Контрольная «Задание для выполнения контрольной работы»,
Английский язык в Нижнем Новгороде

Text I. The Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights (1689) is one of the most important instruments of the British constitution, the result of the long 17th-century struggle between the Stuart kings and the English people and Parliament. The Bill of Rights laid the foundation on which the government rested after the revolution of 1688. The Revolution settlement made monarchy clearly conditional on the will of the Parliament and provided a freedom from arbitrary government of which most Englishmen were notably proud during the 18th century. The main purpose of the act was unequivocally to declare illegal various practices of James II. Among such practices proscribed were the royal prerogative of dispensing with the law in certain cases, the complete suspension of laws without the consent of Parliament, and the levying of taxes and the maintenance of a standing army in peacetime without specific parliamentary authorization. A number of clauses sought to eliminate royal interference in parliamentary matters, stressing that elections must be free and that members of Parliament must have complete freedom of speech. Certain forms of interference in the course of justice were also proscribed. The act also dealt with the proximate succession to the throne, provided the heirs were Protestants. It is the constitutional paper of great importance, which prevented the sovereign from abusing his authority. I. Фонетические упражнения Упр. 1. Продолжите каждый ряд, выбрав из текста № I по 3 слова, в которых ударная гласная или сочетание гласных имеют такое же произношение. 1. /i/ – bill, … 2. /i:/ – freedom, … 3. /o:/ – law, … 4. /e/ – century, … 5. /ai/ – right, … Упр. 2. Найдите в тексте синонимы следующих слов: 1. aim, goal, target; 2. approval, permission, sanction; 3. caesar, caliph, crowned head, czar, emperor, monarch, sovereign; 4. fight, battle, combat, conflict; 5. monarchical, grand, imperial Упр. 3. Выпишите из текста № I пять правильных и пять неправильных глаголов в форме инфинитива и напишите их 2-ю (простое прошедшее время) и 3-ю (причастие прошедшего времени) формы. Model: правильный глагол: to provide – provided – provided неправильный глагол: to be – was/were – been Task 4. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Simple или Past Simple: 1. The Bill of Rights (to incorporate) the ideas of John Locke. 2. In 1689 certain acts of James II (to be) specifically named and declared illegal by the Bill of Rights. 3. The Bill of Rights (to give) certain basic rights for all Englishmen at that time. 4. Nowadays there (to be) two special designs of the British commemorative two pound coins. One (to refer) to the Bill of Rights and the other to the Claim of Right. Both (to depict) the Royal Cypher of William and Mary and the mace of the House of Commons. 5. Along with the Act of Settlement 1701, the Bill of Rights (to be) still in effect. Упр. 5. Задайте вопросы к указанным предложениям, используя вопросительные слова в скобках: 1. The English Bill denounced King James II for abusing his power. (Why) 2. The Parliament of Great Britain declared the rights and liberties of the people in 1689 by passing the Bill of Rights. (What) 3. The 1689 English Bill of Rights had a massive influence on the colonies in North America and the Constitution of the United States. (Tag-question)