Б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;
В) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного;
Переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. You can see some of Repin’s works in the Russian Museum.
2. He quite often takes his son to St. Petersburg.
3. Thousands of people visit its museums every day.
4. The Hermitage collection numbers more than 2 million exhibits.
5. My friends’ visit to St. Petersburg was very short.
II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на особенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным.
1. It is a large river and sea port in the delta of the Neva River.
2. Beautiful marble statues decorate the Summer Garden.
3. In the Palace Square you can see the Winter Palace and some other magnificent
buildings.
4. The Russian Museum collection of pictures is enormous.
5. There are a lot of exhibition halls, museums and art galleries in the city.
III. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, и переведите их на русский язык.
1. St. Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
2. This street is longer than Nevsky Prospect.
3. The oldest part of the town is the Peter and Paul Fortress.
4. I don’t think that the Russian Museum is less famous than the Hermitage.
5. He spent the best hours of his life in the Summer Garden.
IV. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них видо-временные формы глаголов и укажите их инфинитив; переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. A lot of famous European and Russian architects worked in St. Petersburg.
2. We shall always remember the most heroic and tragic pages of Leningrad
history – the Leningrad blockade.
3. The famous Hermitage has the richest collection of pictures in the world.
4. St. Petersburg is an important industrial, cultural, and scientific centre.
5. The new city grew rapidly.
V. Прочтите и устно переведите на русский язык с 1-го по 6-й абзацы текст. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1, 2, 4 и 6-й абзацы.
ST. PETERSBURG
1. St. Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia and one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Today St. Petersburg is one of the most important industrial, cultural, scientific and educational centres of the country, second only to Moscow. It is a large river and sea port in the delta of the river Neva that flows into the Gulf of Finland.
2. St. Petersburg was founded by Peter the Great in 1703. In 1712 the new city became the capital of Russia, and the whole country began to take part in its development. The city grew at unprecedented rate for those times and some 20 – 30 years after its foundation it was already one of the biggest cities of Europe.
3. From 1712 to 1918 St. Petersburg was the capital of Russia. During the First World War the city changed its name to Petrograd and in 1924 it became Leningrad. In 1991 the city returned its original name and in 2003 St. Petersburg celebrated its 300-th anniversary.
4. We shall always remember the most heroic and tragic pages of Leningrad history – the Leningrad blockade. The blockade continued from September 1941 to the last week of January 1944 – nearly 900 days. “The battle against the enemy was fought not only by every soldier but by every Leningrad citizen, by every child, woman and old person,” wrote Olga Berggolts, the well-known poetess. Nearly half а million nameless heroes are buried only in the Piskarevskoye Cemetery.
5. St. Petersburg is a magnificent city with hundreds of historic monuments. There are over 80 museums, more than 20 theatres, a lot of exhibition halls, clubs, parks and gardens. Thousands of people visit its museums and art galleries every day. The famous Hermitage has the richest collection of pictures in the world. It numbers more than 2 million exhibits.
6. The city is famous for its architectural ensembles of the 18th and 19th centuries. The oldest part of the town is the Peter and Paul Fortress, which is situated on an island. You cannot imagine St. Petersburg without its numerous islands, rivers and canals that gave the city the name of the Northern Venice. Its beautiful palaces and churches, streets and squares, bridges and embankments are simply unforgettable.
VI. Прочтите 2 абзац и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос.
When did St. Petersburg become one of the biggest cities of Europe?
1. At the beginning of the 19th century.
2. In the first half of the 18th century.
3. At the end of the 18th century.
VII. Прочтите 6 абзац. Закончите данное предложение, выбрав соответствующий вариант.
The city was given the name of the Northern Venice because…
1. …it is a large river and sea port in the delta of the Neva River.
2. …there are numerous rivers and canals there.
3. …its beautiful palaces and churches, streets and squares are simply unforgettable.
Вариант 3
I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием -s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.е. служит ли оно: