вар 1 текст a skyscraper грамматика

Вариант 1
Смотрите Приложения 1, 2, 3, 4.
Задание 1: Переведите текст на русский язык.
“A skyscraper”
Which building is a skyscraper? This question is free. Some people think skyscraper is a building of at least 20 stories. Others reserve the term for structures of at least 50 stories. But it is widely accepted that a skyscraper fits buildings with 100 or more stories.
Building a skyscraper needs special technology and the first technological advances occurred in the late nineteenth century which made it possible to build a skyscraper. Traditionally, the walls of a building supported the structure; the taller the structure, the thicker the walls had to be. Such idea was on the base of the first skyscraper in the world, it was a 16-story building constructed in Chicago in 1891 with the walls 6 ft (1.8 m) thick at the base.
But the invention of steel-frame construction, in which a rigid steel skeleton supports the building's weight, made it possible to build real skyscrapers. The first building to use this design was the 10-story Home Insurance Company Building, which was constructed in Chicago in 1885.
The 792-ft (242-m) tall Woolworth Building, erected in New York City in 1913, first combined all of the components of a true skyscraper. Its steel skeleton rose from a foundation supported on concrete pillars that extended down to bedrock, its frame was braced to resist expected wind forces, and its high-speed elevators provided both local and express service to its 60 floors.
Reinforced concrete is one important component of skyscrapers. It consists of concrete (a mixture of water, cement powder, and aggregate consisting of gravel or sand) poured around a gridwork of steel rods (called rebar) that will strengthen the dried concrete against bending motion caused by the wind. The other primary raw material for skyscraper construction is steel, which is an alloy of iron and carbon.
Nowadays there are more than 2 thousand skyscrapers in the world.
Задание 2: Выпишите из предложения глагол и укажите его время.
1)    Jack usually gets up at 6 o’clock.
2)    Our boss is never late for work.
3)    I will give back this book in three days.
4)    Last week we went to the countryside.
5)    During the weekend we were being in Moscow.

Задание 3: Вставьте в пропуски предлоги.
1)    ___ two months they were working at their project.
2)    ___ summer they often go on hiking.
3)    I never get up early ___ Monday.
4)    In summer most people go ____ the south.
Задание 4: Выпишите неличную форму глагола и укажите её вид.
1.    To see is to believe.
2.    To live means to struggle.
3.    Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
4.    Give up eating a lot of candy.