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LONDON

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London, the capital city of England and the 1._______, is situated upon both banks of 2. _____River Thames. It is the 3.________ city in Britain and one of the largest in the world. Its population is about 4. _______ people.

London is a cosmopolitan, multicultural city. Every 5. _________ Londoner was born outside Britain. London is a big 6. ________ and the most important commercial, manufacturing and cultural centre.

London is divided 7. _______ three main parts: the City, the West End and the East End.

The City extends over an area of about 2.6 square kilometres in the 8. ________ of London. About half a million people 9. _______ in the City but only less than 6000 10. ______ here. It is the 11. _____________ centre of the UK with many banks, offices and the Stock Exchange. But the City is also a market for goods of almost every kind, from all parts of the world.

12. _________ can be called the centre of London. Here are the historical palaces as well as the famous parks. 13. _________ with its Speaker’s Corner is also here. Among other parks are Kensington Gardens, St. James’s Park. In the West End there is Buckingham Palace, the Queen’s 14. ________ , and the Palace of Westminster, the seat of 15. ___________ .

The best-known streets here are Whitehall with important Government offices, 16. _________ Street, the London residence of the Prime Minister and the place where the Cabinet 17. __________ , Fleet Street where most  18._________ had their offices until 1980ies, Harley Street where the highest- 19.________ doctors live, and some others.

The name 20. __________ came to be associated with wealth, luxury, and goods of high quality. It is the area of the largest department stores, cinemas and hotels. There are over 40 theatres, several concert halls, many museums including 21. the ___________ , and the best art galleries. It is in the West End that the University of London is centred with Bloomsbury as London’s student 22. ___________ .

The port of London is to the 23. ________ of the City. This is the East End of London, the district for the 24. _________ people; it contains some of the  25. __________ areas in the United Kingdom. There are many factories and workshops there. It abounds 26. ______ legend, sentimentality and cockneys.

2. Заполните пропуски артиклями, где необходимо.

Some ___ people ___ England have ___ «high tea». They say there is no ___ use for these ___ afternoon ___ teas where you try to hold ___  cup of tea in ___ one hand and ___ piece of ___ bread and butter about as thin as ___ sheet of paper in ___ other. They have it between __ five and six o’clock, and have __ ham or tongue and ___ tomatoes and salad or sausages with __ good strong tea, plenty of ___ bread and butter, then stewed fruit, with ___ cream or custard and ___ pastries or ___ good cake. And that’s what __ Englishman calls __ good tea.

3. Заполните пропуски предлогами, где необходимо.

There are many big cities ___ the USA. They are Washington (the capital ___ the country). New York (the city ___ contrasts, financial and business centre ___ the USA), Boston (there are many colleges and universities ___ it), Chicago (one ___ the biggest industrial cities ___ the USA), San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit (one ___ the biggest centres ___ the automobile industry). The USA is rich ___ mineral resources. It holds one ___ the first places ___ the world ___ the production ___ coal, iron, oil, natural gas.

4. Запишите словами числительные.

15, 27, 38, 46, 51, 8 543, 1 555 986; 1967 год, 1985 год, 2008 год; 23 февраля, 8 марта, 12 апреля, 9 мая, 1 сентября.

5. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в требующемся времени.
6. I (not to drink) coffee now. I (to write) an English exercise. 2. I (not to drink) coffee in the evening. I (to drink) coffee in the morning. 3. Your friend (to do) his homework now? 4. Your friend (to go) to school in the morning? 5. Look! The baby (to sleep). 6. The baby always (to sleep) after dinner. 7. My grandmother (not to work). She is on pension. 8. My father (not to sleep) now. He (to work) in the garden. 9. I usually (to get) up at seven o’clock in the morning. 10. What your sister (to do) now? — She (to wash) her face and hands.

6. Переведите на английский язык.

Я не единственный ребенок в семье. У меня два брата и сестра. Мой старший брат инженер по профессии. Ему 26 лет. Он женат и имеет двоих детей. Его жена работает учителем. Им очень нравятся их профессии. Мой младший брат школьник. Он учится в девятом классе. Он хочет стать врачом. Моя сестра студентка. Она на первом курсе Брянского филиала Орловской региональной академии государственной службы.

7. Составьте предложения с любыми 10 словами из изученной специальной лексики.

8. Переведите письменно текст.

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (1)

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act is an 1883 United States federal law that established the United States Civil Service Commission, which placed most federal employees on the merit system and marked the end of the so-called «spoils system». The act provided for some government jobs to be filled on the basis of competitive exams. Drafted during the Chester A.Arthur administration, the Pendleton Act served as a response to President James Garfield’s assassination by a disappointed office seeker. The Act was passed into law on January 16, 1883. The Act was sponsored by Senator George H. Pendleton, Democrat of Ohio, and written by Dorman Bridgeman Eaton, a staunch opponent of the patronage system who was later first chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission. The most famous commissioner was Teddy Roosevelt (1889-96).

9. Выпишите сказуемые каждого предложения.