Ex. 5 Find in the text and write down terms to the following definitions.

ð a person or thing that corresponds to or has the same function as another person or thing in a different place or situation;

ð the science of breeding, rearing, and caring for farm animals;

ð to reproduce the conditions of (a situation, etc.), as in carrying out an experiment;

ð the distance from the top or surface to the bottom of something;

ð the knowledge and study of the languages and cultures of west, east, or central Asia.

Ex. 6 Say if the statements are true or false. Justify your answer.

1. The biggest lakes with fresh water are found in the south of Ukraine.

2.  The depth of the BlackSearanges from 30 to 2000 m.

3. Academies of Sciences of CIS countries are responsible to Academician Boris Paton.

4. The Dnieper belongs to two countries.

5.  UNESCO is an international research and educational centre for information technologies and systems.

6. Depending on its part the Sea of Azov can be either bitter or salty.

7. Ukrainian science is represented by a little more than one and a half thousand establishments.

8. The scientific works of Ukrainian scholars can be easily read by foreign colleagues.

Ex. 7 Answer the following questions:

1. What spheres of science have Ukrainian scholars contributed to?

2. What is the Black Sea famous for?

3. What has been done to overcome the environmental consequences after the explosion at Chornobyl plant?

4. What are the main constituents of the country’s agriculture?

5. What do Ukrainian works of space industry output?

6. What is special about rivers having their sources in the mountains?

7. What benefits is space industry restructuring supposed to bring?

8. What is known about the Dnister?

Ex. 8 Describe 5 main kinds of Ukrainian transport.

Ex. 9 Examine the reasons of agricultural production development in Ukraine.

That there is a difference between a middle school, a junior high school and a high school.

Ex. 10 Prove that the country’s scientific achievements are greatly valued abroad.

Ex. 11 Explain why some Ukrainian cities suffer from lack of water despite of dozens of rivers the country has.

Ex. 12 Discuss the text according to the points:

Ø transport system of Ukraine;

Ø water resources;

Ø the future of Ukraine as a scientific country;

Ø Ukrainian space industry.

UNIT 4

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