Put the correct form of the verbs (the present continuous or present simple).

1. This bill (to consist) of eighteen paragraphs.

2. The clients (to talk) about the settlement of debts now.

3. This law (to cover) inheritance and property contracts.

4. Our opponents (to think) over the second paragraph of the contract now.

5. The judge usually (to award) damages to the victims of a crime.

6. A criminal is a person who (to commit) a crime.

7. This lawyer always (to take account) of the circumstances of the offender.

 

Put questions to the words given in italics.

1. The pillar is now in the Louvre museum in Paris.

2. Criminals receive as punishment the same injuries and damages.

3. Hammurabi's words are still legible.

4. The code outlaws private blood feuds.

5. Hammurabi's laws represent an advance on earlier tribal customs.

Put tag questions to the following sentences.

1. The entire code was carved into a great stone pillar.

2. Hammurabi's laws covered crime, divorce and marriage, the rights of slave owners and slaves, the settlement of debts, inheritance and property contracts.

3. The penalty could not be harder than the crime.

4. Punishments under the code were often harsh.

5. Not only murderers but also thieves and false accusers face the death penalty.

6. The code banned the tradition by which a man could kidnap and keep the woman he wanted for his bride.

7. The new law takes account of the circumstances of the offender.

8. In a civil case a lower-ranking citizen would be awarded less than an aristocrat if he or she won.

 

Put the correct form of the personal pronouns.

1. This is a French archaeologist. The pillar, lost after the fall of Babylon, was rediscovered by ….

2. Look at the ruins of the Persian city of Susa. Hammurabi's code was found amid ….

3. The code banned the tradition by which a man could kidnap his bride and keep …

4. Earlier tribal customs were imperfect. Hammurabi's code represented an advance on ….

5. However the crime was, the penalty could not be harder than ….

 

Match the words and their definitions.

1) blood feud	a) the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body
2) divorce	b) damage done to a person's or an animal's body.
3) fine	c) an amount of money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services.
4) tax	d) a lengthy conflict between families involving a cycle of killings

Put the parts of the resume in order.

а)	Summary	3 years experiencein a commercial bank and in every routine work in this field. Perfect knowledge of banking law and computers.
б)	Qualifications	Legal issues of banking.
в)	Education	Russian Academy of Justice, Moscow, Russia, Jurisprudence diploma, specialist degree.
г)	Objective	A position as a lawyerin a bank or trust company.
д)	Experience June 2003 – July 2005	Chelindbank, Chelyabinsk Lawyer. In charge of preparing legal papers and legal guaranteeing bank operations.

Translate into English.

1. Кодекс охватывает все сферы жизни.

2. Он ставит вне закона кровную месть и убийство.

3. Наказания были очень суровы.

4. Убийце и вору грозит смерть.

Примеры контрольных заданий для студентов заочной формы обучения

Контрольное задание № 1

Вариант 1

 

I. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык текст.

 

Пояснения к тексту

1. The House of Lords - палата лордов;

2. The House of Commons - палата общин;

3. Therefore - следовательно.

Great Britain

1. Great Britain (official name - the United Kingdom of GB and Northern Ireland) is situated on 2 large islands, the larger of which is Great Britain, the smaller is Ireland. The island of Great Britain is the largest island in Europe.

2. The climate of Great Britain is humid and mild. Most of the mountains are not very high. There are no very long rivers in Great Britain. The most important rivers are the Thames (the deepest) and the Severn (the longest).

3. Great Britain consists of 4 main parts: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. London, the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, is one of the world’s oldest and biggest cities. Edinburgh is Scotland’s capital. It is one of the most beautiful cities in Britain. The capital of Northern Ireland is Belfast. Wales lies in the south of the country. The chief town there is Cardiff.

4. Great Britain is a parliamentary monarchy. Officially the head of the state is the king or the queen. But the power of the monarch is limited by Parliament which consists of 2 houses: the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Parliament makes state laws. The head of the Government is the Prime Minister, who is the leader of the party in power. At present there are 4 main political parties: the Conservative, the Labor, the Liberal and the Social - Democratic Party.

5. Great Britain is one of the most highly developed industrial countries in the world. It has a developed modern machine tool industry, shipbuilding, metallurgy, etc. The big coal and iron mines are in the north-east of England. Britain is also one of the world’s largest cotton and wool textile producers. Output of goods in Great Britain is larger than is needed for home use. Therefore, a great part of the industrial output is exported. It exports electrical and electronic equipment, chemicals, machine tools, oil, etc.

6. The official language of Great Britain is English. Although Scotland and Wales have their own languages, most people living here speak English. It is now spoken in many countries of the world: The USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and others.

 

II. Выпишите из 3 абзаца слова, оформленные окончанием «-s». Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются данные слова и какую функцию это окончание выполняет.

 

III. Выпишите из абзаца 5 словосочетания, в которых определения выражены существительными и переведите их на русский язык.

