Контрольная работа 1
Вариант 1
Задание I. Прочитайте и переведите текст.
U.S.A.
The United States of America is situated in the central part of the North America continent. It has an area of over 9 million square kilometers. The mainland stretches from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Pacific Ocean washes its western coast and the Atlantic Ocean washes its eastern coast.
In the North the states have a common border with Canada. In the south it borders on Mexico.
Nearly 239 million people live there. Most of them are townspeople. The nature population is only about 1 million Indians of different tribes. As a result of immigration, now there are more than 25 million British Americans, about 23 million African Americans, many people from the Middle East. The official language of the United States is English.
The United States of America as a country consist of fifty states and the District of Columbia. The District of Columbia is not a part of any state. It is interesting to note that Washington, the capital of the U.S.A. consists of three parts: the District of Columbia, a part of the state Maryland and a part of the state of Virginia. Besides, do not mix up the capital Washington with the state of Washington which is located in the north-west of the country.

Ответьте на вопросы к тексту.
1. Where is the U.S.A. situated?
2. On what countries does it border?
3. What is the population of the country?
4. How many states does it consist of?
5. What is the District of Columbia?

Задание II. Вставьте нужную форму глагола to be.
1. The lowland near the West Coast the Green Valley of California.
2. The main rivers of the U.S.A. the Mississippi, the Colorado, the Columbia, the Saint Lawrence River and the Hudson River.
3. Niagara Falls the famous natural wonders in the USA
4. Most of the South a land of long, hot summers.
5. The South rich in natural resource.

Задание III. Вставьте нужную форму глагола to have.
1. The three states of the West Cost - California, Oregon and Washington have important farm land.
2. Twenty-two towns in the U.S.A. the name of London.
3. Niagara very great power: sometimes it moves big rocks and throws them in to the waters.
4. The American flag thirteen stripes, seven red and six white, and fifty -five pointed white stars.
5. Every American state its own governor, its own police, and its own laws.

Задание IV. Замените подчеркнутые слова соответствующими личными и объектными местоимениями.
1. Detroit is the centre of Automobile industry.
2. The President is the head of the whole country and the government.
3. Americans enjoy their flag: they use the stars and stripes as a popular design on many things.
4. Americans choose a new President every four years.
5. The Great Plain of the United States lies between the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains.

Задание V. Вставьте подходящие предлоги места.
1. One third of the natural gas reserves of The United States are in the South.
2. The Rocky Mountains are high barriers for wet winds that blow inland from the Pacific Ocean.
3. The opossum is the only North American animal which has bag into which their babies get after their birth.
4. The 4th Thursday of November is a Thanksgiving Day. Many people go to church in the morning and at home they have a big dinner with turkey.
5. The Statue of Liberty is a splendid statue, which stands on a small Bedloe’s Island at the entrance to New-York harbor.

Задание VI. Вставьте подходящие предлоги времени
1. Election day is always the month of November, the first Tuesday the first Monday.
2. During national holidays the stars and stripes are everywhere: the streets, the houses, and the big parades.
3. The national holiday in the United States is the fourth of July.
4. Americans elect senators a period six years.
5. The date of the first documentary reference to the appearance of “stars and stripes” is March 10, 1774.

Задание VII. Переведите предложение на английский язык, используя конструкцию there + be.
1. В национальном парке Yellowstone (Yellowstone National Park) есть 200 гейзеров.
2. В Вашингтоне существует (есть) закон, который запрещает строить здания выше Капитолия (the Capitol).
3. К востоку, за горами (beyond the mountains) находится огромный засушливый регион.
4. Вдоль берегов реки Потомак (the Potomak River) тянется длинный ряд многих зеленых парков и садов.
5. В Вашингтоне находится знаменитый Пентагон.

Задание VIII. Переведите предложение и определите функцию окончания -s.
1. The Great Lakes contain about half the world's total supply of fresh water.
2 The Mississippi River runs through the Centre of the Great plain.
3. Niagara is an Indian word which means “roaring waters”.
4. American travel agencies call New-York “the wonder city of the world”.
5. California is now country’s second important cotton-producing state.
IX. Раскройте скобки, употребив глагол Present Simple.
1. The Niagara River electric power too.
2 The Animal life of the continental United States the while-tailed deer, antelope, mountain goat, black bear and others.
3. Special law and regulations many animals in the country.
4. The American flag in many offices, in every stone classroom.
5. Over two million and a half people the Empire state Building each year.

X. Поставьте предложение в вопросительную форму (к подчеркнутой части предложения).
1. Population of the United States of America amounts to more than 200 million people.
2. More than 16 million people live in the state of New York.
3. Many Indian tribes live in reservations.
4. Every year there is an Indian festival in Anadark, Oklahoma.
5. People in the United States celebrate Thanksgiving Day in November.

Задание XI. Поставьте предложение в отрицательную форму (Present Simple).
1. This country is a nation of immigrants.
2. This river flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
3. Climatic conditions vary in this part of the country.
4. People in this country begin to celebrate the holiday on New Year’s Eve, the night of December 31.
5. The Capitol Building contains 540 rooms.

Задание XII. Образуйте к следующим предложения разделительный вопрос.
1. Many famous Americans are immigrants or descendants of immigrants.
2. There is a land in the United States today that belongs to the American Indians.
3. The American Indians speak 300 different Indian languages and dialects.
4. High thick grass covers prairies.
5. People hear the roar of the falling water of Niagara Falls at a distance of 25 kilometers.