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Вариант 2.4

Задание 1. Прочитайте и переведите данный текст.

What is a Tuscan Style Garden?

Italian garden and the Italian style of gardening have become very popular in recent years, however, it is really the Tuscan style garden that has created the most interest amongst foreign homebuyers. A rustic harmony with nature, a mixture of Renaissance classicism and a humble interaction with nature are both displayed in the Tuscan style garden.

It’s fundamentally important to define which style of Italian garden one wishes to create from the beginning of the design process. Applying a Tuscan style to the Italian garden allows one to express many facets of Italian garden design, yet it also allows one to pick up on some quite strong cultural symbolism.

Due to the curious and sometimes tense relationship between aristocratic Tuscan landowner and the peasant Tuscan farmer the Tuscan garden has adopted many symbols that reflect the Tuscan culture. For example, the mulberry tree (Morus Alba) is almost always presenting the authentic Tuscan garden. Its leaves were collected and sold to the silk industry in order to feed the voracious silk worm that has a preference for the Mulberry leaves. This provided the Tuscan farmer with one of his only cash crops as he forced to share half of his annual farm produce with the greedy landowner. The mulberry lives for many years and stands as a strong cultural statement near most old Tuscan farm houses.

Пояснения к тексту:

rustic – деревенский, простой

humble interaction – простое взаимодействие facet – аспект

adopt – принять, перенимать silk worm – червяк-шелкопряд a mulberry tree – тутовое дерево

Задание 2. Ответьте на вопросы к тексту.

1.When did Italian gardens become very popular?

2.What is displayed in the Tuscan style garden?

3.What is it important to define?

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4.What has the Tuscan garden adopted due to curious and tense relationship between aristocratic Tuscan landowner and the peasant Tuscan farmer?

5.What tree grows near most old Tuscan farm houses?

Задание 3. Сопоставьте следующие слова и словосочетания:

Задание 4. Find the characteristic features of the Tuscan style garden.

Задание 5. Перепишите предложения, изменив прямую речь на косвенную.

1.Mary says: “Peter has taken my dictionary”.

2.“Eat more fruit & vegetables”, the doctor said.

3.Angela said: “I`ll phone you.”

4.He said: “I am reading an interesting book”.

5.Diane said: “I have been waiting for you since 5 o`clock”.

Задание 6. Раскройте скобки и составьте вопросы, соблюдая правильный порядок слов.

1.(what / this word / mean?)

2.(your sister / like /figure skating?)

3.(you / live / in a big city?)

4.(what / you / usually / have for breakfast?)

5.(what time / your father / finish work / in the evening?)

Задание 7. Переведите на английский язык следующие числительные.

17; 45; 987; 301; 20 августа 2009

Задание 8. Разделите текст на смысловые части и кратко изложите его содержание на языке обучения.

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Вариант 2.5

Задание 1. Прочитайте и переведите данный текст.

Wild Flower Meadows in a Tuscan Style Garden

Wild flower meadows were also encouraged in order to provide rich hay for the farm animals and many beautiful wild flower pastures can still be seen, brimming with poppies and wild mustard. Tuscan farmer’s wives can still be seen collecting fresh herbs from these wild flower meadows in order to feed, fatten and flavor the meat of their rabbits and to create natural medicines from their natural Tuscan garden medicine cupboard. Wild Tuscan flower meadows once provided everything that the modern chemist now supplies: cures for colds, fevers, acne and many other more serious aliments. Old amphora (terracotta urns) once used to store wine and oil can now be found dotted around farmyards here, planted with geraniums or sedums and stand as a testament to the harder, healthier and happier times without the presence of the plastic bottle.

Tuscan gardens resonate harmony to every visitor to this wonderful area and the reason for this is because the Tuscan farmer has reached a perfect harmony with the landscape in which he lives – through his bitter struggle to survive upon. Tuscan holds the origins of many parts of the Italian culture: the language, the food and also the garden as we now know it today. During the Renaissance period, works of garden art like Villa Gamberaia, Villa Medici or Boboli, with their elaborate Italianate formal gardens and water features set the gardening scene for the following centuries in Europe. However, never has the gardening world had its eyes set so firmly on the Tuscan style of gardening!

