Text-Based-Assignments

(A) Exercise 1. Read these words and word combinations.

(A)Exercise 2. Without reading the text guess what the text is about.

a) farm machinery

b) combine harvester

c) main components of a tractor

(A)Exercise 3. Read the text and say

What abstract - deals with трансмиссией

- includes the information about двигателях

- touches upon видов сцепки

- presents колеса и гусеницы

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(A) Exercise 4. Read the text and choose the right answer according to the information from the text.

1. What is the heart of any tractor?

a) hitch

b) wheel/track

c) engine

2. What do tractors use in locations with wet or heavy soils?

a) tracks

b) engine

c) transmission

3. Why must the tractor be stopped before shifting gears?

a) because of synchronized transmission

b) because of unsynchronized transmission

c) because a number of gear rations

4.What do hitches allow a tractor to do?

a) to use tracks

b) power to be transferred from the engine to implements

c) to move

(B)Exercise 5. Find and mark the key-words connected with the main information in each abstract of the text.

(B)Exercise 6. Say whether the statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.

1. Tractors don’t fill many roles on today's farms.

2. The engine is the lungs and soul of any tractor.

3. When they were first invented, tractors used steam engines.

4. Since the 20th century tractors have used internal combustion engines that run on a variety of fuels.

5. Most modern tractors today run on diesel and biodiesel.

6. Tractor service in the agriculture industry has increased dramatically over the past century.

7. Unfortunately, these older transmissions are typically unsynchronized, meaning the tractor must be stopped after shifting gears.

8. Modern tractors on the other hand use synchronized or continuously variable transmissions (CVT).

9. Today's tractors always follow the classic design, with two large rear wheels and two smaller front wheels.

10. Tractor engines put out an enormous amount of power, but in order to be useful that power must be harnessed.

(B)Exercise 7. Elicit key-sentences which help to express the main idea of the text. Offer your title of the text.

(B)Exercise 8. Put the sentences in logical order according to the text.

1. The engine is the heart and soul of any tractor..

2. Tractor hitches take the form of draw bars, fixed mounts or three-point hitches and quick hitches..

3 .Modern powerful engines typically range in size from 18 to 575 horsepower..