Контрольное задание №1

IV. Прочтите и устно переведите на русский язык 1—6 абзацы текста. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1—6 абзацы.
Пояснения к тексту
milestone— веха
roll off - сходить (с конвейера)
on the eve — накануне
sun-scorched — опаленная солнцем
carrying capacity — грузоподъемность
KAMAZ AUTO PLANT - 150,000 TRUCKS A YEAR

1. 
   February 1971. 1976 and 1981 are milestones1 in the history of the Soviet giant track factory on the Kama River, called KAMAZ.
   
2. 
   In February 1971 the area was a wasteland, and construction was just beginning. But five years later, the first tracks rolled off the assembly line, the first of those 200,000 manufactured during the past five-year period.
   
3. 
   On the eve of the 26th CPSU Congress, the second part of the plant went into operation: 240 heavy-duty tracks come off the new line every day. KAMAZ has reached its planned capacity of 150,000 tracks a year. An additional quarter of a million engines will also be manufactured annually.
   
4. 
   Five years have gone by since the day the first KAMAZ track appeared on the road. Today they can be found in the Extreme North and the sun-scorched Central Asian Republics. During the time 20,000 KAMAZ tracks have been exported.
   
5. 
   At international exhibitions where the new Soviet track was shown, leading experts in the automobile industry had excellent words for it. The track is multipurpose: equally at home in agriculture, building projects, and long-distance shipping. It is fast, light and economical.
   
6. 
   Naberezhniye Chelny, where the plant is situated, has a population of over 300,000. The average age is 27. All young generations want to do something important. In the 1970s, it was KAMAZ.
   
7. 
   The opening of the second part of the plant is an important event for the entire country, as now the carrying capacity5 of Soviet tracks will increase by 50 per cent. Moreover, extensive use of diesel-engine tracks will save over ten million tons of fuel a year, and the exhaust is less toxic.
   

V. Прочтите 7-й абзац текста и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ.
Why is the opening of the second part of KAMAZ an important event for the entire country?

1. 
   ... because more tracks will be manufactured.
   
2. 
   ... because the carrying capacity of Soviet tracks will increase by 50 per cent
   
3. 
   ... because the tracks will be faster and lighter.