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Список вопросов базы знанийАнглийский язык Практическая грамматика (курс 1)Вопрос id:1746262 Дополните предложение: To achieve this, they must acquire education within the family and, later, within ?) the institutions of the society as a whole. ?) her local health authority has refused to pay for it. ?) received a bone marrow transplant from her younger sister. ?) of winter and the heralding of the rebirth of spring and summer. Вопрос id:1746263 Дополните предложение: To nontraditional people these customs, if continued to courtship, may seem ridiculously old-fashioned, and it is ?) frequently difficult in the modern era to make meaningful distinctions between “going out,” dating, and courting. ?) her local health authority has refused to pay for it. ?) then the cancer returned in a much more serious form. ?) to include substantial parts of the metropolitan county of Greater London, which was formed in 1965. Вопрос id:1746264 Дополните предложение: Usually the mate is the person's intended spouse, and the traditional definition ?) of the term has this implication. ?) if his behaviour is like that of a majority of his fellows. ?) her local health authority has refused to pay for it. ?) would cost £75,000. Вопрос id:1746265 Дополните предложение: Wealthy parents rely less than in the past on nannies to raise their children, and lower- and middle-classparents have ?) greater access to preschool facilities than formerly. ?) to include substantial parts of the metropolitan county of Greater London, which was formed in 1965. ?) received a bone marrow transplant from her younger sister. ?) caused considerable debate over priorities in the health service. Вопрос id:1746266 Дополните предложение: Yet in modern Western societies the practice ?) of parental match making is regarded by children as interference in their affairs. ?) and somewhat difficult to define. ?) the latter practice generally being followed also by business organizations. ?) received a bone marrow transplant from her younger sister. Вопрос id:1746267 Дополните предложение: Yet too precise a definition is a hindrance rather than a help. In different ?) contexts the word modern means subtly different things. ?) was given chemotherapy and the treatment, seemed to be successful. ?) would cost £75,000. ?) and somewhat difficult to define. Вопрос id:1746268 Дополните предложения: Левая часть | Правая часть |
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The American Academy of Pediatrics, which has 55,000 members, spent two | watch TV not more than two hours a day. | Children under two years old should watch no television at all, and toddlers should | years examining the impact of television on children, including numerous studies linking violence on the screen to aggressive behavior. | Even programs specially made for the very young, can stunt development and intellect unless the parent | sits and watches with the child, explaining what is going on. |
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Members of the Academy came to a conclusion | with parents and other adults for healthy development of brain and development of social, emotional and cognitive skills. | Parents should also make sure that there are no screens | of any sorts in the children's bedrooms. | They say that babies and toddlers have a critical need for direct interactions | that parents of children under two should play with them rather than allow them to watch television. |
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The bedroom is a place where kids can reflect on | what happened during the day, where they can sit down and read a book. | The scientists don't want to say that children can | become violent overnight by watching violence on the screen, but they are influenced by it. | Keeping children in front of the screen to make them quiet not only discourages them | from exercising the brain but stops from exercising their bodies, helping to create young couch potatoes. |
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A grand wedding is important for the groom as his | price which can run up to $ 40,000 are hallmarks of the custom, even though Comoros is one of the world's poorest nations. | The dazzling jewelry, nine days of feasting and dancing and the bride | of gold jewelry, Mohamed Yousouf arrives at his bride's home to claim her for their "grand wedding." | Wearing beautiful clothes and holding up 2.5 kilograms | spending will determine his social position and privileges. |
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The tradition arose long ago from the customs brought by immigrants from Africa, | pray in the front row in mosques, sit in seats of honor at weddings and share food with men who have married in similar way. | Such grooms receive a furnished house, supplied by the bride, and are allowed to | India and Oman on the Saudi Peninsular. | Grande Comore, like its sister islands, is totally | dependent on imports of everyday necessities. |
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Most of the gold items used at grand | the groom., as well as buying him silk robes, satin overcoats, hand-made slippers that indicate to all he has staged a grand wedding. | Yuosouf, 47, was able to collect enough money | weddings are bought by grooms in the duty-free shops in Dubai. | The bride and her family are often in dept because of building a house for | for a grand wedding only by leaving 25 years ago to take low-paying job in France, the former colonial power. |
