Fill in the gaps with one of the words:

autobiography, recognition, sensation, grant, pen-name, fictional, unexpectedly

joanne rowling ((1) j. k. rowling) is a famous british novelist. her fantasy books about harry potter brought her world (2) and popularity. they became the best-selling books in the history of literature. these books have become the basis for a series of films, which were also highly successful. the writer was born on july 31st, 1965, in yate, which is north-east of bristol. her father was an engineer and her mother was a science technician. when joanne was four, her family moved to winterbourne. she attended st michael’s primary school there. many biographers believe that the headmaster of that school became the prototype of the headmaster of the (3) school of magic in “harry potter”.

she started writing fictional stories rather early, at the age of nine. her first listener was her younger sister dianne. joanne became genuinely interested in literature after she got jessica mitford’s (4) this author became her idol and she wanted to be like her. joanne’s childhood wasn’t easy. her mother was often ill and she had to take care of herself and her sister. later, she met her boyfriend and moved to manchester with him. the intention to write a fiction about a magical school came to her (5)

soon, her mother died and it had a great influence on her novel. she described in details what harry felt after the loss of his parents in her first book. in 1993, she had a daughter jessica. in scotland she received a (6) to finish the novel about “harry potter and the philosopher’s stone”.

the book soon received a number of awards. the sequel of joanne’s story was released next year. the writer quickly achieved world recognition and became an international literary (7) all in all, she wrote seven books about harry potter. apart from that, she created a number of novels which are somehow connected with the hogwarts magical world.

choose the present perfect or past simple. write full sentences.

john (not call) me recently.
they (buy) a new car last month.
the teacher (not return) the tests yet.
how long she (know) about this problem?
you ever (hear) such an unbelievable story?
when i was a child, i (live) in england for two years.
he (buy) me a beautiful gift for my birthday.
i am so excited to have a dog. i (always / want) one.
they (go) to venice three years ago.
she feels great. she (lose) five kilos since christmas.

fill in the gaps with for or since.

steven has been a he left school
we have had three tests tuesday.
the couple have stayed here three days.
i have had my player ten weeks.
molly has had the christmas.

fill in the gaps with the following words:

to cut down, to destroy, to throw away, to waste.

we shouldn’t:

paper, bottles and clothes.

the ozone layer.

tropical rainforests.

water and energy

open the brackets using present perfect continuous. write full sentences.

i (listen) to this for 2 hours.
you (wait) since this morning.
she (watch) their dog since saturday.
we (talk) for over an hour.
i (prepare) for this test for almost 2 weeks.
joe (work) here since 1987.
you (do) nothing for the last 30 minutes.
lilly (teach) english for many years.
i (eat) tomatoes for my entire life.
recently, she (feel) quite better.

The Giant Panda is one of the most famous, but also the most rare animals. Now in the wild remains very little of pandas, but over the past years made great efforts to ensure their survival."Black glasses" and charming appearance earned Pande not only fame, but also the universal love.This chunky clodhopper and appearance is similar to a bear. The main color of his shaggy fur coat white, but paws, chest, shoulders and ears are black. The same black stains hide small, almost feline eyes with vertical slits of the pupils.A very useful feature of the Panda is kind of thumb on forepaws. In fact it is overgrown with fleshy pads of carpal bones., shoots the Panda dexterously suffices sterns.Big Panda diet are leaves, stems and young bamboo shoots. Adult Panda consumes 10-20 kg of bamboo a day, but maybe more. Do not disdain the pandas and other plant food.Being able to stand on its hind legs, squat big pandas, however, always move on all four razvalistoj, kosolapoj gait. In the case of Chase they are clumsy Lynx, but quickly get tired and do not maintain individual pace. Excellent spidermen, they often climb on the lower branches of trees and foraging to relax or escape from danger.Where live pandasThe wild Giant Panda is found only in a few overgrown by Rainforest cold mountainous regions of Central and southern China, at altitudes of 1200 to 4000 m.It was there that their favorite delicacy-bamboo. The total area of their Habitat is about 30000 km sq, but considered that pandas live on no more than 6000 km sq. In native Woods each Panda gets own territory that marks the border trees vydelenijami odorous jelly). Sometimes these areas may overlap, but usually animal avoid each other, leading a solitary life.Giant pandas can stand on its hind legs, squat but quickly get tired and, whenever possible, not away.Giant pandas-night animals are awake from dusk until dawn. In the afternoon they sleep and rest, but not in the Lair, and in a secluded place somewhere among rocks or even in the hollow of a tree.The pandasAlthough the big Panda carry to carnivores, the basis of its diet is vegetable niŝa, especially the leaves, shoots and stalks of bamboo. Having taken seat somewhere and bamboo thickets, the beast breaks off forepaws young plants and methodically eats all delicacy-leaves, shoots and stems.In the waking hours, or about 4:0 pm in the day, the Panda almost all the time is busy eating. To save weight, it requires a huge amount of bamboo-in part because vegetarian food is not too nutritious, and partly because the digestive system of a Panda is not as effective as other herbivores. If most of roughly 80% assimilates herbivorous foods, the Panda is just 17%.In addition to bamboo, big Panda willingly eats also other vegetative forage-grass, flowers, mushrooms, tubers, roots and bark, and also small mammals and fish which manage to catch. Takes it and carrion. The bear manners Panda suit raids and bee nests.The Panda Cub is born blind and so tiny that the first weeks of the female is almost not released it from the clutches of the. A month later, on his coat are black spots.ProtectionIn a relatively short period of time after the opening of the giant pandas are so reduced that the animal is officially attributed to the number of species facing extinction. Of course, the Panda was considered a valuable hunting trophy, but the main cause of its extinction was deforestation-its natural habitat. As a result, small areas are small isolated groups of pandas, which inevitably leads to the inbred and weakening the species gene pool.Moreover, it is known that bamboo plants, depending on the species, are killed every 40-120 years. In earlier times, wandering on huge territories, pandas simply rushed back to where it was more bamboo. Now, however, their migration routes are often blocked by human settlements or agricultural land.The danger hanging over the big pandas, the symbol of the World Wide Fund for nature, has awakened worldwide interest, and since the late 50 's, the Chinese Government is taking serious measures to protect them. In some mountain areas of established reserves. There is also a State Scientific Center, student programs and increase the number of pandas in the wild.According to forecasts once made by the 2000 year in nature should not remain any big panda. However, there is hope that, thanks to international efforts, this remarkable animal will remain in native mountain woods.

Билль о правах[1] (англ. Bill of Rights) — неофициальное название первых десяти поправок к Конституции США, которые закрепляют основныеправа и свободы человека и гражданина. Поправки были предложены Джеймсом Мэдисоном 25 сентября 1789 года на заседании Конгресса США первого созыва и вступили в силу 15 декабря 1791 года[2]. Впервые на общегосударственном уровне единообразно был определён правовой статус гражданина США, очерчены сферы федерального контроля за соблюдением гражданских прав и свобод, которые также впервые в истории конституционного законодательства были построены как запреты и ограничения, наложенные в первую очередь на сами законодательные органы[3].