Efficient-inefficient reliable-unreliable people ran to (1 messages faster. when running with a message, to deliver it in spoken form, it is safer to do it oneself.sending anyone else is (2) as the game of chinese whispersdemonstrates. so, a system of writing was necessary. whenwriting appeared, messages on stone columns (3) very wellacross time, but they were an (4) method of communicationacross space. the system became more efficient when it was themessage that travelled. people ran with the written messages,rode horses to save time. for example, the network of persianroads in the 5th century bc made communication faster andmore (5) . new men and fresh horses were (6) at postingstations. a message could travel the full distance of the roadfrom susa to sardis (3200 km) in ten days. what helped tomake communication even more (7) was the aramaic language as a (8 used in ancient persia

1. Am I being waited for? 2. They were asked three difficult questions. 3. The director has already been sent for. Wait a while. 4. Everyone was invited to the great hall. 5. These letters have been looked through. They can be send. 6. They were met at the station by a guide and driven to the hotel. 7. These magizines must be returned to the library next week. 8. At our classes, much attention is given to pronunciation. 9. Ivanov was asked to explain why he was missing classes. 10. Will I be Invited to your party? 11. The children were left at home on their own. 12. We were shown a very strange picture. 13. You are being looked for. Go home. 14. You wil all be gathered in the hall and told about all the changes in the school curriculum. 15. Why is he always being laughed at? 16. We all were given tickets for the exhibition. 17. Lectures of this famous professor are always listened to with great attention.

                                             How I spend a free time with his family.
My name is Masha. I'm (Сколько тебе лет) years old. All free time I spend with my family. We go Hiking in the forest, skiing, skating and still a lot of things. I'm never bored, because I love my parents!
Меня зовут Маша. Мне 13 лет. Всё своё свободное время я провожу с моей семьёй. Мы ходим в походы, в лес за грибами, катаемся на лыжах, на коньках и ешё много всего. Мне никогда не бывает скучно, ведь я очень люблю моих родителей!