II. Make up 5 questions to the text
III.Choose the correct answer
1.If you … at 10, I will be ready to start.
a) come b) came c) had come
2. If you … at 10, I will ready to start.
a) come b) came c) will come
3. If she (not drink) coffee she would have been able to sleep.
a) did not drink b) had not drunk c) will not drink
4. She would not be so nervous if the sound (not be) so loud.
a) was not b) will not c) were not
5. If he (phone) tomorrow, say we are out.
IV. Use the verb in brackets in the appropriate tense form
1. My friend wishes he (not to do) this last night.
2. I wish I (can) tell the future.
3. Do you wish you (be) in the Guinnes Book of Records?
4. I wish I (bring) my camera last summer.
5. I wish you (send) a letter as soon as possible
V. Change the sentences into indirect speech.
1. I said to my sister: “George has written me a letter”.
2. The teacher said to us: “Don’t forget to bring your books tomorrow”.
3. He asked me: “When will your parents arrive in London?”
4. She asked Mary: “How long have you been writing a letter?”
5. She said to Tom: “I will not forget to send you a telegram”.
Variant VIII
I.Translate the text into Russian
Plant, its Parts and their Functions
Plants are highly important sources of food for man. They supply us with food clothing and many other things as well. Plants are grown and used for many purposes and as scientists continue their work new uses of plants will be found.
The principle parts of the plant are: 1) the root system, 2) the stems and leaves, 3) the reproductive part made up of flowers, fruits and seeds.
The roots grow downward into the soil and have two main functions – to absorb plant nutrients and water from the soil and to anchor the plant. As to stem and leaves, they are usually above the ground. The food used in growth by green plants is manufactured in the leaves from the raw materials taken from the soil and air. This process is known as photosynthesis. To support the leaves and to connect them with the roots are the main functions of the stem.
Each flowering plant has leaves. A typical leaf consists of a green, broad, thin portion, which contains a system of vascular tubes called veins. The latter serve as channels for the distribution of water and dissolved substances and for removing a part of the food which is manufactured in the leaves for the use by the plant.
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The shape and the position of the leaves vary to a considerable extent with the species. Leaves may be born on a leaf stem, or attached directly to the plant. They may be compound as with clover and potatoes, or simple as in the case of the poplar tree.
A flower is the part of the plant where seeds are produced. Thus, to produce seeds the plant must have flowers. A seed consists of an embryo and one or more seed coats.
All parts of the plant must be developed well and proportionally enough to function properly. If conditions for plant growth are bad, the plant will be too weak to develop its parts well.
II. Make up 5 questions to the text
III. Choose the correct answer
1. If I … you a secret, you would be sure to leak it.
a) tell b) told c) had told
2. If they … me, I wouldn't have said no.
a) invite b) invited c) had invited
3. My friend … me at the station if he gets the afternoon off.
a) will meet b) would meet c) would have met
4. If I … it, nobody would do it.
a) don’t do b) didn’t do c) hadn’t done
5. If my father … me up, I'll take the bus home.
a) tell b) told c) had told
IV. Use the verb in brackets in the appropriate tense form
1. The Browns live in the city, but they wish they (live) in the suburbs.
2. Robert can’t dance very well, but he wishes he (can dance) better.
3. Kate is having a hard time learning English at the University. She wishes she (study) it better at school.
4. Mike didn’t go to college after school. Now, he wishes he (go) to college.
5. The weather was hot while we were there. I wish it (be) a bit cooler.
V. Change the sentences into indirect speech.
1. "What are they doing?" she asked.
2. "Will you be at the party?" he asked her.
3. "Close the door behind you," he told me.
4. He said, "I know a better restaurant."
5. She said, "I woke up early."
Variant IX
I.Translate the text into Russian
MODERN ERA: BRITISH AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION AND GREEN REVOLUTION
After 1492, a global exchange of previously local crops and livestock breeds occurred. Key crops involved in this exchange included the tomato, maize, potato, manioc, cocoa bean and tobacco going from the New World to the Old, and several varieties of wheat, spices, coffee, and sugar cane going from the Old World to the New. The most important animal exportation from the Old World to the New were those of the horse and dog.
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The potato became an important staple crop in northern Europe. Since being introduced by Portuguese in the 16th century, maize and manioc have replaced traditional African crops as the continent's most important staple food crops.
By the early 1800s, agricultural techniques, implements, seed stocks and cultivated plants had so improved that yield per land unit was many times that seen in the Middle Ages. With the rapid rise of mechanization in the late 19th and 20th centuries, particularly in the form of the tractor. These advances have led to efficiencies enabling certain modern farms in the United States, Argentina, Israel, Germany, and a few other nations to output volumes of high-quality produce per land unit. In the past century agriculture has been characterized by productivity, the substitution of labor for synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. The cereals, rice, corn, and wheat provide 60% of human food supply. Between 1700 and 1980, "the total area of cultivated land worldwide increased 466%" and yields increased dramatically, particularly because of selectively-bred high-yielding varieties, fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation, and machinery. For example, irrigation increased corn yields in eastern Colorado by 400 to 500% from 1940 to 1997.
Intensive agriculture has become associated with decreased soil quality in India and Asia. The monocultures typically used in intensive agriculture increase the number of pests, which are controlled through pesticides. Integrated pest management (IPM), which has been promoted for decades and has had some notable success. Although the "Green Revolution" significantly increased rice yields in Asia, yield increases have not occurred in the past 15–20 years. The genetic "yield potential" has increased for wheat, but the yield potential for rice has not increased since 1966. It takes a decade or two for herbicide-resistant weeds to emerge, and insects become resistant to insecticides within about a decade. Crop rotation helps to prevent resistances. Agricultural exploration expeditions, since the late nineteenth century, have been mounted to find new species and new agricultural practices in different areas of the world. Two early examples of expeditions include Frank N. Meyer's fruit- and nut-collecting trip to China and Japan from 1916-1918 and the Dorsett-Morse Oriental Agricultural Exploration Expedition to China, Japan, and Korea from 1929-1931 to collect soybean germplasm to support the rise in soybean agriculture in the United States.
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In 2005, the agricultural output of China was the largest in the world, accounting for almost one-sixth of world share, followed by the EU, India and the USA. Six countries - the US, Canada, France, Australia, Argentina and Thailand - supply 90% of grain exports. The United States controls almost half of world grain exports. Water deficits, which are already spurring heavy grain imports in numerous middle-sized countries, including Algeria, Iran, Egypt, and Mexico, may soon do the same in larger countries, such as China or India.
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