Английский язык. Учебно-тренировочный тест для подготовки к централизованному тестированию и экзамену

Joe: Of course, but (A36) … you see me doing my work on that machine before lunch? I hope it hasn't been lost. The very idea of doing it again (A37) … me.

Выберите ответную реплику, подходящую по смыслу

?к предложенной реплике-стимулу. Укажите выбранный вариант.

A38. I wonder if one could order books on-line.

1)Certainly.

2)Not in the least.

3)Far from it.

4)You can or you can't.

Выберите реплику-стимул, подходящую по смыслу к

?предложенной ответной реплике. Укажите выбранный вариант.

A39. Nothing of the kind.

1)I never miss a chance to talk on-line.

2)Starting your own site is easy.

3)Why not go dancing tonight?

4)Do you know much about Canada?

?Прочитайте вопрос. Выберите один из вариантов ответа. Укажите выбранный вариант.

A40. Where are the headquarters of Microsoft Corporation located?

1)Seattle, WA

2)Washington, DC

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3)San-Francisco, CA

4)Chicago, IL

Прочитайте текст и выберите вариант ответа,

?соответствующий содержанию прочитанного текста. Укажите выбранный вариант.

I.This October 31st is a scary day for Dylan Barnes, not just because it's Halloween, but because it is a special anniversary for him. For several years he will have been trying to put a good idea into a successful business via the Internet. He won't be doing anything special to celebrate the occasion, mainly because his business venture won't have made any money for most of the past year. Like his two business partners, he will soon need to do something else.

II. When they started, it had seemed like such a great idea. Dylan and his friend, Michael Underwood, had been writing up their lecture notes and selling them to other students. They were starting to make a small steady profit when they met Terry Lloyd who had been creating home pages on the Internet. Together, they established a website.

III. They soon found out that students were looking for more than lecture notes. Various application and letter of recommendation forms and the like were in much demand, too. Soon there were all kinds of forms available form the new website. Dylan was working day and night to make the material available, but he didn't think what he was doing in terms of business. The big problem, they soon discovered, is that everyone wants these forms but no one wants to pay for them. The three friends had a successful website, but they didn't really make any money from it.

IV. Terry quickly found a highly paid job with an investment company and Michael went off to work for a software manufacturer. Dylan is still looking for a way to make his website work as a business. But these days he is always counting his pennies and he is having a hard time paying his bills. He has thought about taking a teaching job after seeing an ad for a teacher of business writing with business experience. He has lots of experience now and there really won't be a problem with a letter of application.

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A41. Which would be the most suitable title for the article?

1)Site Management Means Big Bills

2)Young Webmasters Meet Difficulty

3)Website? No, Thank You Very Much

A42. The article implies that the friends' Internet-based business was

1)a booming one.

2)a commercial failure.

3)a really bad idea.

A43. The business opportunity opened after the two friends

1)had run out of lecture material.

2)had met a professional webmaster.

3)had become tired of what they were doing.

A44. It turned out that the biggest problem was

1)how to collect money for their services.

2)how to publish all the forms on-line.

3)how to promote their services on the Net.

A45. It is most likely that Dylan Barnes will soon

1)stop maintaining his website.

2)get hired by a software manufacturer.

3)start a teaching career.

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

A46. venture (I)

1)adventure

2)enterprise

3)proposition

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A47. steady (II)

1)constant

2)unexpected

3)large

Выберите правильный вариант перевода в соответ-

?ствии с содержанием текста. Укажите выбранный вариант.

A48. For several years he will have been trying to put a good idea into a successful business via the Internet. (I)

1)Уже в течение нескольких лет он пытается превратить хорошую идею в успешный бизнес в сети Интернет.

2)Уже в течение нескольких лет он будет пытаться превратить хорошую идею в успешный бизнес в сети Интернет.

3)Уже в течение нескольких лет он пытается сделать хорошую идею доходным бизнесом через сеть Интернет.

A49. Dylan was working day and night to make the material available… (III)

1)Дилан работал и днем и ночью, делая материал доступ-

ным…

2)Дилан работал в поте лица, чтобы сделать материал доступным…

3)Дилан работал день и ночь, чтобы обеспечить наличие материала…

A50. But these days he is always counting his pennies and he is having a hard time paying his bills. (IV)

1)Но сегодня ему уже приходится экономить, а оплата счетов становится очень непростым делом…

2)Но в эти дни он всегда считает свои монеты и переживает трудные времена, когда оплачивает счета…

3)Но сегодня он уже научился считать деньги, поэтому у него очень трудно их выманить на оплату счетов…

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PART B

?В каждом предложении заполните пропуск словом, образованным от указанного в скобках.

