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МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ
Государственное образовательное учреждение высшего
профессионального образования
ТАГАНРОГСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ РАДИОТЕХНИЧЕСКИЙ
УНИВЕРСИТЕТ
Ю.В.Иванова, В.П.Овчаренко
TEST
YOURSELF
Таганрог 2005

УДК 378.148:801
Ю.В. Иванова, В.П. Овчаренко
Test Yourself. Пособие для самостоятельной работы по
подготовке студентов базового уровня к аттестационному
тестированию.
Учебно-методическое пособие. Под общей редакцией д.п.н., проф. И.А.
Цатуровой. Таганрог:
Изд-во ТРТУ, 2005. 65 с.
Цель учебно-методического пособия – развитие и совершенствование
Рецензенты:
лингвистической компетенции студентов базового уровня. Пособие
представляет блок заданий для самостоятельной работы студентов
базового уровня.
Краснощекова Г.А, к.п.н., доцент, зав. кафедрой иностранных языков ТРТУ
Новикова А.А., к.п.н., старший преподаватель кафедры иностранных языков и
русской словесности ТИУиЭ

ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ
Одна из актуальных проблем современной методики обучения
иностранным языкам – ориентация всего учебного процесса на
активную самостоятельную работу обучаемых, создание условий для
их самовыражения и саморазвития. Овладение приемами
самостоятельной работы является обязательным условием развития
навыков самообразования.
Самостоятельная работа – вид учебной деятельности,
выполняемый студентами без непосредственного контакта с
преподавателем или управляемый преподавателем опосредованно
через специальные учебные материалы. Самостоятельная работа
является неотъемлемым обязательным звеном процесса обучения,
предусматривающим прежде всего индивидуальную работу студентов
в соответствии с установкой преподавателя или учебника, программы
обучения. Она представляет собой особую, высшую степень учебной
деятельности и обусловлена индивидуальными психологическими
различиями студентов и личностными особенностями, требует
высокого уровня самосознания, рефлексивности.
Данное пособие разработано для подготовки студентов базового
уровня неязыковых вузов к аттестационному тестированию по
окончании базового уровня, основанному на материалах пособия
Headway Pre Intermediate, и предназначено для работы как во
внеаудиторное время, так и на аудиторных занятиях в письменной и
устной формах. Самостоятельная работа может быть индивидуальной,
парной или коллективной. Набор заданий обеспечивает возможность
индивидуального выбора и определения объема материала,
необходимого для достижения учебной цели. Задания носят активный
и творческий характер, стимулируют поиск самостоятельных решений.
Задания, предназначенные для самостоятельной работы,
дифференцированы по уровням (задания повышенной сложности
отмечены знаком *). В конце пособия даны ключи, которые помогут
студентам проверить правильность выполнения заданий.
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VOCABULARY
I. В каждом ряду определите слово, отличающееся от других слов
по какому-либо признаку.
1. constitution elect vote martyr
2. spinster widow hero bride
3. bowl wok chop saucepan
4. cauliflower cucumber peach Brussels sprout
5. walkman CD player video tape-recorder
6. keyboards prose drums guitar
7. customer governess stockbroker spy
8. palace bulb mansion castle
9. stamina stardom power energy
10. pyjamas jumper pillow shirt
11. roast bake peel fry
12. platform sail yacht life-raft
13. good-looking stupid boring mean
14. ugly messy untidy dusty
15. invention celebration discovery research
16. throat stomach headache neck
17. pond lake wave mansion
18. fit healthy weak strong
19. award prize reward charity
20. deer snake sword mouse
II. Определите, имеют ли слова в каждом ряду схожее или
противоположное значение. Поставьте в колонке С букву Е
(equivalent), если следующие слова близки по значению, и букву О
(opposite), если они противоположны по значению.
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A B С
1. dear expensive 1. E
2. wonderful marvelous 2.
3. design construct 3.
4. injure wound 4.
5. same different 5.
6. until since 6.
7. calm nervous 7.
8. noisy quiet 8.
9. whisper shout 9.
10. get receive 10.
11. always never 11.
12. win fail 12.
13. shy reserved 13.
14. clever smart 14.
15. heaven hell 15.
16. wealthy poor 16.
17. boring interesting 17.
18. pretty beautiful 18.
19. dirty messy 19.
20. agree argue 20.
III. Подберите к слову из колонки А слово или словосочетание из
колонки В и запишите свой выбор в колонке С.
Part A
A B С
1. tell a) money 1. d
2. air b) bin 2.
3. exchange c) glasses 3.
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4. spend d) a joke 4.
5. rubbish e) conditioning 5.
6. chewing f) rate 6.
7. wear g) gum 7.
Part B
A B C
1. standard a) a bill 1.
2. take b) jam 2.
3. department c) driver 3.
4. pay d) processor 4.
5. traffic e) of living 5.
6. taxi f) a photograph 6.
7. word g) store 7.
Part C
A B C
1. play a) the washing-up 1.
2. alarm b) clock 2.
3. make c) a horse 3.
4. post d) the drums 4.
5. pack e) a letter 5.
6. do f) a suitcase 6.
7. ride g) a phone call 7.
Part D
A B C
1. order a) a film on TV 1.
2. wear b) post 2.
3. sign c) a van 3.
4. watch d) hour 4.
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5. rush e) a cheque 5.
6. drive f) a meal 6.
7. cash g) a suit 7.
IV. Прочитайте тексты и заполните пропуски данными словами,
предшествующими тексту.
Text A
ambitious, to write, the bank, in touch, decided, computers, software,
finished, professionals, period
DAVID THE TEENAGE TYCOON
Teenager David Bolton has just put £9,000 in (1) the bank - after only
six months of part-time work as a computer consultant.
It was only about a year ago, however, that he (2) ______ to get serious
about computers. He went to night school to learn how (3) ______ business
programs, and did a correspondence course with an American college.
He got (4) _______ with a computer seller, Eltec, who gave him
computers and (5) ______ worth more than £3,000. He helps companies by
suggesting which (6) ______ they should buy, and by writing individual
programs for them.
He can work more quickly than many older (7) _______. In one case, he
went to a company where a professional programmer worked for six months
and couldn’t find the problem. David (8) ______ the job in five days.
It is because of work of this standard that in short (9) _____ he has been
in business David made about £9,000.
How did he do it? “You have to be (10) ______, and you have to really
want to get to the top. Believe in yourself, and tell yourself you’re the best.”
Text B
generosity, tidied, gardens, family, horses, village, Perhaps, problems, to
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fight, old
$3 MILLION FOR A VET
Vet Peter Pocock has been left a fortune by a spinster whose (1) horses and
dogs he looked after.
The 90-year-old spinster, Miss Marguerite de Beaumont, was helped in many
ways by Mr Pocock. He cleaned and (2) _____ her 11-room Elizabethan
mansion when she became too (3) _____ and ill to care for it. When she died
she left him everything in her will: her money, the house and (4) _____, her
stables – all of which is worth $3 million.
Miss de Beaumont’s (5) ______ are furious. Her niece, Mrs Charmian
Pickford said “We are very upset. We are going (6) _____ the will. My aunt
didn’t know what she was doing – she was senile in her last years.”
Mr Pocock lives in the next (7) ______ with his wife and baby daughter.
They were shocked by Miss de Beaumont’s (8) _______. “We can’t believe it,”
said Mrs Pocock, “So much money is wonderful, but will it make us happier?
Money can bring (9) ______. Our hope is that the mansion will be made
beautiful again. (10) _____ we can do it now with the money.”
Text C
sharks, a life-raft, to hit, a machine, Costa Rica, raw, the water, hands, Then,
condition
COUPLE WHO SURVIVED AN AMAZING 66 DAYS AT SEA
A couple from Miami, Bill and Simone Butler, spent 66 days in (1) a life-
raft in the seas of Central America after their yacht sank. They survived in very
good (2) ________.
21 days after they left Panama in their yacht they met some whales. “They
started (3) ______ the side of the boat,” said Bill, “and then suddenly we heard
water.” Two minutes later, the yacht was sinking. They jumped into the life-raft
and watched the boat go under (4) _____.
For twenty days they had tins of food, biscuits, and bottles of water. They
also had a fishing-line and (5) _______ to make salt water into drinking water –
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two things which saved their lives. They caught some fish every day and ate
them (6) ____. Then the line broke. “So we had no more fish until something
very strange happened. Some (7) _____ came to feed, and the fish under the raft
were afraid and came to the surface. I caught them with my (8) _____”.
After 50 days at sea the life-raft was beginning to break up. (9) _____
suddenly it was all over. A fishing boat saw them and took them to (10)
_____. Their two months at sea was over.
Text D
to destroy, cathedrals, the animals, communicators, billion, jungles,
voices, the moon, present, the world
HELLO, PEOPLE OF THE WORLD!
There are five (1) billion people in the world and they live in all different
corners of it. They live on the snow and ice of the Poles and in the tropical (2)
____ on the equator. They have climbed the highest mountains and walked on
the sea bed. Some of them have even left the earth and visited (3) _____.
The human species is the most numerous and the most powerful of all (4)
_____ on earth. How did this happen? In many ways animals can do things
better than we can. But we are different. No other animal builds (5) ______,
plays football, tells jokes or gets married.
There is one thing above all that makes people and animals different. People
love to talk – talk – talk. We are the great (6) ________! And we can
communicate so many things in so many ways – with our faces, our hands, our
bodies, and our (7) ______. Also we have a sense of past and future, not just (8)
______.
We are the only species that can change (9) ________, and we can choose
either to look after our world or (10) _____ it.
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GRAMMAR
I. Прочитайте предложения и заполните пропуски артиклями, где
это необходимо.
Example: I’d like to go on an excursion to the Crimea.
1.___ President of ___ United States lives in ___ White House in ___
Washington D.C.
2. What do you think of Jane? - She's ___ extremely nice person.
3. Mary is wearing ___ beautiful ring today. It is made of ___ gold.
4. ___ beef is a kind of ___ meat.
5. I have ___ idea. Let's go on ___ picnic on ___ Saturday.
6. We went to ___ South of ___ Russia ____last year.
7. ____ St. Paul’s Cathedral was designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
8. I’d like to have ___ hamburger for ___ breakfast.
9. Can you play ___ piano?
10. Will you play ___ chess with me?
11. At ___ night I had ___ terrible headache after I had drunk ___ lot of
coffee in ___ evening.
12. Thomas Nixon is ___ last person I want to see.
13. My favourite subject at school was ___ History.
14. He knows ___ history of ___ French Revolution well.
15. Could you phone later, please? Ann is having ___ shower.
II. Прочитайте предложения и выберите правильный вариант
ответа.
Example: They're listening ____ the news.
A. at B. to C. –
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1. Who is she looking ______?
A. on B. at С. to
2. What's the matter.______ him?
A. by B. with С. from
3. No large ships can go ________ that bridge.
A. over B. across C. under
4. It's time for coffee. All the students are coming ______ their classes.
A. off B. out of С. out
5. What time does your plane take ______?
A. off B. out С. from
6. After failing his driving test four times, he finally gave ______ trying
to pass.
A. in B. off C. up
7. I go to school on foot, but yesterday I went to school _____ bus.
A. on B. in C. by
8. Bye, see you ______ Monday morning.
A. on B. at C. in
9. She got married ______ the age of 19.
A. in B. of C. at
10. Jim is a person I can rely ______.
A. at B. on C. for
11. According ______ the forecast the weather will remain better than
usual for this time of year.
A. for B. to C. of
12. I haven’t seen her ______ Monday.
A. since B. for C. by
13. My little brother is afraid ______ spiders.
A. to B. for C. of
14. You shouldn’t depend ______ Tom, he’s always late.
A. of B. on C. to
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15. Who has paid ______ the meal?
A. for B. out C. with
16. The banks close ______ 7 o’clock in the evening.
A. in B. at C. on
17. Bob is going to play tennis ______ next Sunday.
A. – B. in C. on
18. My sister is always angry ______ me when I am late.
A. at B. on C. with
19. I can’t open the door, I’m looking ______ the key.
A. for B. after C. in
20. Don’t laugh ______ my little sister.
A. on B. at C. about
III. Заполните пробелы одним из следующих местоимений:
somebody, anybody, something, anything, somewhere, anywhere.
Example: First, I didn’t know anybody in my new class.
1. ______ has broken my vacuum cleaner.
2. I’ve got ______ for you. I hope you’ll like it.
3. I feel bored. Let’s go ______.
4. Do you have ______ romantic to read?
5. It’s a pity, but we can’t do ______ .
6. Does ______ mind if I open the window?
7. If you are so hungry, let’s go ______ to eat.
8. ______ has told me you’re getting married. Congratulations!
9. Oh! There’s ______ very heavy in your suitcase.
10. I’ll take ______ to read before going to the beach.
11. Have you already invited ______ to your party?
12. I haven’t got ______ to wear at all!
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13. Let’s ask ______ to sing.
14. Don’t ask me! I don’t want to go ______ .
15. Look! ______ is waving you.
16. Have you bought ______ ?
17. I want to go _______ exotic on holiday.
18. Give us _______ to drink, please.
19. Please don’t tell ______ about this accident.
20. I haven’t got ______ to talk to you about.
21. I think there’s _______ wrong with my watch. I must go to the repair
shop.
22. I’m sure there’s ______ inside, just knock louder!
23. Do you know ______ here?
24. There is always _______ I don’t understand.
25. There isn’t ______ we can do now.
26. Can ______ serious come out of this?
27. I haven’t got ______ to say.
28. Quick, let’s go! There’s ______ coming.
29. Nobody can find ______ about when the exams will be.
30. Sally, there’s ______ downstairs who wants to speak to you.
IV. Прочитайте предложения и выберите правильный вариант
ответа.
Example: Mary speaks Japanese_______ than Spanish.
A. the worst B. worse C. more bad
1. I weigh 80 kilos. You’re ______ me.
A. lighter B. lighter than C. light as
2. The Nile is ______ river in the world.
A. longest B. the longest C. long
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3. Who is _______ singer in France?
A. more famous B. the most famous C. most famous
4. I think jazz is ______ rock music.
A. better B. the best C. better than
5. The ring wasn’t as ______ I expected.
A. expensive B. expensive as C. expensive than
6. You look ______ you did yesterday.
A. worse B. worse than C. worst than
7. What’s ______ month of the year in India?
A. wettest B. wetter C. the wettest
8. My ______ holiday was in France.
A. more enjoyable
9. Is cheese ______ meat?
B. the most enjoyable C. most enjoyable
A. healthier than B. healthier C. healthy than
10. Your daughter is as ______ her mother.
A. beautiful B. beautiful as C. beautiful than
11. The Amazon is ______ river in the world.
A. wider B. widest C. the widest
12. The North Pole isn’t as ______ the South Pole.
A. cold B. cold as C. colder as
13. The black mamba is ______ land snake.
A. the fastest B. fastest C. the most fast
14. Bob is ______ than his brother.
A. as polite B. more polite C. the more polite
15. Chemistry is ______ physics.
A. easier B. as easy C. easier than
16. China has ______ population in the world.
A. big B. bigger C. the biggest
17. The sweater is small. I need ______ size.
A. a larger B. the largest C. large
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18. The Mississippi is ______ the Nile.
A. shorter B. shorter than C. the shorter than
19. I don’t feel ______ as yesterday.
A. tired B. as tired C. more tired
20. This task is ______ than I expected.
A. difficult B. as difficult C. more difficult
21. This book is ______ than that one.
A. thicker B. thick C. thickest
22. Her hair is short. My hair is ______ than hers.
A. long B. longer C. longest
23. Today is ______ day of the year.
A. warmer B. the warmest C. more warm
24. ______ people smoke these days than before.
A. Less B. Few C. Fewer
25. This way is ______ than the other.
A. the safest B. safer C. more safer
26. The patient looks much ______ today.
A. best B. the best C. better
27. Jack’s ______ brother was my classmate.
A. the oldest B. elder C. the eldest
28. Ann is as ______ as her mother.
A. tall B. the tallest C. taller
29. His manners are even ______ than his sister’s.
A. most bad B. worst C. worse
30. Don’t send a letter. It’s ______ to phone him.
A. easier B. more easy C. the easiest
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V. Прочитайте предложения и выберите правильный вариант
ответа.
Example: When I entered the room, she _____________ on the sofa.
A. lay B. is lying C. was lying
1. Your sister always drinks strong coffee, _______________ she?
A. doesn’t B. does C. isn’t
2. I ___________________ here since September.
A. am B. was C. have been
3. We’ve got tickets, and tomorrow evening we _________________ to
the cinema.
A. are going B. go C. have gone
4. The day before yesterday we _____________ to the restaurant by Tom.
A. are invited B. were invited C. invited
5. She asked me ____________________ a car.
A. do I have B. if did I have C. if I had
6. I’m hot because I ___________________!
A. have been running B. have run C. ran
7. My dentist says I _________________ eat so many sweets.
A. can’t B. don’t have to C. shouldn’t
8. The weather is nice today, but it __________________ bad yesterday.
A. was B. is C. has been
9. Dad ____________________ on Saturdays.
A. is usually working B. usually works C. is usually worked
10. ____________________ you understand what I’m saying?
A. Can B. Should C. Must
11. Mr. Harrison said that he ____________________ again.
A. will call B. would call C. calls
12. His smile was something she _________________ before.
A. had never seen B. has never seen C. never saw
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13. Mom isn’t at home. She ___________________ to the shops and she
will be back soon.
A. has gone B. has been C. went
14. It _______________________ in this part of the world.
A. is often raining B. was often raining C. often rains
15. Nylon __________________ in the early 1930s.
A. was invented B. invented C. will be invented
16. Last week my Dad ______________________ to work on foot.
A. was going B. has gone C. went
17. While my son __________________ for my call, somebody knocked at
the door.
A. waited B. was waiting C. was waited
18. He can play golf well, ____________________ he?
A. doesn’t B. can C. can’t
19. Run downstairs. Your sister _________________ for you.
A. waits B. is waiting C. waited
20. How long ______________________ here?
A. have you sat B. did you sit C. have you been sitting
21. Listen! That boy __________________ the saxophone.
A. plays B. is playing C. played
22. George _____________________ swimming yesterday.
A. go B. has gone C. went
23. We __________________ from him since he left for Kenya.
A. didn’t hear B. haven’t heard C. hadn’t heard
24. You ___________ a lovely song when I entered the room. What was it?
A. were singing B. sang C. had sung
25. Little children like books with large print. They
____________________ read them more easily.
A. should B. have to C. can
26. Tom _________________ as a postman for a month.
