He was not living_________there whem I(met__________him.
It was raining_____ so they (did not want) _______to take the dog for a walk.
<span>My boss was (waiting)_________ in my office whem I (got)_______to work two hours late.</span>
1 sing; singing;
2 ride; riding;
3 do ; doing;
4 ask; asking
The concert last night was absolutely fantastic. We had wanted to see the band for a very long time, so when we saw a poster of the concert two months ago at a bus stop, we were very excited. We asked our parents if we could go and they said yes! They hadn't let us go to a concert on our own before and we were really excited.
A month later, we got on a train to go and buy the tickets. We arrived at the ticket office the night before with a tent. A lot of other people had put up their tents on the street before us. The next day we had waited for five hours until at last we had the tickets in our hands. Five minutes later, all the tickets sold out! We were so lucky! And the concert was brilliant.
11. Writing was invented a long time after the first map was drawn. A) True
12. The first map was a map of the night sky. A) True
13. The first map was made by the Babylonians. B) False
14. Babylonian map-makers were very rich men. C) Not known
15. Magellan's explorations helped the map-makers to Im¬prove their maps. A) True
16. Our planet is a perfect sphere. B) False
17. Modern maps are more detailed and accurate. A) True
18. The Amazon rainforest is gradually disappearing. A) True
19. The level of the Aral Sea has been increasing. B) False
20. Soon the traditional printed road maps may be out of use. A) True
<span>Maps were made long before reading and writing were invented. The earliest map that we know of is a cave painting on the Lascaux caves in France. The painting shows a part of the summer night’s sky 16500 years ago. Modern astronomers can still understand the night sky shown in the map. A four thousand year old map made by the Ba¬bylonians is still in existence. Many ancient map-makers thought that the world was flat, but explorers like Magel¬lan in the 15th century sailed around the world and helped to make better maps. Besides, measurements taken by satel¬lites show that our planet Is slightly pear-shaped (грушевидная). Satellites have also provided more accurate Information and have helped to see and map parts of the world that were lit¬tle known or never seen by humans before. Satellites have photographed the Amazon rainforest and have shown that the area the size of twenty football pitches is being cut down (сокращается) every minute. Pictures taken from space have also shown that one of the world's largest areas of inland water, the Aral Sea, has been shrinking (усыхает) very quickly. Modern satel¬lite maps show the effects of global warming and pollution and help us to understand the world around us better. More and more drivers nowadays rely on satellite navigation in their cars so the traditional road maps may not be around much longer.</span>
