- •Unit VIII
- •V. Use the words in brackets to form a word that fits in the space.
- •VI. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •VII. Put all types of questions to the sentence.
- •VIII. Read the text.
- •IX. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Test IX unit IX ocean basins
- •V. Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits in the space.
- •VI. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •VII. Put all types of questions to the sentence.
- •VIII. Read the text.
- •IX. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Test X unit X geologic time: a story in the rocks
- •V. Choose the correct word form.
- •VI. Transform the sentences using Participle II.
- •VII. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •VIII. Put questions to which the following sentences are the answers.
- •IX. Read the text.
- •X. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Test XI unit XI plutons and volcanoes
- •V. Choose the right word.
- •VI. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the verbs ending in -ed.
- •VIII. Put questions to which the following sentences are the answers.
- •IX. Read the text.
- •X. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Test XII unit XII metamorphic rocks
- •V. Choose the right word.
- •VI. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •VII. Choose sentences in which –ing forms is Gerund and translate them into Russian.
- •It is difficult to understand the nature of fossils without studying their origin.
- •VIII. Make up questions.
- •IX. Read the text.
- •X. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Test XIII unit XIII earthquakes and the earth’s structure
- •V. Choose the right word.
- •VI. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the use of Infinitive.
- •VII. Make up questions.
- •VIII. Read the text.
- •IX. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Test XIV unit XIV geologic structures, mountain range and continents
- •V. Choose the right word.
- •VI. Translate the following sentences.
- •VII. Make questions beginning with the words in brackets.
- •VIII. Read the text.
- •IX. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Text XV unit XV plate tectonics. A first look
- •V. Choose the right word.
- •VI. Translate the sentences.
- •VII. Make up questions.
- •VIII. Read the text.
- •IX. Translate from Russian into English.
ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ АГЕНТСТВО ПО ОБРАЗОВАНИЮ
ВОРОНЕЖСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ
Лексико-грамматические тесты
для студентов дневного отделения
геологического факультета
по специальности 020301 “Геология”
ГСЭ Ф.01 (английский язык)
ЧАСТЬ II
Составители: Титова Л.Н.
Должикова К.Ю.
Юницкая Л.Г.
Воронеж
2008
Утверждено научно-методическим советом геологического факультета.
Протокол № от 2008 г.
Учебно-методическое пособие подготовлено на кафедре английского языка естественно-научных факультетов факультета РГФ.
Рекомендуется для студентов дневного отделения геологического факультета.
Для специальности 020301 “Геология”.
TEST VIII
Unit VIII
GROUND WATER
I. Give Russian equivalents.
To saturate the Earth’s crust; to dig wells; to provide drinking water; porosity of rock or soil; permeability; to be porous and permeable; to descend into the crust; the zone of saturation; capillary action; to recharge the ground water; an intricate stalactite; high humidity.
II. Give English equivalents.
Грунтовая вода; пористость пород и почвы; проницаемость (фильтрация); уровень грунтовых вод; сохранять влажность; создавать формы рельефа (топографию местности); спелеотемы; карстовая воронка.
III. Match the words from “a” and “b” to make word combinations.
loose; the porosity; the density; the zone of; capillary; intricate; carbon; the soil moisture; dissolved; karst;
calcite; dioxide; belt; of rock and soil; topography; of fractures; sediment; saturation; fringe; stalactite.
IV. Complete the sentences.
The proportional volume of open spaces is called . . . . of rock or soil.
. . . . is the ability of rock or soil to transmit water.
This completely wet layer of soil and bedrock above the barrier is called . . . .
During a wet season, rain seeps into the ground . . . . the ground water.
. . . . is any body of rock or soil that can yield economically significant quantities of water.
. . . . grows to hang from the ceiling of the cave, and . . . . builds from the floor upward.
If the roof of a cavern collapses, . . . . forms on the Earth’s surface.
The word . . . . is derived from a region in Croatia.
(a stalagmite; the zone of saturation; a sinkhole; permeability; to recharge; a stalactite; the porosity; karst; an aquifer)
V. Use the words in brackets to form a word that fits in the space.
Shale . . . . has a porosity less than 10 percent. (typical)
Water can flow rapidly through material with high . . . . (permeable)
Topsoil usually contains abundant litter and humus, which retain . . . . (moist)
If you dig into . . . . zone, the hole does not fill with water. (saturate)
This reaction is . . . . (reverse)
Although sinkhole . . . . is a natural event, the problem can be intensified by human activities. (form)
Surface streams often pour into sinkholes and . . . . into caverns. (appear)
An aquifer is any body of rock or soil that can yield economically . . . . quantities of water. (signify)
VI. Translate the sentences into Russian.
Many different factors are taken into account (принимаются во внимание) in choosing a prospecting (разведка) method.
It is difficult to understand the nature of fossils without studying their origin.
Minerals and rocks are subjected (подвергаются) to a process of constant development depending on geological conditions.
The intense pressure prevents the mantle from melting.
Describing and classifying metamorphic rocks geologists can make conclusion about their origin.
VII. Put all types of questions to the sentence.
A well-documented sinkhole formed in May 1981, in Winter Park, Florida.