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1. What do we find out when we look closely at the life stories of man> popular heroes?
2. Why is Robin Hood people's favourite hero?
3. When was «Major Oak», Robin's favourite hiding place, planted?
4. Why did Blackbeard encourage stones about his cruelty and wickedness?
III. Исправьте предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста.
1. According to the Dictionary of National Biography Robin Hood lived in the 14
th
century.
2. There are few stories which say that Blackbeard showed some kindness to his enemies.
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Nine months ago Victor and Sally Wilkings withdrew
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their two elder children from a small country school which,
Sally says, «had nice teachers and a friendly atmosphere.» It was not this particular school but a belief that all
schools have a damaging effect that prompted the withdrawal of Seth, aged nine, and Esther, aged six and a half.
Sally feels that schools rob children of the personal responsibility for use of their own time. She also thinks that
children are exposed
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to conflicting opinions and examples which confuse
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them. The influence of television also
worries her.
A typical education-at-home day begins with a few domestic chores. These done, Seth and Esther settle down at the
table in their cosy kitchen. The children usually choose what they do, select three or four subjects from a list which
includes story-writing, reading, maths games and puzzles, science, history and music. The children keep a daily
diary of their work and Sally corrects the balance if on occasions she feels something is being neglected. She also
encourages them to finish whatever they begin. After a couple of hours it's time for refreshments and a story. The
afternoons, when Victor is sometimes free to join them, are usually spent out of doors — gardening, or enjoying an
outing or nature walk. During the evenings and at week-ends the children often attend local clubs.
Victor admits that he was a bit uneasy about home education when Sally first talked about it. «I suppose I thought
that other people might think we were being irresponsible. In fact it's quite the opposite. I was also worried that it
would be too much for Sally to take on. What made the decision easier for me was going to a conference organised
by Education Otherwise and finding that even academics were disillusioned with the school system. After that we
decided to give it a year's trial.
Now that I see how happy the children are I wouldn't dream of sending them back to school.»
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withdraw—забирать
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to be exposed to—быть незащищенным от
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to confuse—запутывать
Test № 22
I. Определите, верны (True) или неверны (False) следующие утверждения.
1. Victor and Sally withdrew their children from school because it was a small country school.
2. Sally believes that watching television does the children a lot of good.
3. When Sally finds that something is neglected she makes the children keep a diary.
4. Sally was the first to think about educating their children at home.
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. Why, according to Sally, is it not good for children to hear conflicting opinions?
2. What does a typical education-at-home day begin with?
3. Who recommends the children which subjects from the list they should select?
4. Why was Victor uneasy about home education at first?
III. Исправьте предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста.
1. At week-ends the children often attend the local cinema.
2. Going to a conference made Victor feel uneasy about home education.
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Bert Rogers has two sons. His younger son, Howard, is an artist; he is married and has two small daughters.
BERT: «I missed out on quite a big part of Howard's childhood. When he was little I was working very long hours. I
had to be content with seeing my children at week-ends.»
«From an early age he was always working with paints and pencils. He had a natural talent for it — all I needed to
do was guide and encourage him. We used to draw together because I, too, had always enjoyed painting and
drawing.
«By the time he was 13, Howard had made up his mind that he wanted to be an artist. I would have preferred him to
have followed a more academic career, but he left school at 16 and went to art college; I was disappointed, but I had
no choice but to support him and try to take pride in his achievements.
«Even now, we still argue. Howard is impulsive and volatile
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; temperamentally, he's far more like his mother than
he is like me. He has quite strong left-wing views and we often clash. When we're arguing he gets quite emotional,
but I respect him for his views, even though I think he's often wrong.
«As an artist and a man who's expressing himself, he's on top of things. In a way, I envy him because he was able to
do what he wanted to do. I'd hoped to train as an engraver
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, but my father wouldn't support my apprenticeship
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. I
suppose because my own talent was wasted I made a point of encouraging Howard's, and I think it has been well
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worthwhile.»
HOWARD: «My childhood memories of my father are pretty vague. He wasn't a powerful presence because he
wasn't at home much. It's only now that I'm a father myself that I can understand what sort of person he is. He's kind
and very understanding. I can talk to him more openly than Г ve ever done.
«Since my children were born, I've seen much more of Dad than I used to. I love to see the pleasure he gets from
them. The children have bridged some of the gap between us.
