Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple, the Present Continuous or the Present Perfect. 0 We regularly ___meet___ (meet) to play the guitar together.
1 I (visit) three natural history museums so far.
2 We (move) to a bigger flat. Could you help us transport our furniture?
3 I can’t make a cake because Tom (forget) to buy eggs.
4 You shouldn’t wear this old-fashioned hat, you (need) a new one.
5 The crime rate in New York (go down) in the past ten years.
6 Professor Brown is an expert on Greek philosophy. At the moment he (write) an article on the life of Socrates.
7 It (not snow) here a lot at this time of year.

China — this is a very unique country, famous throughout the world. it has many characteristics, which single it out from the other countries. first this is the most populated country and because of this reason there is a big number of the chinese, who move to other countries and settle there. china also belongs to a small number of states governed by the communists. its area is more than nine million square kilometers and it is the fourth biggest country on our planet. the territory of this state is regarded the cradle of our civilization, which appeared on the shores of the third-longest yellow river located in asia. another superior characteristic of china is its most complex and largest economy, and it will not be a surprise for someone that this is the world’s greatest exporter of goods. one more superlative form will be used to describe the army of the state, as being a nuclear weapon country, there is the biggest standing army and the defence budget is rated number two in the whole world. is not it interesting to know more about china?

Childhood and youth yuri gagarin was born in 1934. his parents had four children in total. in september 1941 he went to school, but soon the village where he lived was occupied by the german army. only in 1943 yuri continued his studies at school.in 1951 gagarin entered the saratov industrial technical school and later joined local flying club. he completed his studies at the technical school with distinction, achieved much success and performed his first flight on a yak-18 trainer aircraft. in 1955 yuri gagarin joined the soviet army. later he was given the qualification of a military pilot. in 1959 gagarin was selected for the soviet space program. he underwent special training which tested his physical and psychological endurance. gagarin was chosen out of 20 candidates upon the commission's decision.