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Файл:Мосты.Тоннели.(Радиевская, Парменова).doc
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- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. What definition of a bridge is correct?
- •IV. Make the collocations with the word bridge using the words in ovals and put them into the sentences below. With the rest not used make your own sentences:
- •V. Make the following sentences shorter replacing a set of words with one:
- •VI. Choose the following role and make a small report covering the problem mentioned:
- •I. What can it be?
- •II. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Match the meanings of these terms with their definition:
- •V. Match the period with the description:
- •VI. Can you decipher the message?
- •VII. Make the word combinations using the derivatives from the words in brackets:
- •VIII. Find the synonyms to the words in italics:
- •IX. Find key-words in the text to give general information about the history of bridge construction. How many of them do you need?
- •X. Make a short summary of the text.
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Define the type of the bridge:
- •IV. Match the meanings of these terms with their definition:
- •V. Fill in the correct prepositions:
- •VI. Read the text and say what following words are key ones in each part consequently:
- •VII. Using the key words describe three ancient types of bridges.
- •VIII. Complete the following table:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Match the meanings of these terms with their definition:
- •III. Put the words in correct forms into the text:
- •IV. Read the following text to find information on:
- •V. Now you are ready to describe bridges of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
- •VI. Continue completing the table:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Match the meanings of these terms with their definition:
- •III. Choose the correct preposition:
- •IV. Put the correct form of the words into the sentences:
- •VI. Continue completing the table:
- •1. The history of bridge construction
- •2. The history of bridge construction in Belarus
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •III. Match the meanings of these terms with their definition:
- •IV. Match the words with their synonyms:
- •V. Fill in the correct prepositions:
- •VI. Read the sentences and translate the words in brackets:
- •VII. Make the precis of the text
- •Introduction
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Choose the contextual meaning of the word:
- •V. Fill in the correct prepositions:
- •VII. Make the precis of the text
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text.
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III Match the meanings of these terms with their definition:
- •IV. Match the word with its translation. Find the corresponding pairs of words:
- •V. Read the passage and answer the question:
- •VI. Fill in the missing words from the list:
- •VII. Make the precis of the text
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Match the meanings of these terms with their definition:
- •IV. Translate:
- •V Insert the words from the list:
- •VI. Make the precis of the text
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Insert the words from the list:
- •IV. Fill the correct preposition:
- •V. Fill in the gaps with a suitable derivations of the word given on the right:
- •VI. Read the passage and answer the question: How has the classical drawbridge been improved?
- •VII. Make the precis of the text
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Complete the sentences with the best answer:
- •III. Answer the questions:
- •IV. Match these terms with their definitions
- •V. Translate the missing words
- •VI. Insert the words
- •IV. Match the word with the corresponding number:
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the questions
- •VII. Make the precis of the text
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the questions
- •III. Complete the sentence with the best answer (a, b or c) according to the information in the text
- •IV. Put the words in the right order
- •V. Fill in the correct prepositions
- •VI. Translate the passage and answer the question: What was done to facilitate the setting of a foundation.
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Insert the words from the list
- •IV. Translate the words in brackets.
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the questions
- •III. Match the meaning of the terms with their definition.
- •IV. Insert the words and translate the sentences.
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the questions.
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Match the meanings of these terms with their definition:
- •IV. Complete the table with the missing words:
- •V. Say in other words (use synonyms or terms instead of words and word-combinations in italics):
- •VI. Write down the key-words from the text.
- •VII. Get ready to speak on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. You’ve read about two most famous suspension bridges in the world. Can you compare them? Complete the following table:
- •IV. Match the meanings of these terms with their definition:
- •V. Put the words in the right order to make a statement:
- •VI. Read the text below and decide which answer a, b, c, or d best fits each space. Circle your answer.
- •1. Work with a partner to discuss the following questions and choose answers.
- •2. Now read the text about Tower Bridge to see whether you are right.
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Match the meanings of these terms with their definition:
- •III. Fill in the correct prepositions:
- •IV. Say in other words:
- •V. Reconstruct the following texts and title them:
- •VI. Have you ever seen the bridges described in the photos?
- •VII. How are the following names and things connected to Tower Bridge? Say some words about each of them.
- •VI. Make the plan of the text Tower Bridge.
- •VII. Write down the key-words to expand the plan.
- •VII. Make an abstract of the same text.
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Complete the sentences:
- •IV. Make the collocations and make up the sentences with them:
- •V. Fill in the correct prepositions:
- •VI. Say in other words (if very complicated, use the words after the text):
- •VII. Complete the text with suitable letters or words:
- •1. Famous bridges.
- •2. Famous bridges in Belarus.
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the questions.
- •VII. Make the precis of the text.
