- •Entry test 1
- •Укажите правильный вариант временных форм глаголов в скобках:
- •Выберите правильный артикль:
- •Выберите правильный предлог:
- •Выберите соответствующее местоимение:
- •Выберите правильный вариант перевода следующих предложений:
- •I. Improve your word power.
- •Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •Remember the words:
- •The passive voice
- •1. Study the general models of the Passive constructions. Say what tenses are used and translate into Russian:
- •III. Reading Comprehension.
- •1. Read the text, find all sentences with Passive Voice and translate them. Building materials
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •High scale of construction
- •Improve your word power.
- •Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words.
- •Lime and sand
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •Housebuilding combine
- •2. Read and translate into Russian using a dictionary. Egyptian pyramids
- •Improve Your Word Power.
- •Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words.
- •Translate the following groups of words into Russian:
- •Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms:
- •Arrange the following in pairs of antonyms:
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •Comprehension and Word Study.
- •Fill in the blanks with one of the following prepositions: of, in, to, according, into, between, from.
- •Where did primitive people look for protection?
- •Put the following sentences of the text in a chronological order.
- •I. Improve your word power.
- •1. Read the words. Put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •4. Translate the following groups of words into Russian:
- •7. Arrange the following in pairs of antonyms:
- •1. Read and translate the text: cement
- •7. Fill in the blanks with one of the following prepositions: due to, of, to, in, on, by.
- •2. Write 10 questions to the text.
- •3. Read and translate into Russian:
- •Improve Your Word Power.
- •Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •1. Pay attention to the different forms of the infinitive and their meaning.
- •2. Read and translate the sentences in which the Infinitive is used as:
- •3. Look for the Complex Object and translate the sentences.
- •4. Look for the Complex Subject. Translate the sentences.
- •5. Translate the sentences with Infinitive:
- •III. Reading Comprehension.
- •Read and translate the text: types of portland cement
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Comprehension and Word Study.
- •Translate into Russian:
- •Translate into English:
- •White cement
- •Pozzuolana
- •I. Improve your word power.
- •1. Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •3. Form the adjectives from the following nouns with the help of the suffixes: -ic, -ive, -ous, -cy, -ness, -ing, -tion.
- •II. Reading Comprehension.
- •1. Read and translate the text “Classes of cement”.
- •Progress test 2
- •2. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов:
- •3. Определите, соответствуют ли следующие утверждения действительности. Поставьте знаки t (True – верно ) или f (False – неверно ).
- •Entry test
- •Выберите правильную форму в следующих предложениях:
- •Поставьте слова в правильном порядке:
- •Укажите правильный вариант перевода подчеркнутых грамматических явлений:
- •I. Improve Your Word Power.
- •1. Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words.
- •2. Study your active vocabulary:
- •4. Translate the following groups of words into Russian:
- •II. Reading Comprehension.
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Comprehension and Word Study.
- •1. Remember what Russian words have the same roots as English ones, match equivalents on the right:
- •The participle
- •Translate the following sentences paying attention to the forms and functions of the Participle:
- •Insert the appropriate form of the Participle from brackets; translate the sentences.
- •Lime mortar
- •2. Write 10 questions to the text.
- •3. Read and translate into Russian.
- •I. Improve your word power:
- •1. Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •4. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms:
- •6. Translate the following groups of words into Russian:
- •II. Reading Comprehension:
- •Read and trandlate the text properties of mortar
- •Answer the following questions:
- •III. Comprehension and Word Study.
- •Ask questions to all points of the following sentence:
- •2. Ask questions to the following sentences in pairs. Use the expressions: I wonder, I want to know, as far as I know, in fact, it’s hard to say, to my mind, in my opinion, I believe, I suppose.
- •Make the sentences interrogative and give short answers:
- •Translate into Russian paying attention to the Nominative absolute Participial Constructions:
- •Special kinds of heavy concrete.
- •I. Improve your word power:
- •1. Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •1. Read and translate the sentences in which the Gerund is used as:
- •2. Point out the gerunds; translate the sentences:
- •III. Reading Comprehension.
