Министерство спорта и туризма Республики Беларусь

Учреждение образования «Белорусский государственный университет физической культуры»

Институт туризма

Кафедра социально-гуманитарных дисциплин в туризме и гостеприимстве

Контрольная работа по дисциплине

«Иностранный язык (английский)»

(вариант № 1)

Выполнил: студент 1 курса 41.. группы факультета туризма и гостеприимства

Проверила: Курбыко Т.А.

Минск 2012

TASK 1

1. This tour guide doesn’t know all the sights in our destination. She is not a local guide.

2. The booking agent is speaking over the phone right now.

3. A month ago our company advertised a new tour in mass media.

4. Christopher Columbus was one of the best-known explorers.

5. Will this resort hotel offer a new animation programme next season?

6. It will be hard to book tickets in a week.

7. Has the chef already made his special dish?

8. When did Thomas Cook set up the first travel agency?

9. She was working on the computer when I entered the office.

10. A year has passed since I attended a convention. Has anything have changed ever since? – Oh, yes. Our company has developed some new pre-convention tours.

TASK 2

1. Who is there in the office?

2. There are some discounts in low season.

3. Is there a booking agent in the office?

4. There is no up-to-date information on air tickets here.

5. There are two museums and a cinema in this destination.

6. There isn’t a travel magazine on the rack.

7. There is a folder and some timetables on the rack.

TASK 3

1. Everybody will enjoy water tourism.

2. The most famous traveler in Russia was Afanasy Nikitin.

3. This employee is an animator.

4. Knowledge of English is essential.

5. What job are you going to take?

6. Every guest has to leave the key with the receptionist.

7. The tourism manager plans tourist business: operations, profits.

8. Are you interested in work with people?

9. He is thinking of a travel agent to begin with.

10. I hear you are going to choose career in tourism.

TASK 4

1. The managers are dealing with a new package tour. – The Present Continuous Active.

The managers are not dealing with a new package tour.

Are the managers dealing with a new package tour?

Are the managers dealing with a new package tour or with a new sightseeing tour?

The managers are dealing with a new package tour, aren’t they?

What are the managers dealing with?

2. She is an experienced tour operator. – The Present Simple Active.

She isn’t an experienced tour operator.

Is she an experienced tour operator?

Is she an experienced tour operator or an actress?

She is an experienced tour operator, isn’t she?

Who is an experienced tour operator?

3. This travel agent gets a commission. – The Present Simple Active.

This travel agent doesn’t get commission.

Does this travel agent get a commission?

Does this travel agent get a commission or a tip?

This travel agent gets a commission, doesn’t he?

What does this travel agent get?

4. He has just booked theatre tickets. – The Present Perfect Active.

He hasn’t just booked theatre tickets.

Has he just booked theatre tickets?

Has he just booked theatre or movie tickets?

He has just booked theatre tickets, hasn’t he?

What has he just booked?

5. The holiday-maker enjoyed the journey by train. – The Past Simple Active.

The holiday-maker didn’t enjoy the journey by train.

Did the holiday-maker enjoy the journey by train?

Did the holiday-maker enjoy the journey by train or by bus?

The holiday-maker enjoyed the journey by train, didn’t he?

What did the holiday-maker enjoy?

6. The first travellers were merchants. – The Past Simple Active.

The first travellers were not merchants.

Were the first travellers merchants?

Were the first travellers merchants or tourists?

The first travellers were merchants, weren't they?

Who were the first travelers?

7. There will be more business travelers in future. – The Future Simple Active.

There will not be more business travelers in future.

Will there be more business travelers in future?

Will there be more business travelers or tourist travelers?

There will be more business travelers in future, won’t there?

When will there be more business travelers?

TASK 5

1. There are some articles on tourism in this magazine.

2. Could you peel some potatoes?

3. You can find these tourist manuals at any tourist outlet.

4. I don’t know what to do because there is no up-to-date information on air tickets here.

5. Are there any new tour packages to London in your agency?

TASK 6

1. The weather has been very dry recently. We’ve had little rain.

2. Most of the town is modern. There are few old buildings.

3. Did you take many photographs when you were on holiday?

4. Ann is very busy these days. She has a little free time.

TASK 7

1. Is your friend going to work in summer? - Yes, he is going to work in a tour agency or in a hotel during the holidays. – When is he going to start his work? - He will start to work tomorrow.

2. Thomas Cook became known in England in the middle of the 19th century. He arranged the first railway trip and he set up the first travel agency in the world.

3. There is a manager, some tour agents, and a bookkeeper in this tour company. There are no guides and accompanying people there. The manager hires them only in high season.

4. My friends and I are planning to work in tourist business. They are going to be tourism managers. I’m planning to be a guide or a guide-interpreter. I’m going to learn two foreign languages: English and German.

5. Animators organize and conduct entertainment programs. They involve guests in action. They speak foreign and native languages well.

TASK 8