X. Ответьте на вопросы в соответствии с содержанием текста.

1. What were the first passenger cars like?

2. How did they change?

3. What types does the railway passenger equipment consist of today?

4. What are the characteristic features of the modern cars?

5. What devices are installed on modern passengers cars?

Вариант 3

I. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление времён группы Continuous (Present, Past, Future) в действительном и страдательном залогах. Выпишите сказуемые и укажите их видовременные формы.

1. Great revolution is taking place in train maintenance.

2. New high-capacity freight wagons are being developed in many countries of the world.

3. The engineers will be testing a new locomotive during a long period of time tomorrow.

4. This modern locomotive is reaching the speed of about 200 kph.

5. The builders found ancient statues and ruins when they were building Moscow Metro.

II. Перепишите и переведите предложения, поставив глагол в нужную форму.

1. Be careful! The train (to approach – Present Continuous Active) the station!

2. He appeared on the platform just as the train (to pull out – Past Continuous Active).

3. Brazilian railways (to invest – Future Continuous Active) in computer technologies.

4. This line (to use – Present Continuous Passive) for transporting timber and coal.

5. While the workers (to build – Past Continuous Active) Moscow Metro they encountered many engineering difficulties.

III. Перепишите и переведите предложения, выбрав правильную форму сказуемого (Active or Passive).

1. Railways (are developing; are being developed) with great rapidity.

2. Tests (are now making; are now being made) with a new automatic signalling system.

3. New kinds of passenger trains (are introducing; are being introduced) on Russian Railways.

4. Japan (is introducing; is being introduced) a large fleet of modernized electric trains.

5. The new high-speed passenger train Sapsan (is operating, is being operated) daily on the route Moscow-St Petersburg.

IV. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление модальных глаголов и их эквивалентов. Подчеркните модальные глаголы в английских предложениях и в переводе.

1. A special lifting crane should be used for loading this container to the truck.

2. The car which you could see at the exhibition will be used on international routes.

3. Engineers have to design new cars both for long-distance and suburban trains.

4. Passengers need not walk across the railway lines; there is a footbridge at the end of the platform.

5. Both suburban and metro cars are to have sliding doors to speed up the exit and entrance of passengers.

V. Образуйте от данных глаголов две формы Participle I. Полученные причастия переведите на русский язык.

Model: to read – a) reading – читая, читающий;b) having read – прочитав

1. to replace

2. to travel

3. to carry

4. to drive

5. to paint

6. to freeze

7. to spread

8. to increase

9. to find

10)to transport