Публицистический стиль английского языка

Административная контрольная работа по английскому языку № 1

(Деловой и публицистический стили английского языка) 11 класс.

Чтение

Read the text. Choose one word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if substituted for the word in bold type.

Newspapers

The newspaper is a publication usually (1) issued on a daily or weekly basis, the main function of which is to report news. Many newspapers also (2) provide readers with special information, such as weather reports, television schedules, and listings of stock prices. They provide commentary on politics, economics, and arts and culture, and sometimes include entertainment (3) features, such as comics and crossword puzzles. In nearly all cases and in varying degrees, newspapers depend on commercial advertising for their (4) income.

Newspaper publishers (5) estimate that nearly six out of ten adults in the United States and Canada read a newspaper every day, and seven out of ten read a paper each weekend. By the time they see a newspaper, most people have already learned about (6) breaking news stories on television or radio. Readers (7) rely on newspapers to provide detailed background information and analysis, which television and radio newscasts (8) rarely offer. Newspapers not only inform readers that an event happened but also help readers understand what led up to the event and how it will (9) affect the world around them.

The staff of a large newspaper works under the (10) constant pressure of deadlines to bring news to readers as quickly as human energy and technological (11) devices permit. Reporters, photographers, artists, and editors (12) compile articles and graphics - sometimes in just a few hours. Page designers assemble articles, photos, illustrations, advertisements, and (13) eye-catching headlines into page layouts, then rush their work to the printer. Printing technicians may work through the night operations printing presses that can (14) make more than 60,000 copies per hour.

Precursors to modern papers (15) first appeared in Venice, Italy, in the middle of the 14^th century. Newspapers as known today, complete with advertising and a mixture of political, Economic, and social news and commentary, (16) emerged in Britain in the mid-18^th century.

За каждый правильный ответ – 1 балл. Максимум – 16 баллов

1.	A – come	C – released
	B – gone	D – copied
2.	A – supply	C – get
	B – obtain	D – bear
3.	A – articles	C – agenda
	B – items	D – lines
4.	A – business	C – profit
	B – outcome	D – loss
5.	A – count	C – mark
	B – account	D – evaluate
6.	A – new	C – startling
	B – start	D – starting
7.	A – trust	C – analyze
	B – read	D – research
8.	A – frequently	C – seldom
	B – always	D – often
9.	A – effect	C – influence
	B – influence on	D – stress
10.	A – frequent	C – continuous
	B – permanent	D – lasting
11.	A – devises	C – plants
	B – minds	D – tools
12.	A – bring on	C – bring together
	B – bring up	D – bring along
13.	A – striking	C – biting
	B – beating	D – fighting
14.	A – product	C – take out
	B – produce	D – make out
15.	A – firstly	C – origin
	B – first time	D – originally
16.	A – came out	C – came in
	B – came off	D – came down

KEYS

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
C	A	B	C	D	C	A	C	C	B	D	C	A	B	D	A

Административная контрольная работа по английскому языку № 2

(Деловой и публицистический стили английского языка) 10 класс.

Говорение

Give a 2-3 minute talk about Political System of the Russian Federation.

Say what elements of Russian political system are worth mentioning. Give reasons.

1.      What is the basic principle of constitutional government?

2.      What does the President do?

3.      What do you know about the way the government is formed in Russia?

4.      What powers does the President have according to the constitution?

5.      What does the President work with?

You are expected to demonstrate your ability to: 

speak at length elaborating on a topic

produce coherent utterances

give reasons

use accurate grammar structures and a good range of vocabulary appropriate to the context and function

Максимальное количество баллов – 6.

Political System of the Russian Federation.

Russia is a democratic federative state based on rule of law and a republican form of government. State power in Russia is exercised by the President, the Federal Assembly, the Government and the courts.

One of the basic principles of constitutional government is the division of powers. In accordance with this principle, power must be divided among the legislative, executive and judicial branches of power.

The President is at the summit of the system of state power. He ensures that all the state institutions are able to carry out their responsibilities.

The president of Russia is the government’s chief executive, head of state, and most powerful official. The president is elected by the people to serve a six-year term. The president, with the approval of the lower house of parliament, appoints a prime minister to serve as head of government. The prime minister is the top-ranking official of a Council of Ministers (cabinet). The council carries out the operations of the government.

Each institution of state power is only partially responsible for enforcing the Constitution. Only the President has the responsibility of safeguarding the state system, the state's sovereignty and integrity overall. The President's place in the state power system is tied to the executive branch of power. This closeness is reflected in the specific constitutional powers the President exercises as head of state.

The origins of this constitutional situation lie in the particularities of the way the government is formed in Russia. The Constitution does not link the process of forming a government to the distribution of seats in parliament among the different political parties and fractions. In other words, the party with the majority in parliament could form the government, but the government does not have to be formed according to this principle. Both approaches would be in keeping with the Constitution. But this situation can be a source of problems for many aspects of the executive branch's work, especially law-making. Such problems could reduce the effectiveness of the executive branch's work.

In order to overcome such a situation, the Constitution gives the President a number of powers that he can use on an ongoing basis to influence the government's work. These powers include approving the structure of the federal executive bodies of power, appointing deputy prime ministers and ministers, the right to preside government meetings, exercise control over the lawfulness of the government's action, and direct subordination of the security ministries to the President. The President has the right to dismiss the government or to accept the Prime Ministers resignation, which automatically entails the resignation of the government as a whole.

The President works with two consultative bodies — the Security Council and the State Council. The President chairs these two councils. The system of Presidential power includes the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoys in the Federal Districts.

Административная контрольная работа по английскому языку № 3

(Деловой и публицистический стили английского языка) 11 класс.

Письмо

Translate the following text using the dictionary.

Alliance reiterates support for Ukraine

Meeting in Sofia for informal consultations, NATO Foreign Ministers reiterated their support for Ukraine ’s reform efforts and their readiness to provide assistance.

At the informal meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission, Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk briefed Ministers on the recent political developments in Ukraine.

NATO Ministers and Mr. Tarasyuk also took stock of the intensified dialogue on Ukraine’s membership aspirations and related reforms, which was launched just over a year ago.

Performance-based process

Ministers congratulated Ukraine in particular on the conduct of the parliamentary elections, which were free and fair and which NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer called a “milestone”.

They also welcomed the adoption of Ukraine’s target plan for 2006, which outlines the specific reform activities that Ukraine has committed to undertake this year.

Speaking to reporters at a joint press conference with the Minister, Mr. De Hoop Scheffer said that security sector reform was a key issue and NATO was looking forward to upcoming high-level consultations with Ukraine on this issue.

In terms of Ukraine ’s membership ambitions, the Secretary General stressed that this is a “performance-based process”, which depended on the progress of reforms in Ukraine.

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