Test Your English: Preparation Guide. Дворжец О.С - 52 стр.

7. Biddle and Hamermesh                                                                                      Text 9
   A selected lawyers to follow them.
   B surveyed the University of Texas.                                      Part A. Directions:     Fill in the gaps in the text with one of the four
   C discovered good-looking people.                                        (Questions 1 – 5)       choices given below. Choose the correct answer
   D tried to find out if the way people looked affected their career                               and mark it on your answer sheet. The example
       chances.                                                                                     shows you what to do

8. What did Biddle and Hamermesh discover?
                                                                            Example:        I   0     a lovely holiday in the country last year.
   A The University of Texas preferred good-looking people.
                                                                                              A brought     B had        C passed       D gave
   B The more good-looking people were, the more chances they had to
                                                                            Answer:         0. B
      be discovered by Biddle and Hamermesh.
   C Better-looking people were in more favourable conditions than
                                                                                  Teenagers who watch more than four hours television a night are
      others.
                                                                           more prone to crime, drug-taking and becoming 1 from society, accord-
   D 7,000 people to be surveyed.
                                                                           ing to the latest research. The warning followed publication of a report
                                                                           which found that TV addicts – those who spend at least four hours a night
9. There is a tendency
                                                                           in front of the television – are more likely to have anti-social attitudes,
   A against discrimination according to people’s appearance in the
                                                                              2 badly with their parents and feel disillusioned. The researchers said
       work place.
                                                                           that these youngsters developed spectator mentalities which prevented
   B to award compensation for unattractive people.
                                                                           them from taking an active part in life.
   C for discrimination on the basis of personal characteristics.
                                                                                  Of the 20,000 teenagers aged between 13 and fifteen who partici-
   D to do the job irrespective of a person’s physical characteristics.
                                                                           pated in the 3 more than a quarter said they watched at least four hours
                                                                           a night. After comparing their answers with those of the other respondents,
10. The word «career» means in the text:
                                                                           the researchers said that their 4 painted a disturbing picture. Almost
    A the general progress of one’s life, especially in one’s profession
                                                                           50 per cent of the addict group dismissed school 5 boring compared
    B criterion for employment
                                                                           with fewer than 30 percent of those who watched less television. TV ad-
    C careerism
                                                                           dicts were also happier to accept that they might be unemployed after leav-
    D campaigns for promotion
                                                                           ing school and more than 20 per cent would prefer it to work they did not
                                                                           like. TV addicts were also more tolerant of drug-taking.

                                                                           1.   A   opposed       B   isolated        C   deprived     D   disillusioned
                                                                           2.   A   get on        B   conduct         C   carry on     D   keep
                                                                           3.   A   examination   B   procedure       C   survey       D   report
                                                                           4.   A   inventions    B   discoverers     C   openings     D   findings
                                                                           5.   A   as            B   like            C   such as      D   as if


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