Fill in the blanks with one of the following link-verbs in order to make up a compound nominal predicate: become, fall, get, go, grow, keep, remain, run, turn
1. The cloud lengthened out until it … a narrow line. becomes?
2. And how are you? We (not) … younger.
3. I have known the family, father and son, so long that I … confused sometimes.
4. James … more and more alarmed.
5. His hands, slack behind him, ... fists.
6. I can stand the strain no longer, I … mad if it goes on like this.
7. At my cry he … pale as death.
8. The ship … smaller and smaller in the distance.
9. He … yellow, then blue; suppressed anger showed on his face.
10. When I entered they all … silent.
11. The boy … silent for some time.
12. A gale from the west ... stronger.
13. Carrie … rapidly famous.
14. Something must … wrong.
15. We … awake all night.
16. (Not) … excited!
17. They came back before it ... dark.
18. This small river … dry every summer.
19. The weather … cold and windy
20. Hurry up! It … late.

The United States of America is a very diverse country. Its nature, climate, population varies from the East Coast to the west, from the northern border to the southern.Climate is mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the Great Plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the southwest.Natural resources include coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, and timber.Natural hazards are a great deal of problems for the USA. Every year, they loose hundred millions of dollars, because of natural hazards. The USA is famous for hurricanes along the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico coasts and tornadoes in the Midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding.Sometimes there are tsunamis, volcanoes and earthquakes happen. Earthquakes are very often in California.Talking about environment, one should add that air pollution results in acid rains in both the US and Canada. The US is the largest single emitter of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.Water pollution from runoff of pesticides and fertilizers takes place here.Climate and Natural Resources.
Климат и природные ресурсы.
Соединенные Штаты — это страна контрастов. Природа, климат, население страны изменяются с восточного побережья на западное, с северной границы на южную.Климат на большей части умеренный, тропический на Гавайях и в штате Флорида, арктический на Аляске, полузасушливый на великих западных равнинах реки Миссисипи и полупустынный на юго-западе.Природные ресурсы включают: уголь, медь, свинец, молибден, фосфаты, уран, бокситы, золото, железо, ртуть, никель, серебро, вольфрам, цинк, нефть, природный газ и древесину.Природные катаклизмы представляют огромную проблему для США. Каждый год страна теряет сотни миллионов долларов из-за природных катаклизмов. США известны своими ураганами вдоль атлантического побережья и побережья Мексиканского залива, торнадо на среднем западе и юго-востоке, грязевыми оползнями в Калифорнии, лесными пожарами на западе, наводнениями.Иногда наблюдаются цунами, вулканы и землетрясения. Очень часты землетрясения в Калифорнии.Говоря об окружающей среде, необходимо добавить, что загрязнение воздуха выливается в кислотные дожди как в США, так и в Канаде. США — самый крупный «производитель» двуокиси углерода от сжигания ископаемого топлива.Имеет место и загрязнение воды из-за сброса пестицидов и удобрений.

n the Orthodox Church there are three main parts. 2. The temple has an altar, the nave and the narthex. 3. In the altar there is a throne, an altar, the icon behind the altar and high place. 4. In every Church under the throne relics of saints. 5. Between the altar and the nave is the iconostasis. 6. In the iconostasis of the classic song five tiers. 7. In the iconostasis there The Royal doors and deacon's doors. 8. On the territory of the Trinity Sergius Lavra is located Moscow theological Academy and Seminary. 9. In the Western part of the temple there is the porch. 10. On the Solea there is a pulpit - the Central part of it. 11. In the Orthodox Church may be two or more the side chapels. 12. On each dome there is a cross. 13. In the chapel there the altar. 14. In the ancient temples had no iconostasis.