Вариант 5

Задание 1. Перепишите предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием -s, и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.е. служит ли оно

a) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола Present Simple,

b) признаком множественного числа имени существительного,

c) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.

1. If the vibrations are chaotic, prediction becomes impossible.

2. Economic system reflects a nation’s environmental resources.

3. The Government analyzes the performance of the country’s economy.

4. The company’s numerous errors contributed (способствовать) to the cable’s malfunction (дисфункция).

Задание 2. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, учитывая особенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным.

1. Most class A inclusions contain diamonds.

2. Low-energy electron impact (воздействие) can ionize atoms and molecules.

3. The Channel Tunnel high-speed railway link makes it possible to travel from London to Paris in under three hours.

Задание 3. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, и переведите их на русский язык.

1. The most interesting data come out of the school investigation of the project.

2. It is the best specimen (образец) that we have ever seen.

3. Taiwan has the lowest foreign debt.

4. Smaller aircraft will be less profitable for manufacturers.

5. The lighter is the bullet, the lower tends it to fire.

6. Old “high wheeler” bicycles were almost as tall as riders.

Задание 4. Перепишите предложения. Распознайте и выделите неопределенные местоимения или их производные. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Our studio was quite good when no one was talking outside and no doors were banging (to bang – хлопать).

2. Particles from space can disrupt some radio communication.

3. You cannot say anything about the system.

4. This indicates our competitiveness (конкурентоспособность) anywhere in the world.

5. This book is oriented at anyone interested in ships and shipbuilding.

Задание 5. Перепишите предложения. Выделите структуру there be. Обратите внимание на временную форму глагола be. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Were there any significant differences?

2. There has been a learning process accompanying this technology transfer (переход, изменения).

3. For some storms there may be no good precedence.

4. There are air taxis that take residents and tourists to isolated areas and pick them up later.

5. Apart from development of lumber (лесоперерабатывающий) industries, there will be other possible sources of biomass.

Задание 6. Перепишите предложения, распознайте причастие I и II, определите его функцию. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. They are working with existing (to exist – существовать) materials, looking for ways (a way – способ, путь) to preserve holograms longer.

2. All planets detected so far (пока что) are gas giants lacking (to lack – не доставать, не иметь) a solid surface.

3. When questioned, the secretary denied knowledge of it.

4. Developing nations will rely primarily on fossil (твердый, окаменевший) fuels for industrialization.

5. Improved (to improve – улучшать) combustion processes and emission controls are needed.

6. Having finished the experiment, the students left the laboratory.

Задание 7. Перепишите предложения. Найдите в предложениях глагол-сказуемое и определите его видовременную форму в активном или пассивном залоге (Active Voice, Passive Voice).

1. Now we are determining the chemical structure of some hydrogels.

2. They will be reporting on these techniques elsewhere (в другом журнале).

3. In about 1979 Philip Holmes gave a lecture on his research into chaotic dynamics.

4. We had been working as this problem for four or five years before it suddenly became quite popular.

5. Fluids flowing through tubes often cause vibrations.

6. The researchers have given little thought to basic business problems.

7. This Bill (законопроект) was introduced into Parliament in 1989.

8. These problems have been treated more successfully in the US and Japan.

9. The street plan will have been interpreted (интерпретировать, понимать) as consensus in favour of (в пользу) highways.

10. The book is offered as a student text, and it will serve this purpose well.

11. The bullet (пуля) is constantly being pressed down by gravity.

12. By 1958, the U.S. had begun to consume (потреблять) more fuel of various kinds than it produced.

Задание 8. Перепишите предложения. Выделите в каждом из них модальный глагол или эквивалент. Переведите предложение на русский язык.

1. This book ought to be compulsory reading for students studying artificial intelligence.

2. Water use must be carefully managed on a global basis.

3. A dynamic system can become chaotic.

4. Engineers and management personnel had to overcome many problems.

5. Visitors of a conference will be able to watch simulated (to simulate – моделировать) cyber-attacks.

6. The tube may vibrate but it won’t break.

7. This centre is to provide service for military aircraft.

Задание 9.

Прочтите текст.

1. Найдите и переведите

- слова с окончанием -s/-’s,

- цепочки слов (левое определение),

- прилагательные в сравнительной и превосходной степени и сравнительные конструкции,

- структуру there be,

- модальные глаголы и их эквиваленты.

2. Выпишите, проанализируйте и переведите сказуемые (10).

3. Дайте ответы на поставленные вопросы (письменно).

First Wright Brothers’ Flight

From 1900 to 1902 the Wright brothers tested a series of gliders (планеры) at Kill Devil Hills, a location chosen primarily for its steady winds.

For many people, December 17^th, may have seemed like another winter morning in North Carolina – but for Orville and Wilbur Wright, it was a perfect day to fly. On that clear day in 1903, the Wrights successfully tested their newest invention: a flyer (самолёт) with a four-cylinder engine. During the first flight, the craft was only air-born for 12 seconds and travelled 120 feet, but three even more successful flights followed later that day, and what the brothers have achieved would forever change the world: the first controlled, powered flight in a heavier than air flying machine.

The Wrights’ hometown of Dayton, Ohio, acknowledged their accomplishment (свершение) in June, 1909 with a two-day celebration that included parades, a banquet, medal-granting, ceremonies, and fireworks. Although Orville and Wilbur were modest (and unaccustomed to such accolades), it was clear that fame was bound (обязательно) to be a part of their life. Their friend and aviation expert Octave Chanute wrote to them: “I know that the reception of such honors becomes oppressive to modest men, but in this case you have brought the trouble upon yourselves by completing the solution of a world-old problem.”

A stamp, issued in May 22^nd, 2003, in Dayton, Ohio, commemorates the centennial of the Wrights’ incredible accomplishment. It depicts Orville at the controls of the Wright flyer.

Forum, 2004, vol. 42, № 1, р. 57.

Questions to be answered in writing:

1. What was tested at Kill Devil Hills in December, 1903?

2. How was the great achievement of Wright brothers celebrated in their hometown of Dayton, Ohio?

3. Why did fame become an integral part of their life?

4. In what way was the centennial of the Wrights’ accomplishment commemorated in 2003?