The Smuggler and the Customs Officer.

The customs officer had seen the same man coming into the country every day for the past month. He knew that this man must be smuggling something into the country, but he didn’t know what it was. The man was always very polite. He always took off his hat and said “Good afternoon”, to the customs officer. The customs officer always asked him to open his bag, but the customs officer couldn’t find out what the man was smuggling into the country. He couldn’t find any whisky or perfume or cigarettes or anything. When the customs officer had looked through the man’s bag and couldn’t find anything, the man always took off his hat and said, “Thank you. Goodbye!” He was very polite, but the customs officer was sure the man was a smuggler.

After a month the customs officer was so unhappy that he left his job. The next day he watched the smuggler come up to the new customs officer. “Good afternoon!” said the smuggler and took off his hat politely.

“Good afternoon!” said the new customs officer. “Would you open your bag, please.” So the man opened his bag again, but the new customs officer couldn’t find anything either.

“Thank you. Goodbye!” said the man and took off his hat politely.

Outside customs the old customs officer, who had left his job, stopped him and said, “I’m not a customs officer anymore. I left my job. Would you please tell me what you’re smuggling? I know you’re smuggling something.” The old customs officer was almost crazy because he didn’t know what it was.

“It’s true”, said the man. “I am smuggling something. I’m smuggling hats”, and he took off his hat politely and said, “Goodbye!”.

Translate the text into Russian in written form.

Переведите текст письменно.

Make up all possible questions (general, alternative, disjunctive, special, question to the subject).

Поставьте различные типы вопросов к следующим предложениям (общий, альтернативный, разделительный, специальный, вопрос к подлежащему), обозначьте тип вопроса.

1. He always took off his hat and said, “Good afternoon”, to the customs officer.

2. The old customs officer was almost crazy because he didn’t know what it was.

Answer the questions on the text, choosing the right variant.

Ответьте на вопросы по тексту, выбирая правильный вариант.

How often had the man been smuggling through customs?

a) he had been smuggling for six weeks.

b) he had been smuggling for a day.

c) he had been smuggling for a year.

d) he had been smuggling for a month

How often did the man come into the country?

a) he came in every year.

b) he came in every day.

c) he came in every week.

d) he came in every month.

What kind of luggage did the man have?

a) he had a briefcase.

b) he had a suitcase.

c) he had a package.

d) he had a travelling bag.

How do you know that the man was polite?

a) he always spoke to the customs officer.

b) he always opened his luggage when the customs officer asked.

c) he always gave the customs officer cigarettes.

d) he always took off his hat and said, “Good afternoon”.

Why did the customs officer leave his job?

a) he left because he wasn’t polite.

b) he left because he was unhappy.

c) he left because he wanted to be a smuggler.

d) he left because he was too old.

What did the new customs officer find?

a) he found a lot of cigarettes.

b) he didn’t look in the luggage.

c) he found a lot of whisky.

d) he didn’t find anything.

What was the man really smuggling?

a) he was smuggling perfume.

b) he was smuggling whisky.

c) he was smuggling hats.

d) he was smuggling cigarettes.

К зачету необходимо подготовить:

Устное сообщение, беседа по одной из предложенных тем.

§ О себе и о своей семье.

§ Мой рабочий день.

§ Мой институт.

§ Моя будущая профессия.

 

2. Тематические вопросы к зачету.

1. What’s your age and occupation? (How old are you? What do you do?)

2. What country are you from? Where do you live? Who do you live with?

3. Are you married or single?

4. What is your hobby?

5. What does your father /mother do?

6. When did you start to study English?

7. What time do you usually get up?

8. What do you have for breakfast (dinner, supper)?

9. Where do you work?

10. How much time does it take you to get to work?

11. Do you like mental or physical work more?

12. When do you usually come home from work?

13. What do you do in the evenings?

14. Where do you study?

15. How many departments are there at your Institute? What are they?

16. Where is your Institute situated?

17. What is your future profession?

18. What subjects do you study at the Law Institute? What is your favourite subject?

19. Do you want to work as an investigator or a detective after graduating from the Law Institute?

20. Why have you chosen the career of a lawyer?

Защита контрольной работы включает умение объяснить употребление любого изученного грамматического явления.

