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