Bye, darling. Have a good trip
- All right. And remember. Give me a ring when you know the time of your flight back, and I will pick you up.
- If the plane arrives on time? I’ll be at the hotel at about 10.00. That’s 8.00 your time.
- Well, if you are out when I ring I will leave a message on the answer phone so you know I’ve arrived safely.
- That’s lovely, but remember I’m going out.
- Thanks. I will ring you as soon as I arrive at the hotel.
- Great. What time do you expect you’ll be there?
8. Thanks, darling. Bye!
IX. Выполните тест по теме “Предлоги”.
1. He lives ... Chicago.
a) on b) in c) at d) to
2. She has never been ... London.
a) for b) at c) in d) to
3. The hall is full ... people.
a) of b) 0 c) with d) by
4. The banks close ... seven o’clock in the evening.
a) in b) on c) at d) around
5. They are very busy ... Sundays.
a) for b) at c) on d) in
6. British pubs are famous ... their traditional kind of beer called ‘real ale’.
a) at b) for c) about d) 0
7. Young people all over the world like to listen ... music everywhere they go.
a) 0 b) of c) with d) to
8. We haven’t seen her ... Monday.
a) for b) since c) to d) in
9. Do you get to your office ... foot?
a) on b) by c) 0 d) with
10. Are these pictures ... modern artists?
a) 0 b) after c) by d) at
X. Выберите один правильный вариант ответа.
1. He is….than his brother.
а) successful b) as successful c) more successful d) most successful
2. This meal is…the one we had here last week.
а) not so good as b) good as c) not as good d) not good as
3. That was…book I’ve ever read.
а) the worser b) the worse the worstest d) the worst
4. The Pluto is… of all the planets.
a) the coldest b) the most cold c) colder d) more colder
5. It is very…to do this test.
а) easy b) easier c) easily d) more easily
6. Prices are rising….and higher.
а) as high b) highest c) highly d) higher
7. Go to the library if you need…information.
а) farther b) further c) the furthest d) far
8. Let’s go by train. It’s much….
а) cheap b) cheaper c) the d) cheapest
9. Jack… my younger brother.
a) - b) is c) are d) be
10. ….. everybody here?
a) are b) were c) is d) –
11. That day…. one of the happiest in my life.
a) is b) are c) were d) was
12. I promise I……a good student!
a) am b) will am c) will d) will be
13. My parents….always together.
a) - b) are c) is d) am
14 It’s Sunday today,…. it?
a) is b) does c) doesn’t d) isn’t
15. There…. many mistakes in the last test.
a) are b) were c) was d) is
16. …… your father have a Ford Focus?
a) is b) does c) - d) was
17. What day…… tomorrow?
a) is b) are c) will d) will be
18. My friend …a very good library.
a) have b) have got c) has d) had
19. There…. a big party every weekend at “Night Flight”.
a) are b) - c) were d) is
20. I…… any other way at that moment.
a) haven’t got b) didn’t have c) hadn’t d) hadn’t got
Вариант 2
I. a) Запомните следующие слова и словосочетания и составьте с ними 5 предложений.
| infant school | дошкольное учреждение, детский сад |
| junior school | младшие классы средней школы |
| curriculum | курс обучения, учебный план, программа |
| Eleven Plus Examination | отборочный экзамен по окончании начальной школы (в 11 лет); от оценки на этом экзамене зависит, в каком типе средней школы ребёнок будет учиться дальше – классической (grammar school) для наиболее способных, современной (secondary modern school) или технической (technical school) |
| secondary school | средняя школа |
| elementary school | начальная школа |
| secondary modern school | средняя современная школа (в Великобритании, для детей от 11 до 16 лет) |
| intelligence | интеллект, умственные способности |
| secondary technical school | техническое училище, техникум |
| grammar school | средняя школа (классическая школа для детей от 11 до 18 лет; среднее звено в государственном образова-нии) |
| General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) | 1) аттестат об общем среднем образовании; 2) экзамен на получение аттестата об общем среднем образовании |
| comprehensive school | общеобразовательная школа |
| stratum (мн.ч.-strata) | слой общества; уровень развития |
| mark | отметка, балл, оценка |
| ordinary level ( “O” Level) | 1) экзамен по программе средней школы первого уровня сложности (сдавался по окончании 5 класса; в 1988 г. его заменил экзамен на получение аттестата об общем среднем образовании); 2) успешная сдача экзамена первого уровня сложности; 3) ступень обучения, требующая предварительной успешной сдачи экзамена первого уровня сложности |
| advanced level (“A” Level) | 1) экзамен по программе средней школы второго уровня сложности (сдаётся в Великобритании по окончании 6 класса; результаты этого экзамена учитываются при поступлении в университет); 2) успешная сдача экзамена второго уровня сложности; 3) ступень обучения, требующая предварительной успешной сдачи экзамена второго уровня сложности |
b) Сопоставьте каждое слово из левой колонки с его синонимом из правой колонки.
