VIII.A) Прочтите текст и ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1.What did Mendeleev discover?

2.What fields of science do his works embrace?

б) Переведите в письменной форме абзацы 1, 2, 4.

DMITRY MENDELEEV

1. D. I. Mendeleev was born in 1834 at Tobolsk in the family of the director of the town gymnasium. He received his secondary education at Tobolsk and then entered the Petersburg Pedagogical Institute. After graduation he worked as a teacher for two years.

2. In 1859 he presented his thesis, received his master's degree and went abroad on a two-year scientific commission. Upon his return to Russia he was elected professor of the Petersburg University, where he carried on his scientific and pedagogical activity for 23 years.

3. In 1906 he issued a book under the title Contribution to the Knowledge of Russia which contained thoughts of the further development of Russian industry and economy. The greatest result of Mendeleev's creative effort was the discovery of the Periodic Table of Elements.

4. One of Mendeleev's prominent works is his book Principles of Chemistry in which inorganic chemistry was for the first time explained from the standpoint of the Periodic Law.

5. A great scientist, Mendeleev devoted his life and energies to the progress of his country. His works embrace various fields of science — chemistry, physics, physical chemistry, geophysics.

Вариант 5

1. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием – s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.Е. Служит ли оно:

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

б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

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

Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1.A conductor connects the elements of the circuit.

2.Buckingham Palace is the home of Britain’s Kings and Queens.

3.The readings on the scale show the measured value.

4.The petrol reaches the carburetor from the petrol tank through the action of the petrol pump.

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

1.Motor cars maintain the speed of 60 km within the city limits

2.The engine lathe is the most commonly used machine-tool.

3.The power plant, or engine is the source of power that makes the wheels rotate and the car move.

4.Computer science is a part of an applied mathematics.

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

1.The sooner they finish the construction of the plant the better.

2.The shortest version is easiest to read.

3.This road is the worst I’ve ever travelled over.

4.This street is as long as that one.

4. Заполните пропуски неопределенными местоимениями some, any, no:

1.They brought (some, any, no) books on history from the library.

2.Does he know (some, any, no) foreign language?

3. (some, any, no) Student of that group studies Spanish.

5. Заполните пропуски нужной формой глагола to be или to have (got). Предложения переведите.

1. Faraday … many important discoveries.

2. All historical places of London …… in the West End.

3. For 500 years the Normans … masters of Britain.

4. Yesterday we …… a very nice evening at the restaurant.

5. 1492 … the date of the discovery of America.

6. Перепишите предложения, подчеркните модальные глаголы. Переведите предложения, учитывая значения модальных глаголов.

1. The questions are too easy, I can answer all of them.

2. They had to go to the laboratory to examine the tests.

3. He must illustrate this law by several experiments.

4. The company shouldn’t waste any more time on this project.

5. You are to write your name at the top of the paper.

7. В разделе а) раскройте скобки, поставив глагол в нужное время.

В каждом предложении раздела (б) определите видо-временную форму и залог глагола - сказуемого. Все предложения переведите на русский язык. ( см. образец выполнения к упр. 7 ).

a) 1. His sister (to graduate) from high school last year.

2. She (to complete) her associate degree next year.

3. They often (to study) together for their exams.

b) 1.The new plastic has been selected for manufacturing the body of a new car.

2.They will start production of the new type of engine soon.

3. She was reading a newspaper when the phone rang.