7. Ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1) When and where was Alexander Fleming born?

2) What was the first fruit of his research work?

3) What discovery made him famous?

8. В одну колонку выпишите из текста “Alexander Fleming” даты, в другую – события, им соответствующие.

9. Переведите текст на русский язык.

Christmas tree lights

In 1917, when Albert Sadacca was 15 years old, there was a terrible fire in New York City, it had been caused by a Christmas tree catching fire, for in those days Christmas trees were still lit by placing candles on the branches.

Now it just so happened that Albert’s family, who had come from Spain, had a novelty business selling wicker cages with imitation birds in them that lit up.

Albert suggested to his parents that they begin making electric lights for Christmas trees. They had lots of bulbs on hand, and it would be much safer than using candles.

The Sadaccas thought Albert had a good idea, but only one hundred strings of electric Christmas tree lights sold in the first year.

After Albert thought of painting the bulbs red, green, and other colors instead of using plain glass, business picked up sharply.

As a matter of fact, Albert Sadacca became the head of a multi – million dollar company.

10. Выпишите из абзаца №1 все имена существительные в форме множественного числа и преобразуйте их в единственное.

11. Выпишите из текста все имена прилагательные и преобразуйте их в сравнительную и превосходную степени сравнения.

Вариант 5

1. Образуйте множественное число следующих существительных:

turtle, paw, foot, knife, key, course, cross, man.

2. Образуйте степени сравнения следующих прилагательных и наречий:

heavy, small, romantic, far, brave, attractive, little, old.

3. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1) The Volga is one of the longest rivers in the world.

2) Happiness is more important than money.

3) She is as pretty as her mother.

4) Flying is much faster than traveling by car.

5) The more electricity you use, the higher your bill will be.

4. Заполните пропуски глаголами to be или to have в соответствующей форме (по смыслу). Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1) My mother … 45 years old.

2) He … the most reliable person in the world.

3) Mary … three children.

4) This Academy …a lot of lecture halls.

5) I … the latest news.

6) She … a well-paid job.

5. Откройте скобки, поставив глагол в нужное время группы Indefinite (Simple). Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1) It often (to rain) in autumn.

2) I (to do) it tomorrow, I promise.

3) Yesterday I (to have) a strange dream.

4) Mozart (to live) from 1756 to 1791.

5) We often (to see) some friends on weekends.

6) In 1712 Peter the Great (to move) the capital to St. Petersburg.

6. Переведите текст на русский язык.

William Shakespeare

(1564-1616)

William Shakespeare, English literature’s most famous playwright and poet was born on April 23, 1564 in the Warwickshire town of Stratford-upon-Avon. He was educated at the local grammar school and in 1582 he married Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a local farmer.

Around 1585, Shakespeare left Stratford and moved to London where he began his career in the theatre. Little is known about this period in his life, but by 1595 he was certainly well established both as an actor and a popular playwright.

His early plays were so popular in fact that, by the mid-1590s, writing had become Shakespeare’s main occupation.

During the next twenty years he wrote over thirty full-length plays including the world-famous comedies, histories, tragedies and romances. William Shakespeare’s best-known plays include: (histories) Julius Caesar, Henry V(1594-1600), (comedies) As You Like It, Twelfth Night (1598-1601), (tragedies) King Lear, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth (1601-1608), (late romances) The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest (1608-1611).Eventually he retired to Stratford in 1611 as a rich and famous man. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays, 2 poems and 154 sonnets.