Английский язык
Вопрос №8944
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Law 1. Law in common parlance means a rule which (unlike a rule of ethics) is capable of enforcement through institutions. The study of law crosses the boundaries between the social sciences and humanities, depending on one's view of research into its…
Вопрос №8945
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Law 1. Law in common parlance means a rule which (unlike a rule of ethics) is capable of enforcement through institutions. The study of law crosses the boundaries between the social sciences and humanities, depending on one's view of research into its…
Вопрос №8947
Прочитайте текст The Jukkasjarvi Icehotel in Sweden is an interesting and cold place for a holiday. It started life as an igloo (a small house made of snow) at an art exhibition in 1989. Hundreds of people visited the exhibition and some even slept there, so the builders decided to make it a hotel…
Вопрос №8949
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Hyperinflation 1. Inflation is a sustained increase in the aggregate price level. Economists generally reserve the term hyperinflation to describe episodes where the monthly inflation rate is greater than 50 per cent. 2. Hyperinflations are largely a…
Вопрос №8952
London, the capital of the United Kingdom, was founded in AD 43 by the Roman invaders as a settlement and a fortress. At first it had the name of Londinium. Due to its convenient position in the mouth of the river Thames the settlement grew and developed into a city. In the 11th century London…
Вопрос №8953
It is difficult to be precise as to what law is, but it may be defined as a code of conduct for the people in a given community, which controls their activities towards each other, which respect to their private and business lives, and to their relationship with the state. It is generally agreed…
Вопрос №8957
Прочитайте текст Monitor is another term for display screen. First monitors were black-and-white with cathode ray tube. Nowadays most monitors are colour monitors. Besides, colour LCD monitors are becoming more and more popular. Monitors have different screen sizes. Like televisions, screen sizes…
Вопрос №8967
Прочитайте текст In old Roman legends, Mercury was the swift-footed messenger of the gods. The year on the planet of Mercury is only 88 earth days. Mercury always keeps one side towards the sun. On this side it is always day, on the other side it is always night. We see only the lighted side…
Вопрос №8976
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Advertising 1. Advertising is one of the largest industries. It is an important means of promoting the goods that are being produced as well as new lines in business. There are specialized firms dealing with advertising, different kinds of mass media (TV…
Вопрос №8977
Прочитайте текст Sport is probably as old as the humanity itself. It has been developing with the developing and growth of the mankind. All over the world people of different ages are very fond of sports and games. Sport not only helps people to become strong and to develop physically but also…
Вопрос №8986
Прочитайте текст The Egyptian pyramids are huge structures which are almost 4600 years old. The Pyramid of Cheops consists of 2300000 stones. Each of the stones weighs 2.5 tonnes. According to the usual explanation large blocks of stone were cut in the mountains and then transported with the help…
Вопрос №8989
Прочитайте текст In the USA there are three levels of organization of medical service: the private doctor, the medical institution or hospital and the United State Public Health Service. The average American has a doctor of his own, whom he calls his ‘family doctor’. The doctor gives the patient…
Вопрос №8990
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания A microwave oven 1. A microwave oven works by passing non-ionizing microwave radiation, usually at a frequency of 2.45 gigahertz (a wavelength of 12.24 centimetres), through the food. Microwave radiation is between common radio and infrared frequencies. Water…
Вопрос №9002
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Cesare Lombroso 1. Professor Lombroso is a criminologist whose views, though not altogether correct, caused a lot of interest and made other people look into the problem of crime in a more scientific way. He is regarded as the father of the scientific study of…
Вопрос №9012
Прочитайте текст и восстановите пропущенные слова под номером 9 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER I was born in a little Austrian town, outside Graz. When I was ten years old, I had the dream of being the best in the world in something. When I was fifteen, I had a dream that I wanted to be the best body 1…
Вопрос №9013
Прочитайте текст 7% of all schoolchildren in England and 4% in Scotland go to independent school sector that is separate from the state educational system. Parents of pupils attending public schools can afford to pay for their education, and in some cases fees can be several thousand pounds a year…
Вопрос №9018
Прочитайте текст и выберите утверждение, соответствующее содержанию текста The Trackster is designed to find people trapped in damaged buildings after an earthquake or an explosion. It enables the rescue team to search for victims from a safe distance. The Trackster consists of a small body with…
