Английский язык. Сборник тестовых заданий по дисциплине «Иностранный язык» (английский) для студентов 1-го курса
.pdf36.Science fiction stories are often set ...
a)in England;
b)in Francе;
c)on a different planet.
37.Hard science fiction is often ...
a)very close to real science;
b)about physics;
c)set in a different time.
38.Star Trek first appeared in the ...
a)50s;
b)60s;
c)70s.
39.Today, doctors use scanners ...
a)to find out what’s wrong with people;
b)to talk to people;
c)to cure people.
40.When people first watched Star Trek ...
a)they didn’t know some things would come true;
b)they used mobile phones;
c)they didn’t know about space travel.
I. Listening
Прослушайте 4 высказывания и ответьте на вопросы.
Example:
Which speakers mention the negative aspects of the internet? A & C
41.Which speakers generally feel positively about technology?
42.Which speakers use the internet for work?
43.Which speakers mention people other than themselves?
44.Which speakers are concerned with visual images?
45.Which speaker uses the internet most, and which least?
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Test 7
Time & Money
Part A
Grammar and vocabulary
A. Дополните диалог данными словами.
For; since; yet; already; in; on; at.
Paula: Hi Diana, so sorry I’m late. I hope you haven’t been here long.
Diana: No, I’ve only been here (0) for a while. Only (1) ... my train arrived (2) ... 5.30.
Paula: Oh that’s good. It’s six now, so you’ve been here (3) ... half an hour.
Diana: I’m afraid Kirsty hasn’t arrived (4) ... Her train was due (5) ... 5.40. Paula: Are you sure she’s coming? When I rang her (6) ... Thursday she wasn’t certain.
Diana: I think so – but her train’s delayed at Edinburgh – snow.
Paula: That’s the trouble with travelling (7) ... December. The weather’s not very reliable (8) ... winter.
Diana: According to an announcement earlier they’ve (9) ... cancelled six trains from the north this evening, so I hope she makes it!
Paula: I think we may be here (10) ... a long time! Let’s get a coffee.
B. Дополните предложения словами for или since.
Example:
Where have you been for the last two hours?
11.I’ve wanted to go to Peru ... I was a teenager.
12.I’ve been at this school ... five years.
13.She’s spent most of her time in France ... 2005.
14.Chris has owed me money ... several months now – I’d like it back!
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C. Поставьте слова в предложениях в правильном порядке. Example:
yet; homework; they; their; haven’t; finished.
They haven’t finished their homework yet.
15.bank you have to yet been the?
16.already shopping Susan the today done has.
17.found wallet have yet you your?
18.lot project wasted he’s this a of already on time.
D. Исправьте грамматические ошибки в пословицах:
19.Time flies when your having fun.
20.Time wait for no man.
21.So many things, so few time.
22.Life is long and time is swift.
E. Дополните предложения глаголом по смыслу:
Lend; borrow; spend; owe; charge.
Example:
By the end of the month I will owe the bank nearly £50 in interest.
23. My brother has promised to ... me some money.
24. I’m hoping to ... £500 from my mother to go on holiday in April.
25.I don’t think online shops should be allowed to ... you to use you credit card.
26.I always ... too much on going out each month, and don’t have enough left to pay all the bills.
F. Составьте из данных слов 4 словосочетания, имеющие отношение к деньгам:
оut; money; loan; take; have; a; for; earn; pay; a; cheque; a; a; euro; salary; cash; pay; back; bill; change; a.
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Example:
pay money back
27. ...
28. ...
29. ...
30. ...
31. ...
G. Выберите подходящий по смыслу ответ.
Example:
It’s £300.
a)That’s very expensive.
b)I won’t buy it.
32.Can I help you?
a)No.
b)I’m just looking, thanks.
33.You can have it for £5.
a)OK, I’ll take it.
b)OK, I want it.
34.Can I help you?
a)Yes, have you got any green bags?
b)I want a green bag.
35.It’s very cheap at £25.
a)I don’t want it.
b)No, thanks. I’ll leave it.
Part B
Reading, listening and pronunciation
H. Reading
Прочитайте рассказ о лотереях, ответьте на вопросы.
1. The word lottery comes from the Dutch word loterij, from the verb lot, which means fate. Many countries use lotteries as a way of making money for various public projects such as education programmes, buildings, universities, etc.
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2.There have been lotteries through much of history. The first ones were probably around 200 BC in what is now China. There are references to lotteries in many ancient texts, including Homer’s The Iliad. People think that the first European lottery was in the Roman Empire when Augustus Caesar held a lottery to raise money for repairs to the city of Rome. The first public lottery was in Sluis in the Netherlands in 1434. Several years later, other lotteries began to appear – this time with money as prizes. In England, Queen Elizabeth I held the first lottery in 1566 to get money for ‘public works’.
3.America’s passion for lotteries began in 1612 when King James I gave the Virginia Company of London the right to raise money. The company used this money to finance the first settlement in America. After that, lotteries continued to be a popular way of making money for the colonies – in fact there were over 200 lotteries between 1744 and the American Revolution. The money they made helped to build libraries, churches and roads amongst other things. However, after the Revolution, there were a lot of scandals around lotteries and by the late 19th century they were banned in many states. They were illegal in the US until after World War II.
4.Nowadays, there are lotteries throughout the US and the world. Instant lottery tickets, where you scratch off the surface of the card, first appeared in the 1970s and are now an important part of lottery revenue for many governments.
Сопоставьте данные заглавия с параграфами.
Instant money
Lottery origins
A lottery revolution
Earliest lotteries
36.Paragraph 1 ...
