Английский язык. Ч. 1. Ильичева Н.А - 12 стр.

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        4. The interval between the ice and steam points is…………divided into 180
units. (evenly, equally, fairly)
        5. The lower limit of temperature is called………… zero. ( complete, total, ab-
solute)
        6. Nearly all substances…………with decreasing temperature. ( shrink, con-
tract, shorten)
        7. A thermometer is an instrument designed to…………temperature. ( calcu-
late, compute, measure)
        8. The…………point is the temperature at which pure water boils at one at-
mosphere of pressure (vapour, condensation, steam).

       C. Fill in the correct word derived from the words in brackets:
       1. Because of different…………properties different kinds of thermometers
may not agree at intermediate temperatures. (expand)
       2. Ordinary thermometers can be used only over a…………temperature range.
(limit)
       3. For very low or very high temperatures,…………thermometers are required
. (specialize)
       4. This…………is true even for solids. (observe)
       5. The mercury in a mercury-in-glass thermometer solidifies at some point, be-
low which the thermometer will be………… (use)
       6. …………from the Celsius scale to the Fahrenheit scale is easy. (convert)
       7. Two common…………points for temperature scale are ice and steam points
of water.

        D. Put the Simple Past , the Past Perfect Continuous or Simple.
        1. When I (open) the door I saw a man on his knees. He clearly (listen) to our
conversation and I (wonder) how much he (hear)
        2. When I (get) to the car park, I (realize) that I (lose) my keys.
        3. After he (try) on six pairs of shoes, he (decide) he liked the first one best.
        4. All the roads were blocked: it (snow) all night long.
        5. She (be) upset because Andrew (not telephone).
        6. She (fall) ill because she (work) too hard.
        7. He (be) tired because he (walk) all morning.
        8. The bank (close) by the time we (get) there.
        9. We (have) enough to eat at the party because Lis (make) a lot of food.
        10. I (get) up and (set) off for work as usual. I (drive) for an hour before I (real-
ize) it was Sunday.

      E. Choose the right tenses Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous,
Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Simple, and Past Perfect Continuous:
      1. Reports are coming in that a train (crash) near Birmingham. According to
eyewitnesses it (hit) a concrete block which somebody (put) on the line.
      2. I (do) the housework all day today. I (clean) every room in the house.
      3. When I (get) home everybody (watch) TV.