К/р №3 по английскому, вариант 1

The Population of Great Britain
I. Прочтите текст и письменно ответьте на вопросы, следующие, за ним.
.....The main feature of the changing age structure is the increasing number of elderly people. The lot of the elderly people in Britain is a serious social problem.
Marriage trends since the 1930s have been towards a higher proportion of people marrying and an earlier age patte
. The average age for the first marriages is just over 26 for men and 24 for women. The proportion of people divorcing is growing.
As regards the proportion of urban population Britain probably holds the first place in the world. Over 90 per cent of its population live in towns.
One should note that today in Britain there are also sizeable groups of Americans, Australians, Chinese and various European communities. In the last generation British society has therefore become more multi-racial as ethnic minority groups from almost all parts of the world have made a permanent home in the country.

1. Did mass emigration influence the growth of the population of Great Britain?
2. What are the most highly populated regions of the country?
3. What is the main reason of the birth rates decline?

II. Перепишите и письменно переведите 5.6.7 и 8-й абзацы текста.

III. Выпишите из 1-го и 4-го абзацев предложения, содержащие независимый причастный оборот, и переведите их на русский язык.

IV. Раскройте скобки, употребив глагол в нужной видовременной форме.
1. The Atlantic Ocean (wash) the weste
coast of Great Britain. 2. By, the end of the 18th century Europeans (visit) nearly all of the important Pacific islands.
3. In 1820 more than 70 per cent of the labour force in the US (work) on farms.
4. At present the bulk of the population of Scotland (concentrate) in the central lowlands. 5. Most of Britain's former colonies (become) independent.

V. Переведите предложения, содержащие инфинитивные конструкции.
1. Scientists believe the population of Great Britain to have been 2 million...