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29. Which statement is true according to the passage? A) Health care is affected only negatively by modern civilization. B) Modern technology has completely broken the delicate balance of nature. C) Positive changes are taking place all over the world. D) Owing to modern civilization people can live longer.
A) earthquakes were a primary concern of the individual. B) hurricanes are increasing because of the destruction of environment. C) tornadoes cannot be avoided. D) natural hazards used to be more destructive for people 31. The word "harmony" in the te“t is cl”sest in meaning to. A) accord B) purity C) disbalance D) tie 32. According to the passage, ... A) innumerable benefits have been brought by modern civilization B) controlling all pests is possible because of modern technologies C) there is enough food for everybody D) it is a moral decision for all of us how to care for the environment Read choose the correct answer (33-36). Making lists is relaxing. It makes you feel important - all those things–to do. It dictates the shape of the immediate future; it calms you down and it makes you feel good when you cross something off. It might even help you to get things done too. The world divides in two when it comes to listing. Type A makes orderly lists, priorities and calmly sets to work on them. Type В waits until panic sets in, grabs the nearest envelope and scribbles all over it, sighs with relief and promptly loses it. The more you have to do, the more you need a list and few people with high-powered jobs get by without them. James Oliver, psychologist, has created his own time managing matrix'. He writes a list’of things to do and then organizes them into categories: things that have to be done straight away, other things that it would be good to do today, things that are important but haven't got to be done ’mmediately and things that are less urgent but that he doesn't want to forget. ’sing categories to order the world is the way the human mind works,' he says. After th’t, you should put things into hierarchies of importance.' But he also warn’ against the danger of Excessive List Syndrome. If people get obsessed with making lists, it doesn't work, they have ’oo many categories and lose their capacity to prioritize. 33. Which of the following ideas about making lists is not mentioned in the text? A) If you make a list, you feel obliged to do each thing in it. B) It gives you satisfaction when you get something done in the list. C) List-making is standard practice in therapy for depression. D) There is more possibility of fulfillment of your duties.
passage ... A) write down everything in time as it gives them a great comfort. B) overcome their fear by making lists though they don't follow th’m. C) make a proper list and work accordingly in a relaxed way. D) feel a real necessity for list-making because of their jobs. 35. According to the text, Excessive List Syndrome is ... A) to lose ability to list-making. B) to work without priorities. C) to give up categorizing. D) to get addicted to list-making.
.... A) real B) odd C) sensible D) pressing VARIANT – 15 1. Choose the best answer. You can't find your purse.’You think someone has taken it. What do you say? If someone ... my purse, I'll be furious! A)’has taken B) will take C) takes D) took 2. Choose the best answer. There's a ... between th’ fashions of the 1980s and the 1960s. A) dissimilar B) similar C) similarity D) similarly 3. Choose the best answer. I put down the date in my diary ... forget it. A) for not to B) because I C) that I will D) so as not to
I ... letters home once a week, but I ... one this week, so my next letter must be rather long. A) will write / didn't write ’B) write / have not written C) have written / have written D) wrote / have written
A drugstore in America is a shop where one can get not only medicines ... drinks and snacks. A) along with B) but also C) too D) as well 6. Choose the best answer. She's friendly and enj’ys ... people. A) met B) to have met C) meeting D) to meet
Bell invented the telephone, one of the most useful devices. Since his invention lots of telephones have been installed in people's apartments. ’) good deal of B) lot of C) a great number of D) a great deal of
I ... the report by next Friday. Do you want me to email it to you then? A) have finished B) will have finished C) shall finish D) am finishing
I ... you - the line's bad. –) can't h’ar to ’) couldn't have heard C) c’n't hearing D’ can't hear 10. Choos’ the right expression of numerals.  A) sixth and one, two B) sixth, one, second
C) six point a half D) six and a half 11. Choose the best answer. I wish you ... something instead of just sitting and doing nothing, in a few hours. A) had done B) to do C) did D) would do 12. Choose the best answer. Don't get annoyed with me, ... ? A) do you B) are you C) did you D) will you
bye to everybody. A) you mustn't B) you must ’ C) you won't be able D)’you need
I'd like ... more mi’k in my coffee. A) little B) a little bit C) a little D) a bit of
Sara told Tom that writing a test ... her nervous. A) is making B) make C) made D) will make
Thieves used force to enter the house while they were away. Thieves ... into the house while they were away. A) were forced B) broke C) have been D) kept 17. Choose the best answer. Reading good books ... what Jennifer enjoys. A) have been B) are C) being D) is
The teacher of this group wishes all money saved by children ... accurately. A) to count B) count C) counting D) counted
I saw him ... a bicycle. A) to ride B) rides C) riding D) to riding
The boys in our school are much ... and a lot ... at football than the boys in other schools in the town. A) more good looking / best B) better looking / good C) good looking / better D) more good-looking / better
Laughter's social role is d’finitely important. Today's children may betheading for a whole lot of social problems because their play and leisure time is so isolated and they lose out on lots of chances for laughter. When children stare at computer screens, rather than laughing with each other, they get so involved that they forget to laugh at all; this is contrary to what's natural for them’ Natural social behaviour in children is playful behaviour , and in such situations laughter indicates that make-believe aggression is just fun, not serious. This is an important way in which children form positive emotional ties, gain new social skills and generally start to move from childhood to adulthood. Parents need to be very careful to ensure that their children play in groups and laugh more.
