Контрольная работа по английскому языку London
1. Прочтите и устно переведете на русский язык с 1-го по 7- абзацы текста. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1,2,3,6 и 7-й абзацы.
LONDON
1. London is the capital of Great Britain. It lies in the South East of England on both banks of the river Thames. London is one of the largest cities in the world and the largest port and industrial town in England. London is more than twenty centuries old.
2. The heart of the capital is the City. The territory of the City is only about one square mile, but it is the financial and business centre of the country. It contains almost all important English banks and offices.
3. The West End of London is famous for its beautiful monuments and palaces, fine parks, fashionable shops and big hotels. The East End is quite different from the West End. It is the district of factories, plants and the docks. The main branches of industry are machine-building, ship-building, metal-processing and others. The narrow streets and poor houses of the East End present a contrast to the homes of the rich people in the West End.
4. There are many places of interest in London. One of them is Trafalgar Square with the Nelson's monument 185 feet high. Buckingham Palace is the royal residence. Westminster Abbey in one of the most beautiful building in London. It contains the memorials of many famous citizens of Britain.
5. Across the road from Westminster Abbey are the Houses of Parliament, the seat of the British government The clock tower towers over the Houses of Parliament It contains "Big Ben" - one of the largest in the world.
6. The Tower of London is one of the most interesting places in London. It was a fortress, a royal residence, a prison, now it is a museum. Not far from the tower you can see the Tower Bridge, one of the finest bridges in London.
7. London is famous for its green parks. Hyde Park is the most popular of them. It is the greatest park in London as well.
8. London is the centre of the country's cultural life. There are many picture galleries and museums there. The National Gallery houses a priceless collection of paintings. The famous British Museum is one of the best museums in the world. In the library of the British Museum Karl Marx worked at his "Capital", V. I. Lenin worked there too. There he gathered the material for his work on "Materialism and Empiriocriticism".
2. Прочтите 8-й абзац и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите но¬мер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос:
Who worked in the library of the British Museum?
1. Prominal scientists worked there.
2. A number of writers gathered materials for their works there.
3. Karl Marx and V.I. Lenin worked in the library of that museum.
3. 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.
1. The "Big Ben" clock weighs 13.5 tons.
2. Most of London's places of interest are to the north of the river Thames.
Большинство из достопримечательностей Лондона находятся к северу от реки Темза.
3. Hyde Park covers 360 acres.
4. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на осо¬бенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным.
1. The bus stop is not far from here.
2. Several Moscow University physicists work at this problem.
3. There are only daylight lamps in this room.
5. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, и переведите их на русский язык.
1. One of the most famous buildings in England is Paul's Cathedral.
2. This room is smaller than that оnе.
3. The longer is the night, the shorter is the day.
6. Перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая вни¬мание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений.
1. At some of the London Underground stations there are lifts, others have escalators.
2. Any student of our group can speak on the history of London.
3. No park in London is as popular as Hyde Park.
7. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них видо-временные формы глаголов и укажите их инфинитив; переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. This student first came to Moscow in 1985.
2. The port of London is to the east of the City.
3. In a few days she will leave for Leningrad.
Контрольная работа по английскому языку небольшая. Контрольная по английскому имеет начальный уровень сложности.
