The passage discusses the history of human flight. It mentions that ancient Greeks told stories about Icarus and Pegasus that reflected their desire to fly. In the 15th century, Leonardo Da Vinci designed airplanes and parachutes but lacked the technology to build them. The first human flight was in 1782 by two Frenchmen in a hot air balloon powered by wood smoke that had no steering. Gliders also flew but were hard to control. Finally, in 1903, the Wright Brothers succeeded in making the first motorized airplane flight.
The passage discusses the history of human flight. It mentions that ancient Greeks told stories about Icarus and Pegasus that reflected their desire to fly. In the 15th century, Leonardo Da Vinci designed airplanes and parachutes but lacked the technology to build them. The first human flight was in 1782 by two Frenchmen in a hot air balloon powered by wood smoke that had no steering. Gliders also flew but were hard to control. Finally, in 1903, the Wright Brothers succeeded in making the first motorized airplane flight.
The passage discusses the history of human flight. It mentions that ancient Greeks told stories about Icarus and Pegasus that reflected their desire to fly. In the 15th century, Leonardo Da Vinci designed airplanes and parachutes but lacked the technology to build them. The first human flight was in 1782 by two Frenchmen in a hot air balloon powered by wood smoke that had no steering. Gliders also flew but were hard to control. Finally, in 1903, the Wright Brothers succeeded in making the first motorized airplane flight.
The passage discusses the history of human flight. It mentions that ancient Greeks told stories about Icarus and Pegasus that reflected their desire to fly. In the 15th century, Leonardo Da Vinci designed airplanes and parachutes but lacked the technology to build them. The first human flight was in 1782 by two Frenchmen in a hot air balloon powered by wood smoke that had no steering. Gliders also flew but were hard to control. Finally, in 1903, the Wright Brothers succeeded in making the first motorized airplane flight.
Listen to the passage and answer the questions. 7. Complete the sentence. There is the key ...? 1. What is the passage mainly about? A) what belongs to me A) the painful road to success B) that does belong to me. B) the Serbian family C) which is belong to me. C) the small village D) which belong to me. D) the Austrian Empire E) that belongs to me E) the legend 8. Match the words with their meanings 2. Complete the sentence correctly according to 1. spring a. investigation of something the passage. 2. survey b. relative sine, extend of something Legend has it that ... Nikola Tesla was born there was an 3. sparkle c. a warm season electrical storm. 4. scale d. shine brightly. A) the week B) the year C) the month A) 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b D) the night E) the afternoon B) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a, 4-d C) 1-c, 2 a, 3-b, 4-d 3. Choose the correct answers to the question D) 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c according to the passage E) 1-d, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c - What was Nikola Tesla's long journey to success as a physicist like? 9. Choose the antonym of the word "qualified": - It was ... A) competent A) equally stormy B) intelligent B) equal stormy C) sensibly C) equal stormily D) unskilled D) equally stormily E) eligible E) equal storm 10. Choose the correct sentences in the Passive Voice 4. What isn't mentioned about Nikola Tesla 1. Who was the servant punished by ? according to the passage? 2. Was the servant punished by the master disappointed? 1. He suffered major losses. 3. Who was punished the servant by ? 2. He suffered head injuries in the car crash. 4. Has the servant punished by the master. 3. People he trusted let him down. A) 1,3 B) 2,4 C) 3, 4 D) 1,4 E) 2,3 4. People he lied to believed in him no more. A) 1, 2 B) 2, 3 C) 3, 4 D) 1, 3 E) 2, 4 11. Choose the correct variant My relatives ... me to leave early last Friday 5.Write an answer to the question according to A) allowed the passage. B) made What did Nikola Tesla have on the road to C) let wealth and fame in fact? D) noticed ________________________________________ E) saw