A) children seem to have grown more aggressive since the computer entered their lives. B) children should be involved in group activities to increase their social behaviour. C) computer games have a beneficial effect on social behaviour. D) children need to take part in group computer battles. 22. According to the passage, one of the drawbacks of computer for children is that ... A) children get no pleasure out of their computers. B) children get much information. C) they tend to make children isolated and less sociable. D) computers make the activities of children and adults too much alike.
to ... A) alluring B) substantial C) imaginary D) real 24. According to the passage, laughter is needed for children. A) otherwise they will become well-balanced adults and isolate themselves from others. B) and computer games can provide the opportunity to laugh. C) in order not to involve them in group activities. D) because it aids them establish relationships with others and grow up emotionally.
In the 1970s a number of researchers have explored the development of deception in children. Some of the most interesting experiments have involved asking youngsters not to take a peek at their favourite toys. During these studies child is led into a laboratory and asked to face one of the walls. The experimenter then explains that he is going to up an elaborate toy a few feet behind them. After setting up the toy, the experimenter says that he has to leave the laboratory, and asks the child not to turn around and peek at the toy. The child is secretly filmed by hidden cameras for a few minutes, and then the experimenter returns and asks them whether they peeked. Almost all three-year-olds do, and then half of them lie about it to the experimenter. By the time the children have reached the age of five, all of peek and all of them lie. The results provide compelling evidence that lying starts to emerge the moment we learn to speak.
25. The word "elaborate" in the “assage is”closest in meaning to ... A) plastic B) favourite C) complicated D) ordinary 26. It can be inferred from the text that ... A) all the youngsters involved in this research were three years old. B) via hidden cameras they learnt that toys play a vital role for kids. C) none of the children obeyed the request of not glancing at the toy. D) the experimenter's leaving the lab ’as a part of the research.
A) to check the eyesight of three-year-old kids B) to define youngsters' attitude to their’favourite toys C) to identify when children start to trick D) to learn how the young behave when they're left alone.
A) The Peek Among Youngsters B) The Truth About Lying C) Life Without Deception D) Scientific Proof of Toys Read & choose the correct answer for (29-32). 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 hours 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.
A) makes it impossible to cover seven thousand miles in eight hours. B) has been officially opened only for travelers. C) didn't succeed in cutti’g down the route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans much. D) reduced the distance between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 31. One can conclude from the passage that before the Panama Canal opened, ... A) there was another route from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, but a rather long one. B) ships could travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean every eight hours. C) fifteen thousand ships transported travelers around Cape Horn every year. D) if anyone wanted to undertake the journey by ship from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean it wouldn't take longer. 3’. The word "hazardous" in the “assage is”opposite in meaning to ... A) safe B) perilous C) slow D) dangerous
The Great Wall of China, one of the greatest wonders of the world, was first built between 220-206 B.C. In fact, it began as independent walls for different states when it was first built, and did not become the "Great" wall until “he Q”n Dynasty. Emperor Qin Shihuang succeeded in his effort to have the walls joined together to serve as fortification to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire from invasion. Afterwards it was rebuilt and maintained over the years, between the 5th century ВС and the 16th century. One of the legends associated with the Great Wall of China is that it is the only man-made structure that can be seen from the moon with the naked eye. The legend originated in Richard Halliburton's 1938 book Second’Book of Marvels. However, this legend is simply not true. Richard Halliburton's claim was contra’icted by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Yang Liwei. A more plausible assumption would be to say that the Great Wall can be visible from a low orbit of the earth which is not unique in this regard as many other artificial constructions can be seen from that height. 33. According to the passage, the Great Wall of China ... A) was built in a single dynasty. B) was initially considered the "Great" wall. C) i“ cons”antly reckoned to be independent walls for different states. D) was refurbished during its history. 34. From the information given in the passage, it can be inferred that ... A) The myth about the Wall was recorded in a certain sour B) The wall served as fortification to defend all Empires from invasion. C) The wall can be seen from the moon with the naked eye D) The Great Wall of China was first built as a single wall.
