Вариант 3

1. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите по грам­матическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформ­ленные окончанием s, и какую функцию это окончание выполняет. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The first mention of the city on the Volga dates back to 1589.

2. The doors of the city young People’s Theatre are always open to children of school age.

3. The city is famous for its museums, monuments and numerous places of interest.

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

1. The Hermitage is the ancient Russian culture-and-art monument.

2. We have a large state children library in our city.

3. During its four-century-old history the city experienced several dramatic events.

3. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них функ­цию инфинитива и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. These properties are used to detect tannins.

2. The Russian surgeon Pirogov was the first to use anaesthesia at operations.

3. We must know how a plant grows.

4. Заполните пропуски необходимыми артиклями.

1. . . . postman's little boy says that he'd rather be . . . dentist than . . . doctor, because . . . dentists don't get called out at . . . night.

2. Just as . . . air hostess (there was only one on the plane) was handing me . . . cup of . . . coffee . . . plane gave . . . lurch and . . . coffee went all over . . . person on . . . other side of . . . gangway.

3. There was . . . collision between . . . car and . . . cyclist at . . . crossroads near . . . my house early in . . . morning. . . . cyclist was taken to . . . hospital with . . . concussion. . . . driver of . . . car was treated for . . . shock. . . . witnesses say that . . . car was going at . . . seventy miles . . . hour.

4. Professor Jones, . . . man who discovered . . . new drug that everyone is talking about, refused to give . . . press conference.

5. Peter Piper, . . . student in . . . professor's college, asked him why he refused to talk to . . . press.

5. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них видовременные формы и залог глаголов-сказуемых и укажите их инфинитив; переведите предложения на русский язык. В разделе (б) обратите внимание на перевод пассивных конструкций.

a) 1. Chemical analysis has helped chemists to discover many elements existing on the Earth.

2. He will continue his research work in the field of biology.

3. The young scientist was translating the article about the system of education in Great Britain for an hour yesterday.

b) 1. Many products of organic chemistry are obtained with the aid of uranium catalysts.

2. All necessary information was being stored in the computer.

3. The positive results had not been obtained until a more powerful apparatus was installed.

6. Перепишите предложение и поставьте: 1) общий вопрос к нему; 2) специальный вопрос ко всем членам предложения.

Thousands of young people have graduated from higher schools this year.

7. Перепишите следующие предложения; подчеркните в них Participle I, Participle II, Gerund и установите функции каждого из них, т.е. укажите, является ли оно (он) определением, обстоятель­ством или частью сказуемого. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. A great number of young people studying at various educational establishments combine work and studies.

2. Having achieved the necessary results we decided to describe them in our article.

3. Sodium and potassium compounds studied are widely distributed and abundant

4. Modern medicine makes extensive use of various antibiotics in combating infections.