Вариант 5

I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием - s, и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.е. служит ли оно:

а) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола в Present Indefinite;

б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.

Переведите предложения на русский язык. (см Образец выполнения 1)

1. In Birmingham a lot of plants produce various goods: machine tools, tubes, domestic metalware, rubber products, etc.

2. The Manchester Ship canal links Manchester with Liverpool, one of Britain’s leading seaports.

3. London has some heavy engineering plants and several leading research establishments.

II. Задайте все основные типы вопросов к следующему предложению.

His parents live in the central part of our city.

III. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные степени сравнения, определите степень сравнения, и переведите предложение на русский язык.

1. Although Britain is a highly industrialized country, agriculture is still one of its most important industries.

2. This exercise is easier than the previous one but it includes more difficult English phrases.

3. The older she became the better she understood her mother.

IV. Перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык. обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных местоимений some, any no, every и их производных.

1. Somebody left a magazine in our classroom yesterday.

2. No student of this group can answer this question.

3. Have you got any books on Dickens; I want to read something about him.

V. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них видо-временные формы глаголов и укажите их инфинитив; переведите предложения на русский язык (см Образец выполнения 2).

1. It takes me forty minutes to get to my University.

2. Last Saturday they were at the cinema.

3. Nick is ill now but he will go to work in three days.

VI. Прочитайте и устно переведите на русский язык с 1-го по 5-й абзацы текста. Перепишите и письменно переведите их.

INDUSTRIAL CENTRES AND PORTS OF GREAT BRITAIN

1. England is a highly developed industrial country. London is the biggest city. It is important for products of all kinds including food, instrument engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, clothing, furniture and printing. It has some heavy engineering plants and several leading research establishments. London is a great port with many docks. It is also the centre of commerce.

2. North-west of London, in the midland counties (the Midlands) is a very important industrial district which is known as the “Black country”. In Birmingham, the centre of this area, a lot of plants produce various goods: machine tools, tubes, domestic metalware, rubber products, etc.

3. Manchester is one of the main centres for electrical and heavy engineering and for the production of a wide range of goods including computers, electronic equipment, petrochemicals, dye-stuffs and pharmaceuticals. The Manchester Ship canal links Manchester with Liverpool, one of Britain’s leading seaports.

4. In Scotland, the richest part is that of the Lowlands. Here there are coal and iron firlds. Glasgow is the largest city, seaport and trading centre of Scotland. North-east Scotland is now the centre of off-shore oil and gas industries.

5. Although Britain is a highly industrialized country, agriculture is still one of its most important industries. Dairying is most common in the west of England, where the wetter climate encourages the growth of good grass. Sheep and cattle are reared in the hilly and moorland areas of northern and south-western England. Its best farmland lies in the south-eastern plains.

6. The south of England is rural, with many fertile valleys and numerous hedges dividing the well-cultivated fields and pastures.

The south-eastern coast is well-known for its picturesque scenery and mild climate and a number of popular resorts. On the southern coast of England there are many large ports among them: Southampton, Portsmouth, Plymouth.

VII. Прочитайте 6-й абзац текста и ответьте на вопрос.

What is the south-eastern part of Great Britain famous for?