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the questions
- •IV. Match the words with their opposites
- •V. Fill in the prepositions.
- •VI. Insert the words from the list
- •VII. Make the precis of the text
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the questions.
- •1. The history of tunneling.
- •2. The history of tunneling in Belarus.
- •1. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •III. Insert the words from the list
- •IV. Fill in the prepositions:
- •V. Complete the sentences using appropriate derivates of the words given on the right.
- •VII. Make the precis of the text
- •1. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Insert the words from the list
- •IV. Fill in the gaps with suitable derivatives of the words given on the right:
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the questions
- •III. Fill in the prepositions.
- •IV. Fill in the words.
- •V. Give the missing forms of the words below.
- •Verb Noun Adjective
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text.
- •II. Answer the following questions.
- •I. Match the words with their synonyms.
- •II. Match the words with their opposites.
- •III. Fill in the words: feet, shallow, circular, mining, steel, conditions, waterproofed, cost, dangerous, downward.
- •1. Basic procedures in tunneling operations.
- •2. The construction of tunnels.
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Match the meanings of these terms with their definition:
- •IV. Complete the following table:
- •V. Using the words from the table above complete the following sentences:
- •VI. Make up the sentences from the words below:
- •VI. Complete the text with the words below:
- •VII. What plan of the text The Mersey Tunnel is better? Why?
- •I. Using the words in the box complete the following table:
- •II. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Arrange the following statements in right order:
- •V. Choose the right variant:
- •VI. Convert the following units of length into the units accepted in Belarus:
- •VII. Complete the following table and analyze it
- •VIII. Match the meanings of these terms with their definition:
- •IX. Complete the text using the words below:
- •X. Put correct forms into the gaps in the text:
- •X. Make a précis of the text Central Artery/Tunnel Project (Big Dig)
- •I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
- •II. Using the information given in the text complete the following table:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Fill in the correct prepositions and match the collocations:
- •V. Say in other words:
- •VI. Guess the words in the text:
- •VII. Read the text above once again and choose the sentence summarizing it:
- •I. Arrange the parts of the text according to the following plan:
- •II. Read the next part of the text and choose the title below the text summarizing it:
- •III. Make the precis of the text Seikan Tunnel
- •1. Famous tunnels in the world
- •2. Famous tunnels in Belarus.
I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text:
1. The Brooklyn Bridge is considered a brilliant deed of 20th-century engineering.
2. The Brooklyn Bridge is said to be the longest in the world.
3. The bridge's chief engineer was John A. Roebling.
4. It was the first bridge to use a caisson.
5. The bridge is quite busy today.
II. Answer the following questions:
1. The Brooklyn Bridge is named as a bridge of many firsts. What firsts can you recollect?
2. Look at the Brief Information section—two engineers are mentioned to have built the bridge. How can you explain the fact?
3. What is a caisson? What problems did it present to the engineers?
4. How much did the bridge “earn” on the opening day?
5. By how many times has a total of vehicles risen since the first day?
6. Do you agree that The Brooklyn Bridge is considered a brilliant deed of 20th-century engineering?
7. Why were vehicles charged some money to cross the bridge? Do you think it’s correct?
III. You’ve read about two most famous suspension bridges in the world. Can you compare them? Complete the following table:
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LANGUAGE FOCUS
IV. Match the meanings of these terms with their definition:
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1. caisson 2. to span 3. cable 4. anchorage 5. to block 6. explosive 7. TDM 8. a tower 9. a suspension bridge 10. to snap |
a. thick rope of wire or hemp b. located at the outermost ends, the part of a suspension bridge to which the cables are attached. Similar in location to an abutment of a beam bridge. c. a bridge which carries its deck with many tension members attached to cables draped over tower piers. d. to obstruct e. a tall pier or frame supporting the cable of a suspension bridge. f. to break suddenly g. to stretch from side to side of; extend across h. a device that is an effective and practical means for reducing resonant vibration in structures. i. watertight chamber for underwater construction work j. a substance likely to cause a violent outburst |
V. Put the words in the right order to make a statement:
1. The, both, Bridge, long, tall, Akashi, is, and, Kaikyo, extremely.
2. Building, had to, Japanese, the weather, also, consider, the bridge, engineers.
2. The TMDs, the direction, the bridge, of the wind, sway, balancing, against.
3. is, triangular, with, of, complex, the bridge, network, braces, supported.
4. the, suspension, cable, Bridge, steel, bridge, was, the first, to, Brooklyn, use, its, wire, for.
5. underwater, an, American, a caisson, device, for, engineers, the, first, time, used, called, explosives, in.
6. Before, even, engineer, construction, the bridge's, died, began, chief.
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