Тест. ДВФУ

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ Федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Дальневосточный федеральный университет» (ДВФУ) Центр дистанционного образования КОНТРОЛЬНО-ИЗМЕРИТЕЛЬНЫЕ МАТЕРИАЛЫ Промежуточные тесты TEST 1 I. Arrange the following words into the pairs of synonyms 1) research 2) effect 3) assess 4) contemporary 5) production 6) destiny 7) accelerate 8) requirement 9) define 10) cause k) investigation j) impact a) evaluate e) modern f) manufacture b) fate c) speed up d) demand h) determine g) reason II. Arrange the following words into the pairs of antonyms 11) progress 12) likely 13) popular 14) improve 15) truth 16) general 17) negative 18) strengthen 19) broad 20) intelligible a) decline d) unlikely b) unpopular c) hinder e) lie f) specific g) positive h) weaken j) narrow k) unintelligible III. 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. 21. This view is shared by many scientists in the world. a) is held b) is argued c) declared 22. Every person should be fully in command of his/here destiny. a) development b) life c) fate 23. Technology is said to rob people of their jobs, their privacy, their participation in democratic government. a) work b) involvement c) research 24. 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 25. We define technology as the organization of knowledge for practical purposes. a) identify b) determine c) treat IV. Mark with letters “F”, “T” those statements which you consider true or false. 26. Technology does not produce any effect on the development of the society. — F 27. Technology may be defined as the organization of knowledge for practical purposes. — T 28. Most of the consequences of technology bring about pollution of environment, potential damage to the ecology of the planet. — T 29. The government should not pay much attention to development of a special system of social indicators showing the social effects of technology. — F 30. 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. – А V. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words from those given below. 31. There are many different views on the role of technology in society 32. Some scientists consider that technology is the motor of all progress and may solve most of social problems. 33. A second view holds that technology caused much harm to the people. 34. This view shared mainly by artists, literary commentators, popular social critics and philosophers. 35. This approach is becoming increasingly attractive to many of our youth who propound “back-to-nature” attitudes towards the world. 36. The third view argues that technology has done little to accelerate 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 V. Match each of the following English word-combinations (phrases) with its Russian equivalent on the right. 37) particular effects 38) prevailing views 39) to be in command of 40) to share viewpoints 41) to accelerate the rate of economic productivity 42) significant changes 43) adoption of new technologies 44) to be more adaptable to 45) this view tends to be held 46) to cause concern j) особые последствия k) доминирующие взгляды (мнения) b) владеть c) разделять точку зрения h) ускорять темпы экономической производительности e) значительные изменения f) внедрение новых технологий d) приспосабливаться к чему-то g) эту точку зрения стремятся разделять… a) вызвать тревогу (озабоченность) TEST 2 I. 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. 1. a) am b) be c) is 2. a) is situated b) are situated c) are situating 3. a) allow b) allowing c) allows 4. a) be b) been c) is 5. a) was built b) will built c) were built 6. a) appeared b) appears c) appear 7. a) was made b) was make c) were made 8. a) places b) place c) placed 9. a) dropping b) dropped c) drops 10. a) permits b) will permit c) permit 11. a) are going b) is going c) am going 12. a) were b) was c) is 13. a) standing b) standed c) stand 14. a) call b) called c) calling 15. a) cooperate b) cooperating c) cooperates 16. a) was working b) are working c) is working 17. a) have done b) had done c) has done 18. a) have b) haved c) has II. Choose the right variant of answer (a, b, c). 19, Much attention must _______ to improve the standards of higher education. a) payed b) be paid c) pay 20. Students of technical institutes ______ to analyze various facts and theories. a) are trained b) be trained c) is trained 21. Large sums of money _______ by the state to train highly-qualified engineers. a) spend b) are spend c) be spend 22. Students _______ to use the lab equipment. a) teach b) taught c) were taught 23. Natural resources _______ depleted and polluted. a) are being b) is being c) being III. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words from those given below. 24. Water and air are becoming _______ polluted. a) a little b) many c) more 25. _______ attention is being paid to the development of international scientific contacts. a) many b) much c) few 26. The more computers and robots are used in industry, the _______ technological progress will be a) quickest b) quicker c) quick 27. The more automobiles appear in the streets, the _______ the air in the cities is. a) worse b) worst c) bad 28. The _______ materials are those which have only one ring of atoms a) simpler b) simple c) simplest IV. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words from those given below. 29. I must have some paper, I can not write _______. a) something b) nothing c) anything 30. No one said _______ to us about it. 31. I had no vacation. I have been _______ this summer. a) somewhere b) anything c) nowhere 32. I was been looking for the new book on physics _______, beet couldn’t bind it? a) anywhere b) nowhere c) every where 33. Warm air is _______ than cold water. a) lighter b) lightest c) light 34. The rivers of Asia are _______ than those of Europe. a) longer b) long c) longest 35. Saturn has a density _______ than water. a) the least b) less c) little 36. The Amur River is the _______ river of the Far East. a) most important b) too important c) very important TEST 3 Exercise 1. Match the words and the definitions: 1. Accounting Recording data from transactions and preparing financial statements. 2. Income statement A financial statement that reports the financial position of a firm at a specific time. 3. Balance sheet A document reporting the results of company operations over a particular period of time. 4. Financing Acquiring funds for the firm and managing funds within a firm. Exercise 2. True or false? 1. Accountants use two major accounts to prepare financial statements. — false 2. The main financial statements are purchasing documents and payroll records. — true 3. Liabilities are what a business owns. — false 4. Long term liabilities must be paid within a year. — false 5. The basis of a balance sheet is a formula Assets = Liabilities + Owners’ Equity. – true Exercise 3. True or false? 1. Friends’ loans is an example of debt financing. — false 2. Bondholders are only creditors, they don’t own the company. — false 3. Interest on bonds is an obligation for a company. — true 4. Factoring is cheaper for a company then using commercial banks’ services. — false 5. Reducing inventory and cutting expenses are examples of internal sources of funds. — true Exercise 4. Write the following dates in English. a) 3.01.1988. – the third of January, 1988 b) 22.05.1990. – the twenty second of May, 1990 c) 02.11.1995. – the second of November, 1995 Exercise 5. Write proper salutations if you are writing to: a) a company; — Dear Sirs b) a woman-secretary; — Dear Miss c) a person you know very well named James; — Dear James d) a Sales Manager, Mr Smith by name; — Dear Mr Smith e) an married woman, whose surname is Black; — Dear Mrs Black f) a Personnel Manager whose name you don’t know. – Dear Sir Exercise 6. Write proper closings for the following salutations: a) Dear Sirs, — Best regards b) Dear Mr Brown, — Sincerely yours c) Dear Madam, — Best regards d) Dear Mrs Green, — Best regards e) Dear John, Sincerely yours f) Dear Miss Pinge. Best regards Exercise 7. Write internal addresses for the following letters: a) to the company called “Smith and Son Ltd.”, whose address is London SW 5, Queen Victoria Street, 51; “Smith and Son Ltd.” Queen Victoria Street, 51 London SW 5 b) to the Export Manager in the company called “London Metal Workers”, at the next address: Great Britain, London NW6, Holborn Street, Darwin House; “London Metal Workers” Darwin House, Holborn Street London NW6 Great Britain c) to your friend called Mike Davids working at “Western Coals Co.” in Manchester, Hill Road, house № 37. Mike Davids “Western Coals Co.” house № 37 Hill Road Manchester