Exercises

1. Переведите на русский язык

To offer access to something, to take classes online, to collaborate with one’s peers, a viable option, on a minor scale, extracurricular activities, learning opportunities, virtual universities, long distance learning, to become socially isolated, to take dominant role, educational system.

2. Соотнесите слова с их значениями.

1. to commute a) the price or payment for the instruction

2. peer b) a way things are arranged so that the public can reach, use,

enter, approach something

3. tuition c) most noticeable or important

4. extracurricular activities d) to travel a long distance every day to get to work (to school)

5. to afford e) to make or become smaller in amount

6. access to something f) a formal word meaning someone who has the same

background or position in society as you

7. dominant g) something necessary or useful for doing one’s job

8. to lower h) to be present at, go to

9. to attend i) be able to buy or pay for without serious loss

10. tool j) activities (such as sports, music, etc) not included in the

curriculum in school or college

3. Измените прямую речь в косвенную, соблюдая правило согласования времён.

1. My sister said to me, “Turn off the TV-set.” 2. Grandfather said, “I will be taken to hospital on Monday.” 3. My brother said, “My friend does not want to study French at all.” 4. Ben said, “I was calling you the whole evening.” 5. Andrew said, “I thought my friend would to the football match.” 6. Ann said, “I have to leave now because my mother needs my help.” 7. Mike said, “Let’s go to the stadium, Nick.” 8. He asked me, “Where will George go for holidays?” 9. He said to me, “Pete will enter the University when he leaves school.” 10. He said, “There are a lot of green trees in the South, aren’t there?” 11. Fred asked me, “What subjects were taught at your school?”

4. Вставьте подходящие по смыслу слова в предложения и переведите их.

tool, chatroom, to communicate, according to, educational, to lower, dominant, access, tuition, to afford.

1. My ex-husband has … to the children at weekends. 2. The king was just the … of the military government. 3. Students` grants cover their … fees. 4. We will be paid … to the amount of work we do. 5. Blue is the … colour in his later paintings. 6. Deaf people use sign language to … . 7. Thanks to the success of the business, we can … a holiday this year. 8. Jerry was visiting schools and other … establishments in the area. 9. Only two hours later they realized that they were writing to each other in the same … . 10. They … the price from 15 dollars to 10.

5. Употребите глагол в скобках в нужном времени страдательного залога, соблюдая правило согласования времён.

1. 1. He said that his son (to be interested) in physics since his childhood. 2 Fred asked me what language (to be taught) at school. 3. They say the main properties (to be determined) when the experiment (to be finished). 4. Father said that all the necessary information (to be stored) in the computer now. 5. The teacher said that your report (to be published) by the beginning of the conference. 6. The professor said that the positive results (to be obtained) when a new device was installed. 7. He wondered if a lot of fruit trees (to be grown) in our garden. 8. He asked me if I (to be informed) Ben (to be sent) for New York. 9. George explained that his mother (to be taken) to hospital. 10. I asked my friend why he (not to be shown) to the doctor.

6. Поставьте глаголы в Past Perfect Tense или в Past Continuous Tense

1. When we (finish) dinner, Susan took the dishes away. 2. The tower clock chimed two o’clock while Aunt Polly (eat) her dinner. 4. As Mike (walk) the street, Mr. Brown went by. 5. I remembered Tom (bring) a box of chocolate for you. 6. The dog opened its mouth, just as if it (talk). 7. Peter told us he (buy) two new suits. 8. While the soldiers (march), the rain began to fall. 9. John said to me that he (ask) a friend to come for a chat. 10. I did not know Shakespeare (write) more than thirty plays. 11.The children (work) hard yesterday morning.

7. Вставьте правильные предлоги или наречия. Переведите устно предложения на русский язык.

1. If you are not sure how to spell a word, look it … in the dictionary. 2. Who’s going to look …… the dog while you’re on holiday? 3. I can’t wait for the camping trip, I’m really looking …… it. 4. Tracy has lost her keys. She’s been looking …. them all the morning. 5. When we were young, my grandmother used to look …. us at the weekends. 6. Excuse me. I’m looking …. Mount Street. Could you tell me where it is? 7. I don’t remember Lisa’s address. Let’s look it … in the phone book. 8. Ted has got a dentist’s appointment on Monday. But he isn’t looking … it at all.

8. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в нужной форме. Устно переведите предложения на русский язык:

1. If the weather (to be) warm, we will go to the park. 2. If you (to learn) how to swim, you will go with us to the beach on Sundays. 3. You look as if you (to be) ill. 4. If I (to know) English better, I would read some English books. 5. I wish he (to know) English and French well. 6. It is time we (to have) dinner. 7. I wish he (to have) more time to prepare for the examination last year. 8. If I (to know) her well, I would have spoken to her. 9. If I not (to have) to work today, I would go to the country. 10. I wish he (to be) with us now. 11. If he not (to waste) so much time in class, he would have made better progress. 12. The girl looked as if she (to be) afraid of something. 13. I wish I (to be) young. 14. It is time we (to go) home.

9. Письменно переведите на русский язык предложения, обратите внимание на различное лексическое значение модальных глаголов.

1. Shall I show you how to do it? 2. Would you give me a glass of water, please? 3. My mother used to dance well when she was young. 4. Our granny would sit for hours without saying a word after Grandfather’s death. 5. Will you open the window, please? 6. You should stop smoking. – But I will! 7. She shall regret about this! 8. Nobody dare even think of it since. 9. The door won’t open! 10. Need we translate this text now? – No, you needn’t. 11. He used to be able to speak Japanese, but he has forgotten it now. 12. How dare he come here? 13. Income tax would certainly be raised. 14. People’s life is easier nowadays than it used to be centuries ago. 15. Shall I read? 16. You needn’t type these letters! 17. He would do everything for me.

10. Переведите предложения на английский язык.

1. Завтра в это время профессор Блейк будет просматривать (look through) мой доклад (report). 2. Почтальон принес письмо. Я жду это письмо уже несколько недель. 3. К приходу друзей я прочи­тал уже две главы. 4. Не входите в класс. Студенты сдают сейчас экзамены. 5. Завтра к двум часам дня мы напишем сочинение.6. Она уже давно разговаривает по телефону. 7. Петр закончил вторую главу книги и сейчас пишет третью. Он работает над книгой уже год. Я думаю, что к концу будущего года он ее закончит. 8. Он вернулся домой, пообедал и стал читать газету. Он чи­тал газету уже 20 минут к тому времени, когда позво­нил его друг. 9. Завтра я буду писать сочинение (essay) по этой теме (on this subject). 10. За­втра в 10 часов утра мы будем писать сочинение на эту тему. 11. Я видел этот фильм. Он очень интересный.

11. Вставьте вместо пропусков необходимый артикль.

1. Is …. Spain in … north or in … south of …. Europe? 2. …. capital of … Russian Federation is …. Moscow. 3. We have … lot of new cities in … east and in … west, in … north and in … south of our …. country. 4. … Ob, … Lena, are in …. Siberia. 5. Look at ….map of … world. 6. Do you know many states there are in …. USA? 7. …. western part of this country is densely populated. 8. In … north …. Russian Federation is washed by … Arctic Ocean. 9. ….China is one of …. largest states in …. world. 10. Africa is … large continent. 11. … Volga is …. European river. 12. …. Tokyo is …. capital of … Japan. 13. …. Indian Ocean in … south of Asia. 14. Glasgow is …large port.

12. Прочитайте следующие глаголы и существительные, определите способ словообразования. Поставьте ударение в двусложных словах. Переведите слова на русский язык.

to import – imports, to play – a play, to export – exports, an increase – to increase, to contact – a contact, to walk – a walk, to comfort – a comfort, to need – a need, a contrast – to contrast, to present – a present

ПЯТЫЙ ВАРИАНТ КОНТРОЛЬНОГО ЗАДАНИЯ №3

Tasks

1. Прочитайте текст и письменно ответьте по-английски на вопросы, следующие за текстом.

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The Conquest of Everest

Part 1

Mount Everest, 29,002 feet high, is situated on the border of Tibet and Nepal. Since the end of the nineteenth century climbers have been ambitious to conquer Everest and stand on the highest point of land in the world. On Friday, 29 May 1953, two members of the British Everest Expedition succeeded in reaching the top. They were the first men known to have done so.

