IV. Перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений; выберите правильный перевод подчеркнутого местоимения.

1. Today any large-scale military conflict will be accompanied by a global-wide impact on the biosphere.

a) несколько, b) какой-либо, c) любой

2. Some 5000 years ago the Assumption Cathedral was built.

a) несколько, b) совсем, c) около

3. Some examples of water systems where the effects of pollution have become or are becoming increasingly apparent are the Adriatic, Baltic and Mediterranean seas.

a) какие-то, b) некоторые, c) любые

V. В следующих предложениях сказуемое используется в а) Present Simple, b) Past Simple, c) Present Perfect, d) Past Perfect. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Moscow is the capital of Russia, its administrative, economic, political and educational centre.

2. By the 15^th century Moscow had grown into a wealthy city.

3. The land of Russia varies very much from forests to deserts, from high mountains to deep valleys.

4. Facing the Red square is a very beautiful building known as Granovitaya Palata built in the end of the 15^th century by Marko Ruffo and Pietro Solari.

VI. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на функцию выделенного существительного в предложении. Укажите, выполняет ли оно функцию: a) подлежащего, b) определения, c) дополнения, d) обстоятельства.

1. In 1156, Prince Yury Dolgoruky built a small wooden fortress on the high Borodinsky Hill where the Neglinnaya River flows into the Moskva River.

2. The European part of Russia is densely peopled, and the most population lives in cities and towns and their outskirts.

3. The judicial power belongs to the system of courts, which consists of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and other courts.

4. Head of the parliamentary republic of Russia is the President.

5. Ivan IV, who became Grand Prince after his father’s death, was crowned in 1538.

VII. Прочитайте и переведите текст на русский язык: Novaya Ladoga

Novaya Ladoga was founded by the Order of Peter the Great in 1704 at the same time as St. Petersburg. According to the legend, Peter I carried the first three wheel-barrels of earth for Novaya Ladoga’s landmark canals himself. 15 000 kossacks, 12 000 soldiers and 35 000 labourers worked to construct the first canal. It was finished in 1731 and bore the name of “Staraya Ladoga”. The other canals were named after Peter I. The second canal system was named “Novaya Ladoga” and was constructed in 1866. Novaya Ladoga is famous for its residents. One of them is Alexander Suvorov, one of the most prominent generals in Russian history, who lived there from 1764 till 1768, when he was commander-in-chief of the Suzdal infantry regiment. During tsarists times, Novaya Ladoga was the centre of the Volkhov River region. There lived more than 1000 people. Some of 144 houses were made of bricks. Most of the population was sea captains.

During World War II, Head Quarters of the Red Banner Ladoga Fleet was located in Novaya Ladoga. Novaya Ladoga was the beginning of famous “Road of life” connecting the beseiged city of Leningrad to the whole country. Today Novaya Ladoga is a small industrial town (population 12 000). There are a lot of enterprises: “Lacond”, Ship Repairing Workshop, Fish Processing factory and Fishing Company, Bakery “Volkhov-Khleb” and a factory producing leather bags. Novaya Ladoga has 2 comprehensive schools, 2 kindergartens, 3 libraries, a Youth Centre, Local History Museum, Tourism Centre, Music Hall and Yacht Club.