ВИЯз. Англ. Практикум по культуре речевого общения (дополнительный курс)
Выберите правильный ответ. According to officials, the planned network of huge dams and irrigation canals will provide water for drinking and agriculture in an area worryingly prone to _____________
hurricanes
flood
drought
tornados
Выберите правильный ответ. An ecosystem can be categorized into its ___________constituents, including minerals, climate, soil, water, sunlight, and all other nonliving elements, and its biotic constituents, consisting of all its living members.
lifeless
inorganic
abiotic
dead
Выберите правильный ответ. Even the great cellist, Dmitri Radovic, admitted to having ________ in his stomach before a concert.
grasshoppers
birds
butterflies
insects
Выберите правильный ответ. The Japanese have learnt how to ______ paper waste into bricks, housing panels, and other construction materials.
make
change
turn
do
Выберите правильный ответ. The Narmada dam will also offer a major ________of electricity to power-starved regions.
key
source
spring
well
Выберите правильный ответ. Don't count your chickens before they ____________
are grown
are eaten
are born
are hatched
Выберите правильный ответ. Zoos and circuses are sometimes accused of _________, and are losing their popularity.
politeness
indifference
kindness
cruelty
Выберите правильный ответ. Industry has manifested an interest in the call made by the University of the United Nations Organization for «zero emission», i.e. total __________of the discharge of noxious substances during the manufacturing process.
exclusion
extract
negation
elimination
Выберите правильный ответ. There have been experiments to use untreated waste for making ____________ and of incinerating rubbish to power the air-conditioning systems in public buildings.
nitrogen fertilizers
organic fertilizers
granular fertilizers
phosphate fertilizers
Выберите правильный ответ. Beer bottles and large vine bottles are constantly ____________
changed
exchanged
recycled
bartered
Выберите правильный ответ. Although factory farming is still widespread, farmers are aware that consumers are increasingly interested in the living conditions and even the feelings of _________
livestock
insects
pets
migrant birds
Выберите правильный ответ. People's attitudes to animals have changed considerably in the last two decades. Using animals in scientific experiments and as a primary food source, once considered a human prerogative, is now being questioned __________campaigners.
animals’ rights
animal rights
animal’s rights
rights of animals
Выберите правильный ответ. The worldwide drive for saving resources calls __________ new ways to be found of curbing the rate at which the amount of waste increases.
of
for
at
in
Выберите правильный ответ. Roger is extraordinarily selfish and possessive - a real __________ in the manger.
cat
dog
pig
cow
Выберите правильный ответ. The government demanded to remove ___________ from this site.
toxic scrap
toxic rejects
toxic refuse
toxic waste
Выберите правильный ответ. After a long day in the town, you really appreciate the fresh air of the ____________
countryside
nature
pollution
habitat
Выберите правильный ответ. The change in the climate of public ______means that using animals for entertainment is also frowned on.
opinion
point
taste
view
Выберите правильный ответ. Caroline has cried ________so many times before that people just don't believe her any more.
wolf
jackal
dog
sheep
Выберите правильный ответ. The old man led us all over town on a ___________ chase, and so we never found the house we were looking for.
wild chicken
wild hen
wild duck
wild goose
Выберите правильный ответ. From the helicopter the police had a ________eye view of the accident.
owl’s
satellite’s
eagle’s
bird’s
Выберите правильный ответ. The international environment organization ____________ has requested the French government to remove immediately highly toxic waste of French origin from Russia's territory.
