Контольная MICHAEL FARADAY
1. Прочтите текст и ответьте на следующие вопросы:
1. What was the boy interested in?
2. Which of Faraday's discoveries do you know?
MICHAEL FARADAY
1. Michael Faraday, English experimental physicist, was born in 1791 in a poor family. The boy began to work as an apprentice at a bookbinder's shop at an early age. One day a man entered the shop and found the boy studying an article on electricity. The man was surprised to see a boy so interested in such a difficult subject and gave him four tickets for the lectures at the Royal Institutions.
2. The boy went to the lectures and made notes of what he heard. At the end of the lecture he came to Sir Humphry Davy, the great English scientist, and showed him his notes. Davy was surprised. Later he made Faraday his assistant and helped him in his education.
3. Faraday had many important discoveries. Among his works are the concept of the magnetic field and the magnetic "lines of force", production of new kinds of optical glass, and research on electrolysis.
4. Faraday produced the first mechanical motion by means of a permanent magnet and an electric current. This is the principle upon which the modern electric motor is based.
5. Faraday was very modest and he loved his work more than honours. He refused to become President of the Royal Society and also refused to be knighted.
2. Переведите в письменной форме абзацы 1, 2, 3.
3. Заполните пропуски соответствующей активной или пассивной формой глагола и переведите предложения на русский язык:
1. The unit of electricity "farad" (was named, named) after M. Faraday.
2. The first lightning rod (was invented, invented) by B. Franklin, the outstanding American scientist.
3. At Cambridge, Newton (was read, read) with great interest the writings of Galileo.
4. Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на инфинитивные обороты:
1. Faraday is believed to be a great English physicist.
2. We consider Tsiolkovsky to be the father of astronautics.
3. Popov is known to be the inventor of radio in Russia.
5. Определите функции инфинитива и переведите предложения на русский язык:
1. In 1810 Faraday began to attend lectures on natural philosophy.
2. To study the nature of light and colour Newton carried out many experiments with a prism.
3. The lecture to be delivered by a well-known scientist is devoted to the problems of ecology.
6. Употребите глагол-сказуемое в будущем времени, используя эквиваленты модальных глаголов:
1. Не must check the temperature three times a day.
2. In this figure you can see a diagram of temperature changes.
3. He may use a barometer to measure the atmospheric pressure.
7. Заполните пропуски неопределёнными местоимениями some, any, по:
1. The book contained (some, any, no) diagrams.
2. Are there (some, any, no) diagrams in the book?
3. We have (some, any, no) information on this problem.
8. а) Прочтите и переведите текст. Выполните задания, которые следуют за ним.
The main part of the engine is called the block. It consists of the cylinders and the valves. Air and petrol go into the block by means of the carburettor. The petrol reaches the carburettor from the petrol tank through the action of the petrol pump.
There are two main types of petrol engines: 4-stroke and 2-stroke. All cars and larger motor-cycles are known to use 4-stroke engines. But most smaller motorbikes use 2-stroke engines. They are smaller and cheaper v than 4-stroke engines.
б) Определите функции инфинитива и переведите предложения на русский язык:
1. It took me an hour to find a fault in the car.
2. The engine to be used in this truck is of a new design.
3. It's dangerous to drive in such bad weather.
в) Употребите глагол-сказуемое в будущем времени, используя эквиваленты модальных глаголов:
1. Не must check a fuel level in his car.
2. You can easily do this work.
3. You may find all the necessary material in the library.
г) Напишите пять вопросов к тексту, начинающихся с What? How? How many? Where? Why?
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