Ingliz tili attestatsiya №12

1. Read the text. Then choose the correct answer for each question below? Suppose your teacher gave you an assignment to add all of the numbers from 1 to 100 without using a calculator. How long do you think it would take? You could do it in about 30 seconds. Here’s how: Add 1 plus 100, which equals 101. Add 2 plus 99, which equals 101. Add 3 plus 98, which also equals 101. You re adding 50 pairs of numbers, which all equal 101. Therefore, you can multiply 50 times 101. This equals 5,050. Multiplication, of course, is simply a fast method of addition when you use the same numbers. The mathematician who worked out this particular problem was named Carl Gauss. He lived from 1777 to 1855. As a college student, he discovered that a seventeen-sided figure could be drawn with just a compass and a ruler. This was thought to be impossible. During his lifetime, Gauss made many discoveries in the study of numbers and shapes. He studied the use of statistics. This is the science of collecting, using, and studying information from real events in life. Gauss also studied stars and planets. He became famous for discovering the orbit around the sun of the asteroid Ceres. See if you can add all the numbers from 1 to 100 in less than 30 seconds! Maybe you, too, will become a scientist or math expert! . From the context of the passage, what can you infer about Ceres?

2. Choose the correct answer. It was my fault. We … at seven, but I wasn’t able to come in time.

3. Read the text and answer the questions below. What do you call a long, blue river of ice? A glacier! Most fresh water on Earth is in glaciers. Some glaciers never melt. You can find glaciers in the mountains. Others cover big areas of continents. They are home to snow fleas and ice worms. The top part of a glacier is snow. The middle part is mixed snow and ice. The bottom part is ice. You can take a class to learn how to walk on a glacier. You need special boots. You also need a rope and an ice axe. Then, you can walk on a river of ice! What do you need to walk on a glacier?

4. Choose the correct answer. Take this photo, . .. you can remember me.

5. Choose the best answer. One Problem is that we don’t have … officers on the streets to protect people.

6. Choose the best answer. Our conversation came to an abrupt end when George … the room.

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, initially, spices were . . . .

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. They don’t have much free time. Neither….

10. Choose the best answer. Let’s … some sandwiches.

11. Choose the correct answer. Romeo fell in love with Juliette … first sight.

12. Choose the best answer. Because of the flu, Lauran was absent … her lessons for a couple of days.

13. Choose the correct answer. The people in Italy were very friendly . . . we went.

14. Choose the correct answer. If they invited me to their party, I . . . absolutely delighted.

15. Choose the correct answer. The President was reported ... a heart attack last week.

16. - Our goods are not beautiful. - Do you think . . . are better?

17. From the marked areas 1, 2, 3 and 4, identify the one that is wrong. It was such (1) dark when the lights went out (2) so my husband lit (3) a nearby candle (4) .

18. Choose the correct answer. Kelly knows . . . about computers. She is a computer programmer.

19. Choose the correct answer. Because I... all my exams by then, I'll have much more time next week.

20. Read the text and answer the questions according to it.

Every day, a fisherman sat on a bridge. He threw the seeds into the water. He had a simple way to catch fish. He cut a branch off a tree and tied a plain string to it. He put a sharp hook on it. Then he whispered, "Come here fish." Like magic, the fish bit the hook. He took the fish home to make a big pot of fish soup from them. One day, another man walked up to him. He said, "My name is George. I am staying at the hotel. I bet that I am a better fisherman than you. I will accompany you today. I want to prove my skill." The fisherman cast his string. George had a lot of electronic tools. One machine showed him the locations of fish. The other machine could weigh the fish. At the end of the day, George subtracted his fish from the fisherman’s. The fisherman had beaten him by forty-seven. George was shocked. The fisherman told George, "I am patient and I believe in myself. Take a breath, and try it in my way."

According to the passage, what is the story mainly about?

21. 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 was the difference between "Davy Crockett" almanacs and others?

22. Choose the correct answer. Think ... about whether you want to quit this job.

23. - 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

35. Those are glasses.

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

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

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

39. I am accustomed to care of myself.

40. Are you talking to ?