«Despite all the difficulties we've had in the past, I do love my father very much, and I think it's only quite recently
that I've realised this.»
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I. Определите, верны (True) или неверны (False) следующие утверждения.
1. Bert used to draw together with his son to teach him to use paints and pencils.
2. Howard takes after his mother in character.
3. Bert failed to become an engraver because he was less talented than his son.
4. Father and son have been seeing less of each other since the birth of Howard's children.
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. Why was Bert disappointed when Howard went to art college?
2. Why does Bert envy his son in a way?
3. At what time in his life did Howard understand what sort of person his father is?
4. What features of character does Howard value in his father?
III. Исправьте предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста.
1. Howard got interested in painting and drawing at the age of 13.
2. In spite of all the difficulties father and son have had lately Howard loves his father very much.
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Men have walked on the moon, transplanted hearts and invented machines to think for them. But they cannot cure
the common cold. A spokesman at the world-famous cold research center in Salisbury sounded . understandably
bad- tempered when I spoke to him about it. They've been working on the problem for years but the most optimistic
he could be was to hope that they would find a cure within the next 10 years. So what was their advice on coping
with a cold meanwhile? «Ignore it», he said.
In urban areas we have about three colds a year and they are caused not by wet feet or sitting in a draught, but by a
virus, or rather many viruses which are always changing so that a vaccine prepared from one is useless against the
next. But every year the pharmaceutical companies spend millions of pounds trying to persuade us that their product
will banish
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the miseries of sneezing, running noses, sore throats, headaches and coughs. They admit they can't cure
the cold, but they do promise to relieve
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the symptoms.
We looked at 10 well-known brands of cold remedies and asked a doctor to explain, exactly what they contain, each
ingredient is for, and his opinion on their effectiveness. Although none of the preparations had exactly the same
ingredients, they fell into certain categories.
Nearly all contained a painkiller, either aspirin or paracetamol. These help to reduce temperature and relieve general
aches and pains. Aspirin can irritate the stomach, so paracetamol is generally preferred.
None of the preparations was harmful, as long as you observed the warnings on the packets. The worst thing about
them was the cost. Advertising and packaging had inflated the price of relatively cheap ingredients, and in many
cases you could get the same relief from straightforward paracetamol taken with a warm drink of lemon and honey.
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to banish—отгонять
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to relieve—облегчать
Test № 24
I. Определите, верны (True) или неверны (False) слс дующие утверждения.
1. The cold research centre in Salisbury is known all over the world.
2. The pharmaceutical companies spend millions of money on developin a cure for the common cold.
3. Cold cures fell into certain categories though they actually contai the same ingredients.
4. The worst thing about the preparations, according to the author, i that they can be harmful.
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What are common colds caused by?
2. What do the pharmaceutical companies promise in their advertisements?
. 3. Why is paracetamol generally preferred? 4. What caused the rise in the price of remedies for colds?
III. Исправьте предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста.
1. Nearly all the preparations for colds contain paracetamol.
2. In northern areas they have about three colds a year.
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The problem with American parks system is that the parks are being, in the popular phrase, «loved to death». Too
many people are visiting the system. It's said they are raining the plants with the pollution fromthedr cars, scaring
the animals, destroying by their numbers the experience of being in a wild place the parks are supposed to offer.
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It's hard for a visitor from Europe to feel that way. Three years ago we went to the Grand Tetons in Wyoming which
is my favourite park of all. Yes, you could find yourself waiting behind a line of cars as someone tried to photograph
a herd of animals with a pocket camera.
But then we drove a little way north, turned off the main road and found a small lake surrounded by fields of
flowers, with the beautiful snow-capped range of the Tetons in the background. We saw a total of two other people
during the whole long, sunny, perfect afternoon.
The busiest park in the system, the Great Smoky Mountains between Tennessee and North Carolina, can get 60,000
visitors on a single summer's day. That sounds plenty and it is. But all of these people are sharing an area only
slightly smaller than the whole of Luxemburg, which has a permanent population seven times as great.
The basic argument is over how much should be done in the parks to satisfy human visitors. Should the
accommodation be so basic that only true lovers of nature will be tempted to come? Or should they contain — as
they increasingly do — comfortable bathrooms and colour TVs? Choose the former and you are necessarily
excluding America's growing population of old people.
