3 Установите соответствие между текстами A–E и рубриками 1–6. Используйте каждую рубрику только один раз. В задании одна рубрика лишняя. A B C D E Ответ: 2 1. A good alternative to horse-drawn carriages 2. Why they are all the same colour 3. Some basic facts 4. An eco-friendly means of transport 5. A borrowed idea. 6. Growth and loss of popularity A. A bus is a large wheeled vehicle meant to carry many different passengers along with the driver. It is larger than a car. The name is a shortened version of omnibus, which means "for everyone" in Latin. Buses used to be called omnibuses, but people now simply call them "buses. Buses are an important part of public transport in places all over the world. B. George Shillibeer was a coachbuilder from England. He saw the success of the Paris omnibus in service and concluded that operating similar vehicles in London, for the fare-paying public with multiple stops, would be a paying enterprise. His first London "Omnibus", using the same design and name as the vehicle in Paris, took up service on 4 July 1829. Shillibeer's success prompted many competitors to enter the market, and for a time buses were referred to as 'Shillibeers'. C. In 1855, the London General Omnibus Company was founded to regulate the horse-drawn omnibus services then operating in London. By the 1880s, bus services were a commonplace in England, continental Europe, and North America; one company in London was operating over 220 horse-buses. Horse-bus use declined with the appearance of steam-buses and motor-buses; the last horse bus in London stopped operation in 1914. D. Regular intercity bus services by steam-powered buses were pioneered in England in the 1830s by Walter Hancock running reliable services over road conditions which were too dangerous for horse-drawn transportation. The first mechanically driven omnibus appeared on the streets of London on 22 April 1833. Steam carriages were much less likely to overturn, they travelled faster than horse-drawn carriages, they were much cheaper to run, and caused much less damage to the road surface due to their wide tyres. E. A national symbol of England, the red double-decker bus is one of the first things every visitor to London wants to see. The history of these buses goes back to the early 1900s when London’s Transport system was operated by a lot of different companies! There were all kinds of different coloured buses which belonged to different companies. The London General Omnibus Company owned most of the buses though and in 1907 it painted its buses red to stand out from competitors. The LGOC soon became the largest bus company, and its buses came to dominate the streets.