| 1. Steel ___ are used in desert and tropical regions because great variations in day and night temperatures don’t affect them.
2. The Japanese high speed train called Bullet Train runs at speeds of more than 100 mph over special tracks with minimal ___.
3. The conversion of railways to electric traction ___ the improvement of labor conditions, the reduction of air pollution, the electrification of settlements (населённый пункт) located along the railway lines.
4. For corrosion protection, the car bodies must be ___ on the inside with a special antirust compound (антикоррозионный состав).
5. The overhead contact lines (контактный провод) ___ in the yesterday’s storm have been already repaired.
6. ___ the weight of passing trains, the edges (край) of rails cut into ties.
7. The engineers consider that the main ___ of the new equipment is its high cost.
8. Railway ___ for single tracks generally have a width of 18 feet to 24 feet at the top when new.
9. It is often necessary to change the direction of the line due to topographical ___.
10. ___ the railways are the main cargo haulers, motor transport carries the greatest number of passengers.
| a) although
b) conditions
c) curves
d) damaged
e) disadvantage
f) due to
g) embankments
h) ensures
i) sleepers
j) treated
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Ex. 10. Match the words and phrases in column A with their Russian equivalents in column B.
| A
| B
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1.  under conditions
| a) земляные работы
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| 2. earthworks
| b) идти полным ходом
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| 3. public railway
| c) маршрут
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| 4. quality
| d) приводить к чему-либо
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| 5. route
| e) принимать меры
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| 6. to take measures
| f) в условиях
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| 7. immediately
| g) ехать; управлять транспортом
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| 8. to drive
| h) качество
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| 9. to lead to
| i) немедленно, сразу
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| 10. network
| j) железная дорога общего пользования
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| 11. to be underway
| k) сеть
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