Контрольная работа по английскому языку

ВАРИАНТ III

ЗАДАНИЕ 1
Напишите начальную форму слов с учетом орфографических изменений:
1) centuries; 2) enemies; 3) quantities; 4) supplied; 5) combatting; 6) shortest.

ЗАДАНИЕ 2
Переведите следующие словосочетания:
1. River water purification
2. Steam pressure
3. Calculation methods
4. Light emission
5. Public transport improvement  

ЗАДАНИЕ 3
Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на выделенные слова.
1. Plastics find wide application in all branches of industry because of their light weight.
2. Man has always been a builder, as for the kind of house he built it depended upon the climate, upon his enemies arid upon the building materials at hand.
3. It is even more reliable to use instruments, since the most attentive observer can hardly compete with modern automatic devices.
4. Radiochemical techniques are exceedingly delicate because radioactive substances are usually available only in extremely minute qualities.

ЗАДАНИЕ 4
Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на функции инфинитива.
1. То solve this problem you have to make a great number of experiments.
2. The question to be studied in the shortest possible time is very important.
3. Today chemists are to find new methods of inorganic high polymer synthesis.

ЗАДАНИЕ 5
Переведите предложения. Помните, что объектный и субъектный инфинитивные обороты соответствуют придаточным предложениям.
1.Combating against the corrosion of metals is believed to become a key problem in all industrialized countries.
2.We know electrons to flow from the negative terminal of the battery to the positive one.
3.Lightning proved to be a discharge of electricity.
4.New data appeared to be a great importance for the results of this experiment.
5.They watched him approach the station slowly.
6.We know him to be the best student.

ЗАДАНИЕ 6
Прочтите текст и переведите устно 1-й, 2-й  абзацы, письменно - 3-й, 4-й абзацы.

ПОЯСНЕНИЯ К ТЕКСТУ
1.Settlement - поселение
2.То rebel - восставать
3.Contradiction - противоречие
4.Slave - раб
5.Supreme Court - Верховный суд
6.Representative - представитель
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1. The USA is one of the largest countries in the world. It is situated in the central part of the North American Continent. The area of the USA is over nine million square kilometers. It is washed by the Pacific Ocean and by the Atlantic Ocean. The United States of today have developed from the British, German, Italian and other colonial settlements in North America. In the 17th and 18th centuries these colonies supplied their mother countries with raw materials to maintain the development of industry there. England exploited harshly its colonies. Everything was done to prevent the industrial development of those English colonies.
2.When they could stand this no longer, they rebelled against England. Long struggle followed, and in 1783 the colonies succeeded to win their independence. In those days the United States occupied only a narrow strip of land along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Gradually territory grew, and by 1853 it extended to the Pacific Ocean. The contradictions between the capitalist North and slave-owning South led to the Civil war of 1861-1865. In this war the South was defeated and the slaves were freed. As a result of this capitalist economy system began to develop rapidly all over the territory of the United States.
3. The USA is a federal republic. It consists of 50 states. The capital Washington is situated in the District of Columbia and is not in any of the fifty states. The capital was named in honor of the first President, George Washington. The government is divided into three branches: legislative (the US Congress), executive (the President and his Administration) and judicial (the US Supreme Court). The Congress is made up mainly of big business representatives: bankers, industrialists and their lawyers. There are a lot of rich people in the USA. But the life of most coloured people is very difficult. Some Americans live in poverty, many people can’t get work.
4. The USA is a highly developed industrial country. It is rich in mineral resources, such as aluminium, salt, zinc, copper and others. The country is rich in coal, natural gas, gold, silver, iron, oil, etc. Such industries as machine-building and ship-building are highly developed in the USA. American agriculture produces a lot of food: grain, fruit, vegetables. Besides the USA produces more than 52% of the world’s corn, wheat, cotton and tobacco.

ЗАДАНИЕ 7
Ответьте письменно на вопросы по тексту, учитывая типы вопросов.
1.In the 18th century the United States occupied only a narrow strip of land along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, didn't it?
2.Is the USA a federal republic consisting of 50 states?
3.Was the South defeated in the Civil war of 1861-1865 or not?
4.From what colonial settlements have the United States of today developed?
5. What three branches does the US government include?
6. What mineral resources is the USA rich in?