- •Read and translate the text: concrete
- •4. Ask questions to the following sentences in pairs. Use the expressions: I wonder, as far as I know, in fact, it is hard to say, to my mind, I believe, I suppose.
- •5. Say whether it is true or false:
- •VI. Supplementary Reading.
- •1. Read and retell the text: water
- •Water in cement
- •I. Improve your word power:
- •1. Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •4. Translate the following groups of words into Russian:
- •II. Reading Comprehension:
- •III. Comprehension and Word Study.
- •1. Make up sentences with the following word-combinations:
- •2. Translate the following word combinations into English:
- •Gas concrete
- •I. Improve your word power:
- •1. Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •4. Translate the following words into Russian:
- •5. Chose the adjectives from column 2 to the nouns in column 1:
- •Aggregate
- •3. State what part of speech the –ing forms in bold type belong to ; translate the sentences:
- •Colour of aggregate
- •I. Improve your word power:
- •1. Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •Reinforced concrete
- •Bonding new concrete to old
- •2. Answer the following questions to the topic:
- •Vocabulary
Entry test
Test 3
Выберите правильную форму в следующих предложениях:
1. That is the third time they (…) the binding materials for joining different planes.
a) have used b) have been used
2. Hydraulic lime (…) of lime-stone or chalk.
a) produces b) is produced
3. A lot of trees (…) to build that house.
a) cut down b) were cut down
4. Dirty sand should never be used as it (…) the adhesiveness.
a) may reduce b) may be reduced
5. This plant (…) next year.
a) will not be built b) will not build
6. The workers (…) all this cement slurry in a rotary kiln.
a) were burning b) were being burnt
Поставьте слова в правильном порядке:
Since / has / super / cement / 1914 / produced / been.
Will / when / be / new / the / bridge / built?
Asked / theatre / design / were / they / to / new / a.
A / portion / at / is / point / of / this / raw / added / the / gypsum.
Укажите правильный вариант перевода подчеркнутых грамматических явлений:
The house of timber is destroyed by the fire very quickly.
уничтожили; b) уничтожается; c) был уничтожен.
This museum was rebuilt after the war.
был отстроен; b) отстраивается; c) отстроят.
They will obtain the best mortar with a sand having a gradual gradation of particle size from coarse to fine.
должны получить; b) будут получены; c) получат.
Many of the made building materials are precast of prefabricated.
сделали; b) делают; c) сделанные.
This method of construction had been used by the end of the 20th century.
используется; b) был использован; c) использует.
Modern house building made a great progress last year.
совершила; b) совершает; c) сделает.
These different types of cement are widely used now.
эти; b) те; c) этот.
8. I don’t like this cement, let’s take that one.
a) этот первый; b) этот; c) тот.
I. Improve Your Word Power.
1. Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words.
Activity, individual, master, to absorb, distance, functional, central, pаrt, traditional, social, industrial, action, circulation, to reconstruct, control, zone, to fix, organic, to modify, dioxide.
2. Study your active vocabulary:
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attain
достигать
adherent
клейкий
crack
трещина
cling
прилипать
deposit
загружать
doubtful
сомнительный
drum
барабан
eliminate
исключать
facilitate
способствовать
hoe
мотыга
hence
отсюда
homogeneous
однородный
impose
вынуждать
relieve
уменьшать
obtainable
доступный
paramount
первостепенный
preferable
предпочтительный
quicklime
негашеная известь
shovel
лопата
trowel
лопатка, мастерок
3. Match Russian equivalents for the following word combinations on the left and learn them:
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1) начать действовать
1) adherent mass
2) квалифицированный рабочий
2) entire mass
3) механическая бетономешалка
3) a skilled workman
4) растягивающее напряжение
4) mechanical mixer
5) вся масса
5) to come into play
6) эксцентрическая нагрузка
6) eccentric loading
7) клейкая масса
7) tensile stress
8) прочность на сжатие
8) compressive strength
9) происходить
9) paramount importance
10) искусственный известняк
10) artificial limestone
11) важнейший
11) to take place
12) силикат извести
12) lime silicate