Вопрос №9019
Прочитайте текст. The development of transport facilities was very important in the growth of the United States. The first travel routes were natural waterways. No surfaced roads existed until the 1790s, when the first highways were built. Besides the overland roads, many canals were constructed…
Вопрос №9022
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту An electroscope is a sensitive instrument for detecting small electric charges. It consists of a glass-jar closed with a stopper of insulting material in which is fitted a varnished glass-tube. A rod passes through the tube. At…
Вопрос №9025
A guide book can be extremely helpful when you’re visiting a place for the first time. Guide books provide loads of practical information, such as the opening times and entrance fees of the main attractions, and often recommend sights to visit and places to stay. They can also provide interesting…
Вопрос №9026
A guide book can be extremely helpful when you’re visiting a place for the first time. Guide books provide loads of practical information, such as the opening times and entrance fees of the main attractions, and often recommend sights to visit and places to stay. They can also provide interesting…
Вопрос №9029
Most of the time of a modern man is spent within the walls of some building. Houses are built for dwelling; large buildings are constructed for industrial purposes; theatres, museums, public and scientific institutions are built for cultural activities of the people. The purposes of modern…
Вопрос №9033
Прочитайте текст. Although many kinds of people working in or studying legal affairs are referred to as lawyers, the word really describes a person who has become officially qualified to act in certain legal matters because of examinations he has taken and professional experience he has gained…
Вопрос №9034
Common law is judge-made law. Law that exists and applies to a group on the basis of historical developed over hundreds of years. Because it is not written by elected politicians but, rather, by judges, it is also referred to as “unwritten” law. Judges seek these principles out when trying a case…
Вопрос №9035
Common law is judge-made law. Law that exists and applies to a group on the basis of historical developed over hundreds of years. Because it is not written by elected politicians but, rather, by judges, it is also referred to as “unwritten” law. Judges seek these principles out when trying a case…
Вопрос №9040
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту An electric cell is used to produce and supply electric energy. It consists of an electrolyte and two electrodes. Electrodes are used as terminals, they connect the cell to the circuit - current passes through the terminals and…
Вопрос №9045
Прочитайте текст Mrs. Sara Winchester of San Jose, California, was a very strange woman who built one of the world’s most unusual houses. When she died in 1922, aged 85, she was living alone in a house that had more than 150 rooms and covered an area of land greater than 2.5 hectares. Mrs…
Вопрос №9046
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Types of Money 1. To be used as money, an item must have certain characteristics: durability (the ability to be used over and over again), portability (the ability to be carried from one place to another and transferred from one person to another), divisibility…
Вопрос №9050
Прочитайте текст The most important form of early Russian art was the icon. There was a large amount of painting, much of which has been lost. The word “icon” means “image” in Greek, but in the Christian era the term was used for religious pictures of Christ and saints on a wooden panel. With the…
Вопрос №9053
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Demand 1. One of the most important building blocks of economic analysis is the concept of demand. When economists refer to demand, they usually have in mind not just a single quantity demanded, but what is called a demand curve. A demand curve traces the…
Вопрос №9055
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Agroforestry 1. Agroforestry is an integrated approach of using the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock. It combines agricultural and forestry technologies to create more diverse, productive, profitable, healthy…
Вопрос №9056
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту Most people eat three meals a day – breakfast, lunch and dinner. Some eat a fourth meal, supper late at night. Its basic English tradition provides an extra light meal served in the late afternoon. Its basic menu usually…
Вопрос №9060
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Microwaves 1. Microwaves are a form of radiant energy. Other common forms are radio waves, visible light, infrared heat and electricity. All forms of radiant energy are a part of the electromagnetic spectrum. To distinguish between the forms, they are…
Вопрос №9062
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту. Society has only recently addressed the problems of crimes made possible by the computer revolution. One problem involves the stealing of valuable information from other persons’ computers. Recall that larceny is “the wrongful…
