Контрольная работа по Английскому языку на тему: "George Stephenson"

Контрольная работа 1. Вариант 2

Задание 1. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление прилагательных в сравнительной и превосходной степенях. Подчеркните прилагательные в английских предложениях и укажите степень сравнения.

1. Steel made the cars much lighter and safer than the old wooden cars.

2. Railway transport is one of the cheapest ways of transporting freight over long distances.

3. It is more convenient to carry these goods by lorry than by rail.
 

Задание 2. Перепишите и переведите предложения, употребив прилагательные, данные в скобках, в сравнительной или превосходной степени.

1. Railways are the (important)(превосхоная степень) form of transport in Russia.

2. The cars that are built today become (comfortable).

3. Our (good) diesel locomotive develops a speed of 170 km per hour.
 

Задание 3. Перепишите и переведите предложения. Определите форму (Present, Past, Future) и функцию (основной, вспомогательный, модальный) глаголов TO BE и TO HAVE. Подчеркните эти глаголы в английском варианте.

1. The railways were invented before the age of steam.

2. A railway track is steel rails on wooden sleepers 

3. Nowadays various machines have replaced hard manual labor.

4. Train No3 is to arrive at platform 2.

5. The civil engineers are trying to find out the most suitable route.
 

Задание 4. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление времён группы Indefinite (Simple) (Present, Past, Future) в действительном и страдательном залоге. Выпишите сказуемые и укажите их видовременную форму и залог.

1. For many years engineers tried to find a new material for making sleepers 

2. Some changes were made  in the original design.

3. We find a lot of information about this invention on the Internet.
 

Задание 5. Перепишите и переведите текст.

George Stephenson

George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives.

G.Stephenson was born in Wylam, 9.3 miles (15km) west of Newcastle. His father was a fireman, earning a very low wage, so there was no money for schooling. At the age of 17, Stephenson became an engineman. He realized the value of education and paid to study at night school to learn reading, writing and arithmetic. In 1802 he moved to Willington Quay where he worked as a brakeman, made shoes and mended clocks to supplement his income...
 

Задание 6. Укажите, какие из следующих утверждений соответствуют содержанию текста. Используйте фразы: It is right. It is wrong. Исправьте неверные утверждения.

1. G.Stephenson was an American civil and mechanical engineer.

2. He became an expert in steam-driven machinery.

3. Stephenson designed his first locomotive in 1824.

4. His first locomotive could haul 30 tons of coal.
 

Контрольная работа 2. Вариант 2

Задание 1. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление модальных глаголов. Подчеркните модальные глаголы в английских предложениях и в переводе.

1. These parts of the engine must be replaced. .

2. You may take any of these instruments, because I do not need them now. 

3. Something was wrong with the car – he could not start it. е.

4. Many students now have to pay for their education. 

5. He will not be able to repair this engine.

 

Задание 2. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление времён группы Continuous (Present, Past, Future) и группы Perfect (Present, Past, Future) в действительном и страдательном залогах. Выпишите сказуемые и укажите их видовременные формы.

1. The locomotive was moving at a high speed when the engine driver saw that the line had been damaged.

2. When we came to the station the train had already arrived, and the passengers were hurrying to occupy their seats in the cars.

3. Boeing’s new airplane is faster and more luxurious than any other vehicles, which have ever been produced.
 

Задание 3. Перепишите и переведите предложения, поставив глагол в нужную форму.

1. The bridge, which  for the movement of both road and railway traffic.

2. The movement of trains  on that section of the line because the workers  the sleepers.

3. Nowadays crossties of wood, concrete, steel and cast-iron.
 

Задание 4. Перепишите и переведите предложения, выбрав правильную форму сказуемого (Active or Passive)

1. Powerful track-laying machines (have developed, have been developed) for the building of railroads.

2. The road is closed because the road works (are conducting, are being conducted.)

3. At the first railways, sleepers (laid down, were laid down) along the track; nowadays they (lay down, are laid down) transversely.
 

Задание 5. Перепишите и переведите текст.

Cambridge University

Cambridge University at Cambridge, England, is one of the oldest English-language universities in the world. It was founded at the beginning of the 12th century. Cambridge is the second oldest university in Great Britain after Oxford. Cambridge is on the river Cam and takes its name from this river. There are twenty-nine colleges in Cambridge. The oldest one is Peterhouse, which was founded in 1284. And the most recent is Robinson College, which was opened in 1977. But the most famous is King's College, because of its magnificent chapel. Its choir of boys and undergraduates is well - known all over the world.

The Universities were only for men until 19th century when the first women's college was opened. Later the doors of colleges were opened to both men and women. Nowadays almost all the colleges are mixed. . All students have to live in Cambridge while they study there. Each college is self-governing. (самоуправляется)...

Задание 6. Укажите, какие из следующих утверждений соответствуют содержанию текста. Используйте фразы: It is right. It is wrong. Исправьте неверные утверждения.

Образец: 1) Cambridge University was founded at the end of the 13th century. It is wrong. Cambridge University was founded at the beginning of the 12th century.

2) Each college is self-governing. It is right.

1. Cambridge is the second oldest University in Great Britain after Oxford.

2. There are 24 different colleges in Cambridge.

3. The Universities were only for men until 18th century when the first women’s college was opened.

4. The tutor plans the student’s work and once a week the student goes to his tutor to discuss his work with him.

5. Not all the students must pay for their education.