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For more than two hundred years Madame | movie stars, sporting heroes and other celebrities. | After all, where else can you see world leaders, | Tussaud's has entertained and amazed people of all ages, nationalities and from all walks of life. | Employing the best sculptors to create the most life-like reproductions, Madame Tussaud's is | particularly famous for its attention to details. |
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Most figures are sculptured from sittings | after attentive study of old portraits and sculptures. | All the historic characters have been created | re-created as accurately as possible. | The costumes are | with actual people, and each takes about 6 months to complete. |
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In those days wax portrait figures were like the cinema or TV today - people knew the names of the famous | making her wax portrait figures. | Her figures of French writer Francois Voltaire and | US statesman Benjamin Franklin are on display today. | In the 1770 Marie Grosholtz (later to become Madame Tussaud) began | and infamous people of the time but didn't know how they looked so were intrigued enough to see their wax portrait figures. |
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In a recent study they discovered that the | some of the prominent figures who were executed, such as Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette. | During the French Revolution she was asked to make death masks of | Chamber of Horrors is twice as popular among women as among men! | She also made a death mask of one of the leading revolutionaries, | Robespierre, which is currently on display. |
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Her sons and grandsons continued with the business, but these days her | her death in 1850 at the age of 89. | However, the spirit of Marie continues to live on, | not least in the form of the figure she made herself. | Madame Tussaud worked at her exhibition until | descendants are no longer directly involved. |
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Each figure weighs about 15 kg - with 4.5 kg of wax used for the head and 1.4 kg for | because wax shrinks. | Figures are made 2 % bigger than real life | the hands. | The wax used for the | figures is similar to candle wax. |
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By the way, all vital statistics are accurate and kept | information is never disclosed. | Despite repeated requests from the press, this | under lock and key by Madame Tussaud's. | The characters who move and speak are modeled in clay first of all, like the normal portraits, but the | head is made in silicon rubber which allows movement. |
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A spokesperson for Madame Tussaud's says men | glass screen in the Chamber of Horrors because people couldn't stop abusing him. | The figure most photographed by men is Naomi Campbell, and the | most photographed by women is Brad Pitt. | However, the attention from the public isn't always friendly - for instance, Hitler had to be put behind a special | and women like different figures. |
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By the way, research by Madame Tussaud's has | more confident, relaxed and productive. | The idea of positive thinking is attracting more | and more people all over the world. | It had brought them peace, helped become | revealed that women are stronger than men. |
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Jack Canfieldt, one of the enthusiasts in this field, | are responsible for the condition we are in. | Dozens of scientists, teachers, doctors, actors and other professionals help others | get more out of their lives and make the world a better place. | They try to persuade people that we ourselves | told a story in one of his books. |
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One day David, my next-door neighbor, was teaching his seven-year-old son | his wife, Jan called to him to ask a question. | As he was teaching him how to turn the mower, | Кelly how to push the lawn mower around the yard. | As David turned to answer the question, Кelly pushed the mower right | through the flowerbed, and it cut all the flowers. |
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As he began to raise voice to his son, Jan walked quickly over to him, | put her hand on his shoulder and said, 'David, please remember... we're raising children, not flowers!' | When David turned back around he saw what | and effort into these flowerbeds making them the envy of the neighborhood. | He had put a lot of time | had happened and began to lose control. |
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Jan reminded me how important it is as a parent | to remember our priorities. | Kids and their self-esteem are more important | than any physical object they might break or destroy. | A window, a lamp, | a plate are already broken. |
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He reminded us that we have two choices every morning when we wake up: we | his life to the ideas of positive thinking. | He died at the age of 95 at home surrounded by | can choose to feel good about ourselves or feel lousy. | Norman Peale was one of those who dedicated | love, peace and tender care. |
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One day he was walking down the street and | saw his friend George. | He always contended that positive thinkers get positive results because they | are not afraid of problems. | In fact, rather than thinking of a problem as something that is negative | and ought to be removed as quickly as possible, Norman felt problems were a sign of life. |
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For 15 minutes George was telling him about | asked him how he was doing. | It was evident from his look that he was | not excited about his life. | Naturally Norman | his problems. |
