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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)
Look at the diagram below and write the dimensions in the correct places.
| Dimensions: span - 214m height above the river - 75m height of towers - 26m |
* (“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 19, pg.22, ex.5)
Look at the words in the box below. Check the meaning of any new words in the glossary. What do you think the next text will be about?
| bridge collapse cracked disaster enquiry killed substandard |
* (“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 20, pg.23, ex.2)