A. is working B. has been working C. works
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27. ‘Sunflowers’ _____________________ by Van Gogh.
A. was painted B. painted C. was painting
28. She asked me _________________.
A. if I smoked B. if I smoke C. did I smoke
29. Sam doesn’t work hard, _________________ he?
A. is B. does C. isn’t
30. He was tired because he ________________ hard in the garden all day.
A. worked B. has worked C. had been working
31. ‘What ____________ in your spare time?’ – ‘I often go to the cinema.’
A. do you do B. are you doing C. have you done
32. I went away while the others _________________ lunch.
A. had B. were having C. had had
33. After it _____________________ raining, we went out.
A. had stopped B. stopped C. would stop
34. The children are drawing. They _____________ since they came home.
A. have been drawing B. have drawn C. have been drawn
35. I don’t know Spanish, but I _____________________ it now.
A. learn B. am learning C. have learnt
36. They sent a letter the day before yesterday, _______________ they?
A. did B. hadn’t C. didn’t
37. The doctor told me __________________ more exercise.
A. to do B. doing C. do
38. _________________ I speak to Jane, please?
A. Could B. Must C. Shall
39. I asked her ___________________ a phone call.
A. was there B. if there was C. if was there
40. Coca-Cola ______________________ for over one hundred years.
A. has been produced B. has produced C. was produced
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VI. Составьте вопросы, расположив данные слова в правильном
порядке.
Example: earn much a she How does year?
How much does she earn a year?
1. you You Madrid don’t live in?
_____________________________________
2. borrow you Whose did car?
_____________________________________
3. whisky you ever drunk Have?
_____________________________________
4. the broke last Monday Who window?
_____________________________________
5. you lived How town in long your have?
_____________________________________
6. you on Where year go did last holiday?
_____________________________________
7. George’s Who you girlfriend about told?
_____________________________________
8. my you in for looking What are bag?
_____________________________________
9. countries she She visiting doesn’t exotic like does ?
_____________________________________
10. has many he How countries visited foreign?
_____________________________________
11. Why I invited your wasn’t party to?
_____________________________________
12. was castle When this built?
_____________________________________
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13. your watching Does comedies mother enjoy ?
_____________________________________
14. Tom What Sally about are and talking?
_____________________________________
15. English When you learning start did?
_____________________________________
16. tennis often she How does play?
_____________________________________
17. dictionary you Why got a haven’t?
_____________________________________
18. was Where she she did child live a when?
_____________________________________
19. sandwiches is Who make going to?
_____________________________________
20. to Who she married did get?
_____________________________________
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READING COMPREHENSION
Прочитайте тексты и выполните задания, следующие за ними.
Text A
TELEVISION UNIFIES US
The press, television and radio (mass media) play an important part in the
life of society. They influence the way people look at the world and make
them change their views. Some people say, ‘news is not what happens – it is
what you see or read in mass media.’ In other words, mass media shapes
public opinion. (Sometimes it is good, but sometimes it is terribly bad. It
depends.)
Millions of people watch TV and read newspapers and magazines in their
spare time. Television dominates one’s life if the family watches it most of
the time. Television informs, educates, and entertains people, but it is also a
habit-forming drug impossible to resist.
Various TV shows, such as quiz, and music programmes attract a large
audience. During TV quiz programmes the questions are answered by the
viewers at home.
Then there are daily TV serials known as soap operas. Some people find
them boring, others consider them to be good entertainment and relaxation.
Some people say there is too much violence on television, which has a
bad influence on young viewers. Television often shows scenes of violence.
But it is hardly fair to say that TV doesn’t try to raise the cultural level of
the people or develop their artistic taste. Many TV programmes are
excellent: they are made in good taste and with great professional skill.
Television brings into millions of homes not only news and entertainment,
but also cultural and educational programmes.
Good or bad, television brings the world into our home and brings us
closer to other people. Besides, it is good company for people who live
alone.
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I. Найдите слова из первой колонки в тексте и соотнесите с их
значением во второй колонке.
1. society a. to oppose
2. shapes b. free
3. spare
c. force that damages
4. to resist d. people living together
5. violence e. forms
II. Дополните предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста и
подчеркните правильный вариант ответа.
1. Mass media a) forms b) ignores c) resists public opinion.
2. According to the text, various TV shows are a) interesting b) terrible c)
stupid.
3. You can watch soap operas a) every month b) every week c) every day.
4. Violence on TV is a) good b) pleasant c) bad for young viewers.
5. Television brings a) culture b) money c) health to our homes.
III. Соответствуют ли следующие утверждения содержанию
текста? Если да, запишите букву T (TRUE), если нет – буквой F
(FALSE).
1. Sometimes people believe TV more than anything else.
2. TV cannot influence people’s opinion.
3. Soap operas are liked by everybody.
4. Few TV programmes are made in good taste.
5. TV is a good opportunity not to be alone
Text B
THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE PAST
We tend to imagine that ancient people were ‘environmentally friendly’
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and lived in harmony with nature. Some people (such as the American
Indians) did indeed respect and protect their environment. But there are
many examples of ancient peoples who destroyed the land they inhabited. In
doing this, some of them destroyed their own livelihood.
The great city of Ur was destroyed by floods after its people had cut
down the trees on the banks of the river Euphrates to use as fuel for their
fires. Although the Bible says that the cause of floods was anger of God, the
real cause of the flood was probably environmental damage caused by man.
The dodo was a large bird, rather like a turkey, that lived on the island of
Mauririus in the Indian Ocean. When the first man arrived in Mauritius in
the early 16 th century, they found that the dodos were very tame. The
settlers killed the dodos partly for food and partly for sport. By 1680, less
than 200 years after the first man settled on Mauritius, the last dodo was
dead. Only the expression ‘as dead as a dodo’ lives on in the English
language.
I. Найдите слова из первой колонки в тексте и соотнесите с их
значением во второй колонке.
1. tend
a. lived in
2. ancient
b. not afraid of people
3. protect
c. have an inclination, tendency
4. inhabited
d. defend
5. tame
e. very old
II. Дополните предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста и
подчеркните правильный вариант ответа.
1. According to the passage, our ancestors a) respected and protected
their environment b) were probably as selfish as modern people c) lived
in harmony with nature.
2. The passage states that the great city of Ur was probably destroyed by
a) fires b) the anger of God c) floods after cutting down trees.
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3. According to the Bible, floods were a) punishment b) reward c) help of
God.
4. In the 15 th century there were a) only dodos b) no people c) many
settlers in Mauritius.
5. People hunted dodos a) for pleasure b) for food c) for food and for
pleasure.
II. Соответствуют ли следующие утверждения содержанию текста?
Если да, запишите букву T (TRUE), если нет – буквой F (FALSE).
1. Modern people think the ancient people protected the environment.
2. American Indians destroyed their environment.
3. The great city of Ur was destroyed by great water.
4. Now we can find dodo only on the island of Mauritius.
5. ‘As dead as a dodo’ is an English idiom.
Text C
SHOPPING
All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great
ambition: to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her
purchases. For this was what the notice inside the entrance promised. It
said: ‘Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods. This
may be your lucky day!’
For several weeks Mrs. Edwards hoped, like many of her friends, to be
the lucky customer. Unlike her friends, she never gave up hope. The
cupboards in her kitchen were full of things which she did not need. In vain
her husband tried to dissuade her. She dreamed of the day when the
manager of the supermarket would approach her and say: ‘Madam, this is
your lucky day. Everything in your basket is free.’
On Friday morning, after she had finished her shopping and had taken it
to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy any tea. She dashed back
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to the supermarket, got the tea and went towards the cash desk. As she did
so, she saw the manager of the supermarket approach her. ‘Madam,’ he
said, holding out his hand, ‘I want to congratulate you! You are our lucky
customer and everything you have in your basket is free!’
I. Найдите слова из первой колонки в тексте и соотнесите с их
значением во второй колонке.
1. ambition
a. left
2. purchases
b. with no result
3. gave up
c. ran quickly
4. in vain
d. buyings
5. dashed
e. wish
II. Дополните предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста и
подчеркните правильный вариант ответа.
1. The housewives learnt about the offer of free goods a) from the
manager b) at the supermarket c) from their friends.
2. Mrs. Edwards’s husband tried to a) make her unhappy b) cheer her up
c) stop her buying things.
3. Mrs. Edwards wanted to a) get a free basket of goods b) meet the
manager c) fill all her cupboards very much.
4. Mrs. Edwards went shopping a) on foot b) in a friend’s car c) by car.
5. Mrs. Edwards must have been a) embarrassed b) delighted c)
disappointed.
II. Соответствуют ли следующие утверждения содержанию текста?
Если да, запишите букву T (TRUE), если нет – буквой F (FALSE).
1. All the housewives who went to the new supermarket wanted to get free
goods.
2. Friends of Mrs. Edwards didn’t hope to be the lucky customer any
more.
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3. Mrs. Edwards bought a lot of useless things.
4. On Friday morning she returned to the supermarket to drink some tea.
5. The dream of Mrs. Edwards came true.
Text D
THE WAY TO GET THINNER
When Mr. Holland was a young man, he played a lot of football, and he
had always been thin and very strong. But then he worked in an office for
many years, and he drove to work in a car, so when he was forty, he was fat
and very soft. He did not wish to get fatter and softer every year.
One day one of his friends said to him, ‘Would you like to be thinner,
Fred?’
‘Of course I would’, Mr. Holland answered.
‘Well,’ his friend said, ‘stop going to your office by car, and get a
bicycle.’
Mr. Holland had not ridden a bicycle for many years. ‘It’s very hard to
learn to ride a bicycle again at your age,’ his wife said.
But it was not too hard for Mr. Holland to do. He usually sat in his living
room and read the newspaper in the evening, but he bought a bicycle for his
birthday and practiced riding that every evening instead. He hoped that it
would help him to get thinner, and he got a lot of pleasure from it.
Later he began to go to his office on his bicycle. Sometimes all the cars
stopped at a red light, and he went past them to the front, because his
bicycle was narrow. Then he was very happy.
Yesterday he stopped at a red light, and a man came up behind him on
another bicycle. He stopped, too, and said to Mr. Holland, ‘have the police
taken your driving licence away, too?’
I. Найдите слова из первой колонки в тексте и соотнесите с их
значением во второй колонке.
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1. soft
2. instead
3. pleasure
4. narrow
5. behind
a. not wide
b. at the back of
c. not strong
d. in place of something else
e. gladness, satisfaction
II. Дополните предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста и
подчеркните правильный вариант ответа.
1. When Mr. Holland was forty he was a) thin b) fat c) strong.
2. It was a) difficult b) easy c) necessary for Mr. Holland to learn to ride a
bicycle.
3. Mr. Holland practiced a) in the evening b) in the morning c) on his
birthday.
4. He a) enjoyed b) hated c) couldn’t stand riding a bicycle.
5. At the traffic lights he met a) his friend b) a policeman c) a man
without a driving licence.
III. Соответствуют ли следующие утверждения содержанию
текста? Если да, запишите букву T (TRUE), если нет – буквой F
(FALSE).
1. When Mr. Holland was young he was very fit.
2. Mr. Holland didn’t like being fat.
3. Mr. Holland’s wife advised him to ride a bicycle
4. Mr. Holland believed that a bicycle would help him to get thinner.
5. The police took Mr. Holland’s driving licence away.
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ENGLISH FOR SCIENCE
I. Соотнесите слово в колонке А с его определением из колонки В.
Запишите свой выбор в колонке С.
A B C
1. to compress a) to turn into gas or vapour 1. b
2. propulsion b) to push together in a small space 2.
3. unique c) driving forward 3.
4. valuable d) the only one of its type 4.
5. to evaporate e) to produce, e.g. electricity 5.
6. to generate f) important, worth a lot of money 6.
7. principle a) substance used for killing insects 7.
8. charge b) the smallest particle of a substance which can 8.
exist on its own
9. pressure c) the electricity contained by a body or a battery 9.
10. insecticide d) a law of nature, usually with uses in science or 10.
technology
11. thrust e) the force of a substance on another substance 11.
12. molecule f) a pushing force 12.
13. violent a) substance used for cleaning 13.
14. flood b) small amount of a substance, usually taken for 14.
testing
15. sample c) power needed to do work 15.
16. to grind out d) sudden and powerful 16.
17. energy e) to shape by rubbing together 17.
18. detergent f) overflow of water on to land which is usually dry 18.
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19. minute a) slowly, little by little 19.
20. horizontal b) very small 20.
21. organism c) very small pieces 21.
22. particles d) substance which combines with acids to form 22.
salts
23. gradually e) flat, level 23.
24. alkali f) any living thing, plant or animal 24.
25. to create a) path of one body around another 25.
26. theory b) outside of a body or the top of a liquid 26.
27. surface c) idea which explains or tries to explain facts 27.
or events
28. to revolve d) waste organic substance, usually from 28.
households
29. sewage e) to make, cause 29.
30. orbit f) to go round and round 30.
31. ancient a) instrument which changes the voltage of a 31.
current
32. spectrum b) process of sending out heat, light or X-rays 32.
33. to expand c) very old, belonging to past times 33.
34. transformer d) to grow bigger in volume 34.
35. fall-out e) different colours which light consists of 35.
36. radiation f) radio-active particles in the atmosphere 36.
II.* Подберите слово к определению в колонке А. Запишите свой
выбор в колонке В.
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А В
1. very important 1. vital
2. to bring a ray of light to a fixed point 2.
3. the sort of power that lights our homes 3.
4. half the diameter 4.
5. place where something comes from 5.
6. uncovered 6.
7. a movement of electricity 7.
8. a watercourse 8.
9. flow of electricity, air or sea-water 9.
10. man-made 10.
11. the process of bringing water to dry areas 11.
12. a flat surface 12.
13. the smallest particle of an element, which can take part 13.
in a chemical change
14. to change from gas to liquid 14.
15. a natural or artificial moon which revolves around a 15.
planet
16. to make things seem bigger 16.
17. to look at very closely and carefully 17.
18. the smallest living unit 18.
19. to clean 19.
20. to make dirty 20.
21. to put down, to leave behind 21.
22. to move out or send out in all directions from a 22.
common centre
23. a substance which speeds up a chemical change 23.
without changing itself
24. the soil found on the bed of a river 24.
25. wet to touch 25.
26. to build on 26.
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27. to look at something very closely and try to find things 27.
about it
28. a river of ice high in the mountains 28.
29. to be made up of 29.
30. to shape, to form 30.
31. connected 31.
32. to remove by the action of water 32.
33. to put to practical use 33.
34. the thing built by man, usually with a special function 34.
35. the usual weather conditions in a certain area 35.
36. borders, limits between areas of land or countries 36.
37. a regular arrangement of molecules in a certain 37.
structure
38. oil used for burning 38.
39. movement 39.
40. a sudden flash of light 40.
III. Выполните расчеты в колонке А и запишите свой вариант
решения в колонку В.
А В
1. Take the square root of 25. Add 10. Divide by 3. Multiply 1. 10
by 2. What is the answer?
2. Calculate the length of a rectangle which has an area of 35
cm 2 2.
and a width of 5 cm.
3. Calculate the length of the base of a triangle, which has an
area of 36 cm 2 3.
and a height of 9 cm.
4. Calculate the volume of a rectangular solid with a length of 4.
10 cm, a height of 7 cm and a width of 5 cm.
5. A week ago a cyclist travelled non-stop from Liverpool to 5.
London. The distance is 200 miles and the journey took 8
hours. What speed did the cyclist travel at?
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6. Bob’s car does 40 miles per gallon of petrol. A gallon of
petrol costs 80 pence. (100p = £1). How much will it cost
Bob to get from Liverpool to London and back if the
distance between Liverpool and London is 200 miles?
7. Subtract eight from twenty-four. Divide by two. Add two.
Multiply by ten. What is the answer?
8. Add six to seven. Multiply by four. Subtract four. Divide by
twelve. What is the answer?
9. Yesterday Alan went shopping with $10 in his pocket. He
bought a pound of bananas for 70 cents, a loaf of bread for
60 cents and a cake for $1.70. How much money did he
have when he got back?
10. Calculate the area of a triangle, which has a length of the
base of 6 cm and a height of 8 cm.
11. Divide twenty by four. Multiply by nine. Add thirty-two.
Subtract seventeen. What is the answer?
12. Calculate the area of a rectangle, which has a length of 6 cm
and a width of 8 cm.
13. Yesterday a car traveled non-stop from Liverpool to
London at a speed of 40 mph. The distance is 200 miles.
How long did the journey take?
14. Multiply 7 by 4. Add 20. Subtract 6. Divide by 6. What is
the answer?
15. Calculate the area of a rectangle which has a length of 9 cm
and a width of 4 cm.
16. Yesterday in the morning Jack had $ 5. During the day he
bought a kilo of apples for $ 1.4, a sandwich for $ 0.7 and
stamps for $ 0.9. How much money did he have in the
evening?
17. Multiply eight by eleven. Add twelve. Divide by five.
Subtract ten. What is the answer?
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6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.

