Контрольная работа по Английскому языку на тему: "Oxford - the University Town"

Контрольная работа 2

Вариант 1

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

1. You may stay in the office until it stops raining.

2. The cursor on the screen can be moved with the help of the mouse.

3. You must not cross the street when the red light is on.

4. He will not be able to finish this work by the evening. 

5. We were allowed to leave the luggage inside the building. 

 

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. Automobiles were rushing in both directions and it was impossible to cross the street. 

2.The construction of this high-speed line is being actively supported by the government. 

3. Until recently, the price difference between the first and second-class tickets on the Spanish Railways had been amounted to 81%.
 

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

1. Before the invention of steel all railways cars (to make – Past Perfect Passive) of wood. 

2. We arrived at the railway station when the train (to approach –Past Continuous Active) the platform. 

3. The construction of the new circular road which (to link – Future Indefinite Active) several districts (to start) – Present Perfect Passive) recently.
 

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

1. A new device (has tested; has been tested) in the lab. 

2. I know that these engines (are producing; are being produced) in Minsk.

3. The airplane (crosses; is crossed) the Atlantic Ocean in about ten hours. 
 

Задание 5. Перепишите и переведите текст.

Oxford - the University Town

Oxford as the university town is very beautiful. The oldest university there is Oxford. The first of its colleges was founded in 1249. The university now has thirty-nine colleges and over sixteen and a half thousand students. Almost a quarter of these students are from overseas. More than 130 nationalities are represented among our student body. Almost 5,000 students are engaged in postgraduate work. Of these, around 3,000 are working in the arts and humanities. Every year more than 16,500 people take part in courses offered by the University's Department for Continuing Education.

In the years since the war, Oxford has added to its humanistic core a major new research capacity in the natural and applied sciences, including medicine.

There were no women at Oxford until 1878, when the first women's college

Lady Margaret Hall was opened. From 1878, academic halls were established for women, who became members of the University in 1920. Since 1974, all but one of Oxford's 39 colleges have changed their statutes to admit both men and women. St Hilda's remains the only women's college. It is not easy to get a place at Oxford University to study for a degree....

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

1. Every year more than 16,500 people take part in courses offered by the University's Department for Continuing Education. 

2. From 1878, academic halls were established for women, who became members of the University in 1930. 

3. There are also external degrees and there are only a few part-time courses in specific subjects. 

4. Most students in these private schools take business, secretarial or English language courses.

5. Some of their colleges, chapels and libraries are three, four and even five hundred years old, and are full of books and precious paintings.