Английский язык. Ч. 1. Ильичева Н.А - 17 стр.

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                             Test 6 (Units 1-5. Revision)

     A. Reading.
     Paragraphs of the text you are going to read are jumbled. Put numbers to
match them with the plan given below.

        A. Newton’s contribution to science.
        B. General biographical facts and educational background.
        C. The period when Newton laid the foundation for his contributions to sci-
ence.
        D. The most productive period in Newton’s scientific career.
        E. Some facts about Newton as a person.
        F. The main landmarks of Newton’s career.
        G. The final date.

       Isaac Newton
       1. . Sir Isaac Newton died in 1727 at the age of 85 and was buried with hon-
our in Westminster Abbey.
       2. . Newton was reportedly a shy man but he often got into disputes about
his theories and achievements. A famous one is his dispute with Gotfried Leibniz
about who first developed calculus.
       3.    . Newton was born on Christmas day in 1642 in the village of
Woolsthorpe in Lincolnshire, England. He showed no particular genius in his early
schooling, but fortunately a teacher encouraged him to pursue his education and in
1661 he entered Trinity College at Cambridge. Four years later he received his degree
and planned to continue studying for a masters degree. But an epidemic of bubonic
plague broke out and the university was closed.
       4. . Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein are usually considered to be the two
greatest scientists in history. Newton’s laws of motion were one of many contribu-
tions he made to a variety of subjects in physics.
       5. . Newton was elected to Parliament and later appointed Master of the
Mint, where he supervised the task of recoining the Earth currency. In 1699 he was
elected one of the eight foreign members of French Academy of Science and in 1703
he was elected President of Royal Society.
       He was knighted by Queen Anne in 1705 and the dignified title of “Sir” was
added to his name.
       6. . Newton returned to Woolsthrope and in the next two years he laid the
groundwork for many of his contributions in physics, mathematics and astronomy. In
Newton’s own words, “I was in the prime of my age for invention, and minded
mathematics and philosophy (science) more than any time since”.
       7. . Over the next 20 years Newton was very productive and at the age of 45
he published his famous treatise, Philosophical Naturalis Principia Mathematica
(Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), or Principia for short. In this book
he set forth his laws of motion, along with the theory of gravitation. The publication