VIII.A) Прочтите текст и ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1. How old was Lomonosov when he left his native village?

2.When was the first Russian University founded?

б) Переведите в письменной форме абзацы 1, 2, 4.

M. V. LOMONOSOV

1. M. V. Lomonosov was born in 171 lin the village of Denisovka near Arkhangelsk in the family of a fisherman. At the age of 17 he left his native village and made his way to Moscow. In Moscow he entered the Slavonic-Greek-Latin Academy. Lomonosov didn't finish his last grade, as he was sent with eleven other pupils to St. Petersburg to study at the Academy of Sciences.

2. Less than a year after he came to Petersburg Lomonosov was sent abroad to study metallurgy and mining. In 1741 Lomonosov returned to Russia and began to teach chemistry and physics at the Academy.

3. Lomonosov established the fundamental law of chemical change of substance which is called the Law of Conservation of Mass.

4. Lomonosov founded a new science that we call today physical chemistry. He also studied electrical phenomena in atmosphere of the Earth, the nature of light, and designed an improved telescope. Lomonosov considered nature to be in a state of constant change and development. Coal, oil, etc. were all formed as a result of evolution.

5. Lomonosov was a great scientist. His works in poetry had a great influence on Russian literature. Owing to his efforts, the first Russian University was founded in Moscow in 1755. This university bearing his name became the center of knowledge and science in Russia.

Вариант 4

1. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием – s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.Е. Служит ли оно:

а) признаком 3-го лица единственного числа глагола в Present Indefinite;

б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

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

Переведите предложения на русский язык

1.Our country has many branches of industry.

2.The author mentions this phenomenon in his article.

3.Newton’s great discovery was the law of decomposition of light.

4.Nuclear energy is one of the forms of energy.

2. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на особенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным. ( см. образец выполнения к упр. 2).

1.The bus service is convenient here.

2. The telephone link with the mountain village was broken.

3.Life insurance plays an important part in commerce activity.

4.The 40-meter-high arch which is the entrance to the Volga-Don Navigation Canal rises in the south of Volgograd.

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

1.He thought he was the happiest man in the world.

2.The worst environment pollution is caused by the manufacturers who put chemical wastes into rivers and seas.

3.The lower the resistance of the material, the more current car pass through it.

IV. Заполните пропуски неопределенными местоимениями some,

any, no:

1.You must dissolve (some, any, no) salt in water.

2.Tsiolkovsky had (some, any, no) money to finance his experiments.

3.Did Tsiolkovsky make (some, any, no) experiments with the centrifuge?

5. Заполните пропуски нужной формой глагола to be или to have (got). Предложения переведите.

1.M.V. Lomonosov … born in 1711 in the village of Denisovka near Arkhangelsk in the family of a fisherman.

2.There … two main types of petrol engines: 4-stroke and 2-stroke.

3.Last week he …… a meeting with his parents.

4.The USA … a federation of 50 states which … established by the Constitution in 1787.

5.He … hard times in his childhood.

5. Перепишите предложения, подчеркните модальные глаголы. Переведите предложения, учитывая значения модальных глаголов.

1.He is to go to the Far East on business.

2.We had to find a safe place for the pictures.

3.I shall have to take a local train.

4.You needn't keep your activities in secret.

5. В разделе а) раскройте скобки, поставив глагол в нужное время. В каждом предложении раздела (б) определите видо-временную форму и залог глагола - сказуемого. Все предложения переведите на русский язык. ( см. образец выполнения к упр. 7 ).

a) 1. …… you ever (to be) to London?

2.I know she (to prepare) for a difficult experiment now.

3.I thought you (to do) this work yesterday.

b) 1.Much attention is being given at present to the modern equipment of research laboratories.

2.This complex has produced many new types of vehicles recently.

3.It will take some time to read this document.