial light was discovered, the influence of the moon was considerable. D) The solar day, the lunar month and the solar year were the basement of calendars. 27. With what subject is the second part of the text mainly concerned? A) social significance of the moon B) non-natural specificity of the moon C) the unimportance of the solar year D) the development of calendars 28. What is the main idea of the text? A) The solar year was the main factor of timekeeping. B) Calendars were made of the natural changes. C) Calendars considerably evolved by means of natural cycles. D) The measure of time was distinct in the past. Read & choose the correct answer for (29-32). Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and / or increased health problems. Obesity increases the likelihood of various diseases, particularly heart disease, type 2 diabetes, breathing difficulties during sleep, certain types of cancer, and osteoarthritis. The primary treatment for obesity is dieting and physical exercise. To supplement this, or in case of failure, anti-obesity drugs may be taken to reduce appetite or inhibit fat absorption. In severe cases, surgery is performed or an intragastric balloon is placed to reduce stomach volume, leading to earlier satiation and reduced ability to absorb nutrients from food. Obesity is a leading preventable cause of death worldwide, with increasing prevalence in adults and children, and authorities view it as one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century. Obesity is stigmatized in much of the modern world (particularly in the Western world), though it was widely perceived as a symbol of wealth and fertility at other times in history, and still is in some parts of the world.
A) Obesity is not reckoned as a serious illness. B) Obesity is disregarded to be prevalent. C) Fat people endure mild illnesses. D) Obese people suffer from severe ailments.
obesity ... A) is treated with special balloon, B) related to individual's lifestyle. C) d’pends on a medical treatment. D) is related to a specific surgery. 31. The word "perceived" in the “ext means” A) missed B) disregarded C) observed D) resisted 32. According to the passage, modern medicine ... A) is able to heal obesity. B) prevents to degrade nutritional value. C) can't cure obesity at ’ll. D) inhibits absorption of oxygen.
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered to be the world's foremost sports’competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart. In 776 B.C., the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honour the Greeks' chief god, Zeus. the ancient Greeks emphasized physical fitness and strength in the education of youth. Therefore, contests in running, jumping, discus and javelin throwing, boxing, and horse and chariot racing were held in individual cities, and the winners competed every four years at Mount Olympus. Winners were honoured by having olive wreaths placed on their heads and having poems sung about their deeds. Originally these were held as games of friendship, and any wars in progress were halted to allow the games to take place.
The first Olympic Games were held ... A) to honour the principal God. B) to provide competitions in various kinds of sport activity. C) at the foot of Mount Olympus. D) to diminish continuous wars. 34. The author of the passage counterpleads that... A) competitions were held in more than one sport. B) winners' deeds were glorif’ed by poets. C) the winners firstly competed in individual cities. D) competition winners honored themselves by having olive wreaths on their heads. 35. One can learn from the passage that the ancient Olympics had the following peculiarity: A) the winners of individual events competed every five years at Mount Olympus. B) all competitions were halted to let poem singing take place.
C) all the wars were stopped while competitions. D) all Olympic Games were held at the top of Mount Olympus.
