The new england states massachusetts

Massachusetts abounds in images that have helped form the sense of America’s past: the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock, the first Thanksgiving’, the Boston Tea Party, the minutemen at the battles of Lexington and Concord. Yet the state that looms so large in the nation’s story is not very big at all. Only five states are smaller, and three hours is all it takes to drive from the Atlantic coast to the ski slopes of the Berkshires in the west.

Massachusetts seashores are among New England’s finest, with rocky coves and inlets and vast stretches of sandy beach. Its eastern shore is pummeled by open Atlantic, while its western coast is swept by the gentle waves of sheltered Cape Cod Bay. Inland, beyond the broad coastal plain, lies a wide swath of uplands – a southward extension of the White Mountains. From these heights, the land slopes gently down to the banks of the Connecticut River, New England’s longest and most important waterway. Massachusetts was among the first states to experience the rapid growth of cities, and today it is one of America’s most industrialized regions. Massachusetts today is more than the mixing of old and new; it is the invigorating lend of diverse ethnic groups: Irish, Portuguese, Italian, Jewish, Greek, Chinese, French Canadian and most recently Indian, Korean and Japanese.

By ratifying Constitution in 1788, Massachusetts became the 6^th state.

КОНТРОЛЬНОЕ ЗАДАНИЕ № 2

ВАРИАНТ 10

I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определить видовременные формы глаголов и залог; укажите их инфинитив. Переведите предложения на русский язык /см. образец выполнения 1/.

1. Have you ever been to Scotland?

2. The telegram was sent last Monday.

3. When I came home my mother was cooking.

4. He is often asked to translate the articles from English into Russian.

II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на особенности перевода на русский язык причастий (Participle I и Participle I). Подчеркните причастия. Помните, что причастие в предложении может выполнять функции определения, обстоятельства или составной части глагола - сказуемого /см. образец выполнения 2/.

1. She went out smiling.

2. The broken cup was on the floor,

3. Here is the letter received from Nick.

4. They are drawing now.

III. Перепишите следующие предложения. Подчеркните в каждом из них модальный глагол или его эквивалент; переведите предложения на русский язык / см. образец выполнения 3/.

1. You can speak English.

2. You should stay at home, it is raining now.

3. He might be not so lazy.

4. He was busy yesterday because he had to study English.

IV. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на многозначность it, that, one.

1. Participants organize into teams that vie to spot the greatest number of different species within 24 hours.

2. This position has made it the crossroads of the East Coast.

3. Cape May, with its unique mix of ocean, bay shores saltwater meadows, freshwater creeks, and thick forests, is one of the best places in the country.

V. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык текст.