VII. Ответьте письменно на следующие вопросы к тексту.

1. Where is the USA situated?

2. Does the USA include Alaska?

3. Is the USA a highly developed country?

4. Who is the head of the state and the government?

5. How many political parties are there in the USA?

VIII. Поставьте вопросы к подчеркнутым словам в письменной форме (см. Образец 4).

1. The U.K. has deposits of zinc, gas, oil, chalk, iron ore and lead .

2. Winter temperature in Great Britain seldom falls below zero.

3. The red stripes on the flag of the USA proclaim courage, the white stripes proclaim liberty and the field of blue stands for loyalty.

Вариант 3

1. Перепишите данные ниже предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи является слово с окончанием -s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет в предложении, т. е. служит ли оно:

а) показателем 3 лица единственного числа в Present Indefinite

б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного (см. образец выполнения 1).

Письменно переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. These urgent measures can stop the crisis.

2. The supervisor regards him as his powerful ally.

3. The Thimes has reported the US mortgage crisis.

4. The English often grumble about the weather but you should not pay much attention to an Englishman’s complaints about his own climate.

5. Londoners like to get out of town on Sundays.

П. Перепишите следующие предложения и письменно переведите их, учитывая особенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным (см. образец выполнения 2).

1. Traffic noises are very harmful, so there are special silensers that are fitted in petrol and diesel engines.

2. The Volgograd State Technical University trains specialists in different engineering fields.

3. A well-known architect told us about the master- plan of construction of Volgograd.

4. The protection of the climate and biodiversity may be realized through political decisions, such as, taxation measures, for example, forced reductions in carbon dioxide emissions or by passing national laws to stop release of destructive gases to the ozone layer.

5. The creation of the personal computer industry will allow a lot of problems in culture and education to be solved.

III. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, и письменно переведите их на русский язык.

1. The more we study, the more we know. The more we know, the more we forget. The more we forget, the less we know. The less we know, the less we forget. The less we forget, the more we know. So why study?

2. East or West, home is best.

3. Better late than never.

4. Travelling is the best way of learning a lot of foreign countries and helpful in learning foreign languages as the quickest way toacquire practical skills of speaking and understanding foreign speech.

5. When you do healthful things your body and your mind become

stronger