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Honesty is the best policy B4 To learn more about her students, my younger brother's teacher sent home a lengthy questionnaire at the beginning of the school year. There ………………… a lot of questions about this and that. She asked ………………… about their likes and dislikes and about many other things. She asked what they ………………… about their school in twenty years' time. I was 6 years ………………… than my brother but some questions seemed very difficult even to me. I ………………… answer them offhand. The ………………… question, in my opinion, was the one relating to their self-image: 'When you look in a mirror, what do you see?' But my ten-year-old brother had no trouble with his answer: 'Myself, and everything behind ………………….' B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 Where did the Olympic Games come from? B4 There are many different stories about the beginning of the Olympics. One myth says that Zeus himself started the Games. Athletic games ………………… as an important part of many religious festivals in ancient Greek culture. Olympia was one of the ………………… religious centers in the ancient Greek world. The ………………… sight at Olympia was the gold and ivory statue of Zeus. The statue was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This explains why Olympia ………………… as the site for the most important athletic competition. Some athletes travelled hundreds of miles, from colonies. These colonies were as far away as modern Spain, Egypt, Ukraine and Turkey. Any freeborn Greek (a man or a boy)………………… take part in the Olympics. ………………… did not compete, they were also barred from attending the games, under penalty of death. Unmarried girls were allowed to attend. Unlike the modern Olympics, judges………………… from all over the world, but were drawn from Elis, the local region which included Olympia. Albert Schweitzer, a Nobel Peace Prize Winner B4 Albert Schweitzer is known throughout the world for his missionary work in Africa. He was born on January 14, 1875 in Alsace, which was part of Germany and …………………Part of France after World War I. He was a talented person. By the age of thirty, he ………………… as an author, a lecturer, and a musician. It was at this time that he learned of the great need of medical doctors in Africa. He decided to become a doctor of medicine. In 1913, Doctor Schweitzer and his wife …………………for Africa. The morning after the Schweitzers arrived, they started to treat their patients a new hospital building………………… with the help and the trust of African people. Their work was interrupted by World War I Only in 1924, Dr. Schweitzer was finally able to return to Lambarene to rebuild the hospital. When Mrs. Schweitzer came back to Africa in 1929, the hospital was much…………………. There was a growing staff of doctors and nurses. In 1953 Dr. Schweitzer …………………the Nobel Peace Prize. He was grateful, but said, 'No man has the right to pretend that he ………………… enough for the cause of peace or declare himself satisfied.' in an old farmhouse. However, BE THEY THINK OLD NOT CAN BAD I HOLD OLD IMPRESSIV E CHOOSE CAN WOMAN NOT COME LATE KNOW LEAVE BUILD LARGE GIVE WORK Modern world of sports knows many kinds of gymnastics. One of them, rhythmic gymnastics ………………… out of modern gymnastics and the Swedish system of free exercise in the 19-th century. It was called 'aesthetic gymnastics' as the students ………………… express feelings and emotions through body movement. It combined elements of ballet, gymnastics, and theatrical dance. Young ………………… exercised to music, moving from simple calisthenics to more energetic activities. A growing number of men are participating in this kind of sport now. In the 1880s in Switzerland various exercises to music were created. They were designed to give grace of movement, and a much………………… pose. A degree of difficulty for each movement………………… by the European Sport Association after the World War I. So all the elements were graded accordingly. In 1906 rhythmic gymnastics was introduced to North America, but the sport …………………much popularity. Ten European countries ………………… part in the first world championship, held in 1973 in Budapest, Hungary. The United States did not begin competing in the biennial world championship until 1973. How long has man been on earth? Let us travel 5,000 years into the past. We are in the days before man learned to write. Recorded history ………………… yet. Yet there are people, about five million of them, ………………… on all five continents. The ………………… true human being, Homo sapiens, appeared in Europe more than 50,000 years ago. Daedalus was a brilliant architect and inventor of ancient Greece. He was so brilliant that King Minos of Grete …………………him as a prisoner. The King ………………… to let him go back to his home in Athens. Daedalus lived with his son Icarus in a tower of the palace, and King Minos made him invent weapons of war that would make his army and navy even ………………… than they already were. Although Daedalus and Icarus had every comfort, they longed to return home to Athens. Daedalus looked at the sea, and he realised that even if they managed to slip out of the tower and find a little boat, they world not be able to sail far. One of King Minos's………………… would spot and catch them very soon. The History of Man B4 Greek myths: Daedalus B7 Gymnastics B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B5 B6 B8 B9 B10 Pizza B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 GROW CAN WOMAN GOOD DEVELOP NOT GAIN TAKE NOT BEGIN LIVE EARLY KEEP NOT WANT POWERFU L SEAMAN The evolution of pizza was quite long and many cultures contributed to it. Let………………… have a glimpse of its history. ………………… of ancient Egypt, Greece and later Rome had recipes similar to modern ones. The Egyptians had a tradition to celebrate the Pharaoh's birthday with flat loaves………………… very much like our modern pizza. The word 'pizza' appeared in printing at the end of the 10th century for the …………………time. A remarkable event took place in June 1889. The Italian queen Margarita was staying in her summer palace in Naples. It was her birthday and the owner of a very popular pizzeria cooked a special kind of pizza for her. He named it 'Margarita'. It was the………………… way to make this pizza famous all over the world. Now pizza ………………… with tomatoes. However, when tomatoes appeared in Europe they were grown as an ornamental plant. For a long time people ………………… believe that tomatoes were edible. WE WOMAN LOOK ONE GOOD COOK NOT CAN