Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение

высшего образования

«Саратовский государственный технический университет имени Гагарина Ю.А.»

Кафедра «Электротехника и электроника» (ЭТЭ)

КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА

по дисциплине Английский язык

Семестр 3 учебный год 2016-2017

Выполнил студент 2 курса

Форма обучения заочная

Факультет ИнЭТС

Группа б2-ЭЛЭТз21

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Саратов 2017

Unit 4. Road traffic and car industry

1. Reading, Vocabulary, Writing

Read the text and give the answers to the following question.

1. What do you think ASV means? – Advanced safety vehicles, or ASV, are cars which will be much safer for drivers, other road users and for pedestrians; they will be working on new engines which use cleaner fuels.

2. What are the aims of the designers of this car? – The designers believe that the production of advanced safety vehicles will help to handle a wide range of problems such as road accidents, congestion and pollution.

3. How is this car different from a typical car of today? – This car of the future might be electric. Electric motors are very efficient and produce no pollution. They are equipped with electric sensors to prevent accidents.

II. Read the last paragraph of the text again and note the advantages and disadvantages of the forms of power in the table.

	Advantages	Disadvantages
Electric	Very efficient and produce no pollution	Need very heavy batteries, their range is very limited
Hybrid (petrol and electric)	They save about 15% of fuel, they don’t have to be charged overnight
LPG	Is already used and cars can be converted easily	Cuts down pollution a little
Hydrogen fuel cell	Provide clean power	Very expensive

III. Complete the sentences using will, may / might or their negative form. The phrases in brackets will help.

1. We will not use petrol engines in the future. There are better alternatives.

2. Hydrogen fuel cells will get cheaper as technology improves.

3. A hybrid car may be the best choice. It doesn’t produce much pollution.

4. Solar-powered vehicles might be the answer to our transport problems. The cells are very inefficient.

5. Cars will become much safer with the addition of many sensors.

6. By 2020 more people in Europe may travel to work by train than by car.

7. As world oil supplies dry up, petrol will get more and more expensive.

8. Because hydrogen-fueled cars are silent, they may be more dangerous than cars with petrol engines.

IV. Search the sites for details of cars which do not have conventional petrol or diesel engines. Copy the details into the table for each model.

Make	Model	Price	Engine type	CO2 emissions
BMW	I8	130,000€	Electric	49.0
Mercedez	S 500 e	90,000 €	Hybrid	65
Volvo	XC 90	93,000 $	T8 Twin engine	49

V. Complete the sentences below using the correct form of the adjectives in the box.

1. The Audi TT has a top speed of 250 mph. it is much faster than a Fiat Panda.

2. Rolls-Royce makes some of the most expensive cars in the world.

3. All new cars now have airbags as standard so they are safer than cars were years ago.

4. A diesel engine is still noisier than a petrol engine even though they are much quieter than they used to be.

5. Volvos have the reputation of being some of the safest cars on the market.

6. The interior of a Bentley is more spacious and luxurious than a BMW 7-series.

7. The Porsche Cayenne weighs two and a half tones. It is heavier than the BMW X5.

8. The Lamborghini Diablo is one of the fastest cars in the world.

9. A car engine with twelve cylinders is more powerful than one with six cylinders.

10. These leather seats are the most comfortable seats I’ve ever sat in!