- •Чтение тесты с ответами по темам
- •In the epoch of quickly changing international and home situations it is quite necessary for every human being to get up-to-date information.
- •In many businesses, computers have largely replaced paperwork, becau they are fast, flexible, and do not make mistakes.
- •Bridge history
- •The last candidate.
- •Egyptian Pyramids
- •Ocean Liners
- •In business, it is sometimes better to be:b) second
- •Victoria’s father, Edward had died when she was.E)8monthes old
- •It is often said that the aim of the popular press is to entertain its readers than inform them.
- •International Business — With a Twist
- •Auction Fever
- •In Britain pantomime is ... Nowadays.D) a very noisy show
- •In December 1980, the London «Morning Star” wrote about John Lennon, member.....
- •1 Вариант
- •Couple who survived amazing 66 days at sea
- •My favourite artist
- •A rose without a thorn
- •The Newspaper Chase
- •It can be inferred from the text that many people in the country ______.Were not satisfied with their king
- •Text 6
International Business — With a Twist
Some of the world’s most accommodating businessmen specialize in getting you what you.....”
How many watches were hidden in a gas tank?C) 2,581
What does «accommodating businessman” mean?A) helpful
Where was diplomat arrested?B) in London
What do Swiss people export?B) watches
What do in fact smugglers have?D) legitimate businesses on the side
What do many smugglers love as much as profit?E) excitement
Who was arrested recently?A) a gold smuggler
Auction Fever
«Twenty-five dollars for this beautiful table. Who’ll give tue thirty? Thirty! Thirty-five? Thirty-five. Who’ll give me forty?” In this situation an auctioneer is........
How the auction was called according to another guide?C) «the greatest game ever invented for grownups”
What did the man lose?A) a wallet
What do auctioneers do?D) try people to bid
How much money was in the wallet?C) $2000
What did they realize having bought the cabinet?B) it was too big
What do experienced auctiongoers never do?B) bid too high
What does auction have to be compared with theater?B) a script and a plot
What is auction according to one auction guide?B) theater
PANTOMIME
Many foreigners think that pantomime is the same as mime, but in Britain they .............
«A set of twelve” means...A) dozen
«Mime’ meansB) acting without speaking
A handsome young man or «principal boy” in pantomime is always played byD) a woman
Everyone can see that the old woman in costume is really a man.C) easily
In Britain pantomime is ... Nowadays.D) a very noisy show
Playing women roles by men and vice versa is an old C) tradition
What do schoolchildren have during this period? C) winter holiday
Winter show continues for ... after Christmas.A) two months
Don’t Look Back
An American philosopher said, «If a man can make a better mousetrap, the world will......
What was the philosopher’s nationalityD) American
What was the end of his saying?C) «Something might be gaining on you”
What was the difference between a simple machine and the «lazy man’s mower”E) it had a motor
What is the most important reason for developing new productsB) competition
When was over-improved lawnmower patented?A) in 1971
Who said not to look back?E) another philosopher
What was the primary purpose of typewriters?E) a writing machine for the blind
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo Buonarroti was one of the most fatuous artist in history........
Where did he produce his famous statue of David?D)In Rome.
When did he start painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican?C) 1508.
Where did he paint the Sistine Chapel?A) In Vatican.
How many years did he spend painting the figures and Biblical scenes on half at the ceiling?C) 20 years.
When was he apprenticed to Ghirlandaio?B) At the age 12.
What kind of work is the Pieta for St Peter’s Cathedral?A) His first great work.
When did he go to Rome?B) At the age of2l.
John Lennon