Вариант 5.

I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием –s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.Е. Служит ли оно:

а) показателем третьего лица единственного числа глагола в Present Simple;

б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.

Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The Araratian Kingdom was proud of massive network of water canals.

2. Yerevan’s buildings are tall now, and the streets are very wide.

3. The ancient city grows with the years.

II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на особенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным.

1. Archeologists unearthed many tools from the Stone Age.

2. This research centre is famous for its ancient manuscripts.

3. Yerevan’s population was not very large before.

III. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, и письменно переведите их на русский язык.

1. They built the City-Fortress of Erebuni two decades earlier than the Eternal City of Rome.

2. Yerevan is one of the oldest settlements in the world.

3. The more massive a network of water canals is, the better the irrigation of the district is.

IV. Перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений.

1. Are there any big rivers in Armenia?

2. We know some very old settlements on the territory of this republic.

3. It is no wonder that they call Yerevan the heart of the Armenian nation.

V. Прочтите и устно переведите на русский текст. Перепишите и письменно переведите текст.

Пояснения к тексту:

BC (Before Christ) – до Рождества Христова, до н.э. Araratian Valley – Араратская долина Hrazdan River – река Храздан в Армении To earn one’s daily bread – добывать свой ежедневный хлеб

Seljuk Turks – турки-сельджуки Catholicos – Католикос, глава армянской Католической церкви Ups and downs – подъемы и падения

Yerevan

1. Yerevan is the capital city of the Republic of Armenia, an ancient and ever young city. The official establishment of the great city of Yerevan took place in 782 BC. Thus the establishment of the City-Fortress of Erebuni predates that of the Eternal City of Rome by more than two decades.

2. Yerevan is situated in the beautiful and scenic Araratian Valley, on the banks of the Hrazdan River. It is one of the oldest settlements in the world. Archaeologists unearthed many tools from the Stone Age.

3. It is no wonder that they call Armenia The Land of Stones and Mountains. The Armenian farmers really earned their daily bread directly "out of stone". That is why the Araratian Kingdom was proud of massive network of water canals for the irrigation of fields and vineyards. Parts of these canals can operate now!

4. In the eleventh century and later, nomadic Seljuk Turks and later Mongol invaders flew into Armenia. These tribes caused much harm to the ancient peoples of Anatolia and Armenian Highland. Large migrations took place of populations of Armenia to faraway lands in Europe and beyond. Many people fled to countries such as Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, and scattered all over Europe. Yerevan suffered, too, and many people left the city in fear of their lives. In the 15^th century, the Ottoman Turks conquered Yerevan. Catholicos and the rich and powerful Armenian nobles and tradesmen made secret plans for liberation of their city in the 16^th, 17^th and 18^th centuries. They used the help of Christian powers of Europe, particularly of Russia.

5. The Russian Imperial army as well as a large contingent of Armenian militia liberated Yerevan in 1828. Soon after, Yerevan became an administrative centre of the Yerevan Province of the vast Russian Empire. Roads and railroads had a positive effect on the growth of the city as a total entity, but Yerevan still remained a small city. In the early part of the 20^th century, Yerevan's population numbered roughly around 30,000 people. But large number of peasant workers came into Yerevan later.

6. In 1918, Yerevan became the capital of the First Independent Republic of Armenia. The Turkish treat and unfolding events in Russia were the main concern of the government. Soon, those fears became true. But the XIth Red Army entered Armenia on November 29, 1920 and, by December 2, occupied most of Eastern Armenia, including Yerevan. Since then, the Second, Soviet Republic lasted for nearly 70 years with its ups and downs.

7. Yerevan grew quickly, tall buildings and wide streets and avenues replaced the shacks and narrow streets of old Yerevan. Universities, Institutes, the Academy of Sciences, the Depository and Research Institute of Ancient Illuminated Manuscripts, theatres, museums, TV and radio stations all sprang up throughout the decades of 1950's, 60's and 70's.

8. Today Yerevan is a thriving industrial centre which quickly turns into a capitalistic industrial city with lots of commercial banks, stock exchange and privatized large companies, firms and corporations. Yerevan became the centre and the capital of all Armenians worldwide. Yerevan is the heart of the Armenian Nation.

VI. Прочтите 3-й абзац и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос:

Why was Araratian Kingdom so proud of the water canals?

1. … because they can operate now.

2. … because it was very difficult to build them.

3. … because it was very difficult for Armenian farmers to earn their daily bread.