VI. Заполните пропуски словами, данными ниже и подчеркните их.

16. One of the first inventions was … Bell’s telephone.

17. Edison patented over 1000 inventions which … our ways of life.

16. The time in which Edison lived was an age of ….

17. Few people realized how … Edison worked.

18. With whatever money he earned, he bought more chemicals for his

a) experiments b) invention c) to improve d) hard e) changed

Грамматика

Для успешного выполнения заданий по грамматике необходимо проработать следующие темы. Passive Voice, Modal Verbs and Their Equivalents, словообразование (суффиксы –ly, -al, -ful, -less, -able, -est, -ian, -tion, -or, -ity, -ance)

1. По выделенному суффиксу определите часть речи.

   1.	readable	a) прилагательное b) глагол
   2.	historian	a) прилагательное b) существительное
   3.	interruption	a) прилагательное b) существительное
   4.	smallest	a) прилагательное b) глагол
   5.	meaningful	a) наречие b) прилагательное

2. По выделенным словообразовательным элементам определите, какому из английских слов соответствует предъявленное русское слово.

   6.	педагог	a) education b) educator c) educational
   7.	заботливый	a) careless b) carefully c) careful
   8.	электрик	a) electrical b) electrician c) electricity
   9.	проводник	a) conductor b) conductance c) conduction

3. Из данных предложений выпишите и переведите то, в котором глагол to have выражает долженствование.

10. Edison never had enough money left over to buy warm clothes.

11. In studying the problem of the “arc” lamp Edison had to test 1,600 materials.

12. For years other inventors had experimented with electric lights.

4. Из данных предложений выпишите и переведите то, в котором глагол to be выражает долженствование.

13. In 1847 America was just beginning its great industrial development.

14. The carbon “arc” lamp was highly successful for street lighting.

15. Edison’s invention factory was to turn out inventions every few days.

5. Из данных предложений выпишите и переведите те, в которых сказуемое стоит в Passive Voice.

16. Edison equipped his laboratory with good scientific instruments.

17. The new laboratory was devoted to organized industrial research.

18. Most of Edison’s inventions were the results of hundreds of experiments.

19. Masses of people all over the world were released from their dependence on oil and gas lamps for light.

20. Enormous steam engines were used for power in factories.

6. Выберите и выпишите соответствующую форму глагола.

21. Edison received / was received many honours for his contributions to the progress of mankind.

22. Edison awarded / was awarded a special congressional Medal of Honour.

23. Edison never considered / was considered himself a brilliant man.

24. He also perfected / was perfected the electric motor which made electric trains possible.

25. In the new laboratory an even larger corps of research assistants employed / were employed.