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- •По грамматике английского языка
- •Упражнения на повторение пройденного материала
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- •Much water
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- •Повторительно-обобщающие упражнения
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- •I don't like to be interrupted. — я не люблю, чтобы меня прерывали.
- •I am sorry to be bothering you. — Мне очень ж аль, что я вас сейчас беспокою.
- •I rang him up in order to learn the news. — я по- звонил ему для того, чтобы узнать эту новость.
- •I want you to come here tomorrow. — я хочу, чтобы вы пришли сюда завтра.
- •I often hear him speak at meetings. — я часто слышу, как он говорит на собраниях.
- •Образование Past Participle (Participle II, III форма глагола)
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- •Motorists who intend to take their cars with them to the Continent are advised to make early reservations.
- •If kept in a sufficiently cool place, the grain will not sprout. — Если зерно держать в достаточно прохладном месте, оно не будет прорастать.
- •If given the opportunity, this industry will rap- idly develop. — Если этой отрасли промышлен- ности предоставить возможность, она быстро разовьется.
- •It being very late, I went home. Так как было очень поздно, я пошел домой.
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- •Сложноподчиненные предложения Согласование времен в придаточных предложениях
- •I knew he would come here. — я знал, что он придет сюда.
- •Обстоятельственные придаточные предложения Adverbial Clauses
- •I shall come early in order that I may speak to you. — я приду рано, чтобы поговорить с вами.
- •Обстоятельственные придаточные времени
- •If I stayed at home I should read a book. — Если бы я оставался дома, я читал бы книгу.
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Неопределенные
местоимения
much,
many, little, a little,
few, a few
Упражнение
1.
Переведите на английский язык
следующие
словосочетания.
Много
журналов, много яблок, много кофе,
много
чашек, много домов, много сахара,
много масла,
много карандашей, много
стульев, много зонтов,
много друзей,
много врачей, много писем, много
слов,
много чернил, много учеников, много
сестер,
много воды, много диванов,
много шума, много
дыма.
много
many
(с
неисчисляемыми
существительными)
Ъ
(с
исчисляемыми
существительными)
-О
many
pens
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мало |
|
little |
few |
(с неисчисляемыми |
(с исчисляемыми |
существительными) |
существительными) |
£ |
■0- |
little water |
few pens |
Упражнение
3.
Переведите на аглийский язык сле-
дующие
словосочетания.
Мало
рек, мало столов, мало лесов, мало
воздуха,
мало ручек, мало сумок, мало
цветов, мало коробок,
мало ламп, мало
стаканов, мало хлеба, мало при-
меров,
мало салата, мало песен, мало сигарет,
мало
шоколада, мало окон, мало балконов,
мало каши,
мало варенья, мало сыра.
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a little (немного) |
a few (несколько) |
a little time |
a few words |
Упражнение
6. Переведите на английский язык
сле-
дующие словосочетания.
Несколько
галстуков, несколько полотенец, не-
много
пасты, несколько тортов, немного
воды,
несколько вилок, несколько
кустов, немного моро-
женого, несколько
карт, немного хлеба, несколько
ошибок,
немного сока, несколько кресел,
несколько
блокнотов, немного макарон,
несколько ваз, не-
сколько ключей,
немного творога.
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Упражнение
7. Вставьте
little, a little, few, a
few.
1.
Does anybody know French here? I can speak ...
2.
There is ... light in the room because the window is
too small.
3. He couldn't answer our question at once
and promised to do it
in ... hours. 4. ... time is left, but
we can still wait ...
minutes for him. 5. Only ... days
were sunny in October. 6. There
are many English
books in our library but very ... French ones.
7.1 don't
need a lot of
money, just... .
8. Not many people came
—
just .... 9. He did ... to
help us, which was not very
friendly. 10. She was tired and had
... to say. 11. Have
some coffee, there's still ... left. 12. As
we feared,
there was ... to interest us. 13. We hoped to sell a
lot,
but ... have been sold. 14. He found ...,
but not many.
15. These are ... of my favourite things. 16. He
spends
only ... of his time in London.
Упражнение
8. Вставьте
little, a little.
1.
Let's discuss this problem tomorrow. I've very ...
time now. 2.
We had ... time, so we decided to look
through this magazine. 3.
