Вариант № 5

I. Перепишите предложения, определите в каждом из них видовременную форму и залог глагола- сказуемого, переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. New houses are being built in our street.

2. The student was visited at the hospital.

3. The farm bought two new combines last year.

4. Our laboratory will be given some new modern devices.

5. The book had been published by the end of the year.

II. Перепишите предложения и переведите их на русский язык, найдите и подчеркните инфинитив и причастие, определите функцию инфинитива и причастия в предложении.

1. To finish a new canal the workers worked very hard.

2. To work on a farm is necessary for every student of an agricultural university.

3. She will be cleaning the flat from 10 till 12 tomorrow.

4. He hurried so as not to miss the train.

5. Finished with his breakfast, he remained for some time at the table.

6. The work to be done is very important.

7. The house was built in the forest

8. The only thing left was to go home.

III. Перепишите предложения, найдите и подчеркните объективный и субъективный инфинитивные обороты, переведите на русский язык.

1. The house seemed not to have been lived in for a long time.

2. The crop was supposed to be rich that year.

3. They think him to be the most outstanding actor.

4. He wanted her to record the film.

5. The article is sure to be a success.

IV. Перепишите предложения с независимым причастным оборотом, переведите их.

1. The professor having left the room, we began to discuss his lecture.

2. Farmers harvested good yields, new agricultural machines having been bought.

3. The rain having stopped, they went to the park.

V. Прочитайте и переведите текст.

Text A

WHAT SURVEYORS DO

Surveyors establish land, airspace, and water boundaries. They measure the Earth’s surface to collect data that are used to draw maps, determine the shape and contour of parcels of land, and set property lines and boundaries. They also define airspace for airports and measure construction and mining sites. Surveyors work with civil engineers, landscape architects, and urban and regional planners to develop comprehensive design documents.

Surveyors typically do the following:

• Measure distances, directions, and angles between points on, above, and below the Earth's surface

• Select known reference points and then determine the exact location of important features in the survey area using special equipment

• Establish official land and water boundaries

• Research land records and other sources of information affecting properties

• Look for evidence of previous boundaries to determine where boundary lines are

• Travel to locations to measure distances and directions between points

• Record the results of surveying and verify the accuracy of data

• Prepare plots, maps, and reports

• Work with cartographers (mapmakers), architects, construction managers, and others

• Present findings to clients, government agencies, and others

• Write descriptions of land for deeds, leases, and other legal documents

• Provide expert testimony in court regarding their work or that of other surveyors

In their work, surveyors use the Global Positioning System (GPS), a system of satellites that locates reference points with a high degree of precision. Surveyors interpret and verify the GPS results. They gather the data that is fed into a Geographic Information System (GIS), which is then used to create detailed maps.

Text B

WATER CRISIS

Water crisis is a general term used to describe a situation where the available water within a region is less than the region's demand. The term has been used to describe the availability of potable water in a variety of regions by the United Nations and other world organizations. Others, for example the Food and Agriculture Organization, said in 2003 that there is no water crisis but steps must be taken to avoid one in the future. The major aspects of the water crisis are allegedly overall scarcity of usable water and water pollution.

The Earth has a limited supply of fresh water, stored in aquifers, surface waters and the atmosphere. Sometimes oceans are mistaken for available water, but the amount of energy needed to convert saline water to potable water is prohibitive today, explaining why only a very small fraction of the world's water supply derives from desalination.

There are several principal manifestations of the water crisis:

inadequate access to safe drinking water for about 884 million people;

inadequate access to water for sanitation and waste disposal for 2.5 billion people;

groundwater overdrafting (excessive use) leading to diminished agricultural yields;

overuse and pollution of water resources harming biodiversity;

regional conflicts over scarce water resources sometimes resulting in warfare.

Waterborne diseases and the absence of sanitary domestic water are one of the leading causes of death worldwide. For children under age five, waterborne diseases are the leading cause of death. At any given time, half of the world's hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from waterborne diseases. According to the World Bank, 88 percent of all waterborne diseases are caused by unsafe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene.