VI. Прочтите и устно переведите на русский язык текст. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1, 2 и 4-й абзацы.

DUSHANBE

1. Dushanbe is the capital of Tajikistan. Dushanbe's area is 12500 hectares and the population is some half a million people. During the last few years Tajikistan developed heavy industries - electric power, engineering, mining non-ferrous metallurgy, machine-building, and metal-working, and the manufacture of building materials. Tajikistan also grows cotton.

2. Nowadays Dushanbe has changed greatly. It is one of the largest industrial cities of the Republic. There are more than a hundred power and mechanical engineering, metal-working, light and food industry enterprises in Dushanbe. Dushanbe's numerous plants and factories produce different goods for the population and various machines for all branches of national economy. More than 200,000 people work at local factories and plants. The city plants and factories sent their products to many countries abroad.

3. Dushanbe is a cultural and scientific center of the Republic. The city has 35 scientific establishments, the Academy of Sciences, the State University, the Medical and the Polytechnical Institutes.

4. There are also four theatres, 61 clubs, several museums, the Tajik Exhibition of Economic Achievements and а zoо in Dushanbe. Some 100,000 children attend more than 100 schools; there are 66 hospitals and other medical centers, five stadiums, seven swimming-pools.

5. Most Dushanbe inhabitants live in modern houses. Everywhere we see modern buildings, green parks and squares. Every year the inhabitants of the city plant thousands of trees and shrubs. The city changes from day to day and becomes more beautiful. The Tajik people love their capital and are proud of it.

Кармазина Л.Г. /МИГAИК/

VII. Прочтите 5-й абзац текста. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос.

What houses do most Dushanbe inhabitants live in?

1. Most Dushanbe inhabitants live in old buildings.

2. Most Dushanbe inhabitants live in wooden houses.

3. Most Dushanbe inhabitants live in modern houses.

ВАРИАНТ 5

I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием –s, и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.е. служит ли оно:

а/показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола Present Indefinite;

б/ признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

в/ показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.

1. My friend teaches English.

2. The historic Second All-Russian Congress of Workers, Soldiers and Peasants' Deputies was in Smolny, in 1917.

5. He always watches TV programmers in the evening.

II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на особенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именами существительными.

1. Не passed his graduation examinations with excellent marks.

2. Leningrad's plants produce automatic control instruments for underground transport.

3. We have a large State library in our city.