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1. the numbers of damaging wildfowl is the first essential task
a) reusingc) recycling
b) reducingd) repairing
2. juliet __ an astonishing idea on how to solve their problem
a) arrived down withb) realized up upon
c) came up withd) found out with
3. gerald definitely cut down on drinking. it’s not even about health – it’s family
a) canc) must
b) shouldd) has to
4. you are __ __ time! please hurry up while it’s still not too late!
a) running away fromb) running out of
c) running out offd) running out from
5. i’ve finally got a decent job, found time for daily sports routine and broke up with my abusive boyfriend.
a) nuff saidb) a dime a dozen
c) everything’s coming up rosesd) it’s all greek to me
6. answer the questions:
faroe islanders’ ritual slaughter of pilot whales turns sea blood red
the independent
as many as 1,000 whales are killed over the summer months every year. hunt known as grindadrap is a centuries-old tradition which has been criticized by animal rights campaigners, who say the ritual is and unnecessary.
as long-finned and short-finned pilot whales swim close to the shore during migration, fishermen surround the mammals in boats and dinghies, herding them towards the beach. the entire pods of whales become stranded, are dragged up the beach and slaughtered on the sand or in the shallow water. many people enter the water to help bring the whales to the sand.
faroe islanders are allowed to carry out the annual slaughter by law, which is partially devolved from denmark’s government, although the legality of the practice has been questioned by activists.
“metal hooks are driven into the stranded mammals' blowholes before their spines are cut. whole families are slaughtered, and some whales swim around in their family members' blood for hours. whales and dolphins are highly creatures and feel pain and fear every bit as much as we do," as claimed by the peta campaign.
an anti-hunting campaign called sea shepherd claims that up to 1,000 pilot whales are killed every year in the summer months and although whale meat is eaten by the local people, some of the meat is left to rot. the conservation society sends a couple of boats to the islands every summer to try and prevent locals from herding whales to the shoreline, but last year five crew members were arrested and their boats confiscated.
1) what adjective would you use to fill in the gap in the fourth paragraph?
2) use 2-3 sentences to summarize the text in your own words:
3) write an essay for this passage (use the another side of the paper):
the sea shepherd is widely known for their campaigns against commercial fishing and ocean pollution. they are mostly tough guys and girls who are not afraid to take direct action in order to prevent animal hunting - they sabotage, ram (идут на таран) and capture commercial fishing vessels, for example. some people are afraid of losing their profit because of them think their methods are too radical and they must be put in jail. so, if we want to save our environment (and wildlife in particular), what type of action should we take in your opinion: slow, gradual and reformist or direct and radical?
So many people agree that the desire of money is very dangerous for people. Firstly, it leads to the love of money for its own sake, to meanness to others, to selfishness, to greed and to personal lifestyle, which is unduly frugal. When money is run out, it seems as if the doomsday has come. Secondly, one of the major reasons why people believe that money is the root of all evil is the vast economic gap between the rich and the poor. Each year millions of people die of hunger, while other people are billionaires and live in luxury.
Объяснение:
Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor in Saint Petersburg is the largest orthodox basilica and the fourth largest cathedral in the world. It is dedicated to Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, a patron saint of Peter the Great, who had been born on the feast day of that saint.
The church on St Isaac's Square was ordered by Tsar Alexander I, to replace an earlier Rinaldiesque structure, and was the fourth consecutive church standing at this place.
The neoclassical exterior expresses the traditional Russian-Byzantine formula of a Greek-cross ground plan with a large central dome and four subsidiary domes. It is similar to Andrea Palladio's Villa La Rotonda, with a full dome on a high drum substituted for the Villa's low central saucer dome. The design of the cathedral in general and the dome in particular later influenced the design of the Lutheran Cathedral in Helsinki.
The exterior is faced with gray and pink stone, and features a total of 112 red granite columns with Corinthian capitals, each hewn and erected as a single block: 48 at ground level, 24 on the rotunda of the uppermost dome, 8 on each of four side domes, and 2 framing each of four windows. The rotunda is encircled by a walkway accessible to tourists. 24 statues stand on the roof, and another 24 on top of the rotunda.
The cathedral's main dome rises 101.5 metres (333 ft) and is plated with pure gold. The dome is decorated with twelve statues of angels by Josef Hermann. These angels were likely the first large sculptures produced by the then novel process of electrotyping, which was an alternative to traditional bronze casting of sculptures. Montferrand's design of the dome is based on a supporting cast iron structure. It was the third historical instance of cast iron cupola after the Leaning Tower of Nevyansk (1732) and Mainz Cathedral (1826).