Тест 35. Чтение. ЕГЭ по английскому языку


1) Установите соответствие между заголовками 1 — 8 и текстами A — G. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.

1. Supercomputer
2. Human intelligence test
3. Man against computer
4. Robotic industry
5. Intelligent machines in our life
6. Computer intelligence test
7. Computers change human brains
8. Electronic film stars

A. Artificial intelligence is the art of making machines that are able to ‘think’. We often don’t notice it, but artificial intelligence is all around us. It is present in computer games, in the cruise control in our cars and the servers that direct our e-mail. Some scientists believe that the most powerful computers could have the power of the human brain. Machines have always been excellent at tasks like calculation. But now they are better than humans in many spheres, from chess to mixing music.

B. The world’s most powerful computer is ASCI Purple, made by IBM in 2004. It can carry out 100 trillion operations per second and has the size of two basketball courts. A computer with double power is expected in the next two years. A spokesman for IBM said that ASCI Purple is near the power of the human brain. But some scientists believe our brains can carry out almost 10,000 trillion operations per second.

C. The possible dangers of intelligent machines became the stories of many science fiction films. In The Terminator (1984), a computer network uses nuclear weapons against the human race in order to rule the world. This network then makes intelligent robots called ‘Terminators’ which it programs to kill all the humans. In The Matrix (1999) and The Matrix Reloaded (2003), a machine dominates humanity, using people as batteries to power itself.

D. In 1997, the then world chess champion Garry Kasparov played against IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer — and lost. After six games, the world-famous Kasparov lost 2.5 to 3.5 to the computer. In February 2003, Kasparov restored human reputation by finishing equal against the Israeli-built supercomputer Deep Junior. Kasparov ended the game with the score 2-2 against US company X3D Technologies’ supercomputer X3D Fritz in November 2003, proving that the human brain can keep up with the latest developments in computing (at least in chess).

E. There are a number of different methods which try to measure intelligence, the most famous of which is perhaps the IQ, or ‘Intelligence Quotient’ test. This test was first used in early 20th century Paris. The modern day IQ test measures a variety of different types of ability such as memory for words and figures and others. Whether IQ tests actually test general intelligence is disputable. Some argue that they just show how good the individual is at IQ tests!

F. Analysis shows that human intelligence is changing. We are gaining abilities in some areas of intelligence, while losing them in others, such as memory. So this generation may not remember the great number of poems, their abilities are greater in other areas. It has been discovered that wide use of video games improves reaction time. But we could only dream of computing without calculators as fast as our grandparents did.

G. In 1950, mathematician Alan Turing invented a test to check machine intelligence. In the Turing Test, two people (A and B) sit in a closed room, a third person (C), who asks questions, sits outside. Person A tries to answer the questions so that person C doesn’t guess who they are: men or women, while person В tries to help him (C) in their identification. Turing suggested a machine take the place of person A. If the machine fooled the human, it was likely to be intelligent.

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2) Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A — F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1 — 7. Одна из частей в списке 1—7 лишняя.

Healthy school meals
Children at Southdown Infants School in Bath enjoy tasty homemade meals such as roast turkey with fresh vegetables, chicken, salad and fresh fruit for pudding. Vegetables are ___ (A). Instead of crisps, chocolate and sweets, the school canteen serves organic carrots, dried fruit and fresh seasonal fruit in bags for 10p, ___ (B).

Southdown’s healthy eating initiative began four years ago with the start of a breakfast club.

Now Ms Culley, the head teacher of the school, says that the teachers very clearly see the link between diet and concentration. ‘Children’s concentration and behaviour ___ (C).’ The teachers would also like to give the children the experience of eating together. It turned out that some children weren’t used to that.

Pupils are also encouraged to find out more about where their food comes from by ___ (D).

Parents are also involved and are invited in to try school dinners on special occasions, ___ (E).

The efforts of staff, pupils and parents to create a healthy eating environment were recognized earlier this month ___ (F) the Best School Dinner award.

Ms Culley said: ‘We are happy to win this award. Healthy eating is at the centre of everything we do. It’s really rewarding to see so many children enjoy real food.’

1. such as Easter and Christmas
2. visiting a local farm
3. local, fresh and organic where possible
4. provide good quality food
5. definitely improve after a good meal
6. and about 100 bags are sold each day
7. when the school was awarded

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When Mum came to Abby’s room she saw
1) her daughter reading at her table.
2) the cat looking at the fish.
3) a terrible mess all over the place.
4) Abby dressed up as a vampire.



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Abby agreed to tidy up her room because Mother
1) promised to take her to the Halloween party.
2) offered to give her extra pocket money.
3) promised to help her.
4) said that she would punish her.



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Where did Abby find many interesting things?
1) In her Mother’s change purse.
2) Under her bed.
3) On the kitchen table.
4) In the tidy drawer in the kitchen.



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Abby’s parents used most of the interesting things
1) when they dressed themselves up for Halloween parties.
2) as presents for Halloween parties.
3) to dress her up for different parties.
4) when they wanted to play tricks on Abby.



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Abby put on the vampire teeth, witch nails and other things from the tidy drawer because
1) she wanted to scare the cat.
2) she was going to a Halloween party that evening.
3) she enjoyed dressing up with her Mother.
4) she had to dress up for a pirate party.



8) Прочитайте текст и запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

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Abby’s Mother decided to inspect Abby’s bedroom
1) after she had seen Abby tidy up the kitchen table.
2) because she had promised she would do that.
3) before Father came home from work.
4) when they heard some strange noise from it.



9) Прочитайте текст и запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

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When Abby’s Mother looked under her daughter’s bed she saw
1) the cat eating a sandwich.
2) the tidy drawer from the kitchen.
3) her change purse.
4) all the Abby’s things.