Farms in Britain 4. Помощь с контрольной по английскому.
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Farms in Britain
British agriculture is based on high-quality farm machinery and utilization of fertilizers. It is greatly influenced by the climate. Britain has a mild climate. The temperature seldom exceeds 32°C or falls below zero. Thus the farmers work in the fields all the year round.
Most of the farms are less than 50 acres each. The type of farms depends on many factors: climate, soil, slope and altitude.
They are divided into four types: arable farms, dairy farms and mixed farms. In the eastern part of Great Britain most farms are arable. The fanners hav¬ing such farms grow different crops: wheat, barley, oats. In the western part of the country most farms are dairy. Farmers keep milking cows, sheep, pigs or poultry on their forms. Sheep-breeding is spread in Wales and Scotland, cattle-rearing in the south-east of England (Kent), horticulture in Cornwall and Yorkshire.
Small farms in Britain are usually mixed farms on which farmers grow crops and keep animals as Well.
Today the main tendency in agricultural development of Great Britain is that small farms are gradually disappearing because they cannot compete with modern industrial farms based on up-to-date agricultural machinery.
British farmers are working hard to earn their living, to maximize the yield and minimize the cost of production, to supply the population of the country with various foodstuffs of high quality, to ensure further progress in all agricultural branches.
I. Перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните в каждом из них глагол-сказуемое, определите его видо-временную форму и залог. Переведите предложения на русский язык. В пункте (б) обратите внимание на пе¬ревод пассивных конструкций.
а) 1.The farmers are building new houses for their families.
2. Only 40 per cent of the last year`s supply of potatoes has reached the storages by now.
б) 1. Serious crop diseases were caused by bacteria.
2. The national average yields of various cereals are shown in the table.
II. Перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните Participle I и Participle II, установите функции каждого из них, т. е. укажите, является ли оно определением, обстоятельством или частью глагола-сказуемого. Переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. The Yaroslavl region population does not find it profitable to stop grain deliveries to the state, seeking a rise in the purchasing prices.
2. About 60 per cent of milk produced in India comes from buffalo cows.
3. When harvesting the farmer used his new harvesting combine.
4. Triticale obtained by crossing wheat and rye is the first man-made grain.
III. Перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните в каждом из них модальный глагол или его эквивалент. Переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. We can hardly hope that the economy will stabilize and the current crisis will cease before the middle or even the end of next year.
2. You may look at the map of Britain to see its numerous fields.
3. Farmers must apply fertilizers to improve soil fertility.
4. The agricultural cooperative had to use new methods of farming.
IV. Выпишите из текста эквиваленты к словам и словосочетаниям: современная сельскохозяйственная техника, смешанное хозяйство, овцеводст¬во, применение удобрений, высокое качество.
V. Перепишите текст и переведите его письменно.
VI. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения. Помните, что объектный и субъектный инфинитивные обороты соответствуют придаточным предложениям (см. образец выполнения 1).
1. Farmers are known to make an important contribution to national economy.
2. The agronomist wants the crop to be sown earlier this spring.
3. We expect every student to know the difference between the species.
VII. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения. Обратите внимание на перевод зависимого и независимого причастных оборотов (см. образец выполнения 2).
1. The stem is a channel between roots and leaves taking water and foods from one to the other.
2. The farm having many large fields, a great amount of fertilizers is needed.
3. Having harvested the cereals in time, the farmer increased his income.
VIII. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следую¬щие предложения. Обратите внимание на перевод простых, продолженных и сложных времен глагола в страдательном залоге (см. образец выполнения 1).
1. New cottages are being built for farmers now.
2. This crop has been grown on a fertile land.
3. Wheat yields were improved in this region two years ago.
Контрольная работа по английскому языку имеет средний уровень сложности. Каждый учащийся может выполнить данную контрольную по английскому языку.
