Working with the text (Sir Isaac Newton) I Complete the text with the correct past tense form of the verbs in brackets (active or passive) Sir Isaac Newton _ (be) often so deeply interested in difficult problems that he (become) quite absent-minded One day a gentleman _ (come) to see him, but _ (tell) that Sir Isaac (be) busy in his study since that morning, and that nobody _ (allow) to disturb him As it was dinner time, the visitor (sit) down in the dining room to wait for the scientist The servant _ (come) and (place) a boiled chicken under a cover on the table The gentleman, feeling very hungry, 10 (eat) the chicken, and covering up the skeleton, 11 (ask) the servant to prepare another one for his master Before the second chicken was ready the scientist 12 _ (enter) the room, apologizing for his delay Then Sir Isaac 13 (add) that as he 14 (feel) rather tired and hungry, he 15 (hope) that the visitor 16 _ (excuse) him a little longer, and after dinner he 17 (be) at the gentleman’s service With those words Newton 18 _ (lift) the cover, without any emotion 19 (turn) round to his visitor and 20 (say) that what a strange set the scientists 21 (be), as he himself quite 22 (forget) that he 23 (dine) already! At this moment the servant 24 (bring) in the other chicken The visitor 25 _ (explain) how matters 26 _ (stand) After a hearty laugh, the hungry scientist 27 (sit) down to dine II Complete the sentence in an appropriate way III Choose the sentence (1-4) which you think best fits the story The text describes how He was busy in his study when a visitor came Newton was interested in the problem of cooking An absent-minded visitor came to see Newton The gentleman was allowed to disturb Newton when he was having dinner the visitor studied the skeleton of the chicken Isaac Newton had dinner with his visitor the great physicist worked in his study Isaac Newton forgot if he had had dinner IV Choose the sentence (1-4) which doesn’t fit the story 1The visitor waited for Newton in the dining room The servant put a boiled chicken on the table An hour later Newton did not appear The visitor ate the chicken and cooked another one VI Find antonyms of these words in the text attentive, practical be forbidden, to drop, lower despair, doubt to subtract, remove _ raw (meat) to calm, quiet V Choose the best heading to the text A Visit to Sir Isaac Newton An Absent-Minded Scientist A Hard Working Scientist A Pleasant Dinner VII Find the similar words or expressions in the text and write them next to these words make or be slow or late express regret for something any strong feeling a caller, guest make something easier to understand a thing that is put over something to hide it, protect it, or close it _ a person working for others _ KEY Exercise I Sir Isaac Newton was often so deeply interested in difficult problems that he became quite absent-minded One day a gentleman came to see him, but was told that Sir Isaac had been busy in his study since that morning, and that nobody was allowed to disturb him As it was dinner time, the visitor sat down in the dining room to wait for the scientist The servant came and placed a boiled chicken under a cover on the table The gentleman, feeling very hungry, 10 ate the chicken, and covering up the skeleton, 11 asked the servant to prepare another one for his master Before the second chicken was ready the scientist 12 entered the room, apologizing for his delay Then Sir Isaac 13 added that as he 14 felt rather tired and hungry, he 15 hoped that the visitor 16 would excuse him a little longer, and after dinner he 17 would be at the gentleman’s service With those words Newton 18 lifted the cover, without any emotion 19turned round to his visitor and 20 said that what a strange set the scientists 21 were As he himself quite 22forgot that he 23 had dined already! At this moment the servant 24 brought in the other chicken The visitor 25 explained how matters 26 stood After a hearty laugh, the hungry scientist 27 sat down to dine Exercise II Exercise III Exercise IV Exercise V Exercise VI absent-minded be allowed to lift hope to add boiled to disturb Exercise VII delay apologize emotion a visitor explain a cover a servant