Ответы: Ответы к тесту 2

Тест II

I. Выберите правильный ответ.


GLOBAL WARMING

Most scientists agree that the earth’s temperature is increasing as a result of (1)_______ atmospheric conditions and refer to this as global warming. Many think that this is in part due to releases of gases (2) _______ by burning fossil fuel such as oil and coal in industry and vehicles. Theses gases (3) ______ greenhouse gases, act as a blanket and allow less heat to escape from the earth, (4) ______ its temperature to rise, this phenomenon (5) ________ as greenhouse effect. Global warming (6) _______ over the past century has focused attention on (7) ________ greenhouse gases, presumed (8)______ the likely cause. Some researchers, however, have expressed doubt, (9)_______ whether the Sun -- our ultimate source of energy -- might actually be variable (as stars similar to the Sun are found (10)______), and thus account for the bulk of the (11)______ climate change. The (12)_______ hope is that future warming due to further greenhouse emissions might therefore not be significant.


1A) having changedB) changingC) changed
2A) caused B) causing C) to be caused
3 A) calling B) being called C) called
4 A) causing B) to be caused C) caused
5 A) knowing B) having known C) being known
6 A) observing B) observed C) having observed
7 A) made by man B) man-making C) manmade
8 A) to be B) been C) having been
9 A) wondering B) wondered C) being wondered
10 A) been B) to have been C) to be
11 A) observing B) observed C) having served
12 A) expressed B) expressing C) having expressed


II. Определите, в какой из подчеркнутых частей предложения содержится ошибка.


13. Eco-efficiency (that is combining economic and environmental factors) means
A
that being efficient in terms of the environment can also mean to be efficient in economic
B C
terms.

14. There are known to be three Rs in environmental waste management – reduce,
A
reuse and recycle. The new bill tries to promote recycling, with reuse and
B
reduce neglecting.
C
15. Marpol, the world maritime regulatory agency, banned the dumping of all plastic
A
refuse, included golf balls, into the sea in 1989, following studies that found various
B C
refuse in the guts of sea creatures.

16. There is an increased worry that contamination may enter the food chain, a series of
A
living things being food for the next living thing in the series.
B C

17. Ecotourism is a booming industry, with today’s environmental tourists willing to pay
A B
large sums to see wildlife wherever it exists in a relatively undisturbing state.
C
18. Only with understanding how modern biodiversity has developed can we
A
hope to conserve and manage the ecosystems left to us.
B С


III. Выберите правильный ответ.


19. __________ is probably linoleum tile.

(A) Accepted the most durable flooring material
(B) The most durable flooring material accepted
(C) Flooring the most durable material accepted

20. Macroeconomists, ______, analyse aggregate production and consumption activities.

(A) global economic trends seeking to predict
(B) seeking to predict global economic trends
(C) sought predicting global economic trends

21. As archaeologists study the prehistory of early food production, they are developing new techniques ______ prehistoric food residues and early domestic animals.

(A) to be analysed
(B) to analyse
(C) analysed



22. The common crow, ______ one of the hardiest birds in existence, can live up to eighty years.



(A) is considered
(B) has been considered
(C) considered



23. ______ in a home where two languages are spoken are often not only bilingual but also bicultural.



(A) Children raised
(B) To raise children
(C) Raising children






IV. Определите, есть ли в строке ошибка в использовании неличных форм глагола и исправьте ее.


READING FACES


(24)Hippocrates, the father of medicine, was supposedly the first announcing
(25)that personality and physical appearance went together. Even in
(26)our own times, researchers are known to try proving that a person’s
(27)character is somehow connected to the way they look. According to
(28)psychologists, there seems to be two types of people: those that are short
(29)and fat and those that are tall and thin. People in the first group
(30)tend be shorter than average and as they grow older they
(31)get fatter. Although, in general, these people are thinking to be
(32)cheerful extroverts, their mood may suddenly to change and they become
(33)either depressed or inward-looking. Criminals often fall into this group
(34)and many dictators are known to be of the short, stocky type,
(35)for example Nero, Napoleon and Mussolini. Tall, thin people
(36) consider to have smallish heads, long noses and bony faces.
(37) As far as their personality is concerned, they are tended to be
(38) both shy and bad-tempered. They are known to be suffering from
(39) stress and avoid to be engaged in physical activity, although if
(40) they do take part in sports, they are generally very good.