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! Which of the following is an example of statistics?

2. Choose the correct answer. My goodness! … awful weather we are having!

3. Choose the correct answer. At last I . . . the key that was lost yesterday.

4. Choose the correct answer. I ... a couple of days ago.

5. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. Dona has got to call the fire brigade, ...?

6. 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:

7. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. … his coffee, he made his way to the door because he had planned to go the library.

8. Choose the right answer. Let me know if you hear from her, …?

9. Choose the best answer. The clock … and we realized it was two o’clock.

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

11. Choose the best answer. To me, we had a fantastic time yesterday, … ?

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

13. Choose the correct answer. When the fire began at 4:00 AM, most people in the house . . . in their beds.

14. Read the text and answer the questions according to it.
Learning something new can be a scary experience. One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do was
learning how to swim. I was always afraid of the water, but I decided that swimming was an important skill that I should learn. I also thought it would be good exercise and help me to become physically stronger. What I didn’t realize was that learning to swim would also make me a more confident person. New situations always make me a bit nervous, and my first swimming lesson was no exception. After I changed into my bathing suit in the locker room, I stood timidly by the side of the pool waiting for the teacher and other students to show up. After a couple of minutes the teacher came over. She smiled and introduced herself, and two more students joined us. Although they were both older than me, they didn’t seem to be embarrassed about not knowing how to swim. I began to feel more at ease.

Which word best describes how author felt when he was waiting for his teacher?

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

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.

What makes Robert unusual?

17. In 2006, the Winter Olympics were held in Italy. People from all over the world came to try to win the games. They came in cars. They came on trains. Some came in buses.
Others came in planes. Some of them came to ski. Others came to skate. Some came to play hockey. Others came to snowboard. They came hoping to win gold medals. They wanted to take them back to their homes. They were hoping to show their parents and friends how good they were. Each of them came hoping that they would be the best.
Most of the people worked for four years to go to the Olympics. Each of them trained to be the best they could be. Some got medals. Others did not. They worked hard, and they raced hard. They also played hard. The best of the best got to take home the gold.

Why did people want to go to the Olympics?

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

19. Choose the correct answer. "Whose wedding was it?" said Aziza. Aziza asked whose wedding ...

20. Choose the correct answer.- I'm going to stay in the same hotel as last year.-...?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. Those are glasses.

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

30. - 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.

31. Are you talking to ?

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

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

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

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

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

37. I am accustomed to care of myself.

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

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

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