Учебно-методический комплекс по учебной дисциплине Иностранный язык (английский) для специальности 1-96 01 01 Таможенное дело специализации 1-96 01 01 02 Экономическое обеспечение таможенной деятельности

V. Закончите диалог вопросами, подходящими по смыслу.

Mike and Jane are talking about Jane's friend Maria. M:______________________________________________________

J: No, Maria doesn't study at my college. She is an old friend of mine. M_______________

J: She is a computer programmer and she is living in the US A at the moment. M:_______________________

J: She is working for a big company there.

M: ________________________________

J: Yes. We write letters to each other every week.

VI. Переведите на английский язык слова, данные в скобках.

1- Alison is (намного)_________shorter than Bernard.

2.Ron won't join us for lunch and Laura won't come (тоже)

3.When I returned there wasn't (никого) _____________at home.

4.She jogs every morning and it (делает)__________her a lot of good.

5.He said it was the (самый плохой)____________year he'd had

for a long time.

6.There are (меньше)__________new words in this text than in the previous one.

7.Ann whispered something from (другого)_____________side of the table.

8.We asked him (сказать)_________us everything.

VII. Выберите правильный вариант.

1.a) When he was a boy, he used to play football every day. b) When he was a boy, he used to playing football every day. c) When he was a boy, he was used to play football every day.

2.a) Are you still remembering it?

b)Have you still remembered it?

c)Do you still remember it?

VII. Соедините по смыслу фразы из левой и правой колонок.

IX. Прочитайте текст два раза и выполните следующие задания.

Nowadays the number of crimes involving violence is growing in Sweden as well as many other countries. The main cause of this development is undoubtedly the use of drags especially in larger cities. The higher rate of unemployment and growing racism are significant reasons too. Meaningless murders and assaults' are the frightening results. One can, as a consequence, see how people not only in countries like the United States, but also in countries like Sweden, arm themselves with weapons for protection, but violence breeds violence.

It is often claimed that an efficient way to lower the number of acts ol violence is to have more severe sentences2. However, people who commit these crimes often

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have serious social and psychological problems. Many of them may therefore be indifferent to how severe the sentences are. Besides, these criminals do not think that they will ever get caught. Because of these reasons I doubt that acts of violence in Sweden would decrease if our government was to make the sentences for this type of crime more severe. A common measure to reduce the acts of violence is to increase the number of policemen patrolling the streets. Although this is a good way of preventing acts of violence, it will not actually stop people from becoming criminals.

I am convinced that it is impossible to erase3 the violence related criminality completely, but there is a way in which I think it can be reduced considerably. Children should be informed about crimes related to violence and drugs. This information should be given in kindergarten as well as in elementary school Furthermore, it should especially reach those children who live in areas with high crime rates. The information should take the form of a discussion, not a lecture, led by some expert, preferably a local police officer.

Hopefully, the children would then at an early age already have some understanding of these problems that would be valuable to them for the rest of their lives. Although the costs for such a project would be considerable, the benefits would be great. It would certainly prevent many from becoming violent criminals in the future.

1assault –нападение

2sentence – приговор, наказание

3to erase – уничтожать, ликвидировать

I. Определите, верны (True) или неверны (False) следующие утверждения.

1.The author doesn' t know the reasons for the growth of violence related crimes.

2.The acts of violence cannot be reduced by violence.

3.Many criminals don't care about the possible punishment.

4.The author thinks that the real problem is the high cost of increasing the number of policemen in the streets.

II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1.What do many people in different countries do to protect themselves?

2.What is often regarded as an efficient way to lower the rate of violence in a state?

3.What can erase violence related crimes completely?

4.Why is educating people important?

III. Исправьте предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста.

1.Information about acts of violence should be given in kindergarten as well as in high school and colleges.

2.The information should take the form of a discussion preferably led by the headmaster.

Test 7

I. Откройте скобки, употребив глагол в правильной временной форме.

One bright summer morning a well-dressed young man who (to look)

________ like a gentleman (to come)__________to see a well-known

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dentist in Picadilly street. He (to show)-------------------into the waiting-room by the nurse and she (to tell)________him that the dentist (to be)

_______________ready to see him in a few minutes.

The dentist (to attend)_____________to another case at that time but he (to happen)___________to look through the door which only partially (to shut)____________He (to see)________that the man (to put) _ ________various silver things into his pockets.

The dentist requested him to come into his dentistry and to be seated. On finishing the examination he said: «If you (not to empty)

_____.________your pockets two of your front teeth (to pull out)

___ _____________right now».

II. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. Everybody in ... office except ... boss comes to ... work on ... foot.

2. ... Port of London is to ... east of ... City. This is ... East End of London, unattracitive in ... appearance, but very important to ... country's commerce.

