Контрольная работа № 1 Вариант 9.

I. Прочитайте и устно переведите весь текст. Перепишите и письменно переведите абзацы 2, 4 и 6.

The United States of America.

1. The United States of America or the USA is a large country. Its area is only a little smaller then the area of Europe. As to population, it is the fourth largest country in the world. About 240 million people live there.

2. Once the United States of America was the English colony. In the War of Independence (1776-1783) she freed herself British sovereignty and became independent.

3. The first colonists from England established a home in regions covered with a thick forest against which they had to fight as hard as against the long and cold winters and storms in the northern parts. Very often they were short of clothers and other things necessary for life. When the news of rich soils behind the mountains came, many farmers decided to leave there homes. The first westward travel to make a new home there began.

4. The coastal states changed their character when the coalfields in Pennsylvania and iron in the Appalachians were found. Many people left agriculture for the quickly growing industrial towns. Besides, the North- East is the main area of the industries which produce textiles of any kind, metal goods, rubber products, motor-cars, machinery and others.

5. Agriculture and cattle-breeding are carried out in the Middle West which comprises the Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio Basin and Lake District. This region of monocultural farms, especially of wheat and maize, and extended meadows is called “Corn Belt”. Besides wheat and maize the Corn Belt farmers grow oats.

6. What does the Corn Belt farmer do with his crop? He sells the wheat to people. Maize and the most of the oats and corn are fed to animals in the states where they are grown. So the Corn Belt farmers usually fatten cattle, produce milk or grow pigs. The centre of the meat industry is Chicago.

II. Выпишите из абзацев 3, 4 и 5 предложения со словами, имеющими окончание – s, и переведите их на русский язык.

III. Выпишите из абзацев 4 и 5 словосочетания, в которых определения выражены существительными, и переведите их на русский язык.

IV. Выпишите из абзацев 1 и 6 предложения, содержащие формы сравнения, и переведите их.

V. Выпишите из абзацев 1, 3 и 4 предложения со словами many, its и переведите их.

VI. Прочитайте следующие предложения; перепишите и переведите письменно предложение, которое правильно передает содержание текста:

1. West of the Rocky Mountains we find the State of California.

2. In San Francisco you would like to wear your overcoat sometimes.

3. The United States of America or the USA is one of the large countries in the world.

Контрольная работа № 1 Вариант 10.

I. Прочитайте и переведите весь текст. Перепишите и переведите абзацы 1,4 и 6.

New York

1. In 1607 Captain Henry Hudson left Europe to search for the famous North-West Passage. He didn’t find it, because it didn’t exist, but he reached a river to which he gave his name. Interested by the story told them by the captain on his return, the Dutch sent other boats to take possession of the land discovered by Hudson and gave it the name “New Netherland”. Two men dominate the history of this colony. The first bought the island of Manhattan from the Indians in 1626. The second arrived in 1647 as governor of New Amsterdam, the capital of New Netherland. 2. In 1664 this territory was taken over by the English and they changed the name of New Amsterdam to New York. 3. New York is one of the largest cities in the world. Its population is over 12 million people. New York is an industrial and cultural centre of the country. Most business is centered in Manhattan Island. The whole area is very small, that’s why the skyscrapers were invented in New York and, especially, in Wall Street. Wall Street is a narrow street with big houses, but it is well known all over the world as the busiest street in the USA. People do business there. 4. There are two more world-famous streets - Broadway and Fifth Avenue. Broadway is the centre of the theatres and night life. It is known as “The Great White Way” because of the electric signs which turn night into day. 5. It is the city that never goes to sleep. Buses and subway run all night. There are many drug-stores and restaurants which never close their doors. There are cinemas with films that start at midnight. 6. Fifth Avenue is the great shopping, hotel, and club avenue. If you go along this avenue, you come to Harlem, where the black people of New York live, the colored workers, teachers, doctors and musicians.

7. New York is the largest port in America. More than half the trade of the United States goes trough this city. There are many places of interest in New York. They are: The Statue of Liberty, the United Nations Building, Empire State Building, Columbia University, City Hall, New York Public Library and others.

II. Выпишите из абзацев 1, 2 и 3 предложения со словами, имеющими окончание – s, и переведите их на русский язык.

III. Выпишите из абзацев 1, 2, 4 и 6 словосочетания, в которых определения выражены существительными, и переведите их на русский язык.

IV. Выпишите из абзацев 2 и 5 предложения, содержащие формы сравнения, и переведите их.

V. Выпишите из абзацев 1, 2, 3 и 6 предложения со словами it, many и переведите их.

VI. Прочитайте следующие предложения; перепишите и переведите письменно предложение, которое правильно передает содержание текста:

1. The capital of the United States is Washington, named in honour of the first President whose name was George Washington.

2. New York is the largest port in America, more than half trade of the United States goes through this city.

3. New York is one of the largest cities in the world with its population over 12 million people, an industrial, business and cultural center of the country.