1) Найдите в тексте ответы на следующие вопросы:

1. What do over 350 power stations in Europe and Japan produce from rubbish?

2. What is acid rain?

3. How do acid rains influence the environment?

4. How do people make bio-gas?

5. Where does acid rain in Sweden come from?

2. Напишите соответствуют ли предложения содержанию текста (Если предложение верно напишите “True” , если нет “False”).

1. A farmer in England used chicken manure to power electricity circuit.

2. Electric cars are very fast and reliable.

3. The water train in Wales uses wind to push a train down hill.

4. There are over 350 power stations in the world that make electricity from rubbish.

5. In New York, a power station burns 2,225 tones of coal every day.

6. Acid rain can travel thousand of miles, so pollution in one country can become acid rain for another country.

3) Закончите предложения, используя информацию из текста:

1. A farmer in England used chicken manure …

2. Electric cars work well but…

3. In London, a power station burns…

4. Acid rain destroys…

5. In Sweden 70% of the sulfur in the air…

6. In parts of India…

Вариант V

I. Переведите на русский язык и определите функцию инфинитива.

1. To enter data into the computer system, a user uses a key board.

2. The internal combustion engine to be used in this machine is of a new design.

3. To understand this problem one should read a lot.

4. Our task is to obtain a mixture with new properties.

5. The Russian scientists were the first to launch the space rocket.

6. Our idea was to design a new device.

7. To develop a new method of cutting metals was necessary.

8. The information to be obtained will be used in our work.

II. Переведите предложения на русский язык. Помните, что объектный и субъектный инфинитивные обороты соответствуют придаточным предложениям.

1. The expedition is said to have collected some interesting material.

2. A group of constructors was reported to have been sent to that area.

3. We’d like him to join our work.

4. Black color is known to absorb lights rays most intensively.

5. He is unlikely to finish the experiment on time.

6. This invention is believed to save up much metal.

7. We made him stop that silly argument.

III. Выберите правильный вариант перевода для подчеркнутого слова.

1. The new road to be constructed will be the longest in the city.

a) для того, чтобы построить b) которые будут строить

с) строить

2. To drive a car in a big city is very difficult.

a) водить b) для того, чтобы водить с) будут водить

3. To detect objects over a great distance a special device is used.

a) обнаружить b) для того, чтобы обнаруживать

с) обнаружение

4. To drive a car in a big city you should know the rules.

a) водить b) для того, чтобы водить с) вождение

5. To detect objects over a great distance was very difficult.

a) обнаруживать b) для того, чтобы обнаружить с) обнаружив

6. The experiment to be carried out is at great important.

a) проводить b) для того, чтобы проводить

с) которую будут проводить

7. To extend the main street they had to destroy some old buildings.

a) разрушить b) для того, чтобы разрушить

с) разрушение

Прочитайте текст и выполните задания после текста.

EDISON

Edison is known as one of the greatest inventors of his time. He invented so much that it is difficult to say which of his achievements is the greatest. He was an experimenter and a practical man more than a theoretician.

Edison did not have any education. He went to school for only three months. Then he left because the teacher considered him a dull boy. His mother became his teacher. The boy loved books and his mother said that he had a wonderful memory. When he first visited a public library and saw a lot of shelves with books he decided that he would read all of them and then he would know everything in the world. He measured the shelf and decided to read a toot of books every week.

In 1868 Edison built his first patented invention - an electromagnetic device.

It is said that he planned to ask three thousand dollars for his invention, though he secretly decided he would sell it for two thousand if necessary He was invited to a meeting of businessmen who were interested in buying his invention, but when he was asked to name a price he was very nervous and quite unable to speak.

"It is no use asking us a big price," said one of the businessmen, “we’ve already decided how much we will pay. Forty thousand dollars is our limit".

With this money Edison established a workshop and began his career as a professional inventor at the age of twenty-two.

All his inventions were the result of hard work. He sometimes con­ducted thousands of experiments. According to him, the idea that a genius works only by inspiration was absurd. "Genius is 2 per cent inspiration and 98 per cent perspiration," he often said.