Great discoveries and tragedies
I. Captain cook
Survey charted natives continent passage coast
I
n
1768-1771, Captain Cook sailed around the world, (1)
___
New Zealand and surveyed the eastern (2)
___
of Australia, giving names to the Botany Bay and New South Wales. In
1772, he set out to find the southern (3)
___
and discovered Easter Island, Norfolk Island, Hawaii and others. In
1779, after sailing up the American coast to
(4) ___
the Bering Strait in
unsuccessful
search of a (5)
___
to the Atlantic, he was killed on his return to the Hawaiian Islands
by (6)
___
who mistook his motives.
II. Lieutenant bligh
Boat explorer conspiracy navigated voyage adrift circumstances feat crew instruments
After the famous mutiny he was cast (7) ___ in an open boat in 1789 and (8) ___ over 5790 km from a point off Tahiti to Timor Island near Java. It was the most amazing open boat (9) ___ of all time, for he had no (10) ___. Many of the loyal (11) ___ who had left “Bounty” to accompany him died on the (12) ___.
The British (13) ___ Hudson was less fortunate in similar (14) ___. In 1611, two years after he discovered the Hudson River, on his second voyage to Canada, after his crew’s (15) ___ he was put in an open (16) ___ to be never seen again.
11. Выберите подходящее слово из предложенных трех вариантов.
Hot springs and geisers
Geysers are hot springs, found in currently or recently volcanic (1) ___, that intermittently jet steam and superheated water into the air. It (2) ___ essentially of a tube leading down to the heat source. Ground water, that (3) ___ in the pipe stars to bubble when the critical temperature is reached, heating the upper layers which (4) ___ and jet out of the orifice. This reduces the pressure enough for substantial steam (5) ___, with subsequent eruption. The process then (6) ___.
Yellowstone national park is the oldest and largest national park in the US. It was established in 1872 and (7) ___ nearly 900, 000 hectares. Apart from its spectacular mountain (8) ___, the park has 10 000 hot springs and 200 geysers. ‘Old faithful’ is the most famous of these. Every 33-93 minutes it (9) ___ hot water and steam to a height of more than 50 meters.
The park is also one of the greatest wildlife (10) ___ in the world, with eagles, pelicans and rare swans, not to (11) ___ bears, bison, grey wolves and hundred more (12) ___.
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1
A regions
B districts
C terrains
2
A composes
B comprises
C consists
3
A collects
B accumulates
C gathers
4
A extend
B expand
C expel
5
A formation
B origination
C emergence
6
A resumes
B restores
C recommences
7
A locates
B embraces
C covers
8
A scenery
B looks
C eyesight
9
A spills
B shoots
C pours
10
A resorts
B reserves
C shelters
11
A mention
B remind
C report
12
A kinds
B species
C genders
12. Выберите подходящее слово из предложенных двух вариантов.