2. Согласитесь со следующими утверждениями или опровергните их (по тексту задания №1).

Образец: 1. Scotland Yard was created in 1829.

I agree.

2. Scotland Yard was created in 1929.

I disagree. Scotland Yard was created in 1929.

1) Crime is predominantly an activity of the aged. 2) The peak period for involvement in minor property crime is advanced age. 3) For involvement in more serious crimes the peak age is awkward age. 4) Criminality tends to decline after the age of 90. 5) The decline of criminality after the age of 30 is an unnatural effect of aging. 6) The decline of criminality after the age of 30 is the consequence of taking on family burden. 7) The decline of criminality after the age of 30 is the effect of experiencing simultaneously contradictory feelings towards relatives. 8) All types of crime are subject to decline with aging. 9) Older men commit bank robbery and hijacking. 10) Sudden crimes of violence may occur at baby age. 11) Criminality is not closely associated with social origin. 12) Criminality is closely associated with pains of unknown origin.

3. Запишите форму множественного числа существительных.

A knife, a tree, a tape, a city, a mouse.

4. Заполните пропуски артиклями, если это необходимо.

I was sitting outside … small, cozy cafeteria overlooking … Pacific Ocean, when … young man came in and sat by my side. … man looked very elegant in his soft gray suit.

5. Определите время, в котором использованы глаголы, в следующих предложениях.

5.1. He has been writing letter for two hours.

5.2. Mike usually doesn’t work much but now he’s working very hard preparing for the control test.

5.3. Katrina speaks on the foreign language. Just now he’s speaking Spanish on the phone.

6. Переведите предложения на английский язык, употребляя Present Indefinite, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous.

6.1. Завод производит автомобили (вообще).

6.2. Завод производит автомобили (сейчас).

6.3. Завод произвел 3 тысячи автомобилей (на сегодняшний день).

6.4. Завод производит автомобили с 1950.

7. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present, Past или Future Passive.

1. Tea (to drink) every day.

2. The letter (to receive) next week.

3. Nick (to send) to Moscow yesterday.

4. He (to ask) at the lesson last Friday.

5. I (to give) a very interesting book at the library soon.

Вариант XXIV

1.Переведите текст, используя словарь. Запишите перевод.

Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard is located south of St. James's Park in Westminster. The original headquarters of Scotland Yard were in Whitehall (the street in London where many of the government departments are). Scotland Yard was so named because it was part of a medieval palace (Whitehall Palace) that had housed Scottish royalty when the latter were in London on visits. The London police force was created in 1829 by an act introduced in Parliament by the home secretary, Sir Robert Peel (hence the nicknames "bobbies" and "peelers" for policemen). The Metropolitan Police's duties are the detection and prevention of crime, the preservation of public order, the supervision of road traffic, and the licensing of public vehicles. The administrative head of Scotland Yard is the commissioner, who is appointed by the crown on the recommendation of the home secretary. Beneath the commissioner are various assistant commissioners overseeing such operations as administration, traffic and transport, criminal investigation and police recruitment and training. Scotland Yard set up its Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in 1878. The CID initially was a small force of plainclothes detectives who gathered information on criminal activities. Criminal Investigation Department deals with all aspects of criminal investigation and includes the fingerprint and photography sections, the Fraud Squad (the department in the British police force that examines fraud in business), the Flying Squad (a special group of police officers in Britain whose job is to travel quickly to the place where there has been a serious crime), the metropolitan police laboratory, and the detective-training school. Scotland Yard keeps extensive files on all known criminals in the United Kingdom. It also has a special branch of police who guard visiting dignitaries, royalty, and statesmen. Finally, Scotland Yard is responsible for maintaining links between British law-enforcement agencies and Interpol.

Scotland Yard - традиционное название Столичной полиции (London Metropolitan Police); metropolitan - столичный; headquarters - штаб-квартира; house [hauz] - приютить; peeler - a special type of knife for removing the skin from fruit or vegetables; detection - расследование; commissioner [ka'mijana] - комиссар; oversee - надзирать; criminal investigation - уголовное расследование; fraud [fn:d] - мошенничество; squad [skwad] - взвод, отряд; file - картотека; dignitary ['dignitari] - someone who has an important official position; law enforcement agency - полицейский орган; правоприменяющий орган; enforce law - применить закон.