III. Вставьте правильный предлог или послелог, где необходимо.

1.The doctor asked me if I could take care ... my friend as there was nobody else but me who could look ... him while his parents were ... holiday.

2.The passengers were standing ... a queue, waiting ... their turn to get ... board ...

the plane.

IV. Составьте предложения, расположив слова в нужном порядке.

1.waiting/she/phone/was/the/sitting/ring/to/there/for.

2.when/in/lived/since/London/she/has?

3.not/the/smoke/you/to/are/allowed/corridors/in.

V. Закончите диалог вопросами, подходящими по смыслу.

The Blake family are going to have dinner.

Mr. B:_________________________________________________

Mrs. B. I'd like to have dinner in the garden.

Mr. B: _____________________________________________— Mrs. B: Yes, I'd like to have a cold drink.

Mr.B: ___________________________________________-------

Mrs. B: I have cooked chicken with rice and vegetables.

Mr. B: Excellent._________________________________--------

Mrs. B: Your favourite apple-pie.

Mr. B:_________________________________________________

Mrs. B: Simon and Brenda are dining out today.

VI. Переведите на английский язык слова, данные в скобках.

. (Ни одна)_________of my two younger sisters can dance well.

. Our sitting-room is (намного)_________smaller than yours.

. I don't know (кого-нибудь)____________who can do it better than you..

. Some people like summer best, (другие)_________prefer spring.

. Well, girls, who is going to (накрыть)_________the table for tea?

. I haven't taken (достаточно)_________water for four cups.

. They (рассказали)_________ us an interesting story.

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VIII. Соедините по смыслу фразы из левой и правой колонок.

IX. Прочитайте текст два раза и выполните следующие задания.

My Great Aunt's name is Mary Grieve. She is my grandmother's aunt. I do not know her very well having always lived a long way away, but she has always been a woman I have respected for many different reasons.

She is now over eighty years old and was born in Scotland in 1912. She had one brother called Tom. Her family was wealthy for those times and luckily for Mary, her father believed in educating both his children. He did not send her to one of the typical schools for daughters of the rich where they only learnt skills preparing them for marriage. She was obviously intelligent and when she left school she went to Oxford University.

In the 1930's there were very few women at University. However Mary is not a quiet, submissive woman, in fact she has always been very determined and prepared to be different. At this time it was assumed that woman of her class would spend a few years enjoying her freedom, and then settle down and get married. Mary did not do this.

After graduating from the university, she got a job in journalism. Newspapers were increasingly popular and to sell them to a wider audience some papers realised that appealing to women was important. She not only worked for newspapers but also wrote articles and books later in her life.

After the Second World War, she got a job with one of the new women's magazines that were to become more and more popular. After many years of hard work and struggling in a male dominated profession she eventually reached the top and became the editor of the magazine.

Mary never married as her work was very important to her and a job and marriage did not mix in Britain in the 1950's.

She is now old in years and confined to a wheelchair. However she is still full of enthusiasm about life. Her personal courage, her enthusiasm and interest in life, as well as the example she has set for all women working in our still male dominated society, makes Mary a woman I feel privileged to have known.

I. Определите, верны (True) или неверны (False) следующие утверждения.

1.The story was written in the 1980s.

2.Mary got an education typical of the women of her class.

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3.Mary stayed in her profession all her life.

4.There have always been more male magazine-editors in Britain than female.

II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1.Why doesn't the narrator know her Great Aunt very well?

2.What kind of job did Mary get after graduating from the university?

3.Why did Mary never marry?

4.What always impressed the narrator in her Great Aunt?

III. Исправьте предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста.

1.Women magazines began to be popular in Britain in the 1930s.

2.Mary is now old in years and has lost interest in life.

Test 8

I. Откройте скобки, употребив глагол в правильной временной форме.

1. — Would you like to come to the cinema with me, Nick?

—No. I (to work)____________________all day and I am tired.

—And you (to come) ____________ when you (to finish)

_________resting?

—What film is on at the cinema?

—It's a new war film and it (to base) ___________on a war novel.

—Oh, I (to see)_______it a week ago. I (to read)____________

the novel before I (to go)_______ to see it.

2. Look, it (to rain) ____________ outside. The rain (to start)

_________when I (to go)____________to the hairdresser's, but when I (to come)__________ out it (to pour)_____________.

II. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1.I went to ... central post-office in ... Church Street to buy ... stamps. When I came there, ... postmaster said there was ... letter for me.

2.... fuel that ... cars use is called ... petrol in Great Britain, but in ... USA they call it ... gas.

III. Вставьте правильный предлог или послелог, где необходимо.

1.What were George's reasons ... giving ... his job?

2.I heard this news ... Monday morning ... the radio.

3.They reached ... the lake ... foot and then continued their trip ... car.

IV. Составьте предложения, расположив слова в нужном порядке.

1.story/you/me/time/the/told/true/last/is?

2.some/I/music/all/said/not/but/classical/I/liked/that.

3.wanted/much/suit/he/how/the/cost/to/know.

V. Закончите диалог вопросами, подходящими по смыслу.

Joe is back from his holiday. He is talking to Helen about it. H:____________________________________________________

J: I spent my holiday at the seaside. H:____:________________________________________________

J: The weather was beautiful and the sea was warm. H:____________________________________________________

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J: No. My wife never goes on holiday with me. H:____________________________________________________

J: Yes, I could. There were tennis courts and a swimming pool on the private beach.

H:____________________________________________________

J: I had breakfast and supper in the restaurant at the hotel.

VI. Переведите на английский язык слова, данные в скобках.

1.They have (меньше) _________work this year.

2.The supermarket is on (другой)____________side of the street.

3.Give him a good mark to (поднять)_________his self-respect.

4.John had skipped a lot of lessons and in the end refused to (сдавать)

_________ the exams.

5.The soup smells very (хорошо)__________.

6.It's important for all of us to have confidence in our own abilities. We need to believe in (себя)_____________

7.He can (решить) ____________any difficult puzzle in ten

minutes.

8.1 met them long ago, so I don't remember (никого)______of them.

VII. Выберите правильный вариант.

1.a) She has to be careful after the accident, hasn't she? b) She has to be careful after the accident, doesn't she? c) She has to be careful after the accident, has she?

2.a) If it will rain again, I don't know how to dress.

b)If it rained again, I don't know how to dress.

c)If it rains again, I don't know how to dress.

VIII. Соедините по смыслу фразы из левой и правой колонок.

IX. Прочитайте текст два раза и выполните следующие задания.

The problems with my parents started when I was sixteen. I wanted to get a Saturday job but my parents ordered me to stay at home and study for my exams. Whenever I pointed out that all my friends had Saturday jobs, they always replied,

«We don't care what they do, it's you we are worried about,» and yet, whenever my school marks were bad, I was always compared to everyone else. Their double standards infuriated me so much that I did whatever I could to provoke them. I purposely dyed my hair white blond and plastered my face in make-up before I went to school. However, all I managed to achieve was mass arguments before I went anywhere.

It was rule in the house that I was only allowed out once during the week and on Saturday till 10 p.m. Every time I attempted to go out in the evening, my parents asked me who I was going out with and where we were going. They even insisted on my giving them my friend's telephone number in case they needed to contact me. I always argued about the last bit; I felt that if I gave them the number they'd

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use it to check up on me. It never for one moment crossed my mind that they were just worried about me.

Once I asked if I could go to a party on Saturday night. The party finished at 11.30 p.m. They agreed, but on the condition that my Dad came to pick me up at 10 p.m. I argued and argued about it but in the end I had to agree. I knew I was going to be really embarrassed when my father came to pick me up, so I spent the whole party worrying. I didn't speak to my parents for three days after that. My mother tried to explain how they both felt but I didn't want to listen. It was then that I decided to break all the rales they had set down. So instead of coming home at 10 p.m., I would arrive back at 11.30 p.m. and then refuse to tell them where I had been. I somehow felt that if I broke their rules, they would realise I was old enough to look after myself and leave me alone. However, the argument got worse and worse, and the more they tried to keep me in the house, the more I sneaked out. Finally, one Saturday night I didn't come home till 2 a.m. My father wanted to know why I was so late. I refused to tell him. We had a huge argument which ended with me getting a taxi to my sister's house. What went wrong?

I. Определите, верны (True) или неверны (False) следующие утверждения.

1.Ann's parents didn't want her to work on Saturdays.

2.Ann's schoolmarks were sometimes bad.

3.Ann didn't believe her parents were just worried about her.

4.Ann left her parents' house.

II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1.When did Ann's problems with her parents start?

2.What did she do to provoke her parents?

3.How often was she allowed to go out in the evening?

4.Why didn't Ann speak to her parents after the party?

III Исправьте предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста.

1.Ann's parents always insisted on her giving them her friend's address.

2.One Saturday Ann didn't come home at all.

Test 9

I. Откройте скобки, употребив глагол в правильной временной форме.

1.Mr. and Mrs. Flint (to intend)___________to visit their son's school tomorrow. When they (to get) -----------there, they (to see)

__________the headmaster first.

2.When I (to talk)_______________with my friend at the party last night I. (to ask) _______him where his cousin Freddy (to be)

________I (to tell) _________that he (to leave) ___________

for Leeds and (to come)____________ back in a month.

