Comprehensive check

Task 1. Find words in the text that mean:

1. A big city with the high quantity of population.

2. Too many people living in one place.

3. A gas or vapour/ vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale. It can be produced by cars.

4. A place where a person works.

5. A very dangerous disease with high temperature characterized by different compliations.

6. The condition of being well or free from diseases.

7. A cloud of dirty air from cars, factories, etc., that is usually found in cities.

8. A person living somewhere.

9. Our inner system protecting us from viruses.

10. The injection of a killed microbe in order to stimulate the immune system against the microbe, thereby preventing disease.

Task 2. Match the beginning and the end of each sentence using information from the text.

Since the industrial revolution the world … A press release from the Department of Health is not necessary … As people in a residential community living in close quarters, … The residents of New York City have a viable reason to be concerned not only about poisons in the air, … Water pollution is especially hazardous … Biologically manufactured chemicals escalate the problem of keeping water supplies … In NYC a simple virus like the flu can cause widespread health problems due to … When water is collected in a pool and remains still, …

… New York citizens are more susceptible to the passing on and catching of contagious diseases … but also about the quality of their water reservoirs. … the nature of the communities and the population. … has witnessed the fast expansion of its metropolises. … in reservoir free of poisons. … because fresh water is an essential element for human life to continue. … opportunistic organisms like algae and mosquitoes have a chance to breed. … to let New Yorkers know that their home is hazardous to their health. … to spray and try and get rid of any standing water where mosquitoes can breed.

Language activity

Task 3. Fill in the blank with the following words:

Situation, illnesses, from, of, main, poisoned, connected, areas, analysis, vanished

Since 1961 … (1) the structure of Mosow’s fauna 23 kinds have … (2), first of all, by availability in borders of the city large forests and park of missives, bounded with forests and parks by a protective belt. The … (3) of thermal anomalies has shown, that the … (4) with positive highly and medium contrast by thermal anomalies (temperature rise above background more than 10C) are … (5) with industrial objects and intensive thermal outflow from underground of the water carrying communications. The … (6) water from underground carrying the … (7) communications is connected with the changes … (8) temperature schedule of underground waters. The ecological analysis has shown that 80% of … (9) have arisen in a result of the bad ecological … (10) in Moscow.

Task 4. Translate into Russian paying attention to Participle I.

1. The student standing at the window is my sister.

2. Having been sent to the wrong address the email didn’t reach him.

3. He sat at the desk thinking.

4. The engineer came up to us breathing heavily.

5. Having read the book, I gave it to my groupmate.

6. The large building being built in our street is a new bank.

7. Having finished the experiment, the students left the laboratory.

8. Being busy he postponed his trip.

9. Having been built of concrete the house was always cold in winter.

Task 5. Choose the right form of the Participle.

1. The (breaking/ broken) dishes lay on the floor.

2. The (trembling/ trembled) children were given a blanket for warmth.

3. The (exciting/ excited) passengers jumped into the lifeboats when notified that the ship was sinking.

4. The (smiling/ smiled) Mona Lisa is on display in the Louvre in Paris.

5. The wind made such (frightening/ frightened) noises that the children ran to their parents’ room.

6. The (frightening/ frightened) hostages only wanted to be left alone.

7. The (boring/ bored) lecture got the students to sleep.

8. (Freezing/ frozen) food is often easier to prepare than fresh food.

9. The (cleaning/ cleaned) shoes were placed in the sun to dry.

10. We found it difficult to get through the (closing/ closed) door without a key.

11. As we entered the (crowding/ crowded) room, I noticed my cousins.