Before the successful climb of 1953 there had been many other expeditions. The first attempts were made from the north, after permission had been obtained from the ruler of Tibet. The first expeditions were organized jointly by the Alpine Club and the Royal Geographical Society. The aim of the 1921 expedition was to examine the mountain and the surrounding area, and find a route by which a later expedition might hope to reach the top. The climbers were successful in mapping possible routes up the mountain from the north, the north-east, and the north-west. One of them, George Mallory, reached a height of over 24,000 feet, and was able to see an immense valley on the south-west side of the mountain. It was from this valley that the climb was made in 1953. The expedition of 1924 again approached the mountain from the north. Two of the climbers, Mallory and Irvine, set up a camp at 26,800 feet. From this camp they sent back a message saying that the weather was good and that they hoped to reach the top and get back to their tent the next day. They were seen the next afternoon through a break in the clouds at a height of about 28,230 feet. They did not return to their tent, and the weather made it impossible for other climbers to go to their help. It is impossible to know whether they got to the top. Mallory’s ice-axe was found nine years later by members of another expedition.

After the end of the Second World War, Everest expeditions, unable to enter Tibet, had to start from Nepal. In 1951 a British expedition, led by Eric Shipton, found a way into the immense valley to the south-west of the moun­tain, the valley that had been seen in the distance by Mallory thirty years earlier. In the following year Swiss climbers again entered this valley, and proved that from it there was a route that might be followed to the top of the mountain. The exploration and map-making of these earlier expedi­tions were of the greatest value to the men who won success in 1953.

Snow and ice are not the climber’s greatest enemies on Everest. Climbers in the Alps learnt long ago how to overcome the dangers of snow and ice. One of the greatest difficulties on Everest is the effect on the human body and mind of making any kind of effort at such immense heights. On the last thousand feet of Everest, between 28,000 and 29,000 feet, the amount of oxygen in the air is only about one-third of the amount at sea-level. The latest expeditions have taken with them supplies of artificial oxygen. This helped them to reach the top, even though the weight of the apparatus was an extra burden.

Another very serious difficulty is the climate. There are only two very short periods each year when climbing is possible. These are the three weeks before and after the summer monsoon. This monsoon is the season, during which the south-west wind blows from the Indian Ocean, bringing rain to India, and covering the Hima­layas with deep soft snow. After the monsoon the days are short. The three-weeks before mid-June, therefore, are the best for making the attempt.

Members of Everest expeditions must acclimatize themselves. They must get used to the thin air of the Himalayan heights. They do this by spending as many weeks as possible in the high mountain country. They must also test and get used to the oxygen apparatus.

The leader of the 1953 expedition was Colonel John Hunt. He chose eleven men to go with him as climbers: eight from Britain, two from New Zealand, and one man, Tenzing Norkay, a Sherpa, who had been with the Swiss expedition in 1952. Tenzing was a professional mountaineer from Darjeeling in India. The Sherpas are a tribe of hillmen who live in the valleys of northern Nepal. For more than fifty years they have been employed as porters for Himalayan expeditions.

It was in early March that the members of the expedition reached Katmandu, the capital of Nepal. From Katmandu to Everest is 150 miles of rough, mountainous country. There are no good roads, so the long journey had to be made on foot. A large number of porters were needed to carry the expedition’s supplies.

When the expedition left Katmandu, the party numbered more than 350. The inarch to the place where the rear base was to be set up took 16 days. Each night tents were put up near a village. At the end of the journey, as the party turned a corner on the winding path, they saw Everest in front of them.

Questions

1. Where is the mount Everest situated?

2. When did the first men succeed in reaching the top?

3. Were any expeditions organized before? What was their aim?

4. Why didn’t two of the climbers, Mallory and Irvine, of the expedition of 1924, return to

their tent?

5. Were the exploration and map-making of these earlier expedi­tions of the greatest value to

the men who won success in 1953? Why?

6. What serious difficulty is about the climate in the Hima­layas?

7. Who are the Sherpas?

8. How long did it take get to the place where the rear base was to be set up?