Неличные формы глагола. Артикль. Гоголь О.В. - 30 стр.

PART THREE                                                                 lently rotating air. It can pick up 30. -- trees and cars right into
                                                                           31. the air and even uplift heavier objects such as homes and railway
KEYS TO REVISION EXERCISES                                                 cars. Like 32. a vacuum cleaner across 33. a rug, it sucks up into the air
                                                                           anything which may lie in its path. These storms occur most often dur-
ARTICLES                                                                   ing the summer months and are noticeable by their strong wind and
                                                                           lack of rain. 34. The sky turns black as dust is sucked up into the air.
                                                                           35. – Tornadoes travel normally at around 60 kilometers per 36. – hour
TEXT ONE                       HURRICANES AND TORNADOES                    and the winds can reach 800 kilometers per hours in 37. the most vio-
                                                                           lent storms. Tornadoes are most frequent in 38. the United States
Two of 1. the most dangerous storms which afflict 2. -- America are        39. – east of 40. the Rocky Mountains and especially in 41. the central
3. -- hurricanes and 4. -- tornadoes. They are very much feared by         plains area of the Mississippi basin where about 150 occur each year.
anyone who may live in 5. the path of their destruction and cause mil-     Tornadoes may also strike 42. the southern states in winter and have
lions of dollars worth of 6. -- damage to 7. -- life and 8. -- property    even been known to develop in the northeast. Both 43. – hurricanes and
every year. 9. – Hurricanes, which usually develop between July and        44. – tornadoes cause millions of dollars worth of damage each year.
October, are similar to 10. – cyclones and originate over 11. the waters   Today they can be predicted more easily than in 45. the past, but they
in 12. the Caribbean Sea. They move upwards hitting 13. the mainland       cannot be stopped or ignored.
of America somewhere in 14. the Gulf of Mexico or 15. the Atlantic
Ocean. Once they hit land they carry tremendous power with driving         TEXT TWO                             THE PRESIDENT’S PRIVACY
rain and wind. These winds can attain speeds of over 75 mph. And
cover 16. an area of over 500 miles in diameter. At the center of the      Americans cherish their privacy and this right is protected by 1. the
storm there is 17. an “eye” with 18. – relatively fair weather and warm,   Constitution. 2. – Most questions about 3. – religion, 4. – finances and
dry air aloft. The diameter of the eye is usually about 32 kilometers.     family are pretty much private matters which are carefully guarded by
When the eye passes the relief is only temporary but soon the wind and     each and every individual. Yet, when it comes to 5. the President of 6.
rain will suddenly reappear from 19. the opposite direction. Every         the United States his life becomes our own. Unfortunately, once 7. a
year homes are destroyed by their fury and often lives are lost. 20. --    person is elected to this most revered office and is sworn in as presi-
Most people who live near the coast are forced to evacuate their homes     dent, his life is not closed like 8. a book but is completely opened to 9.
and to move to 21. -- safer areas until the storm passes. 22. -- Floods    the public. There is hardly any aspect of his life which is not revealed,
are caused along the coasts by both the heavy rain and a storm tide that   exploited and held up to public scrutiny. We learn 10 – things about the
is considerably above normal water level. The high winds, coastal          president which we would resent wanting anyone else to know about
flooding and torrential rains associated with 23. a hurricane cause 24.    ourselves. His likes and dislikes are thoroughly investigated, analyzed
-- enormous damage. If one should travel inland across the Great           and judged and subjected to commentary. His favorite actors and musi-
Plains and 25. the prairie states of America, one will most likely not     cians, movies, books, snack foods, vacation spots and hobbies are all
encounter a hurricane, but there is another kind of storm in the Mid-      exposed to the public for either 11. – criticism or 12. – curiosity. He
west which is equally feared. It is called 26. a tornado. Tornadoes are    may often find himself very careful in voicing his dislikes lest they
violent low-pressured storms with an intense updraft near their center     should offend some ethnic or religious group. When President Bush,
which is capable of lifting quite heavy objects from 27. the ground. 28    the elder, openly said he disliked 13. the taste of 14. – broccoli it be-
A tornado, therefore, is 29. a dark, funnel-shaped cloud containing vio-

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