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8. Read and say if the statements are true or false.

1T; 2T; 3F; 4T; 5F; 6T; 7F; 8T.

10. Complete the sentences given below.

1) more than 3,400 individual reefs and 700 islands stretching a distance of 2,300 km from Torres Strait to Lady Elliot Island.

2) The perfect environment was created for the world’s largest system of coral reefs

3) Among the most beautiful of marine organisms.

4) Are known to live in the reef region.

5) "low islands" and "continental islands".

6) The shorelines of some continental islands have white sandy beaches and others.

7) The waters of the Great Barrier Reef.

Text 4. Thomas Alva Edison

1. Answer the questions.

1) Yes, I have. I have heard and read a lot about Thomas Alva Edison because l am fond of Physics.

2) At the age of eight his mother taught him at home and he read science books by himself. He got a job sending telegraph messages. Then he started inventing things. In 1877 he made a «phonograph» — the first ever sound recorder. The following year he invented the light bulb. In 1882 New York was the first city in the world with electric lights. In 1889 he made a «kinetoscope». He also made films for his new machine. In 1903 he made the world’s longest film (It was ten minutes long!) After more than one thousand inventions, Edison died at the age of eighty-four.

2. Match the words (1–8) with their definitions (a–h).

1e; 2h; 3f; 4b; 5g; 6a; 7c; 8d.

5. Match the words (1–8) with their definitions (a–h).

1) The American inventor was born in Milan, Ohio.

2) No, he didn’t. He studied bad at school because of hearing problems.

3) When he was working for the railroad he saved the life of a station official’s child and the boy’s father taught him how to use the telegraph.

4) He began developing a telegraphic repeating instrument that made it possible to transmit messages automatically.

5) The scientist publicly demonstrated his incandescent electric light bulb in 1879.

6) Yes, he was. He created companies worldwide for the manufacture and sale for his inventions.

7) In his laboratory in west Orange he produced the commercial phonofraph, the kinetoscope, the Edison storage battery, the electric pen and some other inventions.

8) He patented more than 1,000 inventions.

6. Choose the correct item to complete the sentences.

1c; 2b; 3b; 4c; 5c; 6b; 7b; 8b.

7. Complete the statement. 1-b.

8. Number the events in order they happen in the story.

1d; 2b; 3c; 4a.

9. Read and say if the statements are true or false.

1T; 2F; 3T; 4F; 5T; 6T; 7F; 8T.