I вариант.

I. Определите время сказуемого в предложениях и переведите их на русский язык.

1. Scientists require very strong evidence before they accept a theory.

2. He has found the answer to the problem.

3. You have succeeded in determining how the reaction took place.

4. The demand for the product will vary with time.

5. He recruited a staff of over 100 foreign-policy specialists.

6. For three solid months I didn’t receive a phone call from the President.

7. Inflation erodes our real wages.

8. The cold war threatened the very survival of the human species.

9. The full year figures showed a downturn.

10. Something is going wrong in the global financial system.

11. These general rules have evolved over time.

12. This company has pioneered in this technology since 1937.

13. For several weeks the media has been reporting on the decline of the dollar.

14. Lately, they have been getting closer to success.

15. Retailers have been pressurizing us to give them higher margins and commission.

II. Выберите правильный вариант ответа

1. At 10 o'clock in the morning on Wednesday Tom______ a delegation in the office.

a) will receive b) is receiving c) will be receiving d) would receive

2. How long______you______Kate?

a) did know b) have been knowing c) have known d) do known

3. The first modern Olympics______place in Athens more than a hundred years ago.

a) were taking b) took c) have taken d) had taken

4. He______it for an hour before I came.

a) have been doing b) had been done c) had been doing d) did

5. Water______at 100 degrees.

a) boils b) is boiling с) will boil d) will have been boiling

III. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в требующемся времени.

1. What you (to do) when I (to come) in?

2. You (to read) this book? — Yes, I (to read) it. I (to think) it (to be) very interesting.

3. What the children (to do) now? — Oh, they (to play) the new table game which I (to buy) for them the day before yesterday.

4. She (to teach) at our school for twenty years now.

5. He (to begin) to write his composition at three o'clock. It is already eleven, and he still (to Ring me up as soon as you (to come) home.

IV. Переведите предложения на английский язык.

1. Сколько дней вы уже читаете эту книгу?

2. Только когда она была в поезде, она вспомнила, что оставила книгу дома.

3. В одиннадцать часов мы еще работали.

4. Я не приду. Я буду писать сочинение весь вечер.

5. Он был счастлив: он написал отличное сочинение.

6. Я уже полчаса стараюсь вспомнить ее имя, но до сих пор еще не вспомнил

7. Что вы будете делать завтра в восемь часов вечера? — Завтра к восьми часам я уже закончу все свои уроки, и в восемь часов буду играть на рояле.

V. Напишите вопросы к выделенным словам.

1. Tom has been living in London for 20 years.

2. The writer will have finished his new book by the end of the year.

3. My daughter was sleeping when I came home yesterday.

VI. Прочитайте текст, выполните задания I. Vocabulary (выбрать синоним или объяснение) и II. Multiple Choice (выбрать правильный вариант ответа на вопрос) и переведите текст на русский язык.

Выбор текста осуществляется в соответствии с последней цифрой номера зачетной книжки. Если цифра 0, текст № 10.