18. Calculate the height of a triangle which has a base of 10 cm
and an area of 50 cm 2 .
19. Divide six by three. Subtract one. Add four. Multiply by
five. What is the answer?
20. Mike’s car does 25 miles per gallon of petrol. A gallon of
petrol costs 70 pence. How much will it cost Mike to cover
the distance of 350 miles?
21. Calculate the height of a triangle which has an area of 32
cm 2 and a length of the base of 8 cm.
22. Take the square root of 81. Add the square root of 16.
Multiply by 12. Divide by 4. What is the answer?
23. Willy’s car does 40 miles per gallon of petrol. A gallon of
petrol costs $ 1.2. How much will it cost Willy to cover the
distance of 100 miles?
24. Calculate the height of the triangle, which has an area of 35
cm 2 and a length of 10 cm.
25. Jack goes shopping with $7.50 in his pocket. He buys a
pound of bananas for 70 cents, a loaf of bread for 60 cents
and four rump steaks for $2.20. How much money does he
have when he gets back?
26. Calculate the length of a box which has a volume of 60 cc, a
height of 4 cm and a width of 3 cm.
27. Take the square root of 49. Add the square root of 64.
Subtract 5. Multiply by 6. Divide by 20. What is the
answer?
28. Divide forty four by eleven. Multiply by five. Add seven.
Subtract eight. What is the answer?
29. A circle has a circumference of 21 cm. Calculate the
diameter.
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18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.

