Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

The Russian people's attitude to life is largely governed by the climate. The Russian winter is known to (1) historians... as "General Winter" because of the (2) decisive ... part that low temperatures played in various attempt of (3) Western Europe to occupy Russia. The Russian climate can be summed up (4) briefly as : spring - wet: roads (5) impassable... from mud; summer - (6) unbearably ... hot: roads turned into dust tracks; autumn - wet: roads (7) impassable... from mud; winter (8) awfully ... cold: roads (9) impassable... from snow.

Among the summer language courses the most expensive ones are in the English-speaking countries. The nearest of them are in England, the cheapest and sunniest are in Malta and the most (1) adventurous… are in the USA. When you make your (2) …choice, you have to think of how much money you are prepared to spend, how far you want to learn. The English world is full of huge (3) variety… of accent. So if you imagine you will want to work in or with the USA, solid (4) knowledge of British RP (received (5) pronounciatoin…) may cause you (6) …unexpected problems, as you will struggle to understand what Americans are saying.