2. Заполните пропуски артиклями, где необходимо.

Some ___ people ___ England have ___ «high tea». They say there is no ___ use for these ___ afternoon ___ teas where you try to hold ___ cup of tea in ___ one hand and ___ piece of ___ bread and butter about as thin as ___ sheet of paper in ___ other. They have it between __ five and six o'clock, and have __ ham or tongue and ___ tomatoes and salad or sausages with __ good strong tea, plenty of ___ bread and butter, then stewed fruit, with ___ cream or custard and ___ pastries or ___ good cake. And that's what __ Englishman calls __ good tea.

3. Заполните пропуски предлогами, где необходимо.

There are many big cities ___ the USA. They are Washington (the capital ___ the country). New York (the city ___ contrasts, financial and business centre ___ the USA), Boston (there are many colleges and universities ___ it), Chicago (one ___ the biggest industrial cities ___ the USA), San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit (one ___ the biggest centres ___ the automobile industry). The USA is rich ___ mineral resources. It holds one ___ the first places ___ the world ___ the production ___ coal, iron, oil, natural gas.

4. Запишите словами числительные.

15, 27, 38, 46, 51, 8 543, 1 555 986; 1967 год, 1985 год, 2008 год; 23 февраля, 8 марта, 12 апреля, 9 мая, 1 сентября.

5. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в требующемся времени.

1. I (not to drink) coffee now. I (to write) an English exercise. 2. I (not to drink) coffee in the evening. I (to drink) coffee in the morning. 3. Your friend (to do) his homework now? 4. Your friend (to go) to school in the morning? 5. Look! The baby (to sleep). 6. The baby always (to sleep) after dinner. 7. My grandmother (not to work). She is on pension. 8. My father (not to sleep) now. He (to work) in the garden. 9. I usually (to get) up at seven o'clock in the morning. 10. What your sister (to do) now? - She (to wash) her face and hands.

6. Переведите на английский язык.

Я не единственный ребенок в семье. У меня два брата и сестра. Мой старший брат инженер по профессии. Ему 26 лет. Он женат и имеет двоих детей. Его жена работает учителем. Им очень нравятся их профессии. Мой младший брат школьник. Он учится в девятом классе. Он хочет стать врачом. Моя сестра студентка. Она на первом курсе Брянского филиала Орловской региональной академии государственной службы.

7. Составьте предложения с любыми 10 словами из изученной специальной лексики.

8. Переведите письменно текст.

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (1)

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act is an 1883 United States federal law that established the United States Civil Service Commission, which placed most federal employees on the merit system and marked the end of the so-called «spoils system». The act provided for some government jobs to be filled on the basis of competitive exams. Drafted during the Chester A.Arthur administration, the Pendleton Act served as a response to President James Garfield's assassination by a disappointed office seeker. The Act was passed into law on January 16, 1883. The Act was sponsored by Senator George H. Pendleton, Democrat of Ohio, and written by Dorman Bridgeman Eaton, a staunch opponent of the patronage system who was later first chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission. The most famous commissioner was Teddy Roosevelt (1889-96).