30. Calculate the length of a box which has a volume of 96 cc, a 30.
height of 4 cm and a width of 3 cm.
31. Multiply seven by four. Add twenty. Subtract six. Divide by 31.
six. What is the answer?
32. Take the square root of 4. Add the square root of 81. 32.
Multiply by 6. Divide by 3. What is the answer?
33. Calculate the width of a box which has a volume of 144cc, 33.
a height of 6 cm and a length of 6 cm.
34. Oil is pumped into a 2,000-gallon tank at a rate of 4 gallons 34.
per second. How long does it take to fill the tank?
35. Divide 20 by 5. Multiply by 9. Add 32. What is the answer? 35.
36. Multiply seven by nine. Add nine. Divide by six. Subtract 36.
three. What is the answer?
37. Take the square root of 36. Add 14. Multiply by 5. Subtract 37.
1. What is the answer?
38. Take the average of 20, 24, 26 and 30. Multiply by 10. 38.
What is the answer?
39. Calculate the width of a rectangle, which has an area of 40
cm 2 39.
and a length of 8 cm.
40. Multiply six by eleven. Add fourteen. Divide by twenty. 40.
Subtract three. What is the answer?
IV. Прочитайте тексты и в каждый пропуск запишите подходящее
слово из данных. Обратите внимания, что к каждому тексту даны
три лишних слова.
Text А
invented surface expanded depth freezes moulded
effect property Glaciers quantity
It is a well-known physical (1) property of water that it (2) __________
at 0 0 C. But what (3) __________ has this property had on the earth’s
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(4)__________? Millions of years ago, solid layers of ice (5) __________
the lakes and hills of Europe and North America. (6) __________ formed
the bare faces of the Alps. Water froze and (7) __________ in the cracks of
big rocks and broke them down into smaller ones.
Text В
stored pressure transmitted gradually vital fractional
concentrates liquid structure evaporates
Oxygen is (1) __________ to life; it is needed by the body cells of all
animals. It is also very useful in industry. It is produced in the following
way. Air is put into containers under great (2)__________. This turns it into
(3) __________ and makes it very cold. It is then (4) __________ warmed
up and each substance (5)__________ at a different temperature. The
boiling point of oxygen is – 183 0 C. It is caught and (6)__________ in
strong steel cylinders at a pressure of 136 atmospheres. The process is
known as (7) __________ distillation.
Text С
unique heat turbine steam expansion jet propulsion
rotates source evaporates
A simple (1) __________ engine was built by a Greek scientist, Hero of
Alexandria, about 2,000 years ago. So the principle of jet (2) __________ is
not a new one! Hero knew that water (3) __________ and expands when it
is heated. One cubic centimeter of water produces about twelve cubic
centimeters of (4)__________. When water changes into steam, the (5)
__________ gives energy to the water molecules. They move in all
directions, thus causing (6)__________. This is why compressed steam is a
valuable (7) __________ of energy.
Text D
signals telescopes orbits increased artificial solar
measure attracted sources transmitted
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Before the days of (1) __________ satellites and manned space flight,
scientists used (2) __________ to obtain information about the planets and
stars. Big radio telescopes like the one at Jodrell Bank in England are also
valuable (3) __________ of information. They pick up radio (4)
__________ from space. Our knowledge has been (5) __________ even
more by information (6) __________ by instruments which have been
landed on the moon, Mars and Venus. Every satellite, which is sent up is
like a small laboratory, packed with instruments to (7) __________
everything from temperature to radiation levels.
V. Подберите к началу предложения из колонки А окончание
предложения в колонке B. Запишите свой выбор в колонку С:
А В С
1. Currents of very cold air a) but also sound, heat and
electricity.
1. c
2. Physicists study not only
light
b) and are cold-blooded.
2.
3. We are slowly poisoning
our
c) make the water vapour in clouds
freeze.
3.
4. Mercury is d) most important natural resource. 4.
5. Reptiles are covered with
scales
e) highly poisonous.
5.
6. Lightning is a sudden a) between high and low pressure
areas.
7. Oil floats on water and
does not
b) discharge of electricity.
8. Wind is simply the c) the heat gives energy to the water
movement of air
molecules.
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6.
7.
8.

