КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА № 1

Для того чтобы правильно выполнить работу № 1, необходимо усвоить следующие разделы курса английского языка, используя рекомендованную литературу.

1. Имя существительное. Множественное число. Артикли и предлоги как показатели имени существительного. Степени сравнения имён прилагательных.

2. Числительные.

3. Местоимения: личные, притяжательные, вопросительные, указательные, неопределённые и отрицательные.

4. Форма настоящего (Present), прошедшего (Past) и будущего (Future) времен групп Indefinite (Simple), Continuous (Progressive) действительного и страдательного залогов (Active Voice, Passive Voice). Спряжение глаголов to be, to have в Present, Past и Future Indefinite (Simple). Повелительное наклонение и его отрицательная форма.

5. Простое распространённое предложение: прямой порядок слов повелительного и побудительного предложений в утвердительной форме; обратный порядок слов вопросительного предложения. Оборот there is (are).

6. Модальные глаголы (can, may, must) и их эквиваленты.

Вариант 1

1. Прочитайте и переведите текст, дайте письменные ответы на вопросы к нему.

THE ONLY CHILD

I was one of six children. I have two younger brothers and three elder sisters. My father was not a wealthy man and we lived in a three-bedroom house, so conditions at home were always quite cramped and there was little privacy. Yet I consider that I was extremely fortunate. The house was on the outskirts of a small town. Meadows, woods and even a friendly stream lay within walking distance of our home. My mother and father were far too busy to occupy themselves with my affairs, so the greater part of my upbringing was left to my sisters. If I am now a comparatively calm and placid person, able to cope tolerably well with those problems that life presents us with, it is, I firmly believe, due to the fact that I was allowed to grow up without too much fuss being made of me.

The most dreadful fate that I can imagine would be that of growing up as an only child. All mothers and fathers experiment on their unfortunate firstborn. They read the latest baby books, they attend clinics and courses of lectures. They listen to the advice of maiden aunts.

They debate the exact moment to present him or her with solid food. What they find extremely difficult to do is to allow their children to grow up at his own pace, to make his own mistakes and quietly learn from them.

As soon as the second baby is on the way, the first escapes from this period of close attention. He begins to get away with things. He discovers that even if he does eat sandwiches with dirty hands, or unripe apples that have fallen from the tree, he may not be sick in the night. He acquires a sense of proportion regarding his own importance.

But what happens to the only child? Never, or at least not until it is far too late to do anything about it, does he or she escape from the minute examination of his every action. It is a miracle if he does not grow up a nervous person constantly worrying about his health, a wholly self-centered being, who shivers at the sight of his own reflection in the mirror.

1. Can you describe the place where the author lived when he was a child?

2. Was he an only child in the family?

3. Who was occupied with the upbringing of the author?

4. What character does the author have?

5. Is it easy to be an only child in the family in his opinion? Why? Why not?

6. Do you agree with the author that being an only child in the family is a real problem?

2. Дайте английские эквиваленты следующим выражениям:

1. условия в доме всегда были довольно стесненными;

2. не хватало уединения;

3. быть чрезвычайно счастливым;

4. на окраинах маленького городка;

5. способный справляться с проблемами;

6. вздрагивать при виде своего отражения в зеркале.

Употребите оборот there is/there are в правильной форме в нужном времени.

1. She lives in a very small flat, so conditions at home are cramped and … little privacy.

2. … meadows, woods and even a friendly stream near the place he lived.

3. … five children in the family: four boys and a girl.

4. Soon … a new shop in the center of the town.

5. … any pictures in this book?

6. … no accommodation available.

Заполните пропуски артиклями, где необходимо.

1. In Britain an average family consists of … mother, … father and two or three children.

2. For … weekend we sometimes go to … village where my mother has … house.

3. He works at … big automobile plant as … engineer.

4. She is … teacher of … music and plays … piano well.

5. She is … pupil of … 9^th form. She does well at … school and gets only … good and … excellent marks.

6. In … evenings we watch … TV, read … books and … newspapers, listen to … music or just talk about … events of … day.

Заполните пропуски предлогами.

1. If you eat an unripe apple that has fallen … the tree, you may be sick … night.

2. My grand-grandmother is … poor health and she lives … my grandmother's family.

3. My sister is married and has children … her own.

4. My friend's family lives … a private house.

5. It is quite rare … Britain … grandparents, aunts and uncles to share the house … the family.

6. They usually go … bed … about midnight.