Контрольное задание № 4 по дисциплине "Английский язык" (What principal kinds of trains do the railroads run? What is the loud speaker used for at the passenger stations?)

Контрольное задание №4

Вариант №2

1)Выберите правильный вариант ответа.

1. What principal kinds of trains do the railroads run?

a) comfortable and uncomfortable trains

b) regular and extra trains

c) long and short trains

d) new and old trains

2. How do we call the printed schedules of the regular trains?

a) operation business

b) complicated job

c) time-table

d) railway service

3. What may turn our railways into a more reliable and efficient                 means  of communication?

a) introduction of new cars

b) to use more operators at the sorting yards

c) automation and computerization

d) introducing a new system to reserve railway tickets

4. What can computers do in railway service?

a) to make time-tables and schedules

b) to design locomotives and cars

c) to control work of the railwayman at sorting yards

d) to calculate wages

5. What system can be used to control  driverless trains?

a) human dispatcher

b) mechanical operator

c) efficient means of communication

d) a computer ( so-called auto dispatcher)

6.How often do the railways have to change their  time-tables according to the traffic requirements?

a) two times a year

b) never

c) every month

d) sometimes

7. What equipment can we refer to the telecommunication service

a) computers

b) inspectors of the cars

c) telephone, radio and TV

d) auto dispatcher

8. Where do the walkie-talkie  is used in railway service

a) passenger stations

b) switching yards

c) passenger trains

d) ore mines

9. What is the loud speaker used for at the passenger stations

a) to give regular information on the trains

b) to inspect cars

c) to control locomotives

d) to contact with locomotive drivers

2) Выберите один из предлагаемых ниже вариантов и запишите буквы a,b,c,d.

1. Many new systems are used on railways to direct the movements of trains.

a) lay

b) control

c) wear

d) show

2. The freight train comes to a station in half an hour.

a) listen to

b) provide for

c) looks for

d) arrives at

3. The goods trains operate regular on different railways of all districts of the country.

a) things

b) freights

c) types

d) features

4. The work of the sorting yards comprises a lot of various problems.

a) apply

b) take

c) include

d) facilitate

5. Having encountered the difficulties in operating the industrial locomotive the engineer used radio control

a) apply

b) supply

d) invent

c) run

3.Закончите предложение

6. Having been simplified, this process decreased … faults on the railways.

a) a number of

b) a few

c) any

d) ten

7. Containers if used reduce the … of goods in transportation.

a) device

b) contribution

c) damage

d) communication

8. The incorrect … of a calculator is typical for people who has never studied maths

a) transportation

b) independence

c) business

d) application

9. People use electric and diesel traction on their railways because electric and diesel trains … a very high speed

a) leave

b) disassemble

c) transmit

d) attain

4. Прочтите текст и определите, является ли утверждение:

a) Истинным

b) Ложным

c) В тексте нет информации

Text.

1)  Today, the railways are facing serious competition from airplanes and automobiles in the field of passenger transportation. In order to win in this race the railways must be able to offer passengers attractive services such as short travel time, good ride comfort etc. The most attractive one is short travel time which means speed-up of the train.

2)  Passenger train speeds have shown a remarkable rise in the last two decades. From the introduction of 210 km/h running by the Japan National Railways in 1965 to the operation of TGV in France at 260 km/h from 1981 – with a further increase to 300 km/h in prospect – railways have issued serious challenge to short distance air traffic.

3)  When people speak of high speed rail passenger systems nowadays, attention is usually focussed on the Japan Shinkansen lines and the French TGV Paris-South East  line. But by the mid-1990s there were seven lines in Western Europe offering intercity service at 230 km/h or more.

1.Railways aren’t facing any competition from airplanes and automobiles in the field of passenger transportation

2.The railways must be able to offer passengers attractive services to withstand serious competition from aviation and automobiles.

3. Passenger train speeds have shown a remarkable rise in the last two decades.

4. High speed rail operation is not very important for economic and political development of a country.

5. The most popular rail passenger systems nowdays are the Japanese Shinkansen lines and the French TGV Paris-South East line.

5.Укажите какой из абзацев текста содержит следующую информацию:

a) By the mid – 1990’s there were seven lines in Western Europe offering intercity service at 230 km/h or more

b) Today the railways are facing serious competition from airplanes and automobiles in the field of passenger transportation.

c) Passenger trains speeds have shown a remarkable rise in the last decades.

6.Ответьте на вопрос:

-What kinds of transport systems make competition to the railways in the field of  passenger transportation?

a) underground railway systems.

b) rapid tube-transportation systems

c) aviation and automobile transport

7. Определите основную идею текста

a) Aviation and automobile transport are the most important inter-city passenger transportation systems.

b)Today, the railways are facing serious competition from airplanes and automobiles in the field of passenger transportation.

c) Passenger train speeds have shown a remarkable rise in the last two decades.

d) Japanese Shinkansen lines and the French TGV Paris-South East lines are very popular with the passengers.

Ответы:

1.1(b)

2(c)

3(c)

4(a,b,d)

5(d)

6(a)

7(c)

8(b)

9(a)

2.1(b)

2(d)

3(b)

4(c)

5(a)

3.6(a)

7(c)

8(d)

9(d)

4.1(b)

2(a)

3(a)

4(c)

5(a)

5.a(3)

b(1)

c(2)

6.(c)