Основы теории английского языка. Листунова Е.И. - 140 стр.

1. The topic or this passage is 5. The word «their» in line 14 refers to
(A) spiders                         (A) humans who build
(B) different types of webs         (B) other arachnologists
spiders make                        (C) Witt and his associates
(C) Dr. Peter N. Witt               (D) orb spinners
(D) orb spinners and their webs. 6. According to the passage,
2. According to the passage,        web-making by spiders and
the difference between the          human building activities are
sheet web and the orb web is (A) both dependent on
(A) the pattern                     removable scaffolding
(B) the size                        (B) hard to compare
(C) the texture                     (C) simple to analyze
(D) the length of threads           (D) lengthy procedures
 spun by the spiders                7. The word «it» in line 18 refers to
3. The phrase «at random»           (A) the web
 in line 2 is closest in meaning to B) the food source
(A) arbitrarily                     C) the female spider
(B) quickly                         (D) the mating ground
(C) deftly                          entrap food
(D) incongruously                   8. We can infer that the female orb
                                    spinner
4. We can infer from the passage (A) hard-working
that an arachnologist is            (B) cautious
(A) a photographer                  (C) solitary
(B) a medical doctor                (D) easily wooed
(C) a person who studies spiders 9. We can conclude from the passage
(D) a person who intensely          that the purpose of webs is
dislikes spiders                    (A) to initiate courtshi p of
                                    spiders
                                    (B) to engage spiders in useful
                                    activity
                                    (C) to provide a way for spi
                                    ders to
                                    (D) to display artistic talents of spiders.




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