- •Английский язык
- •«Наш институт»
- •Оглавление
- •Our institute phonetic and lexical exercises
- •I. A) Read the following:
- •II. Build up your vocabulary:
- •III. Read the following words and word combinations. Give their Russian equivalents:
- •IV. Match the English words and word combinations given below with their Russian equivalents:
- •V. Express a similar idea by using the synonymic expression “to make up one’s mind”:
- •VI. Intensify the idea of liking by using “to be fond of”:
- •VII. Intensify the idea by using the construction “one can’t help doing smth”:
- •Grammar exercises The Verb. Active Voice.
- •I. Use the Present Simple or the Present Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •II. Use the Present Simple, the Present Continuous or the Present Perfect instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •III. Use the Present Continuous or the Present Perfect Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •IV. Use the Past Simple or the Present Perfect instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •V. Use the required tense (Present and Past Simple, Present and Past Continuous, Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous):
- •VI. Use the required tense:
- •VII. Translate the following into English:
- •VIII. Translate the following into English:
- •Reading practice text I.
- •I. Read and translate the text.
- •A Letter.
- •II. Answer the questions to Text I.
- •Text II.
- •I. Read and translate the text. Dialogue.
- •II. Practise the dialogue for test-reading.
- •III. Memorise and dramatize the dialogue. Text III.
- •I. Skim the text to understand what it is about. Time your reading. It is good if you can read it for 8 minutes.
- •Demidov Yaroslavl State University.
- •Text IV.
- •I. Skim the text to understand what it is about. Do the exercise given below. Extra-mural and Evening Education.
- •II. Read the statements and tell whether they are true or false.
- •Text V.
- •I. Read and translate the text. Our Institute.
- •II. Practise the text for test-reading.
- •III. Speak about your Institute.
Reading practice text I.
I. Read and translate the text.
A Letter.
Dear Mary!
Don’t be angry with me for my long silence, but really I was too busy to write.
As you know, I left school in June and began to prepare for my entrance exams to the Institute. As both my mother and father are engineers I have made up my mind to be an engineer too.
I had to take two exams and passed all of them with excellent marks. So I’m glad to tell you that now I’m a first-year student of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys.
I’d like to show you the main building of our Institute. I can’t help admiring this fine modern building which is made of glass and concrete. The first students entered it in 1918. It goes without saying we, students, are proud of this fact.
There are many faculties at our Institute which train highly-qualified engineers. Many well-known professors teach at our Institute.
We have good libraries and reading-rooms and for those who go in for sports there are good gyms and a stadium.
At present we have quite a lot of work as we have many compulsory subjects such as Physics, Chemistry, Maths, History, Philosophy, English and others.
There is an English-speaking club at our faculty. It gives us a good opportunity to master the language, but I don’t take part in it yet. It goes without saying I make mistakes in my tests, I’m a first-year student, you know. But our teachers help us to find out our mistakes and to get rid of them in the shortest possible time.
So that’s the latest news about myself. Please, write to me about your life and studies.
My best regards to your parents.
Yours Nastya
II. Answer the questions to Text I.
Why did Nastya keep silence so long?
When did she leave school?
Did she rest or prepare for her exams?
Why did Nastya make up her mind to enter the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys?
How many exams did she take?
Did she pass her exams with excellent or good marks?
Is the Institute large?
When did the first students enter it?
Is its main building old or modern?
What is the main building made of?
There are good gyms and a stadium for those who go in for sports, aren’t there?
What engineers does the institute train?
What subjects do the first-year students study?
What club is there at the faculty?
What opportunity does the English speaking club give to the students?
Text II.
I. Read and translate the text. Dialogue.
B: Oh, Alex, I haven’t seen you for ages. How are you?
A: Quite all right, thank you. I’m so happy, I’ve entered this Institute.
B: As far as I know you’ve passed all your entrance exams with excellent marks. So you’re a student, aren’t you?
A: Yes! But what about you?
B: I wasn’t very lucky at the exams. I only got good marks in the main subjects: Physics and Maths.
A: Don’t you find it difficult to study Maths?
B: Rather. I spend a lot of time doing my home tasks. But I’m not at all sorry. You’ve got to work hard to make good progress.
A: Do you have time to go in for sports?
B: Yes, of course, I joined the Institute sport society as I’m fond of skating, skiing and tennis.
A: As for me, I’m a member of our English speaking club. I’ve joined our drama society and the choir. They say I’m rather good at both singing and acting.
B: Hope to see you some day . Will you invite me to your party?
A: Sure. Excuse me but I must be off. Today our group is having a test, we must prepare for it.
B: So long then!
A: So long!