I. Выбери нужное слово: 1. Have you ever been to/in Paris?
2. Sam has been/gone out. He’ll be back soon.
3. Have you ever gone/been to the USA?
4. James has been to/in the army for two years.
5. Has Granny gone/been to the bakery?
II. Вставьте нужное слово: a lot of, little, few, much, very little
1.- A: Are these sunglasses expensive?
-B: No, not at all. They only cost ... dollars.
2 - A: Why do you need to change your diet?
-B: As I eat ... junk food.
3. - A: Can you help me?
- B: Sorry. I have … free time before my next class.
4. It’s warm. There’s ... snow on the ground now.
5. He doesn’t spend... money as he saves it for buying a new bike.
III. Выберите правильный артикль: a/an/the
1. Moscow is situated on ___Moscow River.
2. Several rivers run into the sea at ___New York. The most important is___ Hudson River.
3. I`ve got __parrot. ___parrot is green and blue.
4. My father speaks ___ English and ___ French, but he does not speak ___ German.
5. Do you play ___ piano?
6. ___ Lake Baikal is ___ deepest lake in ___ world.
7. __ Urals are not very high.
8. ___ boys like to play ___ football.
9. My ___ aunt and my ___ uncle are ___ doctors. They work at ___ hospital. They get up at seven o'clock in ___ morning. They go to ___ bed at eleven o'clock.
10. __Saturday is ___ sixth day of the week.
This text is about a biologist and conservationist Roger Payne. He discovered that whales sing and their songs can be heard across entire oceans.
Before he studied whales he had become an expert in animal acoustics. In 1967 Roger went to Bermuda where he met Frank Watlington. Frank told Roger about strange sounds that he had heard underwater. Frank thought the noises were coming from whales.
After that Payne and his colleague Scott McVay found out that the sounds were whales' songs which could travel across entire oceans. It happened at the time when hunters killed thousands of whales. Roger Payne released a recording of whale songs and it helped to start the 'Save the Whales' movement. In 1986 commercial whaling was banned.
Payne still is busy studying and protecting whales.