Вариант № 3
I. Перепишите следующие сложноподчиненные предложения, подчеркните в них придаточные и укажите, являются ли они дополнительными (Д) или определительными (О).
1) The new materials Russian chemists develop are very important for space technology.
2) The new student asks when our lectures will begin.
3) The atomic weight of an atom is the number of protons and neutrons it contains.
II. Перепишите и переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на правило согласования времен в английском языке.
1) We asked him whether it was possible to learn a foreign language in such a short time.
2) The operator told that the metal would be obtained directly in electric furnaces.
3) We knew that German chemists had obtained nylon in 1938.
III. Перепишите следующие предложения, выпишите из них причастия, определите их форму и функцию в предложении. Переведите предложения на русский язык.
1) Some of the effects produced by electric current are discussed in the following chapter.
2) While working at a new transmitter for deaf people Bell invented a telephone.
3) Physics is a science dealing with phenomena of matter and energy.
IV. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык предложения с независимым причастным оборотом.
1) The report being very interesting, everybody listened to the speaker attentively.
2) The workers increased the output of measuring instruments, new devices having been applied in all the shops of the plant.
3) Personal computers being used for many purposes, scientists go on improving their characteristics.
V. Перепишите и письменно переведите следующий текст.
THE MOON
The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth, and on the average it is 384,400 km. As the Moon moves along its elliptic orbit, the distance varies from 354,000 to 406,000 km. The Moon’s diameter is 3,476 km., a quarter of that of our planet.
The Moon keeps the same side turned towards the Earth; therefore we can see only one side of the Moon. In 1959 for the first time in history pictures were taken of the far side of the Moon. Today the view of the Moon is obtained with the help of a series of automatic lunar stations. The photos and panoramas have shown that the surface of the Moon is uneven and rugged, with many hills and cavities like volcanic craters. Man’s knowledge of the Moon is rapidly progressing, new data being constantly reported; all of them are subjected to careful analysis.
The Moon is devoid of atmosphere or water. Because of the absence of the atmosphere the temperature changes there are very great.
The mutual attraction of the Moon and the Earth for one another is accounted for by the force of gravitation. On the one hand, the tides in the oceans are the results of the Moon’s gravitational pull on the Earth; on the other hand, the Earth’s gravitational attraction has created a permanent bulge on the side of the Moon facing the Earth which is increased when the Moon is closest to the Earth and reduced when the Moon is most distant.