 

IV. Выпишите из абзацев 1, 2, и 5 предложения, содержащие сравнительную и превосходную степени сравнения прилагательных. Подчеркните прилагательные, укажите в какой степени они употребляются и их положительную степень.

 

V. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите видовременные формы глаголов и укажите их инфинитив; переведите предложения на русский язык

1. Britain has only 1% of the world’s population.

2. In 1603 King James VI of Scotland became the king of England too.

3. Sports and games are very popular in England.

4. If you go to Cambridge, you will see its well-known university.

 

VI. Перепишите и переведите на русский язык следующие предложения, в которых просьба (побуждение) выражены с помощью «Let».

1. Let us visit Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.

2. Let them show us the places of interest in London.

 

Вариант 2

I. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык текст.

 

Пояснения к тексту

1. The House of Representatives - Палата представителей

2. The Senate - Сенат

The USA

1. The USA (the United States of America) is situated in the central part of the North American continent between the 2 oceans: the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

2. The USA is the one of the largest countries in the world, so it has several different climatic regions. The coldest regions are in the north and north-west. The south has a subtropical climate. The climate along the Pacific coast is much warmer than that of the Atlantic coast.

3. The United States is a land of rivers and lakes. The broad Mississippi River runs 5,969 kilometers from Canada into the Gulf of Mexico. It is the world’s third longest river after the Nile and the Amazon.

4. The USA is a federation of 50 states. The federal capital is Washington, but each state has its own capital and its own government. State governments make their own laws and they are also responsible for education, for the state police force, for the prison system, for road building and many other things.

5. The USA is a parliamentary republic. The American parliament (called Congress) has 2 Houses: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each state sends representatives and senators to Congress. Elections to the House of Representatives take place every 2 years while senators are elected for a period of 6 years. The US President is both head of state and government. He is elected for a four-year term. There are 2 main political parties in the USA: the Democratic and the Republican.

6. The USA is a highly developed industrial country. Its territory is rich in natural resources such as coal, oil, iron ore and natural gas. It has a developed automobile industry, ship-building, all kinds of machine building and heavy industries. The most important branches of light industry are textile, food and many others. It also has the best system of roads in the world.

 

II. Выпишите из 3 абзаца слова, оформленные окончанием «-s». Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются данные слова и какую функцию это окончание выполняет.

 

III. Выпишите из 4 абзаца словосочетания, в которых определения выражены существительными и переведите их на русский язык.

 

IV. Выпишите из абзацев 2 и 6 предложения, содержащие сравнительную и превосходную степени сравнения прилагательных. Подчеркните прилагательные, укажите в какой степени они употребляются и их положительную степень.

 

V. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите видовременные формы глаголов и укажите их инфинитив; переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. George Washington was the first president of the USA.

2. The American flag has 13 red and white stripes.

3. The Statue of Liberty stands on the Liberty Island in New York harbor.

4. If you go to New York, you will see the Empire State building, the most famous building in the world.

 

VI. Перепишите и переведите на русский язык следующие предложения, в которых выражается просьба (побуждение) с помощью Let.

1. Let me show you the White House, the president’s residence.

2. Let us visit the Museum of Modern Arts in New York.

 

 

Тексты для перевода

Legislation in Great Britain

New legislation in Britain usually starts in the House of Lords. In each house a bill considered in three stages, called reading. The first reading is purely formal, to introduce the bill. The second reading is usually the occasion for debates. After the second reading the bill is examined in detail by a committee.

The bill is then returned to one of the houses for the report stage, when it can be amended. If passed after its third reading, it goes to the other house. Amendments made to the bill by the House of Lords must be considered by the Commons. If the House of Commons does not agree, the bill is altered and send bask to the Lords. In the event of persistent disagreement between the two houses, Commons prevails.

Finally, the bill goes to the reigning monarch for the royal assent. Nowadays the royal assent is merely a formality. In theory the queen could still refuse her consent, but the last monarch to use this power was Queen Anne, who vetoed the unpopular Scottish Militia Bill in 1707.

 

The court system of England and Wales

The most common type of a law court in England and Wales is the magistrates’ court. There are 700 magistrates’ courts and about 30,000 magistrates. More serious criminal cases then go to the Crown Court, which has 90 branches in different town and cities. Civil cases (for example, divorce or bankruptcy cases) are dealt with in county courts.

Appeals are heard by higher courts. For example, appeals from magistrates’ courts are heard in the Crown Court, unless they are appeals on points of law. The highest court of appeal in England and Wales is the House of Lords. (Scotland has its own high court of appeal in Edinburgh, which hears all appeals from Scottish courts). Certain cases may be referred to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. In addition, individuals have made the British Government change its practices in a number of areas as a result of petitions to the European Court of Human Rights.

The legal system also includes juvenile courts (which deal witch offenders under seventeen) and coroners’ courts (which investigate violent, sudden or unnatural deaths). There are administrative tribunals which make quick, cheap and fair decisions with much less formality. Tribunals deal with professional standards, disputes between individuals, and disputes between individuals and government departments (for example, over taxation).

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