Вариант №10
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WARNING ТО DRIVERS: DON'T USE THE MOBILE WHEN MOBILE
The use of mobile phones while driving is severely criticised in the latest edition of theHighway Code. Evolution has failed to imbue human beings with the skill to perform both tasks simultaneouslywithout risking an accident. We cannot be trusted even with hands-free telephone equipment since the brain work involved in nattering can leave too little concentration for driving.
It warns: "Never use a hand-held mobile phone or microphone when driving. Find a safe place to stop first".
ROAD RAGE
Along with Big Ben, red double-decker buses, and the pigeons that lived in Trafalgar Square until Ken Livingstone, the mayor of London, decided to banish them, the black cab is one of the most recognizable symbols of the capital. But London's cabbies are worried that a perverse regulation may drive them off the streets. The wrangle involves allegations of monopoly dealing, pits the claims of
safety against environmentalism, and highlights the perils of devolution. The regulation is not the brainchild of some crazed European bureaucrat, but anancient domestic one.
London's first recorded cab journey took place in 1588. The requirement for cabbies to know the capital like the back of their hands - or, to give the rite its proper title, to "do the knowledge" - derives from the Great Exhibition of 1851, when there were widespread complaints about ignorant drivers. The first cab with an internal combustion engine hit London's streets in 1903.
The regulations issued by the Public Carriage Office (established in 1850, but now under the auspices of the mayor's Transport for London) state that cabs must be able to perform a u-turn in a space not more than 8,535m wide. Transport for London says that the rule ensures the necessary manoeuvrability, and guarantees that passengers can hail a cab from the wrong side of the road.
But critics say that other towns have modernised their regulations, and that the rule should go the same way as the requirement for Hackney carriages to carry a bale of hay.
London's cabbies must hope that the mayor has more affection for the black cab than he was shown to pigeons.
Упражнение 1.
Поставьте глагол в правильную форму в страдательном залоге.
1. Chinese / speak / in Singapore.
2. The Taj Mahal / build / around 1640.
3. The new hospital / open / next year.
4. She / interview / now.
5. I realised I / follow.
6. / You invite / to Andy Cindy's party?
7. He found that all his money / steal.
8. When / invent / the telephone?
9. You / suppose / to report it to the police as soon as possible.
10. All the pictures you see here / paint / by one artist.
Упражнение 2.
Выберите сказуемое в предложении, определите его время и залог.
1. We use polymers for different purposes.
2. Polymers are used for different purposes.
3. These shops (цеха) were built last year.
4. The machine-tool measures its production itself.
5. The part is measured with great accuracy.
Упражнение 3.
Найдите и назовите в первом ряду глаголы, относящиеся к группе Continuous, во втором - к группе Perfect, в третьем - к группе Perfect Continuous и в четвертом ряду - к группе Simple.
I.
1. was taken
2. will take
3. are being taken
4. has been taken
5. took
6. am taking
7. hadtaken
8. were taking
II.
1. shall enjoy
2. had enjoyed
3. shall have been enjoyed
4. was being enjoyed
5. will have enjoyed
6. enjoy
7. has been enjoying
8. is enjoying
III.
1. have been gone
2. are going
3. goes
4. will have gone
5. has gone
6. will have been going
7. were going
8. had been going
IV.
1. was helping
2. have helped
3. helps
4. was been helped
5. is helped
6. had been helped
7. has been helping
8. shall be helped
Упражнение 4.
Подобрать предложения из раздела A, корреспондируемые предложениями из раздела B. В пояснениях по каждой паре указать использованное время залог.
А.
1. She's been away on business since last week.
2. Metal expand when heated.
3. The loop returns to the boiler for reheating.
4. A heat exchanger is for exchanging heat.
5. Water is heated by gas burners.
6. A grass box is used to store the clippings.
7. Respirators should be worn in dusty conditions.
8. The discovery of the electron was followed by investigation of its properties.
9. This building will be completed very soon.
10. Plastics can lie softened and moulded into useful articles.
B.
a. I haven'tseen him for several years.
b. The Central Hunk raised / lowered interest rates by a quarter of one percent (0,25%).
c. The impeller is rotated to achieve airflow.
d. Safety helmets should be used where there is a danger of falling objects.
e. The rate of the reactions was influenced by many factors.
f. The experiments will be completed by the end of the week
g. Gold water from the radiators returns to the boiler.
h. Plastics can be moulded into plates, car components, and medical aids.
i. A hover mower is for cutting grass.
j. The hot water is pumped through a diverter value.
Упражнение 5.