Why do the English drive on the left ? Fill in the gaps with the words below and read the text: body, horse, law , sword , position , Roman , recommendation.

Years ago in (1) ... times, old logic dictated if people passed each other on the road they should be in the best possible (2) ... to use their sword to protect them-selves .
The shield was carried with the left hand and the (3) ... with the right. The soldiers marched on the left, so they could protect their (4) ... with their shield and they were able to fight with their right hand. As most people are right handed they therefore keep to their left. Nothing much changed until 1773 when an increase of (5) … traffic forced the UK Government to introduce the General Highways Act which contained a keep left (6) … .This became a(7)... .

Пример ответов :
1. Body
2. Horse

1. Why is IT progress different from other advances?

Thanks to modern software and robots, new information technologies can significantly speed up many processes and transfer information faster.

2. What are the characteristics of the information society?

The new information society has its own characteristics. First, more and more employees are working in the service and information sector. Secondly, there are more and more huge databases for collecting and storing information.

3. What is the role of information in this society?

information and IT are becoming commodities and are beginning to play an important role in the country's economy.

5. What are the possible dangers of widespread access to information?

"Intellectual terrorism", when computer viruses block important programs.

6. What green energy sources are you aware of?

sun, gravity, wind or rain.

7. How can scientific innovation affect our daily life?

The impact can range from psychological and health problems in children who spend too much time online to the ability to prevent genetic diseases for future generations.

8.What are the key challenges facing humanity today?

But the most difficult problems facing humanity are global problems.

9. How can these problems be solved?

The only way to solve them is to work globally and in cooperation with other countries. And here humanity must find a way to use new technologies for the common good. Solving these problems cannot be postponed, because otherwise people will be less likely to survive on this planet.

10. What environmental issues are mentioned in the text?

First of all, this is an environmental problem: pollution of air, water and soil, depletion of natural resources. Renewable natural resources such as oxygen, forests, flora and fauna do not have time to recover.

11. What are the benefits of scientific and technological progress?

These processes affect social structures and values.

12. What are the disadvantages of scientific and technological progress?

computer viruses block important programs.

13. Найдите в тексте синонимы к словам «новый», «быстрый», «важный» и «отправить». Вы можете придумать другие синонимы этих слов?

Новый-свежий New -fresh

Быстрый-беглец Quick-fugitive

Важный-главный Important-main

Отправить-послать Send message- send

A:Hi! We need to choose what places can be visited by us. What about Australia?

B:No, I don't want to go to Australia. There are plenty of insects and spiders and I am scared of them.

A:But there are lots of interesting places where we can go.

B:No. There are a lot of other places. For example, Germany.

A:And what interesting can we do there?

B:We can see different sightseeing of this country and I have already watched weather for the next week, it's really great.

A:Is it sunny?

B:Yes! It won't be so hot because of the small wind.

A:Yeah, the weather is really great there! Okay, we can go there.

B:Great! We also can go to the Baltic sea or another one!