6. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

What will/would you do if…

..if you can't sleep at night?

..if you were offered $5000 to pose nude?

..if there is nothing on TV?

..if you needed to find a lot of money very quickly?

7. Переведите письменно на русский язык.

MEASUREMENTS

International System of Units is a system of meas­urement units based on the MKS (metre-kilogram-second) system. This international system is commonly re­ferred to as SI.

At the Eleventh General Conference on Weights and Measures, held in Paris in 1960 standards were defined for six base units and two supplementary units:

Length

The metre had its origin in the metric system. By in­ternational agreement, the standard metre had been de­fined as the distance between two fine lines on a bar of platinum-iridium alloy. The 1960 conference redefined the metre as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the reddish-orange light emitted by the isotope krypton-86. The metre was again redefined in 1983 as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum during a time inter­val of 1/299,792,458 of a second.

КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА № 3

ВАРИАНТ 4 / 9

1. Переведите следующие словосочетания на английский язык.

мальчики, играющие на улице

студент, сдающий экзамен

железная дорога, построенная моло­дыми рабочими

оборудование, установленное в лабо­ратории

устанавливая новое оборудование

производя новые автомобили

открыв новый элемент

решив важную проблему

2. Переведите следующие предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на инфинитивные конструкции:

1. Ink is supposed to have been invented in Egypt.

2. We expected him to be appointed director of a new automobile plant.

3. This question appears to be of great importance.

3. Раскройте скобки, употребляя гла­голы в требующейся форме.

1. If I (to have) this rare book, I should gladly lend it to you.

2. The dish would have been much more tasty if she (to be) a better cook.

4. Выберите подходящий по смыслу предлог или союз.

1. Who can repair the apparatus instead of / due to him?

2. No planes took off on that day on account of / in spite of low clouds.

3. The strength of this synthetic material is both / as high and / as that of steel.

4. Special containers were used as long as / in order that the supply of food could be improved.

5. Переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на значения слов one (ones), that (those).

1. These trucks are too small; they will need bigger ones.

2. This apparatus is more powerful than the one installed in our laboratory.

3. She said that she would come back in ten minutes.

4. The book that you gave me is very interesting.

6. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

What will/would you do if…

..if you dreamt the ‘winning’ lottery numbers?

..if you saw a bear in the park?

..if this building catches fire?

..if your TV is broken?

7. Переведите письменно на русский язык.

MEASUREMENTS

Mass

When the metric system was created, the kilogram was defined as the mass of 1 cubic decimetre of pure water at the temperature of its maximum density or at 4.0 °C.

Time

For centuries, time has been universally measured in terms of the rotation of the earth. The second, the basic unit of time, was defined as 1/86,400 of a mean solar day or one complete rotation of the earth on its axis in relation to the sun. Scientists discovered, however, that the rotation of the earth was not constant enough to serve as the basis of the time standard. As a result, the second was redefined in 1967 in terms of the resonant frequency of the caesium atom, that is, the frequency at which this atom absorbs en­ergy: 9,192,631,770 Hz (hertz, or cycles per second).

КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА № 3

ВАРИАНТ 5 / 10

1. Переведите следующие словосочетания на английский язык.

народ, строящий новую жизнь

развивающиеся страны

экзамен, сданный успешно

проблема, решенная удачно

покидая город

улучшая уличное движение

получив письмо

оставшись дома один

2. Переведите следующие предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на инфинитивные конструкции:

1. The plan proved to be a great success.

2. The travellers found the people of the small island (to be) very friendly.

3. They reported the capacity of the new engine to have been increased.

3. Раскройте скобки, употребляя гла­голы в требующейся форме.

1. He never (to phone) you if I hadn't reminded him to do that.

2. Your brother (to become) much stronger if he took cold baths regularly.

4. Выберите подходящий по смыслу предлог или союз.

1. Is there a high building in front of / due to your house?

2. Owing to / In spite of his works not only was the problem solved but a wholly new approach evolved.

3. The sun gives us neither / both light nor / and heat; it gives us energy as well.

4. We decided to cross the mountains in order that / so that we could reach the airfield in the daytime

5. Переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на значения слов one (ones), that (those).

1. He is one of the most experienced drivers.

2. This article is much more difficult than the one we translated yesterday.

3. I am afraid that he has fallen ill.

4. That he agreed to help his friends is only natural.