Question

Быстрее паже Christopher Columbus was born in the seaport town of Genoa in Italy, about the year 1446. When he was only ten years old, he went to a famous school near Genoa and studied arithmetic and geography. He was fourteen years old when he first sailed to the East. After that time he made many voyages before he could buy three small ships and sail across the Atlantic Ocean. He wanted to reach India and at the same time to that the earth is round. He wanted to discover a new shorter way to the East. He was on the Ocean for ten weeks and saw land. The land was America. Christopher Columbus continued his trip but he always thought that the land he had discovered was the East India and he died never knowing that he had discovered a new continent. I. Переведите на английский язык: 1.морской порт 2.знаменитая школа 3.поплыл на восток 4. достичь 5. земля 6. открыть 7. всегда думал 8. новый материк II. Закончите предложения: 1. The text is about… a) C. Columbus’s voyage to Spain b) C. Columbus and his discovery c) the discovery of India 2. C. Columbus was born in… a) Spain b) India c) Italy 3. C. Columbus studied … at a famous school. a) arithmetic and geography b) arithmetic and geometry c) history and geography 4. He was … years old when he first sailed to the East a) thirteen b) ten c) fourteen 5. He wanted to reach … a) Spain b) India c) Italy 6. He wanted to discover … a) America b) a new longer way to the East c) a new shorter way to the East 7. He was on the Ocean … and saw land. a) thirteen weeks b) ten weeks c) fourteen weeks

Answer 1

Ответ:

l.

1.sea port 2.famous school 3.sailed to the east 4.reach 5.earch 6.open 7.always thought 8.new continent

ll.

1.b

2.c

3.b

4.b

5.b

6.c

7.b

Answer 2

Перевод на английский язык:

1. морской порт - *seaport* 2. знаменитая школа - *famous school* 3. поплыл на восток - *sailed to the East* 4. достичь - *reach* 5. земля - *land* 6. открыть - *discover* 7. всегда думал - *always thought* 8. новый материк - *new continent*

Закончите предложения:

1. The text is about… b) C. Columbus and his discovery 2. C. Columbus was born in… c) Italy 3. C. Columbus studied… a) arithmetic and geography 4. He was… c) fourteen years old when he first sailed to the East 5. He wanted to reach… b) India 6. He wanted to discover… c) a new shorter way to the East 7. He was on the Ocean… b) ten weeks and saw land.