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Read the text. Choose the correct variant to the question. In British history, the period from 1837 to 1901 is called the Victorian era. The period saw Queen Victoria‘s long and prosperous reign in England. Charles Dickens was the most popular novelist of this period. He became famous for working-class life, complex plots and sense of humour. However, it was the vast galaxy of unusual characters he created that made him more popular than his contemporaries. These characters, drawn from everyday life and the world around them, were such that readers could relate to them. Beginning with The Pickwick Papers in 1836, Dickens wrote numerous novels, each filled with uniquely believable characters and vivid physical descriptions. According to Dickens’s friend and biographer, John Forster, Dickens created the real existence of characters, not by describing them but by describing them themselves. What kind of characters did Dickens draw from in his novels?

Read the text. Choose the correct variant to the question. In British history, the period from 1837 to 1901 is called the Victorian era. The period saw Queen Victoria‘s long and prosperous reign in England. Charles Dickens was the most popular novelist of this period. He became famous for working-class life, complex plots and sense of humour. However, it was the vast galaxy of unusual characters he created that made him more popular than his contemporaries. These characters, drawn from everyday life and the world around them, were such that readers could relate to them. Beginning with The Pickwick Papers in 1836, Dickens wrote numerous novels, each filled with uniquely believable characters and vivid physical descriptions. According to Dickens’s friend and biographer, John Forster, Dickens created the real existence of characters, not by describing them but by describing them themselves. What made Dickens more popular than his contemporaries?

Read the text. Choose the correct variant to the question. In British history, the period from 1837 to 1901 is called the Victorian era. The period saw Queen Victoria‘s long and prosperous reign in England. Charles Dickens was the most popular novelist of this period. He became famous for working-class life, complex plots and sense of humour. However, it was the vast galaxy of unusual characters he created that made him more popular than his contemporaries. These characters, drawn from everyday life and the world around them, were such that readers could relate to them. Beginning with The Pickwick Papers in 1836, Dickens wrote numerous novels, each filled with uniquely believable characters and vivid physical descriptions. According to Dickens’s friend and biographer, John Forster, Dickens created the real existence of characters, not by describing them but by describing them themselves. How did Dickens create the real existence of his characters, according to his friend and biographer John Forster?

Read the text. Choose the correct variant to the question. In British history, the period from 1837 to 1901 is called the Victorian era. The period saw Queen Victoria‘s long and prosperous reign in England. Charles Dickens was the most popular novelist of this period. He became famous for working-class life, complex plots and sense of humour. However, it was the vast galaxy of unusual characters he created that made him more popular than his contemporaries. These characters, drawn from everyday life and the world around them, were such that readers could relate to them. Beginning with The Pickwick Papers in 1836, Dickens wrote numerous novels, each filled with uniquely believable characters and vivid physical descriptions. According to Dickens’s friend and biographer, John Forster, Dickens created the real existence of characters, not by describing them but by describing them themselves. What is the name of Queen Victoria’s reign in British history?

Change the words in capital letters lexically and grammatically so they fit the text. Hurricanes are giant, wet, and (WIND) tropical storms. They bring winds of over 150 miles an hour, and the hurricane clouds can carry enough water for more than 2.4 trillion gallons of rainfall in a day. Now, if you're thinking that you don't know the (DIFFER) between hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons, don't worry. They are (ACTUAL) the same thing. The names just come from the (VARY) parts of the world: cyclones start in the Indian Ocean and typhoons in the (WEST) Pacific Ocean. Hurricanes begin in the Atlantic Ocean and there is an annual season from mid-August to late October.

Complete the gaps with the suitable words. is the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area. can change from hour to hour, day to day, month to month or even from year to year. For periods of 30 years or more, however, distinct weather patterns occur. A might experience a rainy week, but over the long term, the region receives very little . It has a dry climate.

Choose the correct variant to each gap from the list. Since she from college, Joanna on three different continents: North America, South America, and Antarctica. In college, she marine biology and her first job was in a research laboratory on Catalina Island, off the coast of California. While she there, she was able to dive and explore the marine life every day. After she there for two years, Joanna a research team that went to the Galapagos Islands to study the Galapagos penguin populations. That eventually led her to Anvers Island in Antarctica, where for the last three months she Chin-strap penguin colonies near Palmer Station.

Change the words in capital letters grammatically so they fit the text. Finding the oceanic whitetip shark is an experience I won't forget. This is one of the (DANGEROUS) sharks in the world, but its numbers are falling. They used to be common around the Bahamas, but most people say they (NOT SEE) them for years. Just as we arrived there, some sports (FISHERMAN) in the central Bahamas saw some oceanic whitetips when they (FISH) for tuna. So I planned sixteen days to go searching for them. For the (ONE) few days out of Palm Beach, we didn't see a thing. Then, on the fifth day, I was looking out from the bridge when I (SPOT) a shark on the surface. The white tip of its fin was sticking out of the water, so I (KNOW) we had an oceanic whitetip. I quickly put on my wetsuit and jumped in the water. The shark (BE) very curious about me and swam right up to me and even stayed around while we were putting the cage in the water for the scientist. I got some great pictures!

Put the parts of the email into the correct order.

Complete the gaps with the suitable words and word combinations from the list. Heiley, you for your recent email. I'm always glad to get your emails. In your message you asked me about my plans for summer holidays. : I'm going to have a part-time job in a local café. I bet you can't believe it! I need some money to make my dreams come true — visit Glastonbury music festival in August. So I’m going to work as a waitress in June and July. Anyway, this is just to let you know my plans, as far as they go at the moment! as soon as possible. , Lorna