• Гідрологія і Гідрометрія
• Господарське право
• Економіка будівництва
• Економіка природокористування
• Економічна теорія
• Земельне право
• Історія України
• Кримінально виконавче право
• Медична радіологія
• Методи аналізу
• Міжнародне приватне право
• Міжнародний маркетинг
• Основи екології
• Предмет Політологія
• Соціальне страхування
• Технічні засоби організації дорожнього руху
• Товарознавство продовольчих товарів

Mark the statements T (True) or F (False)

1. Many great inventions are greeted with ridicule and disbelief.
2. Although many people who heard about the first powered flight on October 17, 1903, were excited and impressed, others reacted with peals of laughter.
3. The inventors of the first flying machine were Wilbur and Orville Wright.
4. Orville and Wilbur Wright had always had a compelling interest in chemistry and physics.
5. Two brothers designed a newspaper-folding machine, built a printing press, and operated a bicycle-repair shop.
6. In 1902 and 1904, the Wrights tested numerous gliders and developed control techniques.
7. The Wright brothers set up a wind tunnel and began a series of experiments with model wings.
8. In 1903 the Wrights built their first airplane, which cost less than five thousand dollars.
9. The plane managed to stay aloft for twenty-two seconds, however, and it flew two hundred thirty feet.
10. The Wright brothers are accurately called the fathers of aviation.

Circle the correct item

1. The idea of flying an aircraft was ... to some people.

a) boring
b) distasteful
c) exciting
d) needless
e) answer not available

2. People thought that the Wright brothers had ...

a) acted without thinking
b) been negatively influenced
c) been too cautious
d) had not given enough thought
e) acted in a negative way

3. The Wright's interest in flight grew into a ...

a) financial empire
b) plan
c) need to act
d) foolish thought
e) answer not in article

4. Lilenthal's idea about controlling airborne vehicles was ... the Wrights.

a) proven wrong by
b) opposite to the ideas of
c) disliked by
d) accepted by
e) opposed by

5. The old tables were ... and replaced by the first reliable figures for air pressure on curved surfaces.

a) destroyed
b) cancelled
c) multiplied
d) discarded
e) not used

6. The Wrights designed and built their own source of ...

a) force for moving forward
b) force for turning around
c) turning
d) force to going backward
e) none of the above

Читайте також:

1. A. Read the text and decide if the following statements are true or false.
2. Agree or disagree with the following statements.
3. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give your arguments to support your viewpoint.
4. Agree with the statements of your partner.
5. Agree with the statements of your partner.
6. Agree with the statements of your partner.
7. Are the following statements true or false? Correct the false sentences.
8. Are the following statements true or false? Find some mistakes. Check yourself.
9. Are the following statements true or false? If false, say why.
10. Are the statements true (T) or false (F) according to the text?
11. Are these statements true or false?
12. Are these statements true or false?

Переглядів: 543