1. He looked at … books neatly arranged on the shelf.
2. William wrote … letter to his bank yesterday but he forgot to post it. This morning, he saw … letter on
the kitchen table.
3. … first bus in the morning leaves at 5.30 a.m.
4. Bern is … capital of Switzerland. It‟s … small city with about 133.000 inhabitants.
5. Pat watched … science fiction movie on TV last night. … beginning of … film was fantastic but …
end was terrible.
6. „Excuse me, where‟s … nearest bookshop?‟ „It‟s at … end of this street, on … left. There‟s … bus-stop
in front of it.
7. We usually eat our meal in … kitchen. But if we have … guest, we eat in … dinning room.
8. It was … interesting book.
B. Вставьте местоимение, определите его тип.
1. Our neighbours are angry because … stole … car last night.
2. Sydney is famous for … opera house.
3. Oliver‟s got two sisters. … older sister is married.
4. Paul and Mike have known … for 10 years.
5. We haven‟t got … bread. Can you buy … ?
6. Please don‟t tell … about the letter. It‟s a secret.
7. How … water do you drink every day?
8. … is expensive in this shop.
C. Раскройте скобки, употребив нужную степень сравнения прилагательного.
1. It is a bit (hot) today.
2. Ann‟s headache is (bad) today.
3. He got up (early) than she did.
4. People don‟t work as (hard) as they did.
5. What‟s (good) holiday you‟ve ever had?
6. My car is (expensive) then yours.
7. He paid (little) then you for the ticket.
8. Some people say that the Americans are (warm) and (friendly) then the Australians, but I don‟t see any
difference.
D. Употребите оборот there + to be в Present, Past или Future.
1. … a good programme on TV tonight. It‟s about computers.
2. Look, … an empty table. Let‟s go in.
3. … not a train to Moscow on Monday next week.
4. I am sure … a lot of visitors to both exhibitions next time.
5. Last year … eight paintings by Rembrandt, but now … only six.
6. We have only got one hour and … a lot to see.
7. … a bank near here?
8. … three chairs, a table and a sofa in this room when I was there last weekend.
E. Вставьте глагол to be или to have got в Present, Past или Future.
1. My children … 8 and 6 years old in 2002.
2. When … your birthday?
3. Can we walk to the supermarket? It … far.
4. … this the right bus to the city center?
5. … he … pets ? No. he … … . He is an allergic.
6. Tomorrow morning I … at college.
7. She … … fair hair last year.
8. … you … on time. I am sorry, I … … late.
F. Постройте отрицательные и вопросительные предложения (альтернативный,
разделительный, специальные и общий вопросы)
1. I will give you all the papers I have.
2. Martin lives in a large city in the middle of Germany.
3. There is an Italian restaurant near here.
4. I spent a lot of money yesterday.
5. They will have a party next Friday.
6. John bought you a watch for your birthday last year.
7. We sold our car last week.
G. Употребите глаголы в Present, Past или Future Simple. Переведите предложения на
русский язык.
1. I always (to stay) in the same hotel in New York.
2. Sandra and her husband are vegetarian. They (not to eat) meat.
3. „What town is this?‟ (to whisper) the boy in the dark.
4. I (call) you tomorrow morning.
5. „Don‟t say anything to John about the surprise party on Saturday.‟ „Don‟t worry. I (not to tell) him.
6. Where you (to be) tomorrow evening?
7. She (to live) far away now.
8. I (to make) an appointment two weeks ago.
9. They (to open) the road next summer.
10. Most people in this country (to speak) the same language.
I. Переведите текст письменно и ответьте на вопросы.
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
.
Morse was an artist, painting his great love. He was a founder and the first President of the US
National Academy of Design. When he took up a second career as an engineer-inventor he left his art
unwillingly and grieved over the loss for years.
Samuel Finley Breese Morse - the American Leonardo, according to a biographer - was born on
27-th April, 1791 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Named after his mother‟s parents taking their surnames
as his Christian names he was called Finley by his family.
Whilst a student at Yale his reputation as an artist began to grow, especially for his ivory
miniatures. But his father dissuaded him from art as a career and, for a time, Morse became a clerk in a
bookshop.
His talent was not to be retrained. On 13-th July 1811, aged 20, he sailed for England where he
studied art for the next four years, mainly at the Royal Academy in London. Among his works were three
of outstanding merits. One, “The Dying Hercules”, was exhibited at the Royal Academy; another, a
statuette of Hercules, won a gold medal from the Society of Arts.
Best known of his works are probably two portraits of Lafayette, painted in Washington in 1823,
and the slightly earlier “The old House of Representatives” which includes 86 portraits.
Even in those early years Morse appears to have been something of an experimenter. For a portrait
of his wife and children he ground the pigments in milk. Another time he used beer!
The mid 1820‟s brought change for Morse. In four short years his wife, father and mother all died.
In 1829 he again sailed for Europe and Spent the next three years mostly in France and Italy.
On the return voyage in 1832 a fellow passenger drew the dinner-time conversation to electricity.
Soon Morse was hooked. By the end of his voyage his notebook was crammed with sketches and ideas.
The next dozen years transformed his life - and the world.
By the end of 1835 he was at the University of the City of New York as professor of painting and
sculpture. Apart from teaching and painting, both of which brought in a little money and took most of his
time he was working on the telegraph. On 24-th May, 1844 after his 53rd birthday Morse opened his
telegraph.
In 1843 the first two-wire 40-mile telegraph system linked Washington and Baltimore. It was
checked by sending messages both ways. By 1845 this line was extended to New York and Boston.
At 57, after 23 years as a widower, Morse remarried. Later, as he grew rich from the exploitation
of his telegraph system, he became a philanthropist and again supported the furtherance of art, though his
own skills were never really recovered. In 1836 he had tried his hand at politics when he ran for mayor of
New York. Aged 63, he had another go, this time attempting to become a Democratic Congressman.
Samuel Morse died in 1872, at the age of 81.
Пояснения:
ivory miniature - миниатюра из слоновой кости
to dissuade - отговаривать, разубеждать
to restrain - сдерживать, подавлять
to ground the pigments in milk - грунтовать части (карты) молоком
to be hooked - подцепить, поймать на удочку, завербовать
to cram the notebook with - заполнять записную книжку
to support furtherance of art - проявлять интерес к искусству
Вопросы:
What was Morse?
What was Morse famous for whilst a student?
Was his reputation as an artist restrained by his father?
Where did he study art?
What were his outstanding works?
What events took place in Morse life in the mid 1820‟s?
What problem did he pay his attention to in 1832?
Where did he work as professor of painting and sculpture?
When did he try his hand at politics?
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