She has very ... information
about her husband's relatives. 4.1
would like ... milk in
my tea. 5. There is very ... porridge in
the pot. 6. Tell
me ... about yourself.
7. I used to play a lot, but now I
play .... 8. He's ...
interested in anyone but himself.
9. She's ... sentimental. 10.
It was ... difficult, not
very. 11.
You must excuse me ... .
I'm ... tired. 12. Can
we just move it...
? 13. He says ...,
but he thinks a lot.
We
thought it would be popular but it's ... used.
I'm
just... worried. 16. Well,
I am ... thirsty.
Упражнение
9. Вставьте
few,
a
few.
1.
... people left this hotel yesterday. 2. You can buy
this
text-book only in ... shops. 3. His father died ...
79
years
ago. 4. Only ... students were in the classroom.
5. There are ...
plates in the cupboard. 6.
There were
only ... bags in the shop and I didn't like them at
all.
7. It's so difficult that...
people can do it. 8. It was so
cold that...
people came. 9. There are ... places hotter.
He
has ... friends so he almost never goes put.
Can
you give me ... examples? 12. ... flowers would
look nice, but
we don't need many. 13. I've been there
... times, but not
often. 14. ... men have served their
country so well. 15.
Just... remain. 16. He's
had quite
... accidents.
Упражнение
10. Вставьте much, many,
little, a little,
few, a
few.
1.
I saw Ann ... days ago. 2. Do you put ... milk in
your coffee? —
No, I put... .
3. He spent... time on
this
experiment. 4. Are there ... rooms in this hotel? 5. I
read
... books on British history. 6. Is there ... windows
in that
room? — No, only ... .
7. Mr. White is ... older
than his sister. 8. Do you put...
or ... sugar in your tea?
9. How ... pieces of sugar do you put
in your tea? 10. I
am sorry to say I have ... time now and I
can't go with
you. 11.
Let me think ... and I'll answer this question.
Can
you give me some pencils? —
I can give you
only one. I haven't got...
. 13. There are ...
sportsmen
in our institute. They spend ... time at the stadium
ev-
ery day. 14. Do ... people know about this new shop? —
No,
only ... . 15. I haven't
got ... friends here. 16. I
don't have ... free time. I am very
busy. 17. Some hun-
dred
years ago very ... people could read and write.
18. There are
only ... cakes on the plate.
Упражнение
11. Выбирите нужное
слово.
1.
There is (a little, a few) rice on the second slelf
in
the cupboard. 2. What (little, few) money there is in
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our
saving account. 3. How (much, many) furniture do
you need to buy
for your new apartment? 4. Fortu-
nately, my old car requires
(little, few) repairs. 5. Ap-
proximately how (much,
many) coffee do you drink ev-
ery day? 6. We must finish this
project as soon as pos-
sible; we have (few, little) time left.
7. Jack doesn't
like (much, many) pepper in his food. 8. My
doctor
says it's good for me to eat (much, many) fruit every
day.
9. (Much, many) time, effort and thought went
into our last
project.
Упражнение
12.
Вставьте much, many, few,
a few,
little, a little.
Where
do Americans go on their vacations? [1]...
of
them like to go abroad.
Either they visit [2]...
different
countries but spend very [3]...
time in each of them, or
they visit only [4]
... countries but get to know each of
them well.
However,
[5] ... Americans prefer to visit places in
their own country.
For example, there are [6] ... na-
tional parks in the United
States — forty, to be
exact
— and each of
them offers so [7]...
spectacular scenery
that it has to be seen to be believed. Only
[8] ... of the
national parks are in the east (one in Maine,
Virginia,
North Carolina, and Florida, respectively). Most of
the
parks are in the western part of the country, but [9]...
of
them are not even in the continental limits of the
United States
(there are two in Hawaii, one in Alaska,
and one in the Virgin
Islands). Camping in the natural
wilderness of the national parks
has become so popular
that people complain about the crowds:
there are too
[10] ... camp sites and too [11] ... campers.
However,
outdoor camping will continue to be an enjoyable
vaca-
tion for [12] ... citizens because it costs so [13]
...
money and offers so [14]...
pleasure.
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In
addition to the national parks, there are [5] ...
historical
parks, national monuments, and memorials
to visit. Just [16] ...
time spent at some of these —
battlegrounds
of the Revolution or Civil War, or the
birthplaces of presidents
and poets — can give
an
American [17] ...
pride in the nation's history and cul-
ture.
