Рабочая программа по дисциплине Иностранный язык (английский)

6.1. Контрольные вопросы и задания для проведения текущего контроля

1. 
   In what countries is English spoken as the mother tongue?
   
2. 
   Why is it necessary to speak English?
   
3. 
   Is if difficult for you to learn English?
   
4. 
   What can you say about the English language?
   
5. 
   Have you ever visited an English speaking country?
   
6. 
   When have people become alarmed with the danger of pollution?
   
7. 
   What can environmental pollution cause?
   
8. 
   Why is pollution a complicated problem?
   
9. 
   What do government and individuals do to reduce pollution?
   
10. 
    What pollutes the air we breathe?
    
11. 
    What is result of the pollution the atmosphere?
    
12. 
    What are the initial steps in this direction?
    
13. 
    When does water pollution OCCUR?
    
14. 
    Answer multiple choice questions about Tenses in Active Voice.
    
15. 
    What problems threaten human lives on the Earth?
    
16. 
    What are the most dangerous pollutants?
    
17. 
    Can we solve the problem of environmental protection?
    
18. 
    What is the main reason for the greenhouse effect and acid rains on our planet?
    
19. 
    What can we do to reduce pollution?
    
20. 
    Why is environmental protection of a universal concern?
    
21. 
    How much time does it take to double the Earth is population?
    
22. 
    Where did people live many thousands of years ago?
    
23. 
    Did ancient people use wood or bricks to build their houses?
    
24. 
    What kinds of buildings did the ancient Egyp­tians erect?
    
25. 
    What did the ancient Greeks use pillars for?
    
26. 
    Is steel used as a building material?
    
27. 
    What kinds of building materials do you know?
    
28. 
    Is it easy in Britain to find a house?
    
29. 
    Are there any homeless people in England?
    
30. 
    How many people in Britain are living in slums?
    
31. 
    What do the British people suggest to solve the housing problem In Britain?
    
32. 
    Why is the problem of building skyscrapers so important for the skyline of a city?
    
33. 
    What proves the necessity of building horizontally?
    
34. 
    What is the tend­ency now in building dwellings?
    
35. 
    What is the percen­tage of citizens who Tike to live high up?
    
36. 
    In what cases is high building unnecessary?
    
37. 
    What can be said about a London skyline?
    
38. 
    What was Christopher Wren?
    
39. 
    How long did it take to build St. Paul's Cathedral?
    
40. 
    What Is the height of the building?
    
41. 
    What kind of a gallery does this cathedral contain?
    
42. 
    What is the acoustic phenomenon of the gallery?
    

43. 
    Where do the majority of Americans live?
    
44. 
    What is a «suburb»?
    
45. 
    Do many people rent their living quarters?
    
46. 
    What can you tell about mobile homes?
    
47. 
    Why are mobile houses so popular with young couples?
    
48. 
    What do American homes look like?
    
49. 
    How many homes do some families have?
    
50. 
    Do Americans like to rent their homes?
    
51. 
    Where do the poorest people live? Do they like to live there? What are they afraid of?
    
52. 
    Americans who live in towns and cities move often, don't they? Why do they move often?
    
53. 
    Can you see some of American history in the styles of the houses?
    
54. 
    Where is the Empire State building situated?
    
55. 
    What is its height?
    
56. 
    How much time did its construction take?
    
57. 
    How many people can this building hold?
    
58. 
    How many new families will be in Australia by 1999?
    
59. 
    When the first Australia 's housing programme was initilated?
    
60. 
    What traditional building materials are used in Australia ?
    
61. 
    What can some traditional building materials be substituted with?
    
62. 
    What new building materials came to the notice of the Australia building industry?
    
63. 
    Make up your own story on the topic.
    
64. 
    The multiple choice questions about “Indirect Speech”.
    

65. 
    Russian people are successfully working to secure an abundance of material values, aren't they?
    
66. 
    What does the part of national achievements result from?
    
67. 
    Does the technical skill of architects consist in the ar­chitect's comprehensive approach to his task?
    
68. 
    Which projects were praised at reviews of Russian architectural achievements?
    
69. 
    What are the requirements for the inte­riors of new house
    
70. 
    What form has this housing project?
    
71. 
    What is the ground floor reserved1 for?
    
72. 
    . What is the inside court occupied by?
    
