Английский язык ч.1

Для успешной сдачи дисциплины необходимо:

1) Самостоятельно изучить ресурсы электронной библиотеки СДО, содержащий видео-лекции, видео-консультации, электронный учебно-методический комплекс (ЭУМК) (не обязательно).

2) До сдачи основного теста, пройти тренировочное тестирование – «Самопроверка» (не обязательно).

3) Принять участие в Интернет-коллоквиуме - обсуждаются темы коллоквиума (обязательно выполняется, если он открыт).

4) Защитить курсовую работу, защита проводиться в Интернет-коллоквиуме (обязательно выполняется, если Вы писали курсовую работу).

Защита состоит из двух этапов:
- первая этап: написание аннотации к курсовой работе.
- второй этап: ответы на дополнительные вопросы преподавателя.

5) В период сессии, пройти основное тестирование, в режиме on-line – «Итоговое тестирование» (выполнять обязательно, по результатам этого тестирования выставляется оценка в зачетную книжку)

Вопросы:

1) Four hundred kangaroos __________________ a former naval site near Canberra, the national capital of Australia recently.

2) It is worth ____________ that metaphor is the foundation of human reason.

3) If you asked a group of adults what their favorite reading ______________, you would be given the name of a novel or a literary genre.

4) Chelsea Clinton was quoted as saying that her Dad was a good president, but her Mom ______________ even better.

5) When _______________ First World War began, it was compulsory for all British officers to have a moustache.

6) _____________ women see macho-looking men as less faithful, less warm and potentially poorer fathers.

7) White boys from sink estates are _______________ new poor in modern Britain, an official report says.

8) Middle-class people are accused _______________ being ‘pushi’ parents when they do their best to get their children into decent school.

9) Scientists say that we prefer people who we think are similar ____________ ourselves.

10) Friends are people who don’t care _______________ you feed them or not, they just come to see you.

11) You are more likely to get ________________ to respond positively to a request at negotiations, if they think that you are an expert.

12) _______________ of rail passengers have been warned to expect a ‘summer chaos’ on the railways.

13) Australian animals are under so much pressure already that they are not going to be able to adopt global changes _______________.

14) A human skeleton renews _________________ every seven years.

15) There will be _________________ technical progress during the next half century than there was in the entire 20th.

16) A ‘Bill of Rights and Responsibilities’ could give people a clear idea of what we can expect from the State and from _________________ .

17) Watching images of Prince Harry in Afghanistan ________________ people will surely feel touched.

18) Is the risk of never marrying ________________ for men or women?

19) It’s nice to watch the roses _________________ in the garden of your own.

20) The Internet is supposed ________________ a lot of couples.

21) Before _________________ fine art at Central St. Martins in London, McArtee was a graffiti artist.

22) Tea tree oil ________________ now for its antiseptic properties.

23) Globe artichokes _________________ in England since the 1500s.

24) Scientists examined more than 2000 American men and found that a healthy 70-year-old man who never _______________, had a 50:50 chance of reaching the age of 90.

25) By 2030 China __________________ more buildings than there currently exist in Europe.

26) Two-thirds of men questioned, ________________ that they wanted a wife who could manage the family finance for them.

27) Seven out of 10 people in England said that they __________________ their children’s inheritance in order to pay for care in their old age.

28) Love makes us blind to the charms of _____________.

29) No one can serve two masters: _______________ he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.

30) Business in Britain can ______________ ignore 165 million people in Pakistan or 240 million people in Indonesia.

31) It is often said that politeness costs _________________.

32) The Mediterranean is at ________________ risk than it is thought of a major earthquake.

33) It is very likely that ________________ investigations will reveal new examples of the natural communication of monkeys.

34) One is definitely unhappy when he _______________ choose between eating and heating.

35) All European citizens _________________ share an interest in protecting and improving the environment around.

36) Nobody knows exactly how astrology works, but it __________________.

37) _____________ to swim against the tide.

38) Speaking negatively about others ________________ ‘evil tongue’ in the Bible.

39) We won’t learn anything about keeping children safe unless we ______________ more closely at individual circumstances.

40) When buttons first _______________ in the 17th century, they were seen only on garments of the wealthy.

41) Celebrities, if they don’t do _______________ positive in society but take drugs and get arrested, are negative role models for people.

