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When the Ice Age had passed, Europe remained very cold, at least in winter, and so the people of the Old Stone Age had to find some warm and dry 1_______ to shelter from bad weather. They chose caves, dwelling places that storm and cold could not destroy. On the 2_______ of their caves ancient people painted pictures. Such decorated caves are found in Europe, Asia and Africa.
When man began 3_______ a home for himself, caves were imitated in stone structures, trees were taken as a model for huts built of branches, skins were raised on poles and formed tents.
Primitive stone structures, huts and tents are the earliest types of human dwellings, they are lost in the prehistoric past but serve as prototypes for 4_______ of later historic times - Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами.
CAUTION: A ladder can be a very 1_______ tool. Any of these accidents could happen to you. (a) The ladder could slip on an oily 2_______ and you could fall off; (b) the top could fall backwards; (c) a door could open and push the 3_______ backwards or to the side; (d) a metal ladder could touch an 4_______ wire and give you an electric shock; (e) a ladder could fall off boxes or drums - Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами.
Some measuring 1_______ are fitted with dials. To prevent 2_______ readings, always read the dial correctly. Read the deal from 3_______ in front so that the reflection is behind the needle. If the 4_______ is not viewed from the front the reading will be incorrect - Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами.
We can not ignore the heritage of the past. There are different 1_______ and kinds of architecture in the past around the world. It is not a secret, that various cultures have left their imprint on history through their great 2_______ and buildings, great castles and cathedrals. The oldest monuments which are met within 3_______ are great structures such as Egyptian pyramids, the Parthenon in Athens, the Roman Pantheon, and Hagia Sophia in the “New Rome”, Constantinople, great castles and cathedrals of the Middle Ages, the palaces of the Renaissance and the civil engineering infrastructure of the industrial revolution. Great architects and engineers followed an integrated 4_______ of conception, design and construction - Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами.
In ancient Russia 1_______ flourished for the first time in Kiev Russ. Unfortunately only a few of the church buildings of that period have remained, among them the famous Cathedral of St Sophia, the 2_______ of which was laid in 1037 to commemorate the victory over the Pechenegs. The churches of that time were strong 3_______ with thick walls and small windows. They often had to serve as 4_______ against enemy invasions. During the Second World War the finest ancient architectural monuments were destroyed and great effort has gone into restoring them - Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами.
The ZX 1000 electric 1_______ has two speeds: the fast speed is 3,000 rpm and the slower speed is 1,000 rpm. Adjust the speed according to the 2_______ of material and the size of the hole. For example, use the faster speed for a soft material such as 3_______ to drill holes smaller than 10 millimetres (10 mm) in diameter but choose the slower speed for holes between 10 and 25 mm. However, for steel, a 4_______ material, use the faster speed for holes smaller than 6.5 mm and choose the slower speed to drill holes between 6.5 and 10 mm - Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами.
In the days of early civilization, once men had learnt how to build simple 1_______ for their families, they began to feel a need to have a number of different kinds of houses in one place. At first the difference was mainly in 2_______ – the chief or leader had a larger hut or tent than the rest of the people. Much later, when men began to build towns, there grew up a difference between town houses and country houses. The streets in towns were very 3_______ and there was not much place for building within the town walls, and therefore houses had to be built higher than they were in the country. A typical town house 4_______ of a shop opening on the street where the man did his work or sold his goods, with a kitchen behind and a bedroom above - Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами.
As the population increases, the 1_______ of water supply in many desert regions becomes more urgent with every year.
Scientists 2_______ that the best way to solve this problem is to construct plants that will use atomic energy to distill fresh 3_______ from the sea. It is believed that it will be cheaper to distill sea water than to make 4_______ freshwater reservoirs - Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами.
Architecture is an 1_______. The triple nature of architectural design is one of the reasons why architecture is a 2_______ art. The architect does not first plan a building from the point of view of convenience, then designs around his plan a strong 3_______ to shelter it, and finally adjusts and decorates the whole to make it pretty. It takes him a special type of imagination as well as long years of training and experience to produce a 4_______ capable of making the requisite in the light of these three factors – “use, construction, aesthetic effect” – simultaneously - Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами.
When you turn the handle of a water tap clockwise, the water stops. When you 1_______ it anticlockwise, the water pours out of the tap again. How does it work?
Look at FIG.2. The tap has a handle on the top and inside there is a 2_______, and a washer. The washer is over a hole.
When you turn the handle clockwise, this makes the bolt move downwards. The washer then covers the hole and stops the water.
When you turn the handle 3_______, the bolt moves upwards and the washer uncovers the hole again. This lets 4_______ flow through the tap again