Interval grading №2 for the third-year students in the spring term. Version 1

1. motorway
a. an official document or card that says that you are legally allowed to drive
2. solid			b. telephone somebody again or in return for a telephone call that he/she has made to you.
3. inherit			c. too ripe; past its best
4. risk-taking			d. firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid
5. commercial			e. large, open road where vehicles usually travel wide distances
6. call back			f. taking actions which might have unpleasant or undesirable results.
7. overripe			g. receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder
8. array			h. a plant grown for its seeds and oil, which are used in cooking.
9. driving license			i. involving or relating to the buying and selling of goods.
10. sesame			j. an impressive display or range of a particular type of thing
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II. Complete the sentences by using the bolded adjectives in their correct form.
1. School is boring, but homework is _________________ than school.
2. Skateboarding is a dangerous hobby. Bungee jumping is _________________ than skateboarding.
3. This magazine is cheap, but that one is _______________.
4. We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even ______________ than ours.
5. Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the ______________ joke I've ever heard.


III. Translate the text and retell it.
A Brief History of Traffic Lights
In the early 20th century, street congestion along New York’s Fifth Avenue was so bad that it might take 40 minutes to get from 57th to 34th Street. Horses, carriages, pedestrians, street cars, bicycles, and automobiles all competed for limited space along the city’s grand boulevard. Collisions were commonplace, especially as cars began to rule the road, and for the high-end department stores that dotted the thoroughfare, bad traffic meant bad business.
It was thanks to a generous gift from millionaire physician and New York commissioner of traffic, Dr. John A. Harriss, that the city’s traffic problem finally got a reprieve. His 1920 design for a simple, two-light signal, which consisted of a wooden shed housing light bulbs and supported by a steel base frame, was nothing to look at, but it quickly helped to solve the problem of endless gridlock. By 1922, an elegant neoclassical bronze tower design by Joseph H. Freedlander was unveiled, further cementing the importance of signaling systems in the life of the thriving metropolis. Notably, both of these early systems used green for “Stop” and white or clear for “Go.”