II.Переведите на русский язык следующие английские словосочетания:

1)a highly developed postindustrial country 6) cheese

makers

2)industry products 7) highly diversified

3)a large share 8) annually harvests

4)the number of people 9) the indisputable leader

5)a gradual process of merging 10) the majority of the most

famous products

III.Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих словосочетаний:

1)постэкономическая страна 6)за последние столетия

2)экспортируются в страны 7)по традиционным рецептам

3)различные производители 8)продавать товары

4)появление макарон 9)рецепты отличаются по составу

5)производство вина 10) приготовить тысячи блюд

IV.Найдите в тексте слова, имеющие общий корень с данными словами. Определите, к какой части речи они относятся, и переведите их на русский язык:

Industry, high, dispute, employ, product, large, use, appear, buy, world.

V.Задайте к выделенному в тексте предложению все типы вопросов: общий, альтернативный, разделительный, два специальных: а)к подлежащему, б)к любому члену предложения.

VI.Выполните анализ данных предложений, обратив внимание на следующие грамматические явления: числительные; времена группы Continuous (Present, Past, Future Active & Passive); усилительная конструкция; времена группы Perfect (Present, Past, Future Active & Passive); функции глаголов to be, to have; согласование времен; неопределенные местоимения some, any, no и их производные.

1. Modern Italy is a highly developed postindustrial country.

2. However, in terms of absolute figures that 3 percent is worth $40 billion.

3. This has a large effect on what agricultural products Italy. exports.

4. Production of cheese started in Italy as early as in the Roman Empire, however Italian cheese makers were famous during the Renaissance, when Italian cheese began to be exported to other European countries.

5. According to some the appearance of macaroni in Italy was accredited to Marco Polo, who allegedly brought it from China in 1292, however modern historians affirm that noodles dried in the sun were used as early as in ancient times.

6. It is wine that is the indisputable leader among Italian agricultural exports.

7. The article said, that the country annually harvested over 14 million tons of, vegetables and 16 million tons of fruit of which over 3 million tons were citrus fruit.

VII.Ответьте на вопросы по тексту:

1. How much money do local agricultural producers make on the world-wide love of the Italian cuisine?

2. What kind of country is modern Italy?

3. How much food does Italy annually produce?

4. What is the number of people occupied in the industry?

5. What do you know about agriculture in Italy?

6. How many tons of vegetables and fruit does the country annually harvest?

7. What is the majority of the most famous Italian products?

VIII.Составьте аннотацию к тексту (2 - 3 предложения).

IX.Составьте реферат текста (10 - 15 предложений).

X. Составьте план текста и перескажите текст.