I. Прочтите текст и постарайтесь понять его общее содержание:

YURI GAGARIN

On April 12, 1961 for the first time in the history of humanity, a human being travelled into the outer space. It was a Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. He was born in a village in Smolensk region on March 9, 1934. His early education was interrupted by the invasion of the fascist troops to the peaceful Soviet villages and towns. After the war he attended a vocational school and was trained in foundry work.1

His interest in flying led him to a Soviet Air Force school which he graduated with honours2 as an air force lieutenant in 1957. He served as a test pilot,3 and then in 1960 he joined the group of cosmonauts who were trained for orbital flight and it was upon him that the choice fell in 1961. Gagarin was the first man placed in orbit round the Earth. He remained in orbit 89.1 minutes, rising as high above the surface as 187.68 miles and travelling at a velocity that reached 17.400 miles an hour.,,

Thus, only three and a half years after the opening of the Space age with the orbiting of Sputnik 1, man was in space.

Пояснения к тексту

1. foundry work - литейное дело

2. with honours - с отличием

3. test pilot - летчик-испытатель

2. Выпишите из текста предложения со сказуемыми в страдательном залоге (The Passive Voice). Определите время сказуемых; предложения переведите.

III. Определите время сказуемых в следующих предложениях; предложения переведите.

1. The scientists are working on a new design of this equipment now.

2. Education is free of charge in the Soviet Union.

3. The students were talking about a new flight of a group of Soviet

cosmonauts the whole evening yesterday.

4. These pilots flew as one team last year.

IV. Выпишите из текста 4 предложения с предлогами with, as, after, at;

предложения переведите.

V. Найдите в тексте производные от следующих корневых слов; суффиксы

этих производных подчеркните:

to educate, vocation, to graduate, orbit, to interrupt, peace, place, to train

VI. Найдите в тексте предложения со сказуемыми, выраженными неправильными (нестандартными) глаголами. Определите время сказуемых.

Напишите 3 основные формы этих глаголов и переведите их.

VII. Переведите следующие предложения:

1. It was at a vocational school that he got his speciality. 2. It was in 1961 when the first flight into the outer space took place. 3. It is this young man who will serve as a test pilot.

VIII. Найдите в тексте ответы на следующие вопросы:

1. Where was Yuri Gagarin born? 2. Why was his education interrupted? 3. Where was he trained in foundry work? 4. How long did Yuri Gagarin remain in orbit? 5. At what velocity did he travel?

IX. В каком предложении текста употреблено причастие 1 (Participle I)?

Выпишите его; предложение переведите.

X. Сделайте письменный перевод текста "Yuri Gagarin".

Вариант 5

I. Прочтите текст и постарайтесь понять его общее содержание:

DMITRY MENDELEYEV

Mendeleyev was born in Tobolsk in 1834 in a large family in which Dmitry Mendeleyev was the youngest son. His father was principal of the local high school. Blindness ended his father's career while Mendeleyev was still very young.

The pension his father received couldn't support the large family and the family suffered great hardships. In 1855 Mendeleyev finished college in St. Petersburg with honours1 and continued his education abroad. In 1865 he became professor of chemistry at the St. Petersburg University. He was the most capable and interesting lecturer in Russia and one of the best in all Europe at that time.

Mendeleyev arranged all the elements known in his time in order of atomic weights arid also in rows one under the other, so that elements with similar valence fell into a vertical column.2 These elements show similarities in many chemical properties. Thus the famous Periodic Table was created. Later he left gaps in the Table and announced that the gaps represented elements not yet discovered.

In 1955 a newly discovered element (number 101) was named Mende-levium in honour of the great scientist.

Пояснения к тексту

1. with honours - с отличием

2. so that elements with similar valence fell into a vertical column - так, чтобы

элементы с одинаковой валентностью образовали вертикальную колонку

II. Выпишите из текста предложения со сказуемыми в страдательном залоге (The Passive Voice). Определите время сказуемых; предложения переведите.

III. Определите время сказуемого в следующих предложениях; предложения переведите:

1. The new discovery is very important for our industry.

2. They are experimenting with this new element in the laboratory now.

3. We were present at a very interesting lecture yesterday.

4. We were translating this text from 6 till 8 o'clock on Monday.

5. The workers of our plant will use the new equipment in their shops.

IV. Выпишите из текста 4 предложения с предлогами under, with, into, in;

предложения переведите.

V. Найдите в тексте производные от следующих корневых слов и переведите корневые и производные слова:

blind, hard, to educate, lecture, atom, similar, fame, period, new, science

VI. Найдите в тексте предложение с модальным глаголом; определите время сказуемого, предложение переведите.

VII. Переведите следующие словосочетания:

to be born, in order of, in honour of, to show similarities, to suffer hardships

VIII. Найдите в тексте ответы на следующие вопросы:

1. Where and when was Mendeleyev born? 2. Why did the family suffer great hardships? 3. How did Mendeleyev finish the college? 4. How did Mendeleyev arrange the elements in his famous Periodic Table? 5. How was an element discovered in 1955 named?

IX. Выпишите из текста предложение с причастием II (Participle П) в функции определения; предложение переведите.

X. Сделайте письменный перевод текста "Dmitry Mendeleyev".

Вариант 6