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5 Прочитайте текст и выберите правильные ответы.1. The idea of building a tunnel under the sea first came upa in 1880.b about 200 years ago.c in 1980.d in 1860.2.
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1. The idea of building a tunnel under the sea first came up
a in 1880.
b about 200 years ago.
c in 1980.
d in 1860.
2. Napoleon refused to build a tunnel because
a he was at war with Britain.
b relations between France and Britain were unfriendly.
c he didntaskt have the money.
d he didntaskt trust his engineers.
3. Thomas de Gamond of France and Sir John Hawkshaw of Britain went as far as
a producing very practical plans.
b having a pilot tunnel dug under their supervision.
c nearly digging the Channel tunnel.
d forming an Anglo-French company to dig a tunnel.
4. The work of the two engineers was interrupted by
a the lack of money.
b the threat of another European war.
c another European war.
d the engineerstask interest in another tunnel.
The idea of a tunnel under the Channel directly linking England and France is not a new one. About 200 years ago a French engineer told Napoleon that it would most definitely be possible to build a long tunnel under the Channel. Napoleon was more interested in fighting the British than in linking the two countries, and shortly afterwards a new war between Britain and France prevented any further development of the project.
Then in the late 1860s, Thomas de Gamond of France and Sir John Hawkshaw of Britain, two very successful engineers, produced quite practical plans for a railway tunnel that would finally end Britaintasks long isolation as an island. Companies were quickly formed in both Britain and France, but actual digging did not begin until the early 1880s. A pilot tunnel nearly two kilometres long was dug from Folkestone out under the Channel, but further works on the site were stopped when risks of another European war became real.