Тексты для чтения и грамматические тесты. Антонишкис А.А - 10 стр.

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                  c. Interferon.
                  d. Insulin.

                 4. Which of the following is not true?
                 a. The foreign gene will replicate in the bacteria, but it will not
                    express itself through transcription and translation.
                 b. The bacterium Escherischia coli can be grown in large amounts
                    in synthetic media.
                 c. Research continues in an effort to find other uses for this
                    technology.
                 d. Recombinant DNA technology is a recent development.

                 5. The term recombinant is used because
                 a. By ligation, a recombinant molecule is produced, which has the
                    capacity of replication.
                 b. The technique requires the combination of several types of
                    technology.
                 c. By ligation, a recombinant protein is produced, part of whose
                    amino acids come from each different organism.
                 d. Escherischia coli is a recombinant organism.

    Text C.
    Test on determining the main idea.
       After inventing dynamite, Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich
man. However, he foresaw its universally destructive power too late. Nobel
preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite, so in 18995, just two
weeks before his death, he created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people
who had made worthwhile contributions to mankind. Originally there were five
awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, and peace. Economics was added
in 1968, just sixty-seven years after awards ceremony.
       Nobel’s original legacy of nine million dollars was invested, and the interest
on this sum is used for the awards which vary from $30,000 to $125,000.
        Every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s death, the awards
(gold medal, illuminated diploma, and money) are presented to the winners.
Sometimes politics plays an important role in the judges’ decisions. Americans have
won numerous science awards, but relatively few literary prizes.
       No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War
II. Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare; others have shared their
prizes.

   1.   When did the first award ceremony take place?
   a.   1895.
   b.   1901.
   c.   1962.
   d.   1968.