Life is impossible without plants

From earliest times plants play an important part in everyday life of man. Plants provide us with food, clothing and many other necessary things. The cultivation of plants is connected with man’s progress. Man’s food and clothing are produced directly or indirectly by plants.

Without plant life neither animals nor men will be able to live. There exist very many species of plants. Some of them are grown and cultivated by farmers and are called farm crops. Some plants are used directly by man, some are consumed by animals.

The scientists continue their work and we can expect new uses of plants to be found and the value of other plants to be discovered. Great progress has been made in breeding suitable plants and animals that grow best in the given environment. Life is impossible without plants.

We breathe with oxygen which comes from plants, we eat the food which also comes from plants. Man began to change plants about 10000 years ago, when he began to grow the first food plants. Plants use sunlight and make their food; they give off oxygen into the air during this process. Many elements make up a plant’s environment. Sunlight, temperature, rain and snow affect the growth of plants.

II.Put five questions to the text in writing.

III.Fill in the gap with the correct form of the verb.

1) Tom has ______ to Chicago. (a)goes b)went c)going d)gone)

2) John and Helen ______ at the school. (a)am b)is c)are d)be)

3) Helen ______ learning Spanish. (a)am b)is c)are d)be)

4) Donald ______ in London for two years. (a)live b)lives c)living d)has lived)

5) She wants to ______ a doctor. (a)am b)is c)are d)be)

6) Where ______ that man work? (a)does b)do c)doing d)done)

7) We ______ when John arrived. (a)have slept b)were sleeping c)are sleeping d)will sleep)

8) She let me ______ her computer. (a)use b)using c)to use d)will use)

IV. Without translating the sentences into English, write down which English grammar tense must be used for translation.

Model: Я не люблю кататься на лыжах. – The past Simple Tense

1. Это случается время от времени.

2. Мы возьмем такси.

3. Мальчик бегает во дворе.

4. Мы не играли в теннис вчера.

5. Ты прочитал эту книгу? –Да.

V. Choose the correct variant of translation and write down the chosen English sentence.

1. Он уехал, не оставив нам адреса.

a) Не did not leave us his address as he did not know he would go away.

b) He could neither leave our place that day nor leave us his address.

c) He left without leaving us his address.

2. Тебе следовало бы сесть на диету еще полгода назад.

a) You must go on a diet half a year ago.

b) You should have gone on a diet half a year ago.

c) You must have gone on a diet half a year ago.

3. Пусть она отошлет письмо своему брату.

a) Let’s send her her brother’s letter.

b) Let her send a letter to her brother

c) Let them send her the letter

4. В нaшей библиoтеке мaлo aнглийских книг.

a) Thеrе is fеw Еnglіsh books іn our lіbrary.

b) Thеrе arе fеw Еnglіsh books іn our lіbrary.

c) Thеrе were fеw Еnglіsh books іn our lіbrary.

VI. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct grammar tense.

1. Now I am in my class. I... (to sit) at my desk. I always... (to sit) at the same desk.

2. When you_____ (know) your examination results?

3. Kathy_____ (travel) to Caracas next month to attend a conference.

4. Do you have any plans for lunch today? — I _____ (meet) Shannon at the Sham Cafe in an hour. Do you want to join us?

5. I ____ (buy) a bicycle for my son for his birthday next month. Do you know anything about bikes for kids? — Sure. What do you want to know?

VII. Put questions to the underlined parts of the sentences.

1. She has never been at a big railway station.

2. We buy railway ticketsat the booking-office.

3. Some children go to school by bus.

The English Language

Test

Variant VI

I. Read the text and translate it into Russian in writing.

Plants and Nature

Nature has always served to man. But with the development of civilization man's interference in nature began to increase. The pollution of air and the world's ocean, destruction of the ozone layer is the result of man's careless interaction with nature.

Environmental protection is a problem of global concern. Plant formations and their environment are natural resources which man always used and uses now.

Animals and man will not live without plants because the cycle of nature links them. Plants also play a very important part in conservation and protection of soil, water and animals. Crop plants have not always been productive and useful as they are today. Long ago they were growing wild. As civilization progressed, man began studying plants more carefully. He discovered many of the new functions of plants, their structure and requirements for growth.

Soon plant science appeared and great progress in the improvement and growing of plants followed. Compared to the long history of plants on the Earth the plant breeders have improved plants for only short time, but in this short period they have contributed much to agriculture.

By selecting the best types, man is able to bring about improvements in a few years that would require thousands of years if left to nature.