And exactly what should be preserved? Twenty years ago Yellow Stone, perhaps the most famous park of all,
decided to change to a «hands-off» policy. Animals in danger of starving in the winter would be left to starve, just as
nature intended. My advice is to stop trying too hard. Provide plenty of car parks and lodgings for visitors of all
kinds. Ban radios and snowmobiles. But realize that for every thousand acres which are spoiled, there are a million
which remain as beautiful as they were in George Washington's day.
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I. Определите, верны (True) или неверны (False) следующие утверждения.
1. Visitors from Europe notice that American parks are being destroyed.
2. In the Grand Tetons in Wyoming visitors .are not allowed to turn off the main road.
3. The Great Smoky Mountains can get seven times more people on a single summer day than the permanent
population of Luxemburg.
4. The basic argument over national parks is about the accomodation that would satisfy human visitors.
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What, according to the author, are the parks supposed to offer ?
2. Why did the author have to wait a few times behind a line of cars during his visit to the Grand Tetons' Park?
3. What accomodation should hotels have to welcome old age people'
4. What does the «hands off» policy which was introduced in the Yellow,
Stone park mean?
III. Исправьте предложения в соответствии с содержани ем текста.
1. The Great Smoky Mountains park is the largest in the American park system.
2. The author's advice is to provide lodgings for true lovers of nature only
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Toys have formed part of human culture since the earliest times. Every society has provided its children with
imitation of human beings or animals, and dolls are probably the oldest form of toy. No dolls have been found in
prehistoric graves
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, but this may be because they were made of materials like wood or cloth that have perished.
Nevertheless, a doll with movable arms has been found in a Babylonian grave, and there were certainly dolls in
Egypt over six thousand years ago.
Other ancient toys include balls and sticks, and it is clear that most games requiring physical action were originally
introduced to train boys in the art of warfare
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. Sometimes the result went beyond the inventors' intention. Football
was banned
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in England in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I because it became too violent. But boys continued to play
with toy soldiers and weapons. We have examples dating from the Middle Ages. Moving toys also have a long
history. The Chinese developed explosive toy weapons from the use of fireworks, and many early toys employ
wheels. Modern technology has made possible the production of sophisticated moving toys like model railways,
aircraft controlled by radio, and dolls that can walk.
Children need toys because many adult skills are developed from playing with them. Children who learn to construct
model aircraft are using their hands to a purpose; children who solve jigsaw puzzles are using their minds. Above
all, children's imagination is stimulated by playing with objects.
But it is not clear that giving children particular toys changes the nature of their games, or that the most elaborate
toys will be the ones they like most. Many parents are upset to find that two or three days after Christmas or a child's
birthday, the expensive presents they bought have been broken or are lying in a corner of the room, and the child is
once again happily building an imaginary castle with a few pieces of wood or playing with an old teddy bear the
parents think is ugly and should be thrown away.
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grave—могила
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warfare— война, боевые действия
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to ban—запрещать
Test № 26
I. Определите, верны (True) или неверны (False) следующие утверждения.
1. The oldest form of toy is an imitation of human beings.
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2. People have found toy soldiers dating from Middle Ages.
3. At one time playing football was not allowed in most of the European countries.
4. According to the author, giving children particular toys changes the nature of their games.
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. Why, according to the text, have no dolls been found in prehistoric graves?
2. What fact proves that in ancient times they sometimes buried children's toys with children when they died?
3. What was the purpose of ancient toys like balls or sticks?
4. Why are many parents upset after Christmas or a child's birthday?
III. Исправьте предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста.
1. It is known that there were dolls in Egypt over six hundred years ago.
2. Children's independence is stimulated by playing with objects.
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The World Health Organization reports that 3.5 million people die every year from tobacco related diseases. Half of
these deaths occur in industrial countries. Anti-smoking campaigns have been started in most developed countries
— banning
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tobacco advertising in the mass media, increasing cigarette taxes and requiring health warnings on
cigarette packages.
For the first time in a quarter of a century the number of women smoking is on an increase. Statistics show that it's
the youngest women who are increasingly taking up the habit.
The habit is on an increase among teenage girls while it is falling in all other groups of the population. Now almost
one in three girls of school-leaving age are smokers. Teenage girls who smoke believe cigarettes help keep them
slim, make them look grown-up and control stress, health experts say. And while they know the risks to their future
health, they would still rather smoke.
