VI. Прочтите 8-й абзац и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос:

Why did attention from the West turn to the Ukraine?

1. Because of the proclamation of sovereignty.

2. Because of nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.

3. Because Ukraine is a leading European country.

Вариант 4.

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 третьего лица единственного числа глагола в Present Simple;

б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.

Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. There exist several versions of the origin of the city's name.

2. The Akmola name means a place with abundance of milk products.

3. The history of Akmola starts from the year of 1830.

II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на особенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным.

1. Subsequently it turned into the well-known Grand Silk Route.

2. The L. Gumilyov Eurasian University is famous in the whole country.

3. The water- and power supplies are important for a capital city.

III. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, и письменно переведите их на русский язык.

1. Economically Astana is more proper to be a capital city than Almaty.

2. The ecological condition of Almaty region was the worst in the country.

3. Astana is bigger than any other city in the region.

IV. Перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений.

1. There are some large companies in Kazakhstan which are interested in investment in Astana.

2. No city is more suitable to be the center of the Republic than this one.

3. Are there any foreign companies investing in this city now?

V. Прочтите и устно переведите на русский текст. Перепишите и письменно переведите текст.

Пояснения к тексту:

announce – объявлять transfer, transferring – здесь: перевод, перенос prompted – здесь: вызван expediency – целесообразность virtually – фактически proximity – близость Karautkul – Карауткул (область) Herodotus – Геродот

BC – Before Christ – до Рождества Христова Grand Silk Route – Великий шелковый путь substantial – существенный Tselinny – Целинный lime stone – известь Huns – гунны sacred place – место жертвоприношения ever prospected – здесь: когда-либо добывавшиеся Kazakhstani – казастанский, казахский

Astana (akmola)

1. The people of the Republic of Kazakhstan announced Akmola its capital on December 10, 1997. The international presentation of Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan, took place on June 10, 1998.

2. The first capital of Kazakhstan since 1920 was the city of Orenburg (now the part of the Russian Federation). In 1925 the capital of Kazakhstan moved to Kzyl-Orda. Construction of the Turksib railway served the basic reason for transferring the capital to Alma-Ata (later: Almaty).

3. As to the transfer of the capital from Almaty to Akmola it is prompted by economic, ecological and geographic expediency. Overall condition of the city, its territory, its being virtually the geographic centre of Kazakhstan, its proximity to major economic regions on the crossroads of important arterial lines, an opportunity of bringing the number of the population up to 400,000 people, pretty stable heat-, water- and power supplies, well-developed transport infrastructure, balanced natural environment - all these factors were decisive in making the choice.

4. The history of Akmola starts from the year of 1830 when they launched construction of an Akmola fortress in the area of Karautkul: Akmola steppes are a territory of inter-ethnic communication of various nations and cultures. The so-called route through the Great Steppe (mentioned by the great ancient Greek historian Herodotus) ran through these steppes in the middle of the first millennium BC. Subsequently it turned into the well-known Grand Silk Route. Numerous caravan routes gave birth to cities with prosperous trade and handicrafts. In the XIXth century too Akmola was a substantial commercial and economic centre in the steppe. In the Soviet times its name was Akmolinsk.

5. In December 1960 the city turned into the centre of the Tselinny territory. Shortly after, in 1961, Akmolinsk changed its name for Tselinograd. In 1992, the city got back its former name – Akmola. There exist several versions of the origin of the city's name. As the first Akmola is the name of a white-coloured lime-stone hill. As Prokopius, a Byzantine writer maintains Huns called "mola" a fortress. According to another version, the Akmola name means the place with abundance of milk products (koumyss, shubat, etc.). (‘ak mol’ - white abundance). A "white sacred place" is actually the translation version.

6. All in all Astana numbers 319.000 people (in 1999). There function in the city quite a number of higher educational establishments, among them is the L. Gumilyov Eurasian University.

7. In Astana one can find three museums, two drama theatres, branches of the Union of Writers and Artists of Kazakhstan, with over 40 newspapers and 2 literary magazines.

8. All reserves of industrial diamonds ever prospected in the Republic are concentrated in the North of Kazakhstan, two thirds of tin, over 30% of zirconium, 25% of uranium and 15% of gold. No wonder that mining in the region is highly developed.

9. Turkey, Israel, Italy invest actively in the city. Kazakhstani businessmen also invest in their capital city. Among them one can mention such powerful firms as "Astana-holding", "Raimbek", "Accept", "Diamond" and others.

VI. Прочтите 5-й абзац и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос:

What is the final translation version of the name of Akmola?

1. a white-coloured lime-stone hill;

2. white sacred place;

3. white abundance.