73. 
    What does keep out the winter winds in the court?
    
74. 
    What are the main branches of engineering?
    
75. 
    What is civil engineering?
    
76. 
    How old is the profession of civil engineer?
    
77. 
    What are the fields of civil engi­neering?
    
78. 
    When will the housing problem in Russia be solved?
    
79. 
    How much time does it take to assemble a 22-storeyed block of 147 flats?
    
80. 
    What do prefabrication plants in Moscow produce?
    
81. 
    What kinds of new building materials are used in Russia?
    
82. 
    What cookers are used in the kitchens if a block of flats has more than 12 storeys?
    
83. 
    How many flats are built annually in Russia
    
84. 
    When did the first student construction team appear?
    
85. 
    What city was the first student construction team from?
    
86. 
    How did the geography of student con­struction sites change?
    
87. 
    Do foreign students take part in the construction teams?
    
88. 
    What sort of student con­struction teams do the future civil engineers form?
    
89. 
    What is the main object in the art of building?
    
90. 
    In what age are we living?
    
91. 
    What are the three main materials used in construction now?
    
92. 
    What form can the roofs have now?
    
93. 
    What changes have been made in the interiors of houses? 6
    
94. 
    What labour-saving devices can you name?
    
95. 
    Do you live in a comfortable house?
    
96. 
    What conveniences (удобства) do you have?
    
97. 
    Is there electric light and central heating in your flat?
    
98. 
    Do you like your room? Is it warm and light? 1
    
99. 
    What houses are more comfortable: the new ones or the old ones?
    
100. 
     Where did people live many thousands of years ago?
     
101. 
     Did ancient people use wood or bricks to build their houses?
     
102. 
     What kinds of buildings did the ancient Egyp­tians erect? 4
     
103. 
     What did the ancient Greeks use pillars for?
     
104. 
     Is steel used as a building material?
     
105. 
     What kinds of building materials do you know?
     

1. 
   Into what groups can the buildings be divided as far as material is concerned?
   
2. 
   Of what material are the buildings built?
   
3. 
   How should the interior be planned?
   
4. 
   In what way should the exterior be planned?
   
5. 
   What should every building be provided with?
   
6. 
   What must be calculated first of all?
   
7. 
   Who is called a tradesman or a craftsman?
   
8. 
   Whose trades were originally the same?
   
9. 
   Whose work is finer: the carpenter's or the joiner's?
   
10. 
    What kind of work does a plasterer perform?
    
11. 
    What is done first during the construction of a building?
    
12. 
    What keeps the walls and floors from contact with the soil?
    
13. 
    What are the floors for?
    
14. 
    What do the walls of a building serve for?
    
15. 
    Does the stability of a building depend on the framework?
    
16. 
    When was Red Square closed for repairs?.
    
17. 
    What did the builders restore?
    
18. 
    How were the walls and tow­ers protected?
    
19. 
    How many bricks were replaced in the Kremlin wall?
    
20. 
    Where were the new stones brought from?
    
21. 
    Why lifting and transport problems on the construc­tion site must be taken into account by architects?
    
22. 
    Why is it important to minimise the size of structural elements?
    
23. 
    How should mechanical handling during construction be treated?
    
24. 
    What does a method of handling depend on?
    
25. 
    How should the elements of a building Se de­signed?
    
26. 
    What kind of crane is the GCI 5400?
    
27. 
    How many engines has this crane?
    
28. 
    What is the maximum lilting capacity of the crane?
    
29. 
    To what height is this .crane able to lift a load?
    
30. 
    How does this crane move on a construction site?
    

1. 
   Where do we use concrete and brick?
   
2. 
   Who was the first to use concrete?
   
3. 
   What kind of roofs did the ancient Romans make?
   
4. 
   How do we make concrete?
   
5. 
   How can we strengthen concrete?
   
6. 
   What shapes can we give to concrete?
   
7. 
   What is the name of the industry processing the natural compounds of silicon?
   
