- •Часть II
- •Пояснительная записка
- •Contents
- •1.3 Match the phrase from column a with its meaning from column b.
- •1.4 Read the text and make up its plan. Draw three schemes on the first paragraph of the text.
- •1.5 Read text 1.4 again, find English equivalents to the Russian words.
- •1.6 Read the text once more and match the following words from a to their meanings from b.
- •1.7 What do the following words refer to? Read the sentences with them.
- •1.8 Complete the sentences from the text above.
- •1.9 Answer the questions to the text.
- •1.10 Read the text and find additional information about biology.
- •1.12 Retell text 1.4 according to your plan and add some more information from text 1.10.
- •1.13 Look at these words that appear in the text. Check the meaning and the pronunciation of any unknown words in the dictionary.
- •1.14 Match the phrases from column a with their meanings from column b.
- •1.15 Read and give the title to the text below, draw the schemes to the first paragraph of the text and make up the plan of its second paragraph.
- •1.16 Match the words from column a with its meaning from column b
- •1.17 Answer the following questions using the information from
- •1.18 Work in groups. Read the text and say what new information about plants and animals you have got from it:
- •1.19 Complete the gaps in the following text with the words from
- •1.20 Match Russian sentences from part a (1–12) with their English equivalents from part b (a–I).
- •Remember:
- •1.21 Form the plural of the following nouns:
- •The Passive Voice
- •1.22 Read and translate the following sentences, paying attention to the use of the Passive forms.
- •1.24 State the tense and voice of the verbs.
- •1.25 Open the brackets using the correct form of the verbs in the Passive Voice.
- •1.26 Complete the sentences with the correct form of one of the verbs given below, using the Passive Voice.
- •1.27 How can animals in danger be saved from extinction? This is what happened to the oryx. Complete the text by putting the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the passive.
- •1.28 Use the verbs in brackets in the correct form (Active or Passive Voice).
- •The Natural World. Plants and Animals
- •2.5 Using the text, give characteristics to all groups of vertebrates
- •2.6 Read the text and fill in the gaps with the words given below:
- •The world around us
- •2.7 Read and correct the sentences:
- •2.12 Read the text about mammals and answer the questions. Mammals
- •2.13 Answer the questions:
- •2.14 Translate the following words into Russian. Then complete the columns:
- •2.15 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
- •2.16 Match the verbs in a with their meanings in b, then use these verbs in the right form in the sentences below.
- •2.17 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
- •Неличные формы глагола
- •Неличные формы глагола и синтаксические обороты
- •Формы инфинитива
- •2.18 Pay attention to the use of the Active Infinitive in the following sentences, state its function and translate the sentences into Russian.
- •2.19 Pay attention to the use of the Passive Infinitive in the following sentences, state its function and translate the sentences into Russian.
- •2.20 Open the brackets using the correct form of the Infinitive.
- •2.21 Underline the Complex Subject with the Infinitive. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •2.22 Underline the Complex Object with the Infinitive. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •The Classifications of Living Things
- •Animal kingdom
- •Plant kingdom
- •3.8 Look through the text and choose the most suitable heading from the list 1- 5 for each part a-d of the text. There is an extra heading that you do not need to use.
- •3.9 You are going to read the text. Check the meaning and pronounciation of the words in the dictionary.
- •3.10 Match the phrase in column a with its definition in column b.
- •3.11 Read the text and define its main idea: linnean system of classification
- •3.12 Find the pairs of synonyms:
- •3.13 Complete the sentences:
- •3.14 Work in pairs:
- •3.15 Read the text and answer the questions.
- •3.16 Speak on the topics:
- •3.17 Match the words in a with their meanings in b.
- •3.18 Match each animal from the box with the animal group it belongs to. Some animals can be used more than once.
- •What is a mammal?
- •3.20 Match each of these parts of body (a-d) to an animal from the box.
- •3.22 State whether ing-forms are gerunds, verbal nouns or participles.
- •3.23 Read the sentences, explain the use of the Gerund and translate them into Russian.
