1. The paragraphs of the text given below are jumbled. Arrange them in the logical order. Comment on your choice of paragraphs succession.
2. You are sure to know the name of a famous British science fiction writer H.G. Wells.
a) Can you name any of his books?
b) What do his novels run about?
c) What did he foretell in his novels?
d) Were his predictions realized?
3. The following words are in the text. Try to explain their meanings:
- vast,
- pioneer,
- to emit,
- resultant,
- to extract,
- break-up.