8. 
   What materials are used for making silicate bricks?
   
9. 
   What are the initial ma­terials for getting glass?
   
10. 
    How do we get concrete?
    
11. 
    What is the difference between cement and concrete?
    
12. 
    What materials is brick made of?
    
13. 
    Why brick-building has been popular for many hund­reds of years?
    
14. 
    What is the shape of a brick?
    
15. 
    What is the brick's weight?
    
16. 
    Is prestressed concrete a new building material?
    
17. 
    How long has prestressed concrete been used in con­struction?
    
18. 
    What disadvantages has plain concrete?
    
19. 
    What is steel used in prestressed concrete for?
    
20. 
    What will happen if"elastic limit"of a beam is
    exceeded?
    
21. 
    What is prestressed concrete used for?
    
22. 
    Can wood products achieve a class "0" spread of flame rating?
    
23. 
    How long has the oldest timber building in the world been standing?
    
24. 
    ' What tests may be carried out on materials?
    
25. 
    When are non-destructive testes used?
    
26. 
    What is the X-ray test?
    
27. 
    How can a cracked casting be detected?
    
28. 
    What types of the destructive tests are most commonly used?
    
29. 
    What does the hardness test consist of?
    
30. 
    What is the bolt used for?
    
31. 
    How many types of nuts do you know?
    
32. 
    What is a lock-nut used for?
    
33. 
    What is the usual height of a lock-nut?
    
34. 
    Does a wing-nut require a spanner for tightening it?
    
35. 
    What kind of nut is a thumb-nut?
    
36. 
    What kind of plastic panels are produced in the USA?
    
37. 
    What is "Krinklglas¹?
    
38. 
    What are the main features of this material?
    
39. 
    What kind of tools may these panels be worked with?
    
40. 
    What may plastic panels be used for?
    
41. 
    Where can plastics be applied?
    
42. 
    What advantages do plastics offer? .
    
43. 
    What can plastics be used for except decoration?
    
44. 
    What does plastic material consist of?
    
45. 
    What for is plastics recommended as a structural ma­terial?
    
46. 
    What products does "Colorplast" factory manu­facture?
    
47. 
    What are PVC panels suitable for?
    
48. 
    Why are PVC panels of particular interest to architects and builders?
    
49. 
    What are window frames made of?
    
50. 
    What are doorposts made of?
    
51. 
    What are overall dimensions of decorative-acoustic foamed glass?
    
52. 
    What is the heat conductivity of struc­tural foamed-glass blocks
    
53. 
    What Institute deals with the problem of-building in permafrost zones?
    
54. 
    Where is this Institute situated? .
    
55. 
    How much land on our planet is frozen?
    
56. 
    What can create great difficulties for builders in permafrost zones?
    
57. 
    Are there any tall buildings in the Far North today?
    
58. 
    What must be taken into consideration while building on frozen ground?
    
59. 
    Where is the Ekofisk oil field situated?
    
60. 
    What kind of structure is situated at Ekofisk?
    
61. 
    What is the tank made of?
    
62. 
    What is this tank for?
    
63. 
    Where were the foundations constructed?
    
64. 
    Why is the problem of building skyscrapers so important for the skyline of a city?
    
65. 
    What proves the necessity of building horizontally?
    
66. 
    What is the tend­ency now in building dwellings?
    
67. 
    What is the percen­tage of citizens who Tike to live high up?
    
68. 
    In what cases is high building unnecessary?
    
69. 
    What can be said about a London skyline?
    
70. 
    Where is the United Nations Headquarters situated?
    
71. 
    How many storeys has the Secretariat Building?
    
72. 
    What kind of glass was used for the windows of this building?
    
73. 
    What facilities does the Conference Building contain?
    
74. 
    What shape is the General Assembly Building of?
    
75. 
    Where does the Manage building in Moscow stand?
    
76. 
    When was this building built?
    
77. 
    What was the Manege built for?
    
78. 
    Who worked out the Manage project?
    
79. 
    What can you say about the roof of this building?
    
80. 
    What is the Manege used for now?