THE CAR OF THE FUTURE
I. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в каждом из них видовременную форму и залог глагола-сказуемого (см. образец). Переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. When the work had been completed the results were published in the magazine.
2. When the experiment was being made everybody was watching it with great interest
3. A great deal of research work was done at this institute.
II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на разные значения слов it, that, one.
1. It was noisy in the hall as the students were talking about their summer holidays.
2. Last year the number of tourists to the Caucasus exceeded that of the previous one.
3. One must know traffic rules if one wants to drive a car safely.
III. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, помня о разных значениях глаголов to be, to have, to do.
1. I have to translate the text but I have no dictionary.
2. The students usually do not do anything on the day after the exam.
3. He was only 12 when his family moved to Moscow.
4. Professor N. was to deliver a lecture on history at the club.
IV. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на бессоюзное подчинение.
1. I think his work will be completed by the end of the next month.
2. The desks we sit at are made of wood.
V. Перепишите и переведите на русский язык следующие предложения; обратите внимание на то, что в них просьба (побуждение) выражена с помощью глагола to let.
1. Let us speak about our plans for the future.
2. Let our monitor give the teacher the list of our group.
VI. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на функцию инфинитива, герундия и причастия в предложении.
1. Before writing our test we learn the necessary grammar material.
2. Speaking about his new invention the young engineer told us many interesting things.
3. To build new electric stations is to develop our industry.
VII. Прочтите и устно переведите на русский язык 1—5 абзацы текста. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1—4 абзацы.
Пояснения к тексту
the internal combustion engine — двигатель внутреннего сгорания
to look for — искать
exhaust fumes — выхлопные газы
to take over — сменять, приходить на смену
1. In the near future most cars will use the internal combustion engine and burn petrol. At the present rate of production oil supplies will run out in about fifty years, and we will have to look for2 other sources of energy. That is one of the most important aspects of the problem and another is the damage that exhaust fumes do to the environment and health of the people, especially in towns.
2. What kind of vehicle will eventually take over? At present there is a lot of talk about electric cars, for they have the advantage of giving off no exhaust fumes. The electric car has a long history. The first cars were built at the end of the last century but they could not compete against the internal combustion engine.
3. They have several disadvantages. First, we have no really suitable batteries - they tend to be too heavy, take a long time to charge, have too small capacity and a relatively short life.
4. So scientists and engineers are looking for better storage batteries or cells, and ways of using energy more economically and recharging batteries during deceleration.
5. Car manufacturers are looking for other energy and fuel sources. In Moscow there are more than a thousand lorries using liquid gas cylinders instead of petrol tanks. Prototypes of liquid gas buses and taxies have already been made.
6. The Soviet Union, the United States, West Germany and Japan are all working on hydrogen engines.
7. Some specialists even think that hydrogen will be the main source of
energy for internal combustion engines by the end of the century.
VIII. Прочтите 5, 6 и 7-й абзацы текста и вопрос к ним. Из предложенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос.
What will be used instead of petrol in the car of the future?
1. Atomic energy will be used instead of petrol in the car of the future.
2. Hydrogen will be used instead of petrol in the car of the future.
3. Internal combustion engines will be used in the car of the future.
Контрольная по английскому языку состоит из восьми заданий. Задания несложные.
