8. Прочитать 5-й абзац текста. Выбрать правильный вариант ответа на поставленный вопрос.

What factors will affect agriculture in Great Britain?

1. The burning of bio-mass - in deforestation will affect agriculture in Great Britain.

2. A big increase in tree-growing outside forests and plantations - along roads, in towns, will all affect agriculture in Great Britain.

3. Urban land areas will all affect agriculture in Great Britain.

4. Deforestation, the rising consumption of fossil fuels, and the use of land for livestock with its attendant large carbon footprint, will all affect agriculture in Great Britain.

Вариант 5

1.Переписать и письменно перевести на русский язык следующие предложения. Необходимо помнить, что объектный и субъектный обороты соответствуют придаточным предложениям.

1. We wish you to carry out this research work.

2. We consider all the bodies to consist of atoms.

3. The results were known to be used in many experiments.

4. Job prospects are expected to be favourable for those who want to go into farming.

2. Переписать и письменно перевести на русский язык следующие предложения. Обратить внимание на перевод зависимого и независимого (самостоятельного) причастных оборотов.

1. Applying force, we produce motion.

2. Having done a number of calculations, our astronomers have shown that the basic mass of the galaxies is concentrated outside their visible part.

3. The bridge having been swept away by the flood, the train was late.

4. The sun having set an hour before, it was getting darker.

3. Переписать и письменно перевести на русский язык предложения. Обратить внимание на перевод условных предложений.

1. If you are late again, I will have to fire you.

2. We will have a hike if the weather is fine.

3. If I were you I wouldn’t poke my nose everywhere.

4. If you had gone to bed in time you wouldn’t have overslept your interview.

4. Переписать фразы и перевести их с помощью определительных придаточных предложений.

1. The devices to be used in this experiment will be very effective.

2. The new computers to be used at our plants will help an industrial engineer in his work.

3. The aim of our research was to discover new sources of energy to supply the plants to be constructed in this region.

4. Andrew was the third to go in for the interview.

5. Переписать и письменно перевести следующие предложения, подчеркнуть герундиальный оборот.

1. The constructor informed us of establishing a new record of nonstop flight.

2. We know of copper having been used as a conductor owing to its characteristics.

3. Have you heard of control devices being used for controlling the manufacture of some industrial processes?

4. She does not know of my having lived in Leningrad.

6.Переписать и письменно перевести следующие предложения, обращая внимание на перевод сослагательного наклонения.

1. I should have listened to you. I wish I’d take your advice.

2. What I said was stupid. I wish I hadn’t said anything.

3. Would he mind if I borrowed his bicycle without asking him?

4. If there were no television, people would go out more.

7. Прочитайте и устно переведите текст. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-й абзацы.

AgriScot - The UK's No 1 Farm Business Event

1. AgriScot, now widely regarded as one of the premier events in UK agriculture, continues to develop its appeal to all sectors of the industry, both to the trade and to a wide cross section of farmers eager to seek out the products, services, advice and information necessary for their farming businesses. Those seeking answers to the myriad of questions on their own circumstances will find them at Scotland’s Farm Business Event where the best commercial and technical advice is on offer.

2. The Lowland Machinery Hall is the Country’s largest winter display of machinery where visitors will be able to view the latest developments in farm hardware and technology from the latest tractors to equipment for both arable and livestock farms.

3. New technology is needed for areas with shortages of land or water, or with particular problems of soil or climate. These are frequently areas with a high concentration of poor people, where such technology could play a key role in improving food security.

4. Productivity increases are still vital, but must be combined with environmental protection or restoration, while new technologies must be both affordable to the needs of the poor and undernourished.

5. Biotechnology offers promise as a means of improving food security and reducing pressures on the environment, provided the perceived environ-mental threats from biotechnology itself are addressed.

6. However, the widespread use of genetically modified varieties will depend on whether or not food safety and environmental concerns can be adequately addressed.

7. Meanwhile, other promising technologies have emerged that combine increased production with improved environmental protection. These include no-till or conservation agriculture, and the lower-input approaches of integrated pest or nutrient management and organic agriculture.