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Choose the right variant.
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Agatha Christie wrote ……… .
a. fairy-tales b. detective stories c. fantastic stories
2) Joseph Turner was ……… .
a. an actor b. an artist c. a scientist
3) The father of English prose is ……… .
a. Daniel Defoe b. William Shakespare c. Mark Twain
4) Anna Pavlova is a world-famous ……… .
a. teacher b. opera-singer c. ballet-dancer
5) The theory of evolution was opened by ……… .
a. Charles Darwin b. Isaac Newton c. John R. R. Tolkien
6) Mark Twain was a famous ……… writer.
a. American b. English c. Russian
7) Madame Tussaud’s is a famous ……… .
a. theatre b. museum c. park
8) The statue of Peter Pan can be seen in ……… .
a. Hyde Park b. Regent’s Park c. Kensington Gardens
9) Savva Morozov was a ……… .
a. banker b. businessman c. politician
10) ……… sang “Yesterday”.
a. J. Lennon b. L. Carrol c. M. Thatcher

A. S. Pushkin is the greatest Russian poet. But I hope no one is challenging the view that he occupies an outstanding place in Russian literature and culture.

Every summer in June, thousands of people visit the Pskov land. They come here to the village of Mikhailovskoye to the wonderful festival of poetry, to see the places where he lived and worked.

Pushkin is always alive for us, he is the man we all know and love, the greatest of poets. Generations come and go, but Pushkin still remains. We are all grateful to Pushkin for each line of his works. Pushkin is not only a great poet for us. He is the perfect man combining brilliant talent with civil courage. His name is associated with our love for the Motherland, and the best in our life.

Hundreds of new concepts, hundreds of new words have appeared in the language in the years that have passed since his death, but not a single word of his poetry has become obsolete. Everything written by Pushkin continues to live. It has not become something of the past, it does not need any corrections and hardly needs commentary. His feelings and his views still correspond to our own feelings and views.

We admire the great world of Pushkin's poetry as a whole, each of us finding some special lines for ourselves, lines showing his sympathy and respect for his people. The reader cannot imagine his inner world without him.

The great shooting day

My father likes to hunt. Father hunt animals. My father meets deer, hare and other animals in the forest. The most dangerous beast on the hunt is a bear. Bear is hard to kill, but his skin is very expensive. I think that you need to hunt in special places. Hunting is necessary only under the supervision of experienced adults. Hunting is more a tradition than entertainment.

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Большой день стрельбы

Мой отец любит охотиться. Отец охотиться на животных. Мой отец встречает в лесу оленей, зайцев и других зверей. Самый опасный зверь на охоте - это медведь. Медведя тяжело убить, но его шкура очень дорогая. Я думаю, что охотиться нужно в специальных местах. Охотиться надо только под присмотром опытных взрослых людей. Охота это больше традиция, чем развлечение.