6.If she ….. older she would understand you better .
a)was; b)were; c)is; d)had been.
7.If I could help you I readily …… so, but you know I can `t.
a)did; b)had done; c)shall do; d)should do.
8.If I had known of your arrival I ….. you .
a)should have met; b)would meet; c)will meet; d)met.
9.If she ….. me, I should have been in a very difficult situation.
a)helps; b)helped; c)hadn’t helped; d)would help.
10.I should be delighted if I ….. such a beautiful fur coat.
a)have; b)had; c)had had; d)shall have.
11.If you gave me your dictionary for a couple of days, I ….. this text.
a)shall translate; b)translated; c)would have translated; d)should trans late.
12.If you ….. the 10.30 train, there is another at 10.35.
a)miss; b)will miss; c)should miss; d)had missed.
13.If it …… very cold tonight, our car won `t start in the morning.
a)will be; b)wouldn’t be; c)were; d)is.
14.I` m sure you could have done it without my help, if you ….. . It wasn’t difficult at all.
a)try; b)tried; c)had tried; d)would have tried.
ТЕКСТИ ДЛЯ ЧИТАННЯ
Marie Curie
Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on 7 th of November 1867. Her father was a teacher of science1 and mathematics in a school in the town, and from him little Marya Sklodovska - which was her Polish name - learned her first lessons in science. Marie's wish was to study at the Sorbonne in Paris and after many years of waiting she finally left her native land in 1891.
Once in Paris Marie began a course of hard study and simple living. She decided to work for two Master's degrees2 - one in Physics, the other in Mathematics. Thus she had to work twice as hard as the ordinary student. Yet she had not enough money to live on. She lived in a bare attic in the poorest quarter of Paris. Night after night, after her hard day's work at the University, she would climb to her poorly furnished room and work at her books for hours. Her meals were poor, sometimes no more than a bag of cherries, which she ate as she studied. Though she was often weak and ill under this hard mode of life3, she worked in this way for four years. She chose her course and nothing could turn her from it.
Among the many scientists Marie met and worked with in Paris was Pierre Curie. Pierre Curie, born in 1859 in Paris, was the son of a doctor, and from childhood he liked science. At sixteen he was a Bachelor of Science 4 and he took his Master's degree in Physics when he was eighteen. When he met Marie Sklodovska he was thirty-five years old and was famous throughout Europe for his discoveries in magnetism. But in spite of the honour he brought to France by his discoveries, the French Government could only spare him a very meagre salary5 as a reward, and the University of Paris refused him a laboratory of his own for his researches.
Pierre Curie and Marie Sklodovska, both of whom loved science more than anything else, very soon became the closest friends. They worked together constantly and discussed many problems of their researches. After little more than a year they fell in love with each other, and in 1895 Marie Sklodovska became Mme Curie. Their marriage was not only to be a very happy one but also one of the greatest scientific partnerships.
Notes
1 a teacher of science (фізики, хімії,біології)
викладач природничих наук
2 мaster's degree
вчена ступінь магістра
3 under this hard .mode of life
при такому тяжкому способі життя
4 a Bachelor of Science
бакалавр природничих наук
( звання, яке надають після закінчення університету)
5 spare him a very meagre salary
платило йому мізерну зарплатню
New York
New York is not a very old city. It was founded some three hundred years ago. New York, the largest city in the U. S., is situated in the mouth of the Hudson River. The centre of New York is Manhattan Island, which at the same time is the oldest part of the city.
New York, one of the leading U. S. manufacturing cities1, is the home of great firms and banks. The most important branches of industry are those producing vehicles, paper and paper products, glass, chemicals and all kinds of machinery. The city has very busy traffic, its streets and highways are full of cars and buses.
The mouth of the Hudson River makes an excellent harbour with different kinds of ships not only for passengers but also for much of the materials by which the city lives. Numerous bridges link Manhattan Island with the opposite shores. The sea encircles many of the city's areas, and ships go over or under New York traffic2.
Many of sky-scrapers of fifty and more storeys reaching high into the sky house the banks and offices of America's money kings, the richest men in the country. Yet most of the population are working people who carry on a bitter struggle for existence and live in constant fear of misery and unemployment.
Comparatively few of New York's inhabitants live in Manhattan, although the majority spend a considerable part of the day in this centre of business life. Here Broadway begins, here is Wall Street and the Stock Exchange3 filled from ten to three with a crowd of businessmen. This is the financial district, the heart and source of America's imperialist, expansionist policy.
Among the inhabitants of New York one can meet people of almost all nationalities who came here during the immigration in the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century.
Another feature of New York population is the vast number of Negroes living in Harlem, which is the most densely populated section of the city. The houses in Harlem are in worse conditions than anywhere else, yet rents are higher than in any other part of the city. In fact, Negroes are deprived of any rights that are enjoyed 4 by the white.
Notes
1 manufacturing city
промислове місто
2 ships go over or under New York traffic
кораблі проходять над або під транспортними магістралями Нью-Йорка
3 the Stock Exchange
біржа
4 to enjoy rights
користуватися правами
Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Lomonosov was born in 1711 in the family of a fisherman in the northern coastal village of Denisovka not far from Archangelsk. When he was ten years of age his father began to take him sea fishing. The dangerous life of a fisherman taught the precocious youngster to observe the phenomena of nature more closely. During the long winter nights young Lomonosov studied his letters, grammar and arithmetic diligently.
Since he was the son of a peasant he was refused admission to the town school, so he walked to Moscow. By concealing his peasant origin he gained admission to the Slavonic-Greek-Latin Academy and for five years lived a hand-to mouth existence on three kopecks a day. The noblemen's sons studying with him made fun of the twenty-year old giant who, despite their jeers and his own poverty, made rapid progress.
After five years came the chance of entering the Academy of Sciences, as there were not enough noble-born students to fill the quota. His ability and diligence attracted the attention of the professors and as one of three best students he was sent abroad. He spent all the time there in delving into the works of leading European scientists, studying chemistry, metallurgy, mining and mathematics. On his return to Russia in 1745 he was made a professor and the first Russian scientist to become a member of the Academy of Sciences.
For versatility Lomonosov has no equal in Russian science. Many of his ideas and discoveries only won recognition in the nineteenth century. He was the first to discover the vegetable origin of coal, for instance, and as a poet and scientist he played a great role in the formation of the Russian literary language. He died in 1765. His living memorial is the Moscow University, which he founded in 1755.
Great Britain
Great Britain is formed of the following parts: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and is situated on the British Isles which lie to the west of the continent of Europe. Great Britain is separated from the European continent by the North Sea and the English Channel. It is washed on the western coast by the Atlantic Ocean and by the Irish Sea, the latter separating England from Ireland.
Great Britain being an island, its climate is rather mild.
There are many rivers in Britain: the Thames, the Mersey, the Aire and others but none of them is very long. Many of the rivers are joined by canals, so that it is quite possible to travel by water from one end of England to the other.
Great Britain is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, the average density being over 2000 people per square kilometre, 80 per cent of the population live in towns. The population of Great Britain is about 56 million.
England is one of the most powerful capitalist countries in Europe. There are many big industrial cities here, such as Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff, Sheffield and many others. London, its capital, which is situated on the river Thames, is one of the biggest commercial centres of the world.
One of the leading industries of Great Britain is the textile industry. Coal, iron and steel as well as various machines are also produced there. Shipbuilding and motor industry are highly developed too.
Great Britain is a parliamentary monarchy. Officially the head of the state is the queen (or king) but it is the Prime Minister and his cabinet who run the state. The British Parliament consists of the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The Prime Minister is usually the leader of the Party that has the majority in the House of Commons.