Ingliz tili attestatsiya №12

1. Choose the correct answer. Who … this phone number? - Sorry, I can’t tell.

2. From the marked areas 1, 2, 3 and 4, identify the one that is wrong. The Nobel Prize winner, accompanied by,(1) her husband and children, are(2) staying in Sweden until(3) after(4) the presentation.

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

4. Choose the best answer. Still having a sore throat and a terrible cough, Lorna was barely… to get out of bed, but she managed to make it to work.

5. It is important for scientists to sort animals into groups. It just as important to sort plants. Scientists sort them by how they make another plant like themselves. This is called eproduction. Scientists have decided to sort plants into three groups. The first group of plants reproduces with spores. Spores are parts of the plant that break away and travel in the wind. Each one grows into a new plant if it lands on soil that is wet and rich. Ferns and mosses are plants that make a copy of themselves with spores. Other plants reproduce with seeds. They are the second group. Seeds fall from the trees. They become part of the soil and grow into new plants. Evergreens, pine trees, and fir trees are plants that reproduce with seeds. The third group is the plant that reproduces by flowering. Before seeds can form, the pollen inside the flower needs to move from one part of the flower to another. The seeds form inside the flower. Birds and insects help this by moving the pollen when they land on the flower. Some of the flowering plants grow into fruits to eat. The seeds are hidden inside the fruit. Apples, oranges, cherries, daisies, and roses are plants that have flowers. Scientists have broken plants into three different groups:

6. Choose the best answer. Keep … the edge of the pool. You might fall in.

7. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. Raining non-stop could have caused . . . .

8. Choose the right word. Reading this book is waste … time. It isn’t worth reading.

9. In this story, the words on command mean ... .

10. Read the text and answer the questions below. The polar bear makes its home in the cold and icy Arctic. Other animals might freeze or starve. But the polar bear knows how to live in the snow.
Polar bears have thick blubber, or fat, that protects them from the cold. They also have a thick fur coat. The polar bear’s coat is white. This allows it to blend into the snow. That way, the polar bear can sneak up on its prey. Polar bears swim well.
They eat seals, walruses, small whales, and rodents. In the summer, they may eat berries.
Polar bears will also eat people. They may look cute and furry, but be careful of this big bear! Which sentence is true?

11. Choose the correct answer. Lucy felt homesick but soon she got fully used … abroad.

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

13. Choose the correct answer. Mike’s car costs . . . mine.

14. Choose the correct answer. Those are . . . glasses.

15. Choose the correct answer. I ... the garden but I can’t find the spade.

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

17. Choose the correct answer. Do you want to go . . . in the evening? Oh, no. I prefer to stay at home.

18. Choose the correct answer. There are . . . elephants than there used to be.

19. Choose the correct answer. Ralph decided to give ... a birthday present when everybody else forgot his birthday.

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

21. Choose the correct answer. … he's 60, he still enjoys playing football.

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

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

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

25. Are you talking to ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

34. Those are glasses.

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

36. I am accustomed to care of myself.

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

38. - 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.

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

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