Задание 2 Чтение
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Albert Einstein: the Greatest Scientist of the 20th Century
Not many people really deserve the title "genius" but Albert Einstein [ainstain]was one of them. His discoveries have changed the way we understand our worldtoday. Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. Неwasа very slow learnerat first. Не even had trouble learning to speak! His parents were really worried.As аboy, Albert Einstein was very unhappy at school. His teachers treated him badly because they thought he wasn't very clever. His marks were usually bad.
In 1896 Albert went to Zurich to study at one of the besttechnical universities. There his abilities in mathematicsand physics began to show. After he graduated in 1902,Einstein took а job at the Swiss Patent Office. 1905 washis "Miracle Year", as he published three important essaysincluding one on the "Special Theory of Relativity".Later Einstein wrote "The Theory of Gravity" and "TheGeneral Theory of Relativity". Soon he became а worldwidecelebrity.
In 1914 Einstein moved back to Berlin. In 1921 Einsteinwas awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics, and modestlytravelled third class to Stockholm to receive it. Не usedhis influence to lecture around Europe and the USA topromote world рeaсе. Soon the Nazis came to power in Germany. So in 1933 hehad to go to America where he lived for the rest of his life. Не died on April18th, 1955 in New Jersey, leaving behindа new way for us to look at the world.
1. Albert Einstein .
а) was born in South Europe b) influenced our world с) isа real genius for some people
2. Albert had trouble .
а) reading books b) writing with right hand с) learning to speak
3. Albert's abilities in mathematics became evident during his .
а) school years b) university years с) college years
4. Einstein worked on his famous theories in the .
а) 19th century b) 20th century с) 19th and 20th centuries
5. Albert Einstein .
а) thought that only science was important
b) believed that scientists had а duty to protect the world
с) was sure the main aim of any person's life was fighting for peace
Задание 3 Лексика
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His words are full of 1 (WISE).Charles Dixon is very 2 (KNOWLEDGE) about history. 3 (FRIEND) is extremely important for teenagers, sometimes more important that other things. Alice lives in а quiet 4 (NEIGHBOUR) with good shops. I hope you understand why our 5 (MEET) is taking place in the centre of the town.
Задание4Грамматика
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David Copperfield
David Copperfield is probably the 1 (SUCCESSFUL) magician in history. He became famous at the age of 19,when he played the leading role in themusical "The Magic Man". Newspapers wrote that David Copperfield(it's his stage name) 2 (START) practicing magic when he was only ten and at theage of 12 he 3 (BECOME) the 4 (YOUNG)member of the Society of American Magicians. By now David 5 (WIN) several GuinnessWorld Records and a lot of Emmy Awards for his TV series.Not long ago he 6 (GET) the title of"King of Magic".
Задание5Письмо
Выберите одну из трёх картинок и опишите её по плану. Вам необходимо упомянуть:
1) whatthephotoshows;
2) what and who you can see in the photo (in its centre/at the top/ at the bottom/on the left-hand side/ on the right-hand side of it);
3) what is happening in the photo;
4) whatyou think and what you feel when you look at the photo.
Начнитесфразы: “I’ve chosen photo number … ”
