Английский язык. Барабанова Н.Е - 20 стр.

The carbon dioxide produced by technological processes has measurably                 1. by separate individuals.
altered the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere. Apart from the            2. by all sorts of human activity.
amplification of such natural processes in the biosphere, technology has              3. by solar radiation.
introduced into the biosphere substances wholly new to it; man-made
radioisotopes and a wide variety of synthetic materials such as plastics,                                          ВАРИАНТ5
insecticides, herbicides and numerous industrial materials. These, too, alter
the biosphere.                                                                         I. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в каждом из
     3. The problem has already been discussed at a large number of               них видо-временную форму и залог глагола- сказуемого. Переведите
conferences, some of them sponsored by the UN. However, relatively little         предложения на русский язык.
has so far been done to check environmental pollution. Both scientists and             1.Every year, according to statistics, 7,000 million tons of combustibles
politicians agree that unless some radical steps are taken before long, life on   are burned in the world.
our planet may be irrevocably damaged if not destroyed altogether. It seems            2.The pollution of the North Sea has been caused by the rapid increase
therefore worth while to consider the fundamental conflict which underlies        in oil extraction there.
the surface manifestations of the present crisis. For there undoubtedly exists         3.Environmental problems are being discussed at our conference.
a conflict, an incompatibility between the tenets of an industrial society and         4.Serious actions concerning the environmental protection were
those of ecology.                                                                 undertaken by those scientists.
     4.Industry is bound to expand continuously, all ecological systems tend
toward stability and equilibrium.                                                     II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на
     5.There seems to be at least two general courses of action which might       русский язык, обращая внимание на разные значение слов it, that, one.
be adopted in order that the environmental doom may be averted,                       1.The energy of the sun, the wind and the sea makes it possible to
     б. One would be to curb the dynamics of industrial development; the          produce electricity.
other- to turn technology to the construction of physiologically and socially         2.People know that only their joint efforts can protect nature.
healthy environment. The former possibility being highly unrealistic, the             3.1t is the ultraviolet radiation that causes cancer.
latter one seems to be the only path to follow.
                                                                                      III. Перепишите предложения и переведите их на русский язык,
                           Пояснения к тексту:                                    обращая внимание на разные значения глаголов to be, to have, to do.
1. to be of a fairly complex nature- иметь довольно сложный характер                  1.Cigarette smoke is a major factor in air pollution.
2. apart from- кроме                                                                  2. We have to reduce the amount of resources and energy that we use.
3. may be irrevocably damaged- может быть нанесен невозместимый                       3.Risk factors for different types of environmental pollution are
ущерб                                                                                 calculated.
4. the tenets of an industrial society- законы (принципы)                             4.Plastics, metals and chemicals do not disappear in a short time.
индустриального общества
5. an environmental doom- экологическая катастрофа                                    IV. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на
                                                                                  русский язык, обращая внимание на бессоюзное подчинение.
    VII. Прочтите вопрос к тексту. Из приведенных вариантов ответа                    1.We know traffic and aircraft can cause serious noise pollution.
укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на                            2.The problem people will be facing in future is an ecological crisis.
поставленный вопрос:
    What is the biosphere affected by?