Английский язык. Проверь себя. Итоговые тесты повышенной сложности. Пособие для подготовки к централизованному тестированию

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Researchers claim that machines are drowning the human race (A11) … e-mail, faxes, and pager messages. This data overload, it seems, is causing (A12) … epidemic of stress. Almost every aspect of modern society is being overwhelmed (A13) … tidal waves of information and (A14) … consequences could be catastrophic. A leading expert has warned that workers in many companies are approaching (A15) … a nervous breakdown due to this phenomenon. According to another expert, (A16) … average office worker is now likely to receive dozens of e-mail messages a day, while British businesses have almost 8 hundred million mail items every year. (A17) … F/figures are staggering! Moreover, approximately (A18) … third of office mail is total rubbish! Yet office workers have to look (A19) … at least several paragraphs to make (A20) … what it’s all about. What a waste of time!

Прочитайте предложения. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа.

A21. These parcels here are registered, yet … are not.

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A22. I didn’t feel like … him a call. We still are not on speaking

Укажите номер подчеркнутого фрагмента, в котором допущена ошибка.

A23. I must get to the post office before it’ll close or the parcel won’t

A24. With so many mobile phones everywhere, fewer people are using

1 2 3 pay phones one these days.

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A25. After their row she put down the receiver so that to be the first to

1 2 3

end the conversation.

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A26. The record of late delivery is held by a post-card posted in 1943

1 2 3 which arrived at its destination in 1975.

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Stamps are vital not only for mailing and collecting (A27) … also as works of (A28) … in miniature. They (A29)… the of a country`s history and some remarkable things worth knowing and remembering. Stamps can (A30) … our cultural horizons, too. They depict outstanding political figures, as well as memorable cultural and sport (A31) … and (A32) … not.

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Выберите ответную реплику, подходящуюпосмыслукпредложенной реплике-стимулу. Укажите выбранный вариант.

A33. Excuse me, can I transfer some money from here?

1)To whom?

2)What for?

3)Certainly.

4)Why not?

Выберите реплику-стимул, подходящую по смыслу к предложенной ответной реплике. Укажите выбранный вариант.

A34. You’ve got the wrong number.

1)Glad to meet you.

2)Could I speak to the headmaster?

3)What’s the name again?

4)Could I have a glass of water?

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A35. In which country did the first ever postal stamp appear?

1)Russia.

2)Great Britain.

3)Germany.

4)The USA.

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I. Gadgets can be wildly expensive and quickly out-of-date, but still there are people who are the first to buy them. Technological innovations are often quite stupid. The idea that you might want to walk down the street holding a mobile phone in front of your face, just to experience the wonders of video calling, is clearly ridiculous. Luckily for the tech companies, however, there are some people who jump at the chance to buy into new gadgets before they are fully ready and cheap enough for the mass-market. They are called ‘early adopters’, and their fate is a terrible one. I should know, since I am one myself.

II. You might think we should just stop being so silly, save our money, and wait to see what really catches on. But the logic of the industry is such that, if everyone did that, no innovation would become popular.

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Imagine the third person to buy an ordinary telephone soon after Alexander Graham Bell had invented it. Who was he going to call? Nobody dreamed of the possibility of being able to speak to any one of millions of people. And yet if Telephone Man, and the hundreds and thousands of early adopters after him, had not bought into the idea, the vast communication networks that we all take for granted today would never have been built.

III. The same goes for all new technologies. Those yuppies holding bricks to their ears that we laughed at in the 1980s made the current mobile phone possible. People who bought DVD players when they still cost a fortune, instead of today’s cheap one at the local supermarket, made sure that the new format succeeded. Early adopters’ desire for desires provided for the future. And what did they get for their pains? They got a hole in their bank accounts and inferior, unperfected technology. But still, they got it first. And today they are still at work, buying overpriced digital radios, DVD recorders and LCD televisions, so that you will eventually be able to buy better and less expensive ones.

