Тест X

I. Образуйте правильную неличную форму глагола.

• REGRETS

Have you ever regretted 1) (do) something you shouldn't 2) (do) or something you didn't do which you should have? There's no use in 3) (get) depressed about it now. However, it is worth 4) (think) about why it has happened because you might 5) (be able) to draw some conclusions for the future. Being honest is supposed 6) (be) the best policy but sometimes we feel that we should 7) (keep) our mouths shut. Sometimes we also offend people when we forget 8) (send) them a postcard on their birthday. Or we meant 9) (do) it but somehow failed. Or we just hate 10) (write) birthday greetings? Whatever the reason, your friend is sure 11) (hurt) although most people pretend not 12) (be).

II. Выберите правильный ответ.

13. Rather than ____ weeks cruising the ocean gathering data, a pair of researchers have scaled down the ocean and rebuilt it in their laboratory.
(A) to spend (C) having spent
(B) spending (D) spend

14. An outbreak of the disease in Liverpool resulted in seventeen adults and five children ____ infected.
(A) becoming (C) having become
(B) become (D) to become

15. Empty bottles should be put in a bottle bank ____.
(A) to recycling (C) for recycle
(B) to get them recycling (D) for recycling

16. I felt confident ____ my exam in physics.
(A) to pass (C) for passing
(B) about passing (D) so as to pass

17. Since ____, the charity for people affected by Chernobyl’s disaster has already raised millions of dollars.
(A) setting up (C) having set up
(B) set up (D) being set up

18. At the beginning of the 1980s, many US companies failed to realize the new product’s significance – they didn’t see that far from ____ an item in the future, the PC was the future.
(A) be (C) to being
(B) to be (D) being

19. IBM needed an operating system ____ its new PC.
(A) so that to run (C) so as it could run
(B) for being run (D) to run

III. Определите, есть ли в строке ошибка на употребление неличных форм глагола и исправьте ее.


IS IT A BIRD OR IS IT A PLANE?

(20) In 1655, a Portuguese man appears to have transported within
(21) seconds from one country to another by mysterious forces.
(22) The man who doing business in India suddenly found himself back
(23) in Portugal. He was put on trial, which accused him for being a devil
(24) and condemned to death. The authorities in Portugal at the time tended to
(25) explaining things according to their religious beliefs as well as their
(26) knowledge of the world. Their world included witches, magicians and
(27) devils, who they were believed to be enemies of the Church and authority.
(28) It is not surprising that the authorities found it difficult accept the man’s
(29) explanations. No surviving details of the case seem to have left although the
(30) evidence at the time was thought to be good enough for convicting him.
(31) Since the seventeenth century, many other cases have been reported in which
(32) people have claimed to have been flown through the air. Nowadays most
(33) people don’t seem to be believing in witches and magicians who are capable
(34) to fly through the air. They tend to look for some other alternatives -
(35) UFOs, spacecraft from other planets, are reported to have claimed their attention.




IV. Прочитайте предложение и определите, правильное оно или нет.


36. Borax, generally found in the desert, being useful as a water softener in the laundry industry.

37. Wood being abundant in the North American continent, early settlers used it as the chief building material.

38. Although once ranging over a vast area, all species of tigers are now reported to be endangered.

39. If grabbed by an enemy, the tail of a salamander breaks off allowing the animal to escape.

40. Originally cultivating in India, the banana was brought to the Americans by the Portuguese, who found it in Africa.