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КТО ЧТО СМОЖЕТ №1. Установите соответствия между текстами(1-5) и утверждениями (a-f), отметьте каждый текст соответствующей буквой. Среди утверждений есть одно лишне.

a) This text is about a scientist who enlightened people of young age.

b) This text is about a scientist who was knowledgeable in many fields.

c) This text is about a scientist whose words proved to be true.

d) This text is about a scientist who worked as a team member.

e) This text is about a scientist whose studies proved another man`s idea.

f) This text is about a man who was not a scientist but invented a new technology.

1. ___ Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian mathematics teacher and one of the first true scientists. Galileo did not believe old ideas about the way the world worked but made careful experiments to find out for himself. He built a telescope and became the first man to us it for studying the Moon and planets. What he saw made him believe Copernicus`s idea that the Earth was not the centre of the universe.

2. ___ Johannes Gutenberg (about 1398-1468) is often called the father of book printing. In his day, people slowly copied books by hand or printed them from blocks where each letter was made individually. Gutenberg learned to make metal letters called type. He could pick them up and place them in rows to build pages of type. Gutenberg`s movable type helped him to make copies of a book faster and easier than ever before.

3. ___ Edmond Halley (1656-1742) was an English astronomer who is best known for his study of comets. He got interested in comets when he was still a young man. Halley noticed that the way followed by a comet he had seen in 1682 was very much like those reported in 1607 and 1531. He decided that it was the same comet and said that it would return in 1758. And it did!

4. ___ John Bardeen (1908-1991) was an American scientist who is best remembered for his invention of the transistor with William Shockley and Walter Brattain. The three received the Nobel prize in physics for this work. In 1972, Bardeen won a second Nobel prize with John Schrieffer and Leon Cooper for their work on superconductivity.

5. ___ Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was a brilliant English scientist. His studies of chemistry and physics made him world famous. Faraday is best known for his experiments with electricity. He showed that it could be made to flow in a wire when the wire was passed between the poles of a magnet. For many years Faraday gave science lectures for children.

№2. Впишите соответствующие слова из рамки в эти предложения.

1. I use a of eggs and milk to make omelette.

2. Paul`s about education has changed with years.

3. They live in a little far from big cities.

4. The old building had a beautiful .

5. That was the time when jackets came into fashion.

6. Would you like to some money to this charity?

7. They should be taught to their toys with other children.

8. We spent the week on the beach lying in the sun.

№ 3. Выбери и обведи лексически правильные варианты из данных в скобках.

1. How many English words have you (learned\studied) today?

2. Can we make you (respectable\responsible) for buying the presents?

3. The boy was (said\told) to come to school earlier than usual the next day.

4. In my (opinion\opportunity), the best way of travelling is by airplane.

5. Alice always wears (cardboard\rubber) gloves while washing up.

6. Jane`s favourite (glass\silk) blouse is pink in colour.

7. (Cotton\wool) socks are a lot warmer than (cotton\wool) socks.

8. Ours is the (brick\china) house at the end of the road.

№ 4. Впишите производные от слов из правой колонки в предложения.

1. The of waiting so long is killing me. bore

2. What is the between you two? relation

3. The young poets called themselves a . brother

4. Great love for your country is called . patriot

5. I`ve always been a great of this poet. admire

6. Simon is one of the most people I`ve ever met. knowledge

7. Kate and Lucy have done the work . brilliant

8. The of Colin`s words pleased me. wise

№ 5. Впишите соответствующие служебные слова из рамки в эти предложения.

by, down, from, in, of, off, with

1. Marmalade is made citrus fruit: oranges, lemons etc.

2. The greetings card was written Mrs Dashwood`s niece.

3. I have to see my friend now, I can`t put my visit.

4. my opinion, all these people will eventually come to some agreement.

5. If you want, I can share this information the class.

6. My favourite jacket is made fine wool.

7. In ancient times work was done very simple tools.

8. Put this telephone number not to forget it.