Read the text. Are the sentences are true or false? Earthquakes
Every year there are over 150,000 earthquakes around the world. Many are very small and people don’t notice them. Others, like the ones in Haiti in 2010, or Japan in 2011, cause terrible damage and can destroy whole towns and cities.
Scientists study the Earth and know where earthquakes are likely to happen. Some countries have a much higher risk than others. Japan has, on average, 1,500 earthquakes every year. In Britain there are 140. The earthquakes in Britain are usually very small and don’t cause damage to people’s houses. In Japan there are much bigger earthquakes, and many modern buildings are specially built so that they don’t get damaged by the movement of the Earth.
One of the big problems with earthquakes is that we don’t know when they are going to happen. Scientists can tell us where a big earthquake will probably happen, but they can’t tell us the date or the time. If we could predict earthquakes, we could prepare for them. If we were prepared, we could save lives by moving people away from the earthquake area.
In the future things may be different, however. In the 1970s, Chinese scientists noticed something interesting about the behaviour of animals. In the winter of 1974 lots of snakes woke up from their winter sleep and came out into the cold. That winter there were several earthquakes in the north of China. In January the following year, people around the city of Haicheng noticed that lots of farm animals like cows and horses were nervous and refused to go into buildings at night. In February there was a large earthquake in the area. Its centre was in Haicheng.

1 There are over 150,000 serious earthquakes annually.
2 Japan has over ten times more earthquakes annually than Britain.
3 All new buildings are safe in an earthquake.
4 If we could say where earthquakes will happen, we could rescue more people.
5 Scientists think that animals may know that an earthquake is coming.

Объяснение:

ВОСТОЧНАЯ ЛЕГЕНДА О ТАБАКЕ

Давным-давно, когда табак еще только появился на Кавказе, там жили на дачном участке.

у подножия высокой горы стоит мудрый старик. Он почувствовал неприязнь к табаку и попытался это сделать

убедите других не курить его.

Однажды группа иностранных купцов пришла в деревню, где жил старик, чтобы продать его

табак. Они изо всех сил старались заставить старика поддержать их, но не могли.

Однажды старик увидел, что вокруг торговцев собралась целая толпа людей, которые были очень заняты.

они кричали: "о божественный лист, о божественный лист, который исцеляет все недуги!'

Тогда мудрец сказал: "Но это еще не все! Этот божественный лист приносит людям другое

преимущества: ни один вор не войдет в дом человека, который курит, ни одна собака не укусит его,

и он никогда не состарится. Купцы смотрели на него с радостью. - Объясни свои слова

к нам, о мудрый старец, - с они его

-Ни один вор не войдет в дом человека, который курит, - ответил он, - потому что этот человек будет курить.

кашляйте всю ночь, и ни один вор не захочет войти в дом того, кто бодрствует. После

за несколько лет курения человек ослабеет и будет ходить с палкой. Укусит ли собака

человек с палкой? Наконец, он никогда не состарится, потому что умрет в молодости.'

Услышав эти слова, крестьяне разошлись, твердо решив никогда не курить.​

The town I live in is not very large and there are no big galleries and museums in it. But we have a good Natural History Museum in our town.

Last week I was on an excursion there. First we listened to a lecture on the history of our region which was very interesting. Then a guide showed us the exposition of the museum. We walked through its halls looking at different stands with exhibits. There were ancient vases and coins, dishes and bowls, tools and arms. The guide told us about the origin and the age of the exhibits and answered our questions. The girls asked questions about national costumes and dishes and the boys were interested in arms.

The next hall was even more interesting. There we saw stuffed animals and birds. It was a small zoo of the region nature. There was also an aquarium full of different fish, tortoises and shells. The collection of minerals was interesting, too.

I have learned very much from my visit to the museum.