INVENTIONS  (11 form)

1.                     1.   Вставить подходящее по смыслу слово:

    A)information, b)computer, c)available, d)problems, e)advantage

The most popular gadget is a personal (1)___. Computers allow us to access the latest (2)____ really quickly. Interaction with the world is a great (3)____ of a computer. Large amounts of information become (4)____.But sometimes we can have (5)_____with computes.

2. Соотнесите названия изобретений  с текстами о них.

 1) the steam engine, 2) gunpowder, 3) the Internet, 4) the Gregorian calendar, 5) the eraser   6) the compass

a) Whenever we think about ____ we start feeling the joy of our everyday life, how we stay in touch, share information, complete tasks, and even make money.  

 b)   is the most remarkable invention of man. Without it, the world simply wouldn’t exist as we know it. This invention was at the root of the Industrial Revolution.  It helped in the progress of the world’s economy, industry, and technology.

 c) ______ was invented in 1582.The system adopted a leap year.   Four years make up a cycle, with an extra or “leap” day added to the fourth year to keep the dates and months synchronized with the solar cycle.

 d)  The earliest version of the ____ was made in China in the year 1044. Mariners use it to navigate in the sea.  It is used to calculate the latitude and the longitude as well.  Basically, it is used to find the magnetic North Pole of the Earth.   
  
e)The discovery of  ______has been credited to Chinese alchemists around 9th century. This was the result of many scientific experiments. There were various formulas that were used and these contained different proportions of nitrate.  It was used not only for fireworks but its mentions were found in the Chinese military treatise as well.

 f) Invented in 1770 ___ was intended to delete  lead pencil marks. Before its invention, bread was used.   English engineer Edward Naine gave us a much better alternative, using natural rubber.   

        7.  Answer the questions:

 a) What gadgets are useful in the kitchen?
 b) What gadgets help to learn foreign languages?
 c) What gadgets help in getting information?
 d) What gadgets help do a lot of things faster and better?
 e) What gadgets help connect people who lives so far away from each other?