Контрольная работа № 1

Для выполнения контрольной работы необходимо усвоить

следующий грамматический материал

Модальные глаголы can, must, may, needn't

The Present Continuous Tense для выражения будущего времени

Конструкция to be going to + инфинитив

Простое будущее время (The Simple Future Tense)

Косвенная речь (Reported Speech)

Степени сравнения прилагательных (Degrees of comparison of adjectives)

Повторить: времена группы Indefinite, The Present Perfect Tense, The Present Continuous Tense.

Рекомендуемая литература

1. Дудкина Г. А., Павлова М. В. и др. Учебник английского языка для делового общения. Уроки 1–6 (вводно-фонетический курс), уроки 1–9 (основной курс).– М.: ИОСО РАО, 2001.

2. Зеликман А. Я. Английский язык для юристов. Уроки 1–6, 8.– М.: Феникс, 2001.

I вариант

I. Прочитайте текст и переведите его письменно.

Great Britain (official name – the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) consists of four main parts: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Great Britain is a parliamentary monarchy. Officially the head of the state is the Queen. However, the power of the Queen in Great Britain is not absolute. She acts only on the advice of the ministers and Parliament. There is no written constitution in Great Britain. The main principles of British legislation are expressed in other documents like “Magna Charta”, “Habeas Corpus Act”, “Bill of Rights”, which decided the position of the House of Lords. The British legislation does not provide written guarantees of individual political rights.

Parliament in Great Britain consists of two Houses – the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The House of Lords consists of 1000 peers who are not elected by the people. The House of Commons is a nation – wide representative body which is elected by the people at a general election not less frequently than once in 5 years. After the general election the Queen appoints the head of the government – the Prime Minister. As a rule the Prime Minister is the leader of the Party that has won the election. There are two main political parties in Great Britain: the Conservative party and the Labour party. Great Britain is a highly-developed industrial country. The main fields of British industry are machine-building, ship-building, metallurgy, electronics, etc.

Слова и словосочетания

Magna Charta – Великая Хартия Вольности

Bill of Rights – Билль о правах

legislation – законодательство

to elect – выбирать

a general election – всеобщие выборы

to appoint – назначать

a highly –developed country – высокоразвитая страна

main fields – основные области

power – власть

to express – выражать

representative body – представительный орган

government – правительство.

II. Дополните предложения из текста:

1. Great Britain consists of ….

2. The Queen acts only on the advice of ….

3. The main fields of British industry are ….

4. The House of Commons is….

5. After the general election….

6. The power of the Queen is….