ВАРИАНТ 1 I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Переведите предложения на русский язык. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием -s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.е. служит ли оно: а) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола в Present Indefinite; б)  признаком множественного числа имени существительного; в)  показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.  1. The "Big Ben" clock weighs 13.5 tons. 2. Most of London's places of interest are situated to the north of the river Thames. 3. Hyde Park covers 360 acres. II. Перепишите и переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на особенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным. 1. The bus stop is not far from here. 2. Several Moscow University physicists work at this problem. 3. There are only daylight lamps in this room. III.   Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, и переведите их на русский язык. 1. One of the most famous buildings in England is St. Paul's Cathedral. 2. This room is smaller than that one. 3. The longer is the night, the shorter is the day. IV. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них видо-временные формы глаголов и укажите их инфинитив; переведите предложения на русский язык (см. образец выполнения 2). 1. This student first came to Moscow in 1995. 2. The Port of London is to the east of the City. 3. In a few days she will leave for Irkutsk. V.  Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык с 1-го по 6-й абзацы текста.  LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF 1. Let me introduce myself. My name is Vera. My surname or last name is Petrova. I was born on the 14th of March in Krasnokamensk. It is the city in the south of Chita Region.   2. There are five people in our family. My father’s name is Leonid Ivanovich. He is 47. He is an engineer at the machine-building plant. He is always very busy. He has very little free time. My mother’s name is Olga Petrovna. She is 40. She works as a lab assistant at the Research Institute. I am not very tall. My hair is short and fair. I have a straight nose, an oval face and dark eyes. 3. My sister’s name is Masha. She is 14 years old. She is a schoolgirl. Masha is in the 9th form. She studies well. She goes in for sport. She plays basketball. My grandmother lives with us. She is very kind. Our family is very friendly, we have many relatives and friends.  4. I have finished a secondary school. I did well in all the subjects, but my favourite subjects at school were Mathematics and Physics.  Now I am a first year student of Chita State University. I study at the Institute of Construction and Ecology, at the Road Construction Department. I think that roads are very important in our life. I will always have an interesting job. I like Mathematics, History and other subjects. I am fond of Russian.  5. I like reading books. I often listen to music. I like jazz. I collect compact discs of my favourite groups and singers.  6. My best friend’s name is Ann. Her hobby is swimming. She goes to the swimming-pool twice a week. She collects stamps and enjoys watching TV and video. We have much in common. We talk for hours about politics, love and other things. We discuss films, television programmes, books.