| to divide | clever |
| to include | to supply |
| mark | level |
| bright | to contain |
| to provide | talented |
| to obtain | grade |
| stream | to separate |
| gifted | to get |
II. Соотнесите слово или словосочетание из левой колонки с его толкованием из правой колонки.
| 1. to flunk 2. to coach for 3. a head teacher 4. a form teacher 5. to put smb on report | · to make a complaint about smb’s bad behaviour. · the teacher responsible for the pupils of one form. · to train or teach, especially not in a place of formal education. · the teacher who is in change of a school. · to fail a test or a subject. |
III. Найдите антонимы:
to pass an exam, to catch up with the group, to graduate from, entrance exams, appointment, freshman, to get (leg) behind, graduate, to enter, final exams, dismissal, to fail an exam.
IV. Прочитайте и переведите текст. Сделайте полный письменный перевод последних 2-х абзацев.
Schooling in Great Britain
English children must go to school when they are five, first to infant schools where they learn the first steps in reading, writing and using numbers. Young children are divided into two groups according to their mental abilities. The curriculum for “strong” and “weak” groups is different, which is the beginning of future education contracts.
When children leave infant school, at the age of seven, they go to junior school until they are about eleven years of age. Their school subjects include English, arithmetic, history, geography, nature study, swimming, music, art, religious instruction and organized games.
When pupils come to the junior school for the first time, they are still often divided into three “streams” – A, B and C – on the basis of their infant-school marks or sometimes after a special test. The brightest children go to the A-stream and the least gifted to the C-steam.
Towards the end of their fourth year in the junior school, a certain percentage of English schoolchildren still have to write their Eleven Plus Examinations, on the results of which they will go the following September to a secondary school of a certain type.
About 5 % of elementary school – leavers in Britain go to secondary modern schools. Modern schools do not provide complete secondary education. Some modern schools do not teach foreign languages. In modern schools pupils are also streamed according to their “intelligence”.
The secondary technical school is not a specialized school. It teaches many general subjects. Boys and girls in technical schools study such practical subjects as woodwork, metalwork, needlework, shorthand (stenography) and typing. Not more than two per cent of schoolchildren in Britain go to technical schools.
The grammar school is a secondary school taking about 3 % of children offering a full theoretical secondary education including foreign languages, and students can choose which subjects and languages they wish to study. Then they may take the General Certificate of Secondary Education at the ordinary level. The other continue their studies for another two or three years to obtain the General Certificate of Secondary Education at the advanced level, which allows them to enter university.
The comprehensive school combines in one school the courses of all three types of secondary schools; so the pupils can study any subject which is taught in these schools. They are of different types; all of them preserve some form of streaming, but pupils may be moved from one stream to another. Comprehensive schools take over 90 % of schoolchildren in Great Britain. The comprehensive school is the most popular type of school, for it provides education for children from all strata.
V. Определите верно или неверно утверждение.
1. English children must go to school when they are seven.
2. Young children are divided into groups according to their physical abilities.
3. Modern schools do not provide complete secondary education.
4. In technical schools boys and girls are taught such practical subjects as woodwork, metalwork, needlework etc.
5. The comprehensive school provides education for children from rich families.
VI. Прочитайте текст и выберите подходящий заголовок.
· Peculiarities of educational system in British Universities
· Higher education establishments in London
· University education in the UK and US
Of the full-time students now attending English Universities three quarters are men, and one quarter women. Nearly half of them are engaged in the study of arts subjects such as history, languages, economics or law, the others are studying pure or applied sciences such as medicine, dentistry, technology, or agriculture.
