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. According to the passage, most rain starts to fall as snow but melts to rain on the way down in most of the world except...

2. Choose the correct answer. Look it is raining cats and dogs outside that is why it is no good … for a walk.

3. Choose the best answer. I need to replace ... table in my office. Its leg is broken.

4. 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! In this story, the word cover means . . .

5. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. Alice is unhappy today. She can’t study … .

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

7. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. I have yet ... where to spend my holidays.

8. Read the text and answer the questions according to it. These days many people often eat convenient food. This means food which is already prepared, in packets or cans, or often frozen. This type of food is considered dangerous as it often contains a lot of fat or sugar. If people eat a lot of sugar, people might get holes in their teeth. Similarly, if people eat a lot of fat, this is bad for their hearts. The best food is fresh, natural food such as fruit and vegetables. Instead of frying food in fat, people should boil it or eat it raw, as in salads. Food which has been boiled often contains many vitamins. These vitamins are often destroyed in the process of cooking. According to the passage, what does the author suggest people eating?

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. The poor girl looked … … .

11. Choose the best answer. Our lecturer just touched on some points of the new theme quickly, so I couldn’t obtain … information about it.

12. Choose the correct answer. Tom wonders if he … to study my first term again in case he fails his final exams.

13. Choose the correct answer. The boss said, “It’s time we began planning our work.”

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

15. Choose the correct answer. Their car …… in front of their house just now

16. Read the passage below and answer the questions The first movies were made using black and white cameras. The film for the pictures were cut up and made into long strips. They were played on a movie projector in a theater. Today, people can see movies almost anywhere. They can see movies on computers. Others watch movies on iPods®. Some even watch movies on their cell phones. The world of movies is changing very fast. Some filmmakers want to use digital photography for making movies. Digital photography is cheaper, takes fewer people and less space. It is easy to use and can be done in a small area. However, they do not turn out as clear as the original way of filming.
A man named Robert Rodriguez says that digital form is the new way to make movies. He says it is the way to keep movie theaters alive. He does not want them to become extinct.
Robert writes movies and shoots them. He directs them and puts them together. He even does the special effects. Robert does them all in digital format. He does this in his own home in Texas. He can make most movies for half of the money it would usually cost.
Rodriquez wants to make movies that can only be seen in theaters. His idea is to make movies, for less money, only to be shown in theaters. He feels this will help preserve the original way to watch a movie.

Where can’t people watch movies today?

17. Choose the correct answer. Which statement fits the picture best?

18. Choose the correct answer. If you don't look . . . plants in the garden, they die very quickly.

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

20. Choose the correct answer. This is ... car of the three.

21. Choose the correct answer. Children under five years old ... swim without an adult.

22. Choose the correct answer. Jurabek tends ... late on Mondays, but our boss doesn’t seem to care about that very much.

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

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

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

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

27. - 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.

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

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

30. Those are glasses.

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

32. I am accustomed to care of myself.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. Are you talking to ?