IV. So the next time you see a person dedicated to buying the newest of new inventions and feel tempted to laugh, think for a minute. Without early adopters, there would be no cheap mobile phones or DVD players; there would be no telephone or television either.

A36. According to the narrator’s opinion, ‘early adopters’ are those who

1)help develop and market new technologies.

2)buy new technologies first and use them.

3)design new technologies for the mass market.

A37. It seems logical that new technologies

1)become more expensive with time.

2)need time to become really popular.

3)lose in perfection as time goes by.

A38. The author shares the idea that it is the ‘early adopters’ who

1)make it possible for new technologies to spread.

2)create new challenges for inventors.

3)make money out of using new technologies.

A39. In future, ‘early adoption’ will probably

1)disappear altogether.

2)intensify many times.

3)stay as it is today.

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Определите, в каком значении слово употреблено в тексте. Укажите выбранный вариант.

A40. catch on (II)

1)fall out of fashion;

2)break down;

3)become popular.

A41. format (III)

1)device;

2)improvement;

3)nonsense.

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A42. The same goes for all new technologies. (III)

1)Точно также идут все новые изобретения.

2)Таким же образом происходят все новые изобретения.

3)То же самое можно сказать обо всех новых изобретениях.

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(A43) ... It happened to me last week. I was sitting in a restaurant with three Italian colleagues. The conversation was lively, but as so often, much of it was conducted on the cellphone, with each guest around the table talking on the telefonino as opposed to each other. I watched as Gianni dexterously held a glass of wine in one hand and a cigarette and the cellphone in the other. He chatted away in a boisterous tone, laughing. Giorgio took the conspiratorial approach. He was crouched over, his face barely visible, whispering revelations into his slimline model.

(A44) ... Antonio, I was convinced, was speaking to me. He muttered something into his hand, when I realised that he was not speaking to me at all, but to the tiniest, most elegant, wafer-thin telefonino that Italy has to offer. It dawned on me that I was being completely ignored. There was only one thing for it. I grabbed my cellphone, a bulky old model: the telephone equivalent of a blunderbuss. When it rings, which is very rarely, it emits a rattling noise as opposed to the subtle chortle of a nightingale that is now fashionable. I was going to ring the office to check if there were any messages, an entirely futile task designed solely to save face. I dialled the number and waited. The others were engrossed in their own conversations.

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(A45) ... And then it happened. My cellphone emitted a loud bleating noise. The others all looked up. I looked down at my phone and to my horror discovered the letters BLOC TOT had appeared on the digital panel. This is short for blocco totale, total block. It could mean any number of things: the user has not paid his bill, or the telephone company has put a block on all calls – a disciplinary measure for unreliable payers. Whatever the reason, the blocco totale means social death. It also means spending a day at the Great Inquisition, the SIP telephone headquarters in the north-east of the capital just behind the Vatican.

(A46) ... It is a cruel twist of the Italian mobile phone system that serious problems cannot be ironed out on the phone. You have to turn up in person. The waiting room of the Great Inquisition was full of crestfallen sinners, cradling their telefonini. I had been given number 187 in the queue. After one hour the small piece of paper showing my number had been torn to shreds, so nervous was I about the interview. Those before me got up wearily as if dragging a ball and chain and disappeared into one of the five cubicles that lined the wall.

(A47) ... The bell rang and number 186 flashed up on the screen. I would be next. My stomach muscles tightened. I clutched my telefonino even tighter and braced myself for the hot coals of booth number four. Without looking at me the man behind the desk barked, “Your number!” I blurted out the seven digits. He typed them into a computer terminal. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see my personal details flash up on the screen. My date of birth, my address, my profession. What else did they know? I felt naked, vulnerable, crushed by the State’s omniscient apparatus.

(A48) ... The man, who was wearing a grey short-sleeved shirt with razor-sharp pleats, looked at me without even blinking. He said, “I’m sorry, we must have made a mistake on the last digit. Everything seems to be in order. We will lift the block on your phone immediately”. I did not know whether to feel relieved or enraged by this game of bureaucratic Russian roulette, which I had survived. I left the headquarters of SIP a free but abused man. The letters BLOC TOT had disappeared from my telefonino. I had regained my place in society.

