Учебно-методический комплекс дисциплины (УМКД) «Иностранный язык» (стр. 8 )

people of various ages, they found out what services people expected from a

having interviewed        b) interviewing        c) interviewed

The money        in the robbery was never found. having been stolen        b) being stolen        c) stolen

       this case, we touched upon many interesting problems. having discussed        b) discussing        c) discussed

Substitute the underlined words for the most suitable variant.

The Bill was accepted and became law. was passed        b) was drafted        c) was shelved

It is the business of the police to prevent and detect serious law-breaking. law-encroaching        b) law-violating        c) law - disobeying

The situation there needs that I should be present.
deserves        b) wants        c) requires

Only a small percentage of our population breaks the law and requires an attorney for a court defense. solicitor        b) lawyer        c) barrister

It is good business to secure the services of an attorney for legal advice on important problems. guarantee        b) provide        c) supply

Guess the meanings of the following words.

Place where law cases are held. police station        b) headquarters        c) court

To control systematically, cause to obey a rule or standard. regulate        b) check        c) provide

Offence for which there is severe punishment by law. misdemeanor        b) misdeed        c) crime

Statement in writing saying how somebody wishes his property to be distributed after his death. will        b) wish        c) power

Any one human being (contrasted with a society). man        b) human        c) individual

Person who practices law. philologist        b) lawyer        c) ecologist

Person not yet legally of age.

a) major        b) minor        c) minority

ТEST 4

Arrange the following words into the pairs of synonyms

research effect assess contemporary production destiny accelerate requirement define cause evaluate fate speed up demand modern manufacture reason determine impact investigation

Arrange the following words into the pairs of antonyms

progress likely popular improve truth general negative strengthen broad intelligible decline unpopular hinder unlikely lie specific positive weaken narrow unintelligible

After each sentence there is a choice of several words. Pick the word that is closest in meaning to the word underlined in the sentence.

This view is shared by many scientists in the world.

a) is held        b) is argued        c) declared

Every person should be fully in command of his/here destiny.

a) development        b) life        c) fate

Technology is said to rob people of their jobs, their privacy, their participation in democratic government.

a) work        b) involvement        c) research

Research has shown that technology has done little to accelerate the rate of economic productivity since the 1880th.

a) speed up        b) promote        c) contribute

We define technology as the organization of knowledge for practical purposes.

a) identify        b) determine        c) treat

Mark with letters “F”, “T” those statements which you consider true or false.

Technology does not produce any effect on the development of the society.

Technology may be defined as the organization of knowledge for practical purposes.

Most of the consequences of technology bring about pollution of environment, potential damage to the ecology of the planet.

The government should not pay much attention to development of a special system of social indicators showing the social effects of technology.

At present much attention is directed to establishment of some body of social advisers to the president to help the government develop politics in anticipation of dangerous and harmful effects of technology development.

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words from those given below.

There are many _        views on the role of technology in society

Some        consider that technology is the motor of all progress and may solve most of social problems.

A second view        _ that technology caused much harm to the people.

This view        mainly by artists, literary commentators, popular social critics and philosophers.
This approach is becoming increasingly attractive to many of our youth who

       “back-to-nature” attitudes towards the world.

The third view argues that technology has done little to        the rate of economic productivity since the 1880th, because there is the long time period between invention and widespread adoption of new technologies.

a) accelerate        b) propound        c) holds        d) shared        e) scientists        f) different

Match each of the following English word-combinations (phrases) with its Russian equivalent on the right.

particular effects prevailing views to be in command of to share viewpoints to accelerate the rate of economic productivity significant changes adoption of new technologies to be more adaptable to this view tends to be held to cause concern вызвать тревогу (озабоченность) владеть разделять точку зрения приспосабливаться к чему-то значительные изменения

внедрение новых технологий эту точку зрения стремятся разделять… ускорять темпы экономической производительности особые последствия доминирующие взгляды (мнения)

Which of the following choices – 47), 48), 49), 50), 51) most adequately sumps up the ideas of the text B.

There is no systematic research on the effects of technology on contemporary society.

A good deal of research is aimed at assessing the particular effects of technology on society.

Society is indifferent to technological changes.

The text covers various approaches to the definition of technology.

TEST 5

Choose the right variant of answer (a, b, c).

Oil from Sea Bottom

The Capitan Sea        1        a veritable storehouse of oil and gas. Over a hundred such deposits        2        under its bottom at various depths. The new installation “Shelf-1”,        3         prospecting up to 200 meters deep. It        4        possible to drill over a dozen wells from such a platform.

The history of sea oil extraction goes back a century and a half. Off-shore oil wells

       5        in the area of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, as early as 1824. The first rigs        6        in the sea at the start of the last century. They        7        of timber and        8        on wooden

platforms, then        9        in shallow water.

Today modern machinery and technology                10                the extraction of oil from lower depths. Oil rigs        11        father out to sea. There        12        now a whole town in the sea

       13        on piles        14        Neftyaniye Kamni. Now Russia        15        with many countries interested in the continental shelf. Germany, Poland and Russia                16        together on the Polish shelf on the “Petrobaltyc” programme. At present our country        17__ already done

much prospecting on the Sakhalin shelf. It        18        contracts with firms in France, Japan, Finland and other countries.

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Choose the right variant of answer (a, b, c).

19, Much attention must        to improve the standards of higher education.

a) paied        b) be paid        c) pay

Students of technical institutes        to analyze various facts and theories.

a) are trained        b) be trained        c) is trained

Large sums of money        by the state to train highly-qualified engineers.

a) spend        b) are spend        c) be spend