The University of London, for instance, includes internal and external students, the latter coming to London only to sit for their examinations. Actually most external students at London University are living in London.
The three terms into which the British University year is divided are roughly eight to ten weeks. Each term is crowded with activity and the vacations between the terms – a month at Christmas, a month at Easter, and three or four months in summer – are mainly periods of intellectual digestion and private study.
A person studying for a degree at a British University is called a graduate.
B.A. or B.Sc. stands for Bachelor of Arts, or of Science, the first degree. M.A. or M.Sc. denotes Master of Arts, or of Science. One can become a B.A. after three years of hard study, and an M.A. at the end of five years.
VII. Подберите к реплике из левой колонки подходящий ответ из правой колонки.
| 1. What is your job? | A) I like music and painting. |
| 2. Where do you come from? | B) How do you do? |
| 3. Are you good at foreign languages? | C) I’m an engineer. |
| 4. What are you interested in? | D) No, I am not. I find them difficult to learn. |
| 5.What would you like to listen to? | E) I’m from Scotland. |
| 6. How do you do? | F) I’d rather not. |
VIII. Составьте диалоги, расположив реплики в нужном порядке.
1) - Not bad, thanks. And you?
- Very well. How are the children?
- Hi, Dave! How are you?
- They’re fine.
A___________
B___________
A___________
B___________
2) - Goodbye, Anne. Have a nice evening.
- Thanks, Chris. See you tomorrow!
- Goodbye, Chris.
A___________
B___________
A___________
IX. Выполните тест по теме “Prepositions”.
1. There is a beautiful picture ... the wall.
a) in b) on c) between
2. Pupils go to school ... 1st of September.
a) on b) at c) in
3. I cut my finger ... a knife.
a) by b) with c) of
4. We usually have holidays ... summer.
a) on b) in c) at
5. The bank opens ... 8 o'clock.
a) at b) in c) on
6. I like listening ... music in my free time.
a) for b) – c) to
7. The poem is written ... my sister.
a) by b)with c) of
8. Are you interested ... modern art?
a) on b) at c) in
9. Look ... the picture! Isn't it beautiful!
a) in b) on c) at
10. The cinema is in front ... the bank.
a) of b) to c) for
X. Выберите один правильный вариант ответа.
1. Which is …: the United States or Canada?
a) large b) larger c) the largest d) largest
2. The London Underground is … in the world.
a) more old b) older c) the oldest d) the most old
3. The rivers in America are much … than those in England.
a) bigger b) big c) more big d) biger
4. This is … view I have ever seen in my life.
a) more beautiful b) beautiful c) the beautifulest d) the most beautiful
5. It is not … today as it was yesterday.
a) as cold b) so cold c) cold d) colder
6. She speaks Italian …than English.
a) better b) best c) the best d) good
7. My sister speaks English … than I do.
a) badder b) worse c) bad d) the worst
8. Chinese is … than English.
a) the most difficult b) difficultest c) difficulter d) more difficult
9. My father … a teacher.
a) is b) be c) are d) were
10. I … a doctor when I grow up.
a) was b) shall be c) am d) were
11. … your aunt a doctor?
a) are b) will c) were d) is
12. When I come home tomorrow, all my family … at home.
a) will be b) was c) is d) shall be
13. Where … you yesterday?
a) was b) were c) will be d) are
14. Where … your books now?
a) are b) is c) were d) was
15. We … late for Institute yesterday.
a) are b) were c) shall be d) was
16. … she ill last week?
