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For items 14-25 choose the best answer 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.
MINERALOGY
Mineralogy, the science which _____(14) and classifies the different kinds of _____(15) matter constituting the material of the earth's crust and of those extra-terrestrial bodies _____(16) meteorites. The study of minerals _____(17) thus a branch of natural history. The determination of the composition and constitution of minerals is a chemical problem; their optical and other physical properties _____(18) according to the principles of physics; the study of their _____(19) form and structure belongs _____(20) crystallography; their modes of occurrence, origins, associations and changes _____(21) within the province of geology and petrology; while a consideration of the localities _____(22) which they are found requires some acquaintance with geography. Finally, there is the economic side, dealing _____(23) the mining and application of useful minerals, the extraction of metals _____(24) their ores, and the uses of minerals for building, decoration and jewellery. Modern-day mineralogy _____(25) by advances in other sciences, such as biology and chemistry, to shed even more light on the nature of the materials that form the earth we live on.
| 14. | 1. described | 2. has described | 3. describe | 4. describes | 5. describing |
| 15. | 1. mineralogy | 2. mineralogical | 3. mineral | 4. minerals | 5. mineralizing |
| 16. | 1. calling | 2. call | 3. called | 4. calls | 5. have called |
| 17. | 1. is | 2. are | 3. was | 4. were | 5. has been |
| 18. | 1. determined | 2. is determined | 3. determine | 4. determining | 5. are determined |
| 19. | 1. crystallize | 2. crystalline | 3. crystal | 4. crystallized | 5. crystallization |
| 20. | 1. at | 2. through | 3. to | 4. with | 5. in |
| 21. | 1. has come | 2. come | 3. had come | 4. comes | 5. is coming |
| 22. | 1. on | 2. behind | 3. with | 4. at | 5. above |
| 23. | 1. with | 2. on | 3. at | 4. in | 5. within |
| 24. | 1. out | 2. of | 3. from | 4. in | 5. with |
| 25. | 1. have been expanded | 2. has expanded | 3. expands | 4. have expanded | 5. has been expanded |
РАЗДЕЛ II: ЛЕКСИКО-ГРАММАТИЧЕСКИЙ БЛОК
For questions 26-75, read the sentences and decide which answer 1,2,3,4 or 5 best fits each space.
| 26. | Take some money in case you _________to do some shopping. | 1. will want 2. wanted 3. want 4. had wanted 5. are wanting |
| 27. | The train is never late. It always ____on time. | 1. leave 2. was leaving 3. is leaving 4. left 5. leaves |
| 28. | He will be furious if he ever _____out about this. | 1. had found 2. found 3. find 4. finds 5. founded |
| 29. | Why ___________the milk? Do you think it has gone off? | 1. are you smelling 2. do you smell 3. you smell 4. you are smelling 5. you to smell |
| 30. | - Ann is in hospital. - Yes, I know, I _________her tomorrow. | 1. will visit 2. will have visited 3. visited 4. am going to visit 5. will be working |
| 31. | The streets are covered with snow because it___ all night. | 1. is snowing 2. has been snowing 3. have snowed 4. is snowed 5. has snowed |
| 32. | I hope you_________ able to come to my party this weekend, Emma. | 1. will be 2. was 3. will have been 4. are going to be 5. are being |
| 33. | He _________the bedroom when suddenly he fell off the ladder. | 1. painted 2. had painted 3. was painting 4. paints 5. had been painting |
| 34. | By Friday I ___________on this project for two weeks. | 1. will work 2. will have worked 3. will have been working 4. work 5. will be working |
| 35. | Tracy _______cold at the beach yesterday. | 1. catch 2. was catching 3. caught 4. were caught 5. catches |
| 36. | There was nobody in the room. But there was a smell of cigarettes. Somebody ______. | 1. have been smoking 2. had smoked 3. was smoking 4. smokes 5. had been smoking |
| 37. | The park gates ________at 6.30 p.m. every evening. | 1. are locked 2. were loсked 3. lock 4. to be locked 5. are locking |
| 38. | Before he _______ looking for a job, he ________ his degree. | 1. had started / got 2. started / got 3. starting / getting 4. starts / got 5. started / had got |
| 39. | The mountain systems _____ by continental drift. | 1. is separating 2. separate 3. separated 4. are separated 5. are separating |
| 40. | Newton _________ to be the greatest scientist ever. | 1. knew 2. was knowing 3. knows 4. is knowing 5. is known |
| 41. | When I was younger I ______ long distances, but now I like traveling a lot. | 1. used to walking 2. used to walk 3. didn’t use to walk 4. was used to walking 5. did not used to walk |
| 42. | A film about London ______ in room 5 now. | 1. is shown 2. being shown 3. has shown 4. had been shown 5. is being shown |
| 43. | Unless metamorphic rocks ______ carefully, geologists cannot be sure of their origin. | 1. will be studied 2. was studied 3. are studied 4. study 5. is studied |
| 44. | Where is ________________? | 1. the manager office 2. the manager’s office 3. the office of the manager 4. the office of the manager’s 5. manager’s office’s. |
