Задание:ВАРІАНТ 5
1. Complete these sentences with a suitable verb in the correct form: -ing or infinitive (with or without “to”).
1. Ann likes (solve) difficult tasks.
2. We managed (get) to the airport in time.
3. Let line AB (be) equal to line CD.
4. It was an unpopular decision to postpone (build) the new hospital.
5. You can’t expect (learn) a foreign language in a few months.
2. Find sentence in which the modal verb is used to express probability and underline it. Translate the sentences.
1. I might hang that picture in the living room.
2. It is necessary that you should read this article once more.
3. I could do this work myself.
4. We may not find him in the library.
3. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the Passive Voice.
1. When we enter the room the machine was being checked.
2. The engine is turned by the mechanics of the shop.
3. Electric lights and modern plumbing were installed in this building.
4. Since its opening day, the building has been considered one of the finest examples of nineteenth century Ukrainian architecture.
4. Define the type of the Conditional clauses and translate them.
1. Had you seen her, ask her to wait.
2. Were I you, I would call them.
3. If they had more time, they’d visit us more often.
4. If he were more aggressive, he’d be a good salesman.
5. If they find a cheap apartment, they won’t have to live in the hostel.
5. Fill in each blank with “would have” or “wouldn’t have” and correct form of the verb.
1. If you hadn’t completed the form quickly, you (make) ___ any mistakes.
2. If I had come later, I (see) ___ her.
3. If they had known the timetable, they (miss) ___ the train.
4. If she had found this book, I (buy) ___ it.
6. Give the Ukrainian equivalents of the following “noun + noun” constructions:
Scan unit, television transmitter, sound channel carrier, vision signals, video channel amplifier, pulse receiver, television tube brightness control electrode, X-ray apparatus, all-purpose instrument pressure mechanism, market place, assembly shop, charge carrier, watch-making industry.
7. Form new words with the following suffixes and translate them.
- al electric, physic, mechanic, automatic
-fy electric, quire, simple, solid
-er (-or) create, construct, use, produce
- en strength, fright, length
8. Rewrite the following text and translate 1-3 paragraphs of the text.
UK POLITICAL SYSTEM
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a constitutional monarchy. This means that the government of the United Kingdom is exercised by a hereditary sovereign, an elected House of Commons and a partly hereditary House of Lords.
The sovereign has the title of King (or Queen). The Sovereign has very few functions that really matter, such as the function of the arbiter of last resort in some matters. These matters can be dissolution of Parliament and invitations to form a government when there is no clear majority. The reigning Queen is Elizabeth II. The supreme legislative power is vested in the Parliament, which sits for 5 years unless sooner dissolved. The Parliament has two chambers: the House of Lords with about 830 hereditary peers, 26 spiritual peers, about 270 life peers and peeresses, and the House of Commons. The House of Commons has 650 popularly elected members.
The House of Commons is the real governing body of the United Kingdom. In order to become a law, a new bill proposed by the Cabinet must be approved by both houses of the Parliament. The Lords cannot veto a bill, but they can delay it for a maximum of one year. Financial bills cannot be delayed by the House of Lords. The executive power of the Crown is exercised by the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister.
Prime Minister, normally the head of the party commanding a majority in the House of Commons, is appointed by the Sovereign. Prime Minister appoints the rest of the Cabinet. All ministers must be members of one or the other houses of the Parliament. They are individually and collectively responsible to the Crown and the Parliament. The Cabinet proposes bills and arranges business of the Parliament.
Government in Britain since 1945 has alternated between only two political parties: the Conservatives (the Tory) and the Labour Party. No other party has been in office at all since 1945 and there have been no coalitions. The third long-established party, the Liberals, enjoyed moments of success, but no member of the Liberal Party has held government office since 1945.
Notes to the text:
hereditary sovereign – спадкоємний суверенітет;
arbiter – арбітр, законодавець;
dissolution of Parliament – розпуск парламенту;
peer – пер, лорд;
bill – законопроект, біль;
to veto a bill – відхилити законопроект;
9. Answer the following questions:
1. What does the term “constitutional monarchy” mean? 2. What are the functions of the sovereign?
3. Who are the members of The House of Lords? 4. What are the functions of The House of Commons?