General English. Ульянова О.В - 248 стр.

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hurry if we don’t want to be late. 10. … John really do this today? – No,
he … not, he … do it tomorrow if he likes.
74 Put in proper articles into gaps:
In … fifteenth century … people knew only three continents: …
Europe, … Asia and … Africa. They knew nothing about such … big
continent as … America. … man who discovered … America was born in
1451 in … Italy. His name was Christopher Columbus. He became … sailor
at … early age. Knowing that … earth was round, he decided to reach …
India sailing to … west. He tried to arrange … expedition, but did not have
… money, and nobody wanted to help him. At last … king of … Spain gave
him … money for … expedition. He set … sail in 1492. … voyage was very
dangerous and difficult. On … 12
th
of … October his ship reached … land.
When they landed, they saw … strange trees and … flowers. … men and …
women with … olive-coloured skins gathered around … sailors and looked
at them with … great surprise. Columbus was sure that he had discovered …
new way to … India. Some time later … other sailor reached … America.
… name of sailor was Amerigo Vespucci. He understood that it was … new
continent.
75 Here is what Lena wrote in her project about ecological problems
in her hometown. Her project is convincing. But there are eight mistakes.
Correct them.
There is many of factories and plants in the my hometown. They throw a
lot of chemicals and dirty into the air. They poison water in our lovely river.
Fish can't to live in it. Both clean air and clean water are necessary of our
health. Our factories, plants, cars and buses need in good filters. When
they will have them?
Besides, I'm very concerned about that new roads destroy the
countryside.
I think people should find the right balance between our natural
environment, industry and the building of new roads.