Вариант №9

Задание № 1. Прочтите текст и письменно переведите на русский язык:

SMART STUFF

1. Increasingly over the last few years, we have become familiar with the range of small electronic gadgets that come under the heading 'smart' accessories. Joggers, for example, run with heart-rate monitors, and shop assistants carry pocket-sized computers but these are just the first examples of a whole range of new products that promises to change our lives in all sorts of surprising ways.

2. As a scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, Rosalind Picard tries out all kinds of smart accessories before they go on the market. One of these was the so-called “frown headband”. It came as a shock to Rosalind to realize just how often she frowned. Stuck in a traffic jam recently, waiting for the cars to move forward, Rosalind kept hearing the sounds of the tiny sensor inside the band worn around her forehead - each time she frowned in frustration, the sensor gave out a signal.

3. Headlands that check facial expressions are just one of the things she and her colleagues have designed. Their aim is to make ready-to-wear items that both look good and give the wearer useful feedback. Body sensors, like those in Rosalind's headband, can detect physical changes that the wearer might not otherwise be aware of. Hidden inside watches, rings or shoes, these sensors can check for signs of stress, give information and offer advice.

4. Another computer scientist, Steven Feiner, is working on a pair of glasses that will do more than help you to see. Imagine you want to try a restaurant in a foreign city but you're not familiar with the dishes on the menu. If you are wearing a pair of Steven's glasses, all you have to do is glance above the restaurant's doorway and your glasses will immediately become windows to the Internet, offering you full details of the meals served inside. Are you one of those people who lack confidence when giving a talk to an audience? Look to the right and the glasses will flash your notes in front of your eyes. They could also prove useful for cooks who want to check a recipe without leaving sticky fingermarks all over their cookery books.

5. At the moment, Steven's invention looks more like a pair of ski goggles than a pair of glasses. It's a headset connected to a hand-held computer and a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, which tracks the wearer's position. Students who don’t mind being stared at have tried out the Star Trek-like device on campus. But Steven says that these head-worn displays will eventually get smaller, lighter and smarter as technology improves. As they will be relatively cheap, he foresees them replacing the notebooks and manuals that workers have to carry. He predicts that they will be useful to surgeons, giving them instant access to a patient's medical notes while carrying out operations.

6. And, of course, this new technology has a fashionable as well as a useful application. A chemical engineer named Robert Langer has invented a new microchip that, if put inside a ring, can give off different scents according to a person's mood. That, of course, may or may not appeal to you. And, in the end, it is shoppers, not scientists, who will determine which of. These smart accessories will succeed as fashionable items and which are destined to join history's long list of crazy inventions. Steven Feiner, concerned that vanity may prevent some people from wearing his glasses, is already working on the idea of contact lenses with the same features.

7. It is clear, however, that as small computer displays get brighter and cheaper, they will pop up in all sorts of easily-wearable accessories, even in the buttons on your coat. What's more, this is something that's going to happen a lot sooner than we all expect.

Задание № 2. Ответьте письменно на вопросы:

1. What is the writer’s view of Robert Langer’s invention?

2. What does the writer think about “smart” accessories?

3. What is the current problem with Steven’s glasses?

4. Whose idea for a smart device seems to be the best?

5. What devices mentioned in the text could improve your life?

Задание № 3. Прочтите и переведите текст на русский язык, раскройте скобки, употребив выделенные глаголы в нужной видовременной форме:

THE WAY IT WAS

Today the police (be) able to make use of all kinds of scientific and technological aids in their fight against crime. This (be) not always the case, however. In the early days of the British police force, during the nineteenth century, the police officer’s whistle (be) his main way of calling for help if he (get) into difficulty. Gradually, in the twentieth century, things (begin) to improve. Those police officers lucky enough to be given a patrol car rather than a bicycle (can) also take advantage of radio communications.

In 1903, a new system for identifying people by their fingerprints (be discover). Although it soon (prove) to be one of the most significant developments in crime investigation, a search of the national fingerprint collection (can) take days, if not weeks, until computers (be introduce) in the 1970s.

Задание № 4. Заполните пропуски в предложениях предлогами места, времени и движения:

1. …… weekends, we often go for long walks …. the country.