42) Britain has a proportionally _________________ prison population than most of other European countries.

43) Report in a medical journal shows that today’s children are the first in British history to be __________________ than their parents.

44) The Church of England considers that Britain’s richest men and women ______________ start sharing their wealth to save their souls.

45) If you ________________ as a happy person, than wealth or lack of won’t matter much.

46) Any staff _______________ by two cases: financial reward and a happy working environment.

47) Research shows that people are more likely to help you, if you _________________ something for them first.

48) Without wealth people often worry about making ends __________________.

49) People heading top positions are expected _________________ gyms and wear designer clothes.

50) To license photos for commercial use in the USA, you need __________________ permission from the people you are photographing.

51) The number of people __________________ in cities is about to overtake those left behind.

52) Never before, so much of our personal information __________________ for good or oil.

53) The USA Department of Agriculture reported that the cost of feeding a low-income family or four _________________ significantly within 12 months.

54) In the 1970s, scientists said that our global freezing _________________ our demise.

55) If the moment that you ________________ for has at last arrived, don’t miss the chance to change your life for the better.

56) ____________ is the one who knows what is enough.

57) An award-winning cancer expert has concluded that mobile phones could kill _______________ people than smoking.

58) Children _______________ ever tell strangers they meet online too much about themselves.

59) When Melanie Allen and her husband adopted a five-year old girl, they _________________ believe their good fortune.

60) Why ________________ women’s clothes button from the left while men’s button from the right?

61) The coins which show the Queen’s head on the reverse side, ________________ into circulation in summer 2008.

62) While the Earth is over billions years old, intelligent life on it _______________ recently.

64) The name Halloween derives from the Christian feast of All Saint’s Day, also ___________________ as All Hallows.

65) Under a new points-based system for immigrants, non – EU citizens will be unable __________________ a job in Britain.

66) The way a person speaks is important, because it immediately lets others _________________ his level of education and intelligence.

67) In April 1978, a crowd of people who _________________ from all over the country gathered in Victoria Park in London’s East End to attend ‘Rock against Racism’ concert.

68) It is important to be in the right place __________________ the right time to take advantage of the situation.

69) Workers who leave Britain ______________ a job overseas can get a 43 per sent pay rise, a report says.

70) More and more people are for going holidays abroad in favor _______________ British destinations, as the credit crisis worsens.

71) There has been a decline in the number of dolphins since the 1940s in London , _________________ they can often be seen on the Thames, especially in April and May.

72) As Ethel Andrus put it, we learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our interest and attention to something ________________ ourselves.

73) ___________ if you’ve been to Cyprus before, there is always a new world to discover.

74) There are _________________ 12 different hypotheses to explain how humans learnt to walk.

75) Eurostar trains have set _______________ record-traveling from Brussels to London for one hour 43 minutes.

76) There is a saying that no one can serve two masters, for ________________ he will hate the one and love the other, or he’ll be devoted to one and despise the other.

77) The first rule of nature is that one can’t get something for _______________.

78) There isn’t _________________ of starting any day than with fried eggs and bacon.

79) April Fools’ Day is one of ________________ days the year.

80) It has been proved that planets ________________ influence human characters.

81) To paraphrase Henry Higgins, why _________________ a woman shop more like a man?

82) The speech of Edinburgh reflects the city’s history as vividly as its architecture __________.

83) The more we carry, the more likely we _________________ something sooner or later.

84) Born in 1969, Mathew McConaughey _______________ in Texas, where his father owned a petrol station.

85) Movie stars of the past, such as Ginger Rogers and Paulette Goddard didn’t have children because they were scared that taking time out____________ their star status.

86) Our conversational style and content __________________ by immigrants, by imported films, as well as by TV shows and by fashion.

87) Butterflies _________________ their worst year for more than a quarter of a century in Britain because of the wet summer 2007.

88) When you work doing what you like, life is a joy and you look forward _________________ each and every day.

89) It’s nice to let people __________________ that you are thankful to them.

90) Women spend three years of their life __________________ to go out.

91) Woman: “I’m Laura Miles from London office. How do you do?” Man: “ _____________.”

92) Student: “Have you had time to mark my composition?” Teacher: “___________________.”

