менгардт английский для техн вузов

3.A: Do you know Dr. Noble?

B: I … (see) her for a few times but I … (not speak) to her.

A: I … (meet) her at the dean’s office last week. She … (look) wonderful. B: Yes, she did. She always looks great. When I … (see) her in the

library yesterday, I … (notice) her but I … (not come) up.

4.A: What time … you … (go) to bed last night?

B: I … (be) asleep at about ten p.m. I … (do) a lot of work last semester, so I … (decide) to go to bed early this week.

A: … you … (try) to work less?

B: No, I didn’t. I am very hardworking and responsible.

5.A: … you … (receive) my e-mail?

B: No, I haven’t. When … you … (send) it? A: I … (e-mail) to you yesterday evening.

B: It is very strange. I … (use) the Internet since early morning but there … (be) nothing from you.

Table 4.7

Questions with Who / What

Helen finished the work late. – Who finished the work late?

Steve saw me at the university. – Who saw you at the university?

My parents phoned me yesterday. – Who phoned you yesterday?

Nothing serious happened. – What happened?

I met a lot of new friends at the party. – Who did you meet? I phoned my parents yesterday. – Who did you phone yesterday? He said nothing. – What did he say?

4.31.Write the correct question with who or what, as in the model.

Model: – Sally gave the course project to the teacher of Physics.

–Who gave the course project to the teacher of Physics?

–Sally gave the course project to the teacher of Physics.

–What did Sally give to the teacher of Physics?

1.Kelly completed her education in England.

2.She and her husband started their own business in 2005.

3.Barbara bought a lot of clothes last week.

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4.Thomas Edison invented a light bulb.

5.Charles Dickens wrote “Oliver Twist”.

6.Elton John sang “Candle in the Wind“ for Princess Diana.

7.Thomas broke his watch yesterday.

8.Lilly wrote a letter to me but I didn’t answer.

9.Susan phoned me a week ago.

10.Dr. White asked us a lot of questions.

4.32.Read the text “A Letter to a Penfriend” again and answer the following questions.

1.Who did Angela write a letter to?

2.Who bought her a new computer?

3.What happened a week ago?

4.Who asked Angela about her exam results and future plans?

5.Who gave the regards to Hillary?

Table 4.8

Used to

She used to drink a lot of coffee.

Did she use to drink much coffee? – Yes, she did. / No, she didn’t. She didn’t use to drink much coffee.

4.33. Ten years ago Jeremy was a student. Now he is an engineer. Ask and answer questions about Jeremy, as in the model.

Model: – Did Jeremy use to work hard?

– No, he didn’t. He used to study hard.

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4.34. Choose the correct variant and complete the following sentences.

6.‘Who … you many questions after the seminar yesterday?’ ‘Mr. Ripley.’

9. We … have lectures in computer science but now we have three

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Unit 5. MY HOME TOWN

5.1.Read the following words and expressions and pay attention to the examples.

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5.2. Read the text.

TOMSK

Tomsk is an old Siberian town. It is situated on the bank of the river Tom, in West Siberia. Tomsk was founded in 1604 by Tsar Boris Godunov, who gave orders to “look for a suitable place for a city, mark it on a drawing, order the place to be cleared, and after asking God’s grace, build the city in a strong place”. From the very beginning it was a fortress and, according to historians, repeatedly pushed away the raids of the

Kirgizs and other militant steppe nomads.

At the beginning of the 18th century, Tomsk became a commercial centre of Siberia. It supplied cereals, fish, salt, wine, fat, copper, wax and leather to the neighbor gubernias. Cedar-pine nuts and furs were supplied to the western part of Russia and went for export.

In 1804, Tomsk became an administrative center of the Gubernia. The growth of the town was especially booming in the 30s of the 19th century when gold was found and its intensive mining started in the Tomsk and Yeniseysk Gubernias. Notwithstanding the fast economic development, an increase of the population was virtually due to exiles – counting out 30,000 men and over 7,000 women. Every fifth resident of Tomsk and its neighborhood was an exile. The most outstanding personality among the Tomsk political exiles of the time was G. Batenkov who had lived there for 10

years.

In 1888, Emperor Alexander III “by his sovereign will” opened the Tomsk University, the first in Siberia. In its early history the University had only the department of medicine which enrolled 72 undergraduates and 2 freelance students. The year 1900 saw the opening of the first Technological Institute in the Asian part of Russia (now the Polytechnic-

al University). And a few years later the Pedagogical, Medical and Civil Engineering Institutes were founded.

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After the revolution of 1917, Tomsk became the part of the Siberian Territory and later of the West-Siberian Territory. In 1937, Tomsk and its nearby neighbors became the part of the Novosibirsk Oblast.

Within the first year of the Great Patriotic War 30 enterprises were evacuated to Tomsk. New branches of industry, such as electrical engineering, optomechanics and rubber engineering, were developed and machine building and metalworking as well as light and food industries expanded.

