Контрольная работа. Английский язык.

II. Прочитайте следующую шутку. Передайте её в косвенной речи.

A group of people was talking about strange things which had happened to them.

"When I was in India", said one of them, "I saw a tiger come down to the water where some women were washing clothes. It was a very fierce tiger, but one woman, had a presence of mind to splash some water in its face – and it ran away."

"Gentlemen", said a man in an armchair, "the story is sure to be true. Some minutes after the accident I was coming down to the water. I happened to meet this tiger and stroked its whiskers. Gentlemen, I found those whiskers to be wet.

A group of people was talking about strange things which had happened to them. One of them said when he had been in India he had seen a tiger came down to the water where some women had been washing clothes. He added that it had been a very fierce tiger, but one woman had had a presence of mind to splash some water in its face and it had run away. A man in an armchair told the gentlemen that the story was sure to be true. Some minutes after the accident he had been coming down the water, and he had happened to meet that tiger and had stroked its whiskers. He had found those whiskers to be wet.

VI. Подчеркнитегерундий. Определите его функцию в предложении. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Crying won’t help matters.

2. You will only succeed by trying hard.

3. Travelling abroad can be exciting enough, but just now it is more exciting being here.

4. The only way to do it quickly is doing it at once.

5. I don’t want to force you into doing something.

VII. Переведите предложения на английский язык. Определите тип условных предложений.

1. Он не выполнит это задание, если оно будет слишком сложным.

2. Мне нравятся эти часы. Если бы они были дешевле, я бы купил их.

3. Если бы ваше предложение было получено на прошлой неделе, мы бы приняли его.

VI. Раскройтескобки, употребив Past Indefinite или Past Continuous, Past Perfect или Past Perfect Continuous. Переведитепредложениянарусскийязык.

1. We think of democracy as a modern invention, but in fact the world’s most perfect democracy probably (exist) in Ancient Athens in 500 B.C. – if you (be) not a woman or a slave.

2. Ann was worn out. The baby (cough) all night and she (not to get) any sleep.

3. She said she (try) to phone me since morning. But nobody was at home.

VIII. Перефразируйте предложения, употребив ComplexObject. Сделайте все необходимые изменения.

1. Ibelievethatsheisn’tright.

1. Her parents will not give her permission to go with him.

2. John found that the job was very interesting.

IX. Выделите ComplexSubject. Переведите предложения.

1. The computer is supposed to be upgraded soon.

2. The girl turned out to have taken an overdose of sleeping tablets by mistake.

3. The article is sure to appear in the next issue of the journal.

VIII. Перефразируйте предложения, употребив ComplexObject. Сделайтевсенеобходимыеизменения.

1. I know that she has an interest in the company.

2. People know that he is an honest man.

3. I felt that it was true this time.

IX. Выделите ComplexSubject. Переведите предложения.

1. She is likely to have changed her opinion.

2. The power station was reported to have been reconstructed.

3. The device seemed to be in excellent condition.

X. Переведите предложения на английский язык, употребив различные инфинитивные конструкции.

1. Вы знаете, что он квалифицированный инженер?

2. Мы предполагаем завершить эксперимент в пятницу.

3. Майкл, кажется, сердится на меня.

4. Студенты случайно услышали, как преподаватель рассказывал о своих планах.

5. Я хочу, чтобы Вы были более внимательны.