2. Согласитесь со следующими утверждениями или опровергните их (по тексту задания №1).

Образец: 1. Scotland Yard was created in 1829.

I agree.

2. Scotland Yard was created in 1929.

I disagree. Scotland Yard was created in 1929.

1) The CIA is the police department in the US. 2) The president of the US controls the FBI. 3) The FBI is concerned with crimes in Washington. 4) The FBI is the smallest investigative agency of the US federal government. 5) The FBI is responsible for conducting investigations where a state interest is concerned. 6) In pursuance of its duties, the bureau conceals the results of its investigations from the attorney general of the US. 7) The FBI is a part of the Department of Corrections. 8) The bureau is headquartered in the District of Columbia. 9) The FBI has field offices in all parts of the world. 10) The FBI maintains international crime and criminals. 11) The Senate appointed the head of the FBI until 1968. 12) The FBI's director became subject to appointment by the president of the US without the advice and consent of the Senate. 13) The bureau has a large staff of special agents. 14) The FBI's special agents waste money of the US taxpayers. 15) The FBI's special agents are usually required to have either a primary or a secondary education.

3. Запишите форму множественного числа существительных.

A box, a river, a boy, a lady, a wife.

4. Заполните пропуски артиклями, если это необходимо.

4.1. My brother is … doctor. He is … clever young man.

4.2. Here is … magazine you want to read.

4.3. My favourite subject is … history. My brother is good at … physics.

5. Определите время, в котором использованы глаголы в следующих предложениях.

5.1. Look! Boris is writing a very difficult text.

5.2. He usually doesn’t work much but now he is working very hard preparing for the seminar.

5.3. She has been painting for an hour.

6. Переведите предложения на английский язык, употребляя Present Indefinite, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous.

6.1.Она обычно печатает в этой комнате.

6.2. Сейчас 12 часов. Она печатает (сейчас).

6.3. Она напечатала уже 10 статей.

6.4. Она печатает уже с 12 часов. Она печатает уже полчаса.

7. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present, Past или Future Passive.

7.1. Bread (to eat) every day.

7.2. The letter (to receive) yesterday.

7.3. Nick (to send) to Moscow next week.

7.4. I (to ask) at the lesson yesterday.

7.5. I (to give) a very interesting book at the library last Friday.

Вариант XXI

1. Переведите текст, используя словарь. Запишите перевод.

Solicitor

Solicitor is a type of practicing lawyer in Britain who gives advice, does the necessary work when property is bought and sold, and defends people, especially in the lower courts of law. In general, a barrister undertakes no work except through a solicitor, who prepares and delivers the client's instructions to a barrister. Solicitors confer with clients, draft documents, conduct negotiations, prepare cases for trial, and retain barristers for advice on special matters or for advocacy before the higher courts. They have a right to act in all courts as the agents for litigation or representatives of their clients, but they may appear as advocates only in the lower courts. If one wants to make a will the best man to advise him is a solicitor. If one gets into trouble with the police one can ask a solicitor to help prepare his defense. The official organization of solicitors is the Law Society, a voluntary group, incorporated by Parliament. The Law Society has extensive authority in setting and enforcing standards for solicitors. The Law Society maintains a client-compensation fund to reduce and relieve losses sustained from dishonesty by solicitors. The education required of a solicitor includes a law school course. Furthermore, To qualify as a solicitor one is to join a practicing solicitor as a «clerk» and to work for him (apprenticeship) for a period of five years (three years for university graduates) in order to pass the Law Society exams. Solicitors must be British Commonwealth citizens, although there is no such requirement for the barrister. [The Commonwealth is an organization of about 50 countries that were once part of the British Empire.]

Solicitor - стряпчий; undertake - брать на себя обязанность; confer - совещаться; draft - составлять; conduct negotiations - вести переговоры; prepare a case for trial - подготовить дело к слушанию в суде; retain - нанимать (адвоката); advocacy - защита; higher court - вышестоящий суд; agent - доверенное лицо; litigation - тяжба, судебный процесс; advocate - адвокат; voluntarily - добровольно; incorporate - регистрировать; extensive - обширный; setting - учреждение; enforce - проводить в жизнь; sustain - понести (ущерб, убыток); law school - юридический факультет; furthermore - кроме того; apprenticeship - ученичество; graduate - выпускник.