Решение: Контрольное задание 1. Вариант 1.

I. Прочитайте, перепишите и переведите на русский язык 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:
1. показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола в Present Indefinite;
2. признаком множественного числа имени существительного;
3. показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.
1. The names “United Kingdom”, “Great Britain” and “England” are often used interchangeably.
2. Great Britain consists of 3 parts: England, Scotland and Wales.
3. There are two places of interest in the City: St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Tower of London.
4. Agatha Christie’s success with millions of readers lies in her ability to combine clever plots with excellent character drawing.
5. Every ten minutes one kind of animal, plant or insect dies out for ever.

II. Прочитайте, перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на особенности перевода на русский язык оборота there + be.

1. There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human hearts as envy.
2. There will be a lot of trends in fashion of the 21st century.
3. There may be a fall in price for this product in the near future.

III.Прочитайте, перепишите и переведите данные предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения.

1. The exam was much easier than we expected.
2. My house is the same height as his.
3. This encyclopedia costs twice as much as the other one.
4. The hotter it is the more miserable I feel.
5. These shoes are the least expensive of all.

IV. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений.

1. None of the pictures at the art shop was good enough to buy for our museum.
2. If there are any calls for me, can you ask to leave a message?
3. Some people are early risers.

V. Прочитайте, перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните в них глагол-сказуемое и определите его видовременную форму, указав его инфинитив. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Wise kings generally have wise councillors.
2. Scientists in many different countries are working to explain this mystery.
3. Have you ever seen a film in which a train crashed or a ship sank.
4. I shall have finished the translation by nine o’clock tomorrow morning.
5. Dinosaurs died out millions of years ago.

VI. Прочитайте и письменно переведите следующий текст.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The poisoning of the world´s land, air, and water is the fastest-spreading disease of civilisation. It probably produces fewer headlines than wars, earthquakes and floods, but it is potentially one of history´s greatest dangers to human life on earth. If present trends continue for the next several decades, our planet will become uninhabitable.
Overpopulation, pollution and energy consumption have created such planet-wide problems as massive deforestation, ozone depletion, acid rains and the global warming that is believed to be caused by the greenhouse effect.
The seas are in danger. They are filled with poison: industrial and nuclear waste, chemical fertilisers and pesticides. The Mediterranean is already nearly dead; the North Sea is following. The Aral Sea is on the brink of extinction. If nothing is done about it, one day nothing will be able to live in the seas.
Every ten minutes one kind of animal, plant or insect dies out for ever. If nothing is done about it, one million species that are alive today will have become extinct twenty years from now.
Air pollution is a very serious problem. In Cairo just breathing the air is life threatening — equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day...