Английский язык
12.Выберите один верный ответ из 3-х предложенных вариантов
THE EMPTY CHAIR
A friend of mine Rob Jenkins went to see a doctor. «What can I do for you, Mr Jenkins? » — «Well, doctor, I ..1.. to sleep for several days.» — «You worked hard. You need a good rest. Why don't you go to Cornwall? »
Rob decided to go ..2.. Penky, a small fishing village on the North coast of Cornwall. ..3.. no trains or buses to Penky. So he ..4.. drive. Rob arrived ..5.. Friday evening. Mrs. Doom, the landlady of the guesthouse, showed him to his room. Rob was very tired and went ..6.. bed.
..7.. Jenkins went downstairs. As there were no ..8.. guests Mrs. Doom invited him to have breakfast with her and her daughter Katherine. Katherine ..9.. in the dining room. She ..10.. about 13 years old. Mrs. Doom went to the kitchen ..11.. . Rob and Katherine looked ..12.. nervously.
— «There are 4 places at the table. Is there ..13.. guest?» —«Oh, we never talk about the empty place.» — «The empty place? What ..14.. ?» — «That ..15.. my father's place. He was a fisherman. Three years ago he went on his boat and he never returned.» — «What ..16.. to him?» — «..17.. knows. My mother always ..18.. that place to him. She thinks he will return. That's a photograph of him on the wall.»
Rob looked very worried. At that moment Mrs. Doom returned. She poured four cups of tea and put one cup in the empty place. Suddenly Rob heard footsteps ..19.. the door, and a tall man with a black beard ..20.. into the room. It was the man on the photograph! Rob jumped up and ran ..21.. the room.
— «Who was that? What is ..22.. , Katherine! Do you know..23.. about this?» — «No, I don't, but he is here because a tall man with a black beard is trying to kill him.» —«Katherine! Have you been telling stories again?» — «Stories? Me?»...
1. a) haven’t been able b) wasn’t able c) am not able
2. a) to b) in c) at
3. a) there is b) there were c) there was
4. a) must to b) had to c) could
5. a) late on b) lately at c) late in
6. a) straight to b) along to c) straight on
7. a) at the morning b) in the morning c) on the morning
8. a) the other b) other c) others
9. a) sitting b) was sitting c) is sitting
10. a) had b) was c) look
11. a) to make tea b) to do tea c) to receive tea
12. a) in one another b) at one the other c) at in one another
13. a) other b) another c) others
14. a) do you mean b) are you meaning c)it means
15. a) used to b) used c) is used
16. a) happened b) did happen c) was happened
17. a) anybody b) nobody c) not any
18. a) is keeping b) keeps c) was kept
19. a) outside b) to c) inside
20. a) walked b) entered c) appeared
21. a) out b) out of c) at
22. a) the matter b) the case c) the cause
23. a) anything b) something c) nothing
Прочитайте текст и найдите в нем английские эквиваленты следующих слов и словосочетаний:
1. избирательный округ
2. выдвинуть свою кандидатуру от партии
3. участвовать в избирательной компании в рекламных целях
4. поддерживать определенную партию
5. голосовать
6. баллотироваться в своем избирательном округе
7. средняя заработная плата рабочего
8. собирать подписи
9. заработок
Members of parliament in Great Britain.
Each Member of Parliament (MP) represents one of 650 constituencies in the UK. British elections are usually between political parties, not individuals. Therefore, people , who want to be elected to Parliament need to be nominated by one of the main political parties.
There is nothing to stop unconventional candidates from standing for election, however. A candidate has only to put down a deposit of 500 pounds and collect ten signatures from residents in the constituency where he wants to stand. A candidate who gets less than 5 per cent of the total votes loses his deposit. For somebody who is standing for publicity purposes, this is a small price to pay.
Although MPs will support a particular party, they are not controlled by that political party and theoretically do not have to vote with their party in Parliament. MPs represent everyone in the constituency, not just the people who voted for them.
A lot of MPs’ work has nothing to do with voting in Parliament/ there are hundreds of things MPs have to deal with in the day-to-day business of constituency life, such as housing or health care. MPs are there to help people and to try make sure their rights under the law are not violated.
Members of Parliament have been paid salaries since 1911. The rate has lately been nearly twice the average industrial worker’s wages. Since 1965 the allowances for travel, living in London, and paying part-time secretaries and research assistants, have all been increased. Still many MPs insist that they need to have outside earning, though journalism, work in the law courts or business, to enable them to live the standard they expect.
