Вариант № 5
I. Перепишите и в каждой группе слов вычеркните одно слово, не соответствующее смысловому ряду
a. Change b. Alter с.Modify d. Apply
a. Chance b. Possibility c. Fortune d. Failure
a. Store b. Accumulate c. Lose d. Reserve
a. Simple b. Complex c. Complicated d. sophisticated
a. Cable b. Wire c. Conductor d. Method

II. Перепишите следующие предложения, выбрав правильную форму глагола. Переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. Do you know what this table (make/ is made) of?
2. The first telegram line (built/was built) in American in 1844.
3. This town is changing all time. Many of the old building (are being pulled down/are pulling down).
4. Some American programmes (show/are shown) on our television.
5. Oh, dear! The vase (has broken/has been broken) into lots of small pieces.

III. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на особенности употребления пассивного залога в английском языке.
1. The development of modern alphabets was affected by a long history of writing.
2. The history of writing is alluded to in this article (намекать на, касаться).
3. Three foreign languages are taught at the University.
4. He was offered some interesting work.

IV. Перефразируйте, употребив пассивную форму сказуемого (исполнителя действия можно не указывать, если в этом нет необходимости), и переведите новые предложения.
Образец:
We test each piece of equipment very carefully.
Each piece of equipment is tested very carefully - Каждый образец оборудования испытывают очень тщательно.
1. Writing (was not invented/ did not invented) at once.
2. By the beginning of the new era the Greek alphabet (had develop/had been developed).
3. Cars (are manufactured/manufacture in Italy, USA, JAPAN).
4. My car is at the garage. It (is repairing/is being repaired).
5. If you train your memory, it (will improve/will be improved).

V. Перепишите следующие предложения и вставьте пропущенные модальные глаголы can, cannot, may, must, must not:
1. Paul... drive, but he hasn´t got a car.
2. We... forget to turn off the lights before we go out.
3. You... be at two places at once.
4. Betty asked! "... I open the windows?"
5. He... learn the new words regularly.

VI. а) Прочтите текст и ответьте на вопрос:
Who invented basketball?
BASKETBALL
Basketball is one sport - whose exact origin can safely be stated. During the winter of 1891 - 1892, Dr. James Naismith, a college instructor in Springfield, Messachusetts, invented the game of basketball in order to provide exercise for the students between the closing of the football season and the opening of the baseball season. He attached fruit baskets overhead on the walls at opposite ends of the gymnasium, and, using a soccer ball, organized nine-man teams to play Ms new game in which the purpose was to toss the ball into the other basket. Although there have since been many changes in the rules (such as the reduction of the number of players on a team ´from nine to five), the game is basically the same today. United States soldiers introduced it to the Philippines in 1900 and to Europe during World War I, and, being adopted by foreign nations, it soon became a world-wide sport. It is interesting that although basketball was created as an indoor game, in countries other than the United States it is now played almost entirely outdoors.