Английский язык. Сборник контрольных работ для студентов I курса направления подготовки 270800.62 «Строительство» (заочной формы обучения)

УДК 811.111

ББК 81.2 Англ.

А 64

Рецензент:

кандидат педагогических наук, доцент кафедры иностранных языков ПГТУ Т. В. Ахметзянова

Печатается по решению редакционно-издательского совета ПГТУ

Английский язык: cборник контрольных работ для студен-

А64 тов I курса направления подготовки 270800.62 «Строительство» (заочной формы обучения) / сост. Н. Н. Щеглова. – Йошкар-Ола: Поволжский государственный технологический университет, 2015.

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Цель сборника – организовать эффективную самостоятельную работу студентов I курса заочной формы обучения, направленную на развитие их грамматических навыков, расширение словарного запаса по основным темам, составляющим предмет разговорной практики на первом курсе.

Для самостоятельной работы студентов I курса заочной формы обучения направления подготовки 270800.62 «Строительство».

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ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ

Контрольные работы по английскому языку предназначены для самостоятельной работы студентов 1 курса заочной формы обучения по направлению подготовки 270800.62 «Строительство».

Контрольные работы выполняются в течение первой и второй учебных сессий и являются обязательными для получения аттестации по предмету «Иностранный язык». Каждая контрольная работа имеет два варианта и включает в себя два блока заданий: грамматические упражнения и тексты для перевода. Все задания выполняются в письменной форме и представляются преподавателю.

Грамматические задания соотносятся с темами основного учебника по английскому языку для 1 курса строительных специальностей и с темами текущей и итоговой аттестации.

Тексты для чтения имеют страноведческий характер, предназначены для отработки навыков чтения и письменного перевода, ответов на поставленные вопросы к тексту. Они способствуют не только увеличению знаний студентов о стране изучаемого языка, но и подготовке первокурсников к устным высказываниям по определенным темам.

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II. Перепишите предложения, заполнив пропуски соответствующим местоимением

1.She is going out with a friend of ... (her/hers).

2.They do ... best to master English (their/theirs).

3.Don't worry, it's ... problem (our/ours).

4.Oxford is famous for ... University (his/its).

5.That's not ... umbrella, ... is yellow (my/mine).

III. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на существительные в притяжательном падеже

1.For over 200 years Madame Tussaud's exhibition of wax figures has been one of Britain's most popular attractions.

2.My elder brother's friends are fond of playing chess.

3.That man's sister works in our office.

4.The world's most famous dramatist W. Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon.

5.Tom's uncle Philip was a rich man and after uncle Philip's death Tom inherited a lot of money.

IV. Заполните пропуски, используя прилагательные в скобках в нужной степени сравнения

1. Yesterday she got up … than usual. (early)

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2.This is the … movie I have ever watched. (bad)

3.This monument is … than that one. (impressive)

4.Edison is known as one of the … inventors of his time. (great)

5.He is much … than other children. (old)

V. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на оборот the… the…

1.Mark Twain used to say: "The more I know people, the more I love my dog".

2.The less we forget, the more we know.

3.The oftener he goes to art galleries, the better conversationalist he becomes.

4.Some people think that the more something costs, the better it must be.

5.The fewer mistakes she made when speaking English, the happier she felt.

VI. Перепишите предложения, заполнив пропуски нужной формой глагола to be

1.We ... close friends at school.

2.The weather ... fine and cloudless next week.

3.He and I ... cousins.

4.Who ... late for classes yesterday?

5.The books ...not in the bookcase. They ... on the shelves.

6.Probably I... on the beach tomorrow at 10 o'clock.

7.We ... both final year students.

VII. Перепишите предложения, заполнив пропуски нужной формой глагола to have

1.We ... new English textbooks next week.

2.My brother ... a good flat.

3.I hope you ... a good time the day before yesterday.

4.This man ... a heart attack last month.

5. The Browns ... a new refrigerator soon.

6.We ... no meeting last night.

7.They ... a lot of flowers in the garden last summer.

VIII. Переведите предложения с оборотом there be

1. There is no monument in the centre of the town.

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2.How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

3.There will be a concert on TV tonight.

4.There were two tables, a sofa and a chair in the room.

5.What is there on the river bank?

6.There is a blackboard on the wall.

7.There was not much snow in Moscow last winter.

IX. Прочитайте и переведите текст

MY STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY

It is well-known that higher education plays an important role in the life of any country as it provides the country with highly qualified specialists. Higher educational establishments train people to become teachers, engineers, doctors, lawyers and other professional workers.

There are many colleges and universities in our country. It's not easy to enter a university or a college on the UST results (Unified State Test) but I did my best to attain the pass mark and now I am a first-year student at Volga Region State University of Technology.

There is a full-time and an part-time department.

The training course at the University lasts five years. The academic year begins on the 1st of September and ends in June. It is divided into two terms: the autumn term and the spring term. The autumn term lasts about five months (September-January). The spring term begins in February and ends in June. Students take their credit-tests and exams in different subjects at the end of each term. Examinations usually take place in January and in June. During the academic year students are very busy and have a lot of work to do.

Twice a year students have holidays: winter holidays, which are short and summer holidays, which are long. During the holidays we do not study, we have a rest.

We go to the University every day except Sunday. On week-days we work hard. We attend lectures, practical classes or seminars. On Sunday we have a rest. Classes at our University are conducted in two shifts: from 8 a.m. to 1.05 p.m. and from 1.30 till 6.35 p.m.

As a rule, the first – and the second-year students get thorough instruction in the fundamental sciences. In the third year students begin to study specialized subjects. Specialized courses and practical training help students to become specialists and prepare them for their future work.