“ pas”age? A) delay B) suspend C) postpone D) pursue
I have known Mr. Jones for a ... A) ages B) whilst C) decade D) dozen
He would ... the book, but you did not tell him you needed it. A) have brought B) has brought C) brought D) bring
Jane ... for her car keys for the last hour, and she still can't find them. ’ A) looked B) is looking C) had been looking D) has been looking 4. Choose the best answer. New types of laptops are assumed ... in expensive costs after holding demonstration. A) to have sold B) will be sold C) being sold D) tо be sold
The Browns are accustomed ... their holidays in Rome. A) to spend B) spending C) to spending D) spend
Sam was ... guard duty the time that the bank was robbed A) on B) in C) for D) to
My aunt never misses her favourite daytime soap .... A) musical B) entertainment C) play D) opera
The more crowded the restaurant ... the service. A) slow B) slower С) slowly D) the slower
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 10. Choose the best answer. Suddenly the light went ... and a shutter opened. A) in B) behind C) off D) over
I remember ... this model before. A) to be seen B) having seen C) see D) to see
My tutor told me, "Don't keep notes o“ od’ly shaped piece of paper." My tutor told me ”.. oddly shaped pieces of pap A) didn't keep notes on ’ B) not to keeping notes on C) don't keep notes on ’ D) not to keep notes on
Jane let him ... about his new work. A) talks B) talking C) talk D) told
I couldn't get in touch wit’ her, even though I'd tried all possi’le ... of communication. A) means B) tools C) ways D) thing 15. Choose the best answer. There have been many changes made to the musical arrangement. They ... many changes to the musical arrangement. A) are going to make B) made С) had been making D) have made 16. Choose the best answer. Jane had been offered two jobs, one from her former employer, and ... from a new company. A) other B) others C) another D) the other 17. Choose the best answer. I feel that the jury ... already thought that you are innocent . A) have B) was C) had D) were
Her roommate never ... things back in their place during her college years. A) didn't use to put ’ B) used putting C) used to put D) was used to put 19. Choose the best answer. If you ... what it is all about, you ... on smiling. A) knew / hadn't keep B) ’new / wouldn't keep C) knew / ’ouldn't be keeping D) k’ew / hadn't been keeping 2’. Choose the best answer. The team captain hopes to select Kevin, ... ? A) doesn't he B) do they’ C) are they D) isn't he
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. 21. We can understand from the passage that high decibel levels of sound... A) are only harmful when they are continuous B) deteriorate the nervous system permanently C) can only be resisted by means of earplugs D) result in bodily pain and upset the eyesight 22. The acoustic systems developed by SARA ... A) use sound levels which range from 120 to 140 decibels. B) use high-intensity sound generators and are combustion driven. C) did not meet the requirements of the US military. D) do not, unlike other similar systems, cause any permanent damage whatsoever.
developed for the US military... A) were primarily designed for use in wartime. B) sometimes produce high-intensity vibrations that cause widespread damage to buildings. C) can cause permanent damage to the eye. D) were primarily designed to break up crowds.
decibels... A) there will be pain in all parts of the body. B) earplugs are required for protection. C) then the crowds are readily dispersed. D) the sound produced is something between a siren and a whistle.
An embargo is a total ban on the import of particular goods. Embargoes are perhaps the most extreme form of protection - because they leav– consumers of certain products with no choice but to buy from local producers . An embargo on sugar imports, for instance, is clearly designed to shield domestic industry from foreign competition altogether . However, there are other reasons why governments impose embargoes. Total bans on the importation of certain meat products, for example, act as safeguards against the introduction of exotic animal diseases into the country. Embargoes on narcotic drugs - as well as on cer–ain books and movies - are imposed becau–e these commodities are considered to be undesirable for the development of society. And in some instances, governments may ban all imports from particular countries with political motives in mind. 25. According to the passage, the prohibition of all imports from certain countries ... A) can help societies become more stable. В) is sometimes owing to a political reason. C) is contributing to the well-being of the poor people. D) is always used as an economic weapon. 26. One can deduce from the passage that imposing embargoes on certain books ... A) is directed at preventing their unwanted social effects. B) can be regarded as censorship of local publishers. C) cannot be approved. D) is disapproved by many people who like reading foreign books.
meaning to ... A) sellers B) purchasers C) specialists D) experts
A) should be imposed only on narcotic drugs. В) аre not always beneficial for the customer. C) provide a lot of choice for consumers of certain products. D) are in the interest of consumers.
One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, the Panama Canal shortcut greatly reduced the time for ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, enabling them to avoid the lengthy, hazardous Cape Horn route around the southernmost tip of South America via the Drake Passage or Strait of Magellan. In 1920, after some thirty-nine years of problems with disease, high costs and politics, the Panama Canal was officially opened. This linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by allowing ships to pass through the fifty-mile Canal Zone instead of travelling some seven thousand miles around Cape Horn. It takes a ship approximately eight hour s to complete the trip through the canal, and costs a tenth of what It would cost the average ship to round the Horn. More than fifteen thousand ships use the canal annually. 29. The passage informs us that ... A) it took much more than four decades to build the Panama Canal. B) all diseases have been combatted since theuarreletion of the canal. C) high costs and politics were the only obstacles to construct the canal. D) the Panama Canal built between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans is less than 55 miles.
