Вариант 2

1. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие сложные предложения, содержащие придаточные предложения условия.

1. If Peter had been told about the meeting yesterday, he would have attended it.

2. If I were you I should never come here.

3. If you suppose that I am coming with you, you are greatly mistaken.

4. I am sure he won’t be displeased if we take his dictionary.

2. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения, учитывая различия в переводе зависимого и независимого причастных оборотов.

1. There being a severe storm at sea, the steams could not leave port.

2. Our students studying chemistry made a lot of experiments in the university laboratories.

3. Having completed the experiment we could go home.

4. The signal given, the train started.

3. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения, принимая во внимание, что объектный и субъектный инфинитивные обороты большей частью соответствуют придаточным предложениям.

1. Coal is likely to remain one of the most important fuels in industry.

2. We know geology to play an important part in the discovery of coal and other minerals deposits.

3. I suppose him to be about fifty.

4. The water seems to be boiling.

4. Перепишите и письменно переведите текст

Computers

When Charles Babbage, a professor of mathematics at Cambri­dge University, invented the first calculating machine in 1812, be could hardly have imagined the situation we find ourselves in today. Nearly everything we do in the modern world is helped, or even controlled, by computers, the complicated descendants of his simple machine. Computers are being used more and more exten­sively in the world today, for the simple reason that they are far more efficient than human beings. They have much better me­mories and can store huge amounts of information and they can do calculations in a fraction of the time taken by a human mathematician. No man alive can do 500,000 sums in one second, but an advanced computer can. In fact, computers can do many of the things we do, but faster and better. They pay wages, reserve se­ats on planes, control machines in factories, work out tomorrow’s weather, and even play chess, write poetry, or compose music. There are also systems being developed to translate articles from foreign magazines by computer, and to make up many lists of information that are needed in a modern library.

So computers can help us to deal with the knowledge explosi­on in many ways.

5. Перепишите вопросы и дайте письменные ответы.

1. When was the first calculating machine invented?

2. How many sums in one second can computers do?

3. Can computers help us to deal with the knowledge explosion?

4. Computers are being used more and more extensively, aren’t they?

Вариант 3

1. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие сложные предложения, содержащие придаточные предложения условия.

1. We shall be grateful if you send us your catalogue.

2. If I saw my friend tomorrow, I should ask him about it.

3. If he knew English well, he would have translated the article without difficulty yesterday.

4. I could do it if I tried.

2. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения, учитывая различия в переводе зависимого и независимого причастных оборотов.

1. I worked much to pass my entrance examinations, my bother helping me in my work.

2. We have three lectures today, the last being on physics.

3. Having lost the key, he couldn’t enter the room.

4. Having graduated from the Institute they work as engineers in many countries of the world.

3. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения, принимая во внимание, что объектный и субъектный инфинитивные обороты большей частью соответствуют придаточным предложениям.

1. We expected our scientists to convert a computer into industrial engineering laboratories.

2. We wanted him to take it into consideration.

3. Physical, economic and business systems are known to have technical and human aspects.

4. He was said to know several oriental languages.

4. Перепишите и письменно переведите текст

Computers

Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed incredible 50 years ago. Over the past 20 years computers have completely revolutionized our life. Yet we can expect the next 25 years will see as many changes as have been witnessed in the past 150.

Personal computers or simply PCs are a common feature of our life. We use them to do some calculations or prepare a text; we turn to them to present data with the help of graphs or diagrams, or just to relax playing some computer games.

Do you know anything about the Fantasy X22? The Fantasy X22 is a desktop computer. It has a desk drive and a colour monitor. The dimension of the monitor is 14 inches. The main feature of the Fantasy X22 is that it comes with a printer for word processing. The Fantasy X22 is really good and has many advantages. It is compatible with most other machines. There are many programs available for it. They are listed in the catalogue. It has two floppy disk drivers: for 3.5 inch disks and 5.14 inch disks. CD ROM is also available if necessary. The computer has a keyboard of 101 keys. The hard disk has 840 megabyte memory space. The computer has 640K of base memory and eight Mg extend memory.

5. Перепишите вопросы и дайте письменные ответы

1. Have computers revolutionized our life?

2. When do we turn to personal computers?

3. What is the main feature of the Fantasy X22?

4. Are there are many programs available for the Fantasy X22?