In
winter, quite [18]...
people prefer to have a vaca-
tion on the sunny beaches of
Florida and southern Cali-
fornia. [19]
... people in the northern part of the coun-
try can resist the
clear blue sky and the warm sunshine
of the south —
especially when there is so [20] ... cold
and so [21]...
snowstorms in the north.
[22]
... children and teenagers spend at least part of
the vacation at
summer camps. Here there is so [23] ...
to do that the campers
have a difficult time choosing
from the [24] ... activities. [25]
... activities (such as
nature walks and study of animals or
stars) are some-
what like school. Of course, [26] ... time spent
learning
about nature can be useful and enjoyable. However,
most
of the activities are not like school; they are ath-
letic (such
as swimming, boating, hiking, or horseback
riding) or crafts
(such as wood carving or leather
working).
Finally,
[27] ... people don't go anywhere on their
vacation. They simply
stay home, work in their gar-
den, play golf or tennis, visit
relatives and friends —
in
other words, simply relax. For them, perhaps there
is [28]
... money to go anywhere and too [29] ... things
to do around the
house.
Whether
Americans camp in a national park,
visit a
large city, sun
themselves on a beach, or simply remain
home and relax usually
depends on how [30] ... times
they have done it before
and how [31] ... time and
money they have.
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Положитель- ная степень |
Сравнитель- ная степень |
Превосходная степень |
tall высокий funny забавный |
taller выше funnier забавнее |
the tallest самый высокий the funniest самый забавный |
Упражнение
1.
Образуйте сравнительную и превос-
ходную
степень прилагательных.
Short,
long, silly, busy, big, rich, poor, nice, gay,
clever, polite,
pretty, grey, shy, merry, fine, early,
sweet.
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Положитель- ная степень |
Сравнитель- ная степень |
Превосходная степень |
wonderful замечатель- ный courageous смелый |
more wonder- ful более замеча- тельный more coura- geous более смелый |
the most wonder- ful самый замеча- тельный the most coura- geous самый смелый |
Упражнение
2.
Образуйте сравнительную и превос-
ходную
степень прилагательных.
Talanted,
sensitive, successful, unpleasant, com-
fortable, complicated,
honourable, interesting, beauti-
ful, difficult.
Устойчивые
формы образования
степеней сравнения
прилагательных |
Сравнитель- ная степень |
Превосходная степень |
good хороший bad плохой little маленький far далекий muchij у много many£ |
better лучше worse хуже less меньше further и более farther ^ далекий more больше |
the best наилучший the worst наихудший the least наименьший the furthestсамый y the farthest p далекий the most больше всего |
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Примечание:
прилагательное
old
образует степени
сравнения следующим
образом:
older,
the oldest
elder, the eldest
Формы
elder,
the
eldest
употребляются в случае
сравнения
членов семьи по возрасту.
Упражнение
3.
Раскройте скобки, употребляя нуж-
ные
степени сравнения прилагательных.
1.
Не was only five years
(young) than I was.
2.
They stopped at one of (good)...
hotels in town. 3. At
that moment he was (happy) person in the
world.
4. Please, show me (short) way to the department
store.
5. She looked (happy) today than she did yester-
day. 6. I hope
to read this book (fast) than that one.
Ann
plays the piano (good) than the other girls.
He
works (hard) at his English than they do. 9.1
get
up (early) than my brother does. 10. He is one of
(good)
actors in our theatre. 11.
Tom is (good) student than
Peter. 12. John is (clever) man I
have ever met.
13. Her explanation was (clear) than yours. 14.
This
article is (ea£y)
than that one. 15. I have (little) time
for reading than my
friend has.
as...
as
—
такой же...
как
not
so
as
—
не такой ... как
than
—
чем
Упражнение
4.
Вставьте союзы
as ... as
или
so ... as.
1.
She isn't ... busy today ... she was yesterday.
2. This book
isn't ... interesting ... that one. 3. It isn't
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...
hot in England ... in Spain. 4. My flat is ... large ...
my
friend's one. 5. This book is ... interesting ... that
one. 6.
Italy isn't ... big ... Russia. 7. Your sister is ...
merry ...
you. 8. John is ... talanted ...
his father.