9. Outside the solar system d) dissolve in it. 9.
10. When water changes into
steam
e) distances are so great that very
little has been found out.
10.
11. Water evaporates and
expands
a) is needed by plants to make
sugars.
11.
12. Big radio telescopes b) which have no backbones. 12.
13. Insects are small animals c) is measured with a barometer. 13.
14. Atmospheric pressure d) when it is heated. 14.
15. Carbon dioxide e) pick up radio signals from space. 15.
16. Oxygen a) is produced by the evaporation of
water and by breathing of living
things.
16.
17. Mercury is used as b) is vital to life. 17.
18. Compounds
substances which
are c) air and their controls are
aerodynamic.
18.
19. The moisture
atmosphere
in the d) consist of two or more elements.
19.
20. Hovercraft
cushion of
ride on a e) a catalyst in the production of
plastics.
20.
21. Fuel oil a) is a valuable source of energy. 21.
22. Dams are immense
structures
b) produces forward motion.
22.
23. Compressed steam c) contains sulphur. 23.
24. Air increases in d) which hold back the water of a
river.
24.
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25. Backward thrust e) volume as the temperature rises. 25.
26. Chemists not only
analyze compounds
a) before it is pumped back into
rivers, seas.
26.
27. Amphibians usually have b) hydro-electric power. 27.
28. Sewage is treated and
broken down
c) it rises.
28.
29. As water vapour is
lighter than air
d) but also combine elements to form
compounds.
29.
30. Dams are used to
produce
e) moist skin.
30.
31. The bigger the difference
between the pressures
a) than all other chemical compounds
together.
31.
32. The rushing water b) consist of only one cell. 32.
33. Action is c) the stronger the wind is. 33.
34. There are more carbon
compounds
d) drives the turbines.
34.
35. Some living things e) equal to reaction. 35.
36. When oil is burnt in
industry
a) an unchanging body temperature.
37. Snowflakes are crystals b) produces about 12 cubic
centimeters of steam.
38. A microscope is an c) some poisonous substances are
instrument
formed.
39. One cubic centimeter of d) which magnifies very small
water
objects.
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36.
37.
38.
39.