‘Green Earth’
‘Green Peace’
‘Green World’
‘Green Planet’
Выберите правильный ответ. There is a general rule which states that the amount of a country's waste is proportional to its ____________, implying that a larger amount of rubbish is proof of a higher standard of living.
gross product
gold reserves
domestic industry
capital investment
Выберите правильный ответ. There are very few unexplored areas left in the ____________
universe
space
cosmos
world
Выберите правильный ответ. Some market gardens find labour costs for casual workers so high that they allow the public to ___________ the produce themselves.
pick in
pick for
pick up
pick
Выберите правильный ответ. Cosmetics companies who claim not to __________ their products on animals are gaining a large share of the market.
practise
test
experiment
try
Выберите правильный ответ. Looking at basics, it is easy to see that the whole of our ___________ functions on the principle of constant recycling.
bio-system
eco-system
economy-system
socio-system
Выберите правильный ответ. Although the medical and scientific professions still maintain that __________is necessary for research purposes, there is more public opposition to this than ever before.
test
vivisection
examination
investigation
Выберите правильный ответ. The early bird catches the ______________
caterpillar
ant
worm
grasshopper
Выберите правильный ответ. In the early decades of the 20th century toilet paper and serviettes were made from old newspapers and magazines, which were bought up by __________ collectors who sold it for reprocessing.
useless-paper
new-paper
waste-paper
old-paper
Выберите правильный ответ. From the helicopter the navigator could see the red cliffs of the Devon ___________
shore
coast
seaboard
beach
Выберите правильный ответ. The week of exams left Ann exhausted, and she is still rather _______________
low down
in worse condition
full of beans
under the weather
Выберите правильный ответ. The children watched open-mouthed as the meteor blazed across the evening _____________
serene
palate
sky
heavens
Выберите правильный ответ. Although beer bottles are still reused they are an exception from the trend of recent decades of not________________
re-used containers
re-used storehouses
re-using boxes
re-using containers
Выберите правильный ответ. It is hoped that recent advances in medical research will enable us to ________many of the diseases which currently kill a large number of people in Third World countries.
destroy
root out
devastate
eradicate
Выберите правильный ответ. Let sleeping ___________ lie.
cats
dogs
tigers
lions
Выберите правильный ответ. In addition to certain obligatory recycling, an economic system must ____________ which would make it financially advantageous to re-use materials.
have been providing
be provided
providing
have provided
Выберите правильный ответ. Make hay while the _____________
rain starts
sun shines
wind blows
moon shines
Выберите правильный ответ. After-shocks registering up to Force 4 at the ___________were felt on the same day in the vicinity of Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia.
circle
epicenter
center
square
Выберите правильный ответ. Problems have arisen over the Indian government's giant dam project in the ________ Narmada Valley, where many of Rudyard Kipling's stories are set.
rude
wrinkled
cut
rugged
Выберите правильный ответ. Barnaby spent all his life working on the___________, like his father and grandfather before him.
land
ground
earth
surface
Выберите правильный ответ. Sea water ___________ to form clouds which fall to earth in the form of rain.
melts
dries
evaporates
changes
Выберите правильный ответ. The fundamental source of energy in almost all ecosystems is radiant energy from ___________
the electric power stations
the sun
the stars
the moon
Выберите правильный ответ. The critics say that more than 200,000 people will be uprooted and rehoused, and ancient ________cultures will be obliterated.
clan
community
folk
tribal
Выберите правильный ответ. Unfortunately Donald doesn't try to understand grammar rules. He just learns sentences ______________
magpie - fashion
nightingale- fashion
parrot- fashion
starling- fashion
Выберите правильный ответ. Jane was having a______________ of a time at the party, and could hardly be dragged away.
shark
whale
herring
dolphin
Выберите правильный ответ. There is a widespread revulsion against __________such as fox-hunting, and often activists endanger their own lives in an attempt to stop what Oscar Wilde called 'the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable'.
blood sports
intramural sports
professional sports
aquatic sports
Выберите правильный ответ. The World Bank recently halted funding as a result of intense pressure from ________, following an unfavourable independent review of the project.
environmentalistics
environmentals
environments
environmentalists
Выберите правильный ответ. You never quite know what Ken is up to - he’s rather a dark____________
fox
horse
goose
donkey
Выберите правильный ответ. Nowadays the greatest __________ to industrial recycling is the excess of expenditure over income.
advantage
obstacle
help
disadvantage
Выберите правильный ответ. One man's meat is another man's ________________
toxin
poison
medicine
treatment