Тесты по английскому языку. Заключительный этап подготовки к централизованному тестированию и экзамену
.pdfА21. The more you water this plant the … it will grow.
1) best; |
2) fastest; |
3) wetter; |
4) faster. |
А22. This wild orchid is rare so not very … information can be found
even in specialized literature about it. |
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1) many; |
2) much; |
3) a lot of; |
4) little. |
А23. … is fantastic: it is a real fairy-land of magnolias, rhododendrons, daisies, roses, orchids and what not.
1)Susan’s and Nick’s garden;
2)Susan and Nick’s garden;
3)Susan’s and Nick garden;
4)The garden of Susan and Nick.
А24. You can plant this tree … in the western … southern part of your
orchard: it needs plenty of light. |
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1) both … and; |
2) neither … nor; |
3) either … or; |
4) as well … as. |
Укажите номер подчёркнутого фрагмента, в котором допущена ошибка.
А25. The region is referred to (1) as (2) the Land of Fruit so that (3) it yields a bountiful harvest (4) of oranges and apples.
А26. Since (1) governments point with pride to (2) increasing mechanization in agriculture, human and animal power still produces (3) a significant portion of the world’s (4) food.
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The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, are situated in southwest London. It is a leading center of botanical (A27) …, a training ground for professional gardeners and a visitor (A28) …. It is also an internationally (A29) … seed bank. The gardens cater (A30) … all sorts of tastes and interests. There are conservatories, a herbarium, a library and even an ice-rink in winter. Despite atmospheric pollution from London, dry soils and low rainfall Kew (A31) … one of the most comprehensive plant collections in Britain.
A27. |
1) examination; |
2) investigation; |
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3) propagation; |
4) research. |
А28. |
1) temptation; |
2) attraction; |
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3) fancy; |
4) delight. |
А29. |
1) major; |
2) main; |
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3) important; |
4) minor. |
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А30. |
1) of; |
2) about; |
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3) off; |
4) for. |
А31. |
1) stays; |
2) retains; |
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3) remains; |
4) becomes. |
A32. Определите ряд, в котором не все слова относятся к теме.
1)wheat, barley, rye, oats;
2)violet, dahlia, tulip, nettles;
3)apricot, pear, plum, apple;
А33. Выберите ответную реплику, подходящую по смыслу к предложенной реплике-стимулу.
Gardening is really unpredictable. Rain, frost or fog can destroy all your work.
1)I’m with you here.
2)Who cares?
3)Hardly.
4)Well, it depends.
A34. Выберите реплику-стимул, подходящую к предложенной ответной реплике.
It’s sweet of you to say so!
1)What a mess!
2)Your garden is simply dazzling!
3)You are always working in that garden of yours!
4)Have you heard the latest news?
A35. Прочитайте вопрос. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа.
Which of these regions is often referred to as the Garden of England?
1) |
Cornwall; |
2) the Highlands; |
3) |
Kent; |
4) the Lake District. |
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I. Have you ever wondered why brides carry orange blossom or why a dozen red roses are expected on anniversaries – why not the other way around? The answer lies in the now secret language of flowers, developed hundreds of years ago and still influencing our choices today.
II. Flowers were the alphabets of the angels which can brighten the dim eye and ease the wearied mind in the opinion of Miss Lucy Hooper, editing
The Lady’s Book of Flowers and Poetry in the middle of the XIX century. Some of the meanings might seem strangely varied. For instance, the geranium can indicate ‘gentility’, ‘melancholy’ or ‘preference’ depending on
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the shade chosen. Today the language of flowers is often recalled only in fragments of old poetry or plays.
III. During the Victorian age, flowers were used as a code by which amorous messages could by-pass society’s rules of conduct. A bunch could contain a whole series made up of the individual blooms. The iris meant ‘my compliments, I have a message for you’, the tuberose, ‘dangerous pleasure’, the buttercup, ‘cheerful but ungrateful’, and orange blossom, ‘you are as pure as you are lovely’. Forget-me-nots too are still known as a symbol of undying love.
IV. This practice reached Europe in the 1700s via Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, a friend of the poet Alexander Pope. Staying in Turkey with her husband, she began sending back interpretations as a curiosity. The clover meant ‘I have long loved you and you have not known it’, jonquil, ‘have pity on my passion’ or ‘I want you to love me’. A gift of pear blossom entreated ‘give me some hope’, while the rose, universally accepted as a declaration of love, said ‘may you be pleased and your sorrow mine’.
V. The Victorian mind loved little intrigues and contrived many other ways of signalling intentions. The marigold, for example, meant ‘trouble on the mind’ when worn on the head; indicated ‘the pain of love’ when laid across the heart, and if seen on the breast, meant the wearer was suffering from fashionable French boredom. If further clarification were needed, the flower could be inclined to the right to mean that the message referred to yourself and to the left when it concerned your significant other.
А36. The geranium may indicate various meanings depending on
1)the colour of the flower;
2)whom it is sent to;
3)the length of the stalk.
А37. During the Victorian age flowers were used as
1)a secret means to send a message to a beloved;
2)a way of decoding society’s rules of conduct;
3)a weapon to soften the strict, conservative moral code.
А38. The language of flowers reached Europe via
1)a traveler from the Far East;
2)Alexander Pope’s wife who studied in Turkey;
3)a British lady who entertained her friends back home.
А39. Flowers, as words, are polysemantic, for example the meaning of the marigold varies depending on
1)the shade chosen;
2)the body part where you wear the flower;
3)the nationality of its holder.
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Определите значение указанного слова в тексте.
А40. contrive (V).
1) succeed; 2) arrange;
3) invent.
А41. wearied (II).
1) tired; 2) worried;
3) anxious.
Выберите правильный вариант перевода (1, 2 или 3) в соответствии с содержанием текста.
А42. Some of the meanings might seem strangely varied (II)
1)Кажется, многие значения варьируется замысловатым образом.
2)Многие значения кажутся неестественно разнообразными.
3)Некоторые значения могут казаться существенно отличными.
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I’ve been waiting a long time for January and its frosts to begin. But they’re here at last. Now, thank heavens, I’ll be able to curl up in front of the fire and relax. I’ll look out of the window at the beautiful frost covering every blade of grass on my precious lawn, and I’ll think with great satisfaction that there’s absolutely nothing I can work at in the garden till the frost lifts. Don’t misunderstand me. I love my garden. (A43) … For years I’ve lived gardenless in a London flat. For years I’ve longed for a garden. Now that I’ve got one I adore it. Our relationship hasn’t always been easy, though. My garden was wild when I took it over and isn’t under control yet; the worst of our problems, however, has come from outside. It’s been cows.
When I lived in London I told everyone I wanted a house with a real garden, one surrounded by fields, one with fences intended to keep out cattle rather than destructive children, one with a lawn and colourful flowerbeds for friends to admire. Last winter I found my dream – an XVIII century cottage in the middle of farmland reached by a bumpy track but surprisingly close to London. I moved in in April. (A44) …
«Take you years to get that straight, I reckon», the herdsman called across the hedge one afternoon as he drove his friendly-looking cows along the track to the milking sheds. I was furious. People in this country are always saying that to get a first-class lawn (which is the one thing essential to a decent garden) you need only mow and roll the grass twice a week for 200 years. But I’d seen lots of men produce tolerable gardens with good lawns in just one summer, and I knew I was at least as clever and hardworking as they.
(A45) … To see my lawn. And my flowers. I’d show them! When the great day finally arrived I hung fairy lights to illuminate carefully selected
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areas where no cow had left its mark. (A46) … I set tables there and spread on them bottles and glasses and food. Then I had to go off to meet friends at the station with my car. It was arranged that I should meet three trains and be away for half an hour while my good friend Peter who lived in the village took charge of the guests at my house.
As I walked proudly down the garden path with the last of the guests I could hear none of the normal party sounds coming from behind the house. When I got round to the back it was easy to see why. The whole place was full of cows. (A47) … The tables were overturned, the glasses and bottles were trodden into the ground, and where were the guests? I found them in the sitting room watching through the window what one of them called ‘those wild animals’. The party wasn’t a success.
That time, it took me several weeks to clear up all the mess the cows had made on my lawn and flowerbeds. (A48) … And that, as you can probably understand, is why I’m glad it’s January.
Заполните пропуски A43–A45 одним из предложенных текстовых фрагментов (1–4). Один фрагмент является лишним.
1)To prove my point I fixed a date in mid-August and invited twenty friends to a party.
2)I’m English, after all.
3)I started work which seemed endless.
4)The garden was admittedly neglected.
Заполните пропуски А46–A48 одним из предложенных текстовых фрагментов (1–4). Один фрагмент является лишним.
1)Not only were they enjoying my grass but they had obviously enjoyed the sandwiches and biscuits as well.
2)I had a nervous breakdown.
3)Reparation work was still continuing in the autumn.
4)The lawn behind the house really looked quite respectable.
Часть В
Прочитайте текст. 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.
RESIST, EAT, BREED, ORNAMENT, GENE, NUTRITION
Horticulture is the art and science of plant cultivation. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the fields of crop production, plant (B1) …, (B2)… engineering and many others. They work to improve plant quality,
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(B3)… value and (B4)… to insects and environmental stress. Horticulture studies both (B5)… and (B6)… plants and is practiced worldwide.
Прочитайте текст. Заполните каждый из пропусков только одним словом, подходящим по смыслу.
The potato, which is both nourishing and tasty, is important (B7) … for millions of people. Destruction of the potato crop has resulted (B8) … famines, so it’s necessary to (B9) … this vegetable from pests. Plant researchers have discovered a hairy wild variety of potato from Bolivia. This potato traps and (B10) … insects like the famous Colorado potato beetle that ruins potato crops. The problem is the plant can’t choose between good and bad insects!
Переведите на английский язык фрагмент предложения, данный в скобках.
В11. The prices for organically-grown agricultural produce (были подняты) again.
В12. The scientists have (все основания) to be proud of a new plant species.
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5 Test 10
ADVERTISING ALL AROUND US
Часть А
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If you saw the latest James Bond film, you must have seen his new sports car in several key scenes. This is not only because (A1) … car is important (A2) … the plot. It is the result of (A3) … agreement (A4) … the car’s manufacturers and the film studio aimed (A5) … promoting the posh model on the screen. And it worked! As a result of the film, sales of the car in the USA went up significantly! This is an example of what is called «product placement». In other words (A6) … products and logos that you see in films are there because of advertising deals. But aren’t the advertisements getting (A7) … the way of the story, annoying the viewers and doing more harm than good? Luckily advertisers do realize that, so there is probably a limit (A8) … how many ads we will see.
A1. |
1) a; |
2) – ; |
3) an; |
4) the. |
А2. |
1) for; |
2) by; |
3) to; |
4) with. |
А3. |
1) an; |
2) the; |
3) – ; |
4) a. |
А4. |
1) among; |
2) between; |
3) with; |
4) of. |
А5. |
1) in; |
2) on; |
3) to; |
4) at. |
А6. |
1) – ; |
2) a; |
3) the; |
4) an. |
А7. |
1) into; |
2) with; |
3) on; |
4) in. |
А8. |
1) on; |
2) onto; |
3) to; |
4) off. |
Прочитайте текст. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа.
Advertising (A9) … now such a daily part of our lives that we (A10) … it for granted and we only really notice an advert when it is new or makes us laugh. Research (A11) …, though, that the most efficient form of advertising is on television, and a successful advertisement on TV can increase the company’s sales of the product by as much as 100%. But how does an
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advertisement become popular with the public? For one company music chosen to go with the advert played a crucial role. Some advertising companies (A12) … also humor to great effect. For instance, soap powder ads (A13) … traditionally boring and not entertaining to watch. One particular soap powder ad showed dogs watching a washing machine, with washing in it going round and round. The dogs were under the impression that they (A14) … TV and not a washing machine. In fact, animals in nearly any advert (A15) … to boost sales for practically any product. Another advertising company came up with the idea to promote a particular brand of coffee on TV as a ‘mini-series’. The progress of a young couple’s relationship was the focus of the advert. This (A16) … a lot of media attention and the whole country (A17) … for the next advertisement in the series to find out what (A18) … .
A9. 1) has been; |
2) is being; |
3) was; |
4) is. |
А10. 1) are taking; |
2) take; |
3) will take; |
4) have taken. |
А11. 1) shows; |
2) has been shown; |
3) has shown; |
4) showed. |
А12. 1) used; |
2) are using; |
3) use; |
4) have used. |
А13. 1) were considered; |
2) have considered; |
3) have been considered; |
4) are being considered. |
А14. 1) watched; |
2) had been watching; |
3) were being watched; |
4) were watching. |
А15. 1) have found; |
2) have been found; |
3) were found; |
4) have been finding. |
А16. 1) attracted; |
2) had attracted; |
3) was attracting; |
4) has attracted. |
А17. 1) waited; |
2) was waiting; |
3) is waiting; |
4) has been waiting. |
А18. 1) had been happening; |
2) happened; |
3) would happen; |
4) had happened. |
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Прочитайте предложения. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа.
А19. If I … to advertise cigarettes, I … . It is against my principles
1)was suggested, will refuse;
2)were suggested, would refuse;
3)am suggested, would refuse;
4)had suggested, would have refused.
А20. Advertising goods means … them into something that will make
an enormous difference to our lives. |
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1) to be turning; |
2) turning; |
3) turn; |
4) to turn. |
А21. If you want to win this vacuum cleaner, send us a letter with the description of your favorite holiday. For … information, call the number
below. |
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1) farther; |
2) further; |
3) the furthest; |
4) the farthest. |
А22. These days seventy per cent of commercials on Belarusian TV…
devoted to locally made goods. |
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1) is; |
2) are; |
3) have been; |
4) are being. |
А23. The advertising campaign didn’t promote sales as … slogans were
not catchy. |
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1) this; |
2) these; |
3) that; |
4) those. |
А24. Everyone is aware of the harmful effect that advertisements produce on a person, …, nothing has been done to reduce their quantity on TV.
1) even; |
2) furthermore; |
3) provided; |
4) however. |
Укажите номер подчёркнутого фрагмента, в котором допущена ошибка.
А25. When two products are basically (1) the same as (2) advertising can influence (3) the public’s (4) choice.
А26. Today advertising provides (1) most of income (2) for (3) magazines, newspapers, radio and television in the (4) United States.
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Children spend a lot of time watching television, a (A27) … strong influence on small kids. Observing them as they watch TV, and then watching them react to products afterwards, (A28)… that young children find television commercials and children’s programs (A29) … attractive. The child comes (A30) … in life to the widespread feeling that if something is said on television it must be (A31) … .
A27. |
1) especially; |
2) specially; |
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3) generally; |
4) particularly. |
А28. 1) offers; |
2) suggests; |
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3) proposes; |
4) tells. |
А29. |
1) differently; |
2) seemingly; |
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3) equally; |
4) obviously. |
А30. |
1) late; |
2) soon; |
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3) quickly; |
4) early. |
А31. |
1) fact; |
2) lie; |
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3) true; |
4) truth. |
A32. Определите ряд, в котором не все слова относятся к теме.
1)promote, advertise, publicize, push;
2)slogan, motto, logo, catchword;
3)goods, merchandise, produce, flowers.
А33. Выберите ответную реплику, подходящую по смыслу к предложенной реплике-стимулу.
I think good advertising is a kind of art.
1) Yes, it isn’t. |
2) No, it is. |
3) You might be right here. |
4) What for? |
A34. Выберите реплику-стимул, подходящую к предложенной ответной реплике.
So does mine.
1)I hate TV advertisements.
2)What a funny ad! My son just adores it!
3)My daughter doesn’t like advertisements at all.
4)My family always laugh at this ad.
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