Упр.2 Юнит 4.13 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 11 класс
Read again and complete the gaps 1–12 with the correct word. Compare answers with a partner.
Clouds
The clouds you see in the sky are by 0) no means just pretty decorations. They play a vital part in maintaining life on Earth and are responsible for some of the 1) ______ most terrifying acts of natural destruction.
Clouds form 2) ______ same reason that mist appears on a cold metal spoon when you breathe on it. Tiny droplets of water form where the air cools, because cold air cannot hold as much water vapour 3) ______ warm air.
In the Earth’s water cycle, the heat from the sun beating down on the oceans creates currents of warm air loaded with invisible water vapour. As the air rises, it 4) ______ cools. And so the vapour forms millions of droplets around pieces of atmospheric dust.
When droplets join together, they eventually become heavy enough to fall back to the ground 5) ______ life-giving rain.
Clouds may look fragile, 6) ______ they are actually one of nature’s giants. A typical cloud holds millions of tonnes of water. Disastrous flooding can result when huge clouds release their load.
7) ______ of their most dangerous capabilities is the thunderstorm. If you have ever rubbed your bare feet across a carpet and then touched a metal door handle, you may 8) ______ felt an electric shock.
Lightning occurs in much the 9) ______ way, but on a gigantic scale. As water particles rub against each other, a negative charge builds up at the base of the storm cloud. When enough charge builds up, it is released in a dazzling flash of electricity connecting the cloud to the ground.
The energy released in a thunderstorm would be 10) ______ to power every home in the USA for a whole day!
Attempts have recently been made to bring these giants under our 11) ______. Using a technology called ‘cloud seeding’, aeroplanes spray clouds with a substance that encourages the droplets to combine and fall as rain.
Although the results are still under debate, countries including Australia, China and the USA are all investing in research. So, maybe one day we will be able to have a party and order not 12) ______ the food and drink, but clear skies as well!
1) most — устойчивое сочетание the most terrifying.
2) for — form for the same reason.
3) as — сравнение: as much … as.
4) also — наречие, показывает, что воздух also cools.
5) as — fall back to the ground as rain.
6) but — противопоставление: look fragile, but ….
7) One — начало нового предложения.
8) have — модальный глагол в конструкции may have felt.
9) same — устойчивое выражение much the same way.
10) enough — конструкция be enough to do something.
11) control — выражение under our control.
12) only — конструкция not only … but … as well.
Ответ: 1 most, 2 for, 3 as, 4 also, 5 as, 6 but, 7 One, 8 have, 9 same, 10 enough, 11 control, 12 only.
