THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA
1.
Выберете один из подчеркнутых вариантов, обращайте внимание на употребление времен Past Simple, Present Perfect
1. Everything is going well. We didn't have/haven't had any problems so far.
2. Margaret didn't go/hasn't gone to work yesterday. She wasn't feeling well.
3. Look! That man over there wears/is wearing the same sweater as you.
4. Your son is much taller than when I last saw him. He grew/has grown a lot.
5.1 still don't know what to do. I didn't decide/haven't decided yet.
6. Jane had a book open in front of her, but she didn't read/wasn't reading it.
7. I wasn't very busy. I didn't have/wasn't having much to do.
8. Mary wasn't happy in her new job at first but she begins/ is beginning to enjoy it now.
9. After leaving school, Tim found/has found it difficult to get a job.
10. When Sue heard the news, she wasn't/hasn't been very pleased.
2.
Выберете правильный вариант.
1. What_______when she rang up the day before yesterday?
a) you were doing b) were you doing c) did you do
2. Six public holidays___________in Great Britain.
a) celebrate b) are celebrated c) are celebrate
3. We____________to a wonderful concert last Sunday.
a) have gone b) went c) were going
4. Bad news______________fast.
a) travel b) are traveling c) travels
5. My sister said that she______________the car the following day.
a) won't need b) wouldn't need c) doesn't need
6. He wondered____________if he told her the truth.
a) what she would say b) what would she say c) what she
will say
7. Everybody__________fine weather.
a) likes b) dislike c) like
8. I'll ring you up as soon as I____________home.
a) will comeb) would come c) come
9. The last student__________now.
a) is examined b) is being examined c) examines
10. What are you cooking? It_______ very nice.
a) is smelling b) smells c) smelt
3.
Переведите на английский язык следующие предложения и к каждому задайте вопросы (общий, разделительный, специальные (what, where, when, why, who))
1. Мы уже навестили бабушку.
2. Когда она пила чай, к ней пришел сосед.
3. Вчера дети разбили мамину вазу.
4. Весной ученики собираются посадить деревья в школьном саду.
5. Мама обычно встает раньше всех.
4.
Вставьте в пропуски местоимения someили any.
1. You can have some coffee, but I don't want______.
2. I've just made some coffee. Would you like______.
3. Are there any biscuits? Yes, there are______in the kitchen.
4. I bought_________cheese, but I didn't buy_________bread.
5. I'm not going to buy_________clothes.
6. We did ________ exercises.
5.
Вставьте much, many, little, few, a little, a few.
1. After the play everybody felt_______ tired.
2. Let's stay here_________longer: it is such a nice place.
3. There were________new words in the text, and Peter spent______time learning them.
4. There was_______hay in the barn, and the children could not play there.
5. There was_________water in the river, and they decided to cross it.
6.
Переведите предложения на английский язык, обращая внимание на степени сравнения прилагательных.
1. Он не такой усталый, как она.
2. Мы знаем, что наш сосед— самый веселый человек в доме.
3. Самая плохая отметка - "двойка".
4. Летом дни длиннее, а ночи короче.
5. Он не такой старый, как я.
6. Русский музей такой же богатый, как Эрмитаж?
7. Мария - моя самая близкая подруга.
8. Она такая же щедрая, как ее бабушка.
7.
Прочитайте и письменно переведите текст.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA
Every four years, on the first Tuesday after The first Monday of November, millions of Americans go to the polls to choose a new leader in a free and open election. The candidates, nominated during the preceding summer at the conventions of their respective political parties, have waged vigorous campaigns. Through the media of radio, television, newspapers, and magazines, they have made known their views on both national and international affairs and have become familiar faces to the people.
On Inauguration Day, January 20, the successful candidate for the high office of president of the United States takes this oath of office: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will do the best of my ability preserve, to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
This is the same oath that has been taken by every American president since George Washington. And yet, in the two centuries since the first president was inaugurated, the obligations and duties implied in the oath have changed. The key to the changes lies in the words, "the Office of the President." Exactly what is the office of the president? What was it originally intended to be? And what has it become?
THE GROWTH OF THE PRESIDENCY
The men who wrote the Constitution of the United States were opposed to the idea of an all-powerful head of state. America's Founding Fathers thought of the presidency as an office of great honor and dignity, but one with little real power. The American colonists in general favored the parliamentary system of government but did not believe that all governmental powers should rest within any one body. So, in framing the Constitution, they provided for three separate branches - legislative, executive, and judicial.
8.
Письменно ответьте на вопросы:
1. How often do Americans go to the polls to choose a new leader?
2. What ways do candidates make their views on both national and international affairs known?
3. What time has the oath been taken by every American president?
4. What did America's Founding Fathers think of the presidency?
9.
Задайте вопросы к предложению (общий, разделительный, специальные (4)):
The American colonists did not believe that all governmental powers should rest within any one body.
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