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4 Complete the sentences. Use as ... as and a word from the box long difficult exciting much fast hot quiet high spicy 1 I don't think a hippopotamus can run a lion. 2 Today is warm, but it's not yesterday. 3 I'm early. The journey didn't take I expected. 4 The children are asleep, so I'll be I can 5 I got an A. The exam wasn't I expected. 6. The Alps aren't the Himalayas. 7 My curry isn't yours. 8 I didn't expect the film to be it was!

1 there are many flowers on the windowsill. 2 there is a table in the middle of the room. 3 there is a vacuum cleaner near the chair . 4 there are two faucets above the sink. 5 there are 2 doors in the room. 6 there are many chairs around the table. 7 there are curtains on the windows. 8 there are some mistakes in the text. 9 there are many discs near the computer. 10 there was little milk in the bottle. 11 there were many people on the bus stop. 12 there were letters on the table. 13 there were some foreign students in the group. 14 there will be a meeting at the University tomorrow. 15 there will be a new theatre built on this street .

A. S. Pushkin is the greatest Russian poet. But I hope no one is challenging the view that he occupies an outstanding place in Russian literature and culture.

Every summer in June, thousands of people visit the Pskov land. They come here to the village of Mikhailovskoye to the wonderful festival of poetry, to see the places where he lived and worked.

Pushkin is always alive for us, he is the man we all know and love, the greatest of poets. Generations come and go, but Pushkin still remains. We are all grateful to Pushkin for each line of his works. Pushkin is not only a great poet for us. He is the perfect man combining brilliant talent with civil courage. His name is associated with our love for the Motherland, and the best in our life.

Hundreds of new concepts, hundreds of new words have appeared in the language in the years that have passed since his death, but not a single word of his poetry has become obsolete. Everything written by Pushkin continues to live. It has not become something of the past, it does not need any corrections and hardly needs commentary. His feelings and his views still correspond to our own feelings and views.

We admire the great world of Pushkin's poetry as a whole, each of us finding some special lines for ourselves, lines showing his sympathy and respect for his people. The reader cannot imagine his inner world without him.