93) Footballers and singers are negative icons if they don’t do _________________ that teachers morality and stability in life.

94) Perhaps the _______________ thing one can say about Michael Jackson is that he no longer surprises us.

95) The music business is ______________ by a particular style and sound than ever.

96) When a couple with kids decide to divorce, the future welfare of children ________________ be their priority.

97) What women _______________, sends a message about them and their expectations.

98) A research shows that many men believe that the world __________________ by women now.

99) The First European private detective agency ________________ in 1853 by Francois Vidocque, a reformed French criminal.

100) Do you wish you _______________ a better job?

101) Don’t let doubts about your future _______________ you hedge your bets.

102) The Queen cancelled a party to mark her Diamond Wedding Anniversary in November 2008 because she felt it __________

103) If you want to turn a discussion in your favor, forget what ___________________ is telling you and try to find out what lies behind the

104) ______________ is a particular system of art, thoughts, customs of a society.

105) A shorter, more _______________ meeting that leaves time for work.

106) _______________ Trafalgar Square is a square where only the heroes linked with the defense of the country should be commemorated.

107) ____________ reality of climate change should inspire everyone to take actions.

108) Queen Victoria’s letters make her the most knowable ________________ British monarchs.

109) Don’t blame the previous government _________________ present troubles.

110) Avoid all risks ________________ you are quite sure of where you stand.

111) The first person to receive a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood ________ actress Joanne Woodward.

112) There is an opinion that the easiest way to make money is to spend _______________ of it.

113) In India, the history of wine can be traced to the culture’s _________________ religious writing.

114) What do you ___________________ offer that other don’t?

115) In practice, the most that ___________________ be achieved is to keep inflation close to 2% in the medium term.

116) You ________________ be a teacher or a computer expert to enjoy learning with children.

117) The Spanish Nobel prizewinning writer C. Jose Cela ___________ lately of plagiarizing the work of a less known author.

118) For a long time it ____________ a tradition in London that national museums and galleries are free and open to all.

119) If you are not paying an adviser a fee, ________________ he gives you will be worthless.

120) The police _________________ to crack down people driving on drugs.

121) ____________ a barber to tell you if you need a haircut.

122) The traditional English countryside will be changed forever unless the Government ________________ swiftly on climate change.

123) Life has it ups and downs, nothing in life _________________ forever.

124) The spokesman for the university said that they ________________ of low student satisfaction levels.

125) The point is that true lovers have their Valentine every day ________________ the gift of love every moment.

126) When it is necessary to be indoors let’s see children _________________ a computer to the best effect.

127) Some years ago (probably 10 or 11) there wasn’t a lot of money about but nobody complained of _____________

128) Scottish castles ___________________ a tempting investment for the hard-nosed pragmatists lately.

129) The actress couldn’t go into detail about what she ___________

130) Across the Universe’ is a movie that you will ________ love or hate

131) The surface of the Moon is ___________ to sustain life

132) In all walks of life in Britain you will find that some people will openly talk to newcomers but ____________ will not

133) According to the latest research, the most expensive street in English and Wales is __________ Courtenay Avenue in London

134) Nowadays ________ rich contribute to the wellbeing of the serfs only though taxation

135) Applying for a job, find __________ what is expected of you at the interview beforehand

136) ____________ ever gives up a good job with a nice salary and benefits

137) The ‘espresso revolution’ of the 20th century turned coffee ______________ a gastronome product

138) Everybody knows that you __________ just give children everything they want, but parents still do it because it’s harder to say ‘no’

139) Unemployment __________ young people is higher nowadays than it was 10 years ago

140) Most people live ___________ a part of their lives between the passive future and the future perfect

141) In the popular imagination ___________ Second World War seems to have a monopoly on much of the 20th century worst cruelties

142) With a little help from parents a computer becomes _____________ tool

143) Alan Turing was a genius whose work during the war made a huge contribution to the allies’ victory __________ Germany

144) Freddie Mercury always looked _____________ a star even when he was penniless

145) British national identity is becoming more and more like the weather: everybody ____________ about it but nobody can do anything about it

146) What ____________ women happy?

147) __________________ the university of St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland, Prince William started studying History of Art.

148) The Sumatran tiger will disappear if the poaching and trade _________

149) Courchevel has a reputation for being ___________ ski resort