a) was b) is c) were d) will be
17. He … a new flat next week.
a) has b) had c) have d) will have
18. They … a famous battle in 1812.
a) had b) have c) haved d) has
19. We … many good friends in London.
a) had b) had got c) has d) have got
20. She has got much work on Saturday, …?
a) hasn’t she b) doesn’t she c) hasshe d) didn’t she
Вариант 3
I. a) Запомните следующие слова словосочетания и составьте с ними 5 предложений.
| Nouns | Существительные |
| contradictions | противоречия |
| values | ценности |
| creativity | творчество |
| tolerance | терпимость |
| flexibility | гибкость |
| option | выбор |
| discretion | свобода действий |
| attendance | посещаемость |
| participant | участник |
| Verbs | Глаголы |
| to enforce | проводить в жизнь |
| to underpin | поддерживать (тезис, аргумент и т. д.) |
| to denote | указывать на что-либо, означать |
| to interrupt | прерывать |
| Adjectives& Adverbs | Прилагательные и наречия |
| competitive | конкурирующий, соперничающий, конкурентный |
| demanding | требовательный |
| apparent | очевидный, явный |
| available | доступный, наличный |
| independently | независимо |
| disrespectful | непочтительный, невежливый |
| belligerent | воинственный |
б) Сопоставьте каждое слово из левой колонки с его синонимом из правой колонки.
| to obtain | main |
| to enter | to last |
| primary | to get pay for |
| to receive | to get |
| to continue | to pay for |
| to cover the cost of | elementary |
| major | to gain |
| to charge | to go to |
II. Соотнесите слово или словосочетание из левой колонки с его толкованием из правой колонки.
| 1. a lazy-bones 2. top of the class 3. a bit of a big –head 4. a real know-all 5. teacher’s pet | · An irritating person who knows everything · A pupil (or student), given special and perhaps unfairly favourable treatment · Someone who thinks they are the best and says so · The one who gets the best marks · A person who dislikes and avoids any work |
III. Найдите антонимы:
to be an unsuccessful student, graduation, oral, to attend, obligatory, optional, foreign language, to cut classes, written, to be at the top of the class, mother tongue, entrance
IV. Прочитайте и переведите текст. Сделайте полный письменный перевод 1, 2 и 3 абзацев.
Academic life at the university
1. Academic life in the United States may be confusing. International students often comment that U.S. students are competitive but do not seem to study very hard. Or it may seem puzzling that although there is great informality in the classroom, the professors are very demanding. Some of these apparent contradictions can be explained in terms of their underlying values. Creativity, tolerance and flexibility are, in general, valued above tradition and respect for authority in the United States. Teaching styles and classroom activities vary widely and are influenced by many factors. Even where tradition does dictate academic behavior, the patterns may not be evident to someone coming from a different tradition.
2. International students are often surprised at the variety of available courses and the number of choices they must make each term. There is a basic structure to any degree program, but many options usually exist as well, and students are often expected to make selections independently.
3. Your professor or instructor has wide discretion to make and enforce certain classroom policies relating to attendance, make-up examinations, and other issues. Underpinning this discretion is the strong American tradition of academic freedom.
4. There are some American students’ behaviors that you may find surprising or that would be considered disrespectful in your country. For example, students may sit in class with there feet on the chair or desk in front of them. They may eat, drink, or even sleep in class! Students may interrupt lectures to ask questions or even to raise questions to what is being said. In general, none of these behaviors denotes disrespect unless done in a belligerent or aggressive manner. In fact, one way in which an American student shows respect for his or her teacher is by being an active participant in class.
V. Определите верно или неверно утверждение.
1. Traditionalism is less valued than creativity, tolerance, flexibility in the American academic life.
2. American students have freedom to choose a course.
3. It is academic freedom that is the strong American tradition.
4. American professors are governed by fixed rules relating to classroom policies.
5. American teachers do not object to students’ belligerent behavior.
VI. Прочитайте текст и выберите подходящий заголовок.
· The role of testing system in education
· The place of testing system in education
· Testing system
Before children starting school at the age of five they are tested in reading, writing and use of number. This “baseline assessment” is aimed at providing the teachers with more information, as well as allowing the measurement of pupil’s progress as they move through the school.
All children in state schools are tested in English and mathematics at the ages of 7, 11, and 14. At the age of 11 and 14 they are also tested in science. The tests are usually taken at the end of the academic year. The children are tested against the learning targets set by the national curriculum. All children in state schools in Northern Ireland are tested formally in English, mathematics and science only at the age of 14.
