The mystery of the Sphinx One of the world's most studied monuments is the Sphinx, which is 1)--. close to the Great Pyramid, sixteen kilometers from Cairo in Egypt. Carved in ancient times out of a 2) piece of limestone over sixty metres long and twenty metres high, it weighs hundreds of tons. This extraordinary monument consists 3) of the head of a man and the body of a crouching lion, a combination which suggests strength and wisdom. Over the years, some of its facial 4) have sustained damage. The smile, which some people describe mysterious, is in fact the result of erosion rather than design, and the nose, which has 5) since been broken away, was probably the unfortunate victim of invading soldiers' target practice. At one time there was a serpent on its forehead and a royal beard, a fragment of which exists in a museum. TE GET But who built this monument which, unlike most of the others guarding 6) places, is not part of a pair but 7) alone? Most Egyptologists agree that it was built by Pharaoh Khafre 5,000 years ago. However, some recent commentators have 8) that it belonged to a much older civilization, which disappeared in a legendary flood that is 9) ... to have destroyed everything in the world over 7,000 years ago. They have tried to 10) that the weathering of the Sphinx was 11) by water rather than wind and sand, and one has even suggested that it might have been built on a much older site about 12,500 years ago. Whatever its 12) there is no doubt that to the Egyptians, the Sphinx represents the very 13) of their country's magnificent culture. 1. A)put C)characters 8. Auttered C)brought about B)settled D) points B)speculated D) brought along C)located 5. Allate C)voiced 12. A)births D) set B)still D)thought up B)origins 2. A) single Conce 9. A)caused Copenings B)alone Dlong B)estimated Dintroductions C)solo 6. A)considerable C)proved 13.A)product D)lone B)weighty D)supposed B)creation 3. Albarely C)significant 10.A)demonstrate C)extract B)solely D)dear B)express D)essence C)singly 7. A)stands C)exhibit D)individually Blasts D)submit 4. A)features C)grows 11. A)brought down Blacneris continues Bront
1) They reflect the history of the country and its cultural and religious traditions. 2) Americans celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December. 3) The 1st of January is not so widely celebrated in the United States as we do it in Russia. 4) The most important holiday in America is the 4th of July, The Independence Day. 5) The 4th of July is the day-off and people don't go to work. Other holidays when people don't go to work are: Martin Luther King's day on the 20th of January, Labour Day on the 7th of September and Thanksgiving on the last Friday of November. 6) It is a big white stone on the shore in Plymouth in Massachusetts, that the pilgrims landed on. It is called «The Plymouth Rock». 7) Halloween is children's most favourite holiday.
Мистер Смит из Великобритании. Он живет в Лондоне на Оксфорд стрит. У него большая семья: жена, пятеро детей (три сына и две дочери), четверо бабушек и дедушек и много теть, дядь, двоюродных братьев и сестер, племянниц и племянников. Его жену зовут Хелен. Она учитель. Она работает в школе. Она очень любит свою работу. Ее сыновей зовут Дэн, Бэн и Чарли. А дочерей зовут Бэб и Китти. У Смитов есть домашние животные: кот, два котенка и большая, большая собака, которую зовут Рэкс. Дети очень любят своих животных.Они дружная семья.
2) Americans celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December.
3) The 1st of January is not so widely celebrated in the United States as we do it
in Russia.
4) The most important holiday in America is the 4th of July,
The Independence Day.
5) The 4th of July is the day-off and people don't go to work. Other holidays
when people don't go to work are: Martin Luther King's day on the 20th of January, Labour Day on the 7th of September and Thanksgiving on the last Friday of November.
6) It is a big white stone on the shore in Plymouth in Massachusetts, that the pilgrims landed on. It is called «The Plymouth Rock».
7) Halloween is children's most favourite holiday.