Ответы: Ответы к тесту 12

Тест XII

I. Образуйте правильную неличную форму глагола.

ENGLISH AS THE LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The English language is a big business: there are a lot of people around the world 1) (learn) it as a foreign language and more and more people are making living from 2) (provide) English in various forms, 3) (include) teachers, writers and publishers. In Britain, the English language seems 4) (be) one of the country’s most important sources of income.
English is unique in the history of the world’s languages: it is 5) (amaze) that every seventh person in the world can speak English, which makes it undoubtedly, the first world language in history. Before English, Latin, French and Greek were also to some extent international languages, but none of them have ever managed 6) (reach) either the number of users 7) (speak) it or the incredible scope of the situations where English is used today. With 75% of the world’s correspondence and 60% telephone conversations 8) (carry out) in English, it is surely the world’s language.
Besides 9) (be) the language of business and commerce, it has also become the language of science, with two thirds of scientists 10) (write) their research papers in English. It is accepted as the 11) (work) language of most international congresses and symposia.
Advances in technology and telecommunications have also contributed to 12) (establish) English as a global language. Many inventions important to modern life, 13) (include) electricity, the radio, the car, the telephone were developed in English-speaking countries. English has become the language of international communication in air traffic control and 14) (ship). Now, with the major computer systems and software developers 15) (base) in the USA, English is lingua franca (common language) of the Internet.

II. Выберите правильный ответ.

16. The ability of a solid to resist ____ in shape is termed rigidity.
(A) altering (C) being altered
(B) to alter (D) to be altered

17. One cannot keep dividing the matter _____ the stage when further subdivision is impossible.
(A) to reach (C) without reaching
(B) while having reached (D) in reaching

18. Combustion may be incomplete owing to insufficient oxygen ____ .
(A) being present (C) to be present
(B) to present (D) presenting

19. The scientist so appreciated _______ to receive the highest honours of his profession that he made a wonderful speech in reply.
(A) to choose (C) having been chosen
(B) choosing (D) to have been chosen

20. He began his speech _____ his plans for the coming year.
(A) from outline (C) from outlining
(B) with outlining (D) as outlining

21. Believed _______ from Polynesia in canoes in early time, the Maori established an agricultural society in New Zealand.
(A) to migrate (C) as migrating
(B) to have migrated (D) having migrated

22. During solar eclipses, people are advised to view the sun directly only while _____ through a very small hole in a piece of cardboard.
(A) they were looking (C) looking
(B) looked (D) having looked

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

23. Coming as it did so early in the history of kinetic theory, Meyer’s experimental results
A
having published in 1835, was of great importance in helping to establish the validity of the
B C
new interpretation.

24. Lord Chadvick claimed having discovered the neutron, a particle having a mass nearly
A B
the same as that of a proton but carrying no charge.
C
25. Hackers are experts gaining unauthorized access to computer data through network
A B
so that to steal information, for financial gain, or for fun.
C
26. Academics working at Stanford and Berkly suggested that the instructions should be
A
broken down, thus saving time; this approach is referred to as RISC (reducing instruction
B C
set computing).

27. The preference of science is to find a question that nobody knew needed
being answering and then move on, leaving technologists to turn the answer into a
A B C
machine, a drug or a computer program.

28. Research has shown that limit calorie intake has an effect on reducing the incidence
A B
of almost all diseases associated with aging.
C
29. Despite heavy investment it is becoming increasingly obvious that computer-aided
A
translation is not the most efficient solution. For reasons associating with context and
B
ambiguity, it is simply impossible to do away with the human touch.
C

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

30. It appears that children adopted abroad are more likely than American kids to carry
tuberculosis.

A. Children adopted abroad seem to carry tuberculosis.
B. Children adopted abroad seemingly carry tuberculosis.
C. Children adopted abroad are seemed to carry tuberculosis.

31. They measured the time it took the beam to return and thus calculated how far down the ocean floor was.

A. The time it took the beam to return was measured and calculated how far …
B. By measuring the time it took the beam to return they calculated how far …
C. On measuring the time it took the beam to return they calculated how far …

32. According to the latest findings, women are able to focus their attention on more than one thing at a time.

A. Women are said to be able of focusing their attention on more than one thing at a time.
B. Women are said of being able to focus their attention on more than one thing at a time.
C. Women are said to be able to focus their attention on more than one thing at a time.

33. The most important condition for this electrical appliance to meet is to be easily transportable.

A. … that it should be easily to transport.
B. … that it should be easy for transporting.
C. … that it should be easy to transport.

34. People don’t know of an earthquake with such a magnitude to have occurred here for the past 70 years.

A. No earthquake with such a magnitude has been known occurring … .
B. No earthquake with such a magnitude is known as occurring … .
C. No earthquake with such a magnitude is known to have occurred … .

V. Закончите каждое предложение из колонки А соответствующим словом из колонки В, выбирая при этом подходящую по смыслу грамматическую форму.

А В
35.The task is very complicated but interesting. It is … a) fascinating/ed
36. I can’t find the answer and have no clue to this problem. It is… b) irritating/ed
37. I’ve lost the point and can’t follow the explanation. I am … c) amusing/ed
38.This animal looked very unpleasant. It is … d) puzzling/ed
39. I was carried away by this book. I am … e) disgusting/ed
40. His habit of speaking so loudly gets on my nerves. It is f) confusing/ed
g) challenging/ed