ПКВЯз АНГЛ Базовый курс для лингвистов ( курс 1). Часть 1

Определите правильные варианты перевода слова earthquake

• обвал (снега, земли, льда в горах)
• потрясение
• катастрофа
• тропический циклон
• землетрясение

Yosemite’s rushing mountain streams, alpine landscape, forests and all the rest of its natural features ___________ to make this national park unique in the opinion of nearly every observer

• combines
• combine
• being combined
• combining

Раскройте скобки. So this year, when Hurricane Floyd was heading towards us, Louise and I were (convince) it would change course

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? А) With new technology people won’t needed to be in the same place to communicate easily В) They’ll be able to stay at home and do everything by computer and videophone

• А- нет, В- да
• А- да, В- нет
• А- да, В- да
• А- нет, В- нет

Определите правильные варианты перевода слова extinction

• угасание
• похолодание
• вымирание (вида животных, племени)
• потепление (в отношениях)
• исчезновение

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? A) Make sure you have a sunny windowsill where your herbs survives B) A south or southeast window would be perfect if it gets at least 5 hours of sun per day and is away from drafts

• А- нет, В- нет
• А- да, В- да
• А- да, В- нет
• А- нет, В- да

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? A) Coal burning is strictly controlled in areas like London, who no longer suffers the poisonous smogs who has killed people in the 1950s B) Attempts have been made to landscape areas of wasteland, to repair and restore the old canals and to clean up Britain’s rivers

• А- да, В- нет
• А- нет, В- да
• А- нет, В- нет
• А- да, В- да

Седините части предложений.

• The moods of British weather
• biting wind which brings black frosts
• It is true there is a lot of rain in London but the constant dense pea-soup fog
• belongs more to fiction than to fact
• Then there is a cold, dry,
• are really surprising

The «green ________» not only provide restful relaxation, they are regarded as important allies in the battle against air pollution

• braces
• buckles
• belts
• earrings

Alternatively, visitors to this park can take _______buses and disembark for short adventures beyond the roadway or can go into informational museums

• sattelite
• craft
• shuttle
• board

Определите правильные варианты перевода слова moist

• сырой
• дождливый
• влажный
• засушливый
• устаревший

Определите правильные варианты перевода слова nutritive

• пищевой
• производящий продукты питания
• удобренный
• питательный
• засохший

Седините части предложений.

• British weather seems
• but fog is the greatest disaster that can happen, causing accidents on roads and railways
• These events fill the newspapers, but in contrast with the heat-waves in New York, or blizzards on the prairies,
• or floods in China or droughts in Australia, or hurricanes on Florida, or tornados in Kansas
• Heavy snowfalls and the much commoner icy roads can stop traffic
• indeed mild

Найдите эквиваленты.

• dust content
• разлив нефти на поверхности воды
• marine pollution
• загрязнение моря, загрязнение морской среды
• oil spillage
• содержание пыли, запылённость

Определите правильные варианты перевода слова pour

• отвлекать
• хлынуть (о дожде)
• идти (о дыме)
• литься (о воде, свете)
• предотвращать

Вставьте пропущенное слово: Butter sells for about US$3200 a tonne ____ the international market in 2008 (an unusual high)

Food security is a complex topic, standing at the __________ of many disciplines

• track
• direction
• intersection
• zebra crossing

Найдите эквиваленты.

• CFC (chlorofluorocarbon)
• пустая порода
• radioactive waste dumpsite
• район захоронения радиоактивных отходов
• pollutants
• фреон

Найдите эквиваленты.

• water cycle
• горение, возгорание, сжигание
• fall-out
• радиоактивные осадки
• combustion
• круговорот воды, влагооборот

Найдите эквиваленты.

• habitat
• радиоактивные отходы
• felled
• срубленный
• radioactive waste
• родина, место распространения, ареал (животного, растения); естественная среда

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? А) But despite of this efforts various serious threats to the environment remain В) Acid rain are caused partly by sulphur emissions from power stations

• А- да, В- нет
• А- да, В- да
• А- нет, В- нет
• А- нет, В- да

Определите правильные варианты перевода слова tornado

• торнадо
• смерч
• землетрясение
• шквал
• катастрофа

More than half of the planet’s population, numbering approximately 3.3 billion people, live in __________ areas

• rural
• prairie
• desert
• urban

Соедините части предложений:

• Outside this control, there has been high use of GM crops
• which the regulations are being reviewed
• Ethical debates also continue.
• on the appropriateness of this new technology
• This is a new and developing area for
• in the People’s Republic of China

Определите правильные варианты перевода слова gale

• небесное светило (луна, солнце, звёзды)
• буря
• шторм
• рассвет
• вспышка (внезапное проявление какого-либо эмоционального состояния)

Определите правильные варианты перевода слова harvest

• поливать
• пожинать плоды
• вносить удобрение
• собирать урожай (обычно злаковых)
• заимствовать отдельные клетки у специально разводимых для этих целей растений с целью проведения экспериментов

The extent to which nectar is secreted is influenced by factors such as

• humidity
• lunar day
• quantity of sugar
• temperature
• soil moisture

Вставьте пропущеное слово. Poor growing conditions favours the ______ of moss in lawns

Low-growing plants, such as annuals and herbaceous plants, are more attractive to bees if the plants are ____________ in large clumps or patches, rather than being scattered and mixed up

• grown
• worn
• hit
• made

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? A) If we do not use animals for the testing of new medicines and cosmetics, we shall have to use humans as guinea pigs. What are your views on this? B) How cruel do you think zoos and circuses really are?

