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Прочитай текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 32–38. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям 32–38, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Запиши в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному тобой варианту ответа.
Strategies and useful tips
- It is recommended to spend not more than 15 minutes on this task.
- In that task knowing of the following aspects of the language are checked:
- phrasal verbs (to put up, to come across, to cut down with, etc.);
- difference in using of words similar in meaning and synonyms (to look, to watch, to glance, to see; a trip, travel, a voyage, a journey, etc.);
- difference in using of words very close in sounding and spelling but different in meaning (again/against, effect/affect, beside/besides, etc.);
- dependent prepositions and word patterns (to rely on smb, to fall in love with smb, to throw in/at, to take care of, etc.).
Morse Code
Morse code is a special type of communication through short and long sound \({\boxed{32} \underline{ }}\) . The Code was named after one of the inventors of the telegraph, Samuel Morse, who used it for electric telegraphy. Later, Morse's assistant Alfred Lewis Veil \({\boxed{33} \underline{ }}\) the system. The International Morse Code was introduced in 1851 and eventually standardised in 1865 by the International Telegraphy Congress in Paris. However, it was a little different from that \({\boxed{34} \underline{ }}\) by Morse and Veil.
There are 26 letters in the Code. Punctuation marks, \({\boxed{35} \underline{ }}\) and letters of the alphabet are represented with such marks as slashes, dots and spaces. The codes are transmitted as electrical pulses of various lengths. The speed of the code is measured in words per minute.
The Code was commonly used in World War II. \({\boxed{36} \underline{ }}\) the end of the XX century Morse Code had been used heavily in the shipping industry and for the safety of the seas. People used Morse code in rescue operations using a flashlight or mechanical sounds.
Morse code is a \({\boxed{37} \underline{ }}\) means of transmitting and receiving wireless text messages, though it is quite slow. Today it is used by \({\boxed{38} \underline{ }}\) radio operators, landline telegraphers and military radio operators.
\(\boxed{32}\) 1) signals, 2) signs, 3) sights, 4) melodies.
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\(\boxed{33}\) 1) designed, 2) improved, 3) discovered, 4) invented.
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\(\boxed{34}\) 1) found, 2) produced, 3) devised, 4) explored.
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\(\boxed{35}\) 1) figures, 2) digits, 3) numbers, 4) numerals.
Ответ:[ ].
\(\boxed{36}\) 1) At, 2) By, 3) On, 4) After.
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\(\boxed{37}\) 1) true, 2) dependent, 3) believable, 4) reliable.
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\(\boxed{38}\) 1) amateur, 2) enthusiast, 3) incompetent, 4) unskillful.
Ответ:[ ].