VII. Ответьте на вопросы письменно:

1. What do we imagine when we hear the word Australia?

2. What parts does Australia consist of?

3. What is the capital of the country?

4. Where is Sydney located?

5. What are the Blue Mountains covered with?

6. What is the Murray River known for?

7. Where is Tasmania situated?

8. What is the climate in Tasmania?

9. How many people live in Tasmania?

10. What is a large part of the island still covered with?

11. Why did Tasmanian people disappear as a nation?

12. Who were sent to Australia until it became an ordinary south country?

13. What places do thousands of tourists visit every year?

Вариант IV

I. Раскройте скобки. Употребите Present Simple Passive или Past Simple Passive. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Cheese (to make) from milk.

2. This house is quite old. It (to build) in 1930.

3. A cinema is a place where films (to show).

4. In the United States, elections for President (to hold) every four years.

2. Перепишите предложения, изменив залог сказуемого. Используйте страдательный залог. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

Пример: My father built this house in 1970. – The house was built in 1970.

1. Somebody cleans the room every day.

2. People don’t use this road very often.

3. The company employed two hundred people.

4. Somebody has painted the room.

3. Выпишите предложения, в которых используется Passive Voice и переведите их на русский язык.

   1. A scientist beginning some experiment should be very careful and attentive.

   2. A new computer will be used for all types of data processing.

   3. The effects of radiation have been analyzed by our research group.

   4. A lot of money was stolen in the robbery.

IV. Закончите предложения, употребив подходящие по смыслу прилагательные в сравнительной степени (older /more important etc).

Пример: It’s too noisy here. Can we go somewhere quieter?

1. In some parts of the country, prices are ________________than in others.

2. I want a ____________flat. We don’t have enough space here.

3. Unfortunately her illness was ___________than we thought at first.

V. Заполните пропуски словосочетаниями с прилагательными в превосходной степени (the ___- est; the most___).

Приме: It’s a very nice room. It’s the nicest room in the hotel.

1. Our hotel was ______________in the town (cheap).

2. What’s _______________river in the world (long)?

3. It was an awful day. It was _______________day of my life (bad).

4. What is ____________sport in your country (popular)?

VI. Прочитайте и письменно переведите текст.

to lie — находиться

is situated — расположена

the North Island — Северный остров

the South Island — Южный остров

dozen — дюжина

capital — столица

official language — государственный язык

Maori — маорийский язык

the Commonwealth of Nations — Содружество

the United Kingdom — Соединенное Королевство

to appoint — назначать

governor general — генерал-губернатор

to represent — представлять

legislation — законодательная власть

prime minister — премьер-министр 

Cabinet — кабинет 

government — правительство 

provision — положение 

brown-skinned — с коричневой кожей 

to settle — селиться

New Zealander — новозеландец 

descendant — потомок 

settler — поселенец 

to make up — составлять 

population — население 

standard of living — уровень жизни 

agriculture — сельское хозяйство 

manufacturing industry — обрабатывающая промышленность

service industry — сфера услуг

trade — торговля