2. I’ve been invited …. a wedding …. 14 February.

3. My car is being repaired … the garage. It will be ready …. two hours.

4. It took me a long time to find a job. …. the end I got a job …. a hotel.

5. I wasn’t sure whether I had come …. the right office. There was no name … the door.

6. My brother lives … a small village …. the south-west of England.

7. My office is …. the top floor. It’s …. the left as you come out of the lift.

8. I wasn’t …. when you phoned. I was … my sister’s house.

9. My train arrives … 11.30. Can you meet me … the station.

10. Have you ever been … China?

Задание № 5. В предложениях вставьте правильные предлоги после глаголов и прилагательных. В некоторых случаях предлог не требуется:

1. Why are you always so rude … your parents? Can’t you be nice … them?

2. I’ve been trying to learn English, but I’m not very satisfied …. my progress.

3. Helen works hard and she’s extremely good … her job.

4. I look stupid with this haircut. Everybody will laugh … me.

5. Why didn’t you answer …. my letter?

6. I explained … everybody the reasons for my decisions.

7. I saw Sue as I was cycling along the road. I shouted … her, but she didn’t hear me.

8. Don’t listen …. what he says. He doesn’t know what he’s talking ….. .

9. I couldn’t find the street I was looking …, so I stopped someone to ask … directions.

10. I don’t want to discuss … what happened last night. Let’s forget it.

Задание № 6. Напишите нижеприведенные предложения в вопросительной и отрицательной форме:

1. My friend locked himself out of his house yesterday.

2. My sister wears such strange fashions that everyone stares at her when she walks down the street.

3. We used to live in a small village, but now we live in London.

4. Your friend has won some money.

5. We were going to travel by train, but then we decided to go by car instead.

6. We managed to find the restaurant you recommended.

7. He has to get up at four.

8. The bus was late again.

9. There’s a lift in the building.

10. You missed a great party last night.

Задание № 7. Заполните пропуски в предложениях, употребляя составные предлоги и составные союзы в скобках, и переведите предложения на русский язык: (although, in spite of, as long as, because, because of, instead of, thanks to, due to, according to).

1. The work is going on ….. the schedule.

2. ….. the establishment of new bus routes the passenger service in the city was improved.

3. Who can repair the car … him?

4. ….. computers we can process information millions times quicker.

5. ….. it rained a lot, we enjoyed our holiday.

6. I went home ….. I was feeling unwell.

7. She only accepted the job … the salary, which was very high.

8. I managed to get to sleep …. there was a lot of noise.

9. ….. having very little money, they are happy.

10. I don’t mind if you come home late …. you come in quietly.

Задание № 8. Выберите из данных глаголов (а-d) тот, который больше всего подходит к данному предложению:

1. They would be offended if I ….. to the party.

1. Would go b) go c) will go d) didn’t go

2. If you took more exercise, you …… better.

1. Would feel b) feel c) will feel d) felt

3) What …. you do if you won a lot of money.

a) do b) did c) would d) are

4) If you … hard at your English you will pass your exam well.

a) works b) work c) will work d) worked

5. If I were you I ……. .

1. Agree b) don’t agree c) wouldn’t agree d) will agree

6. If we ….. new methods, we would have saved a lot of time.

1. Had used b) uses c) doesn’t use d) had been used

7. If you help me, I …. the engine in an hour.

1. Repair b) repaired c) will repair d) don’t repair

8. If I ….. you, I’d see a doctor.

1. Am b) are c) will be d) were

9. If you park here, you …. be find.

1. Are b) will c) was d) don’t

Задание № 9. Переведите предложения на английский язык:

1. Главный недостаток нового дизайна – его высокая, стоимость.

2. Его изобретение было признано во многих странах.

3. Если вы пойдете быстрее вы доберетесь туда через два часа.

4. Одним из главных достоинств этого самолета является его очень высокая скорость.

5. Я считал, что эта была хорошая идея, но он не согласился.

6. Если ты увидишь его сегодня вечером, скажи ему, что я хочу с ним поговорить.

7. Если ты мне одолжишь свою машину, я приеду на работу вовремя.

8. Если бы он пришел вчера, я бы попросила его помочь нам.

9. Что бы вы сделали завтра, если бы были свободны?

10. Если ты будешь шуметь, ты разбудишь ребенка.

Задание № 10. Употребите слова в скобках в необходимой по контексту грамматической форме и заполните пропуски в предложениях полученными словами:

SCIENCE 2002

‘Science 2014’ is the name given to an (IMAGINE) development which aims to make (SCIENCE) and technological developments exciting, even to people who thought they were (INTEREST) in the subject. As well as its main permanent (EXHIBIT), there is also a changing (SELECT) of educational programmes, such as sessions for schools and colleges, and adult (TRAIN) courses. Everyone can share the (EXCITE) of experiment and discovery. Even (EXPERIENCE) visitors can carry out simple experiments with the help of (SPECIAL), who are always available to give them all the (PRACTICE) advice and guidance they need. What’s more, the friendly staff are keen to provide a welcoming atmosphere.