Вариант 2 1. прочтите текст и письменно ответьте по- на вопросы, следующие за текстом. who was columbus? 1. the discovery of america on october 12, 1492, is perhaps the most important single event in human history, and yet there are a great many unsolved problems about it. let′s consider some of the questions which arise when we say that christopher columbus discovered america. 2. first, who was columbus? his name is mysterious. it was not columbus in his lifetime, but colon, colom, colonus, or colombo. he called himself, or was called, all five at different times. one set of documents says that he was a weaver and the son of a weaver at genoa; but he himself talks of many years at sea and besides this his knowledge of seamanship must have been the result of long years’ experience. 3. whatever the truth of his origin columbus was without question an extremely remarkable man. he was a very practical sailor and was interested in mathematics, geography and astronomy, at least as far as they related to navigation. but he was also a dreamer, determined to make his dream, come true. 4. and what was his dream? the portuguese had reached india by sailing east. they had discovered the whole west coast of africa and rounded what we now call the cape of good hope. columbus believed that by sailing west he would reach india – which was the name for asia generally. columbus did reach land by sailing west by a much shorter route than the portuguese, but he always thought that it was asia. it is a strange thing, but columbus was able to find his dream because he was wrong about the most important point. he knew that the earth was round and that therefore you could sail round it by traveling either east or west; but he mistakenly thought that this round ball was much smaller than it is. 1. what is the most important event in the human history? 2. who was columbus? what was his origin? 3. what was he interested in? 4. what was his dream? 5. did he reach india or a new land? 6. what was his mistake? 2. выпишите из текста все существительные во множественном числе и поставьте их в единственное число. например: ships – ship. 3. письменно переведите 2, 4, 5-й абзацы текста. 4. выпишите все прилагательные и наречия из текста. переведите их на язык и образуйте степени сравнения. например: • old – older – the oldest; • interesting – more interesting – the most interesting; • fast – faster – fastest; • quickly – more quickly – most quickly. 5. выпишите из текста все неправильные глаголы, образуйте их основные формы. переведите на язык. например: see – saw – seen – видеть. 6. выпишите из текста 5 предложений в present indefinite и переведите их на язык. поставьте эти предложения в вопросительную и отрицательную формы. 7. выпишите из текста 5 предложений в past indefinite и переведите их на язык. поставьте эти предложения в вопросительную и отрицательную формы. 8. выпишите из текста все местоимения, определите их форму. например: he – личное местоимение, именительный падеж. 9. заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами: 1. the discovery of … on october 12, 1492, is perhaps the most important … in human history. 2. the portuguese had reached india by sailing … 3. columbus did reach land by sailing … but he always thought that it was … 4. he knew that the earth was but he mistakenly thought that this round … was much smaller than it is. 10. установите соответствие: 1) there are many; 2) his name was; 3) he was interested; 4) they had discovered; 5) he knew. a) in mathematics; b) the west coast of africa; c) unsolved problems; d) mysterious; e) that the earth was round. 11. установите последовательность утвердительного предложения: □ was □ very □ a □ sailor □ he □ practical

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