Выполните контрольную работу № 2

I. Переведите предложения в (Passive Voice):

1. We asked him about his holidays.

2. They have already discussed the novel.

3. He did not give me his address.

4. She showed him the way to the metro station.

5. He will introduce me to his friends.

6. They are building a bridge over the river.

7. I haven't yet translated the article.

II. Переведите предложения (Sequence of Tenses):

1. John told his friend that he had just come from the United States and intended to stay in St. Petersburg for about a month.

2. Our monitor said that he was not satisfied with his report and was going to work at it for some more time. He said that he was to make it on the twelfth of February and so he had a few days left.

3. He said that he was quite all right. The climate hadn't done him any harm.

4. A man came up and asked me where he could buy a videocassette.

5. I asked my brother who had rung him up in the morning.

6. He told me not to call on him the next day as he would not be at home.

7. The officer ordered the soldiers to wait for him.

III. Вставьте подходящие модальные глаголы (must, may, can, need, to have to, to be able to) - Modal Verbs.

1. You ... not come to help them tomorrow: the work is done.

2. You ... not chande the whole text as the beginning is all right. You ... only rewrite the second part of it.

3. .... you help me now? -1 am afraid not: I am in a great hurry. I shall be free in the evening. Come to my place at about eight, and I... help you.

4.  John ... not tell us the rules of the game: we know them.

5. .... I return the book to you on Friday? I am afraid I... not finish it before. No, that is too late. You ... bring it to me not later than Wednesday.

6.  It is already six o'clock. We ... hurry if we don't want to be late.

7. .... you translate this text into English? -1 think I....

IV. The non-finite forms of the verb.

а) Замените выделенные части предложений инфинитивными оборотами.

E.g. He is sorry that he has said it.

He is sorry to have said it.

1. She was sorry that she had missed the beginning of the concert.

2. I am glad that I see all my friends here,

3. I was afraid of going past that place alone.

4. My sister will be thrilled when she is wearing a dress as lovely as that.

5. We must wait till we hear the examination results.

6. She is happy that she has found such a nice place to live in.

7. I should be delighted if I could join you.

в) Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на причастия.

1. The boy lay sleeping when the doctor came.

2. The broken arm was examined by the doctor.

3. While being examined, the boy could not help crying.

4. Having prescribed the medicine, the doctor went away.

5. The medicine prescribed by the doctor was bitter.

6. The dress bought at the department store was very beautiful.

7. While using a needle you should be careful not to prick your finger.

с) Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на герундий.

1. They accuse him of having robbed the house.

2. He never agreed to their going on that dangerous voyage.

3. He did not approve of her drinking so much coffee.

4. The teacher of mathematics did not approve of his pupils dreaming.

5. All the happiness of my life depends on your loving me.

6. I don't feel like seeing him.

7. I insist on being told the truth.

WHAT ARE THE MASS MEDIA?

A message can be communicated to a mass audience by many means: hardly an American lives through a day without feeling the impact of at least one of the mass media. The oldest media are those of the printed word and picture which carry their message through the sense of sight: the weekly and daily newspapers, magazines, books, pamphlets, direct mail circulars, and billboards. Radio is the mass communications medium aimed at the sense of sound, whereas television and motion pictures appeal both to the visual and auditory, senses.

The reader turns to his newspaper for news and opinion entertainment, and the advertising it publishes. In the weekly the focus is upon the reader's own community; in the daily the focus is upon the nation and the world as well. Magazines give him background information, entertainment, opinion, and the advertising; books offer longer range and more detailed examination of subjects, as well as entertainment; pamphlets, direct mail pieces, and billboards bring the views of commercial and civic organizations. Films may inform and persuade as well as entertain. Television and radio offer entertainment, news and opinion, and advertising messages and can bring direct coverage of public events into the listener's home.

There are important agencies of communication which are adjuncts of the mass media. These are (1) the press associations, which collect and distribute news and pictures to the newspapers, television and radio stations, and news magazines; (2) the syndicates, which offer backgound news and pictures, commentary, and entertainment features to newspapers television and radio, and magazines; (3) the advertising agencies, which serve their business clients, on the one hand, and the mass media, on the other; (4) the advertising departments of companies and institutions, which serve in merchandising roles; and the public relations departments, which serve in information roles; (5) the public relations counciling firms and publicity organization, which offer information in behalf of their clients, and (6) research, individuals and groups, who help gauge the impact of the message and guide mass communicators to more effective paths.

Who are the communicators who work for and with these mass media? We think of the reporters, writers, editors, announcers, and commentators for newspapers, news magazines, television and radio, press associations, and syndicates. But there are many others: news photographers; book and publication editors and creative personnel in the graphic arts industry; advertising personnel of all types; public relations practitioners and information writers; business management personnel for the mass media; radio-television script and continuity writers; film producer and writers; magazine writers and editors; trade and business paper publication writers and editors; industrial publication editors; technical writers in such fields as science, agriculture and home economics; specialists in mass communications research; and teachers of journalism. Actors in television and motion pictures also are communicators in a special sense, adding emotional impact to the written script.