The 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 consists 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?
II Вариант (А,Д,И,М,Р,Ф,Ш, Щ,Ю,Я,К,У,Ц)
I. Образуйте множественное число существительных.
a tale
a fly
a match
a book
a postman
an ear
a box
a toy
a leaf
II. Употребите существительные во множественном числе, изменяя предложе ния.
1. A woman and a child went to the seaside.
2. Put the cup on the table.
3. This girl is pretty.
4. Where is my dress?
III. Замените подлежащее, выраженное существительным на личное местоимение.
1. My sister is a schoolgirl.
2. The pen is on the table.
3. Dave and I are in England.
4. Their friends are not at the night club.
5. This dog is very clever.
6. Her boyfriend is handsome.
7. Some students live in small flats.
IV. Переведите на русский язык следующие предложения с использованием притяжательного падежа.
1. My friend’s room is tidy.
2. Pushkin’s poems are beautiful.
3. His parents’ car is new.
4. Her sister’s husband is a lawyer.
5. The children’s toys are soft.
6. The woman’s dress is red.
V. Заполните пропуски соответствующей формой глагола “to be”.
1. Your aunt … a doctor.
2. – Whose … those flowers?
– They … mine.
3. I … at work tomorrow.
4. My elder brother … at the cinema last week.
5. These tests … very difficult yesterday.
6. I … fond of swimming.
7. He … hungry.
8. Telephone boxes … brown.
9. Two days ago you … at home.
10. When his grandfather … twenty five, he … a famous tennis player.
VI. Раскройте скобки, употребив глагол в нужной форме.
1. There (is, are) four windows in our room.
2. There (is, are) an English book in my bag.
3. There (is, are) no bread on the table.
4. There (is, are) some coffee in the cup.
5. There (is, are) a forest near our house.
6. There (is, are) five puppies in the basket.
7. There (is, are) a lot of presents on the Christmas tree.
8. There (is, are) no pencils in my pencil box.
VII. Закончите текст, используя данные слова.
watches cinema weird doesn’t like games talking guy unusual teaches
My friend Alan has got an unusual hobby – he loves old films. We often go to the 1 ………together at the weekend and we 2 ……….watching modern films, but Alan’s favourite films are the old black and white ones from the 1930s and 1940s. He 3 ……….them and reads about them all the time. I really enjoy 4……….to him about films, because he knows a lot about them and he 5 ………..me a lot. Alan 6 ………play football and he hates computer 7 ………., so some people think he’s 8 ………. But it’s good to be different, and I think he’s a very interesting9 ……….
VIII. Закончите предложения, употребив глаголы в нужной форме.
1. I (love) ………music.
2. Linda’s brother ………at 7.30.
3. My mother (write) ………children’s books.
4. Our dog (not sleep) ………in the garden.
5. You often (listen) ………to the radio?
6. Gary and his friends (talk) ……..for hours on the phone.
7. What she (wear) ………at school?
8. Their friends (not speak) ………. French and Italian.
IX. Прочитайте текст и сделайте письменный перевод.
Washington, The Nation’s Capital
Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States of America, is situated on the Potomac River. Washington does not belong to a state. It is a city and a district – the District of Columbia (D.C.). The district is a piece of land ten miles square. The city is named in honor of the nation’s first President George Washington. The district is named in honor of Columbus, the discoverer of America. Don’t confuse it with the state of Washington, which lies in the north west of the United States.
President Washington chose the place for the District and laid the corner stone of the Capitol, where Congress sits. The metropolitan area has a population of nearly three million.
Along the banks of the Potomac River there are many green parks and gardens. In 1912 Japan presented America with famous 3,000 cherry trees. These flowering cherry trees are still a major attraction for visitors and residents in the early days of spring.
Washington has many libraries, museums, art galleries and beautiful buildings. The library of Congress is the largest national library in the world. The National Gallery houses one of the greatest art collections of the world.
There is the famous Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon is the military centre of the United States. There is also the NASA Museum in Washington. This museum is devoted to the US achievements in the exploration of Space.
Ответьте на вопросы к тексту.
1. Where is Washington, D.C., situated?
2. What does “D.C.” stand for?
3. What was the gift from Japan that is still a major attraction for visitors?
4. What famous building is there in Washington?