40. Mammals have e) with a beautiful patterned
structure.
41. Oxygen is needed a) to find their way when land was
out of sight.
41.
42. Amphibians are animals b) varies all the time. 42.
43. Ancient sailors used the
sun and the stars
c) life-giving water to the deserts
around.
43.
44. The pressure of the
atmosphere
d) which live both on land and in
water.
44.
45. Irrigation channels bring e) by the body cells of all animals. 45.
46. Electro-magnets generate a) is like a small laboratory, packed
with instruments.
46.
47. Every satellite which is
sent up
b) with a naturally dry skin.
47.
48. Reptiles are animals c) is very useful in industry. 48.
49. A cubic metre of cold air
is heavier than
d) the same volume of warm air.
49.
50. Oxygen e) current in coils of wire. 50.
VI. Прочитайте предложения в колонке А и выберите правильный
вариант ответа. Запишите свой выбор в колонку В.
А В
1. A chemist uses a) a microscope b) a balance c) a prism to 1. b
weigh some substances.
2. a) Insects b) Mammals c) Amphibians are small animals which 2.
have no backbones.
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3. It is a well known physical property of water that it a) boils b)
evaporates c) freezes at 0 0 C.
4. The silt which is picked up by a river is a) moulded b) deposited
c) shaped near its mouth.
5. Atmospheric a) change b) temperature c) pressure is measured
with a barometer.
6. Lightning is a sudden a) charge b) discharge c) pressure of
electricity from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth.
7. Air a) increases b) decreases c) condenses in volume as the
temperature rises.
8. The a) spark b) moisture c) climate in the atmosphere is
produced by the breathing of living things.
9. Nowadays we know when to expect a) radiation b) eclipses c)
explosion of the moon and sun.
10. Before the days of artificial a) satellites b) instruments c) radio,
scientists used telescopes to obtain information about the planets
and stars.
11. Compressed a) water b) heat c) steam is a valuable source of
energy.
12. Oxygen is needed by the body a) elements b) cells c)
compounds of all animals.
13. Mercury is used as a a) detergent b) catalyst c) waste in the
production of plastics.
14. Oil floats on water and does not a) evaporate b) dissolve c)
concentrate in it.
15. The electro-magnets generate a) current b) water c) voltage in
coils of wire.
16. Carbon a) acid b) chloride c) dioxide is needed by plants to
make sugars.
17. Backward a) reaction b) thrust c) propulsion produces forward
motion.
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.

18. Dams are not only used to produce hydro-electric a) turbine b)
electricity c) power.
19. Reptiles are covered with a) lungs b) scales c) seeds and are
cold-blooded.
20. A microscope is an instrument which a) magnifies b) solidifies
c) preserves very small objects.
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18.
19.
20.

ECONOMICS
I Соотнесите следующие английские выражения в колонке А с их
русскими эквивалентами в колонке B. Запишите свой выбор в
колонке С.
A B C
1) income a) долгосрочный 1. f
2) to satisfy b) доля 2.
3) aim c) удовлетворять 3.
4) partnership d) расходы 4.
5) long-term e) цель
f) доход
5.
g) партнерство
A B C
6) share a) цель 6.
7) promotion b) неэффективный 7.
8) spending c) богатство 8.
9) inefficient d) удовлетворять 9.
10) wealth e) содействие
f) доля
g) расходы
10.
A B C
11) money payments a) акционер 11.
12) distribution b) страхование 12.
13) stockholder c) долгосрочный 13.
14) ownership d) денежные платежи 14.
15) insurance e) раход 15.
f) распределение
g) собственность
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A B C
16) profit a) содействие 16.
17) expense b) прибыль 17.
18) to possess c) поток 18.
19) developing d) развивающийся 19.
20) flow e) расход
f) богатство
g) владеть
20.
A B C
21. trade-off a) прибыль 21.
22. advancement b) перераспределять 22.
23. majority c) прогресс, успех 23.
24. gain d) компромисс 24.
25. to redistribute e) большинство
f) ослаблять
g) объем
25.
A B C
26. unequal a) предпринимательство 26.
27. entrepreneurship b) допущение 27.
28. benefit c) недостаток 28.
29. assumption d) выгода 29.
30. transaction e) неравный
f) достигать
g) сделка
30.
A B C
31. to reach a) благосостояние 31.
32. percentage b) ссуда 32.
33. to undertake c) достигать 33.
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34. loan d) расход 34.
35. welfare e) процентное отношение 35.
f) предпринимать
g) прогресс
A B C
36. scarcity a) наличные 36.
37. solvency b) выбор 37.
38. bank rate c) недостаток 38.
39. cash d) оборот 39.
40. real estate e) недвижимость 40.
f) кредитоспособность
g) банковский процент
II. Соотнесите слово в колонке A с его определением из колонки B.
Запишите свой выбор в колонке С.
A B С
1. trade-off a) any situation where goods and
services are exchanged freely
1. b
2. export b) sacrifice of one item for another 2.
3. capital resources c) money and goods that are used
to produce consumer products
3.
4. market d) goods taken out from the country 4.
5. private property e) goods that are owned by individuals
and by businesses
5.
A B С
6. contract a) items provided by nature and used
to produce goods
6.
7. needs b) the cost of sacrifice 7.
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8. natural resources c) money used in the country 8.
9. opportunity cost d) agreement of individuals to buy and
sell goods and services
9.
10. currency e) goods and services necessary for survival 10.
A B С
11. demand a) looking to the past for the answers 11.
12. traditional b) business that is owned and
controlled by one person
12.
13. profit c) amount of a good or service a 13.
14. sole
consumer is willing and able to buy
d) the amount of money that remains after 14.
proprietorship all costs of production have been paid
15. international e) a voluntary exchange of goods and 15.
trade services among people in different nations
A B С
16. franchise a) the difference between the value of a
nation’s imports and its exports
16.
17. consumer b) the study of the choices people make in
an effort to satisfy their needs and wants
17.
18. the balance c) goods that are owned by individuals or 18.
of trade businesses, rather than by the government
19. private property d) a contract in which a company agrees to
let another person or group start a business
using its name to sell goods or services
19.
20. economics e) a person who buys products 20.
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A B С
21. corporation a) a physical object that can be purchased 21.
22. technology b) an action or activity done for others for a fee 22.
23. good c) the certificate of ownership in a corporation 23.
24. stock d) the use of science to create new products or
more efficient ways to produce products
24.
25. service e) a business organization that is treated by law 25.
as if it were a person
III. Подберите к началу предложения из колонки А окончание
предложения в колонке B. Запишите свой выбор в колонке С.
A B С
1. Most choices, however a) the answers to the three basic
questions.
1. c
2. Self-interest is the force b) is considered a human resource. 2.
3. A traditional economy looks c) involve more or two trade-offs.
to the past for
3.
4. Anyone who works d) that directs the action of individuals 4.
and businesses in the market system.
5. Many of the poorer, less e) receive economic assistance from 5.
industrialized nations, often a variety of sources.
called developing nations,
A B С
6. Choosing among alternative a) help individuals, businesses, and
uses for available resources governments exchange foreign
6.
currencies.
7. A mixed economy combines b) to increase production of a good or 7.
elements of service.
8. Foreign exchange markets c) do not remain constant. 8.
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9. In the real world, technology d) forces people to make sacrifices. 9.
and the other factors of
production
10. Higher sales and higher prices e) the pure-market and the pure 10.
are signals to producers -command economic models.
A B С
11. A production possibilities a) the economic systems of all the 11.
curve shows all of the
possible combinations of
goods and services
nations of the world.
12. Interdependence links b) products are called capital resources. 12.
13. The money and capital c) the poorer, less industrialized 13.
goods used to produce countries of the world.
14. ‘Developing nations’ is the d) of their private property as they 14.
term given choose.
15. Property owners are free to e) that can be produced within a stated 15.
use or dispose time period.
A B C
16. A franchise is a contract in a) by establishing laws and rules that 16.
which a company agrees to individuals
follow.
and businesses must
17. A pure command economy
relies on officials
18. The government regulates
the economy
19. The goal of economic
security refers to a nation’s
efforts
b) to protect its members from
poverty, business and bank failures.
c) arise because different groups in
the nation have different needs.
d) let another person or group start a
business using its name to sell goods
or services.
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17.
18.
19.

