Question

i. замените активный залог на пассивный, как в примере.

1. the waiter served the meal. – the meal was served by the waiter.
2. people don’t use the road very often.
3. a surgeon makes operations.
4. the girl cleans the room twice a day.
5. the police arrested three men.
6. millions of people watch this programme.
7. they have elected a new president.
8. somebody will meet you at the station.

ii. раскройте скобки, используя соответствующий залог (active or passive) и время, как в примерах.

1. the report (write) by a graduate student for the conference. - the report is written by a graduate student for the conference.
2. we (clean) our room every day. - we clean our room every day.
3. while i was swimming my bag (steal)
4. last year i (write) to my parents every week.
5. on my way home i (see) a terrible accident.
6. while i was taking pictures, somebody (steal) my bag.
7. this room (clean) once a week.
8. he (see) at the university last week.

iii. выберите правильный вариант ответа.

1. people the city for its architecture.
a) admired b) is admired c) are admired
2. the city for its architecture.
a) admired b) is admired c) are admired
3. the engineer a new device.
a) design b) designed c) is designed
4. the device by the engineer.
a) design b) designed c) is designed
5. millions of tourists will the museum this year
a) visit b) be visit c) be visited
6. the museum will by millions of tourists.
a) visit b) be visit c) be visited
7. your friends for you.
a) wait b) being waited c) are waiting.
8. you are for.
a) wait b) being waited c) waited
9. the present has already
а) given b) be given c) been given
10. i have just my present.
a) give b) given c) been given

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changes in women’s lives
for many women life today is different from the life in the time of their grandmothers. the changes have come very slowly but in many countries women now take a more active part in society. working in factories during world war i and the world war ii many men went away to fight. this meant that more and more women had to work outside the home. for many women it was the first time when they were independent and they had their own money. they were not wealthy but many women were not so poor as they used to be. at the end of the war they did not want to go back to the kind of life they used to have. voting in elections in many countries many women also started to fight for the right to vote in elections and to make political decisions. their votes were important and male politicians had to start thinking about what women ask for. education for women other important changes affected the women’s lives. more girls started to go to schools. in the past people used to send only their sons to schools. many people used to think that education was too expensive to “waste” on girls. in time governments started to provide education for girls and women were then able to get better jobs. life today life for many women has changed but in some places it is still the same as it used to be 100 years ago. more than half the world’s population is female but women own less than 10% of the world’s land. on average women earn 65 % of the salary of men there are no women in the list of the world’s 100 richest people. 28 more than three times more women than men cannot read or write. in schools girls usually do better than boys but boys generally get better jobs when they leave schools. in some countries only 10% of the labour force is female.

1) найдите в тексте следующие слова и составьте с ними предложения, используя информацию из текста:
different; to fight; to waste; earn; labour force

2) прочитайте и переведите текст. найдите ошибки информационного характера в ниже предложениях и исправьте их.

1. nowadays women do not take very active part in society.
2. before women used to work in agriculture.
3. in many countries women did not want to vote in elections.
4. in the past people used to send only their daughters to school.
5. on average women earn 95% of the salary of men.

3) подберите к каждому предложению соответствующее продолжение, согласно информации, данной в тексте.

1. many people used to think that…
2. they were not wealthy…
3. for many women it was the first time when …
4. in many countries women now …
5. governments started to provide …
a) … they were independent and they had their own money.
b)….education for girls and women.
c)….take a more active part in society.
d)…but many women were not so poor as they used to be.
e)…education was too expensive to “waste “on girls.

4) найдите в тексте ответы на следующие вопросы:

1. what is the reason of changes in women’s lives? 2. why did people use to send only their sons to schools? 3. what happened when women went to work during world war i and ii? 29 4. what was the result of providing education for girls? 5. why did women start to fight for the right to vote in elections?