MOSCOW
1. Moscow is the capital of Russia, its administrative, economic, political and educational centre. It is one of Russia's major cities with the population of about 9 million people. Its total area is about 900 thousand square kilometres.
2. The city was founded by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky and was first mentioned in the chronicles in 1147. At that time it was a small frontier settlement. By the 15th century Moscow had grown into a wealthy city.
3. In the 16th century, under Ivan the Terrible. Moscow became the capital of the state of Muscovy. In the 18th century Peter the Great transferred the capital to St. Petersburg, but Moscow remained the heart of Russia.
4. The present-day Moscow is the seat of the government of the Russian Federation. President of Russia lives and works here; government offices are located here, too.
Moscow is a major industrial city. Its leading industries are engineering, chemical and light industries.
5. Moscow is known for its many historical buildings, museums and art galleries, as well as for the famous Bolshoy, Maly and Art theatres. There are more than 80 museums in Moscow.
One of the principal streets in Moscow is Tverskaya Street. It is one of the busiest shopping streets in Moscow. Fashionable stores offer a wide choice of clothes and shoes for young people of leading firms of the world. The famous state store Eliseyevsky Gastronom offers a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables, cakes, meat, etc. You can treat yourself to coffee, popcorn and ice cream in the café.
6. Moscow is the city of science and learning. There are over 80 higher educational institutions in the city including a number of universities.
VII. Прочитайте 5-ый абзац текста Moscow и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос:
What does the cafe offer to its customers?
1. It offers a wide choice of clothes and shoes.
2. It offers a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables.
3. It offers coffee, popcorn and ice cream.
ВАРИАНТ 3
1. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова с окончанием -s, и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.е. служит ли оно:
а) показателем 3-его лица единственного числа глагола в Present Simple;
б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;
в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного (см. образец выполнения 1).
Переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. Our university trains students in many specialized fields.
2. Trains from Moscow arrive in St.Petersburg at the Moscow railway station,
3. Flats in new houses are very comfortable.
4. This building houses a new chemical laboratory.
II. Перепишите и переведите следующие предложения. Обратите внимание на разные способы перевода существительных в функции определения.
1. The University trains specialists in different fields of knowledge.
2. He passed his graduation examinations with excellent marks.
3. Students carry out their laboratory tests in modern laboratories.
III. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, и переведите их на русский язык.
1. There are more than 50 schools of higher learning in St. Petersburg.
2. Mathematics is as important for technical students as physics.
3. These machine tools are not so efficient as the new ones.
4. The more systematic are our studies, the deeper is our knowledge.
IV. Перепишите и письменно переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных местоимений и наречий.
1. Some electric devices find wide application in every house.
2. Tell us everything about your Institute.
3. We couldn't find this book anywhere.
4. Many tourists come to the beautiful city every year.