Вопрос №9083
Прочитайте текст. Prestressed concrete is a relatively young product. It started to be widely used only during the last few decades, and is still gaining popularity. The reason of its popularity is its usefulness. The main good qualities of prestressed concrete are its high strength and durability…
Вопрос №9087
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту Henry Cavendish was born in 1731 and died in 1810. He was an English nobleman who did scientific experiments as a hobby. In 1781 he made the important discovery that water is not an element but a compound of the gases we now…
Вопрос №9089
Прочитайте текст и выберите утверждение, соответствующее содержанию текста Reading is important. People who don’t read or who read carelessly make mistakes that can hurt others as well as themselves. Besides being important, reading is fun. In books you can travel all over the world and visit…
Вопрос №9094
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Magna Carta 1. At the heart of the English system are two principles of government – limited government and representative government. The idea that government was not all-powerful first appeared in the Magna Carta, or Great Charter, that King John signed in…
Вопрос №9104
Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопрос: What is the purpose of milling? The purpose of milling is to separate the wheat endosperm (the source of flour) from the germ and the bran layers, and to reduce the endosperm chunks to a fine powder. In conventional milling processes this is accomplished by…
Вопрос №9107
Прочитайте текст и выберите утверждение, соответствующее содержанию текста Large numbers of tourists visiting villages and forests can damage the environment in many ways. Paths get destroyed, trees are cut down to provide wood for building or fuel, people leave rubbish, and the extra noise…
Вопрос №9109
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания THE AMERICAN ECONOMY AT THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY 1. The United States entered the 21st century with an economy that was bigger, and by many measures more successful, than ever. Not only had it endured two world wars and a global depression in the first half…
Вопрос №9110
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Teaching 1. Good teaching is not a matter of techniques or methods, for, as curriculum is not education, so method is not teaching. Research indicates that good teachers cannot be differentiated on the basis of «teaching methods». The method is inseparable from…
Вопрос №9115
Прочитайте текст и выберите утверждение, соответствующее содержанию текста Strophantin is a white or yellowish powder. It is taken for acute cardiovascular insufficiency. It is sensitive to light and it must be kept in amber containers. It is soluble in water and only slightly soluble in chloroform…
Вопрос №9117
Прочитайте текст Although football of a kind was played in the Middle Ages or even earlier, as an organized game it dates from just over a century ago. One type of football, in which only the feet are used, was adopted at Cambridge in 1848; the other type, in which the ball is handled as well as…
Вопрос №9118
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. The state 1. The state has an important part to play in making and enforcing law. But what is a state? It is a political unit with a territory that the international community treats as independent, for example the United Kingdom, Barbados or Japan. Law settles…
Вопрос №9121
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Light 1. The form of energy that illuminates our world is called light. It usually comes from hot objects, like the sun or fire, but it is also produced by electricity and some chemical reactions. Light is the only part of the electromagnetic spectrum (which…
Вопрос №9125
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Respiratory symptoms 1. Cough may indicate the presence of lung disease, but cough per se is not useful for the differential diagnosis. The presence of sputum accompanying the cough often suggests airway disease and may be seen in asthma, chronic bronchitis, or…
Вопрос №9133
Прочитайте текст In 1871 the prominent Russian doctor V.A. Manassein published his report in which he described his numerous experiments with “penicillium glaucum”. During his observations of this particular plant V.A. Manassein discovered that many bacteria did not multiply and did not produce new…
Вопрос №9147
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. The Law and the Family 1. Beyond the mere function of providing a new generation of children, the family is often promoted for its moral contribution to society. Despite a growing labor shortage, the Japanese government has passed very little legislation…
Вопрос №9151
Прочитайте текст и выберите утверждение, соответствующее содержанию текста The so-called analogue systems of television are to be superseded by digital systems in the near future. Using this new system, Russian experts have managed to encode and compress flows of visual information to the extent…