III. Письменно переведите текст 4.
Text 4. THE BRITISH MONARCHY TODAY
The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy. This means that it has a monarch (a king or a queen) as its Head of State. The monarch reigns with the support of Parliament. The powers of the monarch are not defined precisely. Everything today is done in the Queen’s name. It is her government, her armed forces, her law courts and so on. She appoints all the Ministers, including the Prime Minister. Everything is done however on the advice of the elected Government, and the monarch takes no part in the decision-making process.
Once the British Empire included a large number of countries all over the world ruled by Britain. The process of decolonisation began in 1947 with the independence of India, Pakistan and Ceylon. Now, apart from Hong Kong and a few small islands, there is no longer an empire. But the British ruling classes tried not to lose influence over the former colonies of the British Empire. An association of former members of the British Empire and Britain was founded in 1949. It is called the Commonwealth. It includes many countries such as Ireland, Burma, the Sudan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and others. The Queen of Great Britain is also the Head of the Commonwealth, and so the Queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand.
The Queen is very rich as are other members of the royal family. In addition, the government pays for her expenses as Head of State, for a royal yacht, train and aircraft as well as for the upkeep of several palaces. The Queen’s image appears on stamps, notes and coins.
Вариант 2
Местоимения
1.1. Подчеркните строчку, в которой даны только притяжательные местоимения:
a) her, his, our, their, mine;
b) me, we, he, they, them;
c) her, him, us, them, me.
1.2. Выберите нужное местоимение:
1. If you want some fruit, I'll buy you……… at the shop (any, it, one, some).
2. We’ve brought some wine with ……… (me, ourselves, us, we).
1.3. Исправьте ошибки в каждом предложении:
1. I hear someone are coming to us ___________________________________
2. I haven’t got a CD player, but I'd like some__________________________
Прилагательные
2.1. Заполните таблицу выбранными из предложений прилагательными и переведите их:
Положительная степень Сравнительная степень Превосходная степень
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1. The giant slalom shows a skier’s ability to find and keep to the fastest roots.
2. Many of them have achieved good results.
3. Those teams consisted of the best players in North America and the world.
4. In Russia sledging was always more popular than in some European countries.
2.2. Подчеркните строчку, в которой даны прилагательные только в положительной степени:
a) interesting, very nice, less beautiful, more wonderful;
b) interesting, nicer, little, bad;
c) interesting, very nice, little, bad.
2.3. Исправьте ошибки там, где они есть:
1. London is bigger than Krasnodar.
2. To my mind Russian food is the nicest than Chinese.
2.4. Прочтите информацию, напишите предложения, употребляя сравнительную форму прилагательных:
Blue whales usually weigh about 130 tones. Elephants usually weigh about 7 tones (heavy).
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The Pyramids in Egypt are about 4,000 years old. The Parthenon in Greece is about 2,500 years old (old).
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2.5. Напишите превосходную степень сравнения прилагательного, подчеркните правильный ответ:
Where is the ……... (old) university in the world?
a) Bolo;
b) Karneein in Morocco;
c) Oxford.
Существительные
3.1. Зачеркните лишнее слово там, где оно есть:
1. There is a hair on your shoulder. 2. I bought a bottle of some milk.
3. There’s some new furniture in the room. 4. A constant noise makes me nervous.
3.2. Исправьте ошибки в предложениях:
1. Do you want a sugar in your coffee?
2. All my furnitures were broken.
3.3. Подчеркните правильный вариант:
1. I haven’t got many / much English books.
2. I like this sunglass/these sunglasses.
3. He had a job at the steelwork/steelworks.
4. We couldn’t find an/any accommodation.
3.4. Поставьте существительные во множественном числе:
family___________________ datum ___________________
penny ___________________ thief ______________________
tomato __________________ knowledge____________________
life_______________________ information____________________
sheep______________________ holiday_______________________
Предлоги
4.1. Вставьте in, at, on, to или оставьте пропуск:
1. I can’t work … night.
2. I saw her … last Monday.
3. She always goes away … Christmas.
4. Her birthday is … June.
5. What is the best way … the stadium?
4.2. Исправьте ошибки в предложениях:
1. We had a great time on the disco.
2. Look! They are getting from the car.
3. Can you finish this translation until Saturday.
4. All the players must have numbers at their shirts.
4.3. Измените предлоги там, где нужно, или уберите лишние слова:
1. There is a park in the front of our house. ____________________________
2. They spoke during 2 hours._______________________________________
3. We have a test on next week.______________________________________
4. Look! She is taking something from your bag.________________________
4.4. Выберите правильный предлог:
1. What’s the matter ……… you? (on, in, with, for)
2. She saw a plane high ……… the town (up, on, above, in)
3. They came to us ……… we were out. (at, during, since, while)
4. What’s the difference ……… a city and a town? (with, from, under, between)