Тренировочные упражнения по английскому языку Spotlight 8 Module 3 Inventions + формат ОГЭ, ВПР

Inventions in Pictures

1. Match the words to the pictures

washing machine,  engine,  headset / headphones / earphone, drone, laptop,

electric car, dishwasher, electric bulb, telephone, microwave, tablet, vaccine

1234

567

8910

1112

Confusing Words

2. Complete the sentences with the given words and word combinations. There are some extra options

factories   new  develop artificial experiments industries engine research progress false discovered machine modern invented

Due to fast scientific _____very soon we'll have technology which will help people to live longer and more happily.

I've bought a _____ laptop recently because my cat's broken the one I had before.

Google is the most popular search _____ according to the statistic.

More than 10 years' _____ in medicine allowed to get great results in understanding viruses.

Unfortunately, a lot of people who _____ useful devices have stayed unknown.

Alexander Fleming _____ penicillin by chance.

Thousands of unsuccessful _____ allowed us to refuse that idea.

Alice by Yandex is a great example of _____ intelligence.

In some _____ eco-friendly equipment is used, which allows to save up resources and implement reusing techniques.

Drones and robots will help us to _____ spheres dangerous for people.

Vocabulary Challenge: Idioms

3. Complete the sentences with the given idioms. There are some extra options

button your lip / get this show on the road / throw in the towel / as bright as a button / on the ball / hit the road / give you a hand / get the ball rolling / losing my head / cutting edge / stay off the beaten track / saved by the bell / on and on

If we want to get any results by the end of the year we have to _____ today and begin experimenting.

I suggest _____ with the hypothesis and then a detailed plan.

I would like to _____ in your research because I myself am really interested in the same topic as well.

I remember me _____ when I couldn't start my very expensive brand new drone.

When I realised that all my notes were missing I was looking for them _____ until you came and told me that you'd taken them.

It's not easy to _____ when doing projects; you must be outstanding and well-skilled to do that.

Kevin is _____; all his ideas are brilliant.

Polly, I'd kindly ask you to _____ when you come into my lab; yes, it's really messy.

We need someone _____ in our team to react really quickly to all the procedure changes.

ОГЭ. Лексика: Health and Inventions

4. Change the forms of the given words to make the text lexically correct.

We've got rid of some diseases thanks to _____(success) discoveries and inventions in biology and medicine. The progress has already changed people's lives and made it much longer. Life is becoming more and more active so it's not the time to stop. Are any breakthroughs possible?

The sphere which is under a great interest now is medicine. People want to live longer, healthier, and happier. That's why scientists all over the world are working on parts of body made _____(artificial).

_____(Fortunate), we are not able to grow artificial liver, lungs or other important organs for transplantation still, but for now a piece of liver has been grown. Such an implant can help in _____(recover) of damaged parts in future. Besides, artificial skin has been grown in Italian Laboratory in Pomezia which is _____(definite) progress. Moreover, the research of an eye is taking place in several directions, and one of them is bionic eye: that is an electronic camera combined with the chip _____(implanted)  into the retina. The success is already registered in _____(grow) retina on mice.

Формат ВПР

5. Read the text and answer the questions below.

Biology Faculty

I am a student of the Biology Faculty. Our faculty is one of the largest and one of the oldest in the University. The faculty was founded in 1934. We study different subjects: Botany, Zoology, Anatomy, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and others. Besides these special subjects we also study social sciences and English.

During the first two years students also attend lectures in mathematics, physics, chemistry. In the third year narrower specialization begins. Students have specialized courses, practical and research work in the subject they have chosen as their future speciality. The students of correspondence department have two fields of science at the faculty: biology and ecology.

There are many departments at the faculty: the department of Botany, the department of Zoology, the department of Biochemistry, the department of Physiology of man and Animal, the department of Ecology, the department of Soil Science and others. There are research laboratories and museums at the faculty where students work and study. My field of science is …(Biology or Ecology).

Graduates of the Biology Faculty work at research laboratories, institutes schools, hospitals, health centers and environmental centers; etc.

1. When was the Biology faculty founded?

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2. What subjects do you study at your faculty?

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3. What do students attend during their sessions?

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4. What fields of science have the students of correspondence department?

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5. What is your field of science?

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6. What departments are there at the faculty?

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7. Where do graduates of the Biology faculty work?

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