20. Even at a single point in
history, conflicts among goals
e) in the government to answer the
three basic economic questions.
A B C
21. The money payments that a) efforts to make the best use of 21.
households receive from scarce resources.
business firms and
22. Combinations that lie
inside the curve
23. The goal of economic
efficiency refers to
24. The goal of economic
growth refers to
25. By households, economists
mean all persons
b) efforts to increase the amount of
goods and services each worker in
the economy can produce.
c) represent the inefficient use of
existing resources.
20.
22.
23.
d) who live in the same residence. 24.
e) the government in exchange for
the households’ resources are called
income.
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TOURISM
I. Соотнесите следующие английские выражения в колонке А с их
русскими эквивалентами в колонке B. Запишите свой выбор в
колонке С.
A B C
21) departure lounge a) зал ожидания 1. a
22) track b) купе 2.
23) berth c) взлет 3.
24) schedule d) путь 4.
25) booking-office e) полка (в вагоне)
f) касса
g) расписание
5.
A B C
26) compartment a) ремень безопасности 6.
27) hand luggage b) взлет 7.
28) take off c) взлетно-посадочная полоса 8.
29) seat belt d) путь 9.
30) runway e) купе 10.
f) расписание
g) ручной багаж
A B C
11. destination a) отпускник 11.
12. fare b) брать плату за что-либо 12.
13. to charge for smth. c) пункт назначения 13.
14. holiday maker d) купе (в поезде) 14.
15. to tip e) плата за проезд
f) давать на чай
g) носильщик
15.
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A B C
16. reservation a) официант 16.
17. porter b) приземляться 17.
18. single room c) бронь 18.
19. service d) обслуживание 19.
20. waiter e) совершать частые поездки 20.
f) комната для одного человека
g) носильщик
A B C
21. bill a) аэровокзал 21.
22. seaside resort b) пункт назначения 22.
23. to land c) морской курорт 23.
24. destination d) справочное бюро 24.
25. inquiry office e) удобства
f) счет
25.
g) приземляться
A B C
26. commute a) арендовать 26.
27. sightseeing b) обслуживание 27.
28. to book c) совершать частые поездки 28.
29. to rent d) таможня 29.
30. customs e) плата за проезд
f) заказывать
30.
g) осмотр достопримечательностей
II. Соотнесите слово в колонке A с его определением из колонки B.
Запишите свой выбор в колонке С.
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A B С
1. cockpit a) a company that arranges travel tours 1. c
2. departure b) a boat that carries people or goods across 2.
a river/channel
3. voyage c) the area in a plane where the pilots sit 3.
4. ferry d) the start of a journey 4.
5. tour operator e) a long journey (usually in a ship) 5.
A B С
6. overseas a) a bus with comfortable seats used for
long journeys
6.
7. destination b) pretty, interesting, beautiful (about a
place or a landscape)
7.
8. picturesque c) a place that somebody is going to 8.
9. cruise d) abroad 9.
10. coach e) a journey by ship for pleasure 10.
III. Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски данными словами и
словосочетаниями:
progress, travel, role, move, car
Traveling in the USA
Americans love traveling, they have always been people on the (1)
move. It is very normal to (2) _______________________when you retire.
In the American system of values change is strongly linked to development,
improvement, (3) _______________________, and growth.
They divide the whole of American history into America BC and
modern America. In American jargon BC means 'Before (4)
________________________'.
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American culture is often called a "car culture", since American
mentality is "car-oriented". A driver's license in America plays the same (5)
______________________ as a passport in Russia - you can get a bank loan
with it and do several other things, which require your identification.
catch, tickets, booking-office, comfort, railroad
Traveling by train
Modern life is impossible without traveling. Of course the fastest way
of traveling is by plane. But many people prefer traveling by train as with a
train you have speed, (6) _________________________ and pleasure
combined.
If you are going to travel by train you’d better book (7)
_______________________ beforehand because many people are fond of
traveling by train. There are some reasons why people choose (8)
__________________________. Train is the cheap means of traveling. If it
is summer it will be better to think of your trip before the vocation starts. To
understand how true it is, you only have to go to a railway station. There
you will see hundreds of people hurrying to (9)
_________________________ a train. You’ll waste a lot of time standing
near the (10) __________________________ trying to buy the ticket.
danger, seat-belt, board, smoking, get in, various, notices, height,
numerous, booking office, taking off, beforehand, luggage, journey,
useful
TRAVELLING
One of these days you may find it possible to visit England. From the
moment you go on ________ (11) the ship or the airliner, you will see signs
and ____________ (12) that will give you ____________ (13) information.
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If you come by air, ________________ (14) is forbidden while the
plane is on the ground, while it is __________________ (15) and until it
has risen to a good _________________ (16). You can find two leather
belts fastened to the sides of your seat. The ends of these must be fastened
together so that the belt is across your lap. When the plane is well up in the
air you are allowed to smoke and may unfasten your ______________ (17).
If you come by ship you may find ________________ (18) notices to
show you parts of the ship, for example dining-saloon or boat deck where
you will find the boats that can be lowered to the water if there is any
________________ (19) of the ship sinking.
Most of us still have to use trains in a large station where there will be a
waiting room where you may rest until it is time to ________________ (20)
your train. Passengers are everywhere: in the refreshment room, on the
platforms. Those who have not taken precaution of getting their tickets
_________________ (21) have to wait in queues at the
__________________ (22). At the bookstalls people choose books,
magazines or newspapers for the __________________ (23). At the cloakroom
others deposit or withdraw their ________________ (24).
Nowadays, those who wish to travel, either for pleasure or on business
have at their disposal ___________________ (25) means of transport, from
humble inexpensive bicycle to luxurious ships that cross seas and oceans
from one continent to another.
to be forbidden – быть запрещенным; a lap – колено; humble – обычный,
простой; a queue – очередь
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LAW
I. Соотнесите следующие английские выражения в колонке А с их
русскими эквивалентами в колонке B. Запишите свой выбор в
колонке С.
A B C
1. legal activities a) консультация юриста 1. b
2. legal advice b) правомерная, законная деятельность 2.
3. legal age c) юридическое лицо 3.
4. legal entity d) решение суда 4.
5. legal decision e) совершеннолетие 5.
A B C
6. to enjoy one’s legal rights a) правовая защита 6.
7. to enter the legal profession b) судопроизводство 7.
8. legal procedure c) использовать законное право 8.
9. legal protection d) законные права 9.
10. legal rights e) стать юристом 10.
A B C
11. legal costs a) юрисконсульт 11.
12. legal expert b) профессиальная этика юриста 12.
13. legal document c) судебные издержки 13.
14. legal ethics d) правовой документ 14.
15. legal language e) юридическая терминология 15.
II. Соотнесите слово в колонке B с его определением из колонки A.
Запишите свой выбор в колонке С.
A B С
1. a solemn appeal to a court to witness one’s
determination to speak the truth
a) case 1. f
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2. the use of magic power, especially with the aid of b) witness
evil spirits
2.
3. an accepted social custom or practice c) trial 3.
4. the trying of a person in a law court d) evidence 4.
5. any proceeding, action, cause, lawsuit or e) witchcraft 5.
controversy initiated through the court system
by filing a complaint, petitioner information
f) oath
g) convention
A B С
6. a person who gives evidence in a law court a) injury 6.
7. payment for damage or loss, restitution b) trial 7.
8. a punishment imposed for a violation of law or rule c) case 8.
9. harm or damage done or suffered d) evidence 9.
10. a form of proof legally presented at a trial e) witness 10.
through witnesses, records, documents, etc f) penalty
g) compensation
III. Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски данными словами и
словосочетаниями:
customs, injuries, legal text, life, slaves
The Birth of Law
Rules and laws - and the conventions or (1) customs from which they
are descended - have been a part of human (2)
______________________________ ever since our ancestors first began to
live in large and settled groups. But our knowledge is vague of laws that
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were in effect, before the invention of writing in about 3500 B.C. The
earliest known (3) ______________________________ was written by Ur-
Nammu, a king of the Mesopotamian city of Ur, in about 2100 B.C. It dealt
largely with compensation for bodily (4)
_________________________________, and with the penalties for
witchcraft and runaway (5) ______________________________.
wrongdoer, oath, method, innocence, trial
Early Juries
In medieval Europe, trials were usually decided by ordeals, in which it
was believed God intervened, revealing the (6)
________________________ and upholding the righteous. In the ordeal by
water, for instance, a priest admonished the water not to accept a liar. The
person whose oath was being tested was then thrown in. If he floated, his
(7) _________________________ was deemed to have been perjured. If he
was telling the truth, he might drown but his (8)
_________________________ was clear.
In 1215, however, the Catholic Church decided that (9)
__________________________ by ordeal was superstition, and priests
were forbidden to take part. As a result, a new (10)
__________________________ of trial was needed, and the jury system
emerged.
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VOCABULARY
I.
1. martyr
2. hero
3. chop
4. peach
5. video
II.
1. e
2. e
3. e
4. e
5. o
III.
A
1. d
2. e
3. f
4. a
5. b
6. g
7. c
ОТВЕТЫ К ЗАДАНИЯМ
6. prose
7. customer
8. bulb
9. stardom
10. pillow
6. o
7. o
8. o
9. o
10. e
B
1. e
2. f
3. g
4. a
5. b
6. c
7. d
11. peel
12. platform
13. good-looking
14. ugly
15. celebration
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11. o
12. o
13. e
14. e
15. o
C
1. d
2. b
3. g
4. e
5. f
6. a
7. c
16. headache
17. mansion
18. weak
19. charity
20. sword
16. o
17. o
18. e
19. e
20. o
D
1. f
2. g
3. b
4. a
5. d
6. c
7. e