A) suspicious B) believable C) incredible D) unlike 36. According to the passage, the Great Wall was initially designed ... A) to be able to see from the Moon. B) to defend the Empire from incursions. C) to help trade between different provinces. D) to be considered as a myth. VARIANT – 16 1. Choose the answer with the same meaning as the sentence below. You didn't fix the roof. No’ it's leaking. A) If the roof had leaked, you would fix it. B) If you fixed the roof, it wouldn't have leaked. C)’If you'd fixed the roof, ’t wouldn't be leaking. D) ’f you'd fixed the roof, ’t wouldn't have been leakin’. 2. Choose the best answer. Some of them had climbed ... top of the submarine. A) by B) on C) for D) in
Ask him to tell you something. He had a lot of interesting experiences during his travelling. A) a great amount of B) much C) few D) a great number of
We ... they would come to our place tonight. A) will hope B) had hoped C) hoped D) are hoping
She ... leave the club yesterday since she wasn't feeling well. A’ may B) had to C) could D) can
The museum doesn't let visitors ...’the exhibits. A) to photograph B) to photographing C) photographing D) photograph 7. Choose the answer. ... this newspaper report, more women smoke than men in a current time. A) Apparently B) However C) Supposedly D) According to 8. Choose the best answer. Theу were sure that they ... this time. A) wouldn't fail B) will ’ail C) will not fail D) fails
... he takes the medicine, ... he will feel. A) The sooner / the better B) Sooner / better C) Soon / well D) The soonest / the best 10. Choose the best answer. The only thing for you ... is to find out when the guests ... A) to do / arrive B) doing / arrives C) do / arrive D) doing/ arrive 11. Choose the best answer. This isn't the first time h’ ... against the government. A) has voted B) will vote C) was voted D) voted
She has never had her things stolen, ... ? A) had she B) hadn't she C) hasn't’she D) has s’e
When I asked him ... the keys, Bob said he had no idea where they were. A) if did he see B) if he had seen С) that he had seen D) could he see 14. Choose the best answer. The majority of the people in this province ... wealthy. A) do B) will C) are D) have
If I had sold my shares after six months, I ... a lot of money. A) made B) would have been making C) would make D) would have made 16. Choose the best answer. Sadoqat ... play the guitar very well yet; she's only had four l’ssons. A) can't B) must C’ shouldn't D) can
The 1905 revolution was ... the bloodiest one in the country's history. A) ’ust as B) much C) a bit D) by far 18. Choose the best answer. In spite of the fact that Samuel had been practising for several years, he had no ... considerable progress at work. A) any B) – C) a D) the 19. Choose the best answer. Their wedding invitation came as a surprise; we didn't even know they ’ere ... ! A) married B) involved C) engaged D) divorced 20. Choose the best answer. I stopped ... a phone call on my way home. A) making B) for make C) to make D) for making
Reptiles have been around for millions of years and once were the most common vertebrate animals on Earth. Today, reptiles are divided into four main groups: turtles and tortoises; lizards and snakes; crocodiles and alligators; and the tuatara. A tuatara looks like a lizard, but it isn't. It's a species’left ’ver from a group of reptiles as old as dinosaurs. It is the closest thing to a living dinosaur. Tuataras live only in New Zealand and are in danger of becoming extinct. Some reptiles spend most of their time in water. But most species live on land. All have scaly skin to protect them. Reptiles are found in all habitats except polar ice and the tundra. Reptiles usually lay their eggs in nests or holes dug in the ground. But some snakes, like rattlesnakes let the eggs hatch inside the body and give birth to live babies. Female crocodiles are very good mothers. They guard the nest and even help the hatchlings get a start in life. Some snakes do this, too. But most reptiles lay their eggs and leave. The hatchlings, which are perfect miniature copies of their parents, are on their own.
A) rattlesnakes B) dinosaurs C) snapping turtles D) alligators
B) in New Zealand. C) on land. D) in North America. 23. According to the passage, all baby reptile's ... A) resemble’their parents. B) try together to survive. C) are poisonous. D) have four limbs.
A) All reptiles can be divided into four main groups. B) Tuataras can be found only in New Zealand. C) all female reptiles are very good mothers. D) Reptiles used to be the most widespread vertebrates on the Earth. Read & choose the correct answer for (25-28). What your choice of coffee says about you? TV' s body language ’xpert Judi James tells how the coffee you drink reveals more than you think. Black coffee. The drink: A large cup of coffee - taken without mi–k. Judi's verdict: This is’a no-nonsense drink that reflects the people who drink it. Black coffee drinkers are likely to be practical, decisive and business-like. Some people might, find them a little dull, but, in fact they are individuals with some sophistication and probably focused on their career rather that leisure and home life. In relationships this is a person who is confident and happy to take the lead.
often served in a glass. Judi's verdict: A nice,’cosy type of a person who doesn't like risk or dan’er. A homely sort of who is likely to be loyal to their family or partner. An ideal date for a latte drinker would probably be a night in on the sofa with a movie - and a latte! They–like comfortable surroundings and long chats with good friends. Anyone who orders a decaf latte is worryingly wimpish, but probably an individual who will openly speak their mind. The question is, would anyone be listening? 25. According to the passage, which of the following is false about the former coffee drinkers? A) They put their home life ahead of career. B) They are able to make choices quickly and confidently. C) They are wrongly considered to be boring. D) They pay great attention to their occupation 26. According to the passage, which of the following is true about the latter coffee drinkers? A) They are glad to be in the company of good acquaintances. B) They are a far cry from the people who are faithful to their family. C) They are brave when it comes to new experiences. D) They do not possess the quality of sincerity. Download 0.99 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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