Контрольная работа. Вариант 19.

ВАРИАНТ № 19
ЗАДАНИЕ № 1:
a) Прочитайте и письменно переведите текст:
Former Taimyr Autonomous Area occupies 862 100 km2. The region also includes the islands between the Yenisei and Khatanga gulfs, the northern parts of Central Siberian Plateau and the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. The capital of the area is Dudinka, which is also the northernmost major seaport in Russia and the largest port in Siberia. Dudinka site was established in 1667 by Ivan Sorokin as a post for gathering tribute, paid in furs, from local tribes in the Taimyr region. In 18th century, the few log huts at Dudinka provided refuge for the explorers who took part in the Great Northern Expedition of 1733-1743, including Semyon Chelyuskin, Fyodor Minin and Khariton Laptev. In 1843, the notable zoologist Alexandr Middendorf reached Dudinka during his expedition through the Taimyr Peninsula. In 1875-1876, the Swedish-Finnish geographer Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld used Dudinka as a temporary base during his exploration of the Taimyr. Other prominent explorers such as Fyodor Shmidt, Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen and Nikolai Urvantsev also stopped there. However, vast distances and a severe climate prevented significant growth of the population in the area. At the beginning of 20th century, Dudinka had some around 70 inhabitants. There were only primitive log huts with a small wooden church in the settlement. In 1930, the administrative center of Taimyr Dolgan-Nenets National Region was designed. In the latter half of the 1930s Dudinka became a critical point in the accelerated development of Norilsk industrial complex, launched in 1935 by the Soviet Council of Commissars at one of the world’s richest sources of nickel and copper. That is why the polar explorer Otto Shmidt visited the settlement and recommended to expend it into a town. By the end of 1937, Dudinka port facilities and small railroad to Norilsk were completed. In addition to transporting massive industrial equipment, for two decades Dudinka port served as the grim gateway for thousands of prisoners headed to Norilsks penal camps each year. In 1951, Dudinka was granted a formal status of a town. After closure of Norillag in 1956, Dudinka served as the main transportation mean of everything needed for the expending city of Norilsk and its plants. Nowadays, imports and exports, including processed nickel and copper, continue to pass through the Dudinka port.
b) Ответьте на вопросы по тексту:

1. When was Dudinka site established and what for?
2. When did the Great Northern Expedition take place?
3. When was Dudinka granted a town status?
4. What is the main purpose of Dudinka nowadays?

c) Найдите в тексте эквиваленты на английском языке:
Таймырский автономный округ; крупнейший морской порт; бревенчатые бараки; Великая северная экспедиция; Полуостров Таймыр; выдающиеся исследователи; суровый климат; местные жители; поселение; главное средство транспортировки.
ЗАДАНИЕ № 2: Вставьте в предложение подходящий по смыслу модальный глагол: must, mustn’t, have to, can, can’t, may, should, needn’t.

1. They look alike. She ___ be his mother.
2. Your mother is crying, you ___ apologize.
3. My granny ___ bake the best cakes in the world!
4. ___ I ask your parents for help?
5. You ___ drive the car without driving license.
6. We ___ come to the office tomorrow because we’ve done everything today.
7. People ___ tell only the truth in a court.
8. I ___ solve this problem, it’s too difficult for me.

ЗАДАНИЕ № 3: The Present Simple tense.
a) Раскройте скобки и поставьте глагол в нужную форму:
1. His mother ___ (to live) in Chicago.
2. We usually ___ (to have) dinner at 7 pm.
3. I ___ (to sleep) 9 hours every night.
4. This shop ___ (to work) five days a week.
b) Напишите каждое предложение в отрицательной форме и вопросительной форме.
ЗАДАНИЕ № 4: The Present Continuous tense.
a) Раскройте скобки и поставьте глагол в нужную форму:
1. She ___ (to play) tennis with her son in the yard.
2. The boy ___(to walk) with the dog now.
3. Mr and Msr Smith ___ (to drink) coffee.
4. I ___ (to try) to find my pen.
b) Напишите каждое предложение в отрицательной форме и вопросительной форме.
ЗАДАНИЕ № 5: Прочитайте предложения и выберите глагол в нужной форме (the Present Simple tense или the Present Continuous tense).
1. The train leaves / is leaving the at 7 am.
2. Children like / are liking sweets and eat / are eating a lot of them.
3. Listen! Somebody cries / is crying in the house.
4. While Jenny prepares / is preparing the presentation Sam finishes / is finishing his speech. They are in a hurry.
ЗАДАНИЕ № 6: The Past Simple tense.
c) Раскройте скобки и поставьте глагол в нужную форму:
1. The bus ___ (to leave) two minutes ago.
2. Nicolay Tolstoy ___ (to write) the War and Peace in 1867.
3. They ___ (to open) the door and ___ (to come) into the room.
4. People ___ (to use) stone and wood as a tools in the past.
Напишите каждое предложение в отрицательной форме и вопросительной форме.