Номер 44, страница 16 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс (enjoy english) учебник Биболетова, Трубанева

Unit 1. We belong to the universe. Section 2. «Nice to Meet You, Dear Earth» - номер 44, страница 16.

Условие.

44 Read the text and find out whether the statements given after the text are true, false or not stated.

Galaxies

All of us like watching the stars in the night sky. Do you know that all of them, and the Sun too, belong to a great group of stars that travel through space together? Such a group is called a galaxy. The word ‘galaxy’ comes from the Greek word galaxias which means ‘milky’. That’s why the star group to which our system belongs is called the Milky Way, or just the galaxy. There are about 100,000,000,000 stars in the galaxy, or about 20 stars for each human being on planet Earth. The galaxy is like a huge disc with a bulge in the middle. The galaxy is about 100,000 light years in diameter. This means that it takes a beam of light 100,000 years to travel from one edge of the disc to the other.

The Milky Way is not the only galaxy in space. In fact, there are thousands of millions. But most are too far from the Earth to be seen with the naked eye. On clear, dark nights a few of them can be seen without a telescope. People can see the Andromeda galaxy, and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. Where will people go after they’ve explored their own solar system? To other galaxies, of course. Experts say that travel to other galaxies will only be possible in huge ‘starships’. They will travel through space for hundreds or even thousands of years with a lot of people on board.

Then, when a suitable planet is found, some of these people will stay there and begin a new life. Later, they will build new starships and go further to investigate the universe.

1. The Sun and the stars we see in the sky stay still in space.

2. The Milky Way is a group of stars to which the Sun and its planets belong.

3. The galaxy was named the Milky Way due to the size of the stars.

4. The Milky Way (or the galaxy) looks like a big ball.

5. People have created a lot of fairy tales and legends about the Milky Way.

6. There are few galaxies in space.

7. The Andromeda galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds can be seen with the naked eye from the Earth.

8. Scientists think that travel to other galaxies will be possible in a hundred years.

Решение.

Решение 2.

Прочитайте текст и определите, являются ли утверждения, данные после текста, верными, ложными или об этом не сказано.

Ответ:

1. False. (Неверно.)

2. True. (Верно.)

3. False. (Неверно.)

4. False. (Неверно.)

5. Not stated. (В тексте не сказано.)

6. False. (Неверно.)

7. True. (Верно.)

8. Not stated. (В тексте не сказано.)