II. Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense. 1. I never (lend) a friend a large amount of money, because I always (think) it would almost certainly be the end of the friendship. But one day I (have) a very good reason for borrowing money myself. I (need) an urgent operation. 2. We think of democracy as a modern invention, but in fact the world's most perfect democracy probably (exist) in Ancient Athens in 500 B.C. - if you (be) not a woman or a slave. 3. Two French architects - Frederic Augusta Bartholdi and Alexander Gustave Eiffel (design) and (build) in Paris the Statue of Liberty which has stood on Liberty Island in New York Island since 1886. 4. My brother (work) in a bank for about five years, and actually he wasn't very ambitious or career-minded. Then a new manager (persuade) him to take the job more seriously, so he (start) studying to become a manager himself. For five years he (go) to evening classes to get qualifications he needed... but it was worth it. 5. It (snow) when I (get up) this morning. The children next door (make) a snowman. I quickly (put on) my warm clothes and (race) outside to help them. 6. Ann was worn out. The baby (cough) all night and she (not to get) any sleep. 7. Our team (play) really well. We (win) at half time, but in the end we (lose). 8. Kate was a successful model before she (become) a teacher. She (earn) a lot of money for a few years but then she (give) it all up for the classroom. 9. When my mother (come) downstairs this morning, she couldn't believe her eyes. We (do) all the washing-up and (made) breakfast for her. We (work) for an hour before she (wake up). 10. Imagine my delight when I (do) really well in all my exams! My childhood dream (come) true and I (become) a student of the university.
I am writing to ask about the holiday apartments in the Golden Sands advertised in „Каникулы за границей” magazine this month.
In your advertisement you mentioned that all the apartments are self-catering. Could you tell me what cooking facilities are available in the kitchen? Could you also tell me if cooking utensils are also provided?
I noticed from your advertisement that the beach is quite nearby. However, I would also like to know if the apartments have an access to a swimming pool.
I would be very grateful if you could send me a list of apartments and prices with a view to making a reservation in July.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Tom Smith
California is located in the southwestern part of the USA. It is estimated to be the richest state of the USA that is why it is also called the Golden State.
Between 1850 and 1854, San Jose, Vallejo, and San Francisco served as the temporary capital cities. In 1854, the capital city was permanently moved to Sacramento.
The main cities are Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, San Diego, San Jose, etc. The total area is about 405 000 sq. km. It is the third biggest state of the USA after Alaska and Texas. State population is about 35, 000,000. It has the highest density of population. The largest City of California is Los Angeles, which is the 2nd largest city in the USA after New York city.
In 2003 the Governor of the state California became the well-known actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
California's history is unique. It has been shaped, in part, by its geography. California has four main regions: the temperate coastal region, the Central Valley, once an inland sea, the desert, and the mountain region. The imposing Sierra Nevada caused California to develop in relative isolation from the rest of the nation. After Americans began to settle in California in large numbers during the nineteenth century, it would usually be weeks before news would arrive to the state from the East. Four flags have flown over California: Russian, Spanish, Mexican and the United States.
The name « California» came from a knightly romance book that was published in 1510. It was about an island paradise near India where beautiful Queen Calif ia ruled over a country of beautiful black Amazons with lots of pearls and gold. Cortez's men thought they found the island in 1535, because they found pearls. Later, it was found that the island was re ally a peninsula.
The first settlers to arrive in California after the Native Americans were Spanish. Russia had some small settlements, involved in whaling and fur trapping in Northern California, but Russia didn't attempt to colonize the area except in very isolated areas. Spanish priests were sent to California to convert the Indians to Christianity. Spain hoped to make the California native population into good Spaniards, loyal to Spain.
Spain couldn't find enough Spaniards willing to leave Spain for the New World and her attempts to convert the Indians into Spaniards failed. Spain had made the same errors that the English made with the Colonies. Spain forbade New Spain from trading with any other nation besides Spain, and Spanish settlers who were born in Spain were considered to be a higher class than pure Spanish born in New Spain, Even though New Spain had adopted the culture of Spain, the Spanish restrictions would soon drive Spain from the New World just as the English had been driven out.
The English began to fight for California almost 500 years ago with Queen Elizabeth I. England had ceased to become a real threat since the American Colonists had driven England from much of the New World. England had left something dangerous in her stead. It is English culture. Though the United States was a multinational state, English culture was the overriding tie that bound these people together.
It was this discovery of gold that hastened California's statehood. By the mid nineteenth century, California became a state of the USA because of the Gold Rush which started in earnest in 1849.
On September 9,1850, President Fillmore officially made California the thirty-first state.
Winter comes early in the Californian mountains and many settlers lost their lives, if they tried to cross the hostile Sierra Nevada and penetrate to California from the eastern part of the country in winter.
The most common method of travel to California from the East for that time was by ship. Settlers would leave the East Coast and have to travel south all the way around the tip„of South America. The only other way to get to California was to get off the ship in Panama, cross the isthmus by land, and pick up a ship on the West coast of Panama that was headed north. Many travellers died of disease crossing the tropical Isthmus of Panama.
Only after the construction of the railroad which linked California to the rest of the country, California itself could offer a lot to the nation. The rich Central Valley eventually became known as the breadbasket of the world. California's mild climate allowed for year-round farming and growing of fruit and vegetables.
Prior to the Gold Rush, California had more Native Americans than all the other states combined. Now California still has the largest population of Native Americans. California has one of the largest Chinese communities outside Asia in the entire world, the majority of whom live in San Francisco. California has the largest Armenian population outside Armenia. From the economical point of view California is the largest producer of goods of all the states and the largest agricultural state in the Union. California is the fifth largest economy in the world, if it were a separate country.