For each question, choose the correct answer.
Whale songs
Did you know that a kind of whale, called a humpback whale, sings? In the 1960s it was
(21) that humpbacks communicate with each other by making beautiful
noises. A record was (22) in 1970 called Songs of the humpback whale.
which sold millions of copies. People were absolutely amazed to learn that some whales in
the deep oceans were so intelligent: in (23) centuries people had thought
that whales had simple brains, like fish.
The songs of the whales were so popular that they were (24)
in recordings
of sounds from our planet which were (25) into space in 1977. The
recordings were chosen to show the wide (26) of life on our planet. People
hoped that, in the future, they might be found by intelligent creatures far out in space
21
A- explored
B-invented
C-discovered
D-informed
22
A -appeared
B-delivered
C-achieved
D-produced
23
A-previous
B-old
C-early
D-ancient
24
A -contained
B-included
C-consisted
D-involved
25
B-added
C -kept
A -sent
D-placed
26
B-difference
A-sort
C-kind
D-variety
Peter is an 1.___only___child and he enjoys it. He likes .__beingalone. He 3.___reads___a lot and plays the guitar. He is interested 4.___in sports and history, too. When he wants to be with people , he 5. ___goes__ out with his friends and 6.___they have ___ a lot of fun together. Because he has no brother or sisters , his parents have 7.___more__ time and more money just for 8.___Peter___. Peter`s girlfriend Marry has three brothers and two sisters. She 9.__likes___it. There is never 10.___any__boring moment in their house. 11.___In___ the evenings they all have dinner together and 12.___talk___ about 13.___their___day. Sometimes they 14.___visit their grandparents in another town. Last Christmas they 15.___made a concert for their family and friends. In the future Marry would like 16.__to have__ a lot of children. Peter thinks one is enough. Of course they still have 17. ___a lot of___ time to decide, but they are planning to 18.__getmarried soon.
Alexander Sergeevich Griboedov, the famous Russian diplomat, had a brilliant career. He graduated from university and there is an opinion that he didn't get his PhD because of the war with Napoleon in 1812. Like majority of young Russian aristocrats, Griboedov joined the army to defend his motherland from the enemy.
After the war in 1816 Griboedov moved to the capital of Russia, St. Petersburg. There he worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was making an outstanding career in the Ministry when once he fought in a duel and was ordered to leave St. Petersburg.
Griboedov was offered a job as a diplomat in Persia (now Iran) or the USA He chose Persia and spent there three years. After that he worked under General Yermolov in Georgia.
In January 1826 Griboedov was arrested on suspicion of his belonging to Decembrists but after a few months he was set free and went again to the caucasus.
In 1828 Griboedov was sent to St. Petersburg with the text of the Russian-Persian peace treaty. That year he got married and went to the capital of Persia - Tehran. He was a truly successful diplomat and stood for peace between the two countries. His contemporaries wrote that he was more important than the whole army.
But on 30 January 1829 nationalistic groups of radical Muslims attacked the Russian Embassy in Tehran. The building was ruined and all the people were killed.
Griboedov was buried in his favourite Tiflis in St. David's Monastery.
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