ENGLISH BANKNOTES AND COINS
Theofficial currency of the Unites Kingdom is the poundsterling which is equal to one hundred pence.
English banknotesare issued by the Bank of England. As to coinsthey are minted also by this state bank.
There are banknotes of the following denominations: £ 1, £ 5, £ 10,
£ 20, £ 50 and £ 100.
The following coins are in circulation: halfpenny, one penny, two pence, five pence, ten pence, fifty pence.
On the face of English banknotes one can read the denomination given both in figures and in words.
Then the inscription on the face of the banknote reads: I promiseto pay the bearer on demand the sum of... And then there are two signatures. The first signature is that of the person authorized by the Government and the Bank of England.
The second signature is that of the Chief Cashier.
The back of English banknotes, like many other banknotes, feature portraits of different famous people.
The one pound banknote, for example, features Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727) a well-known English scientist who made a few very important discoveries including gravitation law.
The back of the five pound note portrays the Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852), a famous Irish general who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo, Belgium in 1815.
On the back of the ten pound note one can see Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910), founder of the nursing profession. She volunteered as a nurse to Turkey to take care of he wounded soldiers from Crimean War, war of England and France versus Russia.
And the back of the twenty pound banknote features William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), the greatest playwright of all time.
1. What is the official currency of the U.K. ?
2. What is the smallest unit ?
3. How many pence are there in one pound ?
4. What banknotes and coins are in circulation in the U.K. now ?
5. What famous people are featured on the back of various English banknotes ?
2. Поставьте глагол в соответствующее время, форму и залог.
1. Columbus (to discover) America. 2. Italian (to be spoken) in Italy. 3. Some people (to see) a UFO in the sky above London last night. 4. Your photographs just (to be given) to your husband. 5. The thief (to escape) before the police came. 6. The Mona (to be painted) by Da Vinci. 7. Denise (to listen) to music for two hours already. 8. Mark (to live) in New York? 9. I’d like to know who (to talk) now? 10. Sue (to sleep) when they entered the room.
3. Раскройте скобки, употребив соответствующую глагольную форму в сложноподчиненных предложениях с придаточным условия или времени. Переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. Martha will go to the Zoo tomorrow if she (be) a good girl. 2. Tell Mary she must visit the Tower if she ever (go) to London. 3. If Clyde had worked harder he (pass) the exam. 4.If I had known that you were leaving I (buy) you a present. 5. Michael (stay) with us before Mr Punch returns. 6. Julian will be ill if he (eat) so much. 7. Anthony (come) if he had known about the troubles. 8. If Leonora were older, she (have) more sense. 9. Mabel will be very angry if you (break) any more plates. 10. Leslie will go to a cafe when the concert (be) over.
4. Раскройте скобки, употребив соответствующий модальный глагол или его эквивалент, переведите предложения на русский язык (can-could-will be able to, may, must-have to-had to, should).
1. The doctor said, “The child is very ill. He ... be taken to the hospital at once.” 2. Everybody ... learn a foreign language. 3. You ... not drive a car at night without lights on. 4. We ... not live without food and water so we ... eat and drink. 5. There are no buses or taxis here so we ... to walk. 6. ... I use your phone? 7. I ... speak English a little when I was a child. 8. I ... to call you when I am free. 9. I ... to get up early yesterday as I had the important meeting. 10. ... you tell me the way to Gorky square, please?
5. Передайте следующие предложения в косвенной речи и переведите их на русский язык.
1. He said, «I went to get this book because I have not read it.» 2. She said, «I have spoken to Mr. Brown and he will be here in an hour. 3. They asked us, «Will you attend our conference this week?» 4. She said to me, «Give me some time to think.» 5. He said to me, «Are you familiar with this text?» 6. He asked the girl, «How did you manage to carry that heavy box?» 7. She said, «Don’t shut the window!» 8. «I must go home because it is getting late,» she said. 9. «Are you going to London?» the strange boy asked Oliver. 10. «The sailors know the place,» said the captain. 11. «It is too cold today,» said his sister. 12. «Can you make your report this week?» asked me the teacher. 13. «I haven’t finished packing yet,» said Mary. 14. The teacher said to his students, «Open your exercise-books and write what I am going to dictate to you.» 15. «There is little work left to do,» said Ann.
CONTROL WORK 3
Variant 5
1. Прочитайте и переведите текст на русский язык. Ответьте на вопросы после текста