X. Translate into English:

1. Чем меньше ты будешь говорить, тем лучше.

2. Сегодня погода была не такой хорошей, как вчера.

3. Это кратчайший путь до озера.

4. Комната хорошая, но всё же не такая, как бы мне хотелось.

5. Этот перевод вдвое легче. Вы с ним справитесь.

6. Эта проблема не так серьёзна, как вам кажется.

7. Дальнейшие подробности будут переданы в следующем радиовыпуске.

8. Ждите дальнейших инструкций.

9. Чем реже они будут видеть вас здесь, тем лучше.

10. Ей столько же лет, сколько и мне.

XI. Change the italicized noun into a verb and italicized adjective into an adverb:

Model: His answer was very quick? He answered quickly.

1. They gave a beautiful performance.

2. She gave me a formal answer.

3. His was a heroic action.

4. He gave an accurate description of the incident.

5. We heard their happy laughter in the room.

6. The actors got a warm greeting from the audience.

XII. Choose the correct form of the words given in brackets:

1. I was (angry, angrily) at what he did.

2. You can speak (free, freely) in front of him.

3. It was (near, nearly) midnight.

4. Are you (serious, seriously) about going there?

5. This definition is not (exact, exactly).

6. The girl was dancing (pretty, prettily).

7. The car drove up (near, nearly) to the gate.

8. The answer was not (satisfactory, satisfactorily).

9. His refusal cost him (dear, dearly).

10. To the parents’ disgust, the child behaved very (bad, badly) at table.

XIII. Translate into English:

1. На машине вы доберетесь туда быстрее всего. 2. Он говорит по-английски еще медленнее чем я. 3. Чем интереснее книга, тем быстрее вы читаете ее. 4. В его работе почти нет ошибок. 5. Сегодня совсем не холодно. 6. Это изобретение было сделано недавно. 7. Вполне естественно, что ему не нравится такой план. 8. Новый врач относится к пациентам гораздо лучше, чем старый. 9. Он очень похудел за последнее время. 10. Почти никто не знает об этом. 11. Я совсем не понимаю вас. 12. Он работает очень упорно. 13. Мы благополучно добрались до дома, хотя было очень темно. 14. Книга была настолько увлекательна, что я зачитался до глубокой ночи. 15. Я чуть не сказал ей об этом.

Контрольная работа № 4

I. Read the text: System of government in Great Britain

Great Britain is a monarchy, but the power of the Queen Britain is not absolute but constitutional. Her powers are limited by the Parliament. The Parliament is the supreme legislative authority in Britain. Queen's power is hereditary and not elective.

In practice the Monarch has no actual power: they say the Monarch reigns but does not rule. The Prime Minister is the virtual ruler of the country. The Prime Minister is usually the leader of the party that obtains a majority in the House of Commons. That party which has majority of seats in the House of Commons is called the Government and the other is the Opposition. The leader of the party in the opposition occupies a salaried office of the Leader of the Opposition. The Government may hold office for five years.

All the affairs of the state are conducted in the name of the Queen, but really the Prime Minister is responsible for every measure submitted to Parliament.

The Queen summons, prorogues and dissolves Parliament. Normally she opens each session with a speech from the throne outlining the Government's programs. It is her duty to make appointments to all important state offices, including those of judges, officers in the armed forces, diplomats.

She must, in theory at least, see all Cabinet documents. The Queen has the power to conclude treaties, to declare war and make peace.

Effective power belongs to the Government, which is a part of Parliament and responsible to it, but which also normally dominates it. The Government consists of about a hundred politicians under the Prime Minister. Members of the Government are not elected by the House of Commons. They are nominated by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister may also require ministers to resign.

A modern government is arranged in about fifteen departments, each with its ministerial head. The number changes from time to time, as departments are split or joined together. All the heads of departments are members of the House of Commons.

The executive power belongs to the Cabinet of Ministers. The Cabinet consists of 16 to 24 senior ministers whom the Prime Minister has appointed. Most ministers in the Cabinet are heads of departments. The Cabinet meets once a week in No 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British Prime Minister. Cabinet-making is the most important part of a Prime Minister's job. The Prime Minister decides which ministers will be included. In order that it can work as a team and arrive at decisions more easily and quickly the Cabinet is restricted to about twenty members.

The legislative power resides in Parliament, which, strictly speaking, consists of the Sovereign, the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

There are 635 members of the English House of Commons, or MPs as they are called. They are elected by popular vote and represent the counties borough constituencies. The House of Commons seems to have most of power within Parliament. It is here that the Government is formed. The Prime Minister is usually the leader of that party which has majority in the House of Commons. Any member of the House may introduce a Bill. The maximum life of the House of Commons has been restricted to 5 years since the Parliament Act 1911.

Each session of Parliament is usually opened in the House of Lords. The House of Lords, or the Upper House, consists of hereditary and life peers and top church officials. In the full House of Lords there are some 650 members. The House of Lords is not an elective body. The House of Lords like the Monarch has now lost most of its powers and cannot influence the process of decision-making in Parliament. In practice, the powers of the House of Lords have been truncated to limited revising and delaying functions. It is the House of Commons which is the dominant part of the legislature. The Lords and the Commons began to meet separately some five centuries ago. The House of Lords consists of the Lords “Spiritual and Temporal”. The Lords Spiritual are the two archbishops (Canterbury and York) and twenty-four bishops of the Church of England. The Lords Temporal include peers by hereditary right, peers by virtue of their office (the Law Lords), and Life peers created under the Life Peerage Act, 1958.