Seagulls are one of the most famous types of birds, because they are usually can be seen on many beaches on rivers, and lakes, and seas where people gather. There are about sixty different kinds of gulls. Gulls are the birds with a complex social organization. All year round they keep in a flock and between them there has developed a complex system of communication links. The sizes of the gulls are also very different. There are kinds of very small birds like a dove, and other species are as big as a goose. They are mostly white in colour; the head is usually black or brown. Gulls feed on animal food, which is in the water and on land. They can eat grasshoppers or beetles, escorting tractors in the fields. In certain situations, they can eat small rodents and even squirrels. But mostly gulls eat fish. They swallow it sitting on the water, or grabbing on the fly. They live from 15 to 20 years. To conclude, gulls are beautiful birds and they are a fine ornament of our nature. Чайки-одни из самых известных птиц, потому что их, как правило, можно увидеть на многих пляжах на реках, и озерах, и морях, где собираются люди. Существует около шестидесяти различных видов чаек. Чайки птицы со сложной социальной организацией. Круглый год они держатся в стае, и между ними сложилась сложная система коммуникационных связей. Размеры чаек тоже очень разные. Есть несколько видов очень мелких птиц, как голубь, и других видов, размером с гуся. Они в основном белого цвета, но голова обычно черная или коричневая. Чайки питаются животной пищей, которая находится в воде и на суше. Они могут есть кузнечиков или жуков, сопровождая трактора на полях. В определенных ситуациях, они могут питаться мелкими грызунами и даже белками. Но в основном чайки едят рыбу. Они глотают её, сидя на воде, или хватая на лету. Они живут от 15 до 20 лет. В заключение, чайки, красивые птицы и они являются прекрасным украшением нашей природы.
Doughnuts have been popular in America for (1) centuries . Cakes with holes in the centre were found in old pueblos in the Southwestern United States. How (2) early Native Americans cooked their doughnuts is (3) somethings we don’t know. The first doughnuts we know now were brought to America in the 19th (4) century by the Dutch. Round cakes became popular in the American Wild West, because they were easy to make and were full of calories needed to give quick energy for American (5) explorers and cowboys. These doughnuts were usually cooked with apples or jam in the middle. But there was a problem — they looked beautiful (6) outside , but inside the centres were often uncooked. In 1847 a 16-year-old American Hanson Crockett Gregory was the first to cut out an uncooked centre from the doughnut. It was a historic (7) step . After that doughnuts got their holes. In 1925 a doughnut machine was made in the USA, and (8)thousand doughnuts were (9) sold all over the USA and (10) later in other countries.During World (11) War I American soldiers ate (12) thousand of American doughnuts. For them doughnuts were more than food — they were a symbol of their home.Today Americans eat 10 billion doughnuts each year. They are cooked with different creams (13) cheap and on (14) expensive . American children like doughnuts. But American parents are not very happy, because the food is unhealthy.
1. Look at these children: they are skating very well. 2. Did you skate last Sunday? — Yes, we were skating the whole day last Sunday. We will skate again next Sunday. 3. My brother can skate very well. He skates every Sunday. 4. What are you doing now? — I am washing the dishes. 5. What were you doing at five o'clock yesterday? — I was working in the library. — I was there there, too, but I didn't see you 6. Yesterday I was working at my English from five till seven. 7. It was raining the whole day yesterday. 8. Where is your sister now? — She is in her room. She is doing her homework 9. My friend rang me up at eight o'clock yesterday.