X. Укажите, какие утверждения соответствуют содержанию текста. Исправьте неправильные высказывания. Используйте фразы: It is true. It is false.

1. Melik was going to travel to New York by air. 2. Uncle Garro told him about the dangers of the travel. 3. The old man advised Melik not to speak to anybody while traveling by train. 4. Melik was only allowed to play cards in the smoker. 5. According to uncle Garro’s words all passengers should put money under the pillow and do not sleep all night. 6. The old man said that it was very dangerous to get to know a woman in the train. 7. Traveling by train was dangerous and uncle Garro’s words turned out to be true. 8. Following Garro’s advice, Melik did not sleep all nights. 9. Long before the train got to New York Melik knew everybody aboard the train 10. Melik followed all instructions his uncle had given him.

ВАРИАНТ 3

I. Выберите нужное причастие (Participle I or Participle II) из данных в скобках. Предложения перепишите и переведите.

1. Sleeping cars (equipping; equipped) with an air-conditioning system are very comfortable for long-distance travel. 2. The first railway in Russia (using; used) steam traction was built in Nizhni Tagil. 3. There were many people on the pier (waiting; waited) for the ferry’s arrival. 4. The internal combustion engine (installing; installed) in this lorry is of a new design. 5. We were (driving; driven) at a top speed to reach the city before the dark.

II. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на многофункциональность глаголов to be и to have.

1. The main tracks have been cleared of snow by snow-cleaning machines. 2. The train was to arrive at 5 p.m. but has not appeared yet. 3. A robot engine driver is a small-size computer with transducers. All the necessary data of train operation – distance, time of covering each section of the route, speed limits, etc. are programmed and fed into the computer’s memory. 4. Not having bought the tickets in advance they had to go to the station long before the train departure.

III. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление инфинитива (The Infinitive).

1. The task of traffic police is to provide safety on roads. 2. A special design bureau in St. Petersburg was the first in the world to develop the production of super-long escalators. 3. The Tacoma Bridge collapsed because its structure was not strong enough to withstand the wind of 42 miles per hour. 4. Before the refrigerator car was invented, it was impossible to convey fresh meat, fruit, vegetables and other food products for long distances. 5. The road surface to be repaired was destroyed by heavy vehicles many years ago.

IV. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление инфинитивной конструкции Сложное подлежащее (The Complex Subject).

1. The freight is said to have been held up at the customs. 2. At a large terminal there are many tracks, so many that trains seem to be arriving or departing every minute. 3. Do you happen to know when the train will arrive? 4. The repair of the track is likely to be over in half an hour. 5. For a long period of time the atom was thought to be indivisible.