Вариант № 8.

1. Перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните в каждом из них глагол — сказуемое, определите его видовременную форму и залог. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The intensity of this process is influenced by many factors.

2. Today many polymeric materials are produced on a massive scale.

3. The research of planets will be developed with the help of cosmic apparatus.

4. The alloys were experimented upon in our lab.

5. An electric bulb for home and office use was invented by Edison.

2. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление формы Perfect (Present, Past) в действительном и страдательном залогах.

1. The construction of the dam has been completed this month.

2. You had finished the experiment by 6 o' clock.

3. She has not seen you for four years.

4. The construction of this house had been completed by the end of the year.

3. Перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните в каждом из них модальный глагол и его эквивалент. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Не was very tired; he had to go to bed.

2. Edison was able to improve telegraph apparatus.

3. You mustn't make notes in the books.

4. They can see all our equipment at the exhibition.

4. Раскройте скобки и поставьте глаголы в соответствующем времени (Future Simple или Present Simple). Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. If you (to be) the first to get there, (to wait) for us.

2. We (to let) you know as soon as we (to make) our decision.

3. When she (to arrive) at the hotel, it (to be) 5 o' clock.

4. She (not/go) away until you (to come) back.

5. Письменно переведите текст «Thomas Alva Edison»

6. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос.

What was his most unusual invention?

1. ... was the force of gravity.

2. ... was the phonograph.

c) ... was the wireless receiving set.

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

Thomas Alva Edison was an American hero in his own time. Edison was a self-made man. He taught himself most of what he knew. And his inventions made life easier for people everywhere.

As a boy, he was full of curiosity¹. He never stopped asking questions about how different things were made or how they worked. For every question, he made experiments to find the answer. By the time he was 12, he was an expert in chemistry and physics.

Thomas Edison may have been the world's greatest inventor. He was granted² more than one thousand patents. His inventions and improvements on other people's inventions made possible many of the things which we take for granted³ in modern life.

Edison invented an electric bulb for home and office use. The electric bulb was much easier to use and gave much more light than gas light or kerosene lamps.

Edison improved early models of the telegraph, telephone and film camera and projector. His most unusual invention, however, was the phonograph. The first words which Edison recorded to be played back on his machine were "Many had a little lamb" - the beginning of a popular nursery rhyme which every English and American child knows by heart. The people who heard the phonograph for the

first time in 1877 were amazed. They could not believe that a machine could: speak.

Edison was interested in many subjects. Throughout his life he studied literature, medicine and music, as well as science.

Once somebody asked Edison how it left be a genius. He answered: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration".

NOTES:

17 curiosity — любознательность

2. to grant — давать, даровать

3. we take for granted — мы принимаем как должное