1 . Перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните в каждом из них глагол-сказуемое. Определите его видовременную форму и залог. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The lasers are used in studying the properties of various substances, in radio engineering, medicine and biology.

2. Becquerel's discovery was followed by an intensive research work of Marie and Pierre Curie.

3. The letter will be signed by the director tomorrow.

4. The top cover is made of stainless steel.

5. Synthetic rubber products were developed between 1914 and the 1930 s.

2. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление формы Perfect (Present, Past) в действительном и страдательном залогах.

1. Quantum mechanics has greatly influenced the nuclear theory.

2. Throughout his life, Michael Collins has held many different jobs.

3. I have not seen you since spring.

4. He had been asked by the time when you came.

3. Перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните в каждом из них модальный глагол и его эквивалент. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Can you tell me the right time?

2. She wasn't able to take that English course because she was seriously ill.

3. You must work hard at your character.

4. The chemists may use this reactor.

4. Раскройте скобки и поставьте глаголы в соответствующем времени (Future Simple или Present Simple). Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. They (to repair) their car, when they (to have) some free time.

2. If I (to receive) his letter, I (to answer) him.

3. After he (to pass) his exams, he (to go) to the country.

4. He (to lose) weight if he (to stop) eating too much.

5. Письменно переведите текст «Michael Collins»

6. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос.

How many times did Collins orbit the moon?

1. ... twenty times

2. ... thirty times

3. ... forty times.

Michael Collins (1930-1969)

Throughout his life, Michael Collins has held many different jobs. Collins was a pilot for Apollo 11. That was the first space mission to land people on the moon.

Michael Collins’s best subject at school was mathematics. After school he studied at West Point Military Academy¹ and graduated in 1952.

In 1960 Collins became a test pilot. When he learned about the nation's space programme, he applied to be an astronaut. He was chosen to be a pilot for the Gemini programme, which sent two astronauts at a time into orbit around the earth. In July 1966, Collins and astronaut John Young orbited the earth for three days in Gemini 10.

When the crew of the moon mission, Apollo II, was chosen, Collins was included. He was to be the pilot of the Columbia, the spaceship that would remain in space above the moon surface. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin would land on the moon.

Apollo 11 took off² on July 16, 1969. Four days later, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first men to land on the moon. Meanwhile, Collins stayed in the main spaceship and orbited the moon 3O times.

After the Apollo 11 mission, Collins left the space programme to spend more time with his family. In 1971 he became director of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.

Through his many jobs, Michael Collins has always shown his courage and his love of adventure.

NOTES:

1 .West Point Military Academy- Вест-Пойнтская Военная академия

2. To take off- взлететь (о самолете)

3. the Smithsonian institution- Смитсоновский институт