Практический курс английского языка. Семушина Е.Ю. - 30 стр.

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     2. Supply the required articles in the following text:
     In 1923, at … meeting of … British Association for …Advancement of …
Science in Liverpool, Rutherford announced: "We are living in … heroic age of …
physics."
     … curious thing was, all he said was absolutely true. There had never been
such …time. … year 1932 was … most spectacular year in … history of … sci-
ence. Living in Cambridge, one could not help picking up … human and intellec-
tual excitement in … air: James Chadwick, grey - faced after … fortnight of …
work with … three hours' sleep … night, telling … Kapista Club how he had dis-
covered … neutron; P.M.S. Blackett, … most handsome of … men, not quite so
authoritative as usual, because it seemed too good to be true, showing … plates
which demonstrated … existence of … positive electron; John Cockcroft, nor-
mally not given to …emotional display, saying to anyone whose face he recog-
nized: "We've split … atom!"
     During … twenties and thirties Cambridge was … metropolis of … experi-
mental physics for … entire world. "You're always at … crest of … wave," some-
one said to Rutherford. "Well, after all, I made … wave, didn't I?" Rutherford re-
plied.
     He was … big, rather clumsy man. He had … large staring blue eyes and …
damp lower lip. He didn't look in … least like an intellectual. His was really …
kind of …face that often goes with … character and … gifts. In … fact, he came
from … very poor: his father was … odd-job man in New Zealand and … son of
… Scottish emigrant.
     New Zealand was, in the 1880s, … most remote of … provinces, but
Rutherford managed to get … good education. He was as original as Einstein,
but unlike Einstein he did not revolt against … formal instruction; he was top in …
classics as well as in everything else. He started … research on … subject of …
wireless waves with … equipment such as one might dig up today in … African
laboratory. That didn't defer him. "I could do research at … North Pole," he once
proclaimed, and it was true. He brought his wireless work to Cambridge, antici-
pated Marconi and then dropped it because he saw … field - … radio-activity -
more scientifically interesting. His work led him directly to … atomic energy in-
dustry, spending … thousands of … millions of … pounds. He himself never
earned, or wanted to earn, more than … professor's salary. In his will he left pre-
cisely … value of … Nobel prize.
   3. Open the brackets using Passive voice:
   1. Nowadays houses (to build) usually from stone.
   2. Look! Someone (to beat) there! Call the police!
   3. The last copy of this book just (to sell).
   4. Every autumn fallen leaves of the trees (to burn).
   5. The preparation to the wedding is going on, invitations (to write), the
menu (to compose) and so on.
   6. The method of work (not to choose) yet.
   7. Such problems (to solve) always in the following way.
   8. No, you can't take this seat, it (to keep) for my friend.