Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate active or passive form. Some negatives will be required.
Whales
Whales 1 (be) an important part of people’s lives for thousands of years. For
a long time whales 2 (hunt) and 3 (kill) on a large scale. Even
in the years to come, thousands of these marine mammals, which 4 (prove) to
have a high intelligence, 5 (kill).
Commercial whale hunting, which 6 (start) in 1700s, was a very big business
until about 60 years ago. Wales 7 (hunt) so that people could use the whale
fat for oil in lamps and to make candles and soap. The plates from baleen whales 8
(use) for making women’s clothing, umbrellas and other things.
Whaling 9 (go on) for centuries, taking tens of thousands of whales a year.
Technology 10 (allow) whalers to hunt faster whales and to carry on their hunts
throughout the world’s oceans. New technologies and the high demand for whale products 11
(decrease) many whale populations. The number of the whales that 12
(slaughter) was so high that many whale populations were incapable of
recovering.
Because females 13 (breed) until they are mature (over ten years of age), and
only one little whale 14 (bear) in two years, whales could not produce enough
young to replace the numbers that 15 (kill) by whalers.
When some whale populations 16 (decrease) in such a large number that they 17
(become) almost extinct, the whalers realized that some sort of resource
management 18 (need). In 1946 the International Convention for the
Regulation of Whaling 19 (introduce). The original purpose of the
Convention was to set the rules to help increase whale populations so that the whaling industry
20 (can continue).
Today, commercial whaling 21 (forbid) almost everywhere in the world. In
spite of the international ban, many whale populations 22 (recover) and 23
(consider) to be threatened or endangered. There are still some countries in
which whales 24 (hunt), but, hopefully, because of the pressure from concerned
people they 25 (force) to reconsider their actions and stop killing these magnificent
creatures.
The person who influenced me a lot. This is definitely my best friend Vasilisa. I met her at a new school when I was 11. It was very difficult for me to find new friends and I immediately liked her. We began to communicate with her and even went for a walk. Over time, we never parted.We even understand each other perfectly. I stay overnight with her and she is with me. She helped me and I supported her. We had a lot in common, many people even thought that we were relatives so we were friendly. I think we will never part with her because I love her very much. We are so close that we even entered the same institute and continue to help each other.
Холодильники нового поколения использует интернет для того чтобы ваша еда оставалась свежей и они связываются с супермаркетами для того чтобы заказать ещё. Деньги будут напрямую списываться с твоей банковской карты, так что ты никогда не останешься без молока. Представь ты на автобусе едешь домой после тяжелого рабочего дня и залезаешь в теплую (горячую) ванну. Нужно просто написать сообщение системе подогрева, это всё что будет в доме будущего. Система подогрева уже готовит ванну и потом начинает её греть, и все это происходит к тому моменту как ты откроешь дверь и уже можешь прыгнуть и наслаждаться. Что же о дверных ручках ? Учёные говорят что дверная ручка со встроенным компьютером может увидеть человека (владельца квартиры) с сумками который идет к двери и открыть ему дверь. В то же время, оно может закрыть все двери и связаться с полицией в случае ограбления. И самое крутое то что совсем скоро это станет частью нашей жизни. Добро в будущее !
1. Internet can order food, it can receive messages from apartment owner and do things that wrote in message.
2. It will prepare your bath for you by writing message, and heat it to make a warm bath for you.
3. an embedded computer - it can call the police when something criminal happens to your apartment or door, it just was a example.
4. Yes i do, because you can sms to your heating system and it will prepare a warm bath to you, what i think about fridge ? Well it is very cool, it can write off money from your card to buy something necessary, but i will give to me a sense of discomfort, because it write off my money and i even dont know about that. Doorknob indeed is the best thing in this house, because it can recognize you and open the door when i on my way to door with bags of groceries, and it can call the police when someone trying to break into my house. So, there is my conclusion: this future house is cool