Test 14 means of communication

Part A

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

A1. "Special delivery" costs about fifteen times as much as sending … "regular delivery".

1) mails

2) a mail

3) mail

4) pieces of mail

A2. The London cathedral that we’ve seen on television is twice … the one in our city.

1) as old as

2) so old as

3) as oldest as

4) so older as

A3. Stamps with figure skaters were especially popular in the …

1) 1980-s

2) 1980s

3) 1980s’

4) 1980^th

A4. These parcels here are registered, yet … are not.

1) anothers

2) other

3) another

4) the others

A5. I … wonderful news just now! My sister … birth to a baby girl.

1) have received, has given

2) received, gave

3) am receiving, gave

4) received, has given

A6. While I … writing the letter to our foreign pen-friend, you … his zip code in this book.

1) am writing, will have been looking for

2) write, will look for

3) am writing, will be looking for

4) had been writing, will be looking for

A7. Ann .. to make an urgent phone call but the phone booth … and couldn't be used.

1) wanted, was vandalized

2) wanted, had been vandalized

3) was wanting, had been vandalized

4) wanted, has been vandalized

A8. Unfortunately some letters … still in the post and parcels … to the wrong address.

1) are lost, are delivered

2) lost, delivered

3) are getting lost, are being delivered

4) have been lost, have been delivered

A9. I … my friend a check last Friday but he … it yet.

1) has posted, hasn't received

2) posted, didn't receive

3) posted, hasn't received

4) had posted, hasn't received

A10. What a cool mobile phone! It … the very model we … for months!

1) was, had been looking for

2) is, are looking for

3) was, have been looking for

4) is, have been looking for

A11. The woman … to the door to ask about her mail but the postman … already.

1) was running, went

2) ran, went

3) ran, had gone

4) had run, has gone

A12. About three million Belarusian people … mobile phones these days, and their number … steadily.

1) use, grows

2) use, is growing

3) have used, grows

4) are using, is growing

A13. The clerk … my parcel and … me to pay for the postage.

1) had weighed, asked

2) weighed, asked

3) was weighing, asked

4) weighed, will ask

A14. Once a friend … that the mobile phone … a unique gadget. I couldn't but agree with her.

1) said, is

2) said, was

3) told, was

4) told, is

A15. The man who was calling … if my father … at home.

1) said, is

2) asked, was

3) asked, is

4) told, was

A16. The party you are calling is not available now. You … call back later.

1) must

2) may

3) have to

4) need

A17. Mother advised me not … the number again because it was definitely the wrong one.

1) to dial

2) dialing

3) being dialed

4) dialed

A18. I didn’t feel like … him a call. We still are not on speaking terms.

1) to give

2) given

3) giving

4) give

A19. If only our phone calls … free of charge I … my phone non-stop.

1) would be, were to use

2) were, would use

3) would be, would use

4) were, will use

A20. If I … the wrong magazine, I … to the post office and tried to sort out the problem.

1) am delivered, would go

2) have been delivered, would go

3) were delivered, would have gone

4) had been delivered, would have gone

A21. The article in … Times read that excessive use of mobile phones can make … person ill.

1) - / a

2) the / the

3) a / -

4) the / a

A22. … first class letters are delivered … next working day after collection.

1) - / the

2) The / the

3) A / -

4) The / -

A23. The record … late delivery is held … a postcard posted in 1943 which arrived … its destination in 1975.

1) of / with / in

2) for / by / at

3) on / of / to

4) for / for / in

A24. It’s typical … Britain that letters … Europe are always sent … airmail.

1) about / to / in

2) for / in / on

3) of / to / by

4) with / for / with

A25. We try to keep … touch … telephone … our in-laws.

1) for / by / to

2) on / on / with

3) - / with / about

4) in / by / with

A26. After their row she put down the receiver … to be the first to stop the conversation.

1) so as

2) just as

3) so that

4) for

A27. . …the heavy wind the connection was rather bad.

1) Provided

2) Due to

3) Because

4) As a result

Укажите номер подчеркнутого фрагмента, в котором допущена ошибка.

A28. I must get to the post office before it'll close or the parcel won't arrive in

1 2 3

time for my friend's birthday.

4

A29. With so many mobile phones everywhere, fewer people are using pay

1 2 3

phones one these days.

4

Определите тему, к которой относится данный ряд слов. Укажите выбранный вариант.

A30. parcel, stamp, money order, postal code

1) bank

2) tax office

3) post office

4) Internet cafe

Из предложенных вариантов выберите слово, относящееся к заданному ряду слов. Укажите выбранный вариант.

A31. pay phone, telephone directory, receiver, mouth piece

1) dial

2) stamp

3) weigh

4) screen

Определите ряд, в котором не все слова относятся к одной теме. Укажите выбранный вариант.

A32. 1) to see, to gaze, to stare, to look

2) to send, to have meals, to get mail, to post

3) to jump, to skip, to hop, to leap

Прочитайте текст, выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа. Укажите выбранный вариант.

Stamps are vital not only for mailing and collecting (A33) … also as works of (A34) … in miniature. Stamps can (A35) … our cultural horizons, too. They depict outstanding political figures, as well as memorable cultural and sport (A36) … and (A37) … not.

A33. 1) and 2) but 3) though 4) despite

A34. 1) painting 2) drawing 3) art 4) literature

A35. 1) widen 2) lengthen 3) enlarge 4) broaden

A36. 1) events 2) dates 3) data 4) incidents

A37. 1) why 2) what 3) who 4) which

Выберите ответную реплику, подходящую по смыслу к предложенной реплике-стимулу. Укажите выбранный вариант.

A38. 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.

A39. 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?

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

A40. In which country did the first ever postal stamp appear?

1) Russia

2) Great Britain

3) Germany

4) The USA

Прочитайте текст и выберите вариант ответа, соответствующий содержанию прочитанного текста. Укажите выбранный вариант.

1. 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.

2. 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. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

A41. 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.

A42. The author is of the opinion that

1) not all new technologies are that necessary.

2) not all "early adopters" are really adopting.

3) not all new ideas should be turned into practice.

A43. 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.

A44. 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.

A45. In future, "early adoption" will probably

1) disappear altogether.

2) intensify many times.

3) stay as it is today.

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

A46. catch on (II)

1) fall out of fashion

2) break down

3) become popular

A47. format (III)

1) device

2) improvement

3) nonsense

Выберите правильный вариант перевода в соответствии с содержанием текста. Укажите выбранный вариант.

A48. Technological innovations are often quite stupid. (I)

1) Технические инновации часто совершенно бестолковы.

2) Новинки техники нередко полная чепуха.

3) Технические новинки часто совершенно бесполезны.

A49. 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.

A50. But still, they got it first. (III)

1) Но однако именно они получили это первыми.

2) Но они получили их самыми первыми.

3) Но тем не менее они получили своё первыми.

Part B

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

B1. I'm sorry but we must have been … (connect).

B2. You were very careless. It's very … of you (responsibility).

B3. Why haven't the … letters been posted (inform)?

Переведите на английский язык фрагмент предложения, данный в скобках.

B4. (Трудно поверить) but some ten or fifteen years ago the average person could not even dream of using a cordless phone.

B5. A registered letter costs more, but it will (непременно) reach its destination.

B6. These days lots of (покупки) is done through mail order catalogues.

Прочитайте текст. Заполните каждый из пропусков только одним словом, подходящим по смыслу. Слово должно содержать не более 15 символов.

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?