Английский язык
Вопрос №8578
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Specialized Accounting 1. Accounting and Bookkeeping is the process of identifying, measuring, recording, and communicating economic information about an organization or other entity. Bookkeeping is the record-keeping aspect of accounting. Accounting principles…
Вопрос №8584
Прочитайте текст Claudius Galen was born in 138 A.D. at Pergamon in Asia Minor, where there was a famous temple of Aesculapius. When he was young he studied first philosophy and then medicine. His teachers of anatomy were outstanding anatomists. He devoted himself to practice and examined, his…
Вопрос №8586
Crime violates the laws of community, state or nation. It is punishable in accordance with these laws. The definition of crime varies according to time and place, but the laws of most countries consider as crimes such offences as arson, bigamy, burglary, forgery, murder, and treason. Not all…
Вопрос №8594
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту It is said that women in Egypt used cosmetic more than four thousand years ago. These women painted their eyebrows; added a thick dark line under each eye and had different kinds of paint for different seasons of the year…
Вопрос №8598
Прочитайте текст и найдите соответствующий перевод подчеркнутого слова Choosing an occupation takes time, and there are a lot of things you have to think about as you try to decide what you would like to do. You may find that you will have to take special courses to qualify for a particular kind of…
Вопрос №8599
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. History of agricultural science 1. Agricultural science began with Gregor Mendel's genetic work, but in modern terms might be better dated from the chemical fertilizer outputs of plant physiological understanding in eighteenth century Germany. In the United…
Вопрос №8602
Прочитайте текст A national park is a large piece of land. In the park animals are free to come and go. Trees and plants grow everywhere. People go to a national park to enjoy nature. Yellowstone is the world’s oldest national park. It became a national park in 1872. It is also the world’s largest…
Вопрос №8604
Прочитайте текст All universities usually have both faculties and departments. The faculties are arts, law, medicine, science and theology. The departments include engineering, economics, commerce, agriculture, music and technology. At the head of each faculty there is a professor. A staff of…
Вопрос №8615
In digital audio broadcasting, standards are much more unified with practically all countries choosing to adopt the Digital Audio Broadcasting standard (also known as the Eureka 147 standard). The exception being the United States which has chosen to adopt HD Radio. HD Radio, unlike Eureka 147, is…
Вопрос №8617
Прочитайте текст MS-DOS lets you organise the files on your disk into directories. Directories are a way of dividing your files into convenient groups. A directory may contain any number of files, but it is often more convenient to separate the files into subdirectories. This method of organising…
Вопрос №8624
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания Henry Ford 1. Modern production methods took a giant leap forward in 1913 when Henry Ford introduced the use of the assembly line in the production of automobiles. In those days, workers simply picked a spot on the factory floor, and assembled the car from the…
Вопрос №8626
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту. Owing to its beauty the Kremlin was considered to be one of the finest fortresses of its epoch. It impressed all foreigners that came to the capital. However, its secrets were carefully kept, and speaking of the walls of the…
Вопрос №8627
Прочитайте текст The main difference between normal and cancer is one of the growth and differentiation: most cancer cells are in their structure more like those of the young organism (fetus) than those of the adult. They generally grow and divide more rapidly and in a disorganized fashion, but…
Вопрос №8629
Прочитайте текст и восстановите пропущенные слова под номером 2 Why Are the British Mad about Harry? Who has the most recognized face in Britain at the moment? No, it’s not the Queen, nor the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, it’s not even Robbie Williams! The most recognized face 1 _____ to a young man…
Вопрос №8630
Most road-users recognize the necessity for all drivers travelling on the same side of the road, or stopping at traffic lights when they show red. Even if there was no punishment for these offences, the majority of drivers would still follow the Highway Code because they know it is the sensible…
Вопрос №8634
Прочитайте текст Marks and Spencer is a chain of department stores which sells men’s and women’s clothing, home furnishing, plants and food. The company was started in 1884 by a Russian refugee, Michael Marks, who sold goods such as pins, cotton, and cloth from a box as he walked from village to…
Вопрос №8654
