Вариант 4

I. Запишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на зна-чение слова there.

1. In Moscow there are many places of interest, that is why a lot of tourists come there every year.

2. In a month there will be an international conference on the problems of ecology.

II. Запишите и переведите предложения. Объясните, на что ука-зывает в слове pilot окончание -s, как с апострофом (’), так и без него:

а) глагол-сказуемое в Present Simple в 3-м лице единственного числа;

б) множественное число имени существительного;

в) притяжательный падеж имени существительного, стоящего в единственном или во множественном числе.

1. In the pilot’s cabin of a new airplane there is a lot of up-to-date de-vices.

2. The boy has dreamed to fly from his early childhood and now he pilots airplanes.

3. Many cosmonauts began their career as pilots of supersonic planes.

III. Запишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на особенности перевода имени существительного с левым определением.

1. Modern house construction needs strong materials and skillful labor force.

2. The transport system improvement is necessary for every large city.

3. A high speed electronic machine has greatly changed the methods of their mathematical calculations.

IV. Запишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на степени сравнения прилагательного и наречия.

1. The lowest temperature on the Pluto (Плутон) is below 200 degrees.

2. Radio devices are the most effective instruments for studying the outer space.

3. The higher the frequency of an electromagnetic wave, the more energy it must possess.

V. Запишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на значение неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений.

1. We needed some 20 minutes to check and adjust the measuring in-strument.

2. Anybody can explain you the operational principles of that apparatus.

3. Any skilled operator can easily start and stop the engine.

VI. Запишите предложения. Выпишите из них сказуемые, опре-делите их видо-временные формы и укажите их инфинитив. Пере-ведите предложения.

1. Our researchers have developed a new non-metallic, synthetic material.

2. No asphalt roads existed in this country until 1790s.

3. Astrophysicist M. Bobrov was studying the Saturn for more than 50 years.

VII. Прочитайте весь текст и постарайтесь понять его содержание. Перепишите и письменно переведите абзацы 2, 3, 4 и 5.

GREAT BRITAIN

1. The United Kingdom or Great Britain consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is a highly developed industrial country. There is no other country in the world with such a small proportion of the population working in agriculture. The pattern of industry organization is varied. There are both very small workshops and huge organizations with a large number of workers.

2. Great Britain is not very rich in natural resources: most of the resources and raw materials for its industries are imported.

3. The capital of the country, London, is one of the most important financial centers and the largest ports in the world. It is also the center of light and food industries, of the production of precision instruments, furniture and many other goods.

4. Northern and Western England is the land of coal, metal and textile. The oldest centers of English iron and steel industry are Birmingham and Sheffield. Iron smelting is based on local ore deposits and has been practiced here since ancient times. In the period of industrialization these towns played the leading role in the creation of the country’s heavy industry.

5. The most important of the British extractive industries is coal-mining. Among the other highly developed industries there are ship-building and motor industries, the production of iron and steel. All of them play an important role in the world trade. Great Britain is one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of machinery, electronics, electrical and navigation equipment, textile, aircraft, motor vehicles, chemicals.

6. Training of specialists is provided by different educational estab-lishments. Recently there has been a considerable expansion of scientific and technological training within the universities. Most of them have faculties providing courses for studying chemistry, aeronautics, production engineering (организация производственных процессов). All universities and colleges have laboratories and research departments and are closely associated with local industries. Great role in stimulating research work belongs to the Royal Society which was established in 1660. The Society’s activity includes organization of scientific conferences, publication of research work, delivery of lectures, presentation of medals.

VIII. Прочитайте 6-й абзац текста и ответьте на вопрос: Is the research work of Britain’s higher schools connected with the pattern of its industrial development? Запишите и переведите вопрос и ответ.