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TEXT 3. The greatest developments of mankind

1.Read the text

(Прочитайте текст)

Все последующие задания выполняются письменно

3. Copy from the text the sentences with the words and word combinations from essential vocabulary and translate them into Russian. ( Найдите и выпишите из текста предложения со словами и выражениями из предыдущего задания и переведите их на русский язык)

4. Choose the answers to the following questions

( Выберите ответы на следующие вопросы):

1. What is sundial?

a. the use of conventional typesetting machines;

b. the special tool for timekeeping;

c. the quality;

d. the completeness and correct location.

2. What was invented by Johannes Gutenberg?

a. the designed blocks of text;

b. press proofing process;

c. the way the films are used;

d. a method of printing.

3. What country was a hotbed of optic development?

a. Germany;

b. Holland;

c. Hungary;

d. Denmark.

4. Is the dynamo based on a discovery made by the British scientist Michael Faraday?

a. Yes, it is;

b. No, it isn't;

c. I don't know;

d. I am not sure.

5. What was called the penicillin?

a. a bacteria;

b. an infection;

c. a mould;

d. a disease.

5. Match the two halves of the phrases:

(Соедините две половины выражений)

1	magnetic	a	type
2	electric	b	bulb
3	movable	c	flight
4	method of	d	phone
5	light	e	robot
6	Petri	f	current
7	battlefield	g	field
8	space	h	printing
9	mobile	i	dish
10	programmable	j	death

6. Translate the resulting expressions into Russian.

(Переведите полученные выражения на русский язык письменно)

7. Find the statement true or false

(Определите, верно или ложно утверждение):

8. Complete the sentences with correct endings

(Выберите верную концовку предложений):

1. The achievement of artificial timekeeping has reverberated throughout:

a) cultivation;

b) civilization;

c) curriculum.

2. For thousands of years the dissemination of knowledge was limited to:

a) text input;

b) magnetic field procedures;

c) word of mouth and extremely costly manuscripts.

3. Michael Faraday found that moving a coil of wire through a magnetic field produces:

a) magnetic field.

b) electric current;

c) weightlessness.

4. Alexander Fleming noticed identified mould as coming from:

a) the penicillium family;

b) the antibacterial family;

c) the infection family.

5. It is possible to implant different microchips directly:

a) in the muscle;

b) in the nerve;

c) in the brain.

9. Word building (Словообразование).

With some words it is possible to create several new words by adding suffixes. Look at the examples and complete the table below, using a dictionary. Give the translation.

(Заполните, где возможно, пропуски в таблице и дайте перевод полученных слов. Пользуйтесь словарем.)

10. Find the equivalents to the Russian words and phrases in the text

(Найдите в тексте эквивалентные слова и выражения):

1. прорыв;

2. в огромных количествах;

3. слышимый щелчок;

4. распространение знаний;

5. библия;

6. микроскоп;

7. самолёт;

8. тысячелетие;

9. ограничения;

10. лекарства.