History of the microchip The first microchip 19.___________(PRODUCE) in 1974, and two men are credited with having the original idea. In 1958, engineer Jack Kilby had joined a company called Texas Instruments. Because he hadn't accrued as much holiday time as his colleagues, he found himself alone in the lab with time on his hands. It was then that he conjured up the idea for what 20.___________(BECOME) the microchip in the future. But in California, another man had a similar idea. In January of 1959, Robert Noyce conceived the idea for a whole circuit which could be made on a single chip. In 1961, the patent office 21.___________(AWARD) the first patent for an integrated circuit to Robert Noyce while Kilby's application was still being analysed. But both men are now acknowledged as having independently conceived the original idea. Russian scientists deploy giant telescope beneath Lake Baikal The telescope, Baikal-GVD, is designed to search for neutrinos, which are nearly massless subatomic particles with no electrical charge. Neutrinos are everywhere, but they interact so weakly with the forces around them that it is challenging to detect. That's why now scientists 22.___________(LOOK) under Lake Baikal, which is the deepest lake on Earth. Scientists deployed the detector on the 13th of March, 2021. According to 23.___________(THEY), the result 24.___________(BE) available quite soon.

Ниже заполнение пропусков и подробное объяснение каждого варианта. Общее решение по правилам: - 19: was produced - 20: would become - 21: awarded - 22: are looking - 23: them - 24: will be Пояснения по каждому пропуску: - 19. The first microchip was produced in 1974. - Это страдательное залог (passive voice). Подлежащее — The first microchip; действие выполнено в прошлом (год 1974). Не указано исполнителя, поэтому используется was produced. - 20. what would become the microchip in the future. - Здесь нужна конструкция future-in-the-puture: что в дальнейшем превратится во что-то. "would become" выражает событие, которое произойдет позже относительно прошлого момента, о котором говорится (он придумал идею ранее будущего). Перевод: что в будущем стало бы микрочипом. - 21. the patent office awarded the first patent for an integrated circuit to Robert Noyce. - Простое прошедшее время активного залога. Подлежащее — the patent office, сказуемое — awarded. - 22. are looking under Lake Baikal. - Сейчас продолжающееся действие (present continuous). Слова "now" и общий контекст требуют форму "are looking" (the scientists are looking). - 23. According to them, ... - После предлога "according to" употребляется косвенный падеж местоимения: "them" (не "they"). - 24. the result will be available quite soon. - Будущее простое после существительного "the result": "will be available". Можно также использовать "is going to be", но в этом упражнении предпочтительнее will. Итоговый текст с заполненными пропусками: The first microchip was produced in 1974, and two men are credited with having the original idea. In 1958, engineer Jack Kilby had joined a company called Texas Instruments. Because he hadn't accrued as much holiday time as his colleagues, he found himself alone in the lab with time on his hands. It was then that he conjured up the idea for what would become the microchip in the future. But in California, another man had a similar idea. In January of 1959, Robert Noyce conceived the idea for a whole circuit which could be made on a single chip. In 1961, the patent office awarded the first patent for an integrated circuit to Robert Noyce while Kilby's application was still being analysed. But both men are now acknowledged as having independently conceived the original idea. Russian scientists deploy giant telescope beneath Lake Baikal. The telescope, Baikal-GVD, is designed to search for neutrinos, which are nearly massless subatomic particles with no electrical charge. Neutrinos are everywhere, but they interact so weakly with the forces around them that it is challenging to detect. That's why now scientists are looking under Lake Baikal, which is the deepest lake on Earth. Scientists deployed the detector on the 13th of March, 2021. According to them, the result will be available quite soon. Если хочешь, могу дать аналогичные упражнения на ту же тему или разобрать другие грамматические правила.