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1. Fill in the table:

Adjective

Noun

Verb

strong

weakness

short

heighten

deep

widen

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 … science. Living in Cambridge, one could not help picking up … human and intellectual excitement in … air: James Chadwick, grey - faced after … fortnight of … work with … three hours' sleep … night, telling … Kapista Club how he had discovered … 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, normally not given to …emotional display, saying to anyone whose face he recognized: "We've split … atom!"

During … twenties and thirties Cambridge was … metropolis of … experimental physics for … entire world. "You're always at … crest of … wave," someone said to Rutherford. "Well, after all, I made … wave, didn't I?" Rutherford replied.

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, anticipated Marconi and then dropped it because he saw … field - … radio-activity - more scientifically interesting. His work led him directly to … atomic energy industry, spending … thousands of … millions of … pounds. He himself never earned, or wanted to earn, more than … professor's salary. In his will he left precisely … 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.

  9. All the secrets (to learn) already and there are no secrets any longer.

  10. Meat (to eat) with mustard only by grown-ups and never by children.

4. Paraphrase using Vocabulary:

  1. I can't bear his behaviour. He is so worried about everything that he can lead us to despair.

  2. She throws litter into the river. As for nature it is now contaminated.

  3. I don't understand what you are hinting at. She wants my help in making the carrier in this firm.

  4. She didn't dare to say a word because he was put into a corner.

  5. I felt anxiety when I didn't know where to go. There was some risk that we would never reach home.

  6. He had no money left after the elections because he was against the new government who didn't like him dirtying the nature.

  7. It is a matter of great importance. We should have an interview with the injured to know all the details. If we fail this case we will be sacked.

  8. Don't pretend to be beaten by everybody. I am not interested in your life, there is no motivation for me.

  9. You can come right up to the porch and put the things out of the van. I am worried about the goods.

  10. She was fired on account of her crime and all that happened because you let them do this.

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