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Exercises

1. Try to find out several semantic parts in the text (there must be 6 of them).

2. Suggest the titles for the extracts. Justify your choice.

3. Give the English equivalents of the following:

находиться на мёртвой точке; применить принципы современной науки, занимать высшую ступень; не способен к переменам; принять идею о…; неблагоприятные условия; передать изменения последующему поколению; приобретённые качества; примерно в то же время; намереваться стать; кругосветное путешествие; сразу же после возвращения; основной механизм; случайные комбинации черт и их вариации; оценить значимость работы; генетический материал; движущая сила эволюции.

4. Complete the sentences based on the text (part 1):

  1. The origins of life have been a source of…

  2. Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists were the first to…

  3. The dawn of Renaissance brought…

  4. Advances in anatomy highlighted…

  5. Fossils provided evidence that…

5. What have you learnt about ancient scientists' theories? Develop the idea (part 2):

  1. Anaximander believed that…

  2. Empedocles proposed that…

  3. Aristotle acknowledged that…

6. Answer the questions (part 3):

  1. What idea was predominant in religion and philosophy in the 16th-17th centuries?

  2. Why did evolutionary theory only begin to take shape in that period of time?

  3. Why is Carolus Linnaeus considered to be the father of modern taxonomy?

  4. What are the principles of Linnaeus's classification?

  5. Was Linnaeus an evolutionist?

7. Make up sentences matching one part with the other (part 4):

  1. Lamark believed that animals…

  1. destroyed ancient species.

  1. Modern scientists know that adaptations…

  1. slightly changed the hereditary characteristics.

  1. Malthus theorized that the human population…

  1. evolve because of unfavorable conditions.

  1. Proponents of Lamarckism thought the voluntary use…

  1. are more complicated than Lamarck supposed.

  1. Cuvier believed that floods and other cataclysms…

  1. would increase at a much greater rate.

  1. Charles Syell supplied…

  1. a deeper understanding of Earth's history.

8. Ask questions to the following statements and give answers (part 5). Start your questions with the words:

I wonder…

Could you clarify…

I'd like to know…

I'm interested to know…

Have you any idea of…

  1. The voyage aboard the Beagle is considered to be the real preparation for Darwin’s lifework? (Why…?)

  2. He spent 6 years travelling along the coast of South America. (How long…?)

  3. In the Galapagos Islands he noted how species on the various islands were similar, but distinct from one another. (Where…?; What…?)

  4. Darwin was unwilling to publish the results of his observations. (Why…?)

  5. He labored for almost 20 additional years on his theory of evolution. (How long…?; Why…?)

  6. Some of Darwin's scientific colleagues presented extracts of Darwin's work at a meeting of the Linnaean Society. (Who…?; Why…?; What…?; Where…?)

  7. Darwin's book and his theory set off a storm of controversy. (Why…?)

  8. Many objections came from the clergy and religious thinkers as well as from other scientists. (Who…from?)

  9. Wallace and Darwin had no answer concerned the inheritance of traits. (What question…?)