Variant I

Требования к оформлению контрольной работы

1. Контрольная работа выполняется на компьютере на одной стороне листа. Текст рекомендуется печатать, соблюдая на формате А4 (210x297 мм) указанные ниже размеры полей. Технические требования к тексту:

- Шрифт - Times New Roman.

- Тип основного текста: обычный, размер 12 пт.

- Шрифт заголовков разделов: полужирный, размер 14 пт.

- Шрифт заголовков подразделов, пунктов и подпунктов полужирный, размер 14 пт.

- Поля документа: левое - 30 мм; правое - 10 мм; верхнее - 15 мм; нижнее - 20 мм.

- Отступ первой строки – 1,25 см.

- Размер шрифта 14.

- Межстрочный интервал полуторный.

- Выравнивание текста – по ширине.

- Номер страницы проставляется арабской цифрой без точки в правом верхнем ее углу. Нумерация страниц обязательна. Считаются все страницы, начиная с титульного листа, но на самом титульном листе номер страницы не ставится.

2. Титульный лист контрольной работы должен содержать следующую информацию (см. форму титульного листа):

- Название колледжа.

- ФИО студента.

- Домашний адрес студента.

- Номер курса и группы.

- Код и наименование специальности.

- Наименование дисциплины.

- Номер варианта.

- ФИО преподавателя.

- Подпись преподавателя.

Повторите следующие грамматические темы:

1. Plural number of Nouns.

2. Articles.

3. Possessive Pronouns.

4. Personal Pronouns.

5. Indefinite Pronouns.

6. Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs.

7. Verbs “to be” and “to have”.

8. Impersonal sentences.

9. Present Tenses (Simple, Continuous, Perfect).

10. Past Tenses (Simple, Continuous, Perfect).

11. Future tenses (Simple, Continuous, to be going to).

Variant I

I. Write plural number of the following nouns:

A pencil, a fox, a city, a play, a table, a leaf, a mouse, a house, a man, a child.

II. Put articles where necessary:

1. Pete has... small family. He has... father and... mother. He has no... brother, but he has... sister. His sister is... pupil. She is... good girl. She has... many Russian books, but she has no... English books. 2. There is... writing-desk in... room.... writing-desk is good. There is... lamp on... writing desk. 3. My uncle has... large family. They are six in... family. 4. My father is... engi­neer. He works at... big factory. 5. We have... good library. Our books are in... big bookcase. 6. Is your sister... married? 7. What do you do after... breakfast? — I go to... school. 8. When do you come... home? — I come... home at... half past two. 9. Do you like to watch TV in... evening?

III. Put possessive pronouns:

1. I clean … teeth every morning. 2. He has … English lessons in the evening. 3. They like … house. 4. She had … hair done yesterday. 5. We like to spend … holidays together. 6. When do you usually have... lunch?

IV. Put necessary indefinite pronouns:

1. There are... pictures in the book. 2. Are there... new students in your group? 3. There are... old houses in our street. 4. Are there... English text­books on the desks? - - Yes, there are.... 5. Are there... maps on the walls? —No, there aren't....

V. Open the brackets using necessary degree of comparison of adjectives:

1. Which is (large): the United States or Cana­da? 2. What is the name of the (big) port in the United States? 3. Moscow is the (large) city in Russia. 4. The London underground is the (old) in the world. 5. There is a (great) number of cars and buses in the streets of Moscow than in any other city of Russia. 6. St. Petersburg is one of the (beau­tiful) cities in the world. 7. The rivers in America are much (big) than those in England. 8. The is­land of Great Britain is (small) than Greenland.

VI. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of Present Simple:

1. I (to be) a student. 2. My friend (to have) a big family. 3. The town they live in (to be) small. 4. His parents (to have) a house in the countryside. 5. My sister (to be) married. 6. How lucky you (to be)! 7. I and my sister (to be) good friends. 8. I (to have) a good job.

VII. Translate from English into Russian the following impersonal sentences:

1. It usually rains in spring in this part of the world. 2. In winter it snows hard in some regions of Russia. 3. It takes me about forty minutes to get to my workplace. 4. They say this film is worth seeing. 5. It is known that sun rises in the East.

VIII. Open the brackets and put the verb into Present Simple, Present Continuous or Future Simple:

1. I (to play) chess tomorrow. 2. I (not to play) chess tomorrow. 3. You (to play) chess tomorrow? 4. He (to play) chess every day. 5. He (not to play) chess every day. 6. He (to play) chess every day? 7. They (to play) chess now. 8. They (not to play) chess now. 9. They (to play) chess now? 10. Nick (to go) to the park now.