Health experts are puzzled as to why the anti-tobacco message is not reaching them. Dr. Anne Charlton said «We do
not really know why they keep taking up smoking when everyone is giving up.» Teenage girls are twice as likely to
start smoking if one of their parents is a smoker. They probably have a best friend who smokes and parents who do
not disapprove of their taking up the habit. They are more likely to leave school at 16.
Fifty per cent of girls who leave school to start a career in hairdressing are smokers. In nursing the figure is 44 per
cent and around 34 per cent in secretarial work. Dr. Charlton said: «The rates are less among those who go to
university. The smokers are usually the ones who do not do well at school and show few signs of wanting to. They
mistakenly believe it helps to keep their weight down, although they have no weight problem in the first place».
One of the most effective methods of getting girls to stop smoking is to point out how much they smell, says Dr.
Charlon. Others stop when a boyfriend insists he does not like it.
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to ban—запрещать
Test № 27
I. Определите, верны (True) или неверны (False) следующие утверждения.
1. Teenage girls smoke because, according to scientists, smoking helps to keep down weight.
2. Teenage girls are more likely to take up smoking when they start a career in hairdressing.
3. Most of the girls who smoke are not interested in their progress at school.
4. A lot of girls give up smoking after they are told that they smell.
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What are the World Health Organisation's statistics on smoking related diseases?
2. What measures do anti-smoking campaigns include?
3. What puzzles health experts about teenage smoking?
4. What category of girls smoke less?
III. Исправьте предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста.
1. The habit of smoking is on an increase among teenage girls while it is falling among adult women.
2. Teenage girls are likely to start smoking if their best friends do not disapprove of their taking up the habit.
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If there is no difference in general intelligence between boys and girls, what can explain girls' lack of success in
science and mathematics?
It seems to be that their treatment at school is a direct cause. Mathematics and science are seen as mainly masculine
subjects, and therefore, as girls become teenagers, they are less likely to take them up. Interestingly, both boys and
girls tend to regard the «masculine» subjects as more difficult. Yet it has been suggested that girls avoid
mathematics courses, not because they are difficult, but for social reasons. Girls do not want to be in open
competition with boys, nor do they want to do better than boys because they are afraid to appear less feminine and
attractive.
However, if we examine the performance of boys and girls who have undertaken mathematics courses, there are still
more high-achieving boys than there are girls. This difference appears to be world-wide. Biological explanations
have been offered for this, but there are other explanations too.
Perhaps the difference which comes out during the teenage years has its roots in much earlier experiences. From
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their first days in nursery school, males are encouraged to work on their own and to complete tasks: this is essential
behaviour for learning how to solve problems later on.
Apart from that, there can be little doubt that teachers of mathematics and science expect their male students to do
better at these subjects than their female students. They even appear to encourage the difference between the sexes,
not consciously
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, but they still do it. They spend more time with the male students. They are more likely to call on
boys for answers and to allow them to take the lead in classroom discussion. They also praise boys more frequently.
All of this tends to encourage boys to work harder in science and mathematics and to give them confidence, to
convince them that they are able to succeed.
Such male-oriented teaching is not likely to encourage girls to take many mathematics and science courses. It seems
certain, then, that where these subjects are concerned, school widens the difference between boys and girls.
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consciously—сознательный
Test № 28
I. Определите, верны (True) или неверны (False) следующие утверждения.
1. Some scientists explain girls' lack of success in science and mathematics by their biological characteristics.
2. The author believes that mathematics and science are treated as masculine subjects because they are more
difficult than other subjects.
3. Teachers of mathematics and science tend to encourage the difference between sexes.
4. Male students don't usually allow female students to take the lead in classroom discussions.
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What are social reasons for which girls avoid mathematics courses?
2. What do the worldwide statistics on science achievement show?
3. When, according to the author, does the difference in the approach to girls and boys come out?
4. What, according to the author, is the essential behaviour for learning how to- solve problems?
III. Исправьте предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста.
1. Girls are more likely to take up mathematics and science as they become teenagers.
2. It seems certain that where mathematics and science are concerned school encourages competition between boys
and girls.
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Airline pilots have high social status and earn a great deal of money. Air hostesses' have an uncertain status and earn
little. For those recently qualified, the basic pay in some airlines is as little as £300 a month.
This is little to balance against the possibility of a hijack
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or a disaster. So why do they do it?