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Once late afternoon in October Linda and | and ask the Lord to give you some problems. | Its every detail | I climbed the hill above the river and came across a splendid house. | Norman Peale said that if you didn't have any problems you had to get on your knees | was perfect. |
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It had a sunny look | was harmonic. | Its architecture | its unforgettable design. | I still remember | of cheerfulness. |
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Its design | its beauty. | The house was the incarnation of the architect's genius | and seemed to be aware of it. | It seemed timeless, ageless, confident in | was extraordinary. |
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It had the look of | and dignity. | It was full of pride | one who had designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London. | It was designed by famous Sir Christopher Wren, the | triumph over ignorance and chaos. |
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The house had the most unusual name - it was | built in 1660. | Sir Christopher Wren did not like the bright lights | of the city. | It had been | called "Fullcircle". |
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He had never in | and Greek. | He spoke several languages and wrote in Latin | educated and rather much-travelled. | He had been a sensitive, gentle man, brilliantly | his life been a hypocrite. |
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He knew how | marvelous creature. | He had been responsive, sincere and honest all | through his life. | He was a | to put people at ease. |
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Of course, he knew everything about his | perfectly cooked. | Everyone who came in contact with him | century: pain, death, ignorance, fear. | His dinner was always rather simple but | certainly enjoyed his company and tremendously admired him. |
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He had always | excellent fighter. | He couldn't avoid witnessing it and | faced it bravely. | He was spiritually strong and an | viewed the life positively. |
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He had to stand to injustice, cruelty, humiliation, | and he lived by them. | He had his own principles | his own man. | He was totally | misery and despair. |
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After his death some of his cousins moved | into the house. | Later some other family bought the house | the Penbrokes. | He was not | afraid of challenging life. |
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They did not take | upon those who had any. | They despised education and looked down | care of the library. | They were fond of hunting, going out, | arranging parties and receptions. |
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They almost destroyed the house: ugly | curtains, uncomfortable chairs, no style, no taste, no imagination. | No one denied they were affectionate, tender-hearted | people, but unfortunately, all of them were awfully silly. | But the house | was a unique masterpiece. |
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It couldn't be | destroyed. | The masterpiece was to influence the | the stage following some unseen stage-manager. | The Penbrokes were like actors moving on | people living in it. |
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The house seemed to smile at all modern | of its spirit. | It was more | than a building. | I could feel gentle, unnoticed influence | ideas imposed on it. |
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It was real art, a masterpiece | was amazed by the way he had changed. | I wish you had heard | him saying this to me. | Some days ago I came across Mr. Penbroke and | of incredible beauty. |
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Dear friend, you cannot even guess how enormously | I adore country life in this remote corner of the world. | I’m going to read | every book about Sir Wren. | I am doing my best to catch up with | foreign languages. |
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It was a new | Мr. Penbroke. | I keenly | inside the house. | I believe he had great spirit: it is still alive | feel it. |
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He had become a charming person of | remarkable character and many interests. | He had | Penbroke I had known. | It was not the Мr. | developed. |
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This amazing news was published by | of great interest to me now. | Now he was a sensitive, responsive gentleman, | who could feel people and be of great interest to them. | Greek and Latin are | numerous newspapers and magazines across the world several years ago. |
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A Norwegian catching trawler was working in the | "Titanic" and managed to save herself on the night of the shipwreck. | On the 24th of September 1990 the crew saw a young woman on the iceberg wearing | Northern Atlantic. | She said that her name was Vinny Coats, she was a passenger of the | an old- fashioned dress. |
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The woman did not want to believe that 78 | years had passed since that day. | The woman was sure that the "Titanic" had left Southampton the | previous day, and that the date was the 15th of April 1912. | The captain of the trawler said that the woman | was holding a handbag with a ticket to the "Titanic". |
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