VIII. Укажите, какие из следующих утверждений соответствуют содержанию текста. Используйте фразы: It is right. It is wrong. Исправьте неверные утверждения.

1. The Trans-Siberian Railway is the oldest railway in Russia.

2. P.P. Melnikov made the project of the St. Petersburg-Moscow mainline.

3. It was a single-track line. 4. This line had many curves and gradients. 5. The construction of the line was preceded by long and thorough surveying work. 6. All the materials for the construction were imported from Britain.

7. Rails were made of cast iron. 8. The railway was opened for traffic in 1851. 9. The first train departed from Moscow at midnight. 10. The train consisted of first-class cars only.

ВАРИАНТ 5

1. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление окончания -s.

1. The engine driver’s cab is equipped with new signaling devices.

2. On the first railways, there were no conductors and an engine driver collected the passengers’ fares himself.

3. The engineers continue to work on the problem of increasing passenger trains’ speed.

2. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление оборота there + to be

1. In Great Britain there is a left-hand traffic and a foreign driver must be very attentive.

2. How many stops will there be before the train reaches its destination?

3. There was a terrible rush( суматоха) at the station when I got there.

3. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление времён группы Indefinite (Present, Past, Future) в действительном залоге. Выпишите сказуемые и укажите их видовременные формы.

1. They missed the last commuter train because of the traffic jam.

2. A dispatcher controls the movement of train over the definite section of track.

3. Moscow is a major transport junction. Over 300 long-distance and 2000 suburban trains depart from ten Moscow terminals daily.

4. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление времён группы Indefinite (Present, Past, Future) в страдательном залоге. Выпишите сказуемые и укажите их видовременные формы.

1. The air in the London Underground is changed every quarter of an hour.

2. The invention of the steam engine aroused great interest; it was much spoken and written about.

3. Most specialists consider that the trains of the future will be operated by automatic drivers.

5. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание употребление прилагательных в сравнительной и превосходной степенях. Подчеркните прилагательные в английских предложениях и укажите степень сравнения.

1. It is more convenient to carry these goods by lorry than by rail.

2.The trip by high-speed ferry from Helsinki to Tallin lasts an hour and a half, even faster than by plane.

3. Modern locomotives can haul the trains of 6.000 tons and heavier.

6. Перепишите и переведите предложения, употребив прилагательные, данные в скобках, в сравнительной или превосходной степени.

1. Airplanes are (fast) but (expensive) means of transportation.

2. Construction of the permanent way became (easy) and (quick) after the invention of special track-laying machines and other equipment.

3. Passengers travelling from Moscow to Vladivostok move the hands of their watches seven times because the Trans-Siberian Mainline, (long) railway on our planet, crosses seven time zones.