раб 2 вар 4 Harvard University

Дальневосточный государственный
университет путей сообщения К.р. № 2
Вариант 4
Задание 1. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая
внимание на употребление модальных глаголов. Подчеркните
модальные глаголы в английских предложениях и в переводе.
1 Both direct and alternating current may be used on electrified railways.
2. Steel, which is used for the production of rails, must be of high quality.
3. The double-track railways are more convenient than single-track railways
because the trains do not have to wait for the other trains to pass.
4. They were not allowed to take part in the discussion.
5. W.Murdock could construct a working model of a small steel locomotive.
Задание 2. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая
внимание на употребление времён группы Continuous (Present, Past,
Future) и группы Perfect (Present, Past, Future) в действительном и
страдательном залогах. Выпишите сказуемые и укажите их
видовременные формы.
1. According to schedule this train was due to arrive at 12.30, but because of
track repair work, it is being delayed.
2. The passengers were invited to get on the train and now they are saying good bye to those who had come to see them off.
3. China is planning to construct several thousand kilometers of track for the
transportation of passengers and trains.
Задание 3. Перепишите и переведите предложения, поставив глагол в
нужную форму.
1. The new three wagon Tank Train (to test –Present Perfect Passive) in severe
winter conditions on the Alaska Railroad.
2. The construction of both the bridge and the dam (to complete – Future
Perfect Passive) by the beginning of the navigation season.
3. At present 2,500 km of high speed lines (to construct – Present Continuous
Passive) in Europe and Asia.
Задание 4. Перепишите и переведите предложения, выбрав
правильную форму сказуемого (Active or Passive)
1. Air-conditioning system always (maintains; is maintained) the optimum
temperature and humidity in the carriage.
2. A new high-speed railway line (is building; is being built) in the North of
Russia now.
3. The flood (has caused, has been caused) considerable damage to the railway
track.
Задание 5. Перепишите и переведите текст.
Harvard University.
Harvard University is a private coeducational institution of higher education,
the oldest in the USA. A college was founded by the Great and General Court of
the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636. It was opened for instruction two years
later and was named in 1639 for English clergyman John Harvard, its first sponsor.
The main university campus lies along the Charles
River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few miles west of downtown Boston. The
University has grown from nine students with a single master to an enrollment of
more than 18 000 degree candidates, including undergraduates and students in 10
principal academic units. An additional 13,000 students are enrolled in one or more
courses in the Harvard Extension School. Harvard’s total enrollment is about
20,000. Over 14,000 people work at Harvard, including more than 2,000 faculties.
Harvard gradually acquired considerable autonomy and private financial
support, becoming a charted university in 1780. From its earliest days, Harvard
established and maintained a tradition of academic excellence and the training of
citizens for national public service.
Harvard’s undergraduate school, Harvard College, contains about one-third of
the total student body. The core of the university’s teaching staff consists of the
faculty of arts and sciences, which includes the graduate faculty of arts and
sciences. The university has graduate or professional schools of medicine, law,
business, divinity, education, government, dental medicine, design, and public
health. The schools of law, medicine, and business are particularly prestigious.
The average college course of study is 4 years. The academic year is usually 9
months or 2 terms (semesters) of four and a half months each. The first-year
students are called freshmen. Students choose a major subject (профилирующая
дисциплина) and take many courses in this subject. After four years they get a
traditional Bachelor’s degree. Then the students may go on to graduate school
(старшие курсы) and with a year or two of further study get a Master’s degree and
then after another year or two of study and research they may get a still higher
degree as Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.). The student’s progress is evaluated by
means of tests, term works and final examinations in each course. The student’s
work is given a mark, usually on a five-point scale (5-балльная система). Letters
indicate the level of achievement. “A” is the highest mark, “F” denotes a failure.
The methods of instruction in the university are lectures, discussions, laboratory
and course works or seminars.
By the end of the 20th century Harvard had educated six US presidents – John
Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin
D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy – and a number of justices, cabinet officers and
congressional leaders, literary figures, historians, chemists and naturalists.
Задание 6. Укажите, какие из следующих утверждений соответствуют
содержанию текста. Используйте фразы: It is right. It is wrong. Исправьте
неверные утверждения.
Образец: 1) Higher education is given in colleges and universities. It is right.
2) The academic year is usually 8 months or 2 terms (semesters) of four months
each. It is wrong. The academic year is usually 9 months or 2 terms (semesters) of
four and a half months each.
1. Harvard college was founded by the Great and General Court of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638.
2. An additional 13,000 students are enrolled in one or more courses in the
Harvard Extension School.
3. After five years students get a traditional Bachelor’s degree.
4. The student’s progress is evaluated by means of tests, term works and final
examinations in each course.
5. The methods of instruction in the university are lectures, discussions,
laboratory and course works or seminars.