1. Прочитайте текст и выберите правильный вариант ответа на каждый во пишем номер во и букву ответа)
After inventing dynamite, Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite, so in 1895, just two weeks before his death, he created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who had made worthwhile contributions to humanity. Originally there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, and peace. Economics was added in 1968, just sixty-seven years after the first awards ceremony.
Nobel's original legacy of nine million dollars was invested, and the interest on this sum is used for the awards which vary from $30,000 to $ 125,000.
Every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death, the awards (gold medal, diploma, and money) are presented to the winners. Sometimes politics plays an important role in the judges' decisions. Americans have won numerous science awards, but relatively few literature prizes.
No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II. Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare; others have shared their prizes.
1. The Nobel Prize was established in order to
A. recognize great contributions to humanity
B. resolve political differences
C. honour the inventor of dynamite
D. spend money
2. In which area have Americans received the most awards?
A. Literature B. Science C. Economics D. Peace
3. In how many fields are prizes given?
A. 2 B. 5 C. 6 D. 10
4. How much money did Nobel leave for the prizes?
A. $ 30,000 B. $ 125,000 C. $ 155,000 D. $ 9,000,000
5. People were not presented any awards for some period because of
A. World War I
B. World War II
C. Civil War
D. Revolution
2. Найдите в тексте герундии, переведите предложения, содержащие герундий. Выписываем герундий, перевод предложений пишем целиком. Имейте в виду, что перед герундием может стоять предлог, но не артикль.
3. Выберите нужную форму причастия, переведите предложения. Выписываем причастие, перевод предложений пишем целиком.
1. The boy … a book now is my friend. (read, reading)
2. The letter … by him was very long. (written, writing)
3. I don’t like the video … yesterday. (bought, buying)
!В заданиях 4 и 5 выбирайте времена группы Simple. Обращайте внимание на форму предложений.
4. Раскройте скобки, поставьте глагол в нужную форму (действительный залог). Пишем на английском полностью, перевод не нужен.
1. Kate (to cook) dinner every day.
2. He (not to play) the piano tomorrow.
3. We (to see) a very good film last Sunday.
4. Helen (to play) chess with her brother yesterday?
5. Раскройте скобки, поставьте глагол в нужную форму (страдательный залог). Пишем на английском полностью, перевод не нужен.
1. You (to ask) at the last lesson?
2. The letter (to receive) yesterday.
3. Nick (to send) to Moscow next week.
4. Chocolate (make) from cocoa.
More and more young people are taking on volunteer work nowadays.
Some even travel to the other side of the world and do unpaid work for a charity or other non-profit organisation there. They help to build homes for poor families, teach children 5 English, take care of orphans, or help to protect an endangered species.
A number of charity groups organise educational programmes for children around the world.
They teach subjects like 10 English and Mathematics to children while staying in their community and getting to know the people and their culture.
Several charity organisations help build houses or schools for poor children around the world. In the village of Kamakwie in Sierra Leone, for example, a team 20 of young volunteers built a secondary school for poor orphans.
For people interested in wildlife, conservation groups organise volunteer holidays throughout the world. You can help wildlife research in countries like Kenya and Botswana or protect 251 turtles in Mexico, Zanzibar, or elsewhere. On Redang Island in Malaysia volunteers come from all over the world to help conserve the endangered green turtle.
A volunteer holiday is for people who want to make a difference in the world and are prepared to give up their own time, money, and, effort to do it. Volunteers have to be realistic though and understand that they cannot change the world in 35 two or three weeks. To some volunteers it seems that they are not doing much by helping out for only a couple of weeks but, in fact, every bit of help counts. Thanks to young volunteers, the lives of millions of people around the world are improving and, in their eyes, the sun is probably shining brighter than it used to.