Контрольная работа, Вариант 3

выполнены упражнения согласно данным заданиям

Задание № 1. Перепишите и письменно переведите следующие предложения, подчеркните неопределенные местоимения.

1. When arriving in a foreign country one goes through the customs.

2. Speaking on TV the Prime Minister said that the Government would take some practical steps to increase competition and improve the work of public services (средства общественного транспорта и связи).

3. MP’s proposal (MP–член парламента) doesn’t seem to have aroused anybody’s interest.

4. She didn’t tell anyone about her secret. Not a person.

 Задание № 2. Выберите прилагательное в соответствующей степени сравнения. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Love is (precious, more precious, the most precious) than money.

2. To violate traffic regulations is very (dangerous, more dangerous, the most dangerous).

3. Interrupting people is (bad, worse, the worst) of all.

4. The House of Lords is (large, larger, the largest) in membership but the House of Commons has nearly all the power.

 Задание № 3. Выберите нужную форму глагола to be. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The weather promised to be fine. There (are; were; will be) many stars in the sky.

2. Buckingham palace (will be, was, is) the place where presidents, kings and politicians go to meet the Queen.

3. The yesterday commercial program on TV (was, will be, is) of little artistic value.

4. Competition (was, is, will be) a good stimulus in the young managers’ future work.

 Задание № 4. Перепишите предложения, переведите их на русский язык. Поставьте предложения в вопросительную и отрицательную формы.

1. A year ago she had long fair hair.

2. Buckingham Palace has a police station, two post offices, a hospital, a bar, two sports clubs, a disco, a cinema and a swimming pool.

3. In the nearest future London will have a population of nearly 10 million people.

 Задание № 5. Поставьте глаголы, данные в скобках, во времена групп Simple (Indefinite) или Continuous. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The police (stop) me on my way home last night.

2. The Smiths have bought a new house. They (move in) at the moment.

3. Your dad (meet) you at the airport. Don’t worry.

4. All the evening yesterday we (listen) to the old records.

 Задание № 6. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык. Выпишите из каждого глагол – сказуемое и определите его видовременную форму. Напишите форму инфинитива глагола.

1. The situation calls for immediate actions.

2. This is the third time Bill has phoned his friend this evening.

3. Parliament resumed the emergency debate last Friday.

4. The introduction of new technologies will promote economic development.

5. I had never seen Mr. Johnson so sad before our last meeting.

6. The population of the world is rising very fast.

 Задание № 7. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык. Подчеркните модальные глаголы.

1. When Jim was 15, he could run 100 metres in 11 seconds.

2. It’s only natural that parents should worry about their children.

3. The new parking garage can house two thousand cars.

4. The traffic rules must be observed by everyone.

Задание № 8. Выполните письменный перевод текста

“Columbo” was my favorite TV series when I was a child, so it sounded natural when I told my family I decided to be a detective. After years of hard work I realize my duties have less to do with the glamour of Hollywood movies than I thought at the beginning, but it’s still more challenging and full of emotion than most of the jobs my friends have.

When I arrive at a crime scene my first duty is to pay attention to every detail and collect proof of what had happened. I have to check the suspects list and discover if they have any motives to want the person dead. When I find a clue I have to use it in order to find a solution to the crime.

Fortunately there aren’t many murders where I live, so in most of the days I investigate bank assaults or house invasions. There aren’t nice either, but it’s much better to try to catch a thief than an assassin.

Columbo is an American crime fiction TV series, starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. It was created by William Link and Richard Levinson. The show popularized the inverted detective story format. With the exception of a couple of special episodes with added twists, almost every episode began by showing the commission of the crime and its perpetrator. As such, there is no "whodunit" element. The plot mainly revolves around how the perpetrator, whose identity is known, would finally be exposed and arrested. The show's creator once referred to it as a "howcatchem".

 Задание 9. Сопоставьте

1. assault

2. challenging

3. clue

4. crime scene

5. glamour

6. invasion

7. investigate, to

8. proof

9. suspect

10. suspects list

11. thief

 (  ) excitement, adventure, and unusual activity

(  ) stimulating, interesting, and thought-provoking

(  ) the place where a crime has been committed

(  ) evidence to establish something as true, or to produce belief it is true

(  ) a person who is suspected, especially of a crime, offense or the like

(  ) a list of people who are suspected of committing a crime

(  ) anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a crime, mystery, etc.

(  ) to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.

(  ) an unlawful physical attack upon another; an attempt or offer to do violence to another

(  ) the act of breaking into a house or building

(  ) a person who steals

Задание 10. Верно или не верно? Если не верно, то исправьте на правильный ответ.

1.    “Columbo” is a Mexican soap opera. (  )

2.    Columbo is a homicide detective. (  )

3.    The fictional detective Columbo works in Los Angeles. (  )

4.    The series shows a detective story in inverted format because we already know who the criminal is since the very beginning. (  )

5.    Most of the detective stories don’t have the “whodunit” element. (  )

6.    “Whodunit” means “to discover who was killed”. (  )

7.    The challenge in this series is how to expose and arrest the criminal. (  )

8.    Instead of having a “whodunit” element, the series can be referred as “howdoit”. (  )

 Задание 11. Ответьте на вопросы.

1.    Why wasn’t a surprise for the man’s family when he decided to be a detective?

2.    What did he realize about his job?

3.    How does he describe it?

4.    What’s his first duty at a crime scene? What does that mean?

5.    What does he do next?

6.    What does he do when he finds a clue?

7.    What does he investigate in most of the days? Why?