ВАРИАНТ 4

I. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в каждом из них видовременную форму и залог глагола-сказуемого. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Many 16-stored houses with all modem conveniences are being built in this part of Moscow.

2.The sputniks are used for the research of magnetic fields and cosmic rays. 3.The properties of materials are affected by the solar radiation. 4.Scientific and engineering progress opens up wide prospects fore men.

II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на разные значения слов it, that, one.

1.It is necessary to obtain accurate data on the possibility of living and working in space.

2.The people know that their joint efforts can secure peace in the whole world.

3.We had to find new methods of investigation because the old ones were unsatisfactory.

Ш. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на разные значения глаголов to be, to have, to do.

1. A programme for the construction of new types of spaceships is to be carried out this year.

2.Where does this young man work?

3.We had to change the design of this machine.

4.The speed of electrons is almost the same as that of light.

IV. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на бессоюзное подчинение.

1.We know radio and radar systems play a very important role at any airport.

2.The information science gets about other galaxies comes through radiotelescopes.

V. Перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните Participle I и Participle II, определите функции каждого из них, т.е. укажите, является ли оно определением, обстоятельством или частью сказуемого. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The cloud chamber is one of the devices used to detect the presence of radioactivity.

2. Matter consists of one or a number of basic elements occurring in nature.

3.One can use several modern devices while detecting and measuring radioactivity.

4.When heated to a certain temperature, this alloy increases in volume.

VI. Прочитайте и устно переведите на русский язык с 1- го по 5-й абзацы текста.

Перепишите и письменно переведите 2, 3 и 4-й абзацы.

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Пояснения к тексту

1.fundamental particle - элементарная частица

2.emergence - появление

OUTLINE OF OUR SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS

1.The Russian science has been concentrated lately on the most promising

fundamental trends and fields, on increasing the practical effectiveness of research. The physics of fundamental particles1, the physics of the atomic nucleus, and solid state physics occupy an important place in modern science.

2.Our scientists have developed large-scale commercial manufacture of artificial diamonds with properties which surpass those of natural diamonds. The finest crystallographic equipment has been developed making it possible to study the atomic structure of materials.

3.The emergence2 of quantum electronics is one of the brightest events in the history of physics. Out scientists have suggested and developed the ideas of basically new sources of electromagnetic emission-quantum generators. At present, they are used in industry for cutting and welding metals, for high precision treatment of various materials including diamonds and ceramics.

4.The necessity to conduct extremely fast technical calculations, primarily in atomic technique, in aviation, rocketry and cosmonautics has led to the development of fast-acting electronic computers. Computers and other technical means of control are widely used in such fields as economics, planning and management of production. One should remember that the wide use оf computers signifies a further advance in industry.

5.In recent years we have seen new vast progress in space research. At present new projects for studying the Moon and other planets of the solar system are being developed in our country. "Soviet spaceships," said Sergei Korolev, the General Designer of the first space rocket systems, a founder of practical cosmonautics, "will again and again leave the shore of the Universe to teach unexplored worlds. Their every flight and return will be a memorable occasion for our people and the whole progressive mankind, a triumph of reason and progress."

VII. Прочитайте 5-й абзац текста и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос:

What did Sergei Kovolev say about the aims of the space programme? I.... studying weightlessness.

2.... studying solar radiation;

3.... conquering outer space.

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