Номер 6, страница 27 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс (spotlight) тренировочные упражнения в формате огэ (гиа) Ваулина, Подоляко

6. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the proper grammatical form of the capitalized words.

History of Skyscrapers

(Continued)

During the early 20th century the construction of tall buildings (1) ______ very popular in big cities. BECOME Cities grew (2) ______ as (3) ______ people could live BIG/MANY and work there. Tall buildings (4) ______ also ______ SEE as a symbol of power and greatness. Major cities, especially in America, (5) ______ for the (6) ______ FIGHT/TALL buildings in the world. For four decades the Empire State Building in New York was the world's (7) ______ HIGH structure. The 381-metre high landmark has 102 stories and (8) ______ in 1932. The World Trade Centre, (9) ______ in 1973, became a symbol of the COMPLETE FINISH (10) ______ economic strength. The destruction of CITY the World Trade Centre in the terrorist attacks of 2001 (11) ______ the heart of the city. Today the HIT world's tallest buildings no (12) ______ stand in LONG America. Other countries, mainly in the (13) ______ GROW regions of Asia, (14) ______ the prestigious race for ENTER the tallest structures in the world. Some experts say (15) ______ a 1000-metre high structure (16) ______ BUILD/BE no problem with today's technology; others think that we need (17) ______, (18) ______ materials as well LIGHT/STRONG as (19) ______ elevators to make this possible. FAST

6. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the words derived from the capitalized words. Use them in the proper form.

History of Skyscrapers

Two (1)_______ in the middle of the 1800s made it DISCOVER possible to build modern skyscrapers. Before the (2)_______ Revolution brick and stone walls carried INDUSTRY the (3)_______ of buildings. Because each floor was WEIGH very heavy it was (4)_______ to build very high houses. POSSIBLE

In the middle of the 19th century steel became an important (5)_______ material. This metal was strong BUILD and light. Architects could now construct a steel skeleton to support very tall (6)_______. Chicago's BUILD Home Insurance Company Building was ten-storey tall and the first skyscraper to use such a steel

(7)_______. Skyscrapers would have been (8)_______ if CONSTRUCT/USE people had to walk up and down many flights of stairs. In 1853 an (9)_______ safe enough to carry ELEVATE passengers was invented by Elisha Graves Otis. (To be continued)

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски словами, образованными от слов, написанных заглавными буквами. Используйте их в правильной форме.

Ответ:

1. discoveries (открытия, находки)

2. Industrial (промышленный, индустриальный)

3. weight (вес, тяжесть)

4. impossible (невозможный)

5. building (строительный)

6. buildings (здания, постройки)

7. Для ответа на вопрос недостаточно данных

8. unusable (непригодный для использования)

9. elevator (лифт)