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

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)Where ______ Gary and Cynthia live? (a)does; b)do; c)doing d)done)

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

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

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

5)Yesterday she ______ me the books. (a)will give b)has given c)gave d)gives)

6)Have you ______ Barbara? (a)saw b)seeing c)seen d)see)

7)He can ______ English. (a)speaks b)speak c)spoken d)to speak)

8)I haven't ______ to her yet. (a)speak b)spoke c)spoken d)speaking)

 

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. Я только что поел.

2. Мы ходим в кино два раза в неделю.

3. Ты присоединишься к нам.

4. Я поехал в Италию в прошлом месяце.

5. Сейчас я учусь водить.

 

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. Оборудование, которое они поставляют на завод – новейшее.

a) Up-to-date equipment being supplied by them to the plant.

b) This is the plant which they supply with up-to-date equipment.

c) The equipment they supply the plant with is up-to-date.

3. О чем они говорят?

a) Who are they speaking to?

b) What are they speaking about?

c) What are they speaking for?

4. Памятник находится в центре города

a) The monument is in the centre of the town

b) In the centre of the town is a monument

c) There is a monument in the centre of the town

 

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

1. This man is a writer. He already ________ (write) eight books.

2. He _______ (wait) for you for two hours already and said he ______ (ring) you up later.

3. By the end of next month we ______ (translate) ten articles.

4. ‘You ever ______ (spend) your holidays in the Crimea?’ ‘Yes, I _____. I (be) there last year.’

5. ‘What he ______ (do) next year?’ ‘After he _____ (finish) school, he ________ (enter) the University.’

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

1. She'll come to the partywih her friend.

2. People speak Englishin many countries.

3. He was not ready for the test.

 

 

The English Language

Test

Variant X

 

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.