A. | Many cities in the United States hold marathons. The city of Chicago, Illinois, has its marathon once a year. The running area in Chicago is almost absolutely flat. The scenery is amazingly beautiful. This fact has helped some runners set some of the world’s fastest times there. Many of them hope to go back again. |
D. | Recently, a British writer and journalist, Mario Roter, ran in a marathon. He thought it would be fun to write an article about what people felt during the race. Later he said that running forty-two kilometers was no fun. Many people agree that there is no pleasure in running a marathon, but afterwards it feels great to know that you have done it. |
E. | People usually start training for a marathon in early spring. They run often and gradually increase the length of their runs from eight to twelve and even to twenty kilometers. At this point it is necessary to build up the needed strength. In the months before the race, the average participant runs a total of more than eight hundred kilometers. 3. Use of English The camel was very thirsty. His last drink had been weeks ago. His feet sank in the hot sand and he _______1__CAN_________ hardly move. "When will I reach water?" he thought. "And I _______2__NOT/EAT_________ for ages." It was obvious that if the camel didn’t find any water and food soon, he ______3___DIE_________. He made a few steps toward another dune. It was easier to walk along the top of a hill, than along the bottom. At last he ____4_____SEE_________ something green in the distance. Was it a mirage or an oasis? He hoped for the best and the hope helped _____5____HE_________ move faster. Soon, that distant green colour turned into real trees and grass. There ______6___BE_________ a small stream of water and some palm trees that gave shade. Their wide _______7__LEAF_________ could protect the camel from the sun's rays.
David Livingstone David Livingstone was an explorer, missionary, and anti-slavery fighter. He became a ______8__ hero of the 19thcentury for his discoveries in Africa. David Livingstone was born in 1813 in Scotland, and grew up with several brothers and sisters in a __9______ room in a gloomy building for the workers of a cotton factory. To support his family, he ___10____working at the cotton mill as a child. The work was dull and monotonous, but it taught him patience and sympathy with those who __11_____ hard. Though he had twelve-hour working days, David _12_______ at school during the evenings and weekends. Later, he started studying medicine in Glasgow and completed his ____13____medical studies in 1840 in London. In the official role of a ‘medical missionary’, he set off for Africa, arriving in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1841. Exploring Africa, Livingstone went north and ____14____ across the Kalahari Desert. He came upon Lake Ngami and, later, the Zambezi River. Livingstone was the __15______European to see the famous Zambezi falls, which he renamed Victoria Falls, after Queen Victoria.
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. You have 30 minutes to do this task. You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend, Ann. … I am doing a project about the life of modern teenagers in different countries. Will you help me and answer some questions … …What time do you usually come back from school? What do you like to do in your free time? How many foreign languages would you like to speak, and why? ... Write her a letter and answer her 3 questions. Write 100–120 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.
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