After reading activity. Task 1. Answer the following questions

Task 1. Answer the following questions:

1. How time and distances have become harnessed by science?

2. How science helps us to feel healthier?

3. What devices invented with the science make lives of disabled people easier?

4. How the advent of electricity has influenced our life?

5. What gadgets became available for everyone with help of science?

Task 2. Decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F):

1. Science was the one of the most important advents in human life.

2. Science changed every sphere of our life.

3. Science made a great contribution into improvement of medicine.

4. People can live without electricity.

5. The world would have come to a standstill without science.

T	T	T	T	T
F	F	F	F	F

 

Task 3. Match English words in column A with their Ukrainian equivalents in column B:

1. ignorance 2. turbulent 3. entertainment 4. various 5. swift 6. advent 7. suffering 8. utilize 9. medium 10. standstill

a) розваги b) швидкий c) використовувати d) відсутність інформації e) поява f) стан спокою, затримка g) різноманітний h) засіб i) страждання j) бурхливий

 

Task 4. Choose the appropriate synonym for each word in bolds:

1. Mass media is used by anti-social elements to spread rumours and false information.

a) whispers;

b) talks;

c) screams.

2. It is certainly up to mankind to utilize the benefits of Science for welfare of all or to indulge in making mass destruction weapons for miseries of future generations.

e) pleasure;

f) ignorance;

g) torture.

3. Science can further be utilized to make our daily life more prosperous, comfortable and full of happiness.

a) miserable;

b) successful;

c) tolerant;

4. Man’s life span has been increased with the advancement of the medical science.

d) progress

e) downfall

f) prosperity

5. They managed to prevent the spread of avian influenza.

a) extention;

b) b) shortage;

h) appearance;

6. Science has invented ways to peep inside the human body to tackle diseases of human beings through X-ray machines.

a) determine;

b) find;

c) attack;

7. Communication satellites moving in their orbits above the earth’s atmosphere can forecast weather reports

a) produce

b) predict

c) hidee.