English-Speaking Countries

1. The United Kingdom (also called Great Britain) is known to consist of four main parts-England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The official name of the country is the United kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is a parliamentary monarchy and the state language is English.

2. It has a population of approximately 57million people and an area of about 240,640 square kilometers. London is the capital city. Britain is a member of the European Community (also called the Common Market) and its main trading partners are known to be the ES countries and North America.

3. Britain's main exports are cars, machinery, textiles and chemicals and its invisible exports include banking, insurance and tourism. Britain's North Sea oil also makes it one of the world's oil producers.

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7. Ответьте на вопросы:

а) What is this text about?

б) Where is Pulkovo situated?

в) What kind of work do astronomers conduct?

8. Образуйте Participle I от следующих глаголов: to observe, to investigate, to obtain, to inform, to conduct.

9. Переведите, обращая внимание на подчеркнутые слова:

а) They raised the temperature to speed up the reaction.

б) To speed up the reaction the temperature was raised.

в) The astronomers were shown a new type of telescope.

г) The astronomer showed the work of a new type of telescope.

10. Составьте по-английски план пересказа текста.

ВАРИАНТ 12

Задание:

1. Переведите однокоренные слова, обращая внимание на словообразовательные элементы:

a) generate, generator, generation

б) react, reactor, reaction, reacting,

в) create, creator, creation, creativity,

г) practice, practical, practically.

2. Образуйте существительные от следующих глаголов: to build, to conduct, to create, to investigate, to use, to examine

3. Переведите слова, обращая внимание на префиксы: to misunderstand, illogical, unexpected, irregular, uncharged.

4. Найдите в четвертом абзаце текста эквиваленты модальному глаголу must, переведите предложение.

5. Найдите в пятом абзаце текста прилагательное в сравнительной степени, переведите предложение.

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7. Ответьте на вопросы:

а) What is this text about?

б) What was I. V. Kurchatov?

в) What discovery was made by a group of young research workers with I. V. Kurchatov at the head?

8. Составьте два общих вопроса по тексту.

9. Составьте два специальных вопроса по тексту.

10. Составьте по-английски план пересказа текста.

Контрольная работа № 2

ВАРИАНТ 11

Задание:

1. Переведите однокоренные слова, обращая внимание на словообразовательные элементы:

a) observe, observer, observable, observation, observatory;

б) conduct, conductor, conductivity, conduction;

в) produce, producer, product, productivity, production.

2. Переведите слова, обращая внимание на отрицательные префиксы: invisible, uncapable, immeasurable, nonconductive, impure, unable, indefinite.

3. Образуйте существительные от следующих глаголов: to utilize, to build, to vibrate, to observe, to investigate.

4. Образуйте наречия от следующих прилагательных: great, scientific, possible, peaceful, artificial.

5. Найдите в пятом абзаце текста прилагательное в сравнительной степени, переведите предложение.

6. Переведите текст на русский язык (Л. Н. Андрианова и др. Английский язык. – М.: 1988, с. 189-190).

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4. The USA is a Federal Republic which consists of 50 states and the District of Columbia where the capital of Columbia where the capital of the USA Washington is situated. Originally there were only 13 states that is why the American flag (sometimes called the "stars and stripes") consists of 13 horizontal stripes and 50 stars.

5. Leif Ericsson first discovered America in about 1000AD, but the Italian, Christopher Columbus rediscovered it in 1492. Soon the British and other Europeans founded their colonies on the new continent. For example, Sir Walter Raleigh started the first British colony, Virginia, in 1585. This became one the original thirteen states of the USA.

6. The war of Independence from Britain started in 1774. Congress passed the Declaration of Independence on 4^th July 1776. Every year the Americans still celebrate Independence Day on 4^th July. George Washington became the first president of the US in 1789.