Курс 2 семестр.

 

Для выполнения следующей контрольной работы необходимо повторить грамматический материал: времена группы Continuous (Present Continuous, Past Continuous, Future Continuous); сравнительная характеристика группы времен Indefinite и Continuous; конструкция “to be going” + инфинитив; местоимения (личные, притяжательные, возвратные, вопросительные, неопределенные – some, any, no и их производные, much, many (a) little, (a) few, both, either, neither); количественные и порядковые числительные.

 

Контрольная работа №2

Вариант 1

Put the verb in brackets into the Present Continuous Tense.

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глагол в Present Continuous.

1. What you (to do) now? 2. She (to sit) in an armchair and (to watch) TV. 3. They (not to swim) in the river now. 4. We (to go) to the park. 5. She (not to cook) supper now. 6. I (to smoke) a cigarette. 7. Nick and Kate (to play) in the children’s room.

Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous Tense.

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глагол в Present Indefinite или Present Continuous.

1. The water (to boil). Can you turn it off? 2. Water (to boil) at 100 degrees Celsius. 3. Tom (to have) a shower at the moment. 4. Tom (to have) a shower every morning. 5. Why you (to smoke) here? – And where people usually (to smoke) in this building? 6. We (to go) to the Crimea every summer. 7. She usually (to do) her homework at home, but now she (to do) it at the library.

Use the correct form of the verb “to be” (the Present Continuous or the Past Continuous Tenses).

Употребите глагол “to be” в правильной форме и времени (Present Continuous или Past Continuous).

1. When I came to the river the sun... shining. 2.She... thinking about tomorrow’s conference at this moment. 3. While she... cooking,John and Mary... talking on the phone. 4. While the robber... putting money into the bag the police came. 5. He... waiting for his girlfriend now.

Use the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous, the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous.

Раскройте скобки, употребляя Past Indefinite или Past Continuous, Present Indefinite или Present Сontinuous.

1. Usually he (to drink) tea for supper. 2. You (to drink) tea at this time yesterday? – No, I (not to drink) tea at this time yesterday. 3. When I (to come) to my friend’s place, he (to watch) TV. 4. I (to do) shopping from five till eight yesterday. 5. My mother (not to sleep) well last night. 6. My mother (to sleep) at that time yesterday.

7. When the taxi (to arrive) I still (to pack) my things. 8. We prefer bananas, she (to prefer) pineapples.

Match parts I and II.

Соотнесите 1 и 2 части предложения

1. He is writing a new novel	a) at this time yesterday.
2. I write letters to him	b) at 3 o’clock yesterday.
3. It will be cool	c) every day.
4. Mike was watching the football match	d) sometimes.
5. She leaves the house at 8.30	e) at the moment.
6. They were talking to the boss	f) tomorrow morning.

Translate into English (use Indefinite or Continuous Tense forms).

Переведите на английский язык (используйте формы Indefinite или Continuous).

1. Ей понравилось путешествие. 2. Обычно я пишу много писем. 3. Завтра мы уезжаем в Киев. 4. Свет погас в то время, когда они ужинали. 5. Кто переведет этот текст? 6. Где дети? – Они все еще играют во дворе. 7. Где работает твой брат? – Он работает в институте. 8. Кто играл в теннис, когда вы вошли в зал?

Make the following sentences interrogative.

Образуйте различные типы вопросительных предложений. Обозначьте тип вопроса.

1. The children are reading an interesting book.

2. We were waiting for our friends.

Choose the right variant.

Выберите правильный вариант.

1. Our class in English will take place in room....

a) the first

b) one

2. My watch is... minutes fast.

a) the fifth

b) five

3. We leave for London on... of January.

a) the tenth

b) ten

4. ... sportsmen took part in this competition.

a) five hundred

b) five hundreds

5. ... of people go to work by metro.

a) thousand

b) thousands