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Task 1
Choose the correct variant.
1. …Smiths have a dog and a cat.
a) …
b) The
c) A
2. …….. are not very modern.
a) Jack and Mary’s mobile phones
c) mobile phones of Jack and Mary
(b)
b) Jack’ and Mary’s mobile phones
(a)
3 Groundwater is ………… than surface water.
a) more clean
b) cleanest c) cleaner
(c)
4. Yes, ………….. would be lovely to see you again.
a) it
b) that
c) you
d) there
(a)
5. You can see all the information ……….. the computer screen.
a) at
b) in
c) inside
d) on
(d)
6.When I first ……… Tom the news, he ……….. me.
a) tells/don’t believe
b)tell/didn’t believe
c)told/hadn’t believe
d)told/didn’t believe
(d)
7. Last time Ann ………….. for me when I …………. .
a) waited/arriving b) was waiting/arrived c) had waited/was arriving
waiting/was arriving
(b)
8. What maximum speed ….. the car ….. ?
a) was … doing b) did…doing
c) did…do d) was…done
d) was
(a)
9. Every year Bob and Ann…………… a week at the same hotel by the sea.
a) spends b) spent
c) spend
d) are spending
(c)
10. Who …………. the bicycle?
a) invented b) invents c) invent
d) had invented
(a)
11. I …………….. (be) to the cinema for ages now.
a) has been b) was
c) am
d) have been
(d)
12. Everyone’s asleep. We ………… make noise.
a) can
b) must not c) may not
d) should
(b)
13. ………….. I have some more tea, please?
a) may
b) should c) need
d) will
(a)
14. I’m quite happy to walk. You …………. drive me home.
a) can not b) should not
c) must not d) need not
(d)
15. It’s late. We ………….. go.
a) can
b) must
c) may
d) need
(b)
16. ………… I show you the way? – Oh, thank you.
a) must
b) can
c) will
d) should
17. ‘The phone is ringing. Who do you think it is?’
a) has to
b) need
c) must
d) will
(b)
‘It ………….. be Tom.’
(c )
18.This elephant is 20 years ______ .
a) old b) young c) dead
d) alive
(а)
19.This is a notebook. Those … notebooks.
a) are
b) was
c) is d) were
(a)
20. I’m really ______ . I’m looking for some water.
a) hungry b) starving c) thirsty d) fasting
(c)
21. The girl lost her favorite toy. She was very ______.
a) sad
b) mad
c) glad
d) fad
(a)
22. There were no clouds in the sky. It was blue and ______.
a) clear
b) clean
c) smart
d) tidy
(a)
23. ………. invented the World Wide Web.
a) Robert Noyce b) Bill Gates
c) Stive Jobs
d) Stephen Wozniak
(b)
24. Snowboards ……….. from wood and laminated fibreglass.
a) make
b) made
c) are made
d) have made
(c )
25.Wood is used for the core. The ……… of wood and fibre-glass gives the board
……….. strength with little weight.
a) pair
b)combination
c) couple d) unity
(b)
26. It also makes the board ______ (d).
a) rigid
b) hard
c) binded d) flexible
(d)
27. The ………… of the board is covered with P-tex, a kind of tough plastic.
a) base
b) ground c) body
d) part
(a)
28. The base helps the board slide but resists ………. .
a) attack
b) wear
c) danger d) breaking
(b)
29. It has a curved steel edge which helps the board ………. the snow.
a) slide
b) grip
c) pierce
d) melt
(b)
30. ………… are made of nylon, fixed to the top of the snowboard.
a) bindings
b)ropes
c) string
d) lace
(a)
Task 2
Translate the following sentences into Russian.
31. That the problem of pollution and ecology has become the most important one
for mankind is evident to all.
32. Thousands of applications such as lighting, electrochemistry and
electrometallurgy are longstanding and unquestionable.
33. During the term students attend lectures, seminars and practicals according to
the time-table, make reports, do laboratories and graphical works according to the
basic programme.
34. Russia is very rich in oil, iron ore, natural gas, copper, nickel and other mineral
and energy resources and is considered as an energy superpower.
35. Modern industrial bridges and small foot bridges, standard ferro-concrete
bridges and bridges with elaborate old-fashioned cast-iron lace – they all remain
the main feature of “the city on the water”.
36. Russia is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the
world's largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.
Task 3
Translate the following sentences into English.
37. В нашем быстро меняющемся мире возникает реальная
необходимость обеспечить непрерывную и полную адаптацию вузов к
современным условиям.
38. Согласно конституции, принятой 12 декабря 1993 г., Россия –
федерация и официально полу-президентская республика, где президент
является главой государства, а премьер-министр – главой правительства.
39. Из-за децентрализации рабочих мест лишь небольшой процент
населения Москвы работает в центре города.
40. Астрахань можно назвать городом мостов: современные
промышленные мосты, небольшие пешеходные мостики, железо-бетонные
мосты и мосты с искусной старинной чугунной ковкой являются характерной
особенностью «города на воде».
41. Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии
расположено к северу от Европы, с запада его омывает Атлантический океан,
с востока - Северное море.
42. Английский парламент состоит из двух палат - палаты Общин и
палаты Лордов.