Airport Vehicles

Exercise 4.5.1 Read and translate the text.

Modern airport machinery is represented by a great variety of machines from bush saws and stumpers up to the powerful cranes.

Motor graders are widely used for building and repairing airport pavements.

By means of motor graders a subgrade of pavements is constructed, graded and cleaned from snow. According to their weight they can be light, middle and heavy.

Bulldozers are designed for ground cutting and levelling as well as for transporting: the ground, gravels and crushed rock at short distances.

Bulldozers are widely used for clearing runways and taxiways of snow.

Machines for erection jobs this class of airport construction machines is the most important in airport pavement construction as well as in the construction of approach roads and other asphalt and concrete covered areas on the territory of any modern airport. There are different types of cranes. In airport construction they are divided into truck cranes, pneumatic cranes, crawler cranes and cranes mounted on special chassis. Truck crane is the mane type of these machines.

Exercise 4.5.2 Answer the questions.

1. What is modern airport machinery represented by?

2. What are motor graders used for?

3. Which types of motor graders are there according to their weight?

4. What are bulldozers designed for?

5. Where are bulldozers widely used?

6. What machines are the most important in airport pavement construction?

7. How are cranes divided in airport construction?

Exercise 4.5.3 Write T if the sentence is true and F if the sentence is false.

1. Modern airport machinery is represented by a great variety of machines.

2. Motor graders are used for building and repairing airport pavements.

3. By means of bush saws a subgrade of pavements is constructed, graded and cleaned from snow.

4. According to their weight a stumper can be light, middle and heavy.

5. Bulldozers are designed for ground cutting and levelling as well as for transporting.

6. Bulldozers are widely used for clearing runways and taxiways of snow.

7. Machines for erection jobs aren’t the most important in airport pavement construction.

8. In airport construction cranes are divided into truck cranes, pneumatic cranes, crawler cranes and cranes mounted on special chassis.

Exercise 4.5.4 Give the English equivalents for the following.

Транспортное средство; кусторез; корчеватель; подъемный кран; автогрейдер; тротуар; бульдозер; гравий, галька; асфальт; бетон; шасси.

Exercise 4.5.5 Find in the text synonyms for the following words and word combinations.

A great number of;vigorous; mending; with the help of; in accordance with; to clean; consequential; various; wheels.

Exercise 4.5.6 State what part of speech the following words belong to.

1. vehicle

a) countable noun b) uncountable noun c) preposition d) verb

2. bush saw

a) verb b) noun c) adverb d) adjective

3. pavement

a) past participle b) verb c) uncountable noun d) countable noun

4. widely

a) preposition b) verb c) adjective d) adverb

5. weight

a) uncountable noun b) countable noun c) full verb d) past participle

6. concrete

a) adjective b) uncountable noun c) countable noun d) adverb

7. crane

a) noun b) verb c) adverb d) preposition

8. pneumatic

a) superlative adjective b) adjective c) adverb d) comparative adjective

9. these

a) preposition b) pronoun c) adjective d) possessive adjective

Exercise 4.5.7 Match the words and word combinations in column A with those in column B.

A	B
1. bush saw	a. транспортное средство
2. stumper	b. бульдозер
3. vehicle	c. шасси
4. pavement	d. асфальт
5. bulldozer	e. дорожное покрытие
6. gravel	f. кусторез
7. grade	g. сортировать, улучшать
8. asphalt	h. бетон
9. concrete	i. корчеватель
10. chassis	j. гравий

Exercise 4.5.8 Fill in the gaps with the words from the text choosing from the ones given in brackets.

1. Modern airport _________ (vehicles, cars, machines, machinery) is represented by a great variety of machines from bush saws and stumpers up to powerful cranes.

2. Motor grade are __________ (known, wide, widely) used for building and repairing airport pavements.

3. By means of motor graders a subgrade of pavements is ____________ (build, built, construct, constructed), graded and cleaned from snow.

4. According to their _______ (weight, weigh, height, way) they can be light, middle and heavy.

5. Bulldozers are designed for ground cutting and levelling as well as for _______ (transport, transported, transportation).

6. Bulldozers are ____________ (wide, widely, quickly) used for clearing runways and taxiways of snow.

7. There are different __________ (types, type, sorts) of cranes.

8. Truck crane is the _________ (central, main, wide) type of these machines.

Exercise 4.5.9 Fill in the gaps with the related words.

1. Modern airport ________ (MACHINE) is represented by a great variety of machines from bush saws and stumpers up to _________ (POWER) cranes.

2. Motor graders are________ (WIDE) used for ______ (BUILD) and _______ (REPAIR) airport pavements.

3. By means of motor graders a subgrade of pavements is ________ (CONSTRUCT) _______ (GRADE) and ________ (CLEAR) from snow.

4. According to their ________ (WEIGH) motor graders can be light, middle and heavy.

5. Bulldozers are designed for ground ________ (CUT) and ________ (level) as well us for transporting.

6. Bulldozers are widely used for ______ (CLEAR) runways and taxiways of snow.

7. There are ______ (DIFFER) type of cranes.

8. In airport construction cranes are ________ (DIVIDE) into truck cranes, pneumatic cranes, crawler cranes and cranes _________ (MOUNT) on special chassis.

Exercise 4.5.10 Fill in the prepositions if necessary.

1. Modern airport machinery is represented ________ a great variety of machines.

2. Motor graders are widely used _______ building and repairing airport pavements.

3. By means _____ motor graders a subgrade of pavements is constructed, graded and cleaned _____ snow.

4. Bulldozers are widely used _____ clearing runways and taxiways ______ snow.

5. Machines for erection jobs are the most important _______ airport pavement construction.

6. There are different types ______ cranes.

7. In airport construction cranes are divided ______ truck cranes, pneumatic cranes, crawler cranes an cranes mounted _____ special chassis.

Exercise 4.5.11 Put the given words in the correct order.

1. graders/ Motor/ used/ widely/ are/ building/ for.

2. light/ heavy/ middle/ and/ Motor/ graders/ be/ can.

3. used/ runways/ cleaning/ Bulldozers/ are/ widely/ for.

4. types/ cranes/ of/ different/ are/ There.

Exercise 4.5.12 Translate the following sentences into English.

1. Современные транспортные средства в аэропорту представлены огромным разнообразием машины - от кусторезов и корчевателей до мощных кранов.

2. Автогрейдеры широко используются для строительства и ремонта дорожных покрытий в аэропорту.

3. По своему весу автогрейдеры могут быть легкими, средней тяжести и тяжелыми.

4. Бульдозеры широко используются для уборки ВПП и рулежных дорожек от снега.

5. Машины для строительных работ наиболее важны для строительства дорожных покрытий в аэропорту и для строительства других поверхностей, покрытых асфальтом и бетоном.

6. Существуют различные типы кранов.

7. Краны подразделяются на пневматические краны, автомобили - краны и краны, установленные на специальных шасси.

Exercise 4.5.13 Make up your own sentences using the words and word combinations.

Machinery; to repair; pavement; to clean form snow; weight; ground cutting, levelling; transporting; asphalt; concert; modern airport; special chassis.

Exercise 4.5.14 Retell the text.

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