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II. What meaning have the following word combinations in the text?

Closely related, average weight, sugar content, sugar beet cultivation, throughout the world, a deep free-working loam, well-drained soils, cannot be grown profitably, light land, the lowest on peaty soil, the nature of the soil, the benefit of long exposure to winter frosts.

III. The following sentences have mistakes. Correct them.

  1. The yield of the crop does not depend very largely on the number of beets that can be grown to the hectare.

  2. Beet can be grown profitably on land that requires liming.

  3. The worst soil for beet is a deep free-working loam.

  4. Sugar beets are red-coloured.

  5. They have high wet-matter content.

  6. Stony soils are satisfactory for sugar beet planting.

  7. With regard to quality, it is found that the highest sugar content is obtained when the beet is grown on heavy land and the highest on peaty soil.

IV. Look back at the text and choose the correct words to go together.

Beet is attacked by/with a number of the fungoid diseases;

at/in some cases;

in/on the ground;

owing on/to the infrequency;

at/on land;

closely related with/to the red beet;

has now extended on/to every country;

with regard in/to quality;

withstand to/of frost;

in/at really hard weather.

V. Name a word or a word combination, which is not a part of the logical group.

  1. Main object of growing beet, the production of sugar, bottoms, tops and pulp, manure.

  2. A deep free-working loam, lightning, well-drained soils, stony soils, light land.

  3. To be attacked, the fungoid diseases, pasture, insect pests.

VI. Complete each sentence with a word or phrase from the text.

1. Beet is attacked by a number of the fungoid diseases and insect pests, but their incidence is seldom serious unless ……….

2. Beet …… on land that requires liming.

3. The best soil for beet is a deep free-working loam, but the crop has been grown … … on well-drained soils of practically all types.

4. Sugar beet is a plant closely related to the red beet.

5. Although the main object of growing beet is … … , the by-products, tops and pulp, are important to many growers, especially far­mers.

6. Stony soils are unsatisfactory because they cause the roots

7. It is found that the sugar content is obtained when the beet is grown on land and the on peaty soil.

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

I. Translate into Ukrainian, paying attention to the functions of the Participle.

1. Sugar beet is a biennial plant growing in many coun­tries. 2. Sugar beets are white-coloured, their average weight being about 1 lb. 3. Sugar beets have a high dry-matter con­tent, their sugar content alone amounting to 13-20 per cent of their weight. 4. The main object of sugar-beet cultivation is the production of sugar, tops and pulp being very impor­tant by-products for dairy farms. 5. A deep free-working loam is the best soil for beets doing satisfactorily on well-drained soils of all types. 6. Owing to the infrequency of hard autumn frosts in Britain sugar beets do not require storage precau­tions.