At Key Stage 4, the national curriculum gives schools the opportunity to offer pupils aged 14 to 16 a wider choice of subjects, for example craft or drama. There is a range of GCSE and vocational courses to cater for these areas.
Before they leave school, most 15 and 16 year olds also take General Certificate of Secondary Education or similar qualifications.
VII. Подберите к реплике из левой колонки подходящий ответ из правой колонки.
| Make yourself at home. | A. Thanks. |
| Have a good weekend! | B. That’s very kind. Thank you. |
| See you tomorrow! | C. Sleep well! |
| Good night! | D. Bye! |
| Thank you very much indeed. | E. Not at all. Don’t mention it. |
| Bless you! | F. Thanks. Same to you! |
VIII. Составьте диалог, расположив реплики в нужном порядке.
1. I’m Alison. What’s your name?
· I’m a doctor .And you?
· Nice to meet you, too. Where are you from?
· Well, I’m thirty five.
· Where exactly?
· Glasgow. What about you?
· I’m from Birmingham. What’s your job?
· Really? How old are you?
· I’m a student.
· I’m Steve, Steve Blair. Nice to meet you.
· I’m twenty –one. And you?
· I’m from Scotland.
· Thirty five! Are you really?
14. Yeah!!!
IX. Выполните тест по теме «Предлоги».
Mozart was born in Salzburg ... 1756.
a) in b) on c) between d) about
The course begins ... 7 January and ends … 10 March.
a) on b) at c) in d) during
It rained … three days without stopping.
a) on b) in c) at d) for
The swimming bath opens ... 8 o'clock.
a) at b) in c) on d) of
Our flat is … the fifth floor.
a) for b) on c) to d) at
The poem is written ... Tutchev.
a) by b)with c) of d) at
What time are you going ... home?
a) on b) at c) in d) –
8. I cut my finger ... the scissors.
a) by b) with c) of d) on
9. Did you come here … foot.
a) by b) on c) in d) at
10. We haven’t seen him … ages.
a) of b) to c) for d) since
X. Выберите правильный вариант ответа.
1. We … at the academy now.
a) is b) are c) were
2…..Yesterday they … at the forest.
a) were b) are c) will be
3. In a year I … a doctor and my sister … an engineer.
a) are b) will be c) was
4. She … many English books at home.
a) has b) had c) have
5. The first-year students … examinations in July.
a) has b) shall have c) had
6. He … a breakfast at 9 o’clock every morning.
a) have b) has c) will have
7. Students … a lecture on history tomorrow.
a) had b) have c) will have
8. Civilization will never flow back while there … youth in the world.
a) has been b) are c) is
9. There … a magazine and ten pens on the table.
a) is b) are c) was
10. … there … a lecture tomorrow?
a) Will … be b) Shall … be c) Would … be
11. Honesty is … policy.
a) the best b) better c) more better
12. … men declare war. But it is the youth that fight and die.
a) Oldest b) Older c) Elder
13. Of two evils choose the … .
a) less b) little c) least
14. What’s the … news of today?
a) later b) latest c) last
15. If you require … information or assistance, ask at your local station.
a) further b) farther c) furthest
16. Actions speak … than words.
a) more louder b) the loudest c) louder
17. Hotels are becoming … nowadays.
a) more expensive b) the most expensive c) expensive
18. The damage to the car could be …, than we expected.
a) bad b) worse c) the worst
19. That was … case in his practice.
a) the least difficult b) the less difficult c) the less difficulter
20. The sea is … unknown part of our world.
a) the most large b) the largest c) the most largest
БИБЛИОГРАФИЧЕСКИЙ СПИСОК
Английский язык для инженеров [Текст] / Т. Ю. Полякова и [др.]. – М. : Высш. шк., 2000.
Агабекян, И. П., Английский для инженеров [Текст] / И. П. Агабекян, П. И Коваленко. – Ростов н/Д. : Феникс, 2002.
Христорождественская, Л. П. Английский язык [Текст] : упражнения по грамматике. – Минск : Книжный дом, 2004.
Ольсен, Н. Говорим и пишем без ошибок [Текст] / Н. Ольсен. – М. : Изд–во «Менеджер», 2004.
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