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14. Decide if the following nouns are countable or uncountable and write them in the appropriate column below.

Drill, dye, electronic mail, equipment, factory, fault, information, laboratory, machine, machinery, packaging, pollution, reliability, silk, tunnel.

Countable Uncountable

15. Fill in the blanks with the where necessary.

1) ….. Europe is the second smallest continent in 2) ….. world and is home to one seventh of 3) ….. world’s population. 4) ….. longest river there is 5) ….. River Volga and 6) ….. largest freshwater lake is 7) ….. Lake Lodoga, in 8) ….. north-western 9) ….. Russia. 10) ….. highest mountain peak is 11) ….. Mount Elbrus in 12) ….. Caucasus Mountains. 13) ….. Europe is bordered towards the north by 14) …..Arctic Ocean, the south by 15) ….. Mediterranean Sea and 16) ….. Black Sea, the west by 17) ….. Atlantic Ocean and the east by 18) ….. Asia. 19) ….. Europeans are 20) ….. people who live in 21) ….. Europe. 22) ….. association which has been formed to unite 23) ….. countries of 24) ….. Europe is called 25) ….. European Union.

16. Fill in the blanks with a / an or the where necessary.

1. What do you usually have for ….. breakfast?

2. Their car does 150 miles ….. hour.

3. Where's ….. USB drive I lent you last week?

4. Is your mother working in …... old office building?

5. I can't believe I failed ….. yesterday’s test!

6. May I have your ….. phone number?

7. I think ….. man over there is unfriendly.

17. Fill in the blanks with a / an or the where necessary.

  1. Measuring instrument is ….. device for determining the value of some quantity in terms of a standard unit.

  2. Metrology is ….. very broad field and may be divided into three subfields.

  3. Scientists, engineers and other humans use ….. vast range of instruments to perform their measurements.

  4. In ….. United States, the National Institute of Standards and Technology is very important.

  5. Modern metrology has its roots in ….. French Revolution.

  6. This is ….. portable computer. ….. portable computer is black.

  7. Invention of electronic computers is one of ….. greatest achievements of mankind.

Unit 17

Inventions

LEAD-IN

1. Match the invention to its inventor.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Telephone

Morse Code

Hot-air balloon

Automobile

Airplane

Diesel engine

Helicopter

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

Igor Sikorsky

Rudolf Diesel

Montgolfier brothers

Wright brothers

Karl Benz

Samuel Morse

Alexander Graham Bell

2. What do you think are the most outstanding inventions in human history? Why are they important?

READING

3. Read the text and put the inventions in the chronological order:

- invention of writing;

- the use of fossil fuels as sources of energy, the improvement of metallurgical processes, the development of electricity and electronics, the invention of the internal-combustion engine, and the use of metal and cement in construction work;

- inventive use of stone and metal implements;

- invention of movable type;

- inventive use of metal implements.

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