Подберите заголовки A43–A45 из предложенных (1–4). Один заголовок является лишним.

1)Cell Phone Brands.

2)A Way Out.

3)The Threat of Social Death.

4)‘Cellphonemania’.

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Подберите заголовки A46–A48 из предложенных (1–4). Один заголовок является лишним.

1)Social Punishment.

2)One in Trouble.

3)The Pardoned.

4)The Crucified.

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Прочитайте текст (В1–В4). Выберите подходящее по смыслу слово из предложенных и запишите его в той форме, в которой оно должно стоять в предложении. Помните, что каждое слово может быть использовано только один раз и что заданную форму слова необходимо изменить.

BANAL, DISCONCERT, INTIMATE, CRITICIZE

No matter how much (B1) … is heaped on the mobile phone nearly half of us can’t live without it. These days most people will never think of talking to their neighbours on the train or on the bus. But if they could only hear (B2) … and gentle (B3) … they say into their mobiles for the whole world to hear. There is also a huge “hands-free” crowd with their mobiles in their pockets who seem to be talking to themselves which is most (B4) … . And yet where would we be without our mobiles?

Прочитайтетекст(В5–В6). Выпишитеподвалишнихслова из каждого предложения в порядке их предъявления в тексте.

B5. FedEx Shipment Company is famous known for their express delivery of absolutely totally anything – from documents to diamond rings.

B6. The standard shipment time is up to over five days and the service is very too efficient.

Прочитайте текст. Заполните каждый из пропусков только одним словом, подходящим по смыслу.

Just think about it! These days when we (B7) … up a phone and call anywhere in the (B8) …, we don’t (B9) … how difficult such communication (B10) … for people, say, two hundred years ago. We would not be able to survive in those times, would we?

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Переведите на английский язык фрагмент предложения, данный в скобках.

B11. A registered letter costs more, but it will (непременно) reach its destination.

B12. These days lots of (покупки) is done through mail order catalogues.

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Test 15 THE INTERNET, THE NEWEST CRAZE

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К каждому заданию даны варианты ответов, из которых только один является верным. Выберите правильный ответ из четырех предложенных.

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It all started when I (A1) … two tickets in a lottery. All due respect to Robbie Williams, but he (A2) … really my cup of tea! When my teenage son suggested I sell the tickets on the Net, I thought he (A3) … at me. But soon I made some inquiries and found myself at the auction site eBay. The site (A4) … into two categories – you can buy and sell just about anything! Provided I (A5) … to offer my tickets for auction, I (A6) … simply … with eBay free of charge. I had also to set an opening bid price, depending on what others (A7) … . What happened next took me by surprise. I couldn’t stop checking the progress of my auction. By the end of the first day I (A8) … as I was even checking other people’s tickets and other concerts. If my auction (A9) … after three crazy days I (A10) … mad. But I’m still addicted. Now what shall I bid next?

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Some decades ago only the largest companies had real works of art hanging in their boardrooms. They usually chose (A11) … expensive paintings by well-known artists whose work smaller companies couldn’t afford. And when a smaller company wanted to invest (A12) … (A13) … more modest work of art, this could take (A14) … quite a lot of time. As an expensive consultant was (A15) … the question, a member of staff had to visit various art galleries and choose something (A16) … the hope that all the colleagues would like it. But now art has gone online. There are websites to help companies find (A17) … right picture or piece of sculpture. The company describes the desired piece of art and states what budget is available. This information is then entered (A18) … a search engine, and a selection of art comes up on the screen. Company members can view the selection and e-mail their comments. Free worldwide delivery is (A19) … offer with (A20) … 30-day trial period – just in case anybody changes their mind.

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A21. Whose website is this? – …, even if you don’t believe it.

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