• А- нет, В- да
• А- да, В- нет
• А- нет, В- нет
• А- да, В- да

Genetic modification inserts the appropriate _________ for certain characteristics directly into plant cells and cultures new plants from these cells, using a technique known as «tissue culture»

• deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
• genes
• tissues
• veins

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? A) At the same time, however the expensive social problems of a young society — crime, drugs, divorce -could decline B) The future looks bad for the world’s animals

• А- нет, В- нет
• А- нет, В- да
• А- да, В- да
• А- да, В- нет

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? A) What is a «twister»? B) Have heavy snowfalls occur in Britain?

• А- нет, В- нет
• А- да, В- нет
• А- да, В- да
• А- нет, В- да

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? А) The earth’s climate will become warmer В) This will create major problems for agriculture and we will see droughts and famine in Africa

• А- да, В- нет
• А- нет, В- да
• А- да, В- да
• А- нет, В- нет

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? A) Why does rain sometimes called mist? B) How did authors often describe Victorian London?

• А- нет, В- нет
• А- да, В- да
• А- нет, В- да
• А- да, В- нет

Yosemite is part of _________ America that we always want to experience and never want to lose

• the
• an
• a
• —

An ever-increasing, demanding public _________ the question — can any national park be all things to all people?

• being raised
• raise
• raises
• raising

Соедините части предложений:

• A build up of mulch can produce a hard layer,
• when it has completely rotted away
• Fertilisers are spread over mulches in late winter
• and are washed down to plant roots by rain
• Avoid this by only replacing a mulch
• which is difficult for water to penetrate

Соедините части предложений:

• At the global scale, loss of snow cover means that energy that was formerly reflected back into space —
• climate scientists are constantly refining their computer models
• Warmer, snow-free conditions in the vast tracts of peat bogs at higher latitudes will also increase the release of methane,
• a gas with a much more powerful greenhouse effect than carbon dioxide
• As our understanding of these interactions and feedback increases,
• or that used to melt snow — will instead warm the soil

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? А) Traditional heavy industries so as iron and steel have been declining and inner-city areas have declined with them В) At the same time, new towns have been built and the pressure on the countryside from roads and houses has increased

• А- да, В- нет
• А- нет, В- да
• А- нет, В- нет
• А- да, В- да

Соедините части предложений:

• A build up of mulch can produce a hard layer,
• and are washed down to plant roots by rain
• There is no need to remove mulches
• to apply fertilizers
• Fertilisers are spread over mulches in late winter
• which is difficult for water to penetrate

Вставьте пропущенное слово. There are foggy days in London but the «pea-______ » is not permanent as some Victorian novelists claimed

It is a story __________ with characters who were impressed enough to stay, advertise, exploit and preserve

• fill
• filled
• filling
• is filling

Соедините части предложений.

• These events fill the newspapers, but in contrast with the heat-waves in New York, or blizzards on the prairies,
• but fog is the greatest disaster that can happen, causing accidents on roads and railways
• Sometimes a little whirlwind (a «twister»)
• can destroy houses
• Heavy snowfalls and the much commoner icy roads can stop traffic
• or floods in China or droughts in Australia, or hurricanes on Florida, or tornados in Kansas

Вставьте пропущенное слово. The sun beats down relentlessly; except at the rare oasis, there is no shade — just undulating dunes as ______ as the eye can see, peopled only by the occasional mirage

Вставьте пропущенное слово: Most cream from New Zealand and Australian factories is made ______ butter

The ongoing global credit crisis has affected farm credits, _________ a boom in commodity prices

• however
• despite
• beside
• in spite

Соедините части предложений:

• The areas of ocean coloured blue cooled slightly,
• the oceans and atmosphere
• Surface temperatures increased over much of the northern hemisphere:
• higher latitudes experienced disproportionately more warming, of up to 4°C
• There are also complex interactions between the earth,
• probably due to shifts in cold currents

Раскройте скобки. At one point I tried to open the balcony door in our bedroom to catch a glimpse of the hurricane but the winds were so strong I (can) not move it

Определите правильные варианты перевода слова avalanche

• лавина
• тропический циклон
• засуха
• обвал (снега, земли, льда в горах)