The Passive Voice

a) At its every stage the economic devel­opment of Belarus has been aimed to boost the people’s well-being.

b) Opportunities will be broadened for more rapid progress in closing the gap between working and living conditions in town and country.

c) As the incomes of the working class and farm peasantry draw close together, the distinction in the work­ing people’s living standards within each of the two groups are also being reduced.

d) The consistent effort to close the income gap is largely aimed to effect a more rapid increase in the incomes of families in the middle and lower brackets.

e) Additional payments for night work in industry were in­creased.

f) Regional wage indexes were introduced for factory and office workers at enterprises and institutions in the regions where these indexes had not been established earlier.

g) At that time our industry and trade were being recon­structed in respect of technology, outlook and economic operation.

Задание II. Укажите индексы сказуемых правой колонки, которые соответствуют их английским эквивалентам в левой колонке.

Задание III. Укажите индекс сказуемого, которое должно стоять в следующем ниже предложении (см. табл. 1.17.-1.19.).

6. Increasing use... of the timber supplies at present.

(a) has been made (b) is made (c) is being made

7. It was planned that large aluminum plants... near the main power station in that district in the years to come.

(a) will be created (b) would be created (c) were created

8. Cities and towns rose from the ruins more beautiful than they... before.

(a) were (b) have been (c) had been

Задание IV. Укажите вопрос, который по времени совпа­дает со временем сказуемого данного ниже предложения.

Black youth have traditionally been denied equal educa­tional opportunities.

9. In what country are black youth traditionally denied equal educational opportunities?

10. In what country were black youth traditionally denied equal educational opportunities?

11. In what country are black youth being traditionally de­nied equal educational opportunities?

12. In what country have black youth been traditionally denied equal educational opportunities?

Задание V . Укажите русское предложение, которое соот­ветствует следующему предложению.

The builders of the town are being supplied with high-quality goods.

13. Строители города снабжались высококачественными

товарами.

14. Строителей города снабжали высококачественными то­варами.

15. Строители города снабжаются высококачественными

товарами.

16. Строители города снабжены высококачественными то­варами.

Ключи: I — 1 — d); 2 — е); 3 — b); 4 — с); 5 — g); 6 - а); 7 - f); II -1 - (Ь), (с), (а); 2 – (b), (с), (а); 3 - (b), (с), (а); 4 - (b), (а), (с); 5 - (с), (b), (а); III -6 - (с); 7 - (b); 8 - (с); IV - 12; V – 15