There are a number of devices that directly affect the free flow of trade among nations. One of these is export subsidy – a payment by a country to its exporters that enables them to sell their products abroad at a lower price than they could sell them for at home. Selling the same product for a…
Вопрос №8656
Credit unions, associations of people with some thing in common, often serve people who have the same employer, work in the same industry, or belong to a particular church, labor union, or club. Credit unions offer insured savings plans similar to those offered by other savings institutions. In…
Вопрос №8657
Credit unions, associations of people with some thing in common, often serve people who have the same employer, work in the same industry, or belong to a particular church, labor union, or club. Credit unions offer insured savings plans similar to those offered by other savings institutions. In…
Вопрос №8658
The traits of an effective leader include the following: 1. Emotional stability. Good leaders must be able to tolerate frustration and stress. Overall, they must be well-adjusted and have the psychological maturity to deal with any arising problem. 2. Enthusiasm. Leaders are usually seen as active…
Вопрос №8659
The traits of an effective leader include the following: 1. Emotional stability. Good leaders must be able to tolerate frustration and stress. Overall, they must be well-adjusted and have the psychological maturity to deal with any arising problem. 2. Enthusiasm. Leaders are usually seen as active…
Вопрос №8662
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту Radio waves, light, X-rays, and some cosmic rays - they all belong to the same family. They travel at the velocity of light. The wave has both electric and magnetic components which are bound together. At the end of its travel…
Вопрос №8665
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания Japanese architecture 1. Japanese architecture has a long history similar to that of other aspects of Japanese culture, characterized by periods of interaction with foreign influences interspersed with long periods of isolation during which unique traits…
Вопрос №8669
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Evolution 1. A central organizing concept in biology is that life changes and develops through evolution, and that all life-forms known have a common origin. Introduced into the scientific lexicon by Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck in 1809, Charles Darwin established…
Вопрос №8670
Прочитайте текст и выберите утверждение, соответствующее содержанию текста Zworykin’s most critical invention was the first iconoscope camera tube, which he patented in 1923. The key to its success was the fact that its silvered-mica photocathodes stored the charges induced by the image that was…
Вопрос №8676
Chickenpox begins with fever, slight headache and listlessness. Within a day or two spots appear on the chest or back, which soon look like small blisters. Such new “crops” keep appearing for 2–3 days and older ones get scabbed over. There is a lot of itching and the child may scratch some of the…
Вопрос №8678
When a buyer has chosen the house, he has a lawyer to draw up a contract. This document states the legal definition of the property, gives the purchase price and demands proof of owner. It also includes other important information, such as the fixtures that are to remain in the house and the time…
Вопрос №8689
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания The Dichotomy of Inpatient and Outpatient Internal Medicine 1. The hospital environment has transformed dramatically over the past few decades. In more recent times, emergency departments and critical care units have evolved to identify and manage critically ill…
Вопрос №8690
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Agriculture 1. Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated…
Вопрос №8691
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Agriculture 1. Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated…
Вопрос №8693
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Channels of Marketing 1. Individual consumers and corporate buyers are aware that thousands of goods and services are available through a very large number of diverse channel outlets. What they may not be well aware of is the fact that the channel structure, or…
Вопрос №8696
Прочитайте текст. When computers were first introduced in the 1940’s and 50’s, every program written had to provide instructions that told the computer how to use devices such as the printer, how to store information on a disk, as well as how to perform several other tasks not necessarily related…
Вопрос №8699
Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопрос: When was Stephen King involved in a terrible accident? Stephen King is a very famous author today but it was not always that way. He had to work hard to become successful, like most writers. Until he began to make money from his writing, he worked in a laundry…
Вопрос №8702
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Evolution 1. A central organizing concept in biology is that life changes and develops through evolution, and that all life-forms known have a common origin. Introduced into the scientific lexicon by Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck in 1809, Charles Darwin established…
