Задания к тексту The internal combustion engine (1, 2, 3)

Exercise 1

Ответьте на вопросы:

 

  1. Who and when designed the first internal-combustion engine?
  2. Who and when built the first practical internal-combustion engine?
  3. What was the fuel used in the first internal-combustion engine?
  4. Who and when built a four-cycle internal-combustion engine?
  5. Why do we call four-cycle engines today as Otto-cycle engines?
  6. What can you say about the high-speed internal-combustion motor of the German engineer Gottlieb Daimler?
  7. When was Daimler’s four-cycle single-cylinder motor patented?
  8.  What type of engine design was adopted by a French manufacturer Levassor,?
  9. What is characteristic of Levassor's first car?
  10. What was the sequence of working parts arrangement in Levassor's first car?
  11. How was the superiority of the high-speed Daimler engine over the then highly developed steam engine was conclusively demonstrated?
  12. What was the achievement of another pioneering German engineer Karl Benz?
  13.  When did Henry Ford produce his first car?

 

 

Exercise 2

Заполните пропуски недостающими по смыслу словами, используя текст:

 

  1. The Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens designed the first … … … in 1678.
  2. The first practical internal-combustion engine was built by French inventor … ….
  3. Gottlieb Daimler’s four-cycle, single-cylinder motor achieved …many times higher of any previous engine.
  4. Gottlieb Daimler’s four-cycle, single-cylinder motor produced … higher many times for the same weight of engine.
  5.  Gottlieb Daimler’s four-cycle two-cylinder engine gave still greater … and the … were in a V-type configuration.
  6. Levassor's automobile was the first car in which the working parts were arranged in the … … still used in present-day models.
  7. In Levassor's automobile the … was in front, followed by the clutch, …, propeller shaft, differential and … axle.
  8. The superiority of the high-speed Daimler engine over the then highly developed … … was demonstrated at Paris-Bordeaux Race of 1895.
  9. The German engineer Karl Benz was another pioneer with the … … .
  10.  Henry Ford … his first experimental model in 1896.

 

 

 

Exercise 3

Соответствуют ли данные предложения содержанию текста:

 

  1. 1.The Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens in 1866 developed a four-cycle engine used in most modern automobiles and airplanes.
  2. The high-speed internal-combustion motor of German engineer Emile Levassor revolutionized the automobile industry.
  3. Daimler’s four-cycle, single-cylinder motor achieved speeds many times those of any previous engine.
  4. Daimler’s four-cycle, single-cylinder engine produced less power for the same weight.
  5. Levassor's first automobile was the first car in which the working parts were arranged in completely different operational sequence if compared with present-day models.
  6. The superiority of the highly developed steam engine over high-speed Daimler engine was demonstrated at the famous Paris-Dakar Race of 1995.
  7. Another pioneer with the gasoline engine was the German engineer Karl Benz, who worked out jointly with Daimler a mechanically propelled tricycle in 1855.
  8. In Russia, pioneer automobile manufacturers were very active in the 1890s.
  9. Henry Ford produced his first car, an experimental model, in 1896.