Marathon

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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong 1)____________ born in New Orleans, USA, on July 4, 1900. When he was thirteen years 2)_______,he began to play in a jazz band. He played different musical instruments. In

An Indian tale
A wise man heard that the Rajah (раджа) liked to talk to wise people. So he came to the capital and went right to the Rajah's palace. But the wise man was 1) ________ rich and his clothes 2)_______

Sport in our life
Many people say that they like sports because they enjoy 1)________ a game of football at a stadium or on TV while sitting in comfortable armchairs. But watching sport events and going 2)_______for

My favourite subject is Literature
Last year Sally won 1)______competition in a bookshop. She had to guess the number of words in one of the books. The book was very long, and she decided that the answer was about ten thousand words

The national parks of Wales
(this) There are three National parks in Wales, which cover one-fifth of the whole country. 1)_______ parks are protected by law because of their n

They had a narrow escape
(Они чудом избежали гибели) Everybody 1)_______(enjoy)summer holidays. People usually have a fantastic time and a lot of fun. But it happens so, if they b

The Exxon Valdez disaster (Катастрофа)
Alaska is a land of clear sea and skies, and great 1)_____(nature)beauty in the north-west of Ame­rica. Alaska is also a land of great wealth. It has four great 2)________

A wise judge
It happened many years ago in India. Somebody 1)______________ (steal)one hundred rupees (рупий — монета в Ин­дии) from the house of one man. The man went to the judge. Th

A sporting nation
The British are a sporting nation. They like football — in fact, they 1) ________(invent)it many years ago. Most British towns and cities have a football team. Every year, each tea

The Ox and the Frog
Once Mr Frog and his two 1)_______ (child) went to a pond to get a drink of water. There, for the 2) ______ (one)time in their lives, they saw an

Aesop and the Traveller
Aesop 1)__________ (be)a very clever man who lived hundreds of years ago in Greece. He wrote many fine 2)_______ (story). He was well-known as a man who w

Matryoshka dolls
It may seem strange, but Matryoshka dolls are a relatively (относительно) new phenomenon. They 1)_______ (one)appeared in 1899 in the town of Sergiev Posad. The ide

Not a problem
Some people know 1)_____but they are too shy to speak foreign languages. Some people know little but they overcome this problem 2)______. Once a famous European writer3)____to an American

At the station
We see three men at the railway station. They are speaking to the porter. "What time is the next train 1)______ London?" asks one of them. "They go every hour. The next train is at t

Alex, the parrot
Alex is an African grey parrot. Like many other parrots, he is good 1)______ imitating human speech. But unlike other parrots, he seems to understand what he says and what his owner wants him 2)___

Giants in danger
Elephants need a lot of water. Grown-ups drink about 190 liters a day. The animals use water in 1)______ ways as well. After drinking enough they fill their trunks and spray their bodies. The showe

A Lion and a Mouse
One day a Lion was sleeping under the tree. A little Mouse 1)_____that he was safe and ran across the Lion's paw (лапа). This awakened the Lion and he caught the Mouse. The Lion w

Helpful lessons
10-year-old Jane Smith was 1) holiday with her parents and a 7-year-old sister when the tsunami (цунами) began. The people were on the beach enjoying their rest when suddenly something happened 2)_

The Lady and the Parrot
A lady was walking down the street to work and she saw a parrot on a perch (жердочка) in front of a pet shop. Suddenly the parrot said to her, "Hey lady, you are really ugly (противный, уродли