Упр.3 Unit 1 Reader ГДЗ English Кузовлев 7 класс

Below is a story Einstein Anderson and the Huck Finn Raft Race.

1. Find the answers to the questions to explain its title. (Reading for specific information)

   • Why did they name the competition the Huck Finn Raft Race?
   • Why did everybody call Adam by his nickname Einstein^*?

   The first Tuesday in June was Field Day at Sparta Junior High School. Buses came early in the morning to take the pupils to Big Lake State Park. The children were going to have a picnic lunch and play games there all day long. The highlight of the day was a raft race between grades. In honor of Mark Twain’s^* story of a boy who was rafting down the Mississippi River, they named the competition the Huck Finn Raft Race.

   Sixth-graders had chosen Einstein to be their leader. Einstein was good at using science to help to do things. In fact, his name was Adam, but everyone, and his mother, too, called him by his nickname.

   “I hope you have some ideas for the race,” Margaret said to Einstein when the buses came to Big Lake.

   “I have a few ideas that may help us win,” he answered.

   The race was before lunch. All the children built their grade’s raft, but only two went on the raft and floated down the river. Einstein, the sixth-grade leader, chose the two sixth-graders to pilot the raft: Pat and Herman, the biggest and heaviest kids. He gave them instructions and put something on the raft.

   At the start of the race, the eighth-grade raft was on one side of the river, the seventh-grade raft on the other side, and the sixth-grade raft in the middle. When the rafts arrived at the finish, the sixth-grade raft was the first.

2. Vocabulary. In the story, find the English equivalents of the following Russian phrases.

   1. основной момент
   2. состязание на плотах
   3. плыть на плоту
   4. построить плот
   5. плыть по реке
   6. управлять плотом

3. What did the pupils do on Sports Day? Choose the correct statements. Correct the false statements. Prove it from the story. (Reading for detail)

   • The pupils had Field Day on the first of June.
   • They came to Big Lake State Park early in the morning.
   • After a picnic lunch, the pupils had a raft race.
   • The pupils of three forms took part in the race.
   • Pat and Herman won the race.
   • Einstein’s ideas helped to win the race.

4. Adam Anderson knew some things that science teaches us about rivers. What did he do to help to win the race? Find the answer in the story. (Applying background knowledge)