TEST 1. Please, sit down and feel yourself___. While I make some tea.
A) at home B) at school C) in a park D) in an office
2. Jane. Where are you? Hi, Mark. I'm at the station. I for the train.
A) wait B) am waiting C) have waited D) waited
3. The horse jumped over the fence and away.
A) ran B) was running C) had run D) had been running
4. When I go to the (A) supermarket, I will (B)buy some (C) much (D) bread. Which word is must be change to make sentence correct.
5. My junior brother was born October 31, 2000 ___present he is 10.
A) in, At b) on, from C) on, at D) at, at
6.We have two daughters. They go to the same school. Our school specializes in teaching English. A) girls' B) girls's C) girl's D) girl
7.When Alice began to read her Mother's letter she didn't understand at first.
A) nothing B) anything C) something D) somewhat
8. When Marat served in the army he wore a.
A) unicorn
B) unity C) uniform
D) unison
9. Summer is hot. Winter is cold. Night is dark. Day is
A) gloomy B) rainy C) bright D) long.
10. When Alex and Nick were little boys they always helped B) each another C) each ones D) each other
A) one other
11. Possibly it will rain tomorrow. Which of the following variants doesn't mean the same as
the sentences above.
A) it may rain tomorrow B) it might rain tomorrow C) it should rain tomorrow D) Maybe it will
rain tomorrow.
12) I heard that there will be a recycling center in the city Yes, itright now.
A) is building B) builds
C) is built
D) is being built
13. How are you getting to the theatre tonight. Nurlan or Dima will give us a lift.
A) Both
B) All C) Neither
D) Either
1. Why is IT progress different from other advances?
Thanks to modern software and robots, new information technologies can significantly speed up many processes and transfer information faster.
2. What are the characteristics of the information society?
The new information society has its own characteristics. First, more and more employees are working in the service and information sector. Secondly, there are more and more huge databases for collecting and storing information.
3. What is the role of information in this society?
information and IT are becoming commodities and are beginning to play an important role in the country's economy.
5. What are the possible dangers of widespread access to information?
"Intellectual terrorism", when computer viruses block important programs.
6. What green energy sources are you aware of?
sun, gravity, wind or rain.
7. How can scientific innovation affect our daily life?
The impact can range from psychological and health problems in children who spend too much time online to the ability to prevent genetic diseases for future generations.
8.What are the key challenges facing humanity today?
But the most difficult problems facing humanity are global problems.
9. How can these problems be solved?
The only way to solve them is to work globally and in cooperation with other countries. And here humanity must find a way to use new technologies for the common good. Solving these problems cannot be postponed, because otherwise people will be less likely to survive on this planet.
10. What environmental issues are mentioned in the text?
First of all, this is an environmental problem: pollution of air, water and soil, depletion of natural resources. Renewable natural resources such as oxygen, forests, flora and fauna do not have time to recover.
11. What are the benefits of scientific and technological progress?
These processes affect social structures and values.
12. What are the disadvantages of scientific and technological progress?
computer viruses block important programs.
13. Найдите в тексте синонимы к словам «новый», «быстрый», «важный» и «отправить». Вы можете придумать другие синонимы этих слов?
Новый-свежий New -fresh
Быстрый-беглец Quick-fugitive
Важный-главный Important-main
Отправить-послать Send message- send
1. К сожалению, не многие люди берут на себя труд открыть свои собственные интересы и таланты.
2. Подростки доставляют много хлопот своим родителям.
3. Беда в том, что некоторые люди склонны недооценивать важность правильного выбора профессии.
4. Она не выносила вида крови.
5. Это само собой разумеется.
6. Нерешительные люди отказываются решать проблему карьеры.
7. Окна гостиной выходят на красивую лужайку.
8. Переговоры между двумя сторонами были прерваны.
9. В 1945 году союзные войска прорвали немецкую оборону.
10. Между индусами и мусульманами вспыхнула борьба.
11. Бангладеш отделился от Западного Пакистана в 1971 году
Упражнение 4. Дополните предложения, используя слова из текста.
1. Когда вы закончите школу, у вас должно быть ... то, что вы хотите сделать в жизни.
2. Ему предлагали сотни разных вариантов ... .
3. Наслаждаться работой - значит выбирать ... во-первых.
4. Надо ... самому, если хочешь ... о твоем особом таланте.
5. Ей потребовался целый месяц, чтобы обдумать это предложение ... .
6. Часто дети ... о своих родителях или родственниках, выбирающих карьеру.
7. Не надо ... брать этот курс в качестве основного.
8. Он был совершенно измотан ... о работе.
Объяснение: