IX. Ответьте на вопросы по тексту.

1. When was Lomonosov born?

2. Where did he study?

3. In what fields of science did he write works?

4. What did he write besides scientific works?

5. What university is named after his name?

Variant 5

I. Закончите предложения, употребив "to + Infinitive".

1. "Remember to switch off the computer when you’ve finished". He reminded his son…

2. "You must see the exhibition." My friend advised me…

3. "Shall I buy you some cigarettes?" He offered…

4. "Answer this letter for me, will you? And remember to keep a copy." He asked me… and reminded me…

5. "Don’t touch the wire." He warned me…

II. Прочитайте следующую шутку. Передайте её в косвенной речи.

A group of people was talking about strange things which had happened to them.

"When I was in India", said one of them, "I saw a tiger come down to the water where some women were washing clothes. It was a very fierce tiger, but one woman, had a presence of mind to splash some water in its face – and it ran away."

"Gentlemen", said a man in an armchair, "the story is sure to be true. Some minutes after the accident I was coming down to the water. I happened to meet this tiger and stroked its whiskers. Gentlemen, I found those whiskers to be wet.

III. Выберите одно правильное предложение из данных ниже для того чтобы перевести прямую речь в косвенную.

1. The reporter said: "The terrorists were captured last week".

a) The reporter said that the terrorists were captured last week.

b) The reporter said that the terrorists had been captured the previous week.

c) The reporter said that the terrorists have been captured last week.

2. He asked me: "Do you really know anything about the matter?"

a) He asked me if I really know anything about the matter.

b) He asked me if I really knew anything about the matter.

c) He asked me did I really know anything about the matter.

3. Poirot said: "Thank you for your help, Miss Gray".

a) Poirot said thank you to Miss Gray for her help.

b) Poirot said that he thanks Miss Gray for her help.

c) Poirot thanked Miss Gray for her help.

IV. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. He watched the people hurrying towards the trains.

2. At the stop she saw another girl waiting for the bus.

3. We heard the door of the entrance hall open and close softly.

V. Переведите следующие предложения на русский язык, обращая внимания на независимый причастный оборот.

1. His directions to the porter finished, he came up to his niece.

2. Electrons moving through a wire, electrical energy is generated.

3. He was standing there silent, a bitter smile curling his lips.

VI. Подчеркните герундий. Определите его функцию в предложении. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Crying won’t help matters.

2. You will only succeed by trying hard.

3. Travelling abroad can be exciting enough, but just now it is more exciting being here.

4. The only way to do it quickly is doing it at once.

5. I don’t want to force you into doing something.

VII. Переведите предложения на английский язык. Определите тип условных предложений.

1. Он не выполнит это задание, если оно будет слишком сложным.

2. Мне нравятся эти часы. Если бы они были дешевле, я бы купил их.

3. Если бы ваше предложение было получено на прошлой неделе, мы бы приняли его.

VIII. Прочитайте и переведите текст. Переведите 4-ый абзац письменно.

Isaac Newton

1. Newton, one of the greatest scientists of all times was born in 1642 in the little village in Lincolnshire, England. His father was a farmer and died before Newton was born. His mother was a clever woman whom he always loved.

2. After the school, Newton studied mathematics at Cambridge University and received his degree in 1665. Then the university was closed because of the danger of plague and Newton went home for eighteen months. It was most important period in his life when he made his three great discoveries – the discoveries of the differential calculus, of the nature of white light, and of the law of gravitation.

3. These discoveries are still important for the modern science. Newton had always been interested in the problems of light. Many people saw colours of a rainbow but only Newton showed, by his experiments, that white light consists of these colours.

4. It is interesting how he discovered the law of gravitation. Once, as he sat at the garden, his attention was drawn by the fall of an apple. Many people saw such a usual thing before. But it was Newton who asked himself a question: "Why does that apple fall perpendicularly to the ground? Why doesn’t it go sidewards or upwards?" The answer to this question was the theory of gravitation, discovered by Newton.

5. Newton died at the age of 84, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, where his monument stands today.