The Panama Canal ... A) has been officially opened only for travelers. B) makes it impossible to cover seven thousand miles in eight hours. C) reduced the distance between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. D) didn't succeed in cutti’g down the route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans much.
Panama Canal opened, ... A) ships could travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean every eight hours. B) there was another route from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, but a rather long one. C) if anyone wanted to undertake the journey by ship from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean it wouldn't take longer. D)’fifteen thousand ships transported travelers around Cape Horn every year. 32. The word "hazardous" in the “assage is”opposite in meaning to ... A) dangerous B) safe C) perilous D) slow
New technologies are developing. The Michigan factory of a leading car manufacturing company already has its place industrial history. It is famous primarily because of record-breaking models produced there 1927 - 1931. Now the re–itted factory is back in the limelight as one of the world's most architectur’lly advanced buildings. The height of new technology will be its 42,000 square meter roof . Dubbed a "living" roof by th“ compa”y, it consists of a ground-hugging-plant called sedum which is growing in a 7. 'cm-thick mat-like ’aterial. The sedum insulates the roof, cutting down heating bills by as much as 5% and saving on replacement costs. It lasts twice as long as a standard roof because it doesn't shrink or expand’when the temperature varies. It is also expected to become a habitat for butterflies and birds. 36 skylights, which let in natural light, are embedded in the roof . On sunny days the factory will operate with up to half of its lights switched off. The company also intends to clear the soil around the factory to remove the chemical by-products of years of steel manufacturing. The car company will plant native plants that will break down chemicals. 33. The author called the roof of the factory 'living' ... A) be‘ause i’ hardly provides insulation Boos the weather. B) because the material from which it is made actually includes living plants. C) since it attracts large numbers of butterflies and birds. D) since the mat-like material from which it is made is comprised of by-products.
A) will make it possible for the company to reduce its heating bills. B) is one of the less unusual features of the new style fact C) is the company's way of apologizi’g for the harm cars cause to the environment. D) will enable the company to cut down on its profit.
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A) make a garden around the factory and get rid of the chemical by-products accumulated there. B) increase its car sales which, over recent years, have been rapidly declining, by attracting notice through its "living roof"“ C) stay in the ”imelight whatever the cost may be. D) get rid of the chemical by-products that have accumulate around the factory and a garden there. 36. According to the passage, the factory ... A) has a remarkable roof that will never need replacing. B) is in the news now on account of its ultra-modern record-breaking models. C) is famous now because of its extremely modern architectural features. D) produces high-quality cars that have repeatedly broke automobile speed records. VARIANT – 14 1. Choose the correct plural form of nouns. A) prizes, people, photoes, governor-general B) stories, teeth, medium, lilies-of-the-valley C) commanders-in-chief, matches, women, addenda D) keys, ticket-holders, radios, datum
... better, the team would have been able to defeat the opponent. A) If prepares В) Had it prepared C) If it prepares D) Preparing 3. Choose the best answer. You can tell by his surname that Mr Schmidt is of German ... A) origin B) tradition C) generation D) language
It is necessary for the walls ... as soon as possible. A) be whitewashed B) being whitewashed C) to be whitewashed D) having been whitewashed 5. Choose the best answer. Sadoqat ... play the guitar very well yet; she's only had four l’ssons. A) can B) shouldn't C) can't D’ must
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) shall wait / began B) wait / began C) waited / were beginning D) have waited / are beginning 7. Choose the best answer. Growing flowers ... her hobby. A) has been B) have C) are D) is
'Can we stop at the’next village?' She asked’me ... A) if we can stop at the next village. B) could they stop at the next village. C) whether we could stop at the next village. D) could we stop at the next village. 9. Choose the best answer. The plane flew ... , we could ... see it . A) highest / hard B) high / hardly C) highly / hardly D) higher / hard 10. Choose the best answer. I want ... me what's wrong, but she w’n't. A) her to tell’ng B) her to tell C) her telling D) to tell her
I put on my metal helmet and climbed ... of the boat . A) in B) on C) out D) for
Some ancient ruins show ... building methods. A) priority B) first C) primer D) primitive
She's got a well-paid ’ob, ... ? A) doesn't she B) isn't’she C) hasn'’ she D) wasn'’ she
