Задание

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  • crowds
  • gathered
  • inventor
  • passengers
  • departures

A

OnJuly2nd1900[ ]ofpeoplelivinginaGermantown[ ]towatchtheveryfirstZeppelinairshipgoupintheair.Similarairshipshadbeenaroundfor50yearsbuttheZeppelinwasthefirstairshipwithaspecialdesignthatallowedittotravelfasterthanthosebuiltbefore.TheZeppelin's[ ]wasCountFerdinandvonZeppelin.In1910, theairshipDeutschlandbecametheworld'sfirstcommercialairship.BythestartofWorldWarIin1914, GermanZeppelinshadtravelledover172,000kmandcarriedover34,000[ ]andcrewsafely.

  • floating
  • invention
  • experiment
  • lift
  • presented
  • flight

B

ChristopherCockerel'sideawastobuildavehiclethatwouldtraveljustabovethesurfaceoflandorwater[ ]onthecushionofair. His[ ]startedwithtwocans, oneinsidetheother, andahairdryertoblowairintothem.The[ ]showedthataircouldproduceenoughpressureto[ ]avehicleofftheground.In1959, intheEnglishChannel, ChristopherCockerel[ ]thefirsthovercraftwhichhasbeenusedthroughouttheworldeversinceforcommercialandmilitaryreasons.