Tim Berners-Lee is a world famous scientist and a great inventor. But do you know what he invented? Tim was born in London in 1955. His parents were both mathematicians and computer scientists. When he was a boy, his hobby was electronics. He liked playing with different gadgets. He went to Emanuel School and then studied physics at Oxford University from 1973 to 1976.Tim was working at a large scientific laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, when he invented the World Wide Web. He built the first Web browser and server in 1990. In 1991, he created the first website. The first web page address was http://info.cern. ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html, which had information about the WWW project.The World Wide Web didn’t make Tim rich. He gave his invention to the world so everyone can use it for free. He now works at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA and at the University of Southampton in the UK. He and his family live in America. Tim has many awards and prizes for his work. In 1999, Time magazine included him in its list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century. Queen Elizabeth II gave him a knighthood in 1994, so he is now Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He came first in a list of the top living cleverest people in 2007. So next time you look at a website, remember to thank Tim Berners-Lee!
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26) Choose the correct variant. 1. We _c)__ the competition yesterday. A) Lose b) has lost c) lost 2. We _a)__ abroad every year. a) Travel b) travels c) are travelling 3. I _c)__ a composition tomorrow. A) Writes b) am writing c) will write 4. She _b)__ her homework. A) Just did b) has just done c) will just do
27) Complete the sentences: 1. The girl was .good. at jumping and running. (Good / well) 2. What's the matter with you? - I feelBad (Bad/ badly) 3. He is a .High . skilled engineer. (High / highly) 4. It is .nearly. 5 o'clock. I must go home. (Near / nearly)
28) The word in capitals above each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Fill each blank in this way. Example: IMPRESS Her dance made a great ... on my friends. - Her dance made a great impression on my friends. 1. CROSS There were 1,000 lollipop ladies in the streets of London standing at zebra__crossing__ with their "Lollipop signs". 2. INFORM 80% of all ___information__ in the world's computers is in English.
29) Choose the right form: 1. Hockey .b). in winter. a) Was played b) are played c) is played 2. If I had the money, I .b). that car. a) Buy b) would buy c) will buy 3. My brother .c). his face every morning. a) Washed b) wash c) washes
30) These sentences are the answer to the questions. Write down the questions. Begin your questions with "How". Example: It takes him 20 minutes to get to school. - How long does it take him to get to school? 1. Sir John Bouring could speak 28 languages. How many languages could Sir John Bouring speak? 2. The Thames is 334 kilometres long. ---How long is the Thames kilometres? 3. This nice dress is only 25 dollars. ---How many dollars this nice dress? 4. My mother is thirty-five years old. ---How old is your mother? 5. I would like little sugar. ---How much sugar would you like?
31) Make questions: 1. Cheese is made from milk. (What?) What is make from milk?\What cheese is make from? 2. This house was built in 1991. ( When?) When was built this house?
Tim Berners-Lee is a world famous scientist and a great inventor. But do you know what he invented? Tim was born in London in 1955. His parents were both mathematicians and computer scientists. When he was a boy, his hobby was electronics. He liked playing with different gadgets. He went to Emanuel School and then studied physics at Oxford University from 1973 to 1976.Tim was working at a large scientific laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, when he invented the World Wide Web. He built the first Web browser and server in 1990. In 1991, he created the first website. The first web page address was http://info.cern. ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html, which had information about the WWW project.The World Wide Web didn’t make Tim rich. He gave his invention to the world so everyone can use it for free. He now works at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA and at the University of Southampton in the UK. He and his family live in America. Tim has many awards and prizes for his work. In 1999, Time magazine included him in its list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century. Queen Elizabeth II gave him a knighthood in 1994, so he is now Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He came first in a list of the top living cleverest people in 2007. So next time you look at a website, remember to thank Tim Berners-Lee!
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25) Agree or disagree with sentences.
1. Swedish is an international language. - Agree
2. 126 mln people speak in Japanese. - Agree
3. English can easily borrow local words and phrases from the very countries into which it expands. - disagree
4. Americans speak American English. - Agree
26) Choose the correct variant.
1. We _c)__ the competition yesterday.
A) Lose b) has lost c) lost
2. We _a)__ abroad every year.
a) Travel b) travels c) are travelling
3. I _c)__ a composition tomorrow.
A) Writes b) am writing c) will write
4. She _b)__ her homework.
A) Just did b) has just done c) will just do
27) Complete the sentences:
1. The girl was .good. at jumping and running.
(Good / well)
2. What's the matter with you? - I feelBad
(Bad/ badly)
3. He is a .High . skilled engineer.
(High / highly)
4. It is .nearly. 5 o'clock. I must go home.
(Near / nearly)
28) The word in capitals above each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Fill each blank in this way.
Example: IMPRESS
Her dance made a great ... on my friends. - Her dance made a great impression on my friends.
1. CROSS There were 1,000 lollipop ladies in the streets of London standing at zebra__crossing__ with their "Lollipop signs".
2. INFORM
80% of all ___information__ in the world's computers is in English.
29) Choose the right form:
1. Hockey .b). in winter.
a) Was played b) are played c) is played
2. If I had the money, I .b). that car.
a) Buy b) would buy c) will buy
3. My brother .c). his face every morning.
a) Washed b) wash c) washes
30) These sentences are the answer to the questions. Write down the questions. Begin your questions with "How".
Example: It takes him 20 minutes to get to school. - How long does it take him to get to school?
1. Sir John Bouring could speak 28 languages.
How many languages could Sir John Bouring speak?
2. The Thames is 334 kilometres long.
---How long is the Thames kilometres?
3. This nice dress is only 25 dollars.
---How many dollars this nice dress?
4. My mother is thirty-five years old.
---How old is your mother?
5. I would like little sugar.
---How much sugar would you like?
31) Make questions:
1. Cheese is made from milk. (What?)
What is make from milk?\What cheese is make from?
2. This house was built in 1991. ( When?)
When was built this house?