Вариант №6

I. Перепишите предложения. Определите граммати­ческое значение слов, имеющих окончание -s, -‘s, -s’ (часть речи, падеж, число, лицо, время - cм. образец выполнения.). Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The laser's most important potential may be its use in commu­nications.

2. Gravitation makes the satellites move around the Earth.

3. Radio electronics makes possible to perform the meas­urements.

4. This scientist's report was the best at the confer­ence.

5. These scientists’ articles will be published in the next issue of the journal.

II. Перепишите предложения. Определите в каждом из них видовременную форму сказуемого и переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Faraday himself made a machine, which could generate electricity.

2. Scientists announce about many technical problems every year.

3. This research required attention.

4. The results of these experiments will be published in a scientific journal.

5. Computers are being used more and more extensively in the world today.

III. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные степени сравнения прилагательных и/или наречий и переведите их на русский язык:

1. The faster the molecules of substance move the higher is the temperature of it.

2. One of the most promising research is the development of power stations.

3. If you make even the smallest mistake in the program you can't find the answer.

4. There are several advantages in making computers as small as possible.

5. The efficiency of lightwave systems is perhaps their most important quality.

IV. a) Перепишите и переведите предложения, обратите внимание на особенности перевода сказуемого в пассивном залоге.

1. Different transmitters are used in a system television.

2. This article was written by him for the conference.

3. The lecturer was listened to with great attention.

4. The discovery of radium was followed by other important inventions.

5. After a new device had been tested it was installed in our laboratory.

b) Преобразуйте предложения, употребив вместо действительного залога страдательный:

1. He improved his device a week ago.

2. The computer can perform different mathematical operations.

V. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на значение слов ‘it’, ‘one’, ‘that’ в различных функциях.

1. It is evident that research is becoming more specialized now.

2. It is the invention of an engine that started the first industrial revolution.

3. The education in Oxford and Cambridge is different in many ways from that in other countries.

4. Due to radioactive elements one can measure the thickness of various materials.

5. It was radioelectronics that produced cybernetics and nuclear physics.

VI. Переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на значение модального глагола и/или его эквивалента.

1. This article must be translated without a dictionary.

2. Crystals may be used in various fields of industry.

3. You can watch several programs simultaneously on miniscreens and then produce one of them in full format.

4. Very difficult calculations in mathematics and elect­rical engineering have to be solved by computers.

5. Electronic machines can add, subtract, multiply and divide much quicker than man.

VII. Перепишите и письменно переведите текст

Television

Hundreds of people were the first to see the black-white pictures on TV at the World's Fair in New York in 1939. The pictures were only transmitted from one side of the Fair territory to the other, but they were of great historical importance.

Within a few days the news of television spread all over the world. Many people wanted to look at the new invention. Everyone was interested in it. But only few people had TV-sets in the next few years. In 1958 there were millions of them.

In its short history television has had great influence on people’s life and way of thinking. People watched fewer films and turned from newspapers and magazines to TV. The boundaries of time and space have disappeared. People are able to see any concerts, football matches and competitions at the time they occur.

At present TV communication is provided with the help of system of artificial earth satellites so that people living in dif­ferent parts of the country and in different time zones are able to watch the central TV programs at the most convenient hours.

Nowadays many people also have cable TV, a system using wires for the transmission of television programs (like telephone calls). Cable tele­vision was a big step forward in the TV development made by the mid -1980s. Scientists announced that many technical problems had been solved and in the future it would be possible via satellite and cable TV to use more channels on a TV set at every home in the world.

The next major advance for TV would be digital television. In a digital system the usual continuous signal is replaced by a digital code containing information on brightness, colour, etc.

By the end of 1980s television had moved to a new and most important stage in its development since the appearance of colour television. Technically it is called high-definition television (HDTV) or Hi-Vision. Japanese manufacturers developed a new video system with a picture resembling a wide-screen film more than traditional television. This is a television of the 21-st century and it will likely find its application not only in homes, but also in industry, medicine, even film production.

VIII. Выпишите из текста предложения с глаголом в Past Perfect Active и Past Perfect Passive.