I went to see Diane Humphreys, Senior Hostess with Dan-Air at Manchester Airport, to try to find the answer to this
question. Mrs. Humphreys has had the job for 16 years. Before that she was an ordinary air hostess for six years.
One reason why air hostesses don't get over-anxious about flying • may be that they're so busy, before, during and
after a flight. I asked Mrs. Humphreys to tell me what a typical summer timetable for a hostess would be. She said
that four or five flights a week during the summer is not uncommon.
«On a Monday morning, a hostess might have an early morning flight, ' perhaps at 7 a.m. She has to check in 1.5
hours before the flight.
She has to prepare the cabin and toilets and make sure that the food and drinks are aboard. Dan-Air does not do
long-distance flights, just short or medium distance ones, and so there are no overnight stopovers unless weather
conditions prevent take-off or landing, or the plane develops technical problems. There's a 45-minute interval, when
the hostesses have to prepare the plane for the return flight. Depending on where you're flying, this can make it a 12-
hour day; with delays it can even be 16 hours.»
«During the flight you've got no time to relax — the safety instructions have to be demonstrated and the food and
drinks served. You're always busy. So one day you might have an early morning flight; the next an afternoon flight;
the day after you might be on relief duty and have to be ready to work if someone else becomes ill or there is an
emergency. This means that you have to stay near a phone all the time and be no more than an hour and a half from
the airport.»
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air hostess — стюардесса
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hijack—угон самолета
Test № 29
I. Определите, верны (True) или неверны (False) следующие утверждения.
1. According to the passage the money that air hostesses earn does not cover the risks that their profession involves.
2. Diane Humphreys has been an air hostess for 16 years.
3. Air hostesses can only relax during a 45-minute interval before the return flight.
4. When on relief duty an air hostess has to telephone to the airport every one and a half hours.
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What is a typical summer timetable for an air hostess?
2. What are the duties of an air hostess when the plane is in the air?
3. What flights does the company Dan-Air do?
4. In what cases does the staff have overnight stopovers?
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III. Исправьте предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста.
1. An air hostess has to check in 45 minutes before the flight.
2. Before the flight an air hostess must make sure that the food and drinks are of good quality.
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Nobody visited the Seychelles much until 1971 when Male airport was opened and the world could flood in. Now
more than half the country's earnings comes from tourism, an industry which could, if not managed properly,
destroy the environment.
The painful lessons of the older world are well studied. No Seychelles hotel is allowed to rise above the surrounding
palm trees and none may get rid of waste into the sea. After a brief period of package holidays and mass tourism, the
current policy is to attract the «quality visitor». Because the amount of visitors must be limited to protect the
environment, the quality of the tourist matters a great deal. Lindsay Chong Seng, a conservationist in the Ministry of
Tourism, considers the economics extremely important: you have to earn as much as you can from each tourist if
numbers are to be kept down. «A perfect tourist is active, hires a car, flies to other islands, takes boat trips, eats out,
goes diving, spends money. When you get mass tourists without a lot of spending money, all you find is that the
shops do no business and the local bus service is overcrowded.»
Atterville Ceydras, the nature warden
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on one of the islands, says that tourists have got to accept nature. «If it rains,
that's nature, that's good. If the wind blows seaweed up on the beaches, that's nature. They say they come to see
nature, they've got to put up with it.»
Not all do so. The international travel business has, over the last twenty years, made the mistake of letting the
Seychelles be sold in Europe as a «Holiday Paradise
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».
Tourists are now going who should probably not go — like ladies in elegant shoes who will not follow muddy
walkways.
Many others, more inclined for adventure and the wonders of the world, do not go. Probably some rich, green-
minded Westerners avoid it because of a guilty feeling that tourism spoils such places.
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nature warden—природоохранник
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paradise—рай
Test № 30
I. Определите, верны (True) или неверны (False) следующие утверждения.
1. The opening of Male airport led to destroying the island's environment.
2. The period of mass tourism in the Seychelles didn't last long.
3. According to the text, all the tourists who visit the Seychelles at the moment are people for whom such holiday is
not really suitable.
4. The Seychelles are not popular with tourists inclined for adventure and the wonders of the world.
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. Why is tourism important for the" Seychelles?
