Jack London (1876 – 1916) is an American writer whose work combined powerful realism and humanitarian sentiment. He was (16) . in San Francisco. After finishing grammar (17) ., Jack London worked at various jobs and in 1897 and 1898 he participated (18). the Alaska Gold Rush. Upon his return to the San Francisco area, he began to (19) . about his experiences. A collection of his short stories, The Son of the Golf, was (20) . in 1900. Jack’s colourful life, during which he wrote more than 50 books and which included enormous popular successes as an (21) ., ended in his suicide at the (22) . of 40.
Many of his stories including his masterpiece The Call of the Wild deal with the reversion of a civilized creature to the primitive state. Jack London’s style – brutal, vivid and exciting – (23) . him enormously popular outside the United States; His (24) . were translated into many languages. Jack’s important works include People of the Abyss about the poor in London; the Sea Wolf, a novel based on the author’s experiences on a seal hunting ship; John Barleycorn , an autobiographical novel about Jack’s struggle (25). alcoholism.
machines, industrial robot can be programmed to do a (3) __________ of tasks that are usually accomplished by human (4) ___________ workers. Like their human (5) ________ , industrial robots can be switched from one job to another and can be programmed to (6) __________ new tasks. Thus far, robots have found their greatest use in assembling (7) __________ . However, they are swiftly branching from basic assembly.(8) __________ to construction and mining, and their most (9) _________ use of all, the exploration of oceans and outer (10) ____________ . Test 3: transmssion growth developed energy popular basic possible improved practical regular The development of television Television was not really invented. Many scientists invented or (1) __________ parts of the systems that have become the the television systems we know now. Radio, of course, was necessary before television could be (2) __________ , because the television uses the same principles of eletromagnetic waves that radio does. As soon as radio became possible, the possibility of television(3) _________ was also known, but it took many years for it to become (4) ____________ . British and American scientists helped to develop the (5) ___________ ideas that made television (6) ___________ , but it was a Russian who made th first practical television system. By 1923, Vladimir Zworykin , a Russian, had invented a camera tub that could turn pictures into electric (7) ___________ . By 1929, Zworykin had built a television system that work. By 1935, (8) ____________ television broadcasts were begun in Germany. the first broadcasts in the United States began in 1939, but television did not reallybecome (9) ___________ until later the Second World War. Between1945 and 1955 there were rapid (10) ___________ in the practical use of television. Test 4: live space signals poor events radio until transmitted expensive landing one use All early television was broadcast in black and white. Color television was possible, but it was too (1) ___________ and of very (2) _________ quality (3) __________ the middle of the 1950s.Color television broadcasts began in the United States in 1954, in Japan in 1960 and in Europe in 1967. The first (4) ____________ on the moon was broadcast (5) ______________ on television in 1969, and now television programs are (6) ____________ all over the world immmediately through the (7) ______________ of satellites that transmit the (8) from the earth, through the(9)___________, and back to the earth. More people now get their news and information through television than through newspapers and (10) ___________ . the development of television is (11)__________ of the most rapid and exciting(12) ____________ of our century. Test 5 : available consequently disturbing eliminated even explains For example in marine poisons refers scattering too with Environmental pollution is a item that (1) ___________ to all the ways by which man pollutes his surroundings. Man dirties the air with gases and smoke, (2) _____________ the water with chemicals and other substances, and damages the soil with (3) ___________ many fertilizers and peticides. Man also pollutes his surroundings (4) _________ various other ways. (5) _________ , people ruins natural beauty by (6) ___________ junk and litter on the land and in the water. They operate machines and motor vehicles that fill the air with (7) ___________ noise. Environmental pollution is on of the most serious problems facing mankind today. Air, water and soil are necessary to the survival of all living things. Badly polluted air can cause illness, and (8) ____________ death. Polluted water kill fish and other (9) _______ life. Pollution of soil polluted reduces the amount of land that is (10) __________ for growing food. Enviromental pollution also brings ugliness to man’s natural beauty world. Test 6: control deficient devote generation lead to necessary plays plentiful produce proper proposing providing scarce seek solution Food (1) ________ an important part in the development of nations. In countries where food is (2) ________ , people have to send most of their time getting enough to eat. This usually slow down progreee, because man have little time to (3) _________ science, industry, government, and art. In nations where food is (4) ________ and easy to get, men have more time to spend in activities that (5) ___________ progress human betterment, and enjoy ment of leisure. The problems of (6) _________ good food for everybody has not been solved. Many wars have been fought for the (7) _________ of rich food – producing lands. But it is no longer(8) __________ to go to war for food. Nations are beginning to put scientific knowledge to work for a (9) __________ to their food problems. They work together in the Food and Agriculture Oganization of the United Nations (FAO) to help hungry nation (10) ___________ more food. TEST 1 To do well at school, college or university you usually need to do well in exams. “All students hate exams” may be a generlization, but it is fairly true one. Certainly, all of the students I’ve known disliked doing exams, None of them thought that the exam system was fair;to do well in a exam you simply had to be able to predict the questions which would be asked, This was the case as regards tow students in my class at college. Botyh of them were exceptionally bright, but in the final year “exam” neither of them got an a grade. In fact, they both got Cs. The exam had tested us on questions which had come up the previous year. They had both assumed that the same questions wouldn’t come up again, and hadn’t prepaired for them. Students need to do well in exams __________. a. In order to do well at school. b. Because they need to do well at school. c. So that to do well at school. d. Therefore they have to do well at school. The stastement “ All students hate exams” is _________. a. extremely true b. completely true c. quite true d. very true 3) Which of the following sentences is not true? a. All of the students the writer has known thought that the exam system was unfair. b. To do well in an exam you simly had the ability to predict the questions which would be asked. c. None of the students the writer has known disliked doing exams. d. “ All students hate exams” is fairly true generalization. 4) Why did the two students in the writer’s class get C grades in the final exam? a. Because the exam was very difficult. b. Because they didn’t prepare for the questions that had come up the previous year. c. Because they were dull students. d. Because the questions weren’t in their lesson. 5) The writer’s main purpose of writing the passage is to _________________________. a. discribe the importance of exams. b. discuss how exams effect on the students. c. explain the equality in examinations. d. criticize the exam system. TEST 2 Every year people in many countries learn English. Some of them are young children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school. Others study by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in film, on television, in the office or among their friends. Most people must work hard to learn English. Why do these all people learn English? It is not difficult to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their sujects. Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work.Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at the college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English. 1. According to the writer. English is learn by _____________. a. young children b. adults c. teenagers c. all are correct 2. Most people learn English by ____________. a. themselves b. hearing the language on television c. working hard on the lesson d. speaking English to their friends 3. Where do many boys and girls learn English? a. at home b. in the office c. in evening class d. at school 4. Teenagers learn English because ___________. a. It’s useful for their higher studies b. it’s one of their subjects. c. They want to master it. D. a and c are correct. 5. Why do many adults learn English? a. Because they want to see movies in English. b. Because they need it for their job. c. Because they are forced to learn. d. Because it’s not difficult to learn. TEST 3 More than two hundreds years ago, the term “ environmental pollution”was quite strange to people. They lived healthy, drank pure water, and breathed fresh air. Nowadays, the situation is quite differrent.People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment. Actually it is man that is destroying the surroundings with many kinds of wastes. Everybody knows that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle. Manufactures know that wastes from factories make water and soilpolluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on treating the wastes safely. Scattering rubbish is bad for our health, but noone wants to spend time burying it. Is it worth talking a lot about pollution? 1. More than two hundred years ago _____________. a. the environment was polluted as much as it is today. b. people knew nothing about environmental pollution. c. air was polluted badly d. people was faced with pollution. 2. In former days, people ____________. a. led a healthy life b. lived in the polluted environment c. were worried about pollution d. drank contaminated water 3. Nowadays, many people are concerned about ___________. a. the destruction of the poisonous air. b. the polluted water c. the wastes from the factories. d. the pollution of the environment. 