ВАРИАНТ 3.

      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.

      (См. образец выполнения 1 в варианте 1)

1. The island of Great Britain has the length of 974 kilometres and the width of 531 kilometres.
2. The warm Gulf Stream brings warm south-west winds that raise winter temperatures.
3. Trafalgar Square is named in the memory of admiral Nelson’s victory in the battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
4. Agatha Cristie’s language is simple and good.
5. The city of Montreal covers 70 square miles.

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

1. There were rosy-cheeked dolls hiding behind the green leaves of the Christmas tree.

2. There are two trends in the 21^st century fashion that will most probably continue in the future.

3. There must be an equilibrium between demand for and supply of goods.

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

1. I can’t run as fast as he.

               2. The salary of a manager is higher than that of a secretary.

               3. The more you study the smarter you will become.

4. If you are interested in further details ask the head of the office.
5. That was the most difficult case in his practice.

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

1. Is there any letters for me?

2. I can’t talk to you now. I have got no free time.

3. Some of the people he worked with were very friendly.

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

   (См. образец выполнения 2 в варианте 1)   

1. I now you are taking an advanced geography course now.
2. Like it or not, television has been the supreme holiday attraction ever since it upstaged the cinema by showing old films.
3. During the apprenticeship period the student will begin to earn money.
4. He will have left for Kiev by Saturday.
5. The Pilgrims arrived to America and founded their colony in 1020.

   VI. Прочитайте и письменно переведите следующий текст.

INTRODUCTION TO THE WWW AND THE INTERNET

      Millions of people around the world use the Internet to search for and retrieve information on all sorts of topics in a wide variety of areas including the arts, business, government, humanities, news, politics and recreation. People communicate through electronic mail (e-mail), discussion groups, chat channels and other means of informational exchange. They share information and make commercial and business transactions. All this activity is possible because tens of thousands of networks are connected to the Internet and exchange information in the same basic ways.

      The World Wide Web (WWW) is a part of the Internet. But it's not a collection of networks. Rather, it is information that is connected or linked together like a web. You access this information through one interface or tool called a Web browser. The number of resources and services that are part of the World Wide Web is growing extremely fast. In 1996 there were more than 20 million users of the WWW, and more than half the information that is transferred across the Internet is accessed through the WWW. By using a computer terminal (hardware) connected to a network that is a part of the Internet, aid by using a program (software) to browse or retrieve information that is a part of the World Wide Web, the people connected to the Internet and World Wide Web through the local providers have access to a variety of information. Each browser provides a graphical interface. You move from place to place, from site to site on the Web by using a mouse to click on a portion of text, icon or region of a map. These items are called hyperlinks or links. Each link you select represents a document, an image, a video clip or an audio file somewhere on the Internet. The user doesn't need to know where it is, the browser follows the link.