- •3.24 Use the Gerund of the verbs in brackets.
- •3.25 Complete the sentences using the Gerund.
- •4.4 Find in the text the words or phrases similar to the following words:
- •4.5 Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms:
- •4.6 Complete the sentences
- •4.7 Read and translate the following text without a dictionary and guess the meaning of the underlined words:
- •4.8 Read the text and fill in the gaps, using the words below:
- •4.9 Translate the following passages and entitle them:
- •4.10 Entitle the text and get ready to answer the questions.
- •4.11 Read the text and fill in the gaps with the words given below:
- •4.12 Translate the text without a dictionary and guess the meaning of the underlined words: Cell components
- •4.14 Reproduce in your own words:
- •4.15 Compose short dialogues for the following imaginary situations:
- •4.16 State the functions of Participle I. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •4.17 State the functions of Participle II. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •4.19 Find the Nominative Absolute Participial Constructions, analyze what their elements are expressed by and translate the sentences into Russian.
- •4.20 Translate the text into Russian, paying attention to the Participles: Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Systems
- •4.21 Translate the following sentences into Russian and substitute the Absolute Participle Construction by clauses and vice versa.
- •4.22 Translate into Russian:
- •4.23 Note the use of verbals in translate them into Russian. Prehistoric plants
- •Biology
- •3. Read the text and answer the question:
- •What is Biology
- •4. Read the text and tell about the differences in sensitivity of plants and animals.
- •8. Read the text and find English equivalents to the Russian sentences:
- •Respiration
- •9. Read the text and find English equivalents to the Russian words:
- •Excretion
- •10. Read the text and answer the questions. Growth
- •11. Read the text and tell about homeostasis. Maintaining life
- •Where Organisms Live?
- •Animal inhabitants of the british isles
- •3. Read the text and answer the questions:
- •Selling ivory
- •In the text above find the underlined words, which are close in meaning to those below:
- •4. Do the crossword.
- •5. Study the meanings of these four related verbs.
- •In some cases more than one answer is possible.
- •6. Translate the following texts, using your dictionary. Fill in the gaps with the words given below:
- •6. Read the text, classify the animals (reptiles, birds, etc.) and speak on the peculiarities of Britain's fauna. Animal inhabitants of the british isles
- •7. Read the text and pick out words that can be used in description of a bird (e. G. Feathers, to fly, etc.). Then give a short summary of the text. The long history of birds
- •8. Read the text and speak on the evolution of the birds in Australia. Australia's birds
- •9. Read the text and match the two words in bold with their definitions given below.
- •The eggs — a living masterpiece
- •10. Read the text, fill in the gaps with the words from the box and explain the underlined word.
- •11. In the texts below, fill in the blanks with "male(s)" or "female(s)". The singing humpback whale
- •12. The paragraphs below are mixed up. Join the paragraphs so as to get a whole text. Begin with paragraph 2.
- •13. Read the text and match the titles with the paragraphs:
- •14. Read the text and choose the most suitable heading from the list a-c for each part 1 – 3 of the text.
- •15. Read the text and do the assignments that follow it.
- •Carolus Linnaeus
- •Simple Organisms
- •3. Read the text and say if the sentences are true or false; correct false sentences.
- •Invertebrates
- •4. Read the text make up its plan and answer the questions.
- •6. Read the text, tell about characteristic features of amphibians and the differences between frogs and toads; find English equivalents to the Russian expressions:
- •Amphibians
- •Arthropods
- •Reptiles
- •Mammals
- •Nonflowering Plants
- •Flowering Plants
- •3. Read the text, make up its plan and match English words in a with their English equivalents in b The Cell
- •The stuff of life
- •Vocabulary
- •Bibliography
- •Английский язык
- •Часть II
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3. Read the text, make up its plan and match English words in a with their English equivalents in b The Cell
The living things around us – plants and animals which inhabit every part of the world – differ from non-living things because they take in food, they grow and reproduce their kind. Animals and plants have several other activities which distinguish them from non-living things.
