Контрольная работа 3. 1. Переведите предложения, обращая особое внимание на перевод сказуемого в придаточных дополнительных предложениях.

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1. Переведите предложения, обращая особое внимание на перевод сказуемого в придаточных дополнительных предложениях.

A. Speaking at the session of the Supreme Soviet on the 15th of January, 1960 I.V. Kurchatov said that he was happy to be born in Russia. He stressed that he had devoted all his life to nuclear physics and was sure that the Russian people would use the achievements of this science for the good of mankind only.

B. Roentgen found that radiation from a cathode-ray tube was able to penetrate thin matter like wood but was stopped by thicker objects such as pieces of metal and bones. Three years later in 1898 Marie and Pierre Curie discovered that radium sent out rays consisting of particles smaller than the atom. After these two discoveries physicists saw that the whole traditional concept of the structure of matter had to be completely revised. In 1905 Albert Einstein declared that matter could be converted into energy – very little matter into very great energy. And at last Rutherford and Niels Bohr developed their revolutionary theory and declared what the atom was really like.

C. When Einstein used the word relativity for the first time he did not know that this word would become a famous word in the world of science.

2. Переведите сложноподчиненные предложения.

A. That the accelerated development of railroads is a requirement of our time is a well-known fact.

B. A.S. Popov invented a device which received electrical signals at great distances without any wires.

C. For an electrician the most important question is whether a solid is a conductor of electricity or not.

3. Найдите определительные придаточные предложения и укажите, в каких случаях можно опустить союз. Предложения переведите.

A. All the knowledge of physics which you have is not sufficient to explain this phenomenon. All the knowledge of physics which helped you before will not be sufficient to explain this phenomenon.

B. The variety of purposes which influence the usage of electricity is endless. The variety of purposes which electricity is used for nowadays is endless.

C. The two facts which caused great changes in industry will be mentioned in the report. The two facts which you have mentioned caused great changes in industry.

4. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на сослагательное наклонение.

A. Without radioelectronics there would be no cybernetics, cosmonautics and nuclear physics.

B. The electrons move round the nucleus as if they were the planets of the solar system moving round the Sun.

C. K.E. Tsiolkovsky suggested that heat from radioactive materials be used as rocket fuel.

D. The substance should be purified so that it might be used for this purpose.

E. It would be impossible to measure the temperature of Venus without a radio telescope.

F. It is necessary that highly sensitive reception devices be made for the radio telescope to achieve better results in observation.