9. This table is not ... big ... that one. 10. This
street is
... narrow ... that one. 11. Kate's report is ... big
...
Ann's one. 12.
Her eyes are not...
dark ... her mother's
ones.
Упражнение
5. Переведите на английский, используя
союзы
as
... as,
not
so
... as.
1.
Я играю в теннис так же хорошо, как мой
отец.
2. Ваша сумка такая же тяжелая,
как и моя. 3.
Она
так же занята, как и ты. 4. Она знает
математику
также хорошо, как ее отец.
5. В их саду так же мно-
го цветов, как
в нашем. 6.
Он говорит по-француз-
ски так же
хорошо, как его брат. 7. Это зеркало
не
такое большое, как ваше. 8. Наша
собака Т8.КЯЯ
Жв
маленькая,
как ваша. 9. Зима в этом году не
такая
холодная, как в прошлом. 10. Эти
конфеты не такие
вкусные, как те. 11.
Эта статья не такая интересная,
как
та.
Упражнение
6. Переведите на английский язык.
1.
Мой отец говорит по-немецки лучше, чем
по-
английски. 2. Это самый лучший
ответ. 3.
Сегодня
мы ушли с работы гораздо
позже, чем обычно.
4.
Вашингтон —
один из самых больших городов в
мире.
5.
Он самый известный художник нашего
вре-
мени. 6. Сегодня не так жарко, как
вчера. 7. Москва
—
более древний город, чем Санкт-Петербург.
Это
один из самых древнейших городов
России. 8. Я
люблю исторические фильмы
больше, чем фантас-
тические. 9. Утро
было прекрасное, но к вечеру
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погода
стала хуже. 10. Я встаю раньше, чем
мои
родители. 11. Волга длиннее Темзы;
это самая
длинная река Европы. 12. Июль
обычно самый жар-
кий месяц лета. 13.
Этот спортсмен бежал быстрее,
чем
остальные. 14.
Этот месяц был самый тяжелый
в
моей жизни. 15.
У меня так же много французских
книг,
как и у моего брата. 16. Этот путь —
крат-
чайший. 17.
Этот актер играл сегодня лучше, чем
в
прошлый раз.
*Упражнение
7.
Раскройте скобки, употребляя нуж-
ные
степени сравнения прилагательных.
1.
Jane is (young) than her sister. She is (young)
child in the
family. 2. It is (good) film I have ever seen.
Her
German is (good) than her French. 4. She lived
at (far) end of
the street. 5. She lived in (for) street.
6. The strong wind
made the air (cold) than usual. 7. I
have (little) free time
than you. 8. This
exercise is (dif-
ficult) in the text-book. 9. Their son was
(old) than
their daughter. 10. The weather today is much
(good)
than it was yesterday. 11. Your voice is much (low)
than
your mother's one. 12. I live far from the insti-
tute, but my
friend lives (far).
y.
Упражнение
8.
Заполните пропуски союзами
as... as,
so ... as,
than, not so ... as.
1.
She is ... kind to me ... you. 2.
No one is ... beauti-
ful ... she. 3. There is no park ... lovely
... this one.
The
last of them is taller ... the others.
5.1 think she
is
prettier ... any one else. 6. He is not ... clever ... he
seems.
7. That is a nice thing, it is nicer ... anything
else. 8.1
do my work ... good ... I can. 9. It's ... wonder-
ful ... it
can be. 10. Birmingham is ... large ... London.
11.
Winter in Great Britain is ... cold ... in Russia.
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Упражнение
9.
Переведите на английский язык.
1.
Эта самая лучшая книга года. 2. Эта
книга
намного интереснее той. 3.
Вы хотите купить по-
следнюю книгу
этого автора? Она гораздо хуже, чем
первая.
4. Она читает лучше, чем в прошлом году.
5.
Мое предложение не такое трудное,
как ваше. 6. Его
отец —
один из лучших преподавателей
универ-
ситета. 7. Эрмитаж —
один из богатейших музеев
мира. 8. Этот
дом самый высокий на улице. 9. Петр
самый
старший в семье.
Упражнение
10.
Переведите на английский язык.
1.
Эта проблема не такая серьезная, как
вы
думаете. 2. Джон —
лучший спортсмен в команде.
3.