If we examine a very thin piece of a plant under a microscope, we'll see that it has a honeycomb structure; it is divided into a great many compartments called cells. Animal tissue, like plant tissue, is made up of cells and in large organisms the number of cells runs into many millions. In such organisms there are many types of cells; they differ in function and also in shape and size. Each cell is surrounded by a cell wall or membrane as it is generally called.
The cell walls of plants are formed of a substance called cellulose, which gives strength to the plant. Within the cell there is a thick jelly-like substance called protoplasm.
Protoplasm is the substance of which the living contents of the cell are composed. It is far more complex in its composition than cellulose, consisting of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen, and some other elements of which phosphorous and sulfur are the chief. It is soft and jelly-like in structure, never truly fluid. At times it is homogeneous and transparent, more often it is granular in appearance. There is always a quantity of water present, which, especially in the older cells, collects in drops or vacuoles. The protoplasm is the living part of the cell and possesses considerable power of movement.
In most living cells there is a nucleus, a rounded or oval structure embedded in the protoplasm. It plays an extremely important part in the life of the cell.
A B
To inhabit to be all around something
To distinguish to recognize the differences between things
To examine to live in a particular place
Compartment to look at something carefully
To surround to arrange the parts of something in order to get a particular effect
To compose one of the separate parts of the container or place where things are stored
Fluid to fix something firmly
Transparent the amount of something
Quantity likely to change
To possess thin enough for you to see things through
To embed to own something
Read the text make up its plan and do the assignment after it.
The stuff of life
In their attempts to solve the mysteries of life, scientists have given much attention to the jellylike living material of the cell. This substance is called protoplasm. They have studied it under high-powered microscopes; broken it down into its basic chemicals; treated it with dyes and electric currents; and dissected it with microscopic needles. Yet no one has succeeded in making any protoplasm. It is one of the most complicated of all substances. We have learned many facts about it, but there are still many secrets to be discovered. Scientific research goes on, because protoplasm is the key to a real understanding of life.
Under the microscope, protoplasm is an almost colourless substance. At times it is quite liquid, but it can easily change to a more solid jelly. All the living parts of cell, including the cell membrane, the cytoplasm and the nucleus are made of protoplasm. With a high-powered microscope we can see many small particles and bubbles floating in the jelly. These are often in rapid motion.
The chemical nature of protoplasm is not exactly known. Unfortunately, when chemists begin to analyze it, it usually dies. This brings about changes in the material they are studying. We know that protoplasm is usually more than 75 per cent water. There are also salts and food materials such as sugars, fats and proteins. Four chemical elements make up 98 per cent of protoplasm. These are carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen. More than 15 other elements have been found. All of these are the common elements of which our earth is composed. There are no special elements that are found only in protoplasm. But such rare elements as strontium (Sr),rubidium (Rb), tin(Sn), nickel (Ni), gold (Au) and mercury (Hg) may enter into the composition of protoplasm as well. Where the soil is especially rich in certain minerals, the plants growing there may incorporate them, and they may find their way into the tissues or hard parts of animals that feed upon the plants. In some parts of the world gold is particularly abundant in the soil, and the hoofs, horns and hair of the deer living on the vegetation in these regions show relatively large accumulations of it. Radioactive elements in some regions are accumulated in the mosses and in vegetation of the region. These plants are the food for many animals, and analysis shows that these animals are also accumulating radioactive particles in their tissues. The food chain is extended to people living in these regions who feed upon these animals and in turn incorporate the particles in their own tissues. As a result their bodies contain a relatively high account of radioactive particles as compared with the population in general.
As a summary it should be noted that protoplasm is very a complicated mixture of many kinds of substances. These are in constant activity, carrying on the processes of life. When the activity stops, life comes to an end. "Biology and Human Progress" by L. Eisman, Ch. Tanzer.
Form synonyms of the following words:
research, substance, learn, to make up, to enter, certain, hard, enormous, to supply, rapid, occur, cause.