3.— You ever (to talk)_______________to your teacher about your grades, Jim?

— Yes, I (to talk) _______________to her several times. In fact I (to talk) _______________to her about it after class yesterday

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IX. Прочитайте текст два раза и выполните следующие задания.

Good memories are the most precious of our treasures. They remain with us all our lives, like favourite books to be plucked down and enjoyed. But sometimes an otherwise marvellous memory brings guilt and uncertainty. This happened to me. The experience goes back 36 years to my childhood in rural Virginia.

In those soft days so long ago, my closest friends were Lou Coles and her ten children. They lived in a log cabin Within hollering distance of our house. I especially liked Louis Coles and two of his brothers. Every day we would holler back and forth urgently discussing our plans.

Lou Coles was a stout woman who usually kept her head wrapped in a kerchief. The Coles cabin had two small rooms downstairs and one upstairs. It sat on a hill among large shade trees, surrounded by acres of cow pasture. I suppose I loved the Coleses as dearly as I did my own little sister. To me, their lives seemed idyllic, even though the bigger children spent long days labouring in the tobacco fields. Their water came from a hand-dug well and their light from kerosene lamps. But there was a warmth about their lives that I longed to share – and did.

The cabin had an aroma to it that I suspect has vanished from the earth forever. Even in summer, the stove was going most of the day, as old Lou boiled and simmered and fried food for the table.

It was my good fortune to have an extraordinary mother who allowed me to spend plenty of time with the Coleses–though, in reality, she couldn't have kept us apart. She gave the Coles boys strict orders to make me take turns, share everything and act nice. In this respect, our lives seemed equal. My special friend was Louis, for he was closest to my age. The palms of his black hands were light, and I remember that summer in the South in 1948 telling him the old Uncle Remus fable: Once upon a time all humanity was black. Word spread that there was a special pond in which the black could be washed off. But by the time the laziest people reached the pond, there was only enough water to wash off the palms of their hands and the soles of their feet. «And that,» I explained to Louis as we waded in the creek chasing crawfish, «is why I'm white all over and you're not.» And Louis cheerfully agreed.

I. Определите, верны (True) или неверны (False) следующие утверждения.

1.36 years ago the author lived in the countryside in Virginia.

2.The author loved the Coleses family because he was an only child.

3.The author and Louis were almost the same age.

4.The author's mother wanted to keep her son apart from the Coleses but she couldn't.

II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1.What kind of house did the Coleses live in?

2.Why did the author love the Coleses family?

3.Why does the author feel guilty?

4.When did the author tell Louis the old Uncle Remus fable?

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III. Исправьте предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста.

1.Old Lou Coles cooked food on the stove only in winter.

2.Louis cried when the author told him the fable.

Test 10

I. Откройте скобки, употребив глагол в правильной временной форме.

Dear Ann,

I (to write)____________to you because I hope that you will help me. If you (to answer)__________my letter as soon as you can I (to be)_________grateful to you.

A strange thing (to happen)____________to me yesterday. You of course know my friend George. He (to move)____________to a

new flat recently. We (to meet)______in 1987 and (to be)__________

friends ever since.

I (to invite)_______________to his housewarming party a few

days ago. The thing is that when I (to speak)_______________to him on the phone, the doorbell (to ring)__________I (to hang)_________

up and when I returned the paper with his address on it (to disappear)

____________________So I don't know where he lives. Maybe you can help me.

Steve.

II. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

It was ... beautiful day although there were ... few clouds in the sky. We went for ...

walk by ... sea and then decided to visit ... Johnsons who live next to ... Lake Erewash. As we had left ... car by ... hotel we were staying at we went there by train. We had ... dinner at their place and had ... very enjoyable time.

III. Вставьте правильный предлог или послелог, где необходимо.

1.It doesn't matter ... me if we go out ... dinner or eat at home.

2.We are going ... holiday ... next month and I am looking forward ... it.

3.I apologized ... Ann ... keeping her late.

IV. Составьте предложения, расположив слова в нужном порядке.

1.think/will/time/for/be/dinner/you/do/you/today/in?

2.most/thing/her/future/children/of/the/worried/only/that/was/the/her.

3.hope/here/bus/three/the/in/minutes/be/I/will.

V. Закончите диалог вопросами, подходящими по смыслу.

Cathy and Dennis are discussing their week-end. D:____________________________________________________

C: I went to the ballet last night. D:______________________________________________________

C: «The Sleeping Beauty».

D:___________________________________________________

C: Heather Kirkland was dancing the main part and there were several new dancers as well. D:___________________________________________________

C: She usually dances well but yesterday she danced badly.

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