Вариант 5

I. Заполните пропуски и переведите предложения:

1. Scientists are learning ___ earthquakes.

a) to change b) to make c) to predict d) to operate

2. It is very important to develop devices which make it possible ___ solar power into mechanical or electrical forms of power.

a) to connect b) to transform c) to create d) to obtain

3. Maxwell’s laboratory made Cambridge world-known in the __ of experimental physics.

a) focus b) system c) field d) area

4. My mother decided ___ to work in the Far East.

a) went b) had gone c) to go d) will go

5. The students ____ a lot of new English words recently.

a) have learnt b) were learnt c) had learnt d) are learnt

6. We ___ inform you.

a) are b) shall c) did d) have

7. You ____chess, aren’t you?

a) were playing b) will be playing c) are playing d) be playing

8. If the weather were fine, the ship ___.

a) gets under way b) will get under way

c) would get under way d) would have got under way

9. As soon he ___ we will get down to business.

a) will come b) comes c) come d) came

10. She sat at the window looking ___ a newspaper.

a) on b) forward c) through d) after

II. Перепишите предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на причастия (Participle I и Participle II).

1. Having collected all the material he was able to write a good report.

2. Having plenty of time we decided to walk to the station.

3. The man sitting at the window came from Moscow.

4. My sister, having lost the key, couldn’t enter the house.

5. The large building being built in this street is a new college.

III. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление модальных глаголов с перфектным инфинитивом.

1. They may have forgotten about our meeting.

2. They must have forgotten about our meeting.

3. They can’t have forgotten about our meeting.

4. They shouldn’t have forgotten about our meeting.

5. Can they have forgotten about our meeting?

IV. Задайте письменно 4 типа вопросов (общий, альтернативный, специальный, разделительный) к предложению. Переведите вопросы на русский язык.

Tanks are used for fresh water and water ballast.

V. Прочитайте текст, сделайте реферирование текста на английском языке в письменной форме (см. Приложение 6). Переведите письменно свой текст на русский язык.

Sources of Power

At present most of the power required is obtained mainly from two sources. One is from the burning of fossil fuels, i. e. coal, natural gas and oil. The second way of producing electricity is by means of generators that get their power from steam or water turbines. Electricity so produced then flows through transmission lines to houses, industrial plants, enterprises, etc.

One of the promising field for the production of electric power is the use of ocean tides. Our engineers are engaged in designing tidal power stations of various capacities. The first station utilizing this principle began operating in Russia on the Barents Sea in 1968.

The energy of the sun which is being used in various ways represents a practically unlimited source.

Using atomic fuel for the production of electricity is highly promising. It is a well-known fact, that one pound of uranium contains as much energy as three million pounds of coal, so cheap power can be provided wherever it is required. However, the efficiency reached in generating power from atomic fuel is not high, namely 40 per cent.

No wonder, therefore, that scientists all over the world are doing their best to find more efficient ways of generating electricity directly from the fuel. They already succeeded in developing some processes which are much more efficient, as high as 80 per cent, and in creating a number of devices capable of giving a higher efficiency. Scientists are hard at work trying to solve these and many other problems.

VI. Прочитайте рассказ. Передайте в письменной форме его содержание на английском языке, используя косвенную речь. Запишите перевод своего изложения. Используйте глаголы: to explain (объяснять), to suggest (предлагать), to remark (отмечать), to notice (заметить), to order (приказывать), it turned out (оказалось), to mention (упоминать).

An absent-minded (рассеянный) professor was once traveling by electric train, and when the conductor came the professor couldn’t find his ticket.

“It’s all right, sir,” said the conductor who knew the professor very well, “I’ll come at the next station.”

But at the next station there was the same difficulty, the professor couldn’t find his ticket anywhere.

“It’s all right, sir, it doesn’t matter, (не имеет значения)” said the conductor. “No, no I must find the ticket. I must know where I’m going to!”

VII. Перепишите и переведите на русский язык деловое письмо.

B. Cottwold & Co. Ltd.

Nesson House, Newell Street, Birmingham B3 3 EL

Telephone: 021 236 6571 Fax: 021 236 8592

15 August 2014

Satex S.P.A.

Via di Pietra Papa

00146 Rome

Italy

Dear Mr. Causio,

I am writing to you to complain¹ about the shipment of sweaters we received yesterday. The boxes in which the sweaters were packed were damaged, and looked as if they had been broken open in transit.

As the sale was on c.i.f. basis² and the forwarding company your agents³, we suggest you contact them with regard to compensation. You will find a list of the damaged articles⁴ attached, and the consignment will be put aside⁵ until we receive your instructions.

Yours sincerely,

L. Crane

Chief Buyer

Notes:

1. to complain – высказывать претензию

2. As the sale was on c.i.f. basis – поскольку продажа товара проводилась на основе c.i.f.

3. the forwarding company your agents – в качестве экспедиторов выступали ваши агенты

4. articles – товары

5. the consignment will be put aside – партия товаров будет отложена

VIII. Напишите на английском языке письмо-заказ. Закажите 100 метров трехжильного кабеля (three-core cable), электропаяльник (electric soldering iron), пассатижи (combination pliers), токозащитный шлем (shock-resisting safety helmet). Запишите перевод письма.