The English Cities
I. Напишите транскрипцию следующих слов:
tree, people, can, car, was, were, coffee, forty, put, foot, some, her, train, voice
II. Переведите следующие словосочетания:
town park, hockey team, musical instrument, summer night, river bank, Art gallery, school yard, family album, city center
III. Образуйте множественное число от выделенных существительных и произведите другие изменения в предложениях:
1. His child is nice and clever.
2. This woman is an economist in our firm.
3. That man is old.
4. The girl has a nice little mouse.
5. Her foot is small.
6. This is a comfortable house.
7. There was a very interesting story in the magazine.
8. The football match was over.
9. The leaf is green and bright.
10. Put the textbook on the shelf.
IV. Замените существительные с предлогом “of” существительными в притяжательном падеже:
- the garden of my father, the baby of my cousin Susan, the dictionary of the student, the office of our dean, the pictures of the artist, the elder son of my brother;
- the car of her grandparents, the things of the women, the children of their friends, the plan of my colleagues, the album of my sisters.
V. Вставьте вместо пропусков определенные или неопределенные артикли, где это необходимо:
1. Have you got … lot of friends here?
2. His mother is … young and attractive.
3. What is his profession? He is … architect.
4. Are your parents … engineers?
5. That was … poor plan.
6. … plan is on the wall.
7. The textbooks are on … shelf.
8. Take … your books.
9. Those were … new dictionaries.
10. Where is … child?
VI. Заполните пропуски соответствующими предлогами:
1. I receive letters … my partners regularly.
2. My wife works … an office.
3. The pupils go…the swimming-pool on Wednesday.
4. Put the flowers … the vase.
5. Take the book … … the bag.
6. The baby is … the next room.
7. The cat likes to sleep … the arm-chair … the window.
8. I am fond … sport.
9. He is … duty.
10. I am writing … a pencil.
VII. Раскройте скобки и вставьте подходящие по смыслу личные и притяжательные местоимения:
1. He seldom meets (she, her) in the college.
2. The woman lives far from (I, me).
3. I teach (they, them) English.
4. We sit near (he, him) at the lectures.
5. They know (we, us) quite well.
6. (Его) parents are rather young.
7. (Её) pupils are very clever.
8. (Моя) flat is comfortable and cosy.
9. (Наш) garden is big and beautiful.
10. The building is very old. (Его) are walls low.
VIII. Раскройте скобки и вставьте подходящее по смыслу местоимение:
1. (Эти) shelves are long and wide.
2. What size are (me) shoes?
3. (Та) street is narrow and dirty.
4. There is (мало) ice in the juice.
5. There are (мало) trees in the young garden.
6. There will be (много) problems in her life.
7. He wants to see the film (сам).
8. I like (обе) books.
IX. Раскройте cкобки и вставьте местоимения “some, any, no” или их производные:
1. There are (несколько) famous pictures in the gallery.
2. (Никто) was glad to see the stranger.
3. There was (что-то) strange on the bench.
4. Was there (кто-нибудь) in the corridor?
5. Have you got (какие-нибудь) problems?
6. Take (что- нибудь) to read.
7. There is (ничего) on the desk
X. Заполните пропуски глаголом “to be” в соответствующей форме:
1. My colleagues … in Paris last month.
2. Birmingham … large industrial city in England.
3. I … glad that she … here now.
4. Do you see? These blocks of flats … of modern design.
5. My friend … a good dancer when she … young.
6. We … in the office yesterday.
7. This … a picture which I like best.
8. Why … you late?
9…. they hungry?
XI. Заполните пропуски глаголом “to have (got)” в соответствующей форме:
1. John … many relatives.
2. We … a lot of work to do a week ago.
3. You … an interesting lecture yesterday.
4. … she any French journals?
5. They … a club sitting yesterday.
6. The secretary … an important meeting today.
7. I … a comfortable flat in this modern building.
8. The flat is big. It … four rooms.
9. How many cousins … you got?
10. Who … the latest report?
XII. Употребите оборот “there+be” в следующих предложениях:
1. Look! … somebody near the bus-stop.
2. … few students at the lecture yesterday.
3. … many nice trees in the park. It is so beautiful!
4. … one window in this room.
5. … seven days in a week.
6. … a telephone here soon.
