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. From the marked areas 1, 2, 3 and 4, identify the one that is wrong. You(1) look at that(2) do(3)! It is eating a bone(4)

3. Read the text and answer the questions below. Rainforests give us air. They give us plants and animals and medicine. A rainforest has many trees. It gets a lot of rain. Many kinds of animals and plants live here. Wild pigs live in rainforests. So do snakes. It is also home to bugs and birds. Trees here can grow to be 150 feet tall. Plants have big, bright flowers. Some rainforests are home to tall bamboo. People make pills out of tree bark and plants in the rainforest. These pills help many people. We must save our rainforests. What animals live in rainforests?

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! Glaciers are made up of . . .

5. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. Barbara said the beach was twenty miles away, but I thought it was . . . than that.

6. Choose the correct answer. She … to America for two years, but now she's back.

7. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. I have got nothing else to offer … my advice.

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

9. Why would a crow need to make a tool?

10. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. I am really sure that you … a better job.

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

12. Choose the correct answer. He has been very lonely since ….

13. Choose the correct answer. −Is your brother . . . ? −No, he isn’t. He is fat.

14. Read the text and answer the questions according to it.
With wings that can stretch to almost three metres long, the California condor is the largest flying
bird found in America. The huge condor is mostly black with big white wing patterns. It has no feathers on its head. It is a scavenger, which means it eats dead animals. Unlike its close relative, the vulture, which is rare, the California condor finds food by sight rather than by smell. The California condor is also an endangered bird. This means it is rare and needs help to survive. These birds became rare because the dead animals they feed on often contain lead, a kind of metal, which is dangerous for the birds. Today, there are only about 230 California condors left in the wild. Scientists are working hard to make sure these birds survive.

According to the passage, why did the California condor become rare?

15. Choose the correct answer. The work done by … is very important.

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

17. Choose the correct answer. The reason . . . he gets into trouble so often is that he has a bad temper.

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

19. 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 did the fisherman do with the fish after he had caught them?

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

There are many different kinds of sports in the world. Some people do sports for their career and other people do sports for pleasure. Some sports, like cricket, require using a lot of equipment, while others need very little in order to play a game successfully. Some people use public playing fields to play sport for free, while other sports such as squash, tennis, badminton and table tennis are usually paid an hourly basis. The games are often controlled by individuals known as umpires in cricket and referees in sports like football and rugby. Most sports usually last not more than a few hours. However, a game of cricket can last five days before a winner is announced. Some people prefer to watch sport games on TV. Some sports, such as football and cricket, are really popular in the UK but not in the USA. People often play basketball and baseball in the USA. However, most countries compete in world sporting events such as the Football World Cup or the Olympics, which occur every four years.

According to the passage, what sport is popular in the United States?

21. Choose the correct answer. The reason … Nick came was that he wanted to see Rita.

22. Choose the correct answer. The exhibition wasn’t so ... as we hoped to see.

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

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

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

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

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

30. I am accustomed to care of myself.

31. Are you talking to ?

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

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

34. Those are glasses.

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

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

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

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

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

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