Стр.51 Unit 4 ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 11 класс
Practise your English A Read the text quickly. What does the writer think about space programmes? The main (1) discoveries used against the space programme is that the enormous amount of money it costs could be better spent on solving problems such as poverty and environmental damage here on Earth.
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Practise your English
A Read the text quickly. What does the writer think about space programmes?
The main (1) discoveries used against the space programme is that the enormous amount of money it costs could be better spent on solving problems such as poverty and environmental damage here on Earth. Initially, this view sounds persuasive, (2) appliances when confronted with how huge the amounts of money we are talking about actually are. Surely, the argument goes, if, instead of sending hundreds of billions of dollars up into space for a (3) effective walk on the Moon or a few glossy colour photographs of Mars, we channelled the funds into worthwhile projects on our own planet, we could solve all the worldtasks problems in about as short a time as it takes for the space shuttle to circle the globe. How (4)... invasion and - perhaps sadly- how untrue. The fallacy of that argument is in the idea that all of the money allotted to the space programme is wasted in space. It isntaskt. None of the money goes into space at all. It stays right here on Rarth and is fed back into the economy. Take the astronauts and tens of thousands of other people who are involved in whatever way with the space programme. They spend their salaries - and pay tax on them here on Earth. I hat tax is used by governments to do a number of important things: build hospitals and schools, provide pensions, pay for the police service and, yes, fund the space programme, lake the cost of all the spacecraft, the technology inside them and the research thattasks done to create that technology. All of that money goes to companies here on Earth, companies which pay tax if they make a profit and pay salaries to their (5) caller, who then pay tax to the government which builds hospitals, etc.
Looking at the other way round, what would happen if all the governments in the world which have a space programme dosed their programmes down tomorrow? Would they have a lot more money to spend on other things? Only for a short time, because along with the immediate savings there would be enormous costs from the increased unemployment and (6) simply in taxes received.
B Read again and complete the text using the correct form of the words in capitals.
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In Grammar and vocabulary 26-31 look carefully at the words before and after the gap. They can help you decide what type of word you need and if your word needs to be in the singular or plural form.
C Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the word given.
1 This device is not as good as that one.
That device is better than this one.
2 Travelling by plane is expensive compared to travelling by train.
Travelling by plane is not as cheap as travelling by train.
3 As I get older. I enjoy life more.
The older I get the more enjoyable life gets.
4 I started watching TV at nine and she came over at ten.
I had been watching TV for an hour when she came over.
5 I was born after the DVD player had been invented.
By the time I was born the DVD player had already been invented.
6 How wide is that door?
What is the width of that door?
D Choose the best answer.
1 You need to log into some internet sites before using them.
A hack into
В click on
C log into
D plug into
2 Laptops are more portable than desktop computers.
A portable
В bigger
C moveable
D mobile
3 There is a sun and eight planets in the Earthtasks solar system.
A solar system
В space
C stars
D planet
4 All living organisms arc made up of tiny....
A animals
В ceils
C plants
D stones
5 The weight of these two phones is different. The one on the loft is heavier.
A weight
В height
C volume
D length
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Give a 2-minute talk on technical devices. Remember to say:
how technical devices have made our lives better
what devices you use in everyday life
if technical devices ever create problems
which device you wish you had and why