Марафон: задание 12

According to the author students turn to fast food when...

1.  ...their schedule is well adjusted.

2.  ...they are short of time.

3.  ...they live close to the campus.

4.  ...they have no willpower.

How did the author feel about the beginning of her college life?

1.  Disgusted.

2.  Insecure.

3.  Ready for new life.

4.  Confident.

The email letter the author sent to Oxford was meant to be...

1.  ...regretful.

2.  ...desperate.

3.  ...respectful.

4.  ...mocking.

Dr. Gijbert Stoet claims that women do worse than men at maths because they...

1.  ...use improper methods in problem-⁠solving.

2.  ...are not encouraged to do the subject.

3.  ...do not believe in their own competence.

4.  ...employ wrong stereotypical techniques.

Which of the following is mentioned among the reasons for poorer sleep?

1.  Consumption of drugs.

2.  Work for telecom firms.

3.  Lack of communication.

4.  Work done at home.

Speaking about her vegetarianism, the author admits that...

1.  ...it is the result of her childhood experiences.

2.  ...there were times when she thought she might abandon it.

3.  ...it was provoked by the sight of corpses.

4.  ...she became a vegetarian out of fashion.

The fears of the users about the "millennium bug" were...

1.  ...overestimated.

2.  ...suppressed.

3.  ...unrealistic.

4.  ...justified.

Paragraph 1 says that people...

1.  ...tend to ask strange questions about climate change.

2.  ...think that the climate is not changing.

3.  ...doubt that climate change is man-⁠made.

4.  ...believe that in medieval times climate was harsh.

According to the author, Internet changes people because...

1.  ...it adds lots of friends.

2.  ...it helps to create new communities.

3.  ...they spend too much time online.

4.  ...of the amount of information it provides.

According to the author travelling helps you...

1.  ...learn new skills.

2.  ...see the world.

3.  ...understand yourself.

4.  ...enjoy the life.

What kind of a phone does the author want her children to have first?

1.  An old-⁠type phone.

2.  A modern phone.

3.  Something like her "old" phone.

4.  Something like her parents’ phone.

What does the author like about summer holidays?

1.  She works at a day camp.

2.  She сan have a summer job.

3.  She has no school.

4.  She does not have to get up early.

At the beginning of the article the author reminds that the new media technologies...

1.  ...turn our attention off morals.

2.  ...used to frighten the majority of people.

3.  ...improve human brainpower.

4.  ...could make people less intelligent.

According to the article, disappointing experiences could result in...

1.  ...a broken heart.

2.  ...a deserved success.

3.  ...a lack of confidence.

4.  ...coping with one’s fears.

The author’s childhood dream was to...

1.  ...enter a college.

2.  ...leave the state she grew up in.

3.  ...visit a college campus.

4.  ...change her life.

The word pedigree ("...the extent of Agatha Chistie’s pedigree") in Paragraph 1 is synonymous to...

1.  ...development.

2.  ...education.

3.  ...background.

4.  ...discovery.

It often seems to foreigners that British food...

1.  ...hasn’t been cooked long enough.

2.  ...often tastes too hot and spicy.

3.  ...doesn’t include raw vegetables.

4.  ...is lacking in variety of dishes.

The author’s travel experience is...

1.  ...mostly in China.

2.  ...quite extensive.

3.  ...strange in a way.

4.  ...rather limited.

How is New Year in Russia different from other places, according to the text?

1.  It is a bigger holiday than Christmas.

2.  It is celebrated with close relatives.

3.  New Year parties are usually noisier.

4.  People go to clubs and restaurants.

According to the text, college students get particularly stressed because of...

1.  ...health problems.

2.  ...paying for courses.

3.  ...pressure to succeed.

4.  ...personal relationships.