Контрольная работа № 1 Для студентов 1 курса «юридического факультета», обучающихся по специальности “право” вариант № 1

1. Перепишите предложения, письменно переведите предложения на родной язык,

определите функцию окончания –s, т.е. служит ли оно:

а) показателем 3-лица единственного числа глагола в Present Indefinite;

б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.

Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. A tort is a private wrong that injures another person’s physical well-being, property, or reputation.

2. Every country tries to provide laws which will help its people to live safely.

3. In Westminster Abbey there is also the Poet’s Corner where many great writes and poets are buried.

4. Today the number of lawyers in the USA exceeds 675.000.

5. The Conservative Party of Great Britain goes back to the Tories or Royalists, who originated in King Charles reign.

2. Перепишите предложения, употребляя местоимение в нужной форме. Письменно переведите предложения на родной язык:

1. Don’t show this letter to __________ (you) brother.

2. He puts __________ (he) hand in __________ (she).

3. Ask __________ (they) to call __________ (I) back.

4. __________ (We) are students.

5. __________ (She) will ask __________ (he) __________ (she).

3. Перепишите предложения, переведите на родной язык, обращая внимание на перевод различных степеней сравнения имени прилагательного:

1. The name of Dreyfus is one of the most famous in the history of espionage.

2. In American legislation lobbyists are often more influential than congressmen themselves.

3. The Supreme Court in the USA is the highest judicial organ and the head of the judicial branch of power.

4. The districts courts are the lowest ones in the Federal Court System.

5. His elder brother is an investigator in Moscow.

4. Перепишите предложения, определите видо-временную форму сказуемого. Письменно переведите предложения на родной язык:

1. The constitution is not the source of the law, but the law gives birth to the Constitution.

2. I don’t know when she will give her evidence.

3. They wanted to know if the lawyers would take part in the negotiations.

4. The Government takes a number of measures to strengthen the criminal justice system.

5. Legislation will be difficult and take much time.

5. Напишите предложения в вопросительной и отрицательной форме:

1. My father works as a prosecutor.

2. Our friend’s dream is to become prosecutors.

3. They discussed some problems yesterday.

4. They will discuss the problem of employment tomorrow.

5. The investigator questioned some suspected men

6. Перепишите текст, правильно вставляя одно из слов, данных ниже. Письменно переведите текст на родной язык:

legislative, judicial, executive, courts,

Crown, majority, Queen, MPs,

Monarch, Prime Minister, Lords (2),

organ, effect

In theory, constitution has three branches of power:

1. _______. Parliament is the legislative _______ which is composed of the _______, the House of Lords, the House of Commons.

2. _______. Government which puts the law into _______ and consists of the ministers appointed by the _______on the recommendation of the _______, who is appointed directly by the Crown and is the leader of the political party which for the time being has _______ of seats in the House of Commons.

3. _______. Law Courts, which interpret the law and belongs to:

1. House of _______, which is the Final Court of Appeal.

2. Courts of Appeal, which deal with criminal and civil law cases.

3. Magistrate’s Courts, which deal with minor criminal and civil cases.

4. Crown _______, which deal with more serious criminal cases and County Courts which deal with more serious cases.

Although the _______ is officially head of all three branches, she has little direct power.

The House of _______ consists of 651 _______; its main function is to make laws.

The House of _______ consists of Lords _______(senior bishops) and the Lords Temporal (lay peers/ senior _______).