His friend ... for questioning by the police in six countries . A) is said having been wanted B) is said being wanted C) is said to be wanted D) is said to be wanting 15. Choose the best answer. How often do you have your car ... ? A) servicing B) service C) to service D) serviced
I ... you - the line's bad. A) can't hear B) couldn't have heard C) can’t hearing D) can't hear to 17. Choose the best answer. York is a historical city of ... 110,000 people. A) any B) few C) some D) among
... the rain, the match was postponed . A) In favour of B) Subject to C) Thanks to D) Because of
They don’t know if the leader ... this application tomorrow morning. A) confirmed B) would confirm C) will confirm D) confirms 20. Choose the best answer. It was ... windy that I couldn't stand up! A) to B) such C) so D) enough
At the turn of the century, the European powers were hard at work attempting to claim as much land in Africa as possible. Britain's General Kitchner’had pushed through the gates of Khartoum, and French troops were fighting Moroccans resisting them. A hundred years later, the possessors of the past have come and gone, and the continent is unfettered from colonialism. It has been a long and painful march to freedom. The African people have been weighed down beneath the yoke of historical circumstance and traumatized by some 400 years of a slave trade, which only ended around 1850. Yet for better or for worse, Africa is finally its own master .
A) Khartoum won a major victory against Britain's General Ki’chner. B) Europeans were doing their best to own as much of African lands as they could. C) the French fought against the Moroccans who yielded to the enemy immediately. D) it was too hard for Europeans to fight against Africans 22. According to the passage, the word "unfettered " proba“ly m“ans ... A) forced to march from one place to another. B) colonized by a stronger nation. C) held as a slave by another country, D) emancipated from restraint. 23. As it is implied in the passage ... A) Africa's history provides’a firm foundation for the steady growth. B) Africans abandoned the struggle for freedom. C) up to day Africans are completely weighed down European countries. D) hard struggle preceeded Africans' freedom.
Europeans approximately... A) in the middle of the fifteenth century. B) in the middle of the fourteenth century. C) at the end of the sixteenth century. D) at the beginning of the thirteenth century. Read & choose the correct answer for (25-28). If you want a brief history of information technology, here is one. Humans were the first "computers". Then m“chines w”re invented to carry out the computational tasks. Now these machines have given way to new form of information technology. Information has become accessible from anywhere. Information technology deals with the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics based combination of computing and telecommunications. Thanks to the continuous development of computers, the original computing systems became minicomputers and later personal computers took the lead. Nowadays, mobile phones are removing the personal computer and computing is evolving faster to become disembodied more like a cloud, becoming accessible more easily whenever needed; Information technology in this sense has transformed people and companies and has allowed digital technology to influence society and economy alike.
A) Computing system has been evolved marginally. B) The initial "computers" were in“ividuals ”f humanity. C) Information technology is included to do hardly anything. D) The computational methods were created to do solely a few tasks. 26. Which of the statements is not mentioned in the text ? A) The development of information technology is the result of advances in computing system. B) Information technology has experienced a minor evolvement in computing system. C) Information technology is changing principally because of the needs. D) Portable computers are considered to be up-to-date. 27. The word "evolving" in the t“xt means”... A) neglecting B) introducing C) delaying D) developing 28. The main idea of the text is ... A) about the first computers. B) information about mini computers. C) different types of telecommunications. D) data about information technology.
Although our modern civilization has had many negative effects on the environment, we recognize that modern civilization has also made the environment more livable in many ways. With medical and technical advances, we are having better health care. Average life expectancy is increasing. We are protecting ourselves better from natural hazards , such as earthquakes , hurricanes, and tornadoes . We are feeding more people, and feeding them better than ever before. In the past few years, we have begun to learn how we can use our technologies to live in close harmony with our environment than we have in the recent past. For example, we are attempting to control some pests using better methods than were used earlier, in the twentieth century. We are experimenting with new ways of growing crops. Download 0.99 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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