Контрольное задание №1

ВАРИАНТ 3
I. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения, принимая во внимание, что объектный и субъектный инфинитивные обороты соответствуют придаточным предложениям (см. образец выполнения 1).

1. 
   We know a laser to be a device that stimulates the electrons of a light-producing material to vibrate simultaneously giving off a light with tremendous energy.
   
2. 
   Lasers are known to have found an application in the printing industry.
   
3. 
   Light waves are now believed to be due to the motions of electrons themselves within the atoms.
   
4. 
   Chemical investigations have shown each element to combine with another only in definite proportions.
   

II. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения, учитывая различия в переводе зависимого и независимого причастных оборотов (см. образец выполнения 2).

1. 
   The first laser having been built scientists found many ways to use it
   

1. 
   Having developed quantum generators called lasers, scientists are looking for practical use for a new kind of ray which is millions of times brighter than the Sun.
   
2. 
   Semiconductor lasers are able to transform electric energy directly into light wave energy, this property of semiconductor lasers opening up new possibilities of producing extremely economical sources of light.
   

III. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие сложные предложения, содержащие придаточные предложения условия (см. образец выполнения 3).

1. 
   If the scientists applied the new method they would get a different result
   
2. 
   Had the checking up of the experimental data not taken so much time, we should have completed our work long ago.
   

IV. Прочтите и устно переведите на русский язык 1—5 абзацы текста. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1—5 абзацы.
Пояснения к тексту
power plant — силовая установка
power — власть; энергия, сила
NORTHERN SEA ROUTE

1. 
   For many years of the Soviet Polar Region, the Northern Sea Route, along which the bulk cargoes essential for the developing industry of the region are conveyed, is the only transport artery.
   

2. In his message to those taking part in the "Arktika" atomic icebreaker's voyage to the North Pole, Leonid Brezhnev called this route the Soviet Union's national transport trunk-road. The "Arktika" is a twin of the equally powerful "Sibir" icebreaker. Both ships are equipped with power plants' having a capacity of 75,000 h.p.; their displacement is equal to 23,460 tons and they have a maximum speed of 21 knots.

3. 
   The searches for a route to the East via the Arctic started way back in the epoch of great geographic discoveries. From the early years of Soviet power, the USSR began to investigate possibilities of mastering the Northern Sea Route.
   
4. 
   Today the efforts have been crowned with success. In 1978, the Western section of the route was opened with the initiation of Murmansk - Dudinka run, which operates throughout the year. By the beginning of the year alone, more than 80,000 tons of cargo had been conveyed to Dudinka for onward dispatch to Norilsk.
   
5. 
   Today's task is to make the Northern Sea Route navigable throughout the year along its entire length.
   
6. 
   The "Arktika" and "Sibir" icebreakers can cut through heavy ice, and are able to manoeuvre in complicated ice conditions. Before the appearance of the atomic icebreaker fleet in 1959, navigators only dared to penetrate to these northern latitudes in the height of summer. The new icebreakers have made it possible to considerably prolong the navigation period in this area.
   

V. Прочтите 6-й абзац текста и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ.
What have the "Arktika" and "Sibir" icebreakers made possible in Soviet Polar region?

1. 
   They have made it possible to carry more cargoes.
   
2. 
   They have made it possible to investigate the Northern Sea Route.