Вариант 4

I. Заполните пропуски и письменно переведите предложения:

1. Why are __ sitting here? It is not __ desk, it is __ .

a) your, you, mine b) you, your, mine

c) yours, yours, my d) yours, you, me

2. New districts of Moscow are ___ than the old ones.

a) most beautiful b) more beautiful c) beautiful d) beautifuler

3. Are there ___ people at the cinema today?

a) little b) many c) a little d) much

4. There is ___ place like home.

a) no b) none c) nothing d) nobody

5. The motorbike is going ___ the tunnel.

a) by b) down c) onto d) through

6. Pat’s mother ___ teach students.

a) doesn’t b) haven’t c) don’t d) isn’t

7. My mother ___ a bad headache.

a) have got b) am c) has got d) is

II. Перепишите предложения, поставив глагол в нужном времени. При определении времени обращайте внимание на маркеры (cм. Приложение 4) Запишите перевод предложения.

1. Don’t come in. He (to take) an exam.

2. We (to walk) in silence when he suddenly (to ask) me to help him.

3. What sights you (to see) when you (to be) in Egypt?

4. He (to come) in, (to take) off his hat, (to move) a chair to the table and (to join) the conversation.

5. I (not, to meet) you for ages.

III. Перепишите предложения, поставив нужный модальный глагол или его эквивалент: can, must, to have to, to be to, should, to be able to. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The train … to arrive at 7 o’clock.

2. You … ring him up till ten.

3. We … not … to come to see you yesterday.

4. I … work hard at my English.

5. …I go out?

IV. Прочитайте предложения, запишите только те из них, которые употреблены в Passive Voice. Запишите перевод выбранных предложений.

1. Betsy is not permitted to come here.

2. He was asked to speak up.

3. He asked me if my children were still skiing.

4. The book which was written last month is being discussed a lot.

5. He pointed out that I had forgotten to turned off the light.

V. Ответьте письменно полным предложением на следующие вопросы:

1. Who was the American state Virginia named after?

2. Who is the present Prime Minister of Great Britain?

3. How many territories are there in Australia?

VI. Прочитайте и переведите текст на русский язык. Передайте содержание текста по-английски письменно, выделив основную мысль каждого абзаца. Используйте вводные слова и выражения (см. Приложение 5). Запишите перевод своего пересказа. Задайте письменно 3 вопроса по содержанию текста.

London

London is the capital of the United Kingdom, its economic, political and cultural centre. It is one of the world's most important ports and one of the largest cities in the world. London with its suburbs¹ has a population of about 11 million people.

London has been a capital for nearly a thousand years. Many of its ancient buildings still stand. The most famous of them are the Tower of London, where the crown jewels² are kept, Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral. Most visitors also want to see the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace (the Queen's home with its Changing of the Guards³) and many magnificent museums.

Different areas of London seem like different cities. The West End is a rich man's world of shops, offices and theatres. The City of London is the district where most offices and banks are concentrated; the Royal Exchange⁴ and the Bank of England are here, too. The East End is the district where mostly working people live. The old port area is now called "Docklands". There are now new office buildings in Docklands, and thousands of new flats and houses.

By the day the whole of London is busy. At night, offices are quiet and empty, but the West End stays alive, because this is where Londoners come to enjoy themselves. There are two opera houses here, several concert halls and many theatres, as well as cinemas. In Soho the pubs, restaurants and night clubs are busy half the night.

Like all big cities, London has concrete buildings, but it also has many big parks, full of trees, flowers and grass. In the middle of Hyde Park or Kensington Gardens you will think that you are in the country, miles away.

Many people live outside the centre of London in the suburbs, and they travel to work in shops and offices by train, bus or underground ("The Tube").

Notes:

1. suburb – пригород

2. the crown jewels – королевские драгоценности

3. Changing of the Guards – смена караула

4. the Royal Exchange – Лондонская фондовая биржа