Жизнь и творчества русских писателей

Put the phrases where they belong.

What was the first skyscraper?

All over the world today, wherever big cities have grown up, there are very tall buildings that might be called (1) _____. There is no special reason for calling a building a skyscraper. It’s simply a name we have given to very tall buildings. In fact, (2) ____ tells of an attempt to put up a building so tall that it could never be covered by the water of any flood. This of course, was the Tower of Babel. During the middle ages, the people who lived in the cities of Northern Europe began (3) ___. For hundreds of years afterwards, these cathedrals stood as the tallest structures in the world. It was simply because no one had discovered (4) ___ which could be used to built taller buildings.

In the nineteenth century, as cities grew more crowded, the value of land there rose. People needed more offices (5) _____. It was necessary to contrast taller buildings, but the problem was to get new materials to make skyscrapers possible. Architects began to experiment with buildings that had steel frames.

The first skyscraper (6) ___ was the Home Insurance Building in Chicago, designed in 1883.

materials and methods of construction.
the Bible
in the United States

d)skyscrapers

e) to build great cathedrals

f) on a small piece of land

II. . Complete the sentences and right them down.

The shop assistant said they (принимают назад) goods if there was a receipt.
The old lady ( сняла) her glasses and put them on the table.
When does the plane ( взлетает)?
Will you help me ( снять занавески) ?
The reporters ( записали) every word of his speech.

Put the word enough in the right place.

She had wisdom to say nothing.
Do we have books on the Civil War in America?
Ben hasn’t got farmland to raise cows.

Choose the right preposition.

Doctors are still fighting (against/for) his life.
Colin Mitchel will judge (at/in) the coming competition.
If the majority vote is (against/for) the bill, it’ll never pass.

Express the same in English.

В этом оживленном городе много небоскребов.
Храбрые люди помогают тем, кто попал в беду.
Америка – страна бесконечных равнин.
Иногда трудно подчиняться правилам.