2. What is the economic policy towards tourists at present?
3. Who is a perfect tourist, according to a conservationist in the Ministry of Tourism?
4. What is the state of local trade and business at the time of mass tourism?
III. Исправьте предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста.
1. Seychelles hotels are not allowed to rise above the surrounding houses.
2. The Seychelles have been advertised as a «Holiday Paradise» all over the world.
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. The young men ran away
a) when they saw the old lady in the window
b) when they saw that the window was broken
c) as soon as they heard the explosion
2. When the detective came to the old lady's house
a) she told him who had fired the gun
b) she told him where one of the young men lived
c) she told him where the young men were hiding the gun
3. The chief officer told the detective to give the gun back to the young men
a) because the detective hadn't got a permission to take it away
b) because the young man had been just playing with the gun
c) because he wanted to know who the gun belonged to
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. Where were the three young men playing with a gun?
2. Why was the old lady able to recognize one of the young men?
3. Why was the owner of the gun afraid to admit it?
4. How did the owner of the gun give himself finally away?
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Ml. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. One of the men fired the gun______________________________
2. The detective found the men and the gun___________________
3. When the detective said he hadn't got an officer's permission the young men______________________________
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. Polly decided to go to art college
a) because she had a friend there
b) because she had left school
c) because she knew the head of the art college
2. Polly's parents didn't have objections to her going to art college but
a) they had no money to pay for her college course
b) they had no money to keep her at home any longer
c) they did not think Polly would do well at college
3. At the museum which Polly took her parents to one day
a) her father saw a copy of the picture he had bought ten years before
b) she showed them Van Gogh's «Sunflowers»
c) they recognized a lot of famous paintings
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What were Polly's father and mother?
2. What were they saving money for?
3. What had they expected Polly to do after leaving school?
4. Why did Polly's parents feel proud of their daughter?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. Polly's friend Josephine was_________________than Polly. •
2. Polly was offered a job_________________________
3. Polly's mother was free on______________________________
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. Sam was never thinking about his driving
a) because the roads were nearly empty
b) because the market was only a few kilometres away
c) because he knew his truck very well
2. At the crossroads Sam usually
a) turned and went over the main road
b) continued over the small road
с) turned in the direction of the market
3. Sam didn't stop at the crossroads that morning
a) because there were no signs
b) because there was no fear of an accident
c) because he thought the policeman wouldn't notice it
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. Where had Sam lived all his life?
2. What made Sam think of the crops for the next year's harvest?
3. Why was Sam always in a hurry?
4. Why did Sam stop after he had crossed the road?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. Sam had married______________________________
2. Sam got up_______________________________
3. Sam took a load off to market_______________________
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. After having attended classes in art for a few months Sebastian a) left the bank
b) realised that he only enjoyed painting
c) decided to go and see other artists' paintings in foreign museums
2. In the bank Sebastian sometimes had to deal with a man who was
a) a real artist
b) the owner of a picture shop
c) an art critic
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3. Sebastian invited the man to his home
a) because he wanted to know his opinion of his pictures
b) because he wanted to show him one of his pictures
c) because he wanted to sell him his studio
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What manner did Sebastian paint in?
2. When did the visitor arrive at Sebastian's home?
3. Why was Sebastian disappointed when he watched his visitor's face?
4. What did visitor like most m Sebastian's studio?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. When Sebastian was at school_____________________-----
2. After leaving school Sebastian got a position as__________.------in
a bank.
3. Sebastian went to evening classes_________________a week.
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончани предложения.
1. Sleep is a subject
a) many people don't know much about
b) all people understand
c) all people are interested in
2. The correct amount of time for sleep
a) is 8 hours each night
b) varies from individual to individual
c) has been discovered by scientists recently
3. For making your sleep efficient it makes sense
a) to buy the highest quality bedding
b) to support those who suffer from insomnia
c) to use a bed with a soft surface
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What do scientists tell us about sleep?
2. What do surveys show?
3. What factors determine an individual's sleep needs?
4. What can help people who suffer from insomnia?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. Six hours of sound, restful sleep ________________________
____________hours of tossing and turning.
2. The better your physical condition______
3. When you sleep your best you can_________________
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. The narrator doesn't like Tokyo mainly
a) because its population is 4 million more than in London
b) because there are always too many people walking along the streets
c) because there are too many trains on the platforms
2. In the morning you can see students
a) trying to get into the train
b) pushing passengers into the trains
c) helping passengers get out of the trains
3. In Tokyo trains people will go to sleep
a) if they make a long journey
b) if they are in a seat
c) if there is someone to wake them up at the station
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What is the population of Tokyo?
