Ex.4 Read the text and decide which answer best fits each gap.
Начало формы
Alfred Nobel. When we hear the name Nobel, we immediately think of the Nobel Prizes. But Alfred Nobel, the ... of the awards, was also a great scientist and inventor.
receiver
holder
discover
creator
Born in 1833 in Sweden, Nobel studied firs in Russia and then ...
to the U S,
emigrated
joined
visited
transferred
where he studied mechanical ...
developing
creating
producing
engineering
Afterwards, he returned to Sweden to work with his father. Gradually, they made ... in explosives.
motions
directions
advances
movements
Nobel ... out how to work safely with nitroglycerine,
solved
figured
granted
intoduced
a very dangerous and explosive ...
substance
body
form
shape
His invention later became known
dynamite.
by
with
for
as
Nobel continued throughout his life to ... improvements in the field of explosives.
take
have
do
make
He eventually owned ... Explosives factories around the world and became very wealthy.
numerate
numerous
numerical
numbered
Alfred Nobel was a man of great ... He left a wonderful gift to the world: the Nobel Prizes.
.
situation
achievement
incident
advantage
Each year these prizes are ... to the scientist,
designed
suggested
implanted
awarded
inventors and other creative people for the great ... to the world.
contribution
manufacturing
involment
development
Read the text about the discovery of radioactivity. Choose the correct answer for gaps.
The Discovery OF Radioactivity.
In 1896 the French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel was investigating uranium salts. He accidentally left a bit of uranium lying on some photographic plates –glass plates which were used in photography before film was ...
observed
found
discovered
invented
..... the plates were wrapped in thick black paper to protect them from light, after some time Becquerel found out that they had been exposed, just as if they had been lying in the sun.
although
however
because
when
He asked himself how this ...
happened .
been
was
has
had
He repeated the experiment and finally ...
to the conclusion that uranium salt emitted unknown rays,
went
made
did
came
similar ... X-rays, which could pass through thick black paper.
to
than
like
with
In this way radioactivity ... discovered.
has been
had
had been
was
The story shows some important qualities of scientist’s mind: the desire to understand why something happens the way it does, and the imagination which made Becquerel ... of a new, original explanation.
think
to think
thinking
thought
In 1903, Henry Becquerel won the Nobel ... in Physics for his discovery.
award
prize
reward
price
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