Нужна ! ii. vocabulary and grammar practice. 1. choose the correct form. a) scientists a) have recently identified / have been identifying a new species of animal in the rainforest of borneo. they b) have been searching / searched for this creature for several years, after reports from local villagers, and say it a type of lemur. b) archaeologists in guatemala c) have found / have been finding a mayan wall painting which they think is more than 2.000 years old. archaeologist william saturno d) explored / has been exploring the site since 2002. c) scientists using the hubble space telescope think they e) found / have found two new moons circling the planet pluto. astronomers f) have been looking / looked closely at pluto since 1978 when they g) spotted / have spotted its first moon. the telescope h) worked / has been working for fifteen years, and i) has been producing / has produced more than 700,000 images of the universe. d) australian scientists j) have been discovering / have discovered a new coral reef over 60 km long in the gulf of carpentaria by using satellites to spot the reefs in deep water. recently divers k) have managed / have been managing to reach the reefs and take photographs. 2. choose the correct form. a) how a) do you get on / are you getting on in paris? sorry b) i haven’t written / i’m not writing before but c) i train / i’ve been training hard for my basketball team. we d) played / have played in a tournament last week – we e) come / came third! i really f) enjoy / enjoyed taking part, but g) i haven’t done / i wasn’t doing anything else for the past month. b) unfortunately, when sarah’s big day h) arrived / was arriving, things i) have gone / went disastrously wrong at first. for a start, it j) was raining / has been raining and the traffic was so heavy, she k) arrived / was arriving nearly ten minutes late for the interview. then while she l) was crossing / has crossed the road, a passing bus m) splashed / was splashing her with water. but inside the building her luck n) changed / has changed. ‘mr fortescue o) is expecting / has expected me,’ she p) was telling / told the receptionist. ‘he q) hasn’t arrived / doesn’t arrive yet,’ she was told. ‘just take a seat.’ perhaps everything would be all right after all! c) an art historian r) has discovered / is discovering two missing paintings by fra angelico (c 1395 – 1455) in the home of a pensioner from oxford who s) has died / died earlier this year. jean preston t) bought / has bought the paintings when she u) was working / has been working in america in the 1960s. shortly before her death, a friend v) recognized / has recognized them as part of a group of six small paintings which angelico w) painted / has painted in 1439. miss preston x) paid / was paying about £200 for the pair, but experts y) say / said they are now worth around £1 million.