4. Everybody knows that cars emit dangerous gases ______________. a. so they donot travel by car b. so they prefer travelling by bicycle c. but they still prefer traveling by car d. and they enjoy traveling on foot. 5. Factory owners _____________. a. know nothing about pollution b. have no awaeness of pollution c. treat wastes from their factories safely d. do not want to spend money on treating the wastes safely 6. It’s harmful for our health _______________. a. if rubbish is preaded over our sea b. If we don’t scatter our rubbish c. if we spend time on gathering rubbish d. if rubbish is burried TEST 4 It is estimated that about 200 milion people who use the Internet computer network around the world. The Internet allows people to work at home instead of traveling to work. The Internet allows businesses to communicate with customers and workers in many part of the world for the cost of a local telephone call. E.mail allows users to send documents, pictures and other data from one part of the world to another in at least 5 minutes. People can use the Internet to do shopping. This saves a lot of time. It is possible to use the Internet for education – students may connect with their teachers from home to send or receive e.mail or talk their problems through “ on line” rather than attend a class. 1. The Internet allows people ______________. a. to stay at home and rest b. not to work c. to travel to work d. to work at home 2. To a business, the Internet is ____________ to communicate with customers. a. a cheap way b. a very expensive way c. an inconvenient way d. a difficult way 3. E. mail can be use to send ________________. a. documents b. information c. data d. all are correct 4. It takes _______________ to do the shopping on the Internet. a. a lot of time b. a little time c. less time d. more time 5. To use the Internet for education is ________________. a. impossible b. possible c. inconvenient d. difficult TEST 5 The search of alternative resources of energy has resulted in different directions. Many communitives are burning garbage and other biological waste products to produce electricity. Experimental work is being done to make synthetic fuels from coal, or coal tars. But to date, that process has proved expensive. Some experts are trying to revive hydroelectrig power which is derived from streams and rivers. Fifty years ago, hydroelectric power provided one third of the electricity used in the United States, but today it supplies only four percent. The oceans are another source of energy. Scientists are studying ways to change the energy of ocean currents, tides, and waves into electricity. 1. What are many communities doing to produce electricity? a. burning garbage and other biological waste products. b. changing waste products into power c. searching for alternative resources 2. Has the process of making synthetic fuels proved cheap or expensive? a. It has proved cheap b. It has proved expensive c. It has not proved expensive 3. Where is hydroelectric power derived from? a. rivers and ocean b. lakes and streams c. rivers and streams. 4. What percentage of the electricity used in the United States does hydroelectric power provide today? a. 33% b. 35 % c. 4 % 5. What are scientists studying? a. ways to have electricity from the energy of ocean. b. ways to change the energy of ocean currents, tides, and waves into electricity. c. a and b are correct. TEST 6 Education is not an end, but a mean to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of education them; our purpose is to fit them for life. So it is very important to choose a suitable system of education which will relly prepare children for life. When we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever job is suited to his brain and ability, and, secondly, that we can realize that all jobs are necessaryto society, and that it is very bad tobe ashamed of one’s work, or to scorn someoen else’s. Only such a type of education can be called valluable to society. 1. Education is a mean _____________. a. to reach one’s goals b. to earn lots of money c. to make up one’s personality 2. Accoding to the writer, the purpose of education is ___________. a. symply to provide knowlegde for children. b. to fit children for life c. to prepare anything which is suitable for children 3. Each of us must be educated to do ______________. a. whatever job that is well-paid b. whatever job that is suitable c. whatever job that is professional 4. All jobs are necessary ________________. a. to the employees b. to us c. to society 5. It is very bad ______________. a. to look down on someone else’s work b. to feel ashamed of someone else’s work c. to think one’s work as a means to earn money 6. Only a type of education ____________ can be called valuable to society. a. that helps people to get good jobs b. that trains people to do whatever they want c. that fit people for life TEST 7 Children’s education is changing rapidly today. In the past, teachers made children sit still for hours. They made them memorize all sorts of things. In other words, children had to go on repeating things until they knew them by heart. Today, many teachers wonder if it possible to make children learn at all. They say you can only help them learn. They say you must let children learn and discover things for themselves. 