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You can do this when you begin to feel that the brakes are irresponsive and react slowly. The handbrake has a tendency to stick and cause a drag - make a special mention to have it checked at service.

3. Engine –make it a practice to keep the engine well tuned and serviced. The moving parts in an engine run at high speed and function at very high temperatures. To protect your engine, ensure that the oil is changed regularly. Every 5,000km should work just fine. Follow the manufacturer’s recommendations on oil and oil filter changes. However, you must remember that engine oil, transmission fluid and fuel are systems with filters that you may need to check and replace periodically.

4.Согласитесь с утверждением или опровергните высказывание.

1.Air pressure in tires can effect the fuel consumption.

2.You should not change the position of your tires.

3.It is necessary to maintain tire pressure according to the manufacturer’s recommendations.

4.Each vehicle uses tires to suit its purposes.

5.Составьте вопросы, добавив необходимые слова:

1.(What | to roll freely)

2.(What | you | the brakes)

3.(What tendency | the handbrake)

4.(How | the moving parts | run | engine)

5.(What distance | work fine)

6.(What | replaced)

6.Укажите исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные, выберите нужное слово из предложенных в скобках:

1.There are very (much, many) people in the restaurant.

2.Is there (much, many) coffee in the cup?

3.Give me (a few, a little) travellers' cheques.

4.There are (many, much) visitors in Moscow now.

5.(A few, a little) passengers are going to the Departure Control

6.He had (a little, a few) luggage with him.

7.There are very (few, little) restaurants in this street.

8.How (much, many) time have you got? I'll call you back in (a few, a little) minutes.

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7.Что вы узнали из текста о…:

1)tire pressure;

2)maintenance of brakes;

3)work of engine

8. Выберите нужную форму местоимения:

1.Where's that naughty dog? We can't find him___________. a) somewhere b) anywhere c) nowhere

2.We've done___________ possible. But all in vain.

a) something b) anything c) everything

3. There was__________ in the room. It was empty. a) nobody b)anybody c) somebody

4.I couldn't see_________ in the dark. a) someone b) anything c) everyone

5.____should be present at the meeting. A very serious question will be discussed. a) someone b) any one c) everyone

6.Where's my wallet? I put it_________ over here.

a) somewhere b) anywhere c) nowhere

7.Can I do___________ to improve the situation? a) something b) anything c) everything

8.I've heard________ about this project but I don't know all the details. a) something b) anything c) everything

9.______who was present at the party was questioned by the Inspector. All of them were suspected.

a) Everybody b) Nobody c) Someone

10._______ is your nationality?

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2. Повторите правила образования степеней сравнения прилагательных и наречий в английском языке. Приведите примеры, используя выученную лексику.

Прилагательные обозначают признаки предметов и отвечают на вопрос какой?: а wide road – широкая дорога, а tall tree – высокое дерево. Наречия отвечают на вопрос как?: He speaks English well. – Он говорит по-английски хорошо.

Прилагательные и наречия имеют три формы степеней сравнения:

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положительную (positive degree), сравнительную (comparative degree), превосходную (superlative degree)

Формы сравнительной и превосходной степеней образуются двумя способами:

1.Односложные прилагательные образуют форму сравнительной степени при помощи суффикса -er, а форму превосходной степени – с определенным артиклем the при помощи суффикса -est: strong – stronger – the strongest, cold – colder – the coldest. Подобным образом образуют степени сравнения и некоторые двусложные прилагательные: easy – easier – the easiest, clever – cleverer – the cleverest.

2.Многосложные прилагательные образуют сравнительную степень при помощи слова more, а превосходную степень – при помощи the most: famous – more (less) famous – the most (least) famous, interesting - more interesting – the most interesting.

Исключения при образовании степеней сравнения прилагательных и наречий:

3. Прочитайте и переведите текст:

Car of Future.

Ever since Nicolas Cugnot, a Frenchman, invented the first self-propelled road vehicle in 1770 there have been many companies willing to make a better automobile. Over years their efforts have given people the gasoline engine, the electric starter, tubeless tires, fuel-injected engines and anti-lock brakes. These are only a few innovations. What is next?

There are already a number of modern vehicles which are not yet in common use, but which may become a usual means of transport in the future. One of these is a small electric car. Imagine, we go out into the street, find an empty car, get into it, drive to our destination, get out and leave the car for the next person. In fact, there may be no need to drive these cars. With an automatic guidance system for cars being

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developed, it will be possible for us select our destination as today we select a telephone number, and our car will move automatically to the address we want.

For long journeys in private cars one can also use an automatic guidance system. Arriving at the motorway, a driver will select the lane he wishes to use. Then he switches over to automatic driving and relaxes while the car is doing the work for him.

