Прирда и экология
From the helicopter the navigator could see the red cliffs of the Devon ________.
shore
beach
seaboard
coast
As part of its commitment to ________ countries, the World Bank originally gave India a $450 million loan for this vast project.
peace-loving
market-economy
developing
donor
Although sugar can improve concentration initially, an overload _______ have the opposite effect.
can
ought
able
must
Вставьте пропущенное слово: And if children get into the habit ________relying on caffeine to keep them awake while cramming late into the night, they are more likely to feel tired and panicky the next day.
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And because I photograph such a wide range of things, even if the main target doesn't appear
means that over the years, life has become much more difficult for the professional wildlife photographer.
Of the qualities it takes to make a good wildlife photographer,
patience is perhaps the most obvious - you just have to be prepared to sit it out.
The sheer pressure of people, coupled with the fact that there are increasingly few places where no-one else has photographed,
I can probably find something else to concentrate on instead.
Beer bottles and large vine bottles are constantly ____________.
bartered
recycled
exchanged
changed
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 ________.
drought
hurricanes
tornados
flood
Укажите время, в котором стоит сказуемое предложения: Nevertheless, wildlife photographs play a very important part in educating people.
Present Indefinite
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Continuous
Укажите время, в котором стоит сказуемое предложения: It's important to think about the animal first.
Present Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect
Present Indefinite
Вставьте пропущенное слово: The tannins inhibit the body’s ability to absorb essential nutrients such ________ iron and calcium.
Вставьте пропущенный вспомогательный глагол: On which continent _______ droughts mostly occur?
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My father didn't know anything about photography,
what I found both by diving and on the shore.
I became keen very quickly, and learned how to develop and print;
sea anemones and starfish.
I went off to take my first pictures of
obviously I didn't have much money in those days.
I did more black-and-white photography than colour, but it was all still using the camera very much as a tool to record
but he bought me an Exacta, which was really quite a good camera for the time.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. There, on this speck of volcanic soil in middle of a vast sea, a complete, unique and peaceful world ________ created slowly and carefully.
Ecology also called bioecology, bionomics, or environmental biology, study of the relationships between organisms and their ___________.
life
diseases
habits
environment
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Fattening larvae become juicy, colorful caterpillars, then create a hard protective case
which will kill them if they tarry too long.
Monarch butterflies begin life as eggs and hatch as larvae that
eat their eggshells and, subsequently, the milkweed plants on which they were placed.
The insects must begin this journey each fall ahead of cold weather,
around themselves as they enter the pupa stage.
Those who live on the ___________ tend to have a less sentimental view of nature than sity-dwellers.
country
land
earth
soil
Укажите время, в котором стоит сказуемое предложения: I was impressed with how people reacted.
Past Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Indefinite
Past Continuous
Определите правильные варианты перевода слова misty
морозный
неясный
туманный
ясный
расплывчатый
Укажите, какой частью речи является подчеркнутое слово: In July 1989, Kenya’s President Moi publicly burnt his country's stock of ivory.
числительное
глагол
прилагательное
существительное
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 duck
wild hen
wild goose
Вставьте пропущенный предлог. What do you think has stimulated man's interest __________ the problems of environment?
Установите соответствия между английскими и русскими эквивалентами:
tidal wave
лавина, обвал (снега, земли, льда - в горах)
natural disaster
стихийное бедствие
avalanche
приливная волна
Установите соответствия между английскими и русскими эквивалентами:
thunderhead
сверхзвуковой самолет
Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
глобальная программа защиты окружающей среды
supersonic airplane
грозовой фронт
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This group is occurring in ever smaller numbers, and its survival may be threatened by a series of natural disasters in the Mexican wintering grounds,
up to 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers).
Many scientists are concerned about the eastern population of monarchs,
which will kill them if they tarry too long.
The insects must begin this journey each fall ahead of cold weather,
which summer east of the Rocky Mountains.
North American monarchs are the only butterflies that make such a massive journey—
as well as by reduced acreage of milkweed plants in their summer home.
The Narmada dam will also offer a major ________of electricity to power-starved regions.
spring
well
key
source
It ________ make children hyperactive and headachy, then causing energy levels to drop so dramatically that they just want to fall asleep.
ought
able
must
can
Укажите, какой частью речи является подчеркнутое слово: Today there are perhaps 20,000 and these gentle giants are now worth far more alive than dead.
местоимение
существительное
наречие
причастие
Вставьте пропущенный предлог. How the problem of pollution has been and is being tackled has a great deal to do _____ politics and social initiative.
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The blue peacock lives in India and Sri Lanka, while the green peacock is found
plants, and small creatures.
A more distinct and little-known species, the Congo peacock,
inhabits African rain forests.
Peacocks are ground-feeders that eat insects,
in Java and Myanmar (Burma).
Вставьте пропущенный вспомогательный глагол: Which months _______marked by most snow?
The change in the climate of public ______means that using animals for entertainment is also frowned on.
taste
view
point
opinion
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There are the bitter easterly winds that the natives of Suffolk proudly tell you come straight from Siberia and
really surprising.
Sometimes a little whirlwind can destroy houses, heavy snowfalls and
nor do animals perish.
Droughts occur, but crops are never a complete loss,
the much commoner icy roads can stop traffic but fog is the greatest disaster that can happen, causing accidents on roads and railways.
The moods of British weather are
there are the soft westerly winds when "rain" is more usually called "mist", so soft and warming it is.
Вставьте пропущенный предлог. Birds swoop over the hills in the distance, heading _________Africa.
Timing is important here because no one wants to be ________about going to the loo in the middle of things.
worries
worried
worrying
worry
Вставьте пропущенное слово: _______ 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 couldn't move it.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. It waited there for hundreds of thousands of years for an annihilating invasion of voracious animals for which it was totally unprepared, a cohort of rapacious beasts led by the worst predator in the world, ______ sapiens.
Genetic modification ______ give us easy-peel oranges, cancer-fighting strawberries and blue potatoes.
must
should
might
can
Вставьте пропущенное слово: _______didn't the authorities widen the streets of the city?
Вставьте пропущенное слово: On the day, however, go _____ a high-protein or high-fibre breakfast and high-protein foods such as beans, meat, fish, eggs or cheese, plus vegetables and fruit later on.