Стр.119 Unit 9 ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 11 класс

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Комарова, Ларионова 11 класс, Русское слово: Practise your English
A Look at these photos of freak weather conditions. Do they really happen? What causes them?
B Read the news article quickly and answer these questions.
1 Which freak weather picture from A does it describe?
2 What cause is suggested?
Great balls of… ice
We talk about 1) heavy rain, but it’s just an expression, right? Well, you’d better think again! the weight of some objects falling to Earth recently is very worrying, the objects are huge balls of ice and they have been crashing to the ground all over the place.
The biggest ice ball yet recorded fell in Brazil, this bolt from the 2) blue weighed 200 kilos, was the size of a fridge and landed in a car showroom. ‘If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes,’ said Fabio Souza, a cleaner at the showroom. ‘I wouldn’t have believed it. It’s a miracle that no one was 3) hurt ‘ The same is true for pensioner Jan Kenkel. If she had been in her Irving room when a 22 kilo chunk of ice fell on her house in Iowa, she may have been killed.
Scientists, who have called the balls ‘megacryometeors’, are 4) utterly confused by the phenomenon, first of all, you don’t have to live in cold countries to get one in your back garden, f hey have fallen in parts of Africa that never experience 5) freezing temperatures. What’s more, they often fall from clear blue skies.
So what’s going on? Some people think that these balls can’t form naturally because they are just too large. They think the balls must form on aeroplanes high 6) overhead, then break off and fall to Earth. Whatever the cause, it looks like we now have one more extreme weather 7) phenomenon to worry about.
C Now read the text again and choose the best answer.
Quick chat
Do you over get strange weather in your country? If you do why do you think it happens?
D Use the word in capitals to form one word that fits each sentence.
1 There are many endangered species in the world which need our protection.
2 Using a bike is a very environmentally friendly way to travel.
3 Fumes from factories and vehicles cause global warming.
4 Do you believe that people extinct from apes?
5 I was evolved amazed when I saw the damage from the storm.
6 The colossal squid can often utterly nine metres in length.
7 One day in the future people may be able to travel to exceed planets.
8 The climbers were surprised by the distant of the winds at the top of the mountain.
9 The animals living in wildlife strength are protected by local governments.
10 The blue whale nearly became reserves in the 1960s. *Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.

Ответ

B.

1) It describes the picture with huge balls of ice falling from the sky.
2) It suggests that the ice balls may form on aeroplanes high overhead and then break off.

C.

1. heavy rain — это выражение, а не буквальный смысл.
2. blue — устойчивое выражение: out of the blue.
3. hurt — после was нужен причастный оборот в страдательном залоге.
4. utterly — наречие, усиливающее прилагательное confused.
5. freezing — устойчивое сочетание freezing temperatures.
6. overhead — «высоко над головой».
7. phenomenon — «ещё одно экстремальное погодное явление».

D.

1. There are many endangered species in the world which need our protection.
2. Using a bike is a very environmentally friendly way to travel.
3. Fumes from factories and vehicles cause global warming.
4. Do you believe that people evolved from apes?
5. I was amazed when I saw the damage from the storm.
6. The colossal squid can often measure nine metres in length.
7. One day in the future people may be able to travel to other planets.
8. The climbers were surprised by the strength of the winds at the top of the mountain.
9. The animals living in wildlife reserves are protected by local governments.
10. The blue whale nearly became extinct in the 1960s.