Словотвір (word formation) — теорія і завдання НМТ

Read the text below. For questions (28 – 32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Why Does Red Mean Stop? The 19th-century Scottish engineer Robert Stevenson, who was active in designing early lighthouses, (28) __________ for an alternative colour to white – most lighthouses had a white beacon – when he built a lighthouse near to one that already existed, because he was afraid ships wouldn’t be able to tell which was which. Of the light sources and (29) __________ glasses available at the time, he found that red was a particularly intense light, meaning it could (30) __________ from the greatest distance. So, in maritime signalling red became an alternative to white, and was later adopted by the Admiralty in 1852 (31) __________ the port-side on steam vessels. Green was adopted for the starboard-side, and vessels seeing the green light on (32) __________ ships had the right of way. When train tracks were developed, engineers adopted this system as meaning stop and go – and the same system continued to be used with cars.

Read the text below. For questions (28 – 32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). The Oscars The Academy Awards (The Oscars) (28) ________ each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), a professional organisation of film industry heavyweights. The Oscar is its casual nickname; the official name of the golden statuette is the Academy Award of Merit. They were first granted in (29) ________, first broadcast on radio the following year, and first televised in the 1950s. The first award show ran a total of 15 minutes, which is a far cry from the hours-long marathons they’ve become. The statue that everyone hopes (30) ________ home was modelled after the Mexican actor, film director, and screenwriter, Emilio “El Indio” Fernández, best known for (31) ________ María Candelaria. The statue’s nickname, Oscar, has conflicting (32) ________ stories, but the most popular narrative credits Margaret Herrick, Academy Award librarian and eventual Director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Herrick claimed that the statuette looked “like her Uncle Oscar.”

Read the text below. For questions (28–32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). My Brother’s Robot My younger brother has been building a robot since January. He says it (28) _______ ready by the summer, but I have my doubts. Every evening he (29) _______ at his desk with a box of wires, and every evening something new goes wrong. Last week the robot, (30) _______ is supposed to bring him tea, drove straight into the wall. If I (31) _______ him, I would have given up long ago. But he never does. Yesterday he told me that the most important part of a robot is not the motor or the camera, but the (32) _______ of its owner.