Контрольное задание № I. Вариант 2

I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите по грамматическим приз­накам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием -s и какую функ­цию это окончание выполняет, т.е. служит ли оно:

а) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола в Present Indefinite;

б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного (см. образец выполнения 1).

Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. A great number of green trees grow around the old city.

2. On the old market square there stands a beautiful church.

3. Every hour the guard on the tower blows his trumpet on all four sides.

II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на особенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существи­тельным (см. образец выполнения 2).

1. The passenger looked out of the train carriage window.

2. This newspaper article is very interesting.

3. Every year the people of Norway give the city of London a big Christmas tree as a present.

III. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения прилагательных, и переведите их на русский язык.

1. The Volga is shorter than the Mississippi.

2. Some people think that Chinese is the most difficult language in the world.

3. The more you learn, the more you forget.

IV. Перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений.

1. Will there be any concerts in the club next month?

2. Please bring me some apples, Mary.

3. There is no water in the kettle: they drank it all.

V. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них видо-временные фор­мы глаголов и укажите их инфинитив; переведите предложения на русский язык (см. образец выполнения 3).

1. Copernicus discovered the structure of our planetary system

2. Now Krakow is a Polish city again

3. Where will you go next summer?

VI. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык данный текст.

CRACOW – THE OLD CAPITAL OF POLAND

1. It is said of Krakow that it grew on the stones where there once lived a dragon. Like all dragons, this one loved war and was always demanding food.

2. A courageous man by name of Cracus, or Crac, threw the dragon a sheep into which he had put sulphur. The dragon ate the sheep with the sulphur, and became very thirsty. It began to drink the water of the Vistula. It drank and drank until it burst. And on the place where the dragon was killed, people built a city. The city stands today, and there are many flowers in its squares.

3. Poland’s culture is intricate. Poland produced Copernicus, who discovered the structure of our planetary system, and Marie Sklodowska-Curie, who discovered the structure of the atom.

4. Krakow is old and beautiful. A great number of green trees grow around the old city. On the old market square there stands a beautiful church. The church has two towers, one higher than the other because it is a guard tower. Many times the Tartars fell upon Krakow. Once they came to the walls of the city at night, without being seen, but the guard on the tower saw them, and blew his trumpet. And the people on the tower began to assemble, and the guard blew and blew, calling the people from all the streets. He stopped blowing his trumpet only when a Tartar arrow killed him.

5. Centuries passed since then. Krakow was the capital of Poland. Krakow was a free city. Krakow became an Austrian city. Now Krakow is a Polish city again. And every hour the guard on the tower blows his trumpet on all four sides, and people on the square exchange glances and smile, because they haven’t forgotten the past.

6. Poland knows how difficult it is to vanquish the dragon. Poland found at last its proper frontiers. It touches the sea now, and sends its ships out to sea. It has recovered those lands which were lost many years ago.

VII. Укажи­те номер правильного ответа на поставленный вопрос:

The guard on the wall blew his trumpet

1. to call the people of Krakow from all the streets;

2. to play beautiful music;

3. to frighten the Tartars.