Нам нужно зеркало поменьше. 4. Анна
работает
над одной из наиболее сложных
тем. 5. Напишите
статью покороче. Эта
слишком длинная. 6.
Второе
выступление было намного
интереснее первого.
7. Он предложил
наиболее легкий способ решения
проблемы.
8. Вчера было намного холоднее, чем
сегодня.
9. Мы еще не обсудили самый важный
вопрос.
10. Думаю, что это наиболее подходящее
для
нас предложение. 11. Это не лучший
выход из по-
ложения. 12. Этот певец
сейчас самый популярный
в Европе. 13.
Ваша сестра намного старше вас? —
На
два года. 14. В этом диктанте у вас
меньше ошибок.
15. Он такого же возраста,
как я. 16. Моя старшая
сестра на 5 лет
старше меня. 17.
Мы сидели в самом
дальнем углу сада.
18. Возьми билеты на более
ближние
места. 19. Ты можешь купить это в бли-
жайшем
магазине. 20. Том —
их старший брат.
21.
Это самый модный
фасон сезона. 22. Это не
такая легкая
задача, как может показаться сразу.
23.
Его настроение стало еще хуже. 24. Ее
голос
становился все громче и громче.
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Упражнение
11. Раскройте скобки,
употребляя нуж-
ные степени сравнения
прилагательных.
1.1
think that the first story is (funny). 2. The per-
formance was
not so (breathtaking) as I had expected.
3. It is (dull) book I
have ever read. 4. This task is as
(serious) as others. 5. The
second question was as
(silly) as the first one. 6. It was her
(clever) action.
7. It was (successful) day in her life. 8. The
apples in
your garden are as (good) as last year.
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Упражнение 13. Переведите на английский
язык.
1.
Москва —
один из самых больших городов в
мире.
2.
Кремль —
одна из самых красивых частей
Москвы.
3.
Мой брат выше моей сестры. Моя сестра
не
такая высокая, как мой брат. 4. Где
живет твой
старший брат? 5. Мы слушали
последние новости.
Читали
ли вы его последний роман? 7. Этот
ящик
самый тяжелый из всех. 8. Его
работа хуже, чем ее.
9. Чей перевод
самый лучший? 10. Эта улица самая
шумная.
11.
Ваше платье самое модное из всех.
12.
Его часы спешат на десять минут по
сравнению с
вашими.
Упражнение
14. Вставьте соответствующую форму
прилагательных
good, bad,
little, much,
far.
|
1.
It was the ... accident in the history of the com-
pany. 2. The
most expensive is not necessarily the ...
3. She was very ill
yesterday, but she's ... today. 4. You
surely don't expect me to
sell it for ... than I paid for it.
5.
They live on the ... side of the town. 6. Last year's re-
sults
were bad, but unfortunately this year's are ...
Managers
earn ... than secretaries. 8. Our products
are sold in the ...
corners of the world. 9. They all ate a
lot
but he ate the ... 10.
Nobody gave very much, but
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she
gave the ... 11.
He is not satisfied with anything
but the ... 12.
He is a good player, but his brother is ... .
Упражнение
15.
Вставьте подходящие по
смыслу
прилагательные в сравнительной
степени:
careless,
brutal, direct, interesting, handsome, fa-
mous, tragic, tired,
active.
1.
It will take an hour that way. Isn't there a
...
route? 2. He's good looking but his brother's even ... .
3.
She said she'd never met a
... dentist. 4. She's older
than her husband but ... .5.1
woke up ... than when I
went to bed. 6. You've made more
mistakes: you're
getting ... .7.
There are few ... museums than the Lou-
vre.
8. How sad! I've never heard
a ... story.
9. I've
never heard a
... lecture.
Упражнение
16.
Вставьте подходящие по
смыслу
прилагательные в превосходной
степени:
high,
deep, boring, complete, comfortable, elegant,
popular, expensive,
long.
1.
He always sits in the ... chair. 2. Diamonds are the
... precious
stones. 3. The 5th Beethoven's symphony
is the ....
4. Everest is the ... mountain in the world.
5.
The Pacific is the ... ocean. 6. It's the ... book I've
ever
read. 7. She was the ... woman in the room.
8. That's the ...
lecture I've ever heard. 9. June 21st is
the ... day in the
northern hemisphere.
*
Упражнение 17.
Образуйте сравнительную
степень
прилагательных.
