Fill in the correct adverb form (comparative or superlative) of the adjectives in brackets.

1) I speak French ... (fluently) now than last year.
2)John can run (fast) than Pete.
3)Ann worked ... (hard) than ever before.
4)Planes can fly ... (high) than birds.
5)Our team played the (bad) of all.
6)Olga had an accident last year. Now, she drives ... (careful) than before.
7)She greeted me the ... (polite) of all.
8)Could you write ... (clear)?
9)She smiled ... (happy) than before.

I really love the city of Semyonov because you can see many different sights, old buildings and monuments there. But I would like to devote my attention to the Museum of History and Art. The Semenovsky Museum of History and Art was founded in 1934 by the artist Georgy Petrovich Matveev. The exhibition halls of the museum were originally located in an old two-story building located on Matveev Street. In 1991, a two-story red brick mansion on ul. Vaneeva, built at the end of the 19th century and previously owned by the merchant-Old Believer Pyotr Petrovich Sharygin.

In Russia schooling begins at the (1) age of six or seven. In most schoolsparents do not (2) pay for their children. These state schools are (3) free .Secondary (4) education begins at the age of ten. Secondary school pupils dodifferent (5) subjects: Russian, maths, Russian literature, physics, art,music, modern languages — English, French or German. Classes are notvery long — about forty-five minutes. In most schools pupils have towear (6) uniforms. They are of different colours. Girls usually wear skirts,blouses and jackets, boys usually wear suits and shirts.Pupils go to school five or six days a week. If they have classes on Saturdays, they usually have five lessons every day, sometimes six. Classesstart at half past eight in the morning. There are ten or fifteen minute(7) breaks after every lesson and a longer lunch (8) break . Classes are overat two or three o’clock in the afternoon.The Russian school year usually has three or four (9) tems. School-children have holidays in all the seasons — in autumn, winter, springand summer. The summer holidays are the longest.