Вопрос №8703
Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопрос: Water is not used in refrigerators. Why? Water is not used in refrigerators because it evaporates too slowly. Ether, another refrigerant, is never used in domestic refrigerators since it is both poisonous and inflammable. However, it is sometimes used for…
Вопрос №8704
Water is not used in refrigerators because it evaporates too slowly. Ether, another refrigerant, is never used in domestic refrigerators since it is both poisonous and inflammable. However, it is sometimes used for industrial refrigeration because it evaporates very fast. Freon is usually used in…
Вопрос №8705
Прочитайте текст. Electromagnetism and gravity are two basic forces of nature. They are very similar and scientists are trying to unify them. Electromagnetism works in small objects – it attracts the electrons from the atomic nucleus and maintains them in place. Gravity works with big objects – the…
Вопрос №8706
Прочитайте текст и найдите соответствующий перевод подчеркнутого выражения. Those seeking employment will want to investigate all available possibilities. The following are the main sources of information about job vacancies. – Job centers. – Employment agencies. – Local careers officers…
Вопрос №8711
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Cognitive psychology 1. Cognitive psychology is a discipline within psychology that investigates the internal mental processes of thought such as visual processing, memory, problem solving, and language. The school of thought arising from this approach is known…
Вопрос №8713
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Mixed economies 1. A mixed economy contains elements of both market and planned economies. At one extreme we have a command economy, which does not allow individuals to make economic decisions, at the other extreme we have a free market, where individuals…
Вопрос №8715
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания ENGINEERING 1. Engineering is the professional art of applying science to the optimum conversion of the resources of nature to the uses of humankind. The word engine is derived from the Latin root ingenerare, which means «to create». The engines of war were…
Вопрос №8716
Прочитайте текст и найдите соответствующий перевод подчеркнутого слова. Man has always been a builder. The kind of a house he built depended upon the climate, upon the enemies, and upon the building materials at hand. The first houses in many parts of the world were made of wood. Men tied together…
Вопрос №8721
Прочитайте текст. This is a fairly typical film set. On this film set, the director, John, is the boss. He’s like the managing director of a company. He’s responsible for making sure the film is made on time and to budget. The producer is really in charge of the business. In a normal company, he…
Вопрос №8723
Прочитайте текст All English universities except Oxford and Cambridge are fairly new. The University of Oxford was the first university in Britain. It was organised in the 12th century as a federation of colleges. They are governed by their own teaching staff known as “Fellows”. The oldest college…
Вопрос №8725
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. International Law 1. The legal process that concerns relations among nations is called international law. International law serves the international community; international law is about the relations between independent states. It treats them as equals…
Вопрос №8726
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. World Bank 1. World Bank or International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is a multinational institution set up in 1947 to provide economic aid to member countries - mainly developing countries – to strengthen their economics. The Bank has supported a…
Вопрос №8733
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. The education of children with learning disabilities 1. A learning disability is a mental problem that children may have from birth, or that may be caused by illness or injury, that affects their ability to read, write, or calculate. Though its causes and…
Вопрос №8734
Прочитайте текст. In 1960s, some students had an idea. They painted hundreds of bicycles white and placed them around Amsterdam for people to use. They hoped to save energy, reduce pollution and provide free public transport. It didn’t work – thieves took all the bicycles within weeks! However…
Вопрос №8736
Metals are materials most widely used in industry because of their properties. The study of the production and properties of metals is known as metallurgy. The separation between the atoms in metals is small, so most metals are dense. The atoms are arranged regularly and can slide over each other…
Вопрос №8737
Прочитайте текст и выберите утверждение, соответствующее содержанию текста I’m fond of reading. In my opinion, books are a source of emotional inspiration and romantic feelings. Reading is very useful, because books enrich our experience with that of the other people. Besides, books help me to…