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Вопрос №9152
Education in the United Kingdom is compulsory from the age of five to sixteen. Children under five go either to nursery schools, or to playgroups. The main aim of such kind of establishments is to make the children ready for primary schools. Compulsory education for all children begins at the age…
Вопрос №9180
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Criminal Procedure 1. Criminal procedure, also called the criminal process, is the mechanism through which crimes are investigated, the guilt of criminals adjudicated, and punishment imposed. Criminal procedure makes the criminal law work. Criminal law defines…
Вопрос №9194
Read the text and do the tasks How Do Leaders Lead? 1. Leadership is the process by which a leader, by persuasion or example, induces followers to pursue their objectives for the group. In other words, it is «a process (act) of influencing the activities of an organized group in its efforts toward…
Вопрос №9196
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Family 1. The family, a basic social group united through bonds of kinship or marriage, has been present in all societies. Ideally, the family provides its members with protection, companionship, security, and socialization. The structure of the family and the…
Вопрос №9201
Прочитайте текст Marie, accountant “I work in the finance department of a large company. There are a lot of benefits. For example, if the company makes a profit, all the employees get a bonus. We also get a pension and private health insurance. The company pays for its staff to go on training…
Вопрос №9203
Прочитайте текст. Generally the load on roofs consists of two components: the snow load and the wind-pressure. The action of these loads is quite different on flat roofs and pitched ones. The snow load on flat roofs is great; practically it is at the maximum. As to the wind pressure on roofs of…
Вопрос №9208
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. The education of maladjusted children 1. Maladjusted children are those who are unable to form good relationships with other children because of problems in their character and behaviour. Socially and emotionally maladjusted children are referred for special…
Вопрос №9209
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. The education of maladjusted children 1. Maladjusted children are those who are unable to form good relationships with other children because of problems in their character and behaviour. Socially and emotionally maladjusted children are referred for special…
Вопрос №9212
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания Etiology of anorexia nervosa 1. The etiology of anorexia nervosa is unknown but appears to involve a combination of psychological, biologic, and cultural risk factors. Risk factors, such as sexual or physical abuse and a family history of mood disturbance, are…
Вопрос №9214
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту. 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…
Вопрос №9236
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания. Plasma Cutters 1. Modern industry depends on the manipulation of heavy metal and alloys. We need metals to build the tools and transportation necessary for day-to-day business. The reason is simple: metals are extremely strong and durable, so they're the…
Вопрос №9239
Прочитайте текст Council flats and houses are built and owned by the local council. After the Second World War, a lot of high-rise council flats, known as tower blocks, were constructed. Some were as high as 20 storeys and so badly built that they had to be pulled down only thirty years later…
Вопрос №9242
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту. A varying current from “output” transformer passing through the voice coil, varying forces are acting which cause it to vibrate back and forth. As the cone is driven back and forth, its large area sets air into vibration. It…
Вопрос №9250
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту. 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…
Вопрос №9252
Прочитайте текст и выберите утверждение, соответствующее содержанию текста Communicating has always been an important human activity. It has been responsible for the development of cultures and their evolution or downfall. Until recently, human communication techniques have been limited to the…
Вопрос №9261
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 №9274
Выберите название города, о котором идёт речь в тексте It is a rather new city. The city is situated on the left bank of the Potomac River, between the states Virginia and Maryland. Its population is about three million people. It was named after the first president of the country. It is one of the…
Вопрос №9291
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания Architectural Planning 1. The natural environment is at once hindrance and a help, and the architect seeks both to invite its aid and to repel its attacks. To make building habitable and comfortable, one must control the effects of heat, cold, light, air…
Вопрос №9310
Прочитайте текст. Erna Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow. She is going to set out from the French coast at 5 o’clock in the morning. Erna is only 14 years old and she hopes to set up a world record. She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed…
Вопрос №9313
Прочитайте текст и восстановите пропущенные слова под номером 31 COOPERATIVE APARTMENT AND CONDOMINIUM: WHICH IS BETTER? Some people wish to own their apartments. They have a choice 26 ___ a cooperative apartment ___ a condominium. 27 ___ two terms have nothing to do with the size, shape, or…
Вопрос №9324
Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопрос: Who was the first to use the term “United Nations”? The name “United Nations”, coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was first used in the “Declaration by United Nations” of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives…
Вопрос №9330
Прочитайте текст и выберите утверждение, соответствующее содержанию текста Hanna and Heather Craig, twin sisters aged seventeen from Alaska, have invented a new winter rescue device: a 1.2 metre-long robot called the Ice Crawler. The robot is designed to take a rope to a person in a dangerous…
Вопрос №9363
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту.The traditional British breakfast is bacon, eggs or sausages, preceded by fruit and followed by toasts. Britons may eat this breakfast at weekends or on special occasions but prefer a smaller and healthier meal to start a day…
Вопрос №9364
Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами.Americans eat a lot. They have three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner.Most of Americans don’t eat at home but prefer to go to restaurants. They can choose from many kind of 1_______. There is a great number of2_______…
Вопрос №9366
Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопрос:Where did Lindbergh arrive on May 20-21, 1927?Probably the most celebrated flight in the history of aviation was that of Charles A. Lindbergh from New York to Paris in his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis. He had been working as an airmail pilot when a group of…
Вопрос №9368