Not long ago, the only electronic thing on most automobiles was the radio. But at present sophisticated electronics is playing a big part in current automotive research. For example, Ford cars are equipped with an electronic instrument panel that will calculate how far one can drive on the fuel left in the tank. Radar may control the brakes to collisions, and a display screen may show the car's position on the road. Having summed up the information about the speed and distance of various objects ahead, the computer detects all possible dangers and gives special light or sound signals. The green light on the panel indicates that the system is on. The yellow light warns of stationary objects ahead. The red demands to slow down the speed. Another red light and sound signal make the driver apply the brakes.

4.Найдите в тексте прилагательные и наречия и образуйте с ними три степени сравнения.

5.Найдите соответствующее русское словосочетание.

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1.Who invented the first-propelled road vehicle?

2.Is an electric car in common use already?

3.When will it be possible for us select our destination?

4.What may a display screen show?

5.What does the computer detect?

6.What does the computer give?

7.What does the road light demand?

8.Дополните предложения, используя сравнительную степень.

1.You’re not very tall. Your brother is …

2.Bill doesn’t work very hard. I work …

3.My chair isn’t very comfortable. Yours is …

4.Jill’s idea wasn’t very good. My idea was …

5.These flowers aren’t very nice. The blue ones are …

6.I’m not very interested in art. I’m … in history.

7.It isn’t very warm today. It was … yesterday.

8.Britain isn’t very big. France is …

9.This knife isn’t very sharp. Have you got … one?

9.Дополните предложения, используя превосходную степень.

1.It’s was a very happy day. It was … day of my life.

2.It’s a very good film. It’s … film I’ve ever seen.

3.She’s a very popular singer. She’s … singer in our country.

4.It was a very big mistake. It was … mistake I’ve ever made.

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5.It’s a very pretty village. It’s … village I’ve ever seen.

6.It was a very cold day. It was … day of a year.

7.He’s a very interesting person. He’s … person I’ve ever met.

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2. Повторите числительные.

Количественные числительные – указывают на количество предметов и отвечают на вопрос how many? (сколько?).

Числительные от 13 до 19 включительно образуются от соответствующих числительных первого десятка с помощью суффикса –teen: four – fourteen, six

– sixteen и т.д.

Числительные, обозначающие десятки, образуются от соответствующих числительных первого десятка посредством суффикса – ty: six – sixty.

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Порядковые числительные (за исключением первых трёх: first, second, third) образуются от соответствующих количественных числительных с помощью суффикса – th и перед порядковым числительным ставится определённый артикль:4-й – the fourth,5-й – the fifth,7-й – the seventh.

Числительные (Numerals) hundred, thousand, million не имеют окончания -s, когда перед ними стоит другое числительное. Когда числительные обозначают неопределенное количество, они употребляются во множественном числе с окончанием -s, за которым следует предлог of. Сравните:

Номера страниц, домов, квартир, транспорта, деловой документации обозначаются существительными без артикля и количественными: bus 72, page 15, house 40, flat 13, order 2154.

Номера телефонов, банковских счетов, машин и т.д. – каждая цифра номера произносится отдельно

4-36-08 – four three six o [ou] eight (цифра 0 читается как алфавитное название буквы o [ou]).

Даты читаются следующим образом:

1900 – nineteen hundred, in (the year) nineteen hundred,

2000 – two thousand, in (the year) two thousand.

April 12, 2015:

on the twelfth of April, two thousand ten или on April the twelfth, twenty ten.

Как читаются дробные числительные?

Проценты обозначаются 2% - two per cent.

3. Прочитайте и переведите текст:

Transport of Tomorrow

For a few years now some of the most advanced new automobiles have been equipped with instrument panels that can "speak". In a polite female voice, the device will report on engine oil pressure, parking-brake and headlight operation, seat belt

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connection, and other different functions. The driver can even program the Voice Warning System to announce the time or to give a low-fuel warning for any tank level.

A Japanese company is designing a car of a new generation, which will have a lot of unusual characteristics. The car's four-wheel control system will ensure movement diagonally and even sideways, like a crab. This is especially important when leaving the car in parking places. To help the driver get information on the road the most important data will be projected on the screen. A tourist traveling in such a car will not lose his way even in Sahara: a navigation Earth satellite will indicate the route. A new ceramic engine has been developed in Japan. Many important parts as pistons, rings, and valves have been made of silicon materials. They are better than those of steel and withstand temperatures up to 1.000° С. Therefore, the engine does not need a cooling system.

Engineers are experimenting with a new system that enables drivers to see better after dark. This 'night vision' system uses sensors that can detect a human figure at night more than 1.600 feet away. That is five times the distance at which conventional headlights are effective. An image-processing system scans the information from the sensors, creating different images for different objects. The images are then displayed on a screen built-in a car's instrument panel. It is like black-and-white photo of an object ahead. And the system is passive, which means no lights are needed to illuminate the object in front of the vehicle.

One of the latest applications of electronics is the wheel-computerized system. It does not only monitor air pressure in automobile tires but adjusts it automatically. This system in addition enables a driver to set tire pressure while seated.

4. Составьте предложения:

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