Вариант № 5

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

1) Last year he … good marks in English.

2) There … 20 students in our group.

3) Our students ... at the conference last month.

4) You … many new subjects next term.

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

1) Health is (good) than wealth.

2) The Volga is (long) than the Don.

3) Football is (popular) than basket-ball.

4) Venus is (near) planet to us in space.

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 automation develops; the more important will be the role of the machines.

2) Chemistry is not so difficult as mathematics.

3) The higher we go into the atmosphere, the thinner the air becomes.

4) This machine-tool is as old as that one.

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

1) This plant is producing some new chemical devices.

2) Students will have a lecture on history tomorrow.

3) By that time we had already changed our plans.

4) The academic year in this country begins on the first of September.

5. Прочитайте и устно переведите текст на русский язык. Перепишите и письменно переведите 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-й абзацы.

CANADA

1. Canada consists of almost the entire North American continent north of the US except Alaska. Its total land area of more than 9 mln sq. km makes it the second largest country in the world.

2. The Canadian Shield, an ice-scoured area covering half the country, dominates Canada’s topography. Most of northern Canada has subarctic or arctic climates, with long cold winters lasting 8 to 11 month, short sunny summers, and little precipitation. In contrast, the populated south has a variety of climatological landscapes.

3. The total population according to the 1981 census was about 24 mln people with an average population density of 2.8 per sq. km.

4. English and French are the official languages of Canada and have equal status, rights and privileges as to their use in all governmental institutions.

5. Canada is a federation of 10 provinces and 2 northern territories. The federal Parliament is made up of the House of Commons and the Senate. The leader of the party that wins the largest number of seats in a newly elected House of Commons is asked to form the government.

6. The civil law follows English common law everywhere except in Quebec, where it follows the Napoleonic Code.

7. Canada is a world leader in the production of asbestos, nickel and other elements, forestry products, and ranks first in the world in export of minerals. Although no longer the foremost sector of the economy, agriculture is of major importance to the economy as a whole. Canada is among the world's leading wheat producers and is second in the export of wheat.

8. Basically, Canada has a free-enterprise economy. A recurrent problem for Canada has been the dominant position of US corporations and investors.

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

1) What is the political status of Canada?

2) Does Canada have one official language?

3) What is the jurisdiction of Canada like?