6. Complete the sentence correctly according to 12. Choose the correct articles. the passage. Susan leaves ... homes for ... work at ... quarter past eight At times Nikola Tesla even had to work as ... - digging A) -, -, a B) the, -, a C) - , - , - ditches D) the , - , the E ) the, the, a
________________________________________ 13. Choose the correct variant. 19. Choose the correct interrogative sentence. ... the largest room in the school and ... more than 20 A) did you lie a vase on the table? computers in it . B) was she lying the cloth? A) It was, there are C) Does a hen lie eggs? D) There is, there were D) Did they lay in the sun ? B) it is, there is E) were you laying the cloth? E) There was, there is C) it was, there were 20. Make up a sentence 14. Choose the correct prepositions 1. different Ann was ... a bus ... the way ... the church. 2. develops A) on, in, from 3. of B) oh, on, at 4. sides C) in , at , in 5. education D) with, in, at 6. Personality E) on, on, to 7. human A) 2, 5, 4, 1, 3, 6, 7 15. Choose the correct conjunction. B) 5, 2, 1, 4, 3, 7, 6 ... the guard was sleeping, the prisoners escaped. C) 5, 2, 4, 3, 1, 6, 7 A) although D) 2, 4, 5, 3, 1, 6, 7 B) while E) 5, 2, 3, 1, 4, 7, 6 C) unless D) because E) why 21. Choose the correct modal verb, He wants me to translate an article, but 16. Choose the correct pronoun. I ... because I don't have time. Nihat has ... in his locker. He isn't going to keep ... there A) can because he doesn't like it B) should A) everything, anything C) may B) nothing anything D) can't C) something, anything E) haven't to D) nothing, something E) nothing, any
17. Choose the correct sentence in the Possessive Case 22. Choose the correct variant. 1. The flavor of the coffee was unusual The electricity in both houses ... cut off 2. Their teacher's names are Mrs. Jones and Miss Garcia. 1. was 3. Have you still got yesterday's newspaper? 2. has been 4. We buy pills and tablets at the chemists' 3. were A) 1,2 B) 2,4 C) 1,3 D) 1,3, 4 E) 1,2,3 4. have been A) 1, 2 18. Choose the correct tense form. B) 1,3 Last night at this time they ... the same thing. C) 1, 4 A) did D) 2,3 B) had been doing E) 2,4 C) was doing D) had done E) were doing Read the passage and answer the questions 23-30. 27. Complete the sentence according to the passage. People have dreamed of flying ever since they first looked The stories about Icarus and Pegasus showed .... up into the sky. Almos three thousand years ago, the ancient Greeks told stories about Icarus, who hew close to the sun, ________________________________________ and Pegasus, the winged horse. These stories reflected the Greeks desire to fly. 28. Which word from the passage has the closest meaning In 1452, Leonardo Da Vinci experimented with airplane with the word «to occurs designs in his artwork. Da Vinci came up with the parachute although he didn't have the technology or materials to build ________________________________________ one. He also sketched a bicycle with wings attached to it. By pushing the pedals, you rotated the wings. 29. Answer the question according to the passage. The first human flight didn't happen until more than three What was the disadvantage of gliders? hundred years later. In 1782. two Frenchmen travelled 5 miles in a hot air balloon. It was powered by wood smoke ________________________________________ and had no steering equipment. Soon, «ballooning exploded in popularity around Europe. Gliders didn't have motors, but 30. Write one adjective from the passage describing air they could travel longer distances than balloons. However, balloons. they were difficult to control and sometimes crashed. Eventually in 1903. The brothers, Orville and Wilbur ________________________________________ Wright, made the first motorized airplane flight in history.
23.The passage is mainly about....
A) Who Flew First C) The Wright Brothers' Invention E) The Long Journey to Airplanes B) Air Balloons Finally Came D) The History of Parachute
24. The underlined pronoun they refers to ....
A) motors B) the Wright Brothers D) Frenchmen E) parachutes C) gliders
25. Choose the true statements according to the passage.
1. The Greeks have no wish about flying. 2. Da Vinci was the first person who succeeded to make a parachute. 3. Gliders are flying devices without motors. 4. Ballooning became famous around Europe. A) 1, 2 B) 1,3 C) 1,4 D) 2,3 E) 3,4
26. Which word from the passage has the definition «to connect, to link»? A) to attach B) to rotate C) to reflect D) to come up with E) to sketch
