Задание 1
Укажитеномера предложений, в которых окончание “-s” является показателем:a)множественного числа имени существительного; b) притяжательного падежа именисуществительного; c) глагола в 3-м лице ед. числа Present Simple.
1. All Belarusian citizens are equalbefore the law, they enjoy equal rights and equal duties.
2. The Belarus’s population is lessthan 10 million now.
3. Their laboratoryoccupies a separate part of the building.
Ответ:
Окончание”-s” является показателем множественного числа имени существительногодля следующего предложения:
1. All Belarusian citizens are equal before the law, they enjoyequal rights and equal duties.
Окончание”-s” является показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительногодля следующего предложения:
2. The Belarus’s population is lessthan 10 million now.
Окончание”-s” является показателем глагола в 3-м лице ед. числа Present Simple для следующегопредложения:
3. Their laboratoryoccupies a separate part of the building.
Задание 2
Укажите номера предложений, в которых указательныеместоимения this, these, that, those выступают как заместителиранее упомянутых существительных. Назовите эти существительные.
1. Natural rubber is of higher qualitythan that produced artificially.
2. These factors taken together ensurehigh production efficiency.
3. The pictures painted by Rembrantand those painted by Rubens have very little in common.
Ответ:
1 — rubber
3 — picturesЗадание 3
Укажите номера предложений, в которых встречаютсясравнительные конструкции, имеющие значение: a) такой же, … как; b) не такой, … как;
с) чем; d) чем … тем.
1. On behalf of their nations theleaders of European countries, the United States and Canada declared in Helsinkiin the summer of 1975 that their countries will encourage the expansion of tradeon as broad a multilateral basis as possible.
2. The better a region is surveyed,the more reliable its potential deposits of raw materials and the better its economicprospects.
3. In Siberia highways are not soeconomically effective as a railway since motor transport over such long distancesmeans vast fuel expenditure.
4. There is more water in Lake Baikalthan in the Baltic Sea.
Ответ:
a)- 1
b)- 3
с) — 4
d)- 2
Задание 4
Read the text. Then read thetitles. Which of the following titles is the best?
a) Radio and Electronic Devices.
b) Radio Waves.
c) The Birth of Radio.
d) Radio and TV.
1. Today we don’t think twice when we turn on the radio, butwhen a 21-year-old Italian invented it over 100 years ago no one could believe theirears.
2. One day in 1895 in Bologna, Italy, an Italian engineer sentthe world’s first radio signal. Using a simple radio transmitter and a receiver,he sent a signal from his attic room to his brother who was hidden in a field akilometer away.1 ____. The Italian government showed no interest in young Marconi’sinvention, but his mother believed he had a good idea. So in February of the followingyear, she sent him to England to meet her cousin who was an important engineer.2____.
3. In England this engineer and his cousin were joined by twoother inventors. In 1897 he formed the Wireless Telegraph Company in London andstarted to transmit simple radio signals over long distances. In 1899 he sent thefirst wireless telegraph across the English Channel to France.3 ____.
4. He had always believed that radio waves could travel roundthe curve of the earth. By 1901 he had improved his radio system so much that on12th December he astonished the world by sending the first radio signalsacross the Atlantic Ocean.
4 ____. Hissystem was soon adopted by the British and Italian navies. From now on, his companyhad the monopoly of wireless communication and he became a multi-millionaire.
5. This engineer is one of the key figures of the twentiethcentury. He even recognized the military importance of radar and thought of theidea of sending radio signals out into space. When he died in 1937, wireless stationsall over the world closed down for two minutes as a mark of respect. He made onlyone big mistake.
5 ____.
Ответ:
4. — с)
Задание 5
Read the text again. Choose the best sentence from the listbelow to complete each gap.
a) They were transmitted from Poldhu in Cornwall, and were received3,520 kilometres away in St John’s, Newfoundland, using an aerial flown in the airby a kite.
b) When his brother received the signal he fired a gun.
c) He thought that television would never become popular.
d) This meant that ships were now able to send messages fromship to shore if they were in distress.
e) It was a journey that would change the world.
Ответ:
1. — b)
2. — e)
3. — a)
4. — d)
5. — c)
Задание 6
Choose the best answer to these questions according to the text.
1. Who invented the radio?
a) a French engineer,
b) an American engineer,
c) an Italian engineer.
2. What was the Italian government’s attitude towards this invention?
a) The Italian government was interestedin this invention.
b) The Italian government didn’tbelieve that this invention was very useful.
c) The Italian government wasn’tinterested in this invention.
3. Who helped this Italian engineer to continue his work?
a) American engineers,
b) His cousin and two other inventors,
c) Italian scientists.
4. Why was this invention so important for the British and Italiannavies?
a) Because it was very cheap.
b) Because it helped the ships tosend messages from ship to shore if they were in danger or difficulty.
c) Because they wanted to use itagainst the USA navy.
5. What was the only mistake made by the inventor?
a) He didn’t recognize the importanceof radar.
b) He didn’t recognize the importanceof telegraph.
c) He didn’t recognize the importanceof television.
Ответ:
1. — с)
2. — с)
3. — b)
4. — b)
5. — c)
Задание 7
Translate paragraphs 2 and 3 into Russian.
Ответ:
2. Однаждыв 1895 в Болонье, Италия, итальянский инженер послал первый в мире радиосигнал.Используя простой радиопередатчик и приемник, он с чердака отправил сигнал брату,который спрятался в поле на расстоянии километра. Когда его брат получил сигнал,он произвёл выстрел. Итальянское правительство не проявило никакого интереса к изобретениюмолодого Маркони, но его мать верила, что у него родилась хорошая идея. Так, в февралеследующего года она отправила его в Англию, чтобы он встретился с ее двоюроднымбратом, который был важным инженером. Это было путешествие, которому было сужденоизменить мир.
3. В Англии к этому инженеру и егокузену присоединились два других изобретателя. В 1897 в Лондоне он образовал ТелеграфнуюКомпанию и начал пересылать простые радиосигналы на длинные расстояния. В 1899 онотправил первую телеграмму через Ла-Манш во Францию.