53. Укажите, какие предложения соответствуют содержанию текста. Под­твердите свои ответы фактами из текста.

1. Karpinsky was the first President of the Academy of Sciences.

2. He worked at the Mining Institute in St.Petersburg.

3. Karpinsky was a member of many Academies abroad.

4. Karpinsky made up a detailed map of the Asian part of our country.

5. He headed the Russian Geological Committee.

6. Karpinsky created a new branch of geology, namely stratigraphy.

7. He only tried to establish the regularity of the Earth's crust movement.

8. Karpinsky may be justly considered the founder of the practical geology of the Urals.

54. Ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1. What society elected Karpinsky a foreign member and when?

2. Did he head the Russian Geological Committee or was he a member of that Committee?

3. Did Karpinsky investigate various regions of the Russian territory?

4. Which of his works are the most remarkable?

5. What can you say about Karpinsky's investigations in petrology?

55. Найдите в правой колонке русские эквиваленты следующих сочетаний слов.

1. the Earth's crust а) земная кора

2. prominent scientist б) составить подробную карту

3. deposits of useful minerals в) замечательные работы

4. to make up a detailed map г) выдающийся ученый

5. remarkable works д) залежи полезных ископаемых

6. to advance the view . e) научное общество

7. scientific society ж) избирать председателя

8. to head a Committee (to be at (президента)

9. the head of a Committee) з) заложить основы школы

10. to lay the foundation of и) интересоваться геологией

11. to elect chairman (president ) к) высказать точку зрения

12. to take an interest in geology л) возглавлять комитет

56. Подберите из списков а и б близкие по значению слова.

A. Б.

to understand due to

because of to head

especially to found

to be at the head of to realize

to lay the foundation prominent

significance particularly

outstanding importance

57. Переведите следующие сочетания слов, обрати внимание на разные значения слова very.

very good; very much; very difficult; at the very beginning; at that very moment; at the very end; the very book; this very colliery; that very scientist; the very first; the very last; the very best.

58. Прочитайте следующий текст. Озаглавьте его. Найдите предложения, в которых глаголы-сказуемые употреблены в страдательном залоге. Переведите их:

V.I. Vernadsky (1863-1945) is known as the outstanding mineralo­gist and crystallographer, the founder of geochemistry, biochemistry and radiogeology. Many research centres were established by him. He was elected president of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in 1919. He conducted research in the geochemistry of rare elements. Vernadsky advanced a revolutionary theory of the origin of minerals which was described in his works An Experiment in Descriptive Mineralogy and History of Minerals in the Earth's Crust. He prospected for the radioactive minerals. The role of such minerals as radium and uranium was forecast by him.