Test Your English: Preparation Guide. Дворжец О.С - 64 стр.

       An eruption as big as that would devastate the global economy. Al-     5. The word ‘trigger’ means in the text:
though a return to normal climate might be expected within a few years, the       A a device used to release or activate a mechanism.
social and economic effects would last much longer.                               B an event that precipitates other events.
       It is not a matter of if we experience another Toba but when. Evi-         C an iceberg dating back to the time of Ice Age.
dence from geological record suggests that such eruptions should occur            D a nuclear war monger.
twice every 100,000 years. We are living on borrowed time.

1. – Which of the following is not true?                                                                         Text 11
   – Many of the world’s dormant volcanoes
   A seem to be reviving.
                                                                               Part B. Directions:      Questions 1 through 5 are based on the text below.
   B could be the source of the next eruption.                                 (Questions 1 – 5)        Choose the one best answer to each question on
   C are virtually certain to be the source of the next catastrophic erup-                              the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
      tion at the prearranged place.
                                                                                                        Mark the answer in your answer sheet.
   D are likely to erupt again.
                                                                                      The issue of how our heritage is to survive an ever greater inundation
2. What could be the impact of big eruptions on the entire planet?
                                                                              of tourists becomes more and more pressing. The inundation is happening
   A They could cause a drop in temperature.
                                                                              here and now. London has run out of hotel rooms, Heathrow has run out of
   B The dust and ash thrown into the atmosphere could reach the sur-
                                                                              tarmac. Think of the impact made already, and multiply all that by 10: that
       face.
                                                                              gives some indication of the mighty tide of tourism we will face in the
   C Modern civilisation could be enriched by new experiments.
                                                                              nearest future.
   D The temperature drama could fall.
                                                                                      But this is not just a problem for the future. Under the press of num-
                                                                              bers, many tourist experiences are already being destroyed. Everybody gets
3. A full-scale nuclear war
                                                                              to see the picture, the monument, the palace – but no one gets to see it
    A was destined to swallow London 73,000 years ago.
                                                                              properly. Everyone goes to Venice, but all you can think about while you
    B was predicted to be prior to the conditions comparable to the vol-
                                                                              are there are the jams of people seeing it with you.
        canic winter the Earth entered 73,000 years ago.
                                                                                      The result is the progressive closing-off of sensitive sites. The danger
    C is insignificant compared with Toba, Sumatra, 73,000 years ago.
                                                                              is that more and more of the planet’s cherished places will suffer the same
    D created a hole 50m across and 100m deep.
                                                                              fate: disappearing under immense crowds, then being ‘rescued’ with the
                                                                              result that no one is able to enjoy them at all.
4. What title would you give to the text?
                                                                                      Allowing the tourist market to take its course unimpeded makes no
   A Volcanic borrowings.
                                                                              more sense than allowing loggers to have their way in Amazonia. For any
   B Geological records of dormant volcanoes at risk.
                                                                              particular monument there is an optimum number of people who can enjoy
   C The fire next time.
                                                                              it to the full at any given time. The task ahead for those who administrate
   D Tambora or Toba: decline or fall?
                                                                              such places is devising ways that will permit access to the right sorts of
                                                                              numbers, so that each person who pays their entrance fee will do so confi-
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