Упр. 7. Перепишите 2, 3 абзацы текста и письменно переведите их

Упр. 8. Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих фраз:

1. по мере развития технологии

2. способствовать увеличению количества поселений

3. столкнуться с проблемой

4. золотая лихорадка

5. соблюдать обычаи

6. в конечном итоге оказалось полезным

7. небольшое расстояние отделяло две железные дороги от места состыковки

8. последний участок пути

9. протянуться через континент

10. с невероятной скоростью

Упр. 9. Перепишите предложения. Если утверждение соответствует содержанию текста, напишите "True", если не соответствует – "False". Исправьте неверные утверждения.

1. In 1862, Congress passed a bill that called forthe Central Pacific Company to build the high-speed Boston-Washington railroad.

2. The new railroad was to promoteeconomic development in the western US.

3. To build the Union Pacific-Central Pacific line, a lot of money had to be raised.

4. Crowds of people attended the ceremony of the completionof the Mossdale bridge on May 10, 1869 in Promontory, Utah.

5. The Union Pacific-Central Pacific line was the first railroad to connect the country's southern and northern parts.

Упр. 10. Из четырёх предложенных вариантов, выберите правильный ответ на вопрос к тексту.

1. When was the idea of a transcontinental railroad proposed?

a) after steam powered railways appeared in the old world

b) after the U.S. Congress passed a bill to construct the railway

c) after the first steam locomotives were brought to California

d) after the Central Pacific Railroad Company was founded

2. Why could the transcontinental railroad promote growth of settlements?

a) because there would be more goods to sell and buy

b) because people could quickly travel across the continent

c) because horses could be used on the farms more efficiently

d) because people could choose various means of transport to travel from coast to coast

3. What major problem did the Central Pacific Railroad Company face?

a) the government refused to invest money in construction

b) railways engineers had no experience in laying railway tracks

c) there were not enough workers to build the railroad

d) they didn't have track machines used in railway construction

4. Why did the companies hire the Chinese to work on the railroad?

a) because they didn’t speak English

b) because they were not afraid of difficulties and were hard-working

c) because they didn’t complain about working and housing conditions

d) because they followed their customs

5. Why was the last railroad spike called the golden spike?

a) because it looked like gold

b) because it was covered with gold

c) because it was made of gold

d) because it was very expensive

КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА № 4

Прежде чем приступить к выполнению контрольного задания № 4, вам необходимо повторить следующие разделы курса английского языка по рекомендованным учебникам:

1. Неличные формы глагола (The Infinitive).

2. Инфинитивные конструкции Сложное дополнение (The Complex Object)и Сложное подлежащее (The Complex Subject).

3. Многофункциональность глаголов to be и to have.

4. Условные предложения (Conditional Sentences).

ВАРИАНТ 1

Упр. 1. Инфинитив

Перепишите предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на употребление инфинитива в разных функциях.

1. To protect wooden sleepers against decay, they are treated with creosote.

2. The most difficult problem to be solved by a survey party is to find a suitable strip of land for building a railway.

3. It is impossible to increase train speed without improving the stability of track.

4. The function of the automatic engine driver is to start and stop the train, to select the speed of running and to keep strictly to the schedule.

5. Australia was one of the first countries to introduce daily piggy-back service on its Trans-Australian Railway.