B1. The opportunities offered by the Internet are, no doubt, … diverse (amaze).

B2. Surely, the Internet makes our horizons practically … but it can also make us idle (limit).

B3. Too much time spent in front of the screen makes a person somewhat nervous and … (edge).

?Переведите на английский язык фрагмент предложения, данный в скобках.

B4. (Говорят) the Web is the world's biggest brain. Yet there is a lot of rubbish there too.

B5. Nowadays one can hardly (обойтись) without a computer at home.

B6. Once you have become addicted to the Net, it hard to (избавиться) the habit of browsing the site every night.

Прочитайте текст. Заполните каждый из пропусков

?только одним словом, подходящим по смыслу. Слово должно содержать не более 15 символов.

The Internet can provide you with (B7) … information you want if you know how to (B8) … it. Both individuals and companies put information about (B9) … on their (B10) … the number of which is growing day in day out.

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PART A

К каждому заданию даны варианты ответов, из ко-

?торых только один является верным. Выберите правильный ответ из четырех предложенных.

A1. Classical music concerts are not held in village halls because the acoustics … awful.

1)is

2)is being

3)are

4)are being

A2. The young rockers are working … to record their first album.

1)hard

2)hardly

3)hardy

4)hardlier

A3. Madonna enjoys enormous popularity, she has given … of concerts.

1)hundreds

2)hundred

3)a hundred

4)the hundred

A4. Thanks to computers and video almost … can become a pop singer.

1)somebody

2)nobody

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3)anyone

4)no one

A5. After they … recognition at home, the youth orchestra … all over Europe.

1)gained, toured

2)had gained, toured

3)gained, had toured

4)had gained, had toured

A6. While my companion … the bill, I … tickets for the show.

1)looks through, buy

2)is looking through, will buy

3)looked through, would have bought

4)was looking through, would bought

A7. The singer … the audience to join in and in a minute everybody … .

1)asked, sang

2)was asking, was singing

3)asked, was singing

4)had asked, sang

A8. It's not seldom that rock concerts … at stadiums where enthusiastic audience … to dance to the music.

1)are held, allows

2)are being held, is allowed

3)are held, is allowed

4)held, is being allowed

A9. Some classical pieces … for hundreds of years; yet nowadays they … even more popularity.

1)have been performing, gain

2)are performed, are gaining

3)have been performed, are gaining

4)had been performed, were gaining

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A10. The evening performance … at 7:30, so let's ... a taxi to the theatre.

1)will start, take

2)is starting, to take

3)starts, take

4)start, not take

A11. As we … the church, the organist … playing a majestic melody.

1)had entered, had began

2)entered, began

3)were entering, has begun

4)have entered, begins

A12. Vanessa Mae … a classical performer who … international superstardom.

1)has been, has reached

2)is being, has reached

3)is, reached

4)was, has reached

A13. It … clear to everybody that classical music … its reputation at least by the end of the XXI century.

1)is getting, won't be losing

2)is getting, won't lose

3)gets, won't have lost

4)is getting, won't have lost

A14. “Oh, it’s great!” said Kate when she heard the sonata. – Kate

…that the sonata she heard … great.

1)cried out, was

2)exclaimed, was

3)exclaims, was

4)wondered, was

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A15. My friend … to Mozart at full volume when his mother … at the door.

1)was listening, has been knocking

2)listened, was knocking

3)listens, knocks

4)was listening, knocked

A16. Look, she … have gone to the recital. – Perhaps, but I don’t know exactly.

1)ought to

2)may

3)could

4)must

A17. I regret … this CD with the highlights of the 1980s. It's total rubbish!

1)to buy

2)to buying

3)to have bought

4)buying

A18. It was yesterday that mother … the young boy… a tune on the air himself.

1)lets, to catch

2)let, catch

3)lets, catch

4)let, to catch

A19. If I … enough money, I … the Philharmonic Society all the year round.

1)had had, will visit

2)have had, would visit

3)had, would visit

4)had, will have visited

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A20. I … all those overenthusiastic fans … more reserved and wellbehaved.

1)wish, would be

2)want, will be

3)wished, would be

4)wish, were

A21. At last … day came when my father bought me a record of … classical music and offered to listen to it together.

1)a / a

2)the / the

3)a / the

4)the / -

A22. … Beatles were … first to bring pop to young people in

England.

1)- / the

2)The / the

3)A / -

4)- / -

A23. We turn … music … joy and sorrow, we are eager to listen … it everywhere.

1)to / in / to

2)on / at / -

3)off / with / in

4)up / under / to

A24. Some people are fond … pop music, others are crazy … classical music, still others are keen … rock.

1)in / on / on

2)of / over / at

3)on / with / on

4)of / about / on

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