1. Henry Ford first sought financial backing
for making cars, the very notion of farmers and
clerks owning
automobiles was
considered
ridiculous.
(A) How
(B) Even
VC)
When
(D) Despite
8. Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz,
of
College, had worked as both an educator and a
naturalist.
(A) the first president
(B) was the first president
(C) she was the first president
(D) which she was the first president
2. The first president of Cornell University, Andrew
White the concept of a university unaffiliated
with any religious sect or political party.
(A) develop
(B) developing
(C) develops
(D) developed
9.
ever developed was celluloid, a
combination of natural camphor and cellulose
nitrate.
(A) The first plastic and
(B) Being the first plastic
(C) The first plastic
(D) It was the first plastic
information to be easily
must be organized in an
3. In order for
communicated,
understandable way.
(A) there
(B) and
(C) it
(D) how
10. Often the design of a scholady investigation
by the question it is addressing.
(A) to affect
(B) affects
(C) affected
(D) will be affected
4. Because of record snowfalls in the mountains
surrounding Utah's Great Salt Lake, there is more
water in the lake and its salt content is
it
once was.
(A) least as
(B) much less than
(C) the least what
(D) less
11. Though once quite large, population of
the bald eagle across North America has drastically
declined in the past forty years.
(A) it is the
(B) there is the
(C) as the
(D) the
12. Plywood was originally manufactured from logs
for other purposes.
(A) were not suitable
(B) that were not suitable
(C) which they were not suitable
(D) and suitable were not
5. Home movies began to become popular as a
hobby in the United States during the 1920's,
of low-cost film.
(A) the invention followed
(B) the invention to follow
(C) following the invention
(D) invention the following
13. Aerobic exercises create a
oxygen in
the body without seriously disrupting normal body
functions.
(A) demand
(B) demanding
(C) demanding of
(D) demand for
6. Mary Edmonia Lewis, a sculptor who studied at
Oberlin College, was by Hrriet ffosmer.
(A) tutored in the neoclassical aesthetic
(B) the neoclassical aesthetic tutored in
(C) aesthetic in the neoclassical tutored
(D) the aesthetic neoclassical tutored in
in tragedy as
14. A protagonist of a play is
the suffering main character.
(A) what known
(B) known as
(C) what it is known
(D) what is known
as a
7. Even though rhubarb is a vegetable,
dessert.
(A) popular also
(B) it is popular
(C) but it is popular
(D) which is popular
15. The beaver chews down trees to get food and
material its home.
(A) builds
(B) it can builds
(C) that it builds
(D) with which to build
1. Accustomed - привычный, обычный A) flexible – уступчивый, неконфликтный B) limp – слабый, безвольный C) stiff – непреклонный, жесткий D) used to – иметь привычку, привыкнуть чт.либо делать
2. Stare – пристальный взгляд, вытаращиться A) peep – взгляд украдкой, рассматривать с любопытством B) pry – подглядывать, любопытствовать C) gaze – пристально глядеть, вглядываться D) pause – медлить, выдержать паузу
3. Overdue – просроченный, запоздавший A) impending – надвигающийся, неминуемый B) punctual – пунктуальный, своевременный C) prompt – быстрый, скорый D) delayed – несвоевременный, с задержкой
4. Keen – интенсивный, энергичный A) slow – медленный, неспешный B) enthusiastic – увлеченный, полный энергии C) reluctant – неохотный, вынужденный D) apathetic – равнодушный, безразличный
5. Duty – долг, служебные обязанности A) obligation – взятое обязательство, повинность B) shade – оттенок, незначительное отличие C) period – эпоха, пора D) native – местный, уроженец
6. Shorten – укорачивать, сокращать A) shrink – уплотнять, сморщиваться B) thrust – распирать, оказывать давление, втыкать C) fling – забрасывать, закидывать D) shove – толкать, проталкивать
7. Firm – твердый, прочный A) soft – мягкий, слабый B) solid – крепкий, основательный C) uneven – неравномерный, неодинаковый D) loose – свободный, неплотный
8. Rubbish – мусор, чепуха A) scrap – отход, уничтожать B) crump – хруст, наносить сильный удар C) stone – облицовывать камнем, мостить D) litter – сор, разбрасывать в беспорядке
9. Peril – риск, угроза A) danger - опасность B) secure – надежный, защищенный C) hole – выбоина, отверстие D) safe – благополучный, невредимый
10. Flush – приток, румянец A) bruise - синяк B) blush – краска смущения или стыда C) rush – внезапное высыпание, вызывать чувства/кайф D) brush – ссадина, царапина
Lake Lama is a large freshwater lake in the Krasnoyarsk territory, in the South of the Taimyr peninsula, of tectonic origin.
The length of the lake is 80 kilometers, the maximum width is 14, the area is 318 sq. km. the Lake is very deep (over 300 meters, in some places, perhaps up to 600 meters), clean water and its low temperature. On the shores of the lake there are mountains with a height of 400-600 meters or more.
The name of the lake comes from the tungus-manchu word "laamu" - sea, ocean or evenk "lamu" - sea, big water