Ответы: Ответы к тесту 7

Тест VII

I.Выберите правильный ответ.

ALL ABOUT OWLS

For thousands of years the owl has been (1) _______ as a creature which has had a special meaning for people. Primitive people (2) ________ many superstitions about the owl, mainly because of the strange sound of the cries it makes. Even now in many parts of Europe, the hooting of an owl (3) _________ an omen of death. In ancient Greece, the owl (4) ______ to be a symbol of wisdom so it was closely linked with the female goddess Athena. The owl is a bird that really comes to life at night and its whole body is specially suited to this way (5) _______ . An owl has very sensitive hearing and a remarkable ability (6) ______ in the dark. If any other animals (7) ________ its territory, the owl will frighten them away with its strange hoot, thus (8) ______ others from entering the area it considers to be its own.

1A) regarded B) thought C) believed
2A) are known to have hadB) are known to have C) were known to have had
3A) is thought to have beenB) was thought to have been C) is thought to be
4A) was claimed B) was pretended C) was supposed
5A) of live B) of living C) to live
6A) of seeing B) for seeing C) to see
7A) happened to approach B) tends to approach C) happen to approach
8A) prevents B) to prevent C) preventing


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

9. Exercise helps reduce stress and anxiety by using up body chemicals releasing under
A B C
stress and promoting more effective muscular relaxation.

10. Generally speaking, having too many opportunities or ideas can be as unsettling as
A B
to have none.
C
11. No one seem to know the exact link between sleep and good health, but it is now
A
suspected that normal sleep gives our immune system a chance to repair and fortify itself
B
against the daily onslaught of invading bacteria and viruses.
C
12. This year’s top ten books on science, which seem to be most absorbing to general
A B
public, cover a number of subjects concerning with global power and pollution.
C
13. The world warms at the accelerating speed predicted by scientists as concentrations of
A B
carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases go on to build up in the atmosphere, without
C
any cuts in emissions.

14. Environmentalists in New York, their city’s neon lights visible from the space,

claimed to have devised energy-saving strategies for Africa, with New York used more
A B C
electricity than the entire “black continent” from the Sahara to the Limpopo.

15. Radar is used to extending the capacity of man’s senses for observing his
A B
environment, especially the sense of vision, but it fails to resolve details as well as the
C
eye does.


III. Образуйте правильную неличную форму глагола.

ATTENDING AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

I am planning to send my report to an international conference 16) (hold) next month. Normally I write my reports in Russian and then I have them 17) (translate) into English. But usually it results in many inaccuracies 18) (cause) by the fact that our staff translator has no technical background. So this time I decided to try 19) (write) my report in English. Doing this meant 20) (use) simpler structures, 21) (avoid) long sentences and 22) (look up) words in the dictionary, but somehow my report turned out 23) (be) more concise and logical. I also meant 24) (brush up) my spoken English in order to prevent 25) (embarrass) situations when you can't respond when 26) (speak) to. But unfortunately I don't seem 27) (have) enough time as usual.

IV. Определите, какое из предложений (A, B, C) является грамматически правильным и наиболее точно отражает смысл исходного предложения.

28. It turned out that a lot of people, without knowing it, tend to be allergic to many foods and chemicals.

1. A lot of people, turning out to be allergic…, didn’t know it.
2. A lot of people turned to foods and chemicals that tend to be allergic.
3. A lot of people proved to be allergic … without knowing it.

29. Rather than establishing rules, scientists give us a new way of thinking.

1. They don’t establish rules because they give us a new way of thinking instead.
2. They don’t establish rules though they give us a new way of thinking.
3. They don’t establish rules and yet they give us a new way of thinking.

30. She concentrated hard on looking for data that would supply evidence in support of her hypothesis.

1. She applied herself very energetically on looking for …
2. She applied very energetically to look for …
3. She applied herself very energetically to looking for …

31. Notwithstanding their language difficulties, foreign students integrate quickly into Britain’s universities.

1. Despite their language difficulties, foreign students …
2. In spite their language difficulties, foreign students …
3. Regardless their language difficulties, foreign students …

32. You can’t become a good engineer nowadays without a thorough knowledge of applied mathematics and computer technologies.

1. You can’t become a good engineer without not having a thorough knowledge of applied mathematics and computer technologies.
2. You can’t become a good engineer if not knowing thoroughly applied mathematics and computer technologies.
3. You can’t become a good engineer without having a thorough knowledge of applied mathematics and computer technologies.

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

CELESTIAL BODIES

(33) The shooting star that flying across the sky
(34) is a tiny particle or a piece of matter from outer space.
(35) Its entering the earth's atmosphere, the particle is caused
(36) to glow white due to its friction with air and turns into gas.
(37) Comets are being known to have a very bright head and a long tail.
(38) Meteors seem to be the fragments of comets having crashed into one another.
(39) Fireballs are extra bright meteors that happen to appear once in a while.
(40) Some meteors having surviving the fall through the atmosphere are referred to as meteorites.