The post-war development of the Tomsk Oblast is in many ways connected with the exploration and commercial development of oil and gas deposits. In 1966, the Oil Field Management Agency TOMSKNEFT was established. The Eastern Oil Company, the Russian joint-stock company GASPROM and TOMSKNEFT, in turn, co-founded the company TOMSKGAS in 1995. Forest and woodworking industries rank among the key industries of the Tomsk Oblast.

Tomsk is the oldest educational and scientific center in Russia to the east of the Urals. About 60,000 students (local residents and newcomers from different parts of Russia attend day and evening division classes or study by correspondence at technical secondary schools, colleges and universities. There are 7 higher educational establishments in Tomsk: State University, Polytechnical University, Siberian Medical University, Teachers’ Training University, University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics, University of Architecture and Civil Engineering and Agricultural Academy.

Tomsk holds the lead in Russia among the number of distinguished scholars. 47 scientific institutions are engaged in research work, with 11 being part of the universities. Good progress is being made by the Tomsk Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. It comprises 5 research institutes dealing with cardiological, oncological, pharmacological, and genetic problems as well as those related to mental health, balneology and physiotherapy.

Tomsk is known as a cultural centre of Siberia. There are several theatres, such as a Drama Theatre, “Intim” Theatre, a Puppet Theatre, a Young Spectators’ Theatre, concert halls, museums in Tomsk. Tomsk is proud of its wooden architecture. There are also a lot of monuments to the famous people (G. Batenkov, V. Shiskov, S. Kirov, V. Kuibyshev and other outstanding people) in our town. The memorial of Glory devoted to the people

who perished during the Great Patriotic War is situated in Lagerny Garden.

Tomsk has been changing a lot recently. The authorities of the town are trying to do their best to make it more beautiful and modern.

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5.3. Match the following words and expressions with their equivalents.

5.4.Read the text again and answer the following questions.

1.Where is Tomsk situated?

2.What year was it founded?

3.When did Tomsk become a commercial centre of Siberia?

4.Who was the most outstanding personality among the Tomsk political exiles?

5.What year did Emperor Alexander III “by his sovereign will” open the Tomsk University?

6.When did Tomsk and its nearby neighbors become the part of the Novosibirsk Oblast?

7.How many enterprises were evacuated to Tomsk within the first year of the Great Patriotic War?

8.What is the post-war development of the Tomsk Oblast connected with?

9.How many higher educational establishments are there in Tomsk now?

10.Does Tomsk really hold the lead in Russia among the number of distinguished scholars?

11.How many research institutes does the Tomsk Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences comprise?

12.What kinds of theatres are there in Tomsk?

13.Who is the memorial of Glory devoted to?

14.Where is it situated?

15.What are the authorities of the town trying to do?

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5.5.Read the following international words and notice their pronunciation.

Table 5.1

Present Progressive Tense with the Future Meaning

5.6. Read the following sentences and decide if the verb refers to the present or future.

1.I am leaving tomorrow to spend Christmas with Mary’s family.

2.The doctor is feeling her pulse.

3.We are having a party next Saturday. Would you like to come?

4.Listen! Ann is singing in the next room.

5.Kate, we are going to the town center. Are you coming with us?

6.I’m not going away for my holidays next month because I haven’t got enough money.

7.‘What are you doing?’ ‘I am writing a letter to my sister.’

8.Look! The bus is coming.

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5.7. Change the following sentences, as in the model.

Model: – Mary says she … me a book for Christmas. (give)

–Mary says she is going to give me a book for Christmas.

1.Dick’s sister … her exam this year. (not take)

2.Miss Brown … after dinner. (sing)

3.The government … a new hotel near here. (build)

4.The Greens … their house at the end of the year. (sell)

5.She’s twenty minutes late! I … her here. (not wait)

6.Bob and Lucy … next spring. (get married)

7.… you … all night? Put the light out and go to bed! (talk)

8.I am in trouble. I … him for help. (ask)

9.The teacher … the next lesson to us. (explain)

10.Susan is not very good at Physics. She is … some extra lessons. (have)

5.8.Complete the following sentences with be going to + one of the verbs below, as in the model.

eat do give lie down stay walk wash watch wear

Model: – My hands are dirty. I’m going to wash them.

1.I don’t want to go home by bus. I … .

2.Nick is going to New York. He … at his friends’ house.

3.I’m hungry. I … a sandwich.

4.It’s my mother’s birthday next week. We… her a present.

5.There’s a good film on TV this evening. … you … it?

6.‘What … Jane …?’ ‘She is going to prepare for the test.’

7.I feel tired. … for an hour.

8.What … you … to the party?

5.9.Complete the following sentences using be going to.

1.There are a lot of black clouds in the sky. It … (rain).

2.It’s 8.00. Donald is leaving his house. He has to be at work at 8.15 but the journey takes 30 minutes. He … (be late).

3.There are holes in the bottom of the boat. A lot of water is coming through holes. The boat … (sink).

4.Virginia is driving. There is very little petrol in the tank. . She … (refuel).

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