A worker gets an engineer’s diploma

1 At last the long awaited day came when Rudolf had to present his graduation project for a power engineer's diploma. The members of the State Examination Board listened attentively to Rudolf's explanations. He was a student at an evening section of the power engineering department of the Riga Polytechnical Institute.

2 “What prompted you in the choice of your diploma work?” the chairman asked. “The experience of my own work”, Rudolf answered.

3 Rudolf had come to the enterprise as an ordinary fitter after leaving school. He had a thirst for knowledge, and soon understood that he could not become a qualified worker without specialized study.

4 So he entered the evening department of the Riga electromechanical secondary school. Before long he realized how helpful was the theoretical knowledge he received. He started to apply this knowledge to his work and developed very rapidly.

5 When he graduated from the technical school, he decided to go on studying and so, year after year, he worked in the daytime and studied at the institute, in the evening. Many temptations had to be overcome - even visits to cinemas and theatres were rare. But today Rudolf is happy. He has passed his graduation examinations with honours and has become a qualified engineer. Rudolf says that even now he is not going to stop studying, but plans to take a post-graduate course.

Задание VIII. Письменно ответьте на вопросы по тексту:

1. What educational institution did Rudolf graduate from? 2. What was Rudolf? 3. Why did he enter the Institute? 4. Where did he study before entering the Institute? 5. What are Rudolf's plans for future?

Вариант № 7

Задание I. Образуйте, где возможно, множественное число существительных; переведите на русский язык:

Gas, nitrogen, furnace, scrap, factory, phenomenon, story, roof, postman, tooth.

Задание II. Переведите на русский язык, обращая особое внимание на притяжательную форму существительных:

1. shareholders’ meeting;

2. my chief’s opinion;

3. Gasprom’s far reaching aims;

4. students’ thick note-books;

5. Russian government’s decision.

Задание III. Употребите прилагательное, данное в скобках, в нужной форме (сравнительной или превосходной степени); переведите на русский язык:

1. (Good) late than never. 2. Linda is the (hard-working) girl in our group. 3. Detective stories are the (interesting) I’ve ever read. 4. The rolling mill plays (important) part at our plant than any other shops. 5. A first-year student is (busy) than a schoolboy.

Задание IV. а) Напишите словами следующие количественные числительные:

97, 34, 6.739, 15.479, 88, 13, 30, 178.479, 14, 38;

б) Переведите словосочетания на английский язык, употребляя порядковые числительные:

двадцатый билет, двухсотый эксперимент, второй экзамен, пятнадцатое задание, тридцать первое января, пятый дом.

Задание VII. Прочтите и письменно переведите текст на русский язык: