3) Подчеркните прилагательные. Переведите предложения на русский язык:

1. The Cullinan was later cut into nine large stones and about 100 smaller ones.

2. The second largest stone, the "Star of Africa II" or "Cullinan II," is 317 carats.

3. As well as other numerous innovations in the life of Russia successful gold exploration and mining were introduced by Peter the Great.

4. Due to a greater Palladium to Platinum ratio of its ores, Russia is the world's leading palladium producer.

4) Переведите предложения на русский язык. Составьте вопросы к выделенным словам:

1. They were investigating the formation of diamonds at the moment.

2. The students will be taking their exams for two weeks in June.

3. They are working in the laboratory carrying out a very important experiment.

4. In few months he’ll be speaking fluently.

5) Переведите текст на русский язык со словарем: Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an orebody, lode, vein, (coal) seam or reef, which forms the mineralized horizon and package of economic interest to the miner. In 2005, Russia ranked among the leading world producers or was a significant producer of such mineral commodities as aluminum; arsenic; asbestos; bauxite; boron; cadmium; cement; coal; cobalt; copper; diamond; fluorspar; gold; iron ore; lime; lithium; magnesium compounds and metals; mica, sheet, and flake; natural gas; nickel; nitrogen; oil shale; palladium; peat; petroleum; phosphate; potash; rhenium; silicon, sulfur; titanium sponge; tin; tungsten; and vanadium.

Following the mineral fuel industry, the next leading branch of the mineral industry, in terms of its contribution to the national economy was the metallurgical sector, which contributed 19% of the value of industrial production, accounted for 11.1% of the value of industrial capital stock, and employed 9.3% of the industrial labor force. In 2005, a total of 1,071,000people were employed in the mineral extraction sector and made up 1.6% of the country's labor force. Investment in mineral extraction and metallurgy accounted for about 20% of total investment in the Russian economy.

6) Составьте к тексту не менее четырех вопросов разного типа, чтобы они покрывали содержание.

Контрольная работа № 3 Вариант 1

1) Обозначьте словообразовательные элементы в следующих словах. Слова переведите:

1. investigation, 2. founder, 3. highly, 4. external, 5. consolidate, 6. valuable, 7. sedimentary, 8. specific.

2) Подчеркните двойные союзы. Предложения переведите на русский язык:

1. Metamorphic rocks have been derived either from igneous or from sedimentary rocks.

2. Neither the thickness of overburden nor the angles of dip and strike were determined correctly.

3. The Moscow Mining Academy trains both mining engineers and technicians.

4. Both miners were highly skilled workers.

3) Употребите глагол ’to have’ в нужной форме. Предложения переведите на русский язык:

1. They (to have) opened the new road.

2. She told me she (to have) never been to London before.

3. She is the best student in the group: she (to have) a good command of English.

4. They (to have) explored those coal deposits by the end of this month.

4) Подчеркните сказуемые в следующих предложениях. Предложения переведите на русский язык и к предложениям в страдательном залоге задайте общий вопрос:

1. Students course is designed on a modular basis.

2. The modern equipment is effective.

3. The decomposition of rocks under the direct influence of heat and cold is called physical weathering.

4. Mineral fuels are organic materials accumulated in the geologic past.

5. Using modern mining equipment allowed the miners to increase the output of coal.

6. Core-drilling is used in prospecting for loose rocks.

7. Explosives are used for excavating hard rocks.

8. The thickness of ore deposits is a constant value.