2. How do the Japanese drive?
3. What is the worst time to be in the street in Tokyo?
4. What would you see on a London train?
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III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. Usually the taxis are shared________________________________
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2. In Tokyo there is a station_______________________________.
3. Japanese trains always______________________________
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. John Cleef's father left Holland
a) when John was six years old
b) after playing for a Dutch football club for six years
c) to play for a London football team
2. John began to think of football as a career
a) when a talent scout spoke to his parents about him
b) after a special schoolboys' football match
c) after he signed a contract with the club
3. John has been lucky
a) because he is one of the ten young players who will have a career in football
b) because he is one of the young players who are called apprentices
c) because his club provides an opportunity for the young players to continue schooling
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What did Mr. Cleef say to the talent scout
1
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2. How old was John when he signed a contract with the club?
1
a talent scout — зд. a person who looks for talented young players.
3 HOW does an apprentice's day at the club start?
4 What does being in peak physical condition mean for the young players?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. No-one in John's family was surprised when he started__________
2. John watches football______________________________
3. John's father is proud of him______________________________
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. Twenty years ago
a) there were 22 000 police-officers in England
b) there were 1 500 police women in England
c) the number of police women was three times smaller than today
2. Twenty years ago police women
a) were mostly engaged in directing traffic
b) could not be met on the beat
c) were only given routine office work to do
3. Today women police-officers
a) are always in the front line
b) share the same conditions with men
c) refuse to do what you could call social work
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. How are women police-officers paid?
2. Why don't police-women take part in dealing with very violer demonstrations?
3. When are policewomen even better than men?
4. How do women police-officers behave in dangerous situations?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. Resistance to police-women comes________________________
2. There is still a lot of respect_____________________________
3. If it comes to a fight women police officers_________________
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончанш предложения.
1. As the narrator glanced into a compartment next to his
a) he saw his old friend
b) he saw a man who lived next door to him in London
c) he saw a man who had been his neighbour once
2 The narrator was glad the man hadn't noticed him
a) because he knew that the man talked too much
b) because he had just finished a conversation with him
c) he didn't like talking to people when he was on holiday
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3. The narrator heard the familiar voice of the man
a) as soon as he arrived at the hotel
b) when he entered the lounge
c) when he had ordered a drink
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. Where was the narrator going to spend his holidays?
2. What did the narrator do to escape from the man?
3. What did the narrator think about his chance of meeting the man again in the town?
4. What did the man insist on when he saw the narrator?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. When the train was approaching the station the narrator went into the corridor_________________________..
2. The narrator had_______suitcases.
3. The narrator got to the hotel by__________
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончани предложения.
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1. Mr. Wood was unhappy
a) because there was a party in the flat below
b) because he heard the noise of loud music and voices above his head
c) because he had some work from the office
2. Mr. Wood tried to read a book but
a) he was too tired
b) he couldn't concentrate
c) it was too late
3. When Mr. Wood entered his neighbour's flat
a) nobody paid any attention to him
b) everybody saw that he was angry
c) the owner of the flat attracted his attention at once
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. For how long did Mr. Wood manage to ignore the party?
2. How did Mr. Wood try to go to sleep?
3. What was Mr. Wood wearing when he came to his neighbour's place?
4. Why did Mr. Wood's anger disappear?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1 The party began just-----------------------
2 Mr. Wood was tired and ready to go to bed by---------------------------
3 The party was over_________________..
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|. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. Tom's friends had advised him
a) not to travel by Tube after five o'clock in the afternoon
b) not to travel alone the first time
c) not to travel by bus
2. Tom did not get on the first train
a) but he moved nearer the edge of the platform
b) because he was pushed backward from the edge of the platform
c) because he was not sure if it was the right platform
3. Tom was alarmed as he got off
a) because he didn't know where to go
b) because he had never heard the name of the station
c) because he could not recognize the station
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What kind of person is Tom?
2. Why is five o'clock in the afternoon a bad time to travel in London?
3. Why did the people in the queue behind Tom grumble?
4. What did Tom do to know where to get off?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. Tom's first journey by Tube was not_______________________
2. Tom's station was___________________________along the line.
3. Tom explained his difficulty______________________________
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