It
is easy to see how American cities are changing.
They grew from
[1] (small) villages into
[2] (large)
towns and cities, and finally into still [3] (large)
metro-
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areas which are the size of several large cities.
But how will
cities change in the future? Will they be-
come even [4] (large)
or will they reverse the trend and
become [5] (small) once again?
Will people continue to
look for a
[6] (pleasant) life outside the center of the
cities, or will
they take a
[7] (careful) look at the cities
and think about moving back?
There are some indica-
tions that people are moving back [8]
(close) to the cen-
ter of the city. People in the suburbs are
happy
enough, but everyone looks for ways to make life just
a
little
[9] (good). Many cities have become (afraid) of
the pollution in
downtown areas and are doing some-
thing to stop it. Huge
factories used to make the air
[10]
(dirty) and the number of people going to and from
work made the
streets [11]
(busy). But these factories
today are [12] (aware) of their duty
to clean up the air.
Nowadays the air in the downtown areas is
usually [13]
(good)
than it used to be, and it certainly is [14]
(healthy) to
breathe.
The
new homes in the suburbs appealed to many
people, but today
families think that the [15] (old)
houses of the inner city are
[16] (attractive).
Suburban
houses have become [17]
(expensive) because of con-
struction
costs and demand. If you moved into one of
the [18] (cheap)
houses in the suburbs, it might be of
[19] (poor) construction
and inferior quality. How-
ever, in the inner city you could buy
a [20] (comfort-
able)
house with many spacious rooms for the same
price. Of course,
since the houses are many years [21]
(old), they might need a lot
of repair.
Another
reason for moving [22] (near) to the inner
city is the cost of
transportation. As gasoline becomes
[23] (difficult) to find and
[24] (expensive) to buy,
traveling to and from the suburbs
becomes a [25]
(un-
pleasant) task. As you leave the office at night, you
have
to think about the [26] (long) time it takes you to
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get
home each night. You might decide that you would
have a
[27] (happy) home life if you could spend those
hours relaxing
with your family.
*Упражнение
18.
Образуйте превосходную степень
прилагательных.
There
are poor people in every society, even in the
[1]
(rich) country in the world, but most countries have
ways to help
their [2] (poor) citizens. The [3] (wealthy)
group is also the
[4] (small) — there are
usually very
few really wealthy people. However, the [5]
(large)
group is usually the middle class, those who are not
the
[6] (rich) and not the [7] (poor) people in the nation.
The
[8] (serious) problem, however, is what to do about
those who are
[9] (low) on the economic scale. Nations
face many difficult
problems, but the [10] (difficult)
problem of all is how to care
for their really poor
people. This is one of America's [11]
(great) difficul-
ties, one we have not yet found a solution for.
Most
people do not choose to be poor; they simply
belong to the group
that is least able to take care of it-
self.
People feel sorry for those who are poor, but we
feel [12]
(concern) for those who are not able to work
because of physical
or mental disabilities. They cannot
perform even the [13]
(simple) physical labor or the
[14] (easy) mental tasks. Others
do not work because
they do not know any useful skills. Only the
[15]
(small) number of
people avoid work because they do
not like to work. In the United
States only about one
person in ten is poor. While poverty is
found among all
groups, it is [16] (high) among the black,
especially
black women and teenagers.
The
word "poor" is defined by the amount of money
one
earns. The [17] (many) money you can make and
still be considered
poor in the United States is now
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about
$ 4,180
a year. That figure changes if you have
children who are
dependent on your income. If you are
head of a household of four
people and earn under
$8,380, you belong to this [18] (low)
economic class.
Federal,
state, and city governments
try to help the
poor with special public assistance programs.
These
programs help people with dependent children. The
[19]
(late) figures available show that about ten million
families had
such assistance last year. In numbers the
next [20] (large) group
of people are the disabled —
those
who can't work because of physical problems or
injuries. Old
people and blind people form the [21]
(small) groups who receive
public assistance. Most
people are on welfare for only a short
time; at the [22]
(early) moment that they can return to work,
they do so.
Another
program which is frequently used is the
food stamp program. In
this program, the government
helps those who make the [23] small
incomes to buy the
[24] (good) food they can for the [25]
(little) amount of
money. The government gives coupons or
"food
stamps" which are exchanged at the store for
food.
There
are many kinds of assistance programs today.
A recent one is
intended to help people learn how to
work. Many people have no
job skills; this is the [26]
4bad)
problem of all, because
people without skills have
the [27] (little) opportunity finding
any kind of job at
all. Here is one of the [28] (interesting)
examples of
success I know: a woman was on welfare for
many
years. She learned how to spell, punctuate, and type.
How
she earns enough money to support herself and
her children. Her
life is the [29] (happy) it has ever
been. The [30] (bad) thing
about public assistance is
that it makes some people lazy; the
[31] (good) thing
about it is that it gives some people skills
they need to
survive.
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5гпраяснение
19.
Вставьте подходящие по смыслу
прилагательные
в сравнительной степени.
^ambitious
pheap
clever
cool
comfortable
complicated
expensive
handsome
emotional
exact
important
intelligent
shallow
Цримеры:
p..
My neighbor finds that his water bed is less com-
fortable than
the ordinary bed he used to have.
He says his back aches every
morning when he
gets up.
p.
Mr. Atwell, the son, is much more intelligent
than Mr.
Atwell, the father, but he
doesn't have
any horse sense (common sense).
p.
No, this ice cream isn't necessarily better than
the other kind,
but it's cheaper.
Children,
please swim at this end of the pool —
if*
- •
Professor
Romanoff is a brilliant scientist; how-
his mind is ... than
Professor Anashkin's, who is
t^
greater scientist of the two.
3.
Many people feel that men are ... than women, but
I
{jon't think so. Society
just allows women to show
tj^ir
feelings more openly than it does men.
A.
A person I know says he finds religion is ... to him
r^w
than it was when he was younger and interested
Cjnjy
in having a good time.
As
people grow older, they sometimes become ...
th#n
they were and lose interest in life.
My
nephew is ... than my niece, but he doesn't do
well
as she does at school, nor does he have so pleas-
a
personality.
и
Yes,
M&'am, this is ...
than that, but it won't last
you so long.
Yes,
Steve Graves is ... than Clint Astor, but
Astor
is a better actor.
Professor
Clark's explanation is better than Pro-
fessor Waldheim's —
his is ... and not so clear.
Today
is ... than yesterday, but it's warmer than
it was the day
before.
Упражнение
20. Вставьте подходящие по
смыслу
прилагательные в сравнительной
степени.
aggressive eager tender
ambitious exact tough
bitter intelligent
delicious little
Пример:
"You're
as young as you feel", my kind old doctor
is always
telling me.
Even
though the great actress Margo Young is no
^
longer so young as she was, she still looks like a
million
dollars when she appears on the stage.
This
kind of chocolate isn't ... the other kind —
it's
much sweeter.
Veronica
Lane has got an interesting job,
but she
makes ... I do, and that's not much
these days.
I'm
afraid my steak isn't...
yours. Have you got a
sharper
knife for me to use?
Elliot
Chase is ... anyone else at the top in his com-
pany. He wants
success, fame and power, and he'll
have them all —
he's ruthless.
Miss,
I'm sorry (I really don't want
to complain),
but this veal chop is not very good —
it's ... a piece of
old shoe leather.
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The
person who does my income taxes every year
isn't always ...
she is fast; I'm looking for another one
to
go to.
I'm
... you are to go on a vacation; I haven't had
one for more
than three years. I haven't even been able
to have Christmas
Day off.
Dorothy
is never ... Archie, her twin brother, nor
is she ever so
selfish.
This
food doesn't taste ... it looks; in fact, I'm go-
ing to
complain.
Упражнение
21. Вставьте подходящие по
смыслу
прилагательные в сравнительной
степени.
amusing hungry much
bad large rich
few little stubborn
good merry
Примеры:
A
horse isn't so stubborn as a mule.
My
grandpa is more stubborn than a
mule; he
won't budge an inch (he's always right).
Yes,
Conway Arthur's stories and jokes are al-
ways ... than
anyone else's, but they never seem to
come to an end.
Never
have I been ... as I am right now. I could eat
a horse.
Won't
you all please come to my party tonight?
The more, the ... .
With
taxes the way they are these days, it seems
the more money I
make, the ... I have.
There
are ... students in her class than mine, but
she doesn't
like the teacher, nor does she care much for
the textbook
they're using.
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