Прирда и экология
Вставьте пропущенное слово: ______ are the two possible meanings of greenest here?
Scientists are already working on blue roses ______ this technology.
uses
using
use
used
Incredibly, scientists have _______ a gene from a fish to give antifreeze properties to tomatoes and so increase their growing season.
using
used
use
been using
Укажите, какой частью речи является подчеркнутое слово: And tourism - provided it takes only pictures and leaves only footprints - is good for the national parks.
наречие
причастие
местоимение
союз
Укажите время, в котором стоит сказуемое предложения: I slowly became aware of how serious it had been.
Past Indefinite
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Определите правильные варианты перевода слова thaw
таять
подмораживать
согревать
оттепель
моросить
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The majestic peaks rise above the sweet-smelling pine _______; the air is invigoratingly pure, and the streams run with clear water.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: _______ life seem to be getting worse or getting better?
Соедините части предложений:
These events fill the newspapers, but in contrast with the heat-waves in New York, or blizzards on the prairies,
the much commoner icy roads can stop traffic but fog is the greatest disaster that can happen, causing accidents on roads and railways.
Droughts occur, but crops are never a complete loss,
nor do animals perish.
Sometimes a little whirlwind can destroy houses, heavy snowfalls and
or floods in China or droughts in Australia, or hurricanes on Florida, or tornados in Kansas, British weather seems indeed mild.
Соедините части предложений:
Thunderstorms are common in summer and the counties
the air is damp as the sun sinks lower.
The temperature falls and mist and fog
which do the worst damage in narrow valleys.
But the rain is heavier in the hills and it is here that great floods occur
form in the evening after a fine day.
In early autumn, especially after a fine summer,
in the east get most rain in this season.
Определите правильные варианты перевода слова unadulterated
правдивый
неподдельный
настоящий
чистейший
нечестный
Don't count your chickens before they____________.
are born
are grown
are eaten
are hatched
Вставьте пропущенный вспомогательный глагол: What _____ the natives of Suffolk say about the bitter easterly winds?
The individual consumer must have a __________ that is based on an awareness of the need to recycle.
view of life
method of life
position of life
way of life
Вставьте пропущенное слово: But suppose you ______dying from an incurable disease now.
Соедините части предложений:
A more distinct and little-known species, the Congo peacock,
but wild birds are themselves bursting with vibrant hues.
They can be testy and do not mix
well with other domestic birds.
Selective breeding has created some unusual color combinations,
inhabits African rain forests.
Установите соответствия между английскими и русскими эквивалентами:
to set out
Национальный трест
reclamation industry
утилизация, переработка
reclamation
перерабатывающая промышленность
National Trust (The National Trust for England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
четко излагать
Укажите время, в котором стоит сказуемое предложения: There can be a lot of ignorance in people's behaviour towards wild animals.
Present Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect
Present Indefinite
So, if you want to get some vitamin C into your child, use a little freshly _________ juice diluted with plenty of water.
squeezing
squeeze
squeezed
squeezes
The manufacturer ___________the overall impact of his product on the environment and takes all factors into account from the selection of raw materials to the moment when all consumer value has been exhausted.
assesses
counts
sums up
thinks
Вставьте пропущенное слово: Some people _______ denounced this unique experiment with a torrent of angry words.
Соедините части предложений:
In fact, wild peafowl often roost in forest trees
each of which will lay three to five eggs.
There are two familiar
plants, and small creatures.
Peacocks are ground-feeders that eat insects,
peacock species.
Suitable males may gather harems of several females,
and gather in groups called parties.
When the train doors closed, we were packed like ____________ and could not move an inch.
crabs
herrings
sardines
shrimps
Соедините части предложений:
The sheer pressure of people, coupled with the fact that there are increasingly few places where no-one else has photographed,
are going to wild places: while some animals may get used to cars, they won't get used to people suddenly rushing up to them.
Although photography can be an enjoyable pastime, as it is to many people,
it is also something that plays a very important part in educating young and old alike.
There can be a lot of ignorance in people's behaviour towards wild animals and it's a problem that more and more people
means that over the years, life has become much more difficult for the professional wildlife photographer.
Соедините части предложений:
The distinctive pattern warns predators that the insects are
and that's the idea.
Butterflies that emerge from chrysalides (pupa state) in late summer and early fall are different from those
that do so during the longer days and warmer weather of summer.
The colorful pattern makes monarchs easy to identify—
foul tasting and poisonous.
Вставьте пропущенный вспомогательный глагол: By what winds ______ the highlands and the mountains in the North affected?
Раскройте скобки: In a few days the weather turned to worse, it started (rain), the temperature fell to seven degrees.
Укажите, какой частью речи является подчеркнутое слово: That same year, Mexico created the world's first whale sanctuary on the west coast of the Baja.
существительное
причастие
наречие
местоимение
Установите соответствия между английскими и русскими эквивалентами:
National Trust (The National Trust for England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
беспорядочный
thunderhead
грозовой фронт
indiscriminate
Национальный трест
Вставьте пропущенное слово: Colas and other tannin or drinks that contain _______ such as coffee and tea might aid concentration in the short term.
Sea water ___________ to form clouds which fall to earth in the form of rain.
melts
dries
changes
evaporates
Соедините части предложений:
I didn't get my first camera until after I'd graduated, when I was due to go diving in Norway
and didn't have a home base for any length of time.
My love of nature goes right back to my childhood,
she taught me the names of wildflowers and got me interested in looking at the countryside.
I think it was my grandmother who encouraged me more than anyone:
to the times when I stayed on my grandparents' farm in Suffolk.
My father was in the armed forces, so we were always moving
and needed a method of recording the sea creatures I would find there.
Укажите, какой частью речи является подчеркнутое слово: In Africa, the most important species in danger is the elephant, the world's largest living land mammal.
глагол
числительное
прилагательное
наречие
Studies suggest that children _______ drink plenty of water find it easier to concentrate, retain information and do mental arithmetic, and also get fewer headaches.
who
when
that
what
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Breakers crash against the ______ that rise above the shore, throwing spray into the air, while gulls and pelicans circle above the rocks looking for fish in the grey ocean.
Вставьте пропущенный предлог. There are the by-products ________massive industrialization confronting all great industrial countries with the most serious problem of environment mankind ever faced, that of pollution.
Соедините части предложений:
Females are peahens, and together,
to refer to birds of both sexes.
Females are believed to choose
their mates according to the size, color, and quality of these outrageous feather trains.
The term "peacock" is commonly used
they are called peafowl.
The travellers gazed in awe at the________, a beautiful stretch of clear, fresh water surrounded by snow-capped mountains.
river
lake
sea
ocean
The critics say that more than 200,000 people will be uprooted and rehoused, and ancient ________cultures will be obliterated.
folk
community
tribal
clan
Укажите, какой частью речи является подчеркнутое слово: Then the Indian government launched Project Tiger, which set up national parks all over the country.
глагол
прилагательное
наречие
числительное
There have been experiments to use untreated waste for making ____________ and of incinerating rubbish to power the air-conditioning systems in public buildings.
phosphate fertilizers
organic fertilizers
granular fertilizers
nitrogen fertilizers
Looking at basics, it is easy to see that the whole of our ___________ functions on the principle of constant recycling.
economy-system
bio-system
socio-system
eco-system