Контрольное задание № 1 Вариант 2

I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием – s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.е. служит ли оно:

а) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола в Present Simple;
б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;
в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного (см. образец выполнения 1). Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Very often parents treat their children more as equals than they used to.
2. The House of Commons consists of members of Parliament.
3. Numbers make the postman’s work much easier.

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

1. Most children at day schools have their midday meal at school and go home about 4 o’clock.
2. In 1958 Britain began the first transatlantic jet service.
3. There is a National Youth Theatre with a high standard of performance, most of its actors are teenagers.

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

1. Today Britain is the world’s biggest exporter of cycles.
2. Although Britain is a highly industrialized country, agriculture is still one of her most important industries.
3. More than 55 million people live in Britain now.

IV Перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений.

1. In some areas there are middle schools for children of about 9 to 13 who then move to senior (выпускной, старший, последний) comprehensive schools.
2. Do you know any names of Britain’s famous writers, poets, musicians, actors and singers?
3. “There is no place like home” – the English say.

V Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них видовременные формы глаголов и укажите их инфинитив; переведите предложения на русский язык (см. образец выполнения 3).

1. The English are a nation of stay-at-home.
2. The Greeks were pioneers in the theatre.
3. The government gives financial help in the form of a pension but in the future it will be more and more difficult for the nation economy to support the increasing number of elderly.

VI. Прочитайте и устно переведите на русский язык 1-3 абзацы текста. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1 и 2 абзацы.

WHO ARE THE BRITISH
1. Most people are English, Scottish or Welsh, but in some British cities you can meet people of many different nationalities. But is Britain a cosmopolitan society? It really depends on where you go. In 1991 5,5 per cent of the 57 million population described themselves as belonging to an ethnic minority. Most members of ethnic minorities live in the South – East. In Greater London, they represent 20 per cent of the population.
2. People have been coming to Britain for centuries: some to get a better life, some to escape natural disasters, some as political or religious refugees. Many Irish people came to England in 1845 to escape famine1, but usually they came to find work. Most of the roads, railways and canals built in the nineteenth century were made by Irish workers.
3. The greatest wave of immigration was in the 1950’s and 1960’s. This happened not only in Britain but also throughout Western Europe. Many companies needed people for unskilled or semi–skilled jobs. Britain advertised2 particularly in the English – speaking islands of the Caribbean, for2 people to come to Britain and work. Other people came from Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Hong Kong.
4. The number of people asking to settle in Britain is rising, but Britain, since 1971, has reduced the number of people (coming from outside Europe) which it allows to stay. Many people in Britain, in spite of anti – racist – laws, blame unemployment and poor housing3 on “immigrants”.

Пояснения к тексту:
1. зд. не умереть с голода
2. зд. приглашать через рекламу
3. зд. плохое жилье

VII. Прочитайте 4-й абзац и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос:
Why has Britain reduced the number of people coming from outside Europe which it allows to stay?
1)… because of unemployment.
2)… because of unemployment and poor housing.