I. Прочитайте и устно переведите весь текст. Перепишите и письменно переведите абзацы 2.3,6.

Moscow

1. Moscow is the capital of Russia. It is situated in the centre of the European part of Russia on the Moskva-river between the Volga and the Oka rivers. Moscow has a population of about 9 million people. Its territory covers 1000 square kilometres. Moscow is more than eight centuries old:its foundation dates back to 1147. It is the largest city in the country and one of the most important industrial, political, cultural and scientific centres in the world.

2.​Moscow is famous for its places of interest, such as: the Red Square, the Kremlin — the seat of the Russian government, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. One

may remember that the Kremlin Georgicvsky Hall was

for centuries the scene of Czarlst celebrations — espe-

cially of the military victories. It is here that prominent

people are honoured and the most important assemblies

are held. Many beautiful monuments and parks, fashionable shops and modern hotels, theatres and churches decorate the city.

3.​There are also many historical memorials and monuments, beautiful buildings and avenues


in Moscow. The monument of Yury Dolgoruky, the Founder of Moscow, stands opposite the Moscow City House of Officers. The «Ukraina» hotel overlooks the Moscow river. The Bolshoi Theatre attracts more and more people from all over the world for the mastery of its cast and beauty of the theatre. Tourists from our country and abroad come to see the famous Avenue dedicated to the heroes of the Cosmos, the Triumphal Arch, commemorating victory in the 1812 Waragainst Napoleon.


4. The Lenin Hills give a fine view over the Moscow river. There stands the famous Moscow State University named after Lomonosov. The architecture of the ancient Monasteries and Churches is unique and has world fame. Many foreigners visit the Donskoy, the Novodevichy, the Andronnikov monasteries and admire the beauty of the Kuskov, the Ostankino, the Czaritsino architecture assemblies.

5.Moscow is a motherland of Russian science and cul-

ture. There are more than 80 Higher Educational Establish-

ments including 5 Universities. It has 64 professional The

atres and 74 Museums. The Tretyakovsky Gallery, (the His

torical Museum, the Museum of Painting Art named by

Pushkin brought the world fame to the capital of Russia.

6.Moscow has multi-economic industry. Its main branch

es are: machine-building and metal-processing industries. Th«re is a highly developed automo-

bile -building industry with its gigantic Automobile- Plants «ZIL» and «Moskvitch». The construc-

tion-materials, equipment-building, cotton-and-silk production industries are also developed in

Moscow. Thousands of Moscow citizens work at the plants and enterprises of these industries.

And new residential districts are built for them. Moscow preserves the beauty of its rich historical

past and creates a new image of the modern nowadays.

2. Выпишите из абзацев 1.2,5,6 выражения, оформленные окончанием -s, и переведите их, указав, какую функцию выполняет это окончание: служит показателем глаголов в 3 лице единственном числе в Present Simple; показателем существительного во множественном числе; показателем существительного в притяжательном падеже.

3. Выпишите из абзацев 3, 4, 6 словосочетания, в которых определения выражены

существительными, и переведите их на русский язык.

4. Выпишите из абзацев 1,2,3, 5 выражения, содержащие форму сравнения, и пе-

реведите их на русский язык.

5. Выпишите из абзацев 1,2,6 предложения с местоимениями «it» и «опе» и пере

ведите их.

6. Выпишите из абзацев 1,2,6 и переведите предложения, содержащие форму глагола в Present Simple Passive и Past Simple Passive.




7. Поставьте общий и специальные вопросы к следующему предложению, указав

видовременную форму глагола:


The monument of Yury Dolgoruky, the founder of Moscow, stands opposite the Moscow City House of Officers.


8.​Прочитайте следующие предложения, перепишите и перепадите письменно

предложение, которое правильно передает содержание текста:

1. Moscow is more than 850 years old.

2. Moscow foundation dates back to the eleventh century.