Вариант 4
I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием – s, какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.е. служит ли оно:
а) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола в Present Indefinite
б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;
в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.
Переведите предложения на русский язык.
Hens, ducks and turkeys belong to poultry.
Water performs important functions in plants and animals.
The cow’s stomach has four main parts.
II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на особенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным.
The most important group of farm animals is cattle.
It is a mixed farm and has areas under field crops and grasses as well as some cattle-breeding enterprises.
Farm animals produce nutritious products.
III. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, и переведите их на русский язык.
The production cycle of hogs is much shorter than that of cattle or sheep.
The most active parts of plants and animals contain 70 per cent or more of water.
Milk is necessary for mammals during the earliest stages of growth.
The more we take care of the animals the better they will grow.
IV. Перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод местоимений.
1. No calves were on pasture yesterday because it was very cold.
2. They see us every day.
3. I have some friends at our Academy.
4. I met her and her mother.
V. Заполните пропуски нужной формой глагола to be или to have (got). Предложения переведите.
Dairy cows… the main source of food for man.
The farm… different agricultural machines.
Wool…a very important raw material.
They…a good cattle herd.
This ration… low in vitamin B6.
VI. Перепишите предложения, подчеркните модальные глаголы. Переведите предложения, учитывая значения модальных глаголов.
Animals should have water and salt all the time.
Unlike the other farm animals, sows can produce two litters per year.
Farmers must feed domestic animals properly.
4. He has to clean the stables.
VII. В разделе а) раскройте скобки, поставив глагол в нужное время. В каждом предложении раздела б) определите видовременную форму и залог глагола-сказуемого. Все предложения переведите на русский язык.
a)
1. Summer pasture (to provide) feed and exercise for the cow.
2. Domestication of animals (to begin) very long ago.
3. Next summer, I (to work) as a zooengineer.
b)
1. Scientists are trying to develop new method of analysis.
2. The weather will be fine.
3. It has not rained for 2 weeks.
VIII. Прочтите и переведите текст. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1, 2, 3, 4 и 5 абзацы текста.
THE SHEEP
1. Sheep belong to the Genus Ovis, and are generally grouped into: Longwools, Shortwools, and Mountain sheep which have horns. Inside each group, there are many well-defined breeds, and an endless variety of crosses between the different pure breeds.
2. Sheep are kept for the production of mutton and wool. The stomach of the sheep is three times larger than that of the pig. As the sheep and goats have a cleft upper lip, they have to graze very close to the ground.
3. A male sheep is called a ram on whose fertility largely depends the lamb crop of the year.
4. An in-lamb sheep is called a ewe and a new-born — a lamb. The period of gestation in sheep lasts 21 weeks.
5. As a rule, ewes should be healthy and vigorous, with deep, wide bodies, good teeth, healthy udders, and high quality, dense fleeces. Pregnant ewes should always have access to clean water. The consumption of colostrum or first milk is as important to the lamb as it is to the calf.
6. Healthy lambs can withstand bad weather, provided the coat dries immediately after birth. If, because of very wet severe weather, the coat does not dry, losses even among the strong lambs may occur.
IX. Прочтите 6-й абзац текста и ответьте на вопрос:
1. Under what conditions can healthy lambs withstand bad weather?