Answer the questions to text:

1. Which of the following was not among the hypotheses suggested by the scientists? Before men came to the moon it was thought that

1) they could bring back to earth some strange infection

2) the moon's material would explode at a touch

3) there would be no lava on the moon

4) there would certainly be no water

2. Scientists' theories concerning the temperature on the moon's surface in the past were based on

1) the existence of rocks

2) the presence of volcanoes

3) the lack of carbon

4) the presence of a source of heat inside the moon

3. Which of the following comparisons connected with the moon was mentioned in the text?

1) green cheese

2) a yellow melon

3) a little sun

4) a cake-like structure

4. The surface of the moon is

1) sometimes much hotter, sometimes much cooler than the earth

2) so hot that it warms the earth

3) always much colder than the earth

4) about the same as that of the earth in terms of heat and cold

5. Most scientists agree that

1) the moon was born from the earth

2) the moon and the earth were born from the same cloud of gas and dust

3) the moon was captured by the earth's gravity

4) the moon's origin is still to be investigated

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1. Look at that crowd! I _____ what they _____ for.

1) am wondering; wait

2) wonder; are waiting

3) wondered; wait

4) wonder, were waiting

2. "You mustn't keep this young man _____ ," she said.

1) waited

2) to wait

3) wait

4) waiting

3. "You'll stop _____ my sister, _____ you hear?"

1) to bully, -

2) bully, will

3) bullying, do

4) to bully, don't

4. I've collected all the documents that _____ for the house sale. Can you take them to the lawyer's office to _____ ?

1) are needed; be signed

2) are; signing

3) needed; sign

4) need; be signed

5. It's bad for you _____ exercise straight after a meal.

1) doing

2) do

3) to make

4) to do

6. Now it's hardly the time to tell me you didn't need a test at all, _____ ?

1) did you

2) isn't it

3) will you

4) is it

7. International cartels _____ in the drug and steel industries until the late 1930's.

1) were existed

2) existed

3) that existed

4) existing

8. She hasn't decided whether _____ or not.

1) stay in

2) to stay in

3) staying in

4) stayed

9. These dogs _____ whenever they _____ .

1) are fighting, met

2) fight, meet

3) fought, meet

4) fight, met

10. I _____ Tom every day, because we _____ in the choir.

1) saw, sing

2) see, were singing

3) see, sing

4) saw, are singing

11. Average life expectancy in Europe _____dramatically over the last hundred years.

1) had risen

2) has risen

3) rises

4) is rising

12. The first people _____ "powered flight" with a balloon were the Wright brothers.

1) having achieved

2) have to achieved

3) to achieve

4) achieving

13. It would be stupid _____ anything if you're planning _____ home.

1) to drink, to drive

2) drinking, driving

3) drinking, drive

4) drink, drive

14. She had loved him before she went away. But she'd come home _____ .

1) changed

2) to changing

3) changes

4) and change

15. In cold countries people wear thick clothes _____ .

1) keeping warmly

2) keep warmer

3) to keep warm

4) to keep warmly

16. In the 19th century _____ people succeeded _____ in balloons.

1) the, to fly

2) few, of flights

3) a few, in flying

4) - , into flying

17. He knew who would do most to prevent the duke _____ his cousin.

1) marrying

2) from marrying

3) to marry

4) married

18. She hesitated _____ before _____ . She shrunk from her mother's affectionate welcomes.

1) somewhat, she went

2) for a few, going

3) a little, going

4) little, to go

19. We discussed the budget and then _____ on _____ about our sales.

1) will go, talking

2) went, to talk

3) to go, our talk

4) go, to be talking

20. _____ a deliberate type of person, he understood it would take him some time to start _____ .

1) Be he, speak

2) Being, speaking

3) To be, to speak

4) - , having spoken