Номер 22, страница 16 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс (starlight) сборник грамматических упражнений Мильруд

22. Fill in the gaps in the text with the words in capital letters making them grammatically appropriate.

22. Заполните пробелы в тексте словами, написанными заглавными буквами, сделав их грамматически уместными.

Ответ:

1. William Willett lived at the turn of the century in London. (жил)

2. Without him the world might never adopted daylight saving summer and winter time. (приняла бы)

3. Once, in 1905 he observed how many curtains remained drawn against the summer sunlight early in the morning. (задернутыми)

4. He asked himself why not move the clocks forward before each summer began. (передвигать)

5. Ancient civilizations also lengthened winter days to save on the sunlight. (удлиняли)

6. A Roman hour lasted 44 minutes during winter, but 75 minutes in summer. (длился)

7. King Edward VII in 1901 put the clock back 30 minutes at his estate Sandringham so he could hunt for longer. (дольше)

8. By 1907 William Willett already published a pamphlet "Waste of Daylight" defending the need to give people more opportunities and lower lighting costs. (опубликовал)

9. ...and lower lighting costs. (более низкие)

10. During the World War I Britain ran desperately short of coal plus thousands of miners volunteered for military service. (испытала нехватку)

11. ...plus thousands of miners volunteered for military service. (вызвались)

12. Longer days meant less need for coal. (означали)

13. By the new British law, summer time advanced one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. (было установлено)

14. Nowadays, daylight saving time introduced in many countries. (введено)

15. However, it disputed elsewhere. (оспаривается)