По 50 .
прочитайте текст и выполните ниже.затем сопоставьте предложения a-i с пробелами 1-8. есть одно дополнительное предложение, которое вам не нужно
tour de france the tour de france sa bloycle rice which takes place every year for twenty - three days in july and august ( 1 ) there are sometimes sections of the race which yo across the borders . the winner is the cyclist who completes the course the most quickly over the twenty - three days ( 2 ) this isn ' t the only prize . for example , the cyclist who is the fastest in the mountain section is called the king of the mountains . this one ' s white . the race was crented in 1903 by a daily sports newspaper called l ' auto . ( 4 ) to increase sales , the cycling journalist convinced the editor to set up a long race round france the original plan invited cyclists to enter a five - week ruce which would through the mult und finish the following afternoon 5 ) . only fifteen of them signed up ! ( 6 ) . he also introduced better prizes and cut the money you had to pay to take part . between sixty and seventy men took part in the fit face today there are usually want to twenty - two leams ( 7 ) and each race is watched by thousan of people around the world ! the tour has always finished in paris . since 1975 the finish has been on th mous street , the champs - elysées ( 8 ) .
a . this person can wear the famous yellow jersey b . as a result , the newspaper editor decided to reduce the length of the race to nineteen days . с.although it ' s called the tour de france , it doesn ' t just take place in one country d . however , most cyclists thought that this would be exhausting e . there ' s usually a big celebration there ! f . each of these teams has ninc riders . g . these awards are given to the best riders . h . it wasn ' t a very successful publication i . the best young rider is also allowed to wear another special jersey​​

My Favourite Writer A.P. Chekhov

My favourite writer is Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. In my opinion, he is the greatest Russian dramatist and short-story writer. I'm never tired of reading and rereading his plays and humorous stories.

Chekhov was bom in 1860 in Taganrog. In 1879 he went to Moscow, where he studied medicine. Though he practised little as a doctor in his lifetime, he was prouder of his medical knowledge more than of his writing talent.

While in college, Chekhov wrote humorous sketches for comic papers to support his family. He collected the best ones into a volume, Motley Stories, in 1886. The book attracted the attention of the publisher of the Novoje Vremja and Chekhov was asked to contribute stories regularly.

Chekhov, as an established writer, managed to develop a style of his own. Though he never gave up writing comic stories, he began working in a more serious vein. In 1887 "Ivanov", his first play, established Chekhov as a dramatist.

From then on, he concentrated on writing plays, as well as short stories.

Chekhov was seriously ill. He had tuberculosis and knew what it meant. By 1892 his health was so bad that he was afraid to spend another winter in Moscow. He bought a small estate near a village Melikhovo, 50 miles from Moscow. He spent 5 years there, and those were happy years in spite of the illness. He wrote some of his best stories there, including "Ward No.6", several well-known one-act comedies and two of his serious dramatic masterpieces, "The Seagull" and "Uncle Vanya".

"The Seagull' was first staged in the Alexandrinsky Theatre in Petersburg. It was a complete failure because of the dull and clumsy production. It was a cruel blow to Chekhov. However, the play was successfully performed as the first production of the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898. From then on, Chekhov was closely connected with this theatre and with its founder, K.S. Stanislavsky. In 1901 he married an Art Theatre actress, Olga Knipper, who acted in his play The Three Sisters the same year.

Chekhov's health went from bad to worse and he had to spend the remaining years in the Crimea and other health spas.

"The Cherry Orchard", his last play, was produced in 1904. Soon after the first night Chekhov died. He was 44.

Chekhov had an immense influence on the 20th century drama. Besides, several generations of writers both in Russia and abroad studied and imitated Chekhov to perfect their own literary style.

This is a story of a girl, who was my friend. She was born in the same town with me. At the age of 8 she became more interested in English language.
Later she met John. John was an American guy with curly hair and shiny eyes. He helped her to learn English. Now she can speak English fluently.
And she started to work as a translator in Parliament. Most of her friends say that she is very intelligent. She made perfect career. But it's not surprising that she found rich senator there and they started to live together. Finally they got married. This is how English can be useful.