Контрольная работа по Английскому языку на тему: "THE BRITISH MUSEUM"

КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА 1

Вариант 1.

ЗАДАНИЕ 1. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык, подчеркните существительные во множественном числе, укажите их форму единственного числа (см. § 1–2 грамматического справочника (ГС)).

1. Special rooms include a small cinema, a dark room for photography, and studies.

2. Very often grown-ups misunderstand their children.

3. The number of fish in coastal waters has decreased.

ЗАДАНИЕ 2. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.

Обратите внимание на перевод существительных в функции определения (см. § 4 ГС).

1. The entrance exams were very difficult for me.

2. There is also a students’ research society at our University.

3. Don’t use the office telephone number for a long time.

ЗАДАНИЕ 3. Заполните пропуски, употребив одну из степеней сравнения прилагательных. Переведите получившиеся предложения на русский язык (см. § 5–6 ГС).

1. She is ___ than my sister. (old, older, oldest)

2. The ___ house is the library. (near, nearer, nearest)

3. The ___ we go, the ___ is the road. (far, farther, farthest; bad, worse, worst)

ЗАДАНИЕ 4. Замените русские местоимения подходящими английскими эквивалентами. Переведите предложения (см. § 9–10 ГС).

1. (Некоторые) of my friends can speak English.

2. Have you got (какие-нибудь) written exercises today?

3. I don’t see (ни одного) of them.
   
   ЗАДАНИЕ 5. Определите видо-временную форму глагола. Укажите, от какого глагола оно образовано. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Since the establishment of the University some 25 000 specialists have graduated from it.

2. At this time tomorrow I shall be preparing for the seminar.

3. The first peace international conference of scientists took place in 1957 in Canada.

4. On one of the houses in Bloomsbury there is a plaque, which tells people that nearly 50 years this was the home of Sir Hans Sloane, the benefactor of the British Museum.

5. Sir Hans Sloane was an Irishman. He arrived in London nearly 300 years ago with 800 species of plants collected in West India. His particular specialties were natural history specimens and books. All his long life Sir Hans Sloane remained a collector. In his will he offered his vast collection to the people of Britain.

6. Later on the Government bought his collection of natural history specimens and books.

ЗАДАНИЕ 6. Определите, к каким частям речи относятся следующие слова. Подчеркните словообразовательные элементы. Переведите слова на русский язык (см. § 40-44 ГС).

Security, widen, thankful, illiterate, correspondingly.

ЗАДАНИЕ 7. Переведите текст на русский язык. Прочтите вслух выбранный абзац.

THE BRITISH MUSEUM

The British Museum is the largest and richest of its kind in the world. This museum comprises the National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, and the National Library. It was built in the middle of the last century. The Museum is situated in London (in Bloomsbury District).
 

On one of the houses in Bloomsbury there is a plaque, which tells people that nearly 50 years this was the home of Sir Hans Sloane, the benefactor of the British Museum.

Sir Hans Sloane was an Irishman. He arrived in London nearly 300 years ago with 800 species of plants collected in West India. His particular specialties were natural history specimens and books. All his long life Sir Hans Sloane remained a collector. In his will he offered his vast collection to the people of Britain.

Later on the Government bought his collection of natural history specimens and books....