Practice Test 1

Е A future invention F Helping communication G Unsafe medicine H A risky meal  

1. Установите соответствие между заголовками А– Н и текстами 1–7. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу В2. Используйте каждую букву только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.

АA very important invention

В Communicating without words

С A festive meal

D Healing the sick

1. Pufferfish contain a powerful poison called 'tetrodoxin' in their organs and skin that can kill a person within hours. But to the Japanese, pufferfish (known as 'Fugu') is a delicacy – an expensive dish that people enjoy eating on special occasions. Tokyo has between 700 and 800 restaurants that serve pufferfish. Chefs have to pass a very difficult exam before they are allowed to prepare this hazardous dish. 2. For over 3,000 years, the Chinese have used a special range of medical therapies to treat people who are ill. These therapies include herbal medicine, acupuncture and massage, and they are still a very important part of the public health care system in China. Today, some Western doctors also use Chinese medi­cine. They use it to treat illnesses that Western medicine cannot cure. 3. Earplugs are a wonderful way to keep out noise. The trouble is, they keep out the sounds you want to hear, too! But don't worry because in a few years time, you will be able to buy earplugs that let you hear the sounds you want to hear and block out the ones you don't! The scien­tists who are developing these earplugs hope they will be in shops by 2013. 4. In the US, Thanksgiving Day is an annual one-day holiday on the fourth Thursday of November. On this day, family and friends all get together

to eat a large meal and to give thanks for what they have. Certain kinds of food are tradi­tionally served for Thanksgiving dinner -most famously, roast turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. 5. The telephone has changed our lives more than most people realise. The telephone made instant communication possible and led to other amazing inven­tions such as the television and the com­puter. Without the telephone, there would be no Internet, no radio and no mobile phones. Today, a world without the telephone is unimaginable. 6. The Esperanto language was created in the late 18th century by Dr Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof. It took him about 10 years to develop. Dr Zamenhof created Esperanto because he wanted to encou­rage peace and understanding between people of different countries. He thought that inventing a simple language that everyone in the world could learn to speak very easily would help achieve this. 7. By watching other people's body lan­guage, facial expressions and tone of voice, you can learn a lot. For example, if your friend tells you he is not angry with you, but his hands are clenched, his eyes are narrow and his voice is shaking, you can be sure that he is. So, non-verbal signals can show others what we are really thinking and feeling!

2. Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски 1– 6 частями предложений, обозначенными буквами A – G. Одна из частей в списке A – G лишняя. Занесите букву, обозначающую соответствующую часть предложения, в таблицу ВЗ.

Russia is a huge country covering a large part of Eastern Europe and the whole of northern Asia.

Russia's climate is continental 1)...... Much of the country has only two seasons: summer and winter.

There are two main reasons for the cold of the Russian winter. Firstly, the large area of land means that no warm ocean waters are able to affect the land mass. The second reason is the high latitude of much of the country. Its northern coastline borders the Arctic Ocean, 2)......

The harshness of the Russian winter causes particular problems for transport. The rivers remain frozen for long periods in winter.

3)......As road transport can also be difficult, railways and air transport are very important. As a general rule, the severity and length of winter increase the further eastwards you go in Russia. The only harbours that remain ice-free throughout the year are those on the Black Sea coast and around Murmansk and Archangelsk.

4)......The sea route along from the Atlantic to the Pacific is kept open for short periods in the summer with the help of ice-breakers.

The cold is so extreme in northern and eastern Siberia that a phenomenon called permafrost exists. This is where the soil below the topsoil remains frozen all year 5)......This raises problems for building construction and pipelines.

Almost everywhere in the country, rainfall levels are low. In fact, in some major grain pro­ducing areas there can be droughts, 6)...... The spring and early summer months are the wettest in much of the country.

A although the topsoil may thaw out during the summer

В which remains frozen for much of the year

С so except in the extreme south, inland water transport is not possible

D which drastically affects crop production some years

E which means that it experiences anything from Arctic to hot desert conditions

F where the waters of the Gulf Stream and Atlantic Ocean raise sea temperatures

G where tea and rice are grown

3. Прочитайте рассказ и выполните задания А15–А21. В каждом задании обведите цифру 1,2,3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному вами варианту ответа.

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