Read the text below. For each empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D). All rocks are mixtures of tiny grains called minerals. (1) minerals are soft and light, (2) are hard and dark. Gold and iron are types of minerals, called metals, that (3) rocks. Diamonds and the opal are rare minerals, called gems.
The grand canyon in Arizona (4) up of many layers of rock that (5) away by water. One of the main kinds of rock in the canyon is sandstone, which (6) sand and (7) pieces of rock. It can be cut and shaped easily, so it (8) for building.
Most fossils are (9) of ancient animals and plants that (10) in rock over millions of years and turned to stone. Sometimes fossils are the signs (11) by animals, (12) footprints, burrows or droppings.

A В C D
1 Something Any Some Several
2 other another different others
3 found are found have been found were found
4 is made made was made were made
5 have been worn worn was worn has been worn
6 made of is made of was made up made up
7 some others other another
8 often used often is used is used often is often used
9 the remains remains the remain remain
10 hardened has hardened have been hardened have hardened
11 left left behind were left were left behind
12 such so as such as as

6. The judge knew that the lawyer had received some very important information before the beginning of the trial.

7. It was announced that the solicitor had represented the accused before the court and a well-known barrister had argued that case.

8. We read that lay magistrates had never taken part in the trial activities of the Crown Court.

9. The article said that trial courts had beared the main burden in the administration of justice.

10. The lawyer tried to prove that capital punishment had not been a deterrent to murderers.

11. We were told that the criminal had been sentenced to long-term imprisonment for an armed robbery.

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Dear Mom, guess where I am writing this letter - I am sitting on the edge of the Grand Canyon! We leave Santa Fe two nights ago and arrive here early yesterday morning. And let me tell you, the Grand Canyon is really GRAND! I have already taken a lot of photos so that you can see them, and soon I will take a few more, but in fact, Mom, you won’t believe how great it is! It extends 277 miles from end to end — at a depth of a mile, and in some places — at a mile — and there are so many incredible colors in the rock! Blues, reds, violets, oranges, greens, yellows, and so on. There is a funny story about how the Spaniards first discovered the canyon. When the Spanish explorer first came here in 1540, he sent two of his men to the canyon for research. He told them: "Go there and quickly inspect." Quick look around! No wonder they will never return. They just die there, as long as they have a "look around." You see, the Spaniards never imagined even something so big, so they cannot guess its real size. In any case, we are probably going to spend several days here, but we have not yet decided what we will do after this. See you in a couple of weeks. Love, Mike.