Supply the correct forms of comparison.

1. He is the (amusing) person you've ever met.

2. The (near) house is 15 miles away.

3. She is much (young) than your sister.

4. The (near) item on the programme is a piano concerto.

5. He seemed to be (angry) than I expected.

6. She felt (bad) yesterday than two days before.

7. The first edition of this book was (good), the new one is even (good).

8. The voices of the singers were growing (faint) and (faint) as we walked away.

9. This problem is as (serious) as the others.

10. Your mother thinks you ought to be (respectful), she doesn't approve of your behavior.

 

Supply the correct tense-forms.

 

1. When morning came, the storm already (to stop), but the snow still (to fall).

2. Yesterday by eight o'clock he (to finish) all his homework, and when I (to come) to his place at nine, he (to read).

3. I (to wait) for permission to go abroad for three weeks already, but I (not to receive) the visa yet.

4. Everybody (to be) at the door of the museum, by my friend (not yet to come).

5. We (to drink) tea when the telephone (to ring).

6. Johnny noticed that everybody (to look) at him, and he (to feel) shy.

7. Light (to travel) more quickly than sound.

8. When will he come? We (to wait) for him for half an hour already.

9. On leaving the hall, the students (to thank) the professor who (to deliver) the lecture.

10. We could not go out because it (to rain) hard since early morning.

 

Change the following sentences in Direct Speech into Reported Speech.

1. He asked her, «Where do you study?»

2. My friend said, «Why didn't you come yesterday?»

3. She said to me, «Did you see high box shelves?»

4. She said «They are for the toys and the fabrics.»

5. My girl-friend said, «I have found a marvelous woman to make things like traycloths and tea-cosies.»

6. «Do you see anything of Toby?» he asked me.

7. The doctor said, «The patient must stay in bed for two more days.»

8. The student answered, «You don't know my friend.»

9. The teacher said to us, «Give me your copy-books.»

10. We asked, «Mother, don't be angry with us.»

 

II. Translate from Russian into English.

1. Ощущения играют важную роль в жизни человека.

2. Качество работы зависит от нас.

3. Различные отделы мозга принимают информацию от определенных органов чувств.

4. Мы узнаем об окружающем нас мире, о звуках, запах, температуре и многих других вещах посредством органов чувств.

5. Существует тесная связь между психологией и философией.

6. Давайте рассмотрим вопрос о влиянии наследственности на восприятие.

7. Одно из определений «научения» следующее: научение – есть изменения в поведении как результат прошлого опыта.

8. В памяти хранится прошлый опыт.

9. Частые наказания вызывали у сына страх перед отцом.

10. Сначала пришлось определить уровень развития способности у наших испытуемых.

 

III. Translate the text into Russian.

In 1967 a book called "Biological Foundations of Language" was published by the Harvard neuropsychologist Eric Lenneberg.

Chapter 4 of the book presented what has since been called the critical period hypothesis. It suggested that the brain is able to learn a primary language during a certain early period, and not later on, and it proposed physiological explanations of why this might be so. Lenneberg's innovation lay in those explanations; the idea itself has been around for a while.

Nikolas Tinbergen who was an ethologist had discovered that he could train baby ducks to follow him around if he trained them at a certain period. That was ducks. In humans, Piaget did his lifelong study about what ages children develop certain capacities. The theory is as old as Saint Augustine,- who realized it in an intuitive way back in A.D. 600 when he said, "Give me a child until he is six, and I'll give you a Catholic for life". Augustine was wrong. It takes till twelve. According to Lenneberg, the child's ability to learn its mother tongue effectively ends at the onset of sexuality.

(After «Genie» by Russ Rymer. N.Y., 1993, pp. 84 -85)

 

 

4 вариант

I. Grammar Exercises.

Supply the correct article where necessary.

1. Would you like... apple?

2. Could you close... door?

3. We like in … small flat near … centre or the city.

4. Have you finished with … book I lent you last week?

5. We went out for … meal last night … restaurant we went to was excellent.

6. Did … police find … person who stole you bicycle?

7. This is a nice house. Has it got … garden?

8. It was warm and sunny, so we decided to sit in …. garden.

9. This morning 1 had …. boiled egg and toast for breakfast.

10. … man whom Mr. Smith telephoned this morning is here now.