1-year, 2nd semester 2020-2021 academic year, English Exam Card # 1

Q3________ men who had been hospitalized with a heart attack as well as healthy men of Q4________ ages and occupations. The results were striking: men from both groups who put in more than 11 hours of work on an average day were 2.4 times more likely to have a heart attack than were men who worked “just” seven to nine hours a day. What accounts for the increased risk of heart attack Q5________ Japanese men who work very long hours? The Japanese are notorious workaholics, but working conditions in Japan are actually designed to be predictable and to
minimize stress among employees. In general, Western men do not Q6________ such advantages, so one wonders just how working too Q7.________ affects their health.

Q1.	A) itself	B) himself	C) oneself	D) themselves
Q2.	A) survey	B) report	C) discussion	D) prognosis
Q3.	A) consisted	B) had	C) considered	D) included
Q4.	A) same	B) similar	C) like	D) both
Q5.	A) between	B) in	C) among	D) at
Q6.	A) take	B) join	C) enjoy	D) give
Q7.	A) many	B) hardly	C) a lot	D) hard

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3. Cue card. Describe a time when you started using a new technological device (e.g. a new computer or phone)

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  What device you started using
  
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  Why you started using this device
  
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  How easy or difficult it was to use
  
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  And explain how helpful this device was to you.
  

Head of the department: Mirsanov B.M.
1-year, 2^nd semester 2020-2021 academic year, English Exam Card # 11
1. Complete the missing parts Q1-Q7 of the passage with suitable answers A, B,C or D.
New York City has long been unusual Q1________ its sheer size. Even before 1775, when its population was never more than 25,000, it ranked Q2________ the five leading cities in the colonies. It Q3________ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by 1810 to become the largest city in the United States, and in 1830 the largest in the western hemisphere. By 1930, it was the largest city in the world. Nowadays in total size Tokyo, Mexico City, and Sao Paolo are larger, but with 21.2 million people, the New York City region remains an urban agglomeration of almost unimaginable size. For example, in 2002, when the population of the city Q4________ was 8.1 million, each of its five boroughs was large enough to have been an important city Q5________ its own right, with populations exceeding those of many major U.S. cities. The five boroughs of New York City together Q6________ 786 sq km. The urbanized area, however, includes 28 adjacent counties in New York state, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. Together, they Q7________ up the New York metropolitan region, which in 2000 housed about 8 percent of the national population.

Q1.	A) as	B) because	C) according	D) because of
Q2.	A) in	B) among	C) with	D) between
Q3.	A) surpassed	B) ranged	C) overcame	D) expanded
Q4.	A) themselves	B) itself	C) its	D) oneself
Q5.	A) in	B) on	C) by	D) with
Q6.	A) have	B) lengthen	C) cover	D) rank
Q7.	A) take	B) put	C) make	D) look

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3. Cue card. Describe a person who is often in the news, and who you would like to meet.

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  who this person is
  
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  how you know him/her
  
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  why he/she is often in the news
  
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  and explain why you would like to meet him/her.