Прочитайте следующие утверждения и определите, являются ли они согласно тексту: верными (Т), неверными (F) или не обсуждаются вообще ( N).

1. Forests are disappearing, deserts are advancing at the same speed.

2. The biosphere is reported to be slightly affected by all sorts of human activities.

3. Also, we are becoming more and more worried about water pollution.

4. The pollution of the environment comes from many sources: chemical waste from factories, domestic waste from cities and towns and so on.

Расположите следующие предложения в таком порядке, чтобы получилось краткое изложение текста “Man and the Environment”.

1. Scientists′ approaches to the problem are different.

2. The problem of man and his interaction with the environment is now a major subject for scientists in many fields.

3. Anyhow, we must take due measures to stop environmental changes.

4. Some scientists think the environmental situation to be a crisis, others consider it as a sign of ecological imbalance.

5. It is because of its great significance for the whole of mankind.

 

Задание 2. Раскройте скобки, поставив глаголы в нужном времени пассивного или активного залога.

1. When you_____ (know) your examination results?

2. Kathy_____ (travel) to Caracas next month to attend a conference.

3. Do you have any plans for lunch today? — I _____ (meet) Shannon at the Sham Cafe in an hour. Do you want to join us?

4. I ____ (buy) a bicycle for my son for his birthday next month. Do you know anything about bikes for kids? — Sure. What do you want to know?

5. How do you like your new job? — I don’t start it until tomorrow. I_____ (give) you an answer next week.

6. I suppose he_____ (talk) about his new invention.

7. Why are you packing your suitcase? — I_____ (leave) for Los Angeles in a couple of hours.

8. My regular doctor, Dr. Jordan, _____ (attend) a conference in Las Vegas next week, so I hope I _____ (meet) her partner, Dr. Peterson, when I _____ (go) for my appointment next Friday.

9. What time class _____ (begin) tomorrow morning? — It_____ (begin) at eight o’clock sharp.

10. The coffee shop _____ (open) at seven o’clock tomorrow morning. I’ll meet you there at 7:15. — Okay. I’ll be there.

 

ВАРИАНТ 10

Задание 1. Переведите текст и выполните задания к нему:

As the story goes, a Frenchman, Antoine Bovis, first noticed these powers while exploring the Great Pyramid in Egypt during the 1920s. He saw the bodies of small animals which had wandered into the Pyramid and died. Instead of decomposing, as would be expected, these bodies had dehydrated and mummified. On returning to France he conducted a series of experiments with model pyramids and discovered, for instance, that steak was still quite edible and tasted good after being left under a pyramid for several months.

Bovis′ discoveries were taken up by the Czechoslovakian Karl Drbal in the 1950s. He found that pyramids could affect non-organic matter as well as organic matter. A razor blade, for example, never became blunt if placed under a pyramid. Even blunt razor blades placed under a pyramid for a few hours became sharp. Drbal found that one razor blade could be used up to 200 times or more if kept under a pyramid. He also discovered that the position where his razor blades sharpened best corresponded to the position of the King′s Burial Chamber in the Great Pyramid – directly under the apex one-third of the way up. Drbal patented a Pyramid Razor Blade Scharpener in 1959 and small red and white plastic pyramids appeared on the market soon afterwards.

Since then American researchers have discovered many more powers of the pyramid. A recent claim is that meditation is facilitated and enhanced if done under a pyramid or wearing a pyramid as a hat. Like razor blades, old and dry tobacco can be revived under model pyramids. In fact, the list of pyramid experiments is endless but here is one of the things I have tried with pyramids.

I tried placing pyramids above plants to see if growth was helped by pyramid powers. I had two identical avocado plants so I placed a pyramid over one but not the other. The plant with the pyramid over it has grown faster and healthier than the other plant. To revive the weaker plant I tried watering it with water which I had left under a pyramid for a few days: sure enough the plant sprouted new leaves and began to look much healthier until I started watering it with ‘untreated’ tap water again.

Despite all the experiments with pyramids there is still no scientific explanation for their powers. All you can do is build your own model pyramid and see if it works for you, like it did for me. See, for instance, if pyramids can sharpen blunt knives and scissors as well as razor blades or find out if a pyramid can preserve perishable food or milk. The only way to find out if you believe in this strange inexplicable power is to try the experiments for yourself.

1. Укажите номер абзаца текста, который содержит информацию для ответа на следующие вопросы.

а) Что обнаружил Карл Дрбал, проводя эксперименты с пирамидами?

в) Какой опыт был проведен автором с целью изучения возможностей пирамид?

с) Кто продолжил исследования в этой области после Бовиса и Дрбала?