Задания к тексту Automobile industry (1, 2, 3)

Exercise 1

Ответьте на вопросы:

  1. How do you understand the term “Automobile industry”?
  2. When was the steam engine invented?
  3. Did inventors in the early 17th century try to apply power of steam engine to self-propelled road vehicles?
  4. When and by whom was the first successful self-propelled road vehicle invented?
  5. What can you say about the automobile of British inventors William Murdock and James Watt constructed in 1781?
  6. When was the working model of a so-called steam carriage of the British inventor William Symington built?
  7. Who was the inventor of the first automobile to carry passengers?
  8. What was the difference of Trevithicks’ power unit from earlier power units?
  9.  Who is considered the founder of both road and rail automotive transportation?
  10.  When did the development of self-propelled vehicles practically stop?
  11.  What countries turned their attention to the development of the internal-combustion engine?

 

Exercise 2

Заполните пропуски недостающими по смыслу словами, используя текст:

 

  1. The steam engine was … in the early 17th century.
  2. The machine, which was propelled by the back pressure of a jet of steam directed to the rear was developed about 1680 by … .
  3. The French engineer Nicolas Joseph Cugnot invented the first successful self-propelled … … in 1770.
  4.  The British inventor William Symington in 1786 built a working model of a … … .
  5. The British inventor Richard Trevithick in 1801 built the first automobile to carry … .
  6. … … is considered the founder of both road and rail automotive transportation.
  7. In the United States, the first patent on a steam carriage in 1789 was obtained by … … .
  8. In 1803 the inventor Oliver Evans …  a self-propelled steam dredge which is regarded as the first self-propelled vehicle to operate over American roads.
  9. By 1830 steam …  were in regular daily use to transport passengers over English roads.

 

Exercise 3

Соответствуют ли данные предложения содержанию текста:

 

  1. Automobile industry is the service industry aimed at providing transportation facilities to the clients.
  2. Before the invention of the steam engine in the early 17th century a lot of attempts were made to motorize self-propelled road vehicles.
  3.  The machine developed by the English scientist James Watt was propelled by the back pressure of a jet of steam directed to the rear.
  4. The first successful self-propelled road vehicle was a steam automobile invented in 1770 by Sir Isaac Newton.
  5. In Great Britain the inventors William Murdock and James Watt produced a model of a wagon that used the power of a high-pressure steam engine.
  6. The first automobile to carry passengers was built by the British inventor William Murdock.
  7. In December 1801 Trevithick conducted a successful road test of his vehicle, which carried several passengers.
  8. The success of Trevithick was due to the greater efficiency and smaller size of his power unit.
  9. By 1830 steam coaches were in regular daily use to transport passengers over Russian roads.