Listening 1. Who did the American travel with?

A)friends

B) family

C) alone

2. What did he always do for his children?

A) He bought tasty food.

B) He bought everything they wanted.

C) He took them to the Zoo every day.

3. Why did the children frighten the animals?

A) They were afraid of animals.

B) They feed the animals.

C) They were naughty.

4. Why did the American ask about the price of the Zoo?

A) He decided to buy the Zoo.

B) It was really interesting for him.

C) He wanted to help animals.

5. What did the Zookeeper answer?

A) The Zookeeper got angry.

B) The Zookeeper said it was a good idea.

C) The Zookeeper said that the Zoo can buy the American's children for the Zoo.

1. Railways are to be (future - мод) completely automated to increase high-speed transportation. 2. A lot of changes are (present - вспом) taking place in modern science and technology. 3. Mobile cranes have (present - осн) a great lifting capacity. 4. The old hump yard had to be (future in the past - мод) modernized. 5. Computеrs are (pres - вспом) used to automate the train movement.
1. Железным дорогам предстоит полная автоматизация, чтобы увеличить скорость транспортировки. 2. Много изменений происходит в современной науке и технике. 3. Мобильные краны имеют большой  подъемную силу. 4. Старой сортировочной горке предстояла   модернизация. 5. Компьютеры используются для автоматизации движения поездов.

The Hermitage is one of the world's largest museums. It is located in Saint Petersburg. It consists of 5 buildings. The museum's collection houses about 3 million different works of art.From the very beginning the Hermitage was Catherine's II private collection of paintings, but in the time of Nicholas I the Hermitage opened for general public. This happened in 1852.

Эрмитаж является одним из крупнейших музеев мира. Он расположен в Санкт-Петербурге. Он состоит из 5 зданий. Коллекция музея насчитывает около 3 млн. произведений искусства.
С самого начала Эрмитажа Частная коллекция Екатерины II в живописи, но во времена Николая I Эрмитаж был открыт для широкой публики. Это произошло в 1852 году