Exercises

1. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в Present Perfect, Past Perfect или Future Perfect

1. The teacher corrected the exercises which his students (prepare). 2. She said she (look) everywhere for the book. 3. He never (be) to any foreign country. 4. His parents (speak) to him about it several times. 5. He knew that he (make) a serious mistake. 6. If you don’t make a note of that appointment, you (forget) it by next week. 7. Kate wondered why he (leave) the party so early.

8. I am sure they (complete) the new house by February.

2. Напишите следующие предложения в вопросительной форме.

1. They’ll have to hurry to catch the five thirty train. 2. I am to stay here all the time. 3. I have got to leave you now. 4. He was able to phone us twice a week. 5. The jubilee is to be celebrated this summer. 6. We were to spend a week-end with my aunt at the Browns’. 7. Robert will be сapable of doing this kind of task. 8. He has been able to swim since childhood. 9. You will be able to send e-mail this evening. 10. The old man had to walk a lot.

3. Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на местоимения one (ones), that (those)

1) This text is more difficult than that one. 2) One of the students is absent today. 3) One must always try to speak English at our lessons. 4) There is only one way to do it. 5) Those present at the meeting were the teachers from our school. 6) I like to read English books as well as Russian ones. 7) The students of the first group study better than those of the second one. 8) These pictures are better than those ones. 9) This film is more interesting than that I saw last week. 10) I don’t like this book. Give me another one.

4. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в форме герундия.

1. This job is not worth (take). 2. It looks like (rain). 3. They kept on (argue). 4. Practise (listen) to the tape recordings. It’s good practice! 5. She began (sing) when a child. 6. My hobby is (dance). 7. He felt irritation at (be disturbed). 8. Have you finished (write)? 9. He talked without (stop). 10. Tom doesn’t want (be looked) after. 11. (see) is (believe) 12. Her (act) was perfect. 13. (breed cattle) is an important branch of agriculture. 14. Ben’s (hand write) is very careless.

5. Переведите следующие словосочетания на русский язык:

music school, full-part students, five-year plan, high speed car, Uni­versity Art Department, cane sugar; sugar cane, labour time, televi­sion programme, fresh-water pond, research laboratory equipment, a watch pocket; a pocket watch, Civil Rights Congress.

6. Перепишите следующие предложения, поставьте суффиксы –s, –’s, –s’ вместо точек.

1. We heard this scientist… report with great interest. 2. Mary studies Italian and French at the course… of foreign language… . 3. I have got two brothers… . My brother… daughter… study at college. 4.. It was not our idea, it was her… . 5. The student… of our group like to read book… by foreign writer… . 6. Our scientist… discoveries in the exploration of outer space are well-known. 7. In that country there is an infant… school and a junior school.

8. Соедините предложения при помощи сравнительной конструкции the … the … .

1. We waited. We became impatient. (long) 2. It rained. He drove fast. (hard) 3. He walked. I became exasperated. (slow) 4. He comes. We can go home soon. (soon) 5. The meeting ends. They can go home early. (early) 6. They climb. They can fall far. (high) 7. He worked. He became depressed. (late) 8. I listened to her story. I became sympathetic. (long) 9. I wrote. My writing became illegible. (fast) 10. It snowed. The cars moved slowly. (hard) 11. I called. My voice got hoarse. (loud) 12. We worked with this man. We liked him. (long)

9. Определите место главного предложения и придаточного определительного в следующих сложноподчинённых предложениях. Укажите способ связи между главным и придаточным предложениями, подчеркните союзное слово.

1. The man who sang at the concert last night is sitting over there. 2. In 1927, critics gave bad reviews to B. Keaton’s film “The General”, which is now regarded as both a classic and the best work of cinematic genius. 3. There are adult literacy classes for the workers, many of whom never graduated from high school. 4. Tropical fish and song birds give much pleasure to people who need to relax. 5. Many words people use daily have origins in other countries and cultures. 6. Unlike automobiles, which use a four-stroke engine, motorcycles use a two-stroke engine. 7. There is not enough room in zoos to house all the other subspecies that need preserving. 8. Unlike the coyote, which hunts in packs, the fox prefers to hunt alone. 9. Disney World has many robots that look alive. 10. The people who lived in the wildness of the Yukon had to be self-sufficient.

ВТОРОЙ ВАРИАНТ КОНТРОЛЬНОГО ЗАДАНИЯ №2

Tasks

1. Прочитайте текст и письменно ответьте на вопросы, следующие за текстом.

Text

Guilty or not Guilty?

On August 5, 1867, President Andrew Johnson, — convinced that M. Stanton, the Secretary of War, was seeking to become the almighty dictator of the conquered South — asked for his immediate resignation, but Stanton declined to resign before the next meeting of Congress. Then the President suspended Stanton and appointed in his place the one man whom Stanton did not dare resist — General Grant. But on January 13, 1868, an angry Senate insisted on Stanton’s return. Then President Johnson who was anxious to obtain a court test of the act he believed obviously unconstitutional, again notified Stanton that he had been removed from the office Secretary of War.

The Congress charged the President with having violated the law and broken the will of the Congress.

With the President indicted by the House of Representatives, the trial for his conviction or acquittal began on March 5, 1868 in the Senate, presided over by the Chief Justice, though the actual cause for which President was being tried was missing.

But every other element of the highest court-room drama of those days was present. To each Senator the Chief Justice administered oath “... to do impartial justice”. The Chief Prosecutor for the House was General Butler, a Congressman from Massachusetts. But as the trial progressed, it became apparent, that the Republicans were not going to give the President a square deal, but intended to depose him from the White House on any grounds, real or imagined.

Telling evidence in the President’s favour was excluded as the integrity of that court was doubtful, attempted bribery and other forms of pressure were rampant. The chief interest was not in the trial of evidence, but in the tallying of votes necessary for conviction.

27 states (excluding the unrecognized Southern states) in the Union meant 54 members of the Senate and 36 votes were required to constitute the two-thirds majority necessary for conviction.

All twelve Democratic votes were lost and the 42 Republicans knew that they could afford to lose only six of their own members if Johnson were to be convicted.

But six Republicans indicated that the evidence so far introduced was not sufficient. The voting commenced …

By the time the Chief Justice reached the name of Edmund Ross, Senator of Kansas, 24 “guilties” had been pronounced, 10 more were certain and one other practically certain, so only Ross’s vote was needed to obtain the 36 votes necessary to convict the President.

When the Chief Justice put the question to him: “Mr. Senator Ross, how say you? Is the President guilty or not guilty?” every voice was still, every eye was upon the Senator from Kansas. Then Ross answered unhesitatingly, “Not guilty!”

The deed was done, the President saved, the trial as good as over and the conviction lost.

(After J.F. Kennedy, “Profiles in Courage”)

Notes

1. Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822 – 1885); Lieutenant General of the United States and eighteenth President of the United States of America.

During the Civil War Grant had won great victories over the Southerners in many battles. In 1864 Grant was placed in Supreme command of all the Union forces, had brought the struggle to an end and was universally regarded as the saviour of the Union.

Questions

1. When did President Andrew Johnson ask for M. Stanton’s immediate resignation?

2. What did the Congress charge the President with?

3. Who was the Chief Prosecutor for the House?

4. Did the Chief Justice administer oath “... to do impartial justice” to each Senator?

5. Telling evidence in the President’s favour was excluded, wasn’t it?

6. Was Ross’s vote needed to obtain the 36 votes or the 42 votes necessary to convict the President?