1. What did teachers make children do in the past? A. stand for hours B. memorize everything C. repeat their homework D. sit for days Children in the past were mase to learn everything A. by head B. by hand C. by hair D. by heart Nowadays, many teachers say that they only A. give children more homework B. make children learn C. help children D. teach children at home Today, the modern learning method is A. Letting children play computer games B. making children read a lot of books C. doing homework for children D. letting children discover things for themselves TEST 8 I often hear or read about “natural disaster”- the eruption of Mount St Helen, a volcano the state of Washington: Hurricane Andrew in Florida; the floods in the American Midwest; terrible earthquakes all over the world; huge fires; and so on. But I’ll never forget my first personal experience with the strangeness of nature – “the London Killer Fog” of 1952. It began on Thursday, December 4th when a high –pressure system (warm air) cover southern England. With the freezing-cold air below, heavy fog formed. Pollution from factories, cars, and coal stoves mixed with the fog. The humidity was terribly high, there was no breeze at all. Traffic (cars, trains, and boats) stopped. People couldn’t see, and some walked onto the railroad tracks or into the river. It was hard to breathe, and many people got sick. Finally on Tuesday, December 9th , the wind came and the fog went away. But after that, even more people got sick, many of them died. 1.Which natural disaster isn’t mentioned in the text? A. a volcanic eruption B. a flood C. a hurricane D. a tornado 2.What is his unforgettable person experience? A. the London killer B. the heavy fog in London C. the strangeness of nature D. a high-pressure system 3.What didn’t happen during the time of the “London Killer Fog”? A. pollution B.humidity C. heavy rain D. heavy fog 4.The traffic stopped because of . A. The rain B. the windy weather C. the humid weather D. the heavy fog TEST 9 Christmas is the biggest festival of the year in most of Britain. Celebrations start properly on December 24, Christmas Eve, although there have been several weeks of preparation beforehand. The Christmas tree and all the presents, food, drink and decorations have been bought. Christmas cards have already been sent to friends and relations. About a week before Christmas, people usually put up their decorations and decorate the Christmas tree with lights, various colored decorations and an angel on the top. Family presents are usually put under the tree. Christmas Day is the biggest day of the holiday. On the Christmas morning (often very early), children open the presents that are in their socks. Some families go to church. The traditional Christmas dinner consists of roast turkey with potatoes and various other vegetables. Before the dinner, people usually pull crackers-small rolls of paper that have gifts, jokes, and party hats inside. 1.People usually decorate the Christmas tree A. on December 24 B. on December 25 C. several weeks before Christmas D. about a week before Christmas 2.The most important day of the holiday is A. the day before Christmas B. the day after Christmas Day C. Christmas Eve D. Christmas Day 3.Children open the presents A. on the Christmas morning B. on the Christmas afternoon C. on Christmas Eve D. on December 24 4.Which of the following is the traditional Christmas dinner? A. Roast turkey and potatoes and bread B. Roast potatoes, tomatoes with turkey and various vegetables C. Roast turkey with tomatoes and various other vegetables D. Roast turkey with potatoes and vegetables TEST 10 Pollution is the process of making air, water, soil etc dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use. For example: * Air pollution is where there are gases in the air that is harmful, these gases come from object or buildings like harmful smoke from factories, vehicles, automobiles. (cars, trucks, planes, boats) and many more. * Light pollution is unwanted light, such as the light of cities, street lights, and others makes it hard to see the stars. * Noise pollution is unwanted noise, such as the sound of cars in a city, loud boats/ship, airplanes, and trains. * Water pollution is where there are things in the water that are harmful such as crude oil spilled from a shipwrecked tanker, smoke, poison, air pollution, and a lot other things that are not human/plant/animal remains. 1. Air pollution comes from harmfulfrom factories, vehicles, etc. A. trees B. parks C. smoke D. liquid 2. All of the following things cause light pollution except A. traffic light B. light of cities C. street lights D. light of the moon 3. Noise pollution is sound of cars, trains, planes, etc. A. unwanted B. small C. interesting D. useful 4. Which of the following sentences is Not true? E. Air pollution comes from harmful gases. B. Light of the stars causes light pollution C. Sound from a loud ship cause pollution D. Water pollution can come from the land. TEST 11 In biology and ecology the environment is all of the natural materials and living things on the Earth. This is also called the natural environment. Some people call themselves environmentalists. These people think that harmony with the environment is important. They think we must protect the environment. The important things in the environment that we value are called natural resources. For example fish, sunlight, and forests. These are renewable natural resources because they grow naturally when we use them. Non-renewable natural resources are important things in the environment that do not come back naturally. For example coal and natural gas. 1.What does the world “environmentalists” in line 3 mean? A. living things B. people who protect the environment C. people who destroy the environment D. people who pollute the environment 2.One example of renewable natural resource is.. A. sunlight B. coal C. oil D. natural gas 3.One example of renewable natural resource is.. A. fish B. tree C. water D. coal 4.all of the following things are renewable natural resource except. A. Air B. gas C. silver D. animal 5.What does the word “them” in line 7 refer to? A. materials B. environmentalists C. renewable natural resources D. non-renewable natural resources TEST 12 Christmas . Two popular traditions at Christmas are : decorating the home and singing the Christmas carols
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