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КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА №1

Задание 1. Отметьте предложения в Present Simple.

1. Railways play an important part in the development of a country.

2. Joint is the weakest part of the track.

3. We shall operate more powerful locomotives and have more comfortable cars in the future.

4. The engineers in different countries show much interest in the international railways exhibitions.

5. This branch line carries a small volume of traffic.

6. Russia has a large network of electrified railways.

7. The Moscow Metro handles several millions of passengers a day.

8. The T-shaped rails are standard on modern tracks.

Задание 2. Укажите неопределенную форму нестандартных глаголов.

Задание З. Отметьте предложения, содержащие нестандартные глаголы в прошедшем времени.

1. The building of the world's longest Trans-Siberian railway began in 1891.

2. An English inventor, William Murdock, built a working model of a steam locomotive in 1784.

3. It was a baby locomotive about a foot (30,5 cm) high.

4. One day he wanted to test his locomotive.

5. The inventor lighted the spirit lamp.

6. The loco ran fast along the street with loud roaring.

7. In the USA the first steam locomotive appeared in 1804.

Задание 4. Прочтите текст.

The Tom Thumb

1 The early locomotives were small and slow and they were not powerful. Besides, the rails on which they ran broke very often. So many people did not take them seriously.

2 But in 1830. Peter Cooper, an American, constructed a steam loco which could develop a higher speed than the other engine The locomotive was so small and light that his inventor called it the Tom Thumb.

3. The first run of the Tom Thumb was quite successful. The locomotive travelled al 5-mile distance in one hour and 12 minutes to the delight of its inventor and 36 passengers. But the end of the travel was not so happy as the beginning.

4. On the way back the inventor wanted to show that his loco could run much quicker than a carriage drawn by a horse. The Tom Thumb ran so fast that soon it was really ahead, of the carriage. Suddenly, something broke in the engine and the locomotive slowed down. The horse ran fast with the passengers looking triumphant and happy.

Выберите правильный вариант вопроса.

1. Were the early locomotives small and slow?

Задание 5. Отметьте предложения, в которых глагол to have имеет значение иметь.

1. The first tracks had no ballast.

2. In our country the railroads have a gauge of 1. 524mm

3. Some railroads have two or more tracks.

4. Electronic computers have already appeared on railroads of many countries.

5. SZD has introduced a new type of freight car for transporting cement.

6.Concrete sleepers have a longer life and a far greater weight than those made of wood.

7. Do you always have tea at 5 o'clock?

Задание 6. Напишите исходную форму следующего прилагательного.

нет

Примечаний нет.