Пояснения к тексту:

wild flower meadow – луг с дикими полевыми цветами hay – сено

herbs – травы cures – лекарство acne – прыщ, угорь

resonate – резонировать, передавать

Задание 2. Ответьте на вопросы к тексту.

1.What do mild flower meadows provide?

2.What for do farmer’s wives collect fresh herbs?

3.What plant can be found dotted around farmyards?

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4.What flowers can old amphora be planted with?

5.What origins of Italian culture does Tuscany hold?

Задание 3. Сопоставьте следующие слова и словосочетания:

Задание 4. Find the plant species characteristic of a Tuscan style gardening.

Задание 5. Перепишите предложения, изменив прямую речь на косвенную.

1.He said: “I have spoken to the manager about the terms of delivery of the machine”.

2.He said: “The steamer loaded 5,000 tons of barley in Odessa”.

3.Steve said: “I was working at 5 o`clock”.

4.He said: “I began to study English in 1992”.

5.Angela said: “The goods were delivered yesterday”.

Задание 6. Раскройте скобки и составьте вопросы, соблюдая правильный порядок слов.

1.(water / boil / at 100 degrees Celsius?)

2.(the moon / go / round / the sun?)

3.(how / you / usually / go /to work?)

4.(you / speak / English / well?)

5.(it / useless?)

Задание 7. Переведите на английский язык следующие числительные.

101; 608; 321; 13; 31 марта 2005

Задание 8. Разделите текст на смысловые части и кратко изложите его содержание на языке обучения.

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Контрольная работа № 3

Вариант 3.1

Задание 1. Прочитайте и переведите данный текст.

Plants of the Tuscan Garden

There are various plants that are adapted to being pruned into shapes that would otherwise not be present in the natural world. Plants like Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens), Yew (Taxus baccata), Holm oak (Quercus ilex) and Bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) have been among the most favored plants since Roman times. These plants can withstand constant pruning, provide a smooth finish and are able to form a healthy evergreen structure that can easily be shaped into square hedges, spheres and even triangles.

A topiary plant needs to have a naturally dense growth habit that responds well to hard pruning, with a good resistance to diseases. A topiary plant also has to be long lived, in order to provide a structure that will last for many years. The plants mentioned above are particularly slow-growing and there are faster growing alternatives, such as certain privet species. However a plant like privet requires more pruning due to its speedy growth habit and the finished effect can appear somewhat

“cheaper”, rendering the garden less elegant as a result.

Пояснения к тексту:

adapt – адаптировать, приспосабливать prune – обрезать, подрезать

boxwood – самшит yew – тис

holm oak – дуб каменный laurel – лавр благородный

topiary plant – подстриженное растение

Задание 2. Ответьте на вопросы к тексту.

1.What plants grow in the Tuscan garden?

2.What can these plants withstand?

3.What forms can they be shaped into?

4.What does a topiary plant need?

5.What is characteristic of topiary plants?

Задание 4. Find the topiary plants and the types of pruning in the text.

Задание 5. Образуйте от прилагательных, стоящих в скобках, сравнительную или превосходную степень, в зависимости от смысла.

1.The Trans-Siberian railway is (long) in the world.

2.The 22nd of December is (short) day of the year.

3.The Volga is (wide) and (deep) than the Neva River.

4.His theory is (practical) than yours.

5.Iron is (useful) of all metals.

Задание 6. Замените следующие действительные обороты страдательными.

1.Somebody accused me of stealing money.

2.How do people learn languages?

3.People advised us not to go out alone.

4.They have postponed the concert.

5.I did not realize that somebody was recording our conversation.

Задание 7. Разделите текст на смысловые части и кратко изложите его содержание на языке обучения.

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Вариант 3.2

Задание 1. Прочитайте и переведите данный текст.

Contemporary Italian Garden Design

Contemporary Italian garden design still adopts the use of topiary in this age of fusion design and I feel that topiary is fundamental for linking areas within a garden design and it is vital for adding a touch of elegance and class. Topiary clearly represents man’s intervention, as without man’s hand such shapes could not exist, therefore certain areas suit its use and certain areas do not. Areas closer to the house and living space generally lend themselves well to the use of topiary, as the presence of man is felt more in such areas. Areas near the house often continue the architecture of the house into the garden and therefore clearly suit a more formal and elegant feel.

