Вариант № 10

Задание № 1. Перепишите и письменно переведите следующиепредложения, подчеркнитенеопределенныеместоимения.

1. Have you got anyobjections?

2. I don’t know about it; ask somebodyelse.

3. I got the book without anydifficulty.

4. I have nothing toread.

Задание № 2.Выберитеприлагательныев соответствующей степени сравнения. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. If you require (further, farther, the furthest) information or assistance, ask at your localstation.

2. Actions speak (more louder, the loudest, louder) thanwords.

3. Hotels are becoming (more expensive, the most expensive, expensiver) nowadays.

4. The damage to the car could be (bad, worse, the worst) than weexpected.

Задание № 3.Выберите нужную форму глагола to be и переведитепредложения на русскийязык.

1. There(is, are, was) ten pens and a magazine on thetable.

2. All historical places of London (had been, were, are) in the WestEnd.

3. He was considered (to be, to have been, was) a goodteacher.

4. Two pilots (were, was, are) on the plane when itcrashed.

Задание № 4. Вставьте there’s или it’s. Перепишите и переведитепредложения на русскийязык.

1. … a stove in thekitchen.

2. … evident that people wantpeace.

3. … no point in trying to persuade Jane. She will never make up hermind.

4. Where’s the chair? … not in the livingroom.

Задание № 5.Перепишите предложения и переведите их на русский язык. Поставьте эти предложения ввопросительную и в отрицательную форму.

1. In the year 1620 a ship named the ‘Mayflower’ brought 120 Englishmen to the rocky coast ofAmerica.

2. Spaceships, computers and even an Egyptian mummy are among the many thousands of objects in the Science Museum’s world famouscollection.

3. They became successfulbusinessmen.

Задание № 6.Поставьте глаголы, данные в скобках, во времена группSimple (Indefinite)илиContinuous.Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Mary (meet) her friends at a cafe everyweekend.

2. The Whites have bought a new flat. They (move in) at themoment.

3. My mum (cook) when I camehome.

4. All the evening yesterday we (watch) a very interestingfilm.

Задание № 7. .Поставьте глаголы, данные в скобках, во времена группPerfectилиPerfect Continuous.Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Someone (switch) on theTV.

2. He is the most interesting person I ever(meet).

3. I am tired now. I (clean) the house allmorning.

4. When we arrived at the station, our train(leave).

Задание № 8.Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык. Выпишите из каждогоглагол – сказуемоеи определите его видовременную форму. Напишите форму инфинитива глагола.

1. He has been learning French since he wasfive.

2. I know you are taking an advanced geography coursenow.

3. It has been raining since earlymorning.

4. BBC experts invented a new system that lets the deaf understand television programmes.

5. By the sixteenth century a new economic system had replacedfeudalism.

6. The number of people without work is rising veryfast.

Задание № 9.Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык. Подчеркнитемодальные глаголы.

1. I was so tired but I could notsleep.

2. I had to go to the bank yesterday to get somemoney.

3. You should wash your hands beforecooking.

4. I musthurry.

Задание № 10.Перепишите и письменно переведите текст.

Ecological Problems

Since ancient times Nature has served Man, being the source of his life. For thousands of years people lived in harmony with environment and it seemed to

them that natural riches were unlimited. But with the development of civilization man's interference in nature began to increase.

Large cities with thousands of smoky industrial enterprises appear all over the world today. The by-products of their activity pollute the air we breathe, the water we drink, the land we grow grain and vegetables on.

Every year world industry pollutes the atmosphere with about 1000 million tons of dust and other harmful substances. Many cities suffer from smog. Vast forests are cut and burn in fire. Their disappearance upsets the oxygen balance. As a result some rare species of animals, birds, fish and plants disappear forever, a number of rivers and lakes dry up.

The pollution of air and the world's ocean, destruction of the ozone layer is the result of man's careless interaction with nature, a sign of the ecological crisis.

Environmental protection is of a universal concern. That is why serious measures to create a system of ecological security should be taken.

Some progress has been already made in this direction. As many as 159 countries - members of the UNO - have set up environmental protection agencies. Numerous conferences have been held by these agencies to discuss problems facing ecologically poor regions. An international environmental research centre has been set up on Lake Baikal. The international organization Greenpeace is also doing much to preserve theenvironment.

But these are only the initial steps and they must be carried onward to protect nature, to save life on the planet not only for the sake of the present but also for the future generations.

ancient - древний

harmony - гармония

environment - окружающая среда

to interfere - вмешиваться

to increase - увеличиваться, возрастать

smoky - дымный

by-product - побочный продукт

Задание № 11.Перепишите вопросы к тексту и письменно ответьте на них.

1. How did people live for thousands ofyears?

2. What cities appear all over the worldtoday?

3. What pollutes the air webreathe?

4. What is the result of the pollution theatmosphere?

5. Why is environmental protection of a universalconcern?