Ingliz tili attestatsiya №12

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

2. Choose the correct answer. If only David ... a bit more careful, he'd have been all right.

3. Choose the best answer. We ... with our friends if there ... a spare room.

4. Choose the correct answer. Often people . . . remember their childhood with pleasure choose to forget the bad times.

5. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. It would require permanent, steady and patient activity to cultivate a new attitude … people's minds towards work, life and society.

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

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

8. Choose the best answer. This translator is said a lot of novels from Persian to Uzbek.

9. Choose the best answer. The poor girl looked … … .

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

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

12. Read the text. Then choose the correct answer for each question below

Forests can be found all around the world. There are many different plants and animals that use the forest as their home. In the forest, small animals eat the fruits, nuts, mushrooms, and insects. They race around from tree to tree and jump from branch to branch. Larger animals eat smaller animals. Other animals eat seeds and shrubs. Even though most animals are scared of humans, they are never far away. An ant, bat, robin, snake, deer, or turkey may be hiding among the leaves.
They may be sitting in the trees. They might be running on the ground.
Many different types of trees live in the forest. Trees drop their leaves during the fall to save water on the floor of the forest.
The soil is made up of fallen leaves, dirt, and animals that have died. After the animals and plants die, their bodies break down. This makes the earth rich with nutrients.
Forests are fun places to visit. A person who wants to see and hear the real sounds of the forest must sit quietly and listen with his or her eyes and ears.

Which type of area is the article describing?

13. 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.

All of the following statements are TRUE, EXCEPT . . .

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.

According to the passage, when did the author begin to feel relaxed?

15. 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?

16. Choose the correct answer. Victor felt sleepy and tired. 'All I need is cup of coffee', he said to himself, 'with sugar'.

17. Choose the correct answer. She is suffering from the flu.- . . . .

18. 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) .

19. Choose the correct answer. The survival of some large mammals is being put at... risk by global warming and other disasters.

20. Choose the correct answer. Every old house like this has ... strange stories.

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. Children under five years old ... swim without an adult.

23. I am accustomed to care of myself.

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

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

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

27. Are you talking to ?

28. Those are glasses.

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

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

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

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

33. - 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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