Topiary, in the form of formal hedging, is essential in establishing the feel of a classic Italian garden and even contemporary Italian garden design should certainly still adopt the use of some form of topiary to provide structure. Formal hedging and topiary in general can be considered as important to the landscape architect as walls are to a standard architect or engineer. They provide the basis upon which the rest of the garden can be designed and constructed, so are therefore indispensable when creating an Italian style garden!

Пояснения к тексту:

adopt – принять, перенимать

topiary – топиар (искусство фигурной стрижки садовых деревьев) the age of fusion design – времена смешения стилей

hedging – ограждение

indispensable – необходимый, незаменимый

Задание 2. Ответьте на вопросы к тексту.

1.What does contemporary Italian garden design adopt?

2.What does Topiary represent?

3.What areas lend themselves well to the use of topiary?

4.What is topiary essential in?

5.What provides the basis upon which the rest of the garden can be designed and constructed?

Задание 4. Write down the features characteristic of the contemporary Italian Garden.

Задание 5. Образуйте от прилагательных, стоящих в скобках, сравнительную или превосходную степень, в зависимости от смысла.

1.Elbrus is (high) peak in the Caucasian Mountains.

2.His plan is (practical) of all.

3.This house is (small) than all the houses in the city.

4.Moscow is (large) city in Russia.

5.Silver is (expensive) than copper.

Задание 6. Замените следующие действительные обороты страдательными.

1.The agent must inform the buyers of the arrival of the steamer.

2.As the buyers had not opened a letter of credit, we could not ship

the goods.

3.Somebody cleans the room every day.

4.They cancelled all the flights because of fog.

5.People do not use this road very often.

Задание 7. Разделите текст на смысловые части и кратко изложите его содержание на языке обучения.

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Вариант 3.3

Задание 1. Прочитайте и переведите данный текст.

Container Water Gardening

Water gardening adds a unique, new group of plants to home landscapes. Many, such as water lilies and water hyacinth, grow well in containers. Locate your container garden so it can be seen easily from the house or serve as a local point, drawing visitors into the garden. Consider the following when choosing a site for your water garden:

-most water plants require full sun for at least five hours. A spot that is shaded in midto lateafternoon is ideal. Three hours of direct light is minimum for water gardening, but it greatly limits both the number of plant choices and flower quantity and quality.

-keep your water garden away from overhanging tree branches.

-easy access to water supply is important. Water that has evaporated from the container must be replaced to keep the water level constant.

Any waterproof container that holds at least 4 gallons of water makes an

excellent water garden. Plants will not over winter in an above-ground container in our climate. Grow them in pots so they can be easily removed and stored for winter in a cool place where they won’t freeze.

Put a layer of garden soil in the bottom of each pot. Set plants at the required planting depth, then fill the pots with soil. Saturate the soil by watering it thoroughly, then set the pots in the water garden container.

Пояснения к тексту:

water gardening –садоводство с водоемом draw visitors – привлекать посетителей

overhanging tree branches – свисающие ветки деревьев evaporate – испаряться

Задание 2. Ответьте на вопросы к тексту.

1.What plants may you grow in a water garden?

2.Where should you locate your container water garden?

3.What do most plants require?

4.What container should you use in a water garden?

5.What should you put in the bottom of each pot?

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Задание 3. Сопоставьте следующие слова и словосочетания:

Задание 4. Find the characteristic features of a water garden.

Задание 5. Образуйте от прилагательных, стоящих в скобках, сравнительную или превосходную степень, в зависимости от смысла.

1.Our house is (high) than yours.

2.This exercise is (big) than the last one.

3.Yesterday was (cold) day we have had this winter.

4.When the war ended, the reconstruction of Moscow resumed on (large) scale than before.

5.The battle of Warsaw was (great) battle of all.

Задание 6. Замените следующие действительные обороты страдательными.

1.The committee must discuss this question immediately.

2.The Customs officer is counting the cases.

3.The accountant must check the invoice.

4.When he entered the room, the legal adviser was checking the

contract.

5.The manufactures can deliver the machine at the end of the month.

Задание 7. Разделите текст на смысловые части и кратко изложите его содержание на языке обучения.