7. … a lot of beatiful places in our town.
8. … nothing in the bag.
9. How many floors … in this block of flats?
10. How much tea … in the glass a minute ago?
XIII. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в Present Continuous Tense:
1. Look. It (snow).
2. She has no time to answer your questions now because she (translate) the article.
3. My colleagues (discuss) the problem from 7 till 9 yesterday.
4. He is ready and he (wait) for you.
5. Don't you see? He (look) through the telegrams.
6. She (walk) to her office because it is warm.
7. What is she busy with? She (copy) a text.
8. Listen! Lucy (play) a guitar.
9. Who (speak) at the meeting now?
XIV. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в Present Indefinite Tense:
1. I (meet) my colleagues here very often.
2. He seldom (come) there.
3. They sometimes (visit) their grandparents.
4. The students of our department (attend) lectures six days a week.
5. We often invite guests to our place.
6. I usually (drink) a cup of coffee in the morning.
7. It (rain) here rather seldom in early spring. Her husband (play) the piano very well.
8. From time to time she (try) to visit the museums.
XV. Поставьте глаголы, заключённые в скобки, в Past Indefinite:
1. Last year the competition (be held) in March.
2. We (approve) the plan.
3. We (pay) special attention to the scientific work of each student.
4. The visitors (come) on time.
5. We (pack) the luggage in an hour.
6. The parents (send) for the doctor.
7. A group of children (go) on a trip.
8. We (buy) a few magazines at the book-stall.
9. Last summer my friends (live) in the South.
10. The man (look) at his watch.
XVI. Переведите следующие предложения на русский язык:
1. After my examinations I shall leave for the Caucasus.
2. He will go abroad by air.
3. My sister will stay in Moscow for a few days.
4. The train will arrive in a minute.
5. We shall walk about the city.
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Теxt № 1
Philip Blake is the eldest son in his family. He does not live with his parents. He has got a comfortable house in a small town near London. Philip is 30 years old, and he is not married. He works in London. He is a manager at a plant.
Philip always goes to London on week-days. Sunday is his day off, that’s why he does not go to his office on Sunday.
Philip is really a very busy man. His day begins rather early. As usual the alarm clock rings at six o’clock in the morning. He gets up, washes, dresses, has breakfast and leaves home. Philip has a car, so it takes him about thirty minutes to get to his work. At nine o’clock he is in his office. He looks through newspapers because he is interested in the latest political and business events. Then he is busy with the mail.
Philip usually has lunch in a cafe, but sometimes he stays at the plant and has lunch with his colleagues in the canteen. He leaves his office at about six o'clock in the evening. Sometimes he has a lot of work to do and works till seven o’clock.
Three times a week Philip has French lessons. He learns the French language with pleasure.
From time to time Philip goes to other cities to discuss business with the customers.
Теxt № 2. The English Cities
Stradford is a very interesting town, right in the centre of England. There are no mountains or deep valleys near Stradford, but there are a beautiful wood, green fields, a quiet river – the Avon, and lovely houses.
Stradford is a busy city, especially on market days. The first place we go to is Shakespeare’s birthplace, a small house with small rooms in the centre of Stradford.
Then we go to the church where Shakespeare is buried. There is a bust of Shakespeare here. We also visit Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, about a mile out of Stradford. Anne was Shakespeare’s wife, and the cottage is just as it was in their time.
We have a look at the Shakespeare’s Memorial Theatre. How nice it is to see a play here! They are doing “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” this evening, but we have no tickets.
The city of Bristol, the capital of West Country, is a living text-book of England’s history. It was already important as early as the reign of Ethelred (978-1013). It had its own mint. Today it is one of the most prosperous centres of commerce and industry in modern England.
Here the river Avon flows into the mouth of the river Severn, and the city looks westword, the Atlantic Ocean.
City Docks, a very old part of the dock system, lie in the heart of the city itself. The port plays a very important role in the prosperity of Bristol.
Besides Bristol’s diverse industries, shipbuilding and repairing, the city is famous for aircraft and aero-engines industry. Another large industrial group includes production of fertilizers, chemicals, and paints.
Bristol is a city of wide cultural interests, and drama, ballet and music are very important here. Education is a strong feature, and in addition to the University there are numerous schools of high standing.
The city is rich in lovely parks and open spaces.
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