Упр.2 Юнит 1 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ Rainbow English 10 класс

Listen to the text and choose the appropriate answers (a—d) to the following questions.

1. Who were the first people to wear glasses?
   • a) Europeans.
   • b) Italians.
   • c) The Chinese.
   • d) There’s no evidence as to who did it first.
2. What sort of eyeglasses could people buy at the optician’s in the 19th century?
   • a) Only glasses made to individual order.
   • b) Only glasses owned by somebody else before them.
   • c) Glasses recently made and never used by anyone before.
   • d) Both secondhand and newly made glasses.
3. Who used lorgnettes in the 19th century?
   • a) Both men and women.
   • b) Just men.
   • c) Only women.
   • d) Nobody did.
4. How did the appearance of cars might influence the popularity of eyeglasses?
   • a) Women began to wear them more willingly.
   • b) Men began to wear them while driving.
   • c) Drivers had to wear them as it was compulsory.
   • d) Drivers had to pay more attention to their eyesight.
5. What made a revolution in people’s attitude to glasses after the Second World War?
   • a) The fact that people didn’t mind looking funny anymore.
   • b) The new materials used for making frames.
   • c) The new materials used for making lenses.
   • d) The new technology of making lenses.
6. How many people in the world wear glasses nowadays?
   • a) One sixth of the world population.
   • b) One fifth of the world population.
   • c) One fourth of the world population.
   • d) One third of the world population.