Read the text. Choose the correct answers.
1 Why was the Dawn Wall difficult to climb?

a It was higher than the climbers thought.

b The climbers couldn’t sleep.

c The rocks were difficult for climbers to hold.

d It took a very long time to finish.

2 Jorgeson had to stop climbing for a while because

a he was really tired.

b he was anxious.

c he often slipped.

d he had an injury.

3 What does the text say about Will Gadd's climb?

a Nobody had climbed that section of the falls before him.

b He climbed the highest part of the Niagara Falls.

c It was the most dangerous climb in the world.

d Nobody had climbed on ice in Canada before.

4 Terence suggests that Gadd and Caldwell climb

a to become famous.

b to write about their experiences.

c to make TV programmes.

d to show people how difficult climbing is.

5 In this article, the writer

a encourages people to go on adventures.

b discusses people who do difficult things.

c describes why he likes doing dangerous climbs.

d predicts the future of climbing.

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Along with the improvement of the telegraph in the XIX century, a telephone appeared. In the early 60s of the XIX century. Flight has designed a telephone set, which has not received any practical application. Further development of the phone is connected with the names of American inventors I. Gray and A.G. Bella.
Later, Bell demonstrated the developed by him electromagnetic telephone, which served as a transmitter and receiver. Apparatus interested in the business community, which helped the inventor to establish "Bell Telephone Company."
Many inventors worked on the improvement of the phone (V.Siemens, Ader, Gover, Shtaker, Dolbir, etc.). Soon Edison designed another type of telephone (1878). Edison provided the transmission of sound over a considerable distance.
In the 20-ies of the XX century, the first automatic telephone exchanges were installed.
In 1973 the company "Motorola" appeared. The first phone worked without recharging no more than 20 minutes and the size was similar to a brick and weighed 794 grams!

1.The students are near ..the. table
2. ..-. dinner is over.You may go for a walk.
3.It's .-.. yasty breakfast.
4.Pete is ill ..-. boy is in the bed.
5.This is .a.. room.Yhere are people in .the.. room.

сколько минут в часе?

возьми этот журнал почитать

на нашей улице много старых домов

в твоем доме есть жизнь?

на тумбочке лежит телеграмма

 

 1.There is not a clock on the wall.
2.There are not books on the shelf.
3.There are not notebooks in the bag.
4.There is not an interesting story in this book.
5.There are not many large cities in our country.