V.
Text A
1. the bank
2. decided
3. to write
4. in touch
5. software
6. computers
7. professionals
8. finished
9. period
10. ambitious
GRAMMAR
I.
1. the, the, the, –
2. an
3. a, –
4. –, –
II.
1. B
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. A
Text B
1. horses
2. tidied
3. old
4. gardens
5. family
6. to fight
7. village
8. generosity
9. problems
10. Perhaps
5. an, –, –
6. the, –, –
7. –
8. a, –
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. C
10. B
Text C
1. a life-raft
2. condition
3. to hit
4. the water
5. a machine
6. raw
7. sharks
8. hands
9. Then
10. Costa Rica
9. the
10. –
11. –, a, a, the
12. the
11. B
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. A
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Text D
1. billion
2. jungles
3. the moon
4. the animals
5. cathedrals
6. communicators
7. voices
8. present
9. the world
10. to destroy
13. –
14. the, the
15. a
16. B
17. A
18. C
19. A
20. B

III.
1. somebody
2. something
3. somewhere
4. anything
5. anything
6. anybody
7. somewhere
8. somebody
9. something
10. something
11. anybody
12. anything
13. somebody
14. anywhere
15. somebody
16. anything
17. somewhere
18. something
19. anybody
20. anything
21. something
22. somebody
23. anybody
IV.
1. B 6. B 11. C 16. C 21. A 26. C
2. B 7. C 12. B 17. A 22. B 27. B
3. B 8. C 13. A 18. B 23. B 28. A
4. C 9. A 14. B 19. B 24. C 29. C
5. B 10. B 15. C 20. C 25. B 30. A
V.
1. A
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. A
11. B
12. A
13. A
14. C
15. A
16. C
17. B
18. C
19. B
20. C
VI.
1. You live in Madrid, don’t you?
2. Whose car did you borrow?
3. Have you ever drunk whisky?
21. B
22. C
23. B
24. A
25. C
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26. B
27. A
28. A
29. B
30. C
24. something
25. anything
26. anything
27. anything
28. somebody
29. anything
30. somebody
31. A
32. B
33. A
34. A
35. B
36. C
37. A
38. A
39. B
40. A

4. Who broke the window last Monday?
5. How long have you lived in your town?
6. Where did you go on holiday last year?
7. Who told you about George’s girlfriend? (Who told George’s girlfriend
about you?)
8. What are you looking for in my bag?
9. She doesn’t like visiting exotic countries, does she?
10. How many foreign countries has he visited?
11. Why wasn’t I invited to your party?
12. When was this castle built?
13. Does your mother enjoy watching comedies?
14. What are Tom and Sally talking about? (What are Sally and Tom
talking about?)
15. When did you start learning English?
16. How often does she play tennis?
17. Why haven’t you got a dictionary?
18. Where did she live when she was a child?
19. Who is going to make sandwiches?
20. Who did she get married to?
READING COMPREHENSION
Text A Text B
I. II. III.
I. II.
1. d 1. a 1. T
1. c 1.b
2. e 2. a 2. F
2. e 2. c
3. b 3. c 3. F
3. d 3. a
4. a 4. c 4. F
4. a 4. b
5. c 5. a 5. T
5. b 5. c
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III.
1. T
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. T

Text C Text D
I. II. III.
I. II.
1. e 1. b 1. T
1. c 1. b
2. d 2. c 2. T
2. d 2. b
3. a 3. a 3. T
3. e 3. a
4. b 4. c 4. F
4. a 4. a
5. c 5. c 5. T
5. b 5. c
ENGLISH FOR SCIENCE
I.
1. b
2. c
3. d
4. f
5. a
6. e
II.
1. vital
2. to focus
3. electricity
4. radius
5. source
6. bare
7. discharge
8. a channel
9. current
10. artificial
7. d
8. c
9. e
10. a
11. f
12. b
13. d
14. f
15. b
16. e
17. с
18. a
11. irrigation
12. a plain
13. an atom
14. to condense
15. satellite
16. to magnify
17. to examine
18. a cell
19. to purify
20. to pollute
19. b
20. e
21. f
22. c
23. a
24. d
25. e
26. c
27. b
28. f
29. d
30. a
21. to deposit
22. to radiate
23. a catalyst
24. silt
25. moist
26. to base on
27. to observe
28. a glacier
29. to consist of
30. to grind out
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III.
1. T
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. F
31. c
32. e
33. d
34. a
35. f
36. b
31. jointed
32. to wash away
33. to apply
34. construction
35. climate
36. boundaries
37. a pattern
38. fuel
39. motion
40. lightning

III.
1. 10
2. 7 cm
3. 8 cm
4. 350 cc
5. 25 mph
6. £8
7. 100
8. 4
IV.
Text A
1. property
2. freezes
3. effect
4. surface
5. moulded
6. Glaciers
7. expanded
V.
1. с
2. a
3. d
4. e
5. b
VI.
1. b
2. a
6. b
7. d
8. a
9.e
10.c
3. c
4. b
9. $7
10. 24 cm²
11. 60
12. 48 cm²
13. 5 hours
14. 7
15. 36 cm²
16. $2
11. d
12. e
13. b
14. c
15. a
5. c
6. b
Text B
1. vital
2. pressure
3. liquid
4. gradually
5. evaporates
6. stored
7. fractional
16. b
17. e
18. d
19. a
20. c
7. a
8. b
17. 10
18. 10 cm
19. 25
20. £9.8
21. 8 cm
22. 39
23. $3
24. 7 cm
21. c
22. d
23. a
24. e
25. b
9. b
10. a
25. $4
26. 5 cm
27. 3
28. 19
29. 12 cm
30. 8 cm
31. 7
32. 22
Text C
1. jet
2. propulsion
3. evaporates
4. steam
5. heat
6. expansion
7. source
26. d
27. e
28. a
29. c
30. b
11. c
12. b
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31. c
32. d
33. e
34. a
35. b
13. b
14. b
36. c
37. e
38. d
39. b
40. a
15. a
16. c
33. 4 cm
34. 500 sec
35. 68
36. 9
37. 99
38. 250
39. 5 cm
40. 1
Text D
1. artificial
2. telescopes
3. sources
4. signals
5. increased
6. transmitted
7. measure
41. e
42. d
43. a
44. b
45. c
17. b
18. c
46. e
47. a
48. b
49. d
50. c
19. b
20. a

ECONOMICS
I
1. f 6. f 11. d 16. b 21. d 26. e 31. c 36. c
2. c 7. e 12. f 17. e 22. c 27. a 32. e 37. f
3. e 8. g 13. a 18. g 23. e 28. d 33. f 38. g
4. g 9. b 14. g 19. d 24. a 29. b 34. b 39. a
5. a 10. c 15. b 20. c 25. b 30. g 35. a 40. e
II
1. b 7. e 13. d 19. c 25. b
2. d 8. a 14. b 20. b
3. c 9. b 15. e 21. e
4. a 10. c 16. d 22. d
5. e 11. c 17. e 23. a
6. d 12. a 18. a 24. c
III
1. c 7. e 13. b 19. b 25. d
2. d 8. a 14. c 20. c
3. a 9. c 15. d 21. e
4. b 10. b 16. d 22. c
5. e 11. e 17. e 23. a
6. d 12. a 18. a 24. b
TOURISM
I
1. a 7. g 13. b 19. d 25. d
2. d 8. b 14. a 20. a 26. c
3. e 9. a 15. f 21. f 27. g
4. g 10. c 16. c 22. c 28. f
5. f 11. c 17. g 23. g 29. a
6. e 12. e 18. f 24. b 30. d
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II
1. c 3. e 5. a 7. c 9. e
2. d 4. b 6. d 8. b 10. a
III
1. move 8. railroad 14. smoking 20. get in
2. travel 9. catch 15. taking off 21. beforehand
3. progress 10. booking-office 16. height 22. booking-office
4. car 11. board 17. seat-belt 23. journey
5. role 12. notices 18. numerous 24. luggage
6. comfort 13. useful 19. danger 25. various
7. tickets
LAW
I
1. b 4. c 7. e 10. d 13. d
2. a 5. d 8. b 11. c 14. b
3. e 6. c 9. a 12. a 15. e
II
1. f 3. g 5. a 7. g 9. a
2. e 4. c 6. e 8. f 10. d
III
1. customs 3. legal text 5. slaves 7. oath 9. trial
2. life 4. injuries 6. wrongdoer 8. innocence 10. method
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СОДЕРЖАНИЕ
Предисловие …………………………………………….……………..3
Vocabulary …………………………………………………………..….4
Grammar ………………………………………………….………........10
Reading Comprehension……………………………………..…………21
English For Science..…………………………………...…………….…28
Economics………………………………………………………………42
Tourism…………………………………………………………………49
Law…………………………………………………...…………………54
Ответы к заданиям ……………………………………………………57
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