Listening comprehension exercises

Exercise 25. Listen to the text “Heat transfer”.

Exercise 26. Complete the sentences.

1. Heat waves are … light waves.

a) longer than; b) shorter than; c) as long as.

2. Stone is … conductor.

a) a bad; b) a good; c) the best.

3. … are sometimes called infrared waves.

a) sound waves; b) heat waves; c) light waves.

4. Heat … remains constant.

a) never; b) always; c) sometimes.

5. There are … methods of heat travel.

a) three; b) four; c) two.

Exercise 27. Answer the questions.

1. What causes the existence of heat within a substance?

2. Is air a good conductor?

3. Why do double building walls provide additional insulation?

4. What does the rate of heat travel depend on?

5. Why are gases and liquids poor conductors?

Exercise 28. Write if these statements are true or false.

1. As the vibration of molecules becomes more intense, the heat becomes less intense.

2. All materials have the same conductivity.

3. Heat and light waves are similar in nature but they differ in length.

4. Heat is disordered energy.

5. Aluminum, copper and iron are good conductors.

Exercise 29. Retell the text in writing.

Additional exercises

Exercise 30. Read, translate and retell the text.

Engagement and marriage

At the age of 21, persons of both sexes in England come of age. Boys and girls are permitted to become “engaged”, when still in their “teens”. A boy can, with his parents’ consent, propose to a girl and then marry her before he is twenty-one years of age. As a pledge of good faith he presents his bride-elect with an engagement ring, which is worn on the third finger of the left hand. In ordinary speech, a man who is engaged, but not yet married to a lady, when speaking of her, will say: “My intended” or “My fiancée”. The young lady in the same occasion will say: “My intended” or “My fiancé”. Generally, English girls receive no marriage potion (wedding-dower) on marrying, as a man is obliged to maintain his wife and children himself. On the day of the wedding, the bridegroom and bride with the best-man and bride’s-maids, family and friends, go to church for the wedding service. They are joined in matrimony by the clergyman, who slips a wedding-ring on the bride’s ring-finger. This ring she wears for the rest of her life. When the ceremony is over, all go back to the house, where the lady has been living, to the wedding-breakfast. The prominent feature of the wedding-breakfast is the highly-decorated “wedding-cake”. After the guests have drunk the bride’s and bridegroom’s health, the happy newly-married couple take leave and depart on their honey-moon or to their new home. According to an old English custom, they get pelted, at the moment of leaving the room, with handfuls of rice or with old shoes and slippers, which is supposed to bring them good luck.

Exercise 31. Divide the text into paragraphs.

Exercise 32. Put different types of questions to the text.

Exercise 33. Fill in the table.

Verb	Noun	Adjective	Negative form
			illimitable
necessitate
		correct
			misunderstand
	dependence
		agreeable
regularize
	usage

Exercise 34. Fill in the gaps with one of the words: had, made, gets, are, spends.

1. Nick and I … best friends. 2. We … friends last summer. 3. He always … on well with people. 4. His sister … all her time with her friends. 5. My father … a close friendship with this man.

Exercise 35. 1) Sort out the personality qualities into two columns: negative (unpleasant) and positive (pleasant) according to your opinion.

Obstinate, forgetful, sensitive, sociable, moody, calm, sly, mean, shy, energetic, selfish, modest, tolerant, ambitious, indecisive, absent-minded, disorganized, dishonest, aggressive, polite, patient, agreeable, trustful, dependent, independent, efficient, reliable, grateful, affectionate, logical, decisive, responsible, capable, practical, kind-hearted, idealistic, intelligent, helpful, flexible, active, punctual, offensive, indifferent, ill-natured, passive, pragmatic, unreliable, confident, communicative, loyal.