Read the text quickly and choose the correct answers to the questions below. Don’t pay attention to the gaps.
| Where is the text from? | ||
| a | An engineering book about bridges | |
| b | A tourist guidebook | |
| Which is the best title for the text? | ||
| a | The Clifton Suspension Bridge | |
| b | Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
| The CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE is a (1) __________ bridge which means it doesn’t open or move to allow boats through. It was (2) __________ in the 1830s by one of Britain’s greatest nineteenth-century (3) __________ , Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The bridge was actually (4) __________in the 1860s. (5) __________ analysis of the design shows that many of the ideas are almost (6)__________ . When the bridge opened it was for carriages pulled by horses but 150 years later it carries 12,000 cars and lorries a day, that’s over four million (7) __________ a year. Strange but true: 1. In 1885 a young woman jumped off the Clifton Suspension Bridge. Her large, fashionable, nineteenth-century skirt acted as a (8) __________ and she landed safely after a 75m fall. She lived into her seventies. 2. The first (9) __________ flew under the bridge in 1911. The last plane was a jet travelling at 720kph in 1957; the (10) __________ crashed the plane and died. * (the text is from: “Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 19, pg.22, ex.2) |
Read the text again and complete the gaps with the words from the box below.
| aeroplane built computer designed engineers fixed parachute perfect pilot vehicles |
* (“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 19, pg.22, ex.3)
4. Read the text again and find the English equivalents to the following expressions:
- … что означает…
- … он был разработан…
- … он предназначался для…
- … спустя…лет…
- … в день…
- …в год…
- …безопасно приземлилась…
- … до 70 с лишним лет…
- …летевший со скоростью …
Read the text again and decide if the sentences (1-5) are true (T) or false (F).
| The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a moveable bridge. | T | F | |
| It was designed and built in the twentieth century. | T | F | |
| The designer was a famous British engineer. | T | F | |
| The design of the bridge is very good. | T | F | |
| Pilots fly under the bridge every day. | T | F |
* (“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 19, pg.22, ex.4)