Задание 1. Выберите правильную форму глагола из двух предложенных.
1. You haven’t said a word all morning. What … about? A. are you thinking B. do you think 2. Turn the lights off before you … to bed. A. will go B. go 3. It is clear to me that his time for action . A. has come B. comes 4. She …. home when she saw the accident. A. was walking B. had walked 5. How long ago …. this course? A. had you taken B. did you take 6. David dreams that he will become a successful lawyer by the time he …thirty years old. A. is B. will be
Задание 2. Подчеркните сказуемое в предложении, определите его видо-временную форму и переведите предложения на русский язык.
1.GPC is used by aircraft and skips for en route navigation and for airport or harbor approaches. 2. Because the GPS user does not need to communicate with the satellite, GPS can serve an unlimited number of users. 3. GPS, formally known as the Navstar Global Positioning System, was initiated in 1973.
Задание 3. Укажите, какой частью речи является выделенная форма: a) герундием (Gerund); b) инфинитивом(Infinitive);c) причастием настоящего времени (Participle I); d) причастием прошедшего времени (Participle II). Переведите предложения. 1. Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based radio-navigation system, consisting of 24 satellites and ground support. 2. By taking a measurement from a fourth satellite, the receiver avoids the need for an atomic clock. 3. In a method called precision farming, GPS is used to monitor and control the application of agricultural fertilizer and pesticides.
Задание 4. Read the text. Then read the titles. Which of the following titles is the best? a. Space Satellites. b. Global Positioning System. c. Segments of Global Positioning System. d. Radio-Navigation Systems. Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based radio-navigation system, consisting of 24 satellites and ground support. GPS provides users with accurate information about their position and velocity, as well as the time, anywhere in the world and in all weather conditions. GPS, formally known as the Navstar Global Positioning System, was initiated in 1973.1________. GPS satellites carry atomic clocks that provide extremely accurate time. The time information is placed in the codes broadcast by the satellite so that a receiver can continuously determine the time the signal was broadcast. The signal contains data that a receiver uses to compute the locations of the satellites and to make other adjustments needed for accurate positioning. The receiver uses the time difference between the time of signal reception and the broadcast time to compute the distance, or range, from the receiver to the satellite. The receiver must account for propagation delays, or decreases in the signal's speed caused by the ionosphere and the troposphere. With information about the ranges to three satellites and the location of the satellite when the signal was sent, the receiver can compute its own three-dimensional position. An atomic clock synchronized to GPS is required in order to compute ranges from these three signals. However, by taking a measurement from a fourth satellite, the receiver avoids the need for an atomic clock. 2_______.GPS comprises three segments: the space, control, and user segments. The space segment includes the satellites and the Delta rockets. GPS satellites fly in circular orbits at an altitude of 20,100 km (12,500 mi) and with a period of 12 hours. The orbits are tilted to the earth's equator by 55 degrees to ensure coverage of polar regions.3________. Each satellite contains four atomic clocks. The control segment includes the master control station in Colorado, and monitor stations in the Atlantic, Indian and South Pacific Oceans. These stations monitor the GPS satellites. The control segment uses measurements collected by the monitor stations to predict the behavior of each satellite's orbit and clock. The prediction data is uplinked, or transmitted, to the satellites for transmission to the users. 4________. The user segment includes the equipment of the military personnel and civilians who receive GPS signals. With more than 500,000 GPS receivers, the civilian community has its own large and diverse user segment. Surveyors use GPS to save time over standard survey methods.5_______. GPS tracking systems are used to route and monitor delivery vans and emergency vehicles. In a method called precision farming, GPS is used to monitor and control the application of agricultural fertilizer and pesticides. GPS is available as an in-car navigation aid and is used by hikers and hunters. It is also used on the Space Shuttle. Because the GPS user does not need to communicate with the satellite, GPS can serve an unlimited number of users.
Задание 5. Read the text again. Choose the best sentence from the list below to complete each gap. 1. We know that the atom is mostly empty space with a minute central nucleus some tens of thousands of times smaller than the atom. 2. Powered by solar cells, the satellites continuously orient themselves to point their solar panels toward the sun and their antennae toward the earth. 3. GPC is used by aircraft and skips for en route navigation and for airport or harbor approaches. 4. GPC determines location by computing the difference between the time that a signal is sent and the time it is received. 5. That makes it possible to send signals long distances, and in the XX century the world was united without wires. 6. Thus, the receiver uses four satellites to compute latitude, longitude, altitude, and time. 7. The control segment also ensures that the GPC satellite orbits and clocks remain within acceptable limits.
Задание 6 . Choose the best answer to these questions according to the text. 1. What are the constituent parts of Global Positing System? a) solar cells, solar panels, b) latitude, longitude, altitude, and time, c) 24 satellites and ground support. 2. When was GPC initiated? a) in 1973, b) in 1955, c) in 1971. 3. What is the way to avoid the need for an atomic clock? a) to use a code, b) to take a measurement from a fourth satellite, c) to account for propagation delays. 4. Why are the orbits of GPC satellites titled to the earth’s equator? a) to avoid the need for an atomic clock, b) to orient themselves to point their solar panels, toward the sun and their antennae toward the earth, c) to ensure coverage of polar regions. 5. What segment is necessary to predict the behavior of each satellite’s orbit and clock? a) the space segment, b) the control segment, c) the user segment.
Задание 7. Here are some dictionary definitions of words from the text. Each word has more than one definition. Choose the definition that fits each of the words in the text best. 1. time a. the passing of all the days, months, and years, taken as a whole; b. occasion. 2. receiver a. person who receives, b. part of an apparatus for receiving smth. 3. segment a. part cut off or marked off by a line, b. division or section. 4. control a. power or authority to direct, order or restrain; b. station at which cars taking part in a race may stop for overhaul, etc.
Задание 8. Find words and expressions which mean the same as the following. 1. backing 2. guarantee 3. have or hold within itself 4. staff 5. unbounded
Задание 9. Make an outline of the text in 7-8 sentences.