IX. Open the brackets and put the verb into Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect:

1. By eight o'clock yesterday I (to do) my home­work and at eight I (to play) the piano. 2. By six o'clock father (to come) home and at six he (to have) dinner. 3. By nine o'clock yesterday grand­mother (to wash) the dishes and at nine she (to watch) TV. 4. When I (to meet) Tom, he (to eat) an ice-cream which he (to buy) at the corner of the street. 5. When I (to come) home, my sister (to read) a book which she (to bring) from the library. 6. When mother (to come) home, the children (to eat) the soup which she (to cook) in the morning. 7. When I (to ring) up Mike, he still (to learn) the poem which he (to begin) learning at school. 8. When I (to look) out of the window, the chil­dren (to play) with a ball which Pete (to bring) from home. 9. By ten o'clock the children (to set­tle) comfortably on the sofa and at ten they (to watch) a TV film. 10. When father (to come) home, we (to cook) the mushrooms which we (to gather) in the wood.

X. Translate from Russian into English:

1. Сколько дней вы уже читаете эту книгу? 2. Только когда она была в поезде, она вспомни­ла, что оставила книгу дома. 3. Они живут в этом доме уже пять лет. 4. Моя сестра была больна уже несколько дней, когда я узнала об этом. 5. Ты знал, что он не написал сочинение? 6. Мы не получаем от нее писем уже несколько меся­цев. 7. Сколько лет вы уже работаете на этом заводе? 8. Он уже ушел, когда Лена включила радио. 9. Я работаю над этой проблемой уже три месяца. 10. К счастью, дождь уже перестал, ког­да мы вышли.

XI. Read and translate the following text:

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England has existed as a unified entity since the 10^th century. The union between England and Wales was enacted under the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284. In the Act of Union of 1707, England and Scotland agreed to permanent union as Great Britain; the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland was implemented in 1801, with the adoption of the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, but in 1921, the Anglo-Irish treaty formalized a partition of Ireland, although six northern Irish counties remained part of the United Kingdom and became known as Northern Ireland and the current name of the country is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It was adopted in 1927.

Great Britain was the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19^th century. It played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science.

At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth’s surface.

United Kingdom is one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council, a founding member of NATO, and of the Commonwealth, a member of the EU, but still remains outside the European Monetary Union. In 1999 the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly of Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established. And it is significant issue in the UK.

United Kingdom is located in the Western Europe, on the British Islands, including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland, between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France. Total territory is 244,820 sq km. It has a border with Ireland. Its climate is temperate, moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current. The landscape of UK is mostly rugged hills and low mountains. Nowadays United Kingdom lies near vital North Atlantic sea lanes, only 35 km from France and linked by tunnel under the English Channel.

The lowest point is Fenland – 4 m; the highest one is Ben Nevis 1,343 m. Its natural resources are coal, petroleum, natural gas, tin, limestone, iron ore, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, lead.

Official languages are English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales) and Scottish, as a form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland).

Government type is constitutional monarchy. Administrative divisions of UK are the following:

England is divided into 47 boroughs, 36 counties, 10 districts;

North Ireland is divided into 24 districts, 2 cities, 6 counties;

Scotland is divided into 32 council areas;

Wales is divided into 11 county boroughs, 9 counties and dependent areas.

The Chief of the state is Queen Elizabeth II since 6 February 1952; the Heir of the Crown is Prince Charles, the son of the queen. He was born on 14 November 1948.

XII. Answer the questions on the text:

1. How long has England existed as a unified entity?

2. When was the union between England and Wales enacted?

3. When was the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland implemented?

4. When was the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland adapted?

5. What is Northern Ireland?

6. Was Great Britain the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 17^th century?

7. Is there a connection between France and Great Britain today?

8. Is the United Kingdom a member of the European Monetary Union?

9. Where is the United Kingdom located?

10. What climate has the United Kingdom?

11. What landscape has Great Britain?

12. What are the lowest and the highest points of the country?

13. What are official languages in Great Britain?

14. What are the natural resources?

XIII. Translate from English into Russian:

to exist, entity, to enact, permanent, to implement, adoption, partition, county, to remain, current, maritime

XIV. Translate from Russian into English:

1 Зенит; 2 иметь протяжение, простираться, тянуться; 3 Содружество (свободное объединение независимых государств, не имеющее общего договора или конституции); 4 Европейский монетный союз; 5 граница; умеренный (о климате и т.п.); 6 ослаблять, смягчать; 7 преобладать, господствовать, превалировать, доминировать; 8 ландшафт, пейзаж; 9 уголь; 10 нефть; 11 известняк; 12 железная руда; 13 глина, глинозем.