Контрольная работа по иностранному языку ГАГПК. Вариант 8

1. Переведите текст и ответьте на вопросы.

September 11, 2001

September 11, 2001 is the most tragic hour in the history of the United States; this terror kamikaze attack was called a second Pearl Harbour.

This day unspeakable horror for New York and the whole American nation, terrorists crashed planes into the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. Thousands of lives were suddenly ended. The attacks involved four synchronised plane hijackings, two from Boston, one from Newark and one from Dulles International Airport in Washington. The planes crashed within 90 minutes one after another.

The responsibility for the attacks was placed on Osama Bin Laden, the exiled Saudi millionaire indicted in the U.S. on charges of masterminding the bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998. He is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan, with the help from the Taliban, Afghanistan Islamic organization.

The attack began at 8:51 a.m. when one of the hijacked planes slammed into the first World Trade Centre. As hundreds of sirens wailed through the city towards the burning tower, some of the centre’s 50,000 workers could be seen falling from the windows of the sky-scraper. They included a man and a woman holding hands. They were alive, one could see them screaming, falling and falling in the air. It was a horrible scene.

The whole country was seized with grief, disbelief, confusion and shock. Altogether, the four planes carried 2666 people. The explosions had claimed the lives of more than 200 fire-fighters, about 100 police officers and emergency workers. The number of victims in the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon was horrific.

Vocabulary

to hijack – угнать самолет

to mastermind – тайно руководить

to exile – изгонять, ссылать

to wail — выть

Questions:

1. What happened on September 11, 2001?

2. Who was responsible for the attacks?

3. Where is Osama Bin Laden believed to be hiding?

4. What was the nation’s reaction to the tragic events?

5. What was the number of victims among the passengers?

2. Поставьте глагол to be в нужную форму.

1. Washington … the capital of the USA.

2. Coffee … expensive.

3. A dog … a man’s friend.

4. I … always glad to see them.

5. He … free in the evenings.

6. They … so happy.