All students learn some foreign language – English, German or French. I learn English. I have two English classes a week, on Mondays and on

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Fridays. During the English class we do a lot of exercises, listen to recordings, make up stories, speak on various topics, read and write English. As I want to learn to speak English fluently and to read English books in the original, I am very attentive in class and I always prepare my homework. English is not difficult for me because I work at it regularly. I want to master English, that's why I never miss classes and work hard.

Members of the Students' Scientific Society take an active part in research work.

The students' scientific conferences are held every year. The students make reports on different problems and speak about the results of their research.

The students have a good library and several reading-halls at their disposal. One can get all kinds of books, textbooks and books in foreign languages there. Those who work in the reading-rooms may take reference books, instructions, different magazines and newspapers they need for their studies.

We have excellent sports centres where students can go in for sports: basketball, volleyball, track and field athletics, gymnastics and so on. There are modern computer centres with access to the Internet in our University. The University also provides a new system of education which is now being introduced in Russia. It's a distance educational system.

The out-of-town students live in the hostels. At the university everything is done to provide the young people with the most favourable conditions for study and for scientific and professional training.

I believe education is a way to success.

Словарь

on the UST results – по результатам ЕГЭ

to attain the pass mark – пройти по конкурсу

a full-time and part-time department – дневное и заочное отделение to take credit-tests and exams - сдавать зачеты и экзамены

to get a scholarship – получать стипендию

to have (smth.) at one's disposal – иметь в чьем-либо распоряжении hostel – общежитие

X. Ответьте на вопросы, пользуясь содержанием текста

1.Why is higher education important in the life of every country?

2.What higher educational establishment do you study at?

3.How long does the training course last?

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4.How many terms does the academic year have? What are they?

5.Do you pay for your studies?

6.Do you go in for sports?

7.What do the students have at their disposal?

8.Do you live in the hostel or with your parents at home?

9.What foreign language do you study?

4.He writes to … every week.

a)she b) her

5.We work with … in the garden every afternoon.

a)they b) them

II. Перепишите предложения, заполнив пропуски соответствующим местоимением

1.We like to spend time at ... place (her/hers).

2.That book is ... (my/mine).

3.He has been, a friend of ... for many years (our/ours).

4.... son left for England two years ago (their/theirs).

5.That book is ... (my/mine).

III. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на существительные в притяжательном падеже

1.My friends' parents take them to the sea every summer.

2.It took 35 years to build St.Paul’s cathedral, one of the biggest cathedrals in Europe.

3.All the cars produced by the firm of Daimler were called "Mercedes" after a daughter's name of one of the stockholders of the firm.

4.There are over a hundred students’ societies and clubs at Cambridge.

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5. Mostly children's inborn abilities are measured at the 11 plus exam but not what they learnt at school.

IV. Перепишите предложения, поставив прилагательные в нужной степени сравнения

1.Money is important but it isn't the … thing in life. (important)

2.Tennis and football are the games I like …. . (good)

3.The new car is … than the older one. (comfortable)

4.My … brother is a second-year student and the … sister is a schoolgirl. (оld, young)

5.Canada is much … than France. (big)

V. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на оборот the… the…

1.The harder you work at your French, the greater progress you will

make.

2.The longer the baby stays out when asleep, the healthier he will be.

3.The higher the tourists climbed the mountain, the cooler was the air around them.

4.The easier you take to smoking, the harder it will be for you to give it up.

5.To his surprise the earlier she went to bed, the later she got up.

VI. Перепишите предложения, заполнив пропуски нужной формой глагола to be

1.I ... a first-year student of the Technological University.

2.Who ... your English teacher?

3.His father ... not an architect, he ... a businessman.

4. ... you quite well? - Yes, I ... .

5. I ... a doctor when I grow up.

6. ... she busy all day yesterday?

7. He and his brother ... sick two days ago.

VII. Перепишите предложения, заполнив пропуски нужной формой глагола to have

1.We ... one English class today.

2.Does your father ... a brother?

3.These students ... very few friends in this city.

4.Do you ... a family of your own?

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5.Who ... a lot of work to do tomorrow?

6.Jim ... a bicycle in a week.

7. The Smirnovs ... a new comfortable flat in the centre of the city.

VIII. Переведите предложения с оборотом there be

1.There aren't any dishes on the table.

2.There was a very interesting lecture last Monday.

3.There will be much noise in the classroom during the break.

4.There is a book, pens and pencils on the table.

5.There won't be a lecture on literature next week.

6.Were there any letters for me yesterday morning?

7.There will be no clouds in the sky tomorrow.

IX. Прочитайте и переведите текст

EDUCATION IN RUSSIA

All the people in Russia have the right to education which is guaranteed by the Constitution. Before children start going to school, many of them attend kindergartens until they are six or seven.

Compulsory education in our country begins at the age of 7, when children go to primary school which is the first stage of their schooling.

It lasts three or four years. Primary school provides the basis for all further education. The children are taught to read, to write and to count. They also have Drawing, Music and Physical Training classes.

After four years of primary school pupils go to secondary school, where they study a variety of subjects: Russian, Literature, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, a foreign language, History, Geography, Biology and others. After finishing the ninth form children must take four examinations. Some children may leave school after the 9th form and continue their education at vocational or technical secondary schools and receive a profession. But to enter a university or a college they have to study for two more years and pass a Unified State Test (UST) which is now being introduced to replace both secondary school finals and college or university entrance examinations taken at the age of 16 or 17. After passing their school-leaving exams young people receive a Certificate of Secondary Education.

Most of the schools in Russia are comprehensive which take pupils of all abilities. But there are also some specialized secondary schools (among them schools for gifted children), lyceums and gymnasiums which give a profound knowledge in various academic subjects. Besides, they offer different elective subjects which are not necessary for everybody. A student

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