Replace the phrases in bold with the phrases in the list. • against the odds • has gone down in history • go wrong • much to everyone's relief 1 No one thought they could survive but, despite all the problems, they managed to land safely on Earth. 2 Everyone was pleased that the plane took off without any problems. 3 The Apollo 13 mission is remembered by everyone 4 No one expected that it would be unsuccessful U )

Республика казахстан расположена в центре евразии, к югу от уральских гор. омывается каспийского и аральского морей. по размерам территории занимает 9-е место в мире. граничит с китаем, россией, туркменией, узбекистаном, киргизией. самая протяженная граница с российской федерацией – 7548,1 км. в казахстане насчитывается 8500 рек, среди них урал, сырдарья, иртыш, тобол, а также множество озер – , тенгиз, зайсан и другие. страна славится разнообразием природных ландшафтов – это пустыни и степи, леса и горы. если надо на то вот the republic of kazakhstan is located in the center of eurasia, to the south of the ural mountains. it is washed by the waters of the caspian and aral seas. in terms of size, it occupies the 9th place in the world. it borders with china, russia, turkmenistan, uzbekistan, kyrgyzstan. the longest border with the russian federation is 7548.1 km. there are 8,500 rivers in kazakhstan, among them the urals, the syr darya, the irtysh, tobol, as well as many lakes - balkhash, tengiz, zaisan and others. the country is famous for the diversity of its natural landscapes - these are deserts and steppes, forests and mountains.

The most popular hobby of the British is gardening. Most English people love gardens, their own above all, and this is probably one reason why so many people prefer to live in houses rather than flats. In the suburbs you can see row after row of ordinary small houses. And each house is surrounded by lots of flowers. Many people who have no gardens of their own have patches of land. They spend much leisure time working among their flowers, trees and vegetables. The British take part in numerous flower-shows and vegetable shows with very good prizes. Such shows are very popular in Britain. To many gardeners the process of growing the plants and taking care of them seems more important than the pleasure of looking at the flowers or the prospect of eating vegetables. In many places a competitive gardener’s desire is to grow the biggest cabbages or leeks or carrots. So this is the most favourite hobby of the British people.