Прочитайте текст и найдите соответствующий перевод подчеркнутого слова.At the bread counter you take loaves of brown (rye) or white (wheat) bread, rusks, rolls and buns.There is a big choice of items in the confectionery: sugar, granulated sugar, caramel, sweets, chocolates, bars of chocolate…
Вопрос №9369
Прочитайте текст.The American inventor Thomas Edison lived and worked in the United States all his life. He was the most productive inventor ever. During his lifetime, he patented 1,093 different inventions, including the incandescent electric lamp, the motion-picture projector, and the phonograph…
Вопрос №9371
Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопрос:What is it also important to have for dinner?There is no doubt that dinner is the biggest meal of the day. It consists of several courses. For the first course you may have some soup – noodle, mushroom or cabbage soup, or may be some fish soup for a change. For…
Вопрос №10655
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту We are delighted to offer you the very finest in Russian hospitality. From the moment you arrive, we promise to envelop you in our temi-honoured traditions of gracious Russian luxury. With the history that dates back to the…
Вопрос №10656
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту The protective layer of the Earth, the ozone layer, which protects the Earth from the sun’s destructive UV (ultraviolet) rays, is being damaged by CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons). They are released by the daily use of industrial and…
Вопрос №10657
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту Large cities with thousands of smoky industrial enterprises pollute the air we breathe and the water we drink. Every year world industry pollutes the atmosphere with about 1,000 million tons of dust and other harmful…
Вопрос №10658
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту Greenhouse effect is the term for the role the atmosphere in warming the earth's surface. The atmosphere is largely transparent to incoming short-wave solar radiation, which heats the earth's surface. Much of this radiation is…
Вопрос №10659
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been increasing by 0.4 per cent a year because of the use of fossil fuels such as oil, gas, and coal. The cutting of tropical forests has also been a contributing factor in the…
Вопрос №10660
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту Global warming is an increase in the earth's temperature due to the use of fossil fuels and other industrial processes leading to a build-up of "greenhouse gases" (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide) in the atmosphere. It…
Вопрос №10661
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту Since 1850 there has been a mean rise in global temperature of approximately 1 0 С (1.8° F), but this rise could just be part of a natural fluctuation. Such fluctuations have been recorded for tens of thousands of years. The…
Вопрос №10662
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту Every year more and more plants and animals disappear forever. Strangely, it is the most intelligent but most thoughtless animal that is causing most of the problems - man. Nature is very carefully balanced and if this balance…
Вопрос №10664
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту The rain in many places isn’t natural and clean any more. It’s full of acid chemicals. When it falls in lakes, it changes them too. The lakes become more acidic. Acid water is like vinegar or lemon juice. It hurts when it gets…
Вопрос №10665
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту Scientists are finding other effects of acid rain. In some large areas trees are dying. Not just one tree here and there, but whole forests. At first scientists couldn’t understand why. There were no bugs or diseases in these…
Вопрос №10666
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту People have always polluted their surroundings. But until now pollution was not such a serious problem. People lived in uncrowded rural areas and did not have pollution - causing machines. With the development of crowded…
Вопрос №10668
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту Pollution is as complicated as serious problem. Automobiles are polluting the air but they provide transportation for the people. Factories pollute the air and the water but they provide jobs for people and produce necessary…
Вопрос №10669
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту Since ancient times Nature has served Man, being the source of his life. For thousands of years people lived in harmony with environment and it seemed to them that natural riches were unlimited. But with the development of…
Вопрос №10670
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту Large cities with thousands of smoky industrial enterprises appear all over the world today. The by-products of their activity pollute the air we breathe, the water we drink, the land we grow grain and vegetables on. Every year…
Вопрос №10671
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту The most horrible ecological disaster befell Ukraine and its people after the Chernobyl tragedy in April 1986. About 18 percent of the territory of Belarus were also polluted with radioactive substances. A great damage has been…
Вопрос №10672
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту Environmental protection is of a universal concern. That is why serious measures to create a system of ecological security should be taken. Some progress has been already made in this direction. As many as 159 countries…
Вопрос №10673
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту Mankind long believed that, whatever we did, the Earth would remain much the same. We know now that is untrue. Nature is under threat. One country’s pollution can be every country’s problem. So we all need to work together to…
Вопрос №10674
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту We have a moral duty to look after our planet and hand it on in good order to future generation. That does not mean trying to halt economic growth. We need growth to give us the means to live better and healthier lives. We must…
Вопрос №10675
Прочитайте текст и определите, какой из заголовков соответствует тексту Britain attaches particular importance to the environmental policy of the European Community. Much has already been achieved: since Britain joined, the Community has adopted some 280 environmental measures, including…
Вопрос №10707
Прочитайте текст In Russia the finest icons were produced from the mid-fourteenth century. Around that time a specific national style in icon painting was formed. Russian icon painting reached the highest point of its achievement in the mid-fifteenth century in the works of Theophanes of Greek…
Вопрос №10708
Прочитайте текст In 1422 A. Rublev was asked to return to his former monastery at Sergiev Posad to redecorate the walls of the Cathedral of the Trinity. At that time he painted his most famous icon “The Old Testament Trinity”. The subject of this icon is the visit of the three angels to Abraham. In…
Вопрос №10709
Прочитайте текст From the eighteenth century, when Peter the Great introduced western tastes and forms in art and architecture, Russian art moved away from religion towards a secular tradition. Portrait painting, marines and townscapes were dominant genres. In the second half of the nineteenth…