| 45. | She gets _____________every day. | 1. beautifuller 2. more and more beautiful 3. beautiful 4. the most beautiful 5. the beautifullest |
| You know why I am hungry, ________? | 1. are you 2. do you 3. don’t you 4. are not you 5. haven’t you | |
| 47. | ______ me the time, please? | 1. Can you telling 2. Do you tell 3. Could you tell 4. Are you telling 5. Can tell |
| 48. | Last night I went to bed ___________than usual. | 1. early 2. earlier 3. earliest 4. more early 5. earlierly |
| 49. | _________I help you with your luggage? - Yes, it’s so kind of you. | 1. Will 2. Shall 3. Do 4. Am 5. Won’t |
| 50. | Why did you stay at a hotel when you went to New York? You ______ with Barbara. | 1. can stay 2. could stay 3. stayed 4. could have stayed 5. must stay |
| 51. | The older are the formations, the harder they are generally to study. | 1. Древние образования трудно изучать. 2. Чем древнее формации, тем, в целом, сложнее их изучать. 3. Древние формации, в общем, едва ли можно изучить. 4. Образования древние, изучение, в целом, сложное. 5. Более древние формации являются причиной трудностей при изучении. |
| 52. | Granite is considered to be of a granular texture. | 1. Гранит считается зернистой структурой. 2. Известно, что гранит зернист. 3. Считается, что гранит имеет зернистую структуру. 4. Считалось, что гранит имеет зернистое строение. 5. Предполагается, что гранит состоит из гранул. |
| 53. | We expect the engineers to use microprocessors in these circuits. | 1. Мы надеемся использовать в этих схемах микропроцессоры. 2. Мы надеемся, что инженеры используют микропроцессоры в этих схемах. 3. Мы полагали, что инженеры использовали микропроцессоры в этих схемах. 4. Мы ждем от инженеров новых процессоров в схемах. 5. Мы надеемся использовать в этих схемах микрочипы. |
| 54. | The fauna of the British Isles is similar to that of north-western Europe. | 1. Растительный мир Британии и Европы различен. 2. Фауна на Британских островах была похожа на фауну юго-западной Европы. 3. Фауна Британских островов подобна фауне северо-западной Европы. 4. Фауна Британии похожа на ту, которая обитала в Европе. 5. На Британских островах и в северной Европе очень похожий растительный мир. |
| 55. | It is the process of deposition that produces the sedimentary rocks. | 1. Процесс переотложения осадков порождает осадочные горные породы. 2. Именно процесс накопления производит к образованию осадков. 3. Процесс перемещения ведет к образованию осадочных пород. 4. Это процесс, который является причиной отложения осадочных пород. 5. Именно процесс отложения ведет к образованию осадочных горных пород. |
| 56. | That boy, ________ father is a violinist, is very musical. | 1. who 2. which 3. that 4. whose 5. who’s |
| 57. | Billy and his penfriend wrote to _______ for five years before they actually met. | 1. them 2. each other 3. themselves 4. every other 5. each to each |
| 58. | -I don’t need ________ sugar from the shops. | 1. no 2. every 3. some 4. each 5. any |
| 59. | This plan is not ______ it’s ______. | 1. mine, your 2. mine, yours 3. my, yours 4. mines, your 5. my, your |
| 60. | -Why are you upset? - _______time Pete rings me he asks for money. | 1. Every 2. All 3. Each 4. Both 5. Some |
| 61. | ______ these two theories is acceptable today. | 1. Either 2. Neither of 3. None 4. No 5. Some |
| 62. | I am going to a wedding on Saturday. __________is getting married. | 1. A friend of my 2. One my friends 3. A friend of mine 4. Mine fiend 5. My friends |
| 63. | Diving into the sea was ______diving into an icy pool. | 1. like 2. as 3. - 4. alike 5. such |
| 64. | George asked if I ________ a nice time at the party the day before. | 1. have 2. had 3. had had 4. would have 5. have had |
| 65. | The number of people suffering ____ heart disease has increased. | 1. at 2. on 3. - 4. from 5. in |
| 66. | Last year I went _______ a trip which was an absolute disaster. | 1. by 2. in 3. while 4. during 5. on |
| 67. | Although we don’t play _____ Christmas Day, we do play __________ December 26th. | 1. at / on 2. in / in 3. on / - 4. by / at 5. on / on |
| 68. | Sarah is not home – she is at ____work. | 1. a 2. the 3. – 4. an 5. any |
| 69. | ___ Statue of Liberty is in _____ New York. | 1. A /the 2. A /_ 3. -/ a 4. -/ the 5. The /- |
| 70. | One of the chief constituents of the air is _______ oxygen. | 1. a 2. the 3. - 4. this 5. an |
| 71. | I _____________ home if I’d known the football match was on TV. | 1. ran 2. had run 3. would run 4. would have run 5. will run |
| 72. | If the book was not too expensive, I _____ it. | 1. will buy 2. buy 3. would buy 4. bought 5. have bought |
| 73. | She says she would love ________ to dinner with us tonight. | 1. comes 2. to come 3. coming 4. to have come 5. come |
| 74. | He is too short __________ the top shelf. | 1. for reaching 2. reaching 3. to reach 4. to have reached 5. reaches |
| 75. | They saw her ____ the wallet yesterday. | 1. to steal 2. steal 3. stole 4. has stolen 5. had stolen |