Контрольная работа по английскому языку № 3

для студентов I курса очно-заочного факультета ЛГТУ

всех технических специальностей

Вариант 1

GREAT SCHOLAR OF THE RENAISSANCE

Galileo Galilei lived at a time of Renaissance, an outstanding period in mankind's history, which at the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century extended to the sphere of the natural sciences. The Renaissance gave the world many courageous fighters for knowledge and new outlook on the world.

Galilei was not only a scientist, professor of physics and mathematics at Pisa University and Padua University, but also a critic of official views in science.

He discovered the basic laws of complex forms of motion. Galilei is famous not only for his establishment of fundamental conceptions of kinematics and dynamics such as speed and acceleration but also for the establishment of general principles of classical mechanics.

Real world fame came to Galileo only in 1610 when he construc­ted the first telescope in the world. With this instrument he discovered satellites of Jupiter, the phases of Venus and the spots in the Sun. He measured the height of the mountains on the Moon with great accuracy, and proved that the Milky Way was not milk spilt by the Madonna but a gigantic conglomeration of stars.

Galileo followed the great Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno, who died at the hands of the Inquisition, and defended the idea of an infinite Universe with multitude of inhabited worlds.

In 1633, as a sick, 70-year-old man Galilei was interrogated by the Inquisition, found guilty and was sentenced to spend the rest of his life under the surveillance of the Inquisition.

We know Galilei as the founder of the map of the world, a map that is constantly growing and becoming more accurate. We see him as a philosopher who struggled against the dogma of religion, as a real revolutionary in science.

I.Прочитайте текст и переведите его письменно на русский язык.

II.Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих слов и выражений:

жить во времена Ренессанса; выдающийся период истории человечества; основные законы сложных форм движения; установление основных концепций; динамичный рост; мировая слава; разлитое девой Марией (Мадонной) молоко.

III.Выберите правильную форму модального глагола:

may/can/could.

1. ___ I borrow a pen on that table? 2.You ___ read this book: you know the language well enough. 3.Be careful: you ___ spill the milk if you carry it like that. 4. ___ I ask you to help me? 5. ___ you help me?

IV.Задайте все виды вопросов к следующему предложению.

My friends live in a small town.

V.Переведите на русский язык следующие предложения.

1.You must work hard at your English. 2.You must learn the words. 3.Must we learn the poem today? 4.It must be very difficult to learn Chinese. 5.You must not talk at the lessons. 6.Everybody must come to school in time. 7.Don’t ring him up: he must be very busy.

VI.Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в активном или пассивном залоге.

1.At the last competition the first prize (to win) by our team. 2.The question (to settle) as soon as they arrived. 3.This mountain (to climb) before. 4.Don’t put the cup there – somebody (to break) it. 5.It took her a long time to write the composition, but at last she (to write) it.

VII.Переведите на английский язык, употребляя модальные глаголы:

must/may/can.

1.Руки надо мыть перед каждой едой. 2.Комнаты нужно регулярно проветривать. 3.Ребёнку нужно давать фрукты. 4.Книги надо положить в шкаф. 5.Картину можно повесить над камином.