Контрольная работа № 2
Вариант № 1
Задание № 1. Выберите соответствующее местоимение. Перепишите и
переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. Who are (that, these, those) people over there?
2. Ann and Peter phone (them, themselves, each other) every day.
3. The building is very high but (his, its, their) windows are small.
4. You are quite ill. You must go (somewhere, anywhere, nowhere) today.
Задание № 2. Выберите нужный предлог in, of, for, to, at. Перепишите и
переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. My boss is not afraid … taking risks.
2. I am very good … mathematics.
3. Our Personnel Manager is responsible … hiring new staff.
4. I am interested … buying a new computer.
5. Some of the staff is not very enthusiastic about moving … our new office.
Задание № 3. Закончите разделительные вопросы и перепишите их.
1. It gets dark very early in winter, …?
2. He has been in construction for many years, …?
3. Builders construct residential and industrial buildings, …?
4. They sent a message to him yesterday, …?
5. Prefabricated units are delivered to the construction site, …?
Задание № 4. Поставьте предложения с модальными глаголами в
прошедшем или будущем времени, используя слова, данные в скобках.
Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. We have to buy some food for the picnic today (last Saturday).
2. He can speak English (when he was ten).
3. Mr. Smith must be in his office now (two hours agо).
Задание № 5. Выберите действительную или страдательную форму
глагола. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. The power (is switched off, switched off).
2. They (are built, build) a lot of new houses in this district every year.
3. New metro stations (were built, built) in our city.
4. The pump (is made, makes) the water flow.
Задание № 6. Переделайте предложения из действительного залога в
страдательный, сохраняя видовременную форму сказуемого. Напишите и
переведите полученные предложения на русский язык.
1. Builders use a great variety of materials nowadays.
2. This firm is constantly producing prefab panels.
3. A famous architect has designed these buildings.
4. They built and modernized very many irrigation systems.
5. People will forget it very soon.
Задание № 7. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.
Выпишите из каждого глагол – сказуемое и определите его видовременную
форму и залог. Напишите форму инфинитива глагола.
1. Mankind has used metals for centuries in gradually increasing quantities.
2. According to its chemical and mechanical properties steel may be used in
different branches of industry.
3. Natural resources and energy are getting more expensive, and air is becoming
seriously polluted.
4. The ancient Egyptians discovered how to cut stone for building purposes.
5. The walls and towers of the Moscow Kremlin are protected with special waterresistant solution.
6. The modern twenty–five storey hotel has been erected in the center of Moscow.
Задание № 8. Выберите нужную форму глагола. Перепишите и переведите
предложения на русский язык.
1. If you (heat) water to 1000, it (boil).
2. If the ice were thick enough, we (be) able to walk across the river.
3. If they (study), they (pass) the exam. They failed it.
4. If he (go) without her, she never (speak) to him again.
Задание № 9. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.
Выпишите причастный (Absolute Participle Construction) или
инфинитивный (Complex Object, Complex Subject) оборот и определите его
тип.
1. We expect the problem to be solved in the near future.
2. This being done we decided to have a rest.
3. He is supposed to be in his office now.
Задание № 10. Перепишите и письменно переведите текст.
From the History of Building
Man has always been a builder. The first houses in different countries of the
world were made of wood. In other regions the most convenient building material
was stone.
The ancient Egyptians erected temples, palaces. Having dried the bricks in the
sun, they put up four walls, and above these they placed a flat roof. The roof was
flat because there was very little rain in Egypt. Egyptian builders gave the world
the column which has played an important part in the history of building. Most of
the buildings of old times were based upon the column and beam method of
construction.
The Greeks built a slanting roof because there was much rain in their country.
The Romans added the arch, thus increasing strength and beauty to their buildings.
Since the middle Ages, brickwork has been in constant use everywhere.
In our country architecture flourished for the first time in Kiev Russ. The
churches of the time were strong buildings with thick walls and small windows.
During the last hundred years many new methods of building have been
discovered. The use of precast concrete is a very advanced construction technique.
Nowadays houses are often built of complete concrete structural units which are
factory-made and assembled on the spot.
Задание № 11. Закончите предложение, выбрав соответствующий вариант
окончания.
Most of the buildings of old times were based upon …
a) concrete structural units
b) the use of steel
c) the column and beam method of construction
Задание № 12. Перепишите вопросы к тексту и письменно ответьте на них.
1. Did ancient people use wood or bricks to build their houses?
2. What kinds of buildings did the ancient Egyptians erect?
3. What method of construction was used for most of the buildings of old times?
4. Why did the Greeks build a slanting roof?
5. What building materials are used nowadays?
Вариант № 2
Задание № 1. Выберите соответствующее местоимение. Перепишите и
переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. He took the child into (her, hers, his) arms.
