Прочитайте текст. преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в скобках, обозначенных номерами 5-10, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. заполните пропуски полученными словами. каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному 5-10. crop circles (1) a crop circle or crop formation is a pattern created in fields by flattening a crop. in 1932, archaeologist e. c. curwen 5) (discover) four dark rings in a field at stoughton down near chichester, but he 6) (can) examine only one of 7) their (they). the majority of reports of crop circles 8) (appear) and spread since the late 1970s when many circlesbegan appearing throughout the english countryside. the uk researcher jeremy northcote found that crop circles were not spread accidentally across the landscape. they appeared near roads, areas of medium-to-dense population, and cultural heritage monuments such as stonehenge or avebury. the circles always appeared in areas that 9) (be) easy to access. this suggests strongly that these crop circles were 10) (likely) to be results of human action than of some paranormal activity.
2 The British Isles lie in the north-west of Europe. They consist of two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland,
3 The territory of the United Kingdom is about 244 square kilometres. His the 75th place among other countries in the world.
4 The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland-
5 The capital of the country is London. The 4 capitols of the United Kingdom are : England is London, Wales is Cardiff, Scotland is Edinburgh and Northern Ireland is Belfast.
6 The two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) are based at The Palace of Westminster,
in London.
7 The British Parliament is the oldest in the world. It originated in th 12th century as Witenagemot,
8 Britain is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch – Queen Elisabeth II as a head of state.