Вариант № 2

1. Перепишите предложения, употребляя глагол to be и to have в нужной форме. Предложения переведите.

1) He … a lot of free time last week.

2) Our students … in London last year.

3) I … many books on this question.

4) There … many new words in the last dictation.

2. Перепишите предложения, раскрывая скобки и употребляя прилагательные и наречия в сравнительной или превосходной степени сравнения. Предложения переведите.

1) The Mississippi is (long) river in the world.

2) The Neva is (wide) and (deep) than Moskva river.

3) Red Square is (beautiful) square in Moscow.

4) Electricity is (powerful) than steam.

3. Перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на сравнительные конструкции, содержащие the...the; as...as, not so…as.

1) The more English books and magazines the students will read the more new words they will remember.

2) Modern communication is as swift as light.

3) In winter days are not so long as in summer.

4) The larger is the planet and the closer it is to the Sun, the shorter is the day on it.

4. Перепишите следующие предложения; подчеркните в каждом из них глагол-сказуемое и определите его видовременную форму и залог. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1) They will be writing their course papers in April.

2) The problem of pollution and ecology has become the most important problem for mankind.

3) A digital computer solves thousands of mathematical operations in one second.

4) The engineer was checking the operation of the motor the whole day.

5. Прочитайте и устно переведите текст на русский язык. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1, 2, 3-й абзацы.

AUSTRALIA

1. Australia lies to the south-east of Asia, between the Pacific and Indian oceans. It is the world's smallest continent which is almost completely surrounded by ocean expanses. Its total area is 7,682,300 sq.km.

2. The continent of Australia is divided into four general topographic regions: a low, sandy eastern coastal plain, the eastern highlands, the central plain, and the western plateau. Although Australia has a wide diversity of climatic conditions, the climate of Australia is generally warm and dry, with no extreme cold and little frost. It changes from comfortably mild in the south to hot in the central inferior and north.

3. The total population in 1986 was about 16 mln people with the average population density of about 2 persons per sq.km. Most Australians are of British or Irish ancestry. More than 99% of the population speaks English.

4. The capital of Australia is Canberra. Australia has a federal parliamentary government. The Australian federation was formed on January 1, 1901, from six former British colonies, which thereupon became states. The Australian constitution combines the traditions of British parliamentary monarchy with important elements of the US federal system. Powers of the federal government are enumerated and limited. The government consists of the British sovereign and the Australian Parliament.

5. Australia is the world's largest wool producer and one of the world's largest wheat exporters. The main sources of foreign earnings are wool, food and minerals which also provide raw materials for home processing industries.

6. Перепишите следующие вопросы к тексту и письменно на них ответьте.

1) What kind of climate is there in Australia?

2) What are the main branches of the Australian economy?

3) How many states does Australia consist of?