Exercise 1.3. Complete the sentences using the speech patterns in brackets below.
(as well as; whether or not; whether … or not; when; while; such that;
it is/was … that/who; of what; on what; that is)
1. I don’t know … I like it … because I haven’t tried it before. 2. …
my question … made him angry. 3. The air traffic service unit should
provide the flight crew with any information requested … any
additional relevant information. 4. … making a conscious effort to
memorize something, many people engage in ‘rote rehearsal’ repeating
it over and over again. 5. Discrete optimization aims at taking
decisions … a given function is maximized (for example revenue) or
minimized (for example cost). 6. A scratchcard is a ticket that reveals
… the holder is eligible for a prize when the surface is removed by
scratching. 7. … congratulating ourselves on what has been
accomplished over the last twenty years, we should remember
gratefully the services of many people. 8. Qualcomm, a company in
San Diego, recently introduced Snapdragon, a chip created for
smartphones … for ultralight computers. 9. Computer programming is
issuing a sequence of commands to a computer to achieve an
objective, … to make a computer perform calculations on numerical
data. 10. Petroleum products come from one source – crude oil found
below the earth’s surface … under large bodies of water. 11. The
architect believed that buildings are most interesting … still
unfinished. 12. He was known for his ill temper … everyone disliked
him. 13. It depends … you want. 14. … he/him … has done it. 15.
Compilers are not designed to provide cryptographic protection for
source code … decompilers to defeat the obfuscators. 16.
Possession refers to the physical control or occupancy of land,
property, etc. … accompanied by ownership. 17. Many people today
telecommunicate – …, use their computers to stay in touch with the
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office … working at home. 18. The contractors that renovated the
building left the original concrete floors … installing industrial-
looking steel walls. 19. … John von Neumann … put forward the idea
of a stored-program computer. 20. Waste is anything rejected as
useless, worthless, or in excess … is required. 21. The natural numbers
are closed with respect to addition and multiplication – …, the sum
and product of two natural numbers are always natural numbers.
22. The article deals with some problems of fault-tolerant software
development … with the ways of their solution. 23. … a silly fish … is
caught twice with the same bait. 24. You’ll find these gloves quite
handy … working in the garden. 25. Hummingbirds are the only birds
capable of flying backwards … forward, up and down.
1. Not so often, because my office is only 15-minute walk from my home and I usually go on foot. Sometimes I take bus when go shopping and so on.
2. There are not many choices of public transport where I live. it It's a little town and not crowded. Only buses are available.
3. It's easy to take buses in daytime from 8am to 7pm. But after 7pm. it's difficult to find one. You should take a taxi after that time and it's not affordable for everyone.
4. Yes, I do. I think it could be beneficial for environment to leave our private cars for public transport.It's also cheap form of transport. You shouldn't push your limits to possess expenses of private car.
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оставьте прилагательные в скобках в нужной степени сравнения. 1. My old house is large, but my new one is the biggest (big). 2. Linda’s old car was fast, but her new car is _the fastest___ (fast). 3. Mrs. Brown is very clever. She is the most intelegent (intelligent) person. 4. Henry is tall, but his friend is the tallest (tall) boy in the group. 5. Fred’s dog is was fat, but Dan’s dog was _fatter___ (fat) than Fred’s. 6. Tom’s marks are good, but my marks are __better__ (good) than his. 7. Margaret is the nicest (nice) girl in the class.
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