Listening
1. Listen to the text A Visitor from Space on http://www.esl-lab.com
Do the tasks given to this text.
SUPPLEMENTARY TASKS
1. Write down these sentences using the Present or Future Perfect Tense. Translate them into Russian:
1. Keynes’s ideas (to influence) the economic policies of many go-vernments since the World War II.
2. By the end of the next year the company (to sign) this contract.
3. This program (to provide) tens of millions of retired people with
substantial income.
4. For the last twenty years the saving rate in this country (to be) very low.
5. In recent years foreign competition (to become) extremely important in many countries.
6. The nature of work (to change) from farming to manufacturing to service jobs.
7. The company (to complete) the construction of the plant by the end
of the previous year.
2. Translate the time prepositions in brackets:
1. I won’t be at home (в) 7 o’clock.
2. He will come back (через) half an hour.
3. I hope you’ll do this work (за) a month.
4. My brother has English lessons (no) Fridays.
5. I will be in the library (c) 2 o’clock.
6. He returned home (в) half past eleven.
7. The bridge was built (за) several months.
8. I always repeat new words (перед) the lesson and (после) the
lesson.
9. I t is usually very cold (в) January.
10. The Chinese delegation came (в) the end of the month.
3. Change the active sentences to the passive ones:
1. We have already obtained necessary results.
2. They have determined the main properties of the substance.
3. He does everything properly.
4. They will carry out the plan next week.
5. They had solved all the problems by the beginning of the negotiations.
6. He was presenting the report at the conference from 10 till 11 a.m.
7. We will have recorded the data by 5 o’clock.
8. They checked the devices two days ago.
9. He will have tested the equipment before it starts working.
10. He is preparing instruments for the experiment now.
4. Translate the sentences with the Absolute Participle Construction from English into Russian:
1. The experiment finished, we may have a break.
2. The problem having been settled, he could go on with his work.
3. The letter having been delayed, the news came to us too late.
4. The work having been done, they went home.
5. Specialists use computers widely, the latter helping them in many
spheres.
6. The journal was brought yesterday, his article being published on the first page.
7. We had several lectures today, the last one being on physics.
8. New machine-tools were delivered to the pant, all of them being in good order.
9. The examination was over, most students getting good marks.
10. The experiment was a success, our group achieving the necessary results.
5. Translate the Text Research Institute of Robotics
The Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics (RTC) is one of the largest research centers in Russia typified by the concertina-edged structure situated at the center of the complex, also called the 'White Tulip'. The Institute itself was established in 1968 and later changed to St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University in 1981.
The Center is used for the research and development of mechanical and electrical robotics, in addition to space engineering and technologies. They have a focus on technical cybernetics relating to air, land and sea. The Center are able to test and produce specialised space-travel equipment on site which can test the resistance of falling materials.
The building is renowned, particularly in Russia as being an example of Soviet Architecture as well as expressing Russia's dominance in the research of space travel.
TEST 7
Variant 1
1. State the composite sentences:
1. It will be remembered that some hypotheses were put forward in the last decade.
2. He knew that they would search the area where they had lost him.
3. The brave don’t lay down their arms.
4. Whether he will agree is another question.
5. One of the goals of education is to bring people together.
6. It is doubtful whether the payment is strictly legal.
7. Over the last hundred years further energy supplies have evolved, especially in advanced regions.
8. How it has been done does not matter.
9. The thought that his younger sister was unhappy kept him awake all the night.
10. In the backyard, the dog barked and howled at the cat.
2. State the type of Clauses:
a) Subject Clause b) Predicate Clauses
c) Object Clauses d) Attribute Clauses
1. The talk was getting what he called pointless.
2. That such man should give prejudiced views of America is not a matter of surprise.
3. Ambitious led them to purchase a home that was many blocks from the poor side of Sacramento.
4. The human memory is a filing system that has a far greater capacity than that of the largest computer.
5. All I know is what I have seen in the press.
6. It was obvious that something important had happened.
7. He picked up the package which she had dropped.
8. I didn’t hear what you said.
9. This is what he said to her.
10. It is not known who brought the roses.
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