Task 1
1. He wrote an astonishing number of books.
2. Mankind would have to create a world state.
3. No.
4. Cities were destroyed by bombs dropped from airplanes.
5. The War in the Air, The First Men in the Moon, The Time Machine, and The Invisible Man
6. Events forecasted in Wells’ books might come true.

Task 2

A.
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. A
B.
tall, narrow, large, tousled, surveyed, half-closed, taking a long stride, capable, flexible, still life, faded, frayed, tilted his head, smiled, walked forward, with a flourish

Task 3

A.
1. F
2. T
3. F
4. F
5. F
6. T
7. F
8. T
B.
dramatic sunsets and sunrises, 1830s, 1840s, impressionistic, reds, oranges, 1820

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Task 5

A. Nobel Peace Prize, twelfth, first, Peace on earth depends on our ability to secure our living environment, Green Belt Movement, Kenyan, 64, the United States, Kenya, earn a doctorate degree, animal science; environment, natural resources, and wildlife

B. 1977, plant trees all over Africa, thirty million, seeds, nurseries, communities, planting, taking care of the trees, survives, fuel

Task 6
Norway, the United States, a lack of balance, inflation, recession, low interest rates, increased government spending, higher interest rates, low employment, high inflation, high employment, low inflation, time consistency problem, business cycles, new technology, market corrections, an increase in oil prices

Task 7 skip

Task 8
the ability to laugh, luxury, a unifying force, disagree, ideological factions, political camps, a sense of humor, a universal appeal, a correct sense of values, taking ourselves too seriously, tragedy, comedy, irony, satire, redress the balance, arrogant, politicians, absurdity, powerful, laughter, happiness, uniquely human, key

Task 9 skip

Task 10 dictation

Thomas Edison was often said to be the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of history who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy just because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such thing as genius,” Edison said. He said that what people called genius was mostly hard work. But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. Nature, he often said, is full of secrets. He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them. Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they did not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure.