Номер 39, страница 109 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс лексико-грамматический практикум Афанасьева, Михеева

Unit 4. The Whole World Knows Them. 2. Vocabulary Section - номер 39, страница 109.

Условие.

39 Choose the appropriate variants (a–d) from the rows below the text to complete it.

Even as a child, Thomas Edison liked inventing different things thus showing signs of being a great (1) d). He left school (2) _______ a young age, but he (3) _______ hard at home. He read constantly, once saying he wanted to read every book in the public library.

When he was 12, Edison took a (4) _______ of selling newspapers on a train. He admired the telegraphers, who sent (5) _______ by wire from one station to another.

Soon he became a telegrapher himself. At night Edison had to send messages every hour so he couldn’t get any sleep.

As a result he invented a device to send the signals automatically. Thomas Edison had used his (6) _______ to invent a (7) _______ to any problem.

He did this for the rest of his life. He invented the phonograph and dozens of other things. In a way Edison was a (8) _______.

1. a) explorer	b) scientist	c) discoverer	d) inventor
2. a) in	b) on	c) at	d) from
3. a) mastered	b) learnt	c) studied	d) had classes
4. a) profession	b) job	c) occupation	d) work
5. a) e-mails	b) letters	c) teletexts	d) messages
6. a) intelligence	b) mind	c) idea	d) wisdom
7. a) way out	b) solution	c) answer	d) proof
8. a) true witch	b) real magician	c) noble man	d) awesome inventor

Решение.

Решение 2.

Выберите подходящие варианты (a-d) из рядов под текстом, чтобы дополнить его.

Ответ:

1.	d) inventor	изобретатель
2.	c) at	в
3.	c) studied	учился
4.	b) job	работа
5.	d) messages	сообщения
6.	b) mind	ум
7.	b) solution	решение
8.	d) awesome inventor	потрясающий изобретатель