Ответы: Ответы к тесту 6

Тест VI

I . Заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами.

THE END OF THE DINOSAURS

About 66 mln years ago 70 % of all living creatures including dinosaurs are (1) ___ to have disappeared from the surface of the Earth. Scientists believe that this may (2) _____ been caused by a natural disaster on a very large scale. One possible explanation is that the Earth may have (3) ____ hit by an enormous asteroid about six miles in diameter.
Side effects of this disaster could have (4) _____ the destruction of the ozone layer, global warming and pollution of the atmosphere with dust that blocked out the Sun.
Either one or combination of these effects could have (5) _____ to the disappearance of various species. Scientists (6) _____ for the site of the crater that the asteroid must (7) ____ made believe that this crater may (8)____ buried under more recent rocks, or be lost somewhere on the seabed. Wherever it is, the dinosaurs seem (9) ____ have died out as a result of an environmental disaster (10)_____ only for a few years.

II . Выберите правильный ответ.
11. Temperatures ____ above 110 degrees Fahrenheit are common in the American
Southwest.
A) to climb B) climbC) climbing

12. It is wise ____ overconsumption of alcohol because of its detrimental effects on the heart, liver and central nervous system.
A) to be avoided B) avoiding C) to avoid

13. Asian societies should be working on their own models of business training, rather than slavishly ______ a culturally inappropriate model.
A) to adoptB) adoptingC) adopt
14. The sophomore’s ____ to participate in the international project was a unique opportunity to gain some research experience.
A) selecting B) having selected C) having been selected

15. What is ______ in the history of technological innovation, however, is that the dispersion of a new technology is not just slow but extraordinarily uncertain.
A) striking B) stroking C) struck

16. Japanese appetite for foreign technology is one that supplements a fruitful “ ___ crop”.
A) home-grown B) home-made C) self-made

17. The ____ mopeds are made by Thomas, a firm that is content to produce low-tech, but unbeatably cheap machines.
A) best-sold B) best-selling C) selling best

18. One problem is that rain can come from almost any angle _____ the strength and direction of the wind.
A) depending onB) depended onC) to depend on
19. Freezing, drying, and canning have long been used ____ nutrients and freshness in foods.
A) preserving B) to preserve C) to preserving

20. Lord Leverhulme was one of the first industrialists _____ that advertisements should contain “logical and considered” arguments as well as eye-catching and witty slogans.
A) to have realisedB) in realisingC) to realise


III . Определите, есть ли в строке лишнее слово, нарушающее смысл, и выпишите его.

IT MANAGER OR OPERATOR?

(21)Computers are accessible: far from to being the clumsy machines
(22)they are used to be, computers are now usable, and in most
(23)developed countries, affordable. However, many researchers
(24)see a growing gulf between individuals who understanding
(25)information technology and those who frightened by computers
(26)or people who can’t afford to buy them. Information
(27)technologies are expected to have widen the gap
(28)between the rich and the poor, with rich countries having educating
(29)people to be IT managers, and poor countries training people
(30)to be badly paid computer operators.

IV . Выбери правильный ответ.

31.The puzzling (A) / puzzled (B) nature of the quantum theory is often emphasized, especially its counter-intuitive aspects.
32. A theory is an idea designing (A) / designed (B) to explain something.
33. The names preceding (A) / preceded (B) theorems, principles, and laws are often of the person who formulated them.
34. Applying (A) / A pplied (B) sciences use scientific knowledge for technology.
35.The study of lifestyle threw up an overwhelming (A) / overwhelmed (B) evidence; that smoking is a cause of lung cancer.
36.We are constantly aware that the skill i nvolving (A) / i nvolved (B) in driving a car is phenomenal, but taken for granted.
37. Scientists must apply for the permits for experiments involving (A) / involved (B) gene manipulation.
38. William Bateson who coined the word genetics and several other terms is one of the most intriguing (A) / intrigued (B) if not among the greatest, figures in the recent history of biology.
39. The enlarged areas of the brain are known as involving (A) / involved (B) in dealing with language.
40. Natural sciences are those dealing with naturally occurring (A) / occurred (B) world in general.