Ingliz tili attestatsiya №12

1. Read the text. Then choose the correct answer for each question below. Snow is composed of ice crystals. These crystals fall from clouds in cold weather when the air is too cold to melt the ice crystals into rain. In most of the world outside the very hot tropics, most rain starts to fall as snow but melts to rain on the way down. The heaviest snowfalls occur when the air temperature is close to the freezing point at 32°F. For this reason, more snow falls on the northern United States than at the North Pole because it is too cold at the North Pole for snow to fall. Snow can be as much as 90 percent air. For this reason, snow helps to keep the ground warm and protect some plants from extreme cold. Because so much of the snow is composed of air, it takes about ten inches of snow to equal the amount of water in one inch of rain. All snowflakes are six-sided crystals, with some occasional needles or columns. One farmer and amateur scientist photographed thousands of snowflakes through a microscope. He was trying to find two identical flakes. Neither he nor anyone else ever has. Snow often melts slowly because the white color reflects sunlight away. The most snow in a single storm in the United States was 189 inches. It occurred at Mount Shasta, California, in February 1959. Antarctica is buried in an average of two-and-a half miles of snow. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

2. Choose the correct answer. I don’t believe that the chemical factories can be perfectly safe.

3. Read the text and answer the questions below. Where does the word volcano come from? It comes from the Roman god of fire. His name was Vulcan. A volcano is a mountain that blows its top! Hot lava pushes through the mountain. Then, it flows down the side. Some volcanoes are millions of years old. Some sleep. Others are active. It is hard to tell when a volcano will blow. Many volcanoes have snow. If they blow their tops, hot lava melts the snow. It burns up trees and plants, too, just like a fire. In this story, the word hard means . . .

4. Choose the correct answer. My cousin John carne from Germany the other day. He ... to see us next Friday.

5. Choose the best answer. If Jack hadn’t missed the bus, he … late for work yesterday.

6. The Statue of Liberty, arguably one of New York City's most iconic symbols, is a popular tourist attraction for first-time visitors to the city. This 150-foot monument was gifted to the United States from France in order to celebrate 100 years of America's independence. The statue is located on Liberty Island, and it is accessible by taking a ferry from either Battery Park in New York City or Liberty State Park in Jersey City. When Claire visited the Statue of Liberty for the first time, she instantly admired it as a symbol of freedom. Claire made sure to make reservations before her visit because only 240 people are permitted to climb the staircase to the top of the statue every day. After climbing almost 400 stairs, Claire received spectacular views of the city from the statue's crown. During her visit, Claire learned that the Statue of Liberty was not always the color that it is now. She found out that because the statue's exterior is made of copper, the statue oxidized over time, giving it the greenish appearance it has in present day. When it was first constructed, the statue was the same color as a shiny penny! After touring the Statue of Liberty, Claire spent the rest of the day in New York City visiting other important monuments and historic landmarks. Claire left New York hoping to have had the time to explore more sites, but she can't wait to return to the city in the future. Who gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

7. Read the text and answer the questions according to it. Spices were known to Eastern peoples thousands of years ago.Arab traders skilfully kept a secret the true source of these spices. Spices became valuable items of sale early in the evolution of the spice trade and were introduced by Arab traders to the West. The initial uses of spices in very early times were in medicine and in the making of holy oils. People believed in the cure of spices, in a powder form, in the Middle Ages and even brought them into early medicine. It is not known when spices were first used in food. Certainly, the ancient Greeks and Romans used spices to flavour food and drinks because they discovered that spices helped to preserve foods, hid the flavour of spoiled meat in part, and also brought a change of flavour. Knowledge of the use of spices to preserve and flavour food slowly spread through Europe. Finally, in the last third of the 15th century, the Europeans decided to build ships and dared to go abroad in search of a route to the spice-producing countries. According to the passage, spices were first used . . . .

8. Choose the right answer. Yesterday John’s car broke down and he took it to the service centre. He … there.

9. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. After I ... that I had lost my way, I went back home.

10. Choose the best answer. There was hardly … wind, just as a slight breeze.

11. Choose the correct answer. We are going to live in the countryside until … .

12. Choose the best answer. If you don’t leave my house, I’ll have you … .

13. Choose the correct answer. If the students . . . diaries, they wouldn’t forget their homework so often.

14. Choose the correct answer. Aren’t you going to introduce me . . . your friend?

15. Choose the correct answer. What ... big dogs! They are so scary, aren’t they?

16. Choose the correct answer. Tom and Jerry . . .directed by Fred Quimby

17. Choose the correct answer. You . . . smoke in here. It's forbidden. Look at that sign.

18. We can look at living things, and we can put them into groups.
One group is called mammals. Mammals all have fur or hair. Their fur or hair can keep them warm. It covers some or all parts of their bodies.
Most of their babies are born alive. They are like little copies of their parents. They look just like them. Some other mammals live on land. People are mammals. They have a lot of hair on the top of their heads. Dogs and cats are mammals. They have fur all over their bodies. Rabbits and zebras are mammals, too. They also have fur all over their bodies.
Other mammals live in the water. Whales and dolphins live in the ocean. They do not have long fur or hair. Their skin is smooth, but they are still mammals.
Some of them live in and out of the water. Sea lions do this. They have very short fur. They sit in the sun during the day. They also swim in the water much of the day and at night.

Which sentence below is NOT TRUE?

19. Choose the correct answer. The newspaper as well as radio ... a powerful means of propaganda.

20. Choose the correct answer. My father was very strict. He always reminded me ... my homework.

21. Choose the correct answer. -What ... for? -I’ve lost my--purse.

22. Read the text and answer the questions according to it.
In old times, the first almanac was a chart showing the movements of the stars for a period of several years. Later almanacs were printed in a book form and included information which was especially useful to farmers. In the sixteenth century, almanacs began to be issued every year and included predictions of the weather.
At about the same time, almanacs included
calendars listing holidays. In the seventeenth century, almanacs included jokes. Benjamin Franklin continued this tradition with "Poor Richard’s Almanac", which was published in 1732-1758. In Germany, the almanacs of the eighteenth century included poems by authors. The almanacs printed in the United States from
1835-1856 were called "Davy Crockett" almanacs. They were different from other almanacs, as they had many long tales.

According to the passage, what were the almanacs NOT used for?

23. The flowers would grow much better if you . . .them regularly.

24. I am accustomed to care of myself.

25. - James Smith wasn’t at home at 10 o’clock yesterday.- ... .

26. If I lived in the country, I a lot of farm animals.

27. .....were you all night? I was really worried about you.

28. - Is the soup ?- No, it isn’t. It is cold.

29. It was a really long trip. You be tired now.

30. I was so relieved when I found my keys. I ... for them all morning.

31. “She a famous writer one day”. “Yes, I think you are right”.

32. Are you talking to ?

33. ". . . sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate but to be indifferent to them", said Ernest Hemingway.

34. Those are glasses.

35. - Is there any difference between English spoken in the United Kingdom and that of India? -Of course, there is: in vocabulary, pronunciation and meaning of some words.

36. He promised, “I will do it tomorrow.”

37. He insisted ... being paid the full sum.

38. A brief outline of the course and bibliography were handed ... to the students at the first meeting.

39. .....they need is a big fridge in their kitchen.

40. Where will the new hotel be . . . ?