2. (These, that, those) was a really nice meal. Thank you very much.
3. We enjoyed (myself, our, ourselves) at the dance.
4. This demand of (them, they, theirs) is quite ridiculous.
Задание № 2. Выберите нужный предлог after, of, for, with, at. Перепишите
и переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. He woke up … 8 o’clock.
2. They sent … a doctor.
3. He cared for and looked … his aging mother.
4. There is nothing wrong … him.
5. He is always careful … himself.
Задание № 3. Закончите разделительные вопросы и перепишите их.
1. Wood is the most ancient structural material, …?
2. We use many building materials for bearing structures, …?
3. He will wait in the next room, …?
4. There isn’t any extinguishing valve in this system, …?
5. We haven’t known him since his childhood, …?
Задание № 4. Поставьте предложения с модальными глаголами в
прошедшем или будущем времени, используя слова, данные в скобках.
Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. She can play a few simple tunes on the piano (when she was a little girl).
2. They must go home alone (tomorrow).
3. I can translate this article (the next week).
Задание № 5. Выберите действительную или страдательную форму
глагола. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. The news (will announce, will be announced) after dinner.
2. Our scientists (are examining, are being examined) a new spaceship.
3. The front door of his house (unlocked, was unlocked).
4. The secretary (has recently brought, has been recently brought) this letter.
Задание № 6. Переделайте предложения из действительного залога в
страдательный, сохраняя видовременную форму сказуемого. Напишите и
переведите полученные предложения на русский язык.
1. Tom and Harry were carrying our suitcases.
2. She found the envelope at last.
3. We use secondary materials for the interior finish.
4. Our architects have gained considerable creative achievements.
5. They will discuss your report next week.
Задание № 7. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.
Выпишите из каждого глагол – сказуемое и определите его видовременную
форму и залог. Напишите форму инфинитива глагола.
1. Stone has been used as a structural material since the earliest days.
2. Buses and taxis are given a special lane.
3. James was picking his way among the heaps of gravel.
4. Tom has just told me a good story.
5. We shall have finished all the housework by 6 o’clock this afternoon.
6. Materials which have been affected by the fire are non-combustible.
Задание № 8. Выберите нужную форму глагола. Перепишите и переведите
предложения на русский язык.
1. If we (clear) this forest, many animals (die).
2. He (become) a highly qualified specialist, if he (study) well.
3. If I (be) you, I (study) for the exams.
4. We (not be able) to live, if the trees (not make) oxygen.
Задание № 9. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.
Выпишите причастный (Absolute Participle Construction) или
инфинитивный (Complex Object, Complex Subject) оборот и определите его
тип.
1. The river Thames is known to divide the city into two parts.
2. He would like us to read this book.
3. The weather being fine, they went for a walk.
Задание № 10. Перепишите и письменно переведите текст.
Fire and Water
The pages of history are full of conflagrations and disasters caused by fire.
The industrial revolution at the end of the nineteenth century resulted in higher
economic efficiency; it also created greater fire risks and more damage from fire.
Another challenge in the fight against fire has been set by newly developed
materials that decompose in a fire to products that pollute the environment. It
shows the link between fire protection and environmental protection.
Automatic fire fighting with the use of sprinkler systems has been known since
the middle of the nineteenth century. Henry S. Parmelee, American piano builder,
had the pioneering idea which was to revolutionize fire protection. His invention,
the automatic “Sprinkler System”, was taken up by the engineer Wilhelm Walther
as early as 1884, and this led to the construction of the first system in Germany.
In order to protect the environment, fire protection specialists have set
themselves the task of preventing or restricting the influence of contaminated
extinguishing water.
The Micro Drop extinguishing process is a major step towards the optimum use
of water as an extinguishing agent.
The breakthrough was achieved by transforming the extinguishing water into a
fog-like cloud of droplets distributed in space.
Задание № 11. Закончите предложение, выбрав соответствующий вариант
окончания.
The industrial revolution at the end of the nineteenth century resulted in …
a) industrial fire protection laboratories
b) reducing the damage caused by fire
c) higher economic efficiency
Задание № 12. Перепишите вопросы к тексту и письменно ответьте на них.
1. What are the pages of history full of?
2. The industrial revolution at the end of the nineteenth century resulted in
reducing the damage caused by fire, didn’t it?
3. Who had the idea to revolutionize fire protection?
4. What is the major step towards the optimum use of water?
5. How is the extinguishing water transformed in the Micro Drop system?