Вариант II

1.Найдите и выпишите из трех слов, находящихся справа то, которое произносится как слово слева.

heel hill hail heal

hire higher high hair

mist mess must missed

one when won own

pail pale pile peel

2. Перепишите предложения, обращая внимание на функции инфинитива.

Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1). То skate is pleasant.

2). Our intention is to charter a steamer immediately.

3). The captain was the last who left the ship.

4). They sent him to Spain to learn Spanish.

3. Перепишите предложения. Подчеркните герундий и причастие I.Укажите их функцию в предложении.

1). Do you enjoy listening to music?

2). We visited a plant producing tractors.

3). Try to avoid reading in a bad light.

4). The rising sun was hidden by the clouds.

5). It's no use crying over spilt milk.

4. Перепишите и переведите на русский язык следующие предложения. Обратите внимание на перевод зависимого и независимого причастных оборотов.

1). We watched him slowly approaching the gate

2). This problem was thought solved.

3) The sun having risen, they continued their way.

4). The signal given, the train started.

5. Перепишите и письменно переведите условные предложения.

1). If the weather is fine tomorrow we shall go picking mushrooms.

2). We should start loading the goods on Monday, if we received the documents

3). If he had known it, he wouldn't have gone there

6. Распределите слова по частям речи.

lighter, worker, strength, eleventh, persistent, experiment.

7. Прочитайте текст. Перепишите и письменно переведите заглавие и абзацы 3,4,5

American Government

1. Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government,is made up of the Senate and the Housa of Representatives.There are 100 Senators, two from each state.

2. The House has 435 members. They are elected every two yearsfor two-year term. The candidate who wins the largest number of votes in a Congressional district during the election is the winner.

3. Congress makes all laws, and each house of Congress has thepower to introduce legislation. Each can also vote against legislation passed by the other because legislation only becomeslaw if both houses agree, compromise between them ia necessary.Congress decidea upon taxes and how money is spent. It regulatescommerce among the states and with foreign countries.

4. The President of the U.S. is elected every four years to afour-year term of office, with no more than two full terms allowed. He is elected directly by the voters (through state election). The President's policies must be approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate before they can become law. The President also appoints the heads of executive departments who serve as long аs the President wants him or her to. When they meet together, they are termed "the President's Cabinet".

5. The third branch of the government, in addition to the legislative (Congress) and executive (President) branches, is thefederal judiciary. Its main instrument is the Supreme Court whichdetermines whether or not laws and acts are in accordance withthe Constitution. The Supreme Court consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices. A decision of the Supreme Court consists be changed neither by the President nor by Congress.

6. The USA has two- party system. The two leading Parties are the Democrats and Republicans. Sometimes, the Democrats are thought of as associated with labour, and the Republicans with business and industry. Republicans also tend to oppose the greater involvement of the federal government in some areas of public life which they consider to be the responsibility of the states. Democrats tend to favor a more active role of the central government in social matter.