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21.09.2022 14:25 •  Английский язык

1.У зошит записуємо: Friday, the fifteenth of May
Reading Comprehension test
Task 1
A History of Air Travel,

In 1783, two French brothers built(1) first balloon to take people into the air. One hundred and twenty years later in 1903 the Wright brothers built the first plane(2) an engine and(3) in it. This was (4) the United States. Then, in 1918 the US Post Office began the first airmail service
Aeroplanes changed(5) in the next thirty years. Then in 1950-th aeroplanes became much (6).
In 1976 Concorde was built in the UK and France. It was the fastest passenger plane in the world and it(7) fly 2500 kilometres an hour so the trip(8) London to New York is only four hours.
Today, millions of people travel---(9) plane and it is difficult to think of a world without (10).

1. A--the B--a C--one
2. A--from B--with C--of
3. A--fly B--flies C--flew
4. A--in B--at C--through
5. A--a lot B--many C--few
6. A--fast B--faster C--fastest
7. A--must B--can C--should
8. A--between B--from C--of
9. A--with B--on C--by
10. A--them B--their C--they

Task 2
Put + next to the true sentences and next to the false ones

1. Two French brothers built the first airplane
2. The Wright brothers built the first air balloon
3. The Wright brothers lived in the USA
4. In 1918 the first airmail service began in the USA
5. In the middle of the 20-th century aeroplanes became faster
6. Concorde reaches New York from London in three hours
7. Millions of people use planes today

Task 3
Read the text and find the following words. Write down them into the copybooks.
Glad to be Home Again.
Betty was glad to be at home at last.. She had not seen her family for a long time. She had not been home since summer vacation in the mountains six months earlier.
There was so much to tell about her 200-kilometre journey home, but Betty did not speak. Her family had lots of questions, but Betty did not give any answers, because she was a cat.
Betty"s family was not going to leave her behind , They all had a happy holiday together climbing the mountains, walking in the woods, enjoying the nature. But nobody could find the cat when the car was packed and ready to go , Where had she been?
How had Betty stayed alive for six months away from home? How had she found her way home over so many kilometres? No one knows. Betty got home healthy and fat. She is not just telling anybody how she did it.