37.Paragraph 2 ...
38.Paragraph 3 ...
39.Paragraph 4 ...
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Выберите слово, близкое по значению данному.
Example:
raise (paragraph 2) means:
a)collect;
b)print;
c)grow.
40.finance (paragraph 3) means:
a)build;
b)pay for something;
c)make money.
41.settlement (paragraph 3) means:
a)a place where people live;
b)a voyage;
c)an agreement.
42.scandals (paragraph 3) means:
a)problems;
b)reports of bad behaviour;
c)situations in which people behave in a way that shocks people.
43.banned (paragraph 3) means:
a)not allowed by law;
b)stopped for a while;
c)started.
44.scratch off (paragraph 4) means:
a)touch something;
b)remove something with a hard or rough object;
c)remove with your teeth.
45.revenue (paragraph 4) means:
a)government money;
b)money paid out by the lottery;
c)money made by the lottery.
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I. Listening
Прослушайте отрывок из лекции. Выберите правильный вариант ответа: a, b или c.
Example:
Howard
a)owns his own business;
b)works for Pager;
c)works for his neighbour.
46.Howard wants the first Pager because…
a)his previous car was worn out;
b)he needs a more powerful car;
c)he wants a status symbol.
47.The Pager company was happy and unhappy because it had…
a)made a sale;
b)made a sale, but lost a customer;
c)made a sale, but lost money.
48.Two years after Howard bought the car the company…
a)produced a new model;
b)changed the car’s name;
c)produced a new logo.
49.The old Pager was replaced by something…
a)newer and more effective;
b)exactly the same;
c)almost exactly the same.
50.Howard bought the Pager Star because…
a)it was much better than his old car;
b)his neighbour had one;
c)the salesman persuaded him.
51.Why does the speaker say that Howard knew when he was beaten?
a)Because he didn’t want his neighbour to know;
b)Because he knows it is not good business sense to buy a new car;
c)Because he is a businessman.
52.The professor tells the story …
a)to make the lecture less boring;
b)because he wants to criticise Howard;
c)to show his students what ‘simulated obsolescence’ means.
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Progress Test 2
Units 5–7
Part A
Grammar and vocabulary
A. Поставьте слова в скобках в правильную форму.
Ranulf Fiennes is Britain’s (0) best (good) known explorer, and, at 65, the perfect example of the idea that people aren’t growing old like they used to. He (1) ... (be) an explorer since the 1960s. He (2) ... (spend) 40 years (3) ...
(explore) the world, from polar ice caps to deserts. He (4) ... (set) many records. In 1993, for example, he and a friend tried to cross Antarctica without help. They pulled food supplies across the ice, (5) ... (cover) 1,300 miles before they had to call for help. He (6) ... (also climb) the (7) ... (high) mountain on Earth – Everest. He (8) ... (have) major heart surgery and (9) ... (lose) some fingers to frostbite, but he says that he still enjoys (10) ... (go) on expeditions and won’t stop just yet.
B. Поставьте прилагательные в скобках в сравнительную или превосходную форму.
Government figures show that the Scandinavian countries of Norway, Denmark and Sweden give (0) the highest (high) percentage of GNP (Gross National Product) in foreign aid. Norway is (11) ... (generous), but then Norway is (12) ... (wealthy) country in Europe because it has (13) ... (great) oil reserves than any other European country. (14) ... (surprising) fact, perhaps, is that the United States contributes (15) ... (low) percentage of GNP in aid, even (16) ... (low) than tiny New Zealand.
C. Дополните текст данными словами. Каждое слово можно использовать только один раз:
don’t have to; can’t; have to; must; mustn’t.
Most bank employees these days (0) have to wear a uniform. Women employees (17) ... wear a uniform top and matching skirt or trousers in the com-
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pany colour, and they (18) ... wear any jewellery. However, they (19) ... wear uniform shoes. Unlike some other financial companies they don’t have a dress-down Friday, so they (20) ... wear their own clothes at all.
D. Дополните предложения предлогами in, on или at или выражением со словом time.
Example:
I don’t like working overtime – I always like to leave at the correct time.
21.We usually go on holiday ... the summer.
22.A lot of children today ... too much time watching TV.
23.Shall we meet for lunch ... Thursday?
24.I’ll see you ... 7.30 – don’t be late.
25. A lot of people could ... time in their working day by not reading and writing so many emails.
E. Добавьте нужный суффикс к каждому слову.
-ist; -er ; -ence ; -ness; -ship,
Example: silence
26.Nervous…
27.Paint…
28.Tour…
29.Weak…
30.Econom…
F. Выберите правильный ответ.
Example:
Can I say something here?
a)Of course.
b)Thank you.
c)I know.
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31.I’m going to the cinema tonight.
a)I am.
b)Me too.
c)Neither do I.
32.I went to France last year.
a)I did.
b)So did I.
c)So have I.
33.You can have it for £20.
a)Thanks.
b)I don’t want it.
c)No, thanks. I’ll leave it.
34.Hello. Can I help you?
a)No, I’m just looking thanks.
b)No, I’m looking.
c)No, I don’t want anything.
35.I don’t like this picture at all.
a)I don’t.
b)Me too.
c)Me neither.
G. Выберите подходящее по контексту слово.
Example:
Don’t forget to print on / out / down the document for tomorrow.
36.Remember to shut off / down / out the computer when you’ve finished.
37.I always forget to back on / in / up my work.
38.I need to take up / down / out a loan to buy a car.
39.I really need to take a day up / off / out – I haven’t stopped working for days.
40.He’s called in / off / up sick – he says he’s got a cold.
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