Read the text. To complete the gaps (1 - 10) choose the correct word or phrase (A - D). For questions 1 - 10, circle your answer A, B, C or D in the answer sheet.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were asked (0) C. by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase and bring (1) A. back information about the land, American Indian tribes and wildlife. The expedition of about fifty men left St Louis, Missouri (2) D. in the spring of 1804. They sailed up the Missouri River and crossed the great plains where they saw (3) B. many herds of buffalo. They met a Teton Sioux chief (4) A. who wanted one of the expedition's boats, but Lewis and Clark refused. Their journey (5) B. towards the West was difficult and often dangerous. (6) C. During the freezing winter of 1804, the expedition stopped in the Mandan Indian territory and built a fort called Fort Mandan. Here Lewis and Clark met a fur trapper and his American Indian wife, Sacagawea. Lewis and Clark decided to (7) D. employ them, because the fur trapper knew the territory (8) B. well and his wife spoke several Indian languages. The expedition reached the Pacific Ocean on 7 November 1805 and built Fort Clatsop on the Columbia River. When they (9) C. finally returned to St Louis in 1806 everyone was happy to see them. Their maps and diaries were extremely (10) D. useful to President Jefferson and the pioneers who wanted to go and live in the new territories.
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Ответ:
1-A
2-D
3-B
4-A
5-B
6-C
7-D
8-B
9-C
10-D
Объяснение:
Read the text. To complete the gaps (1 - 10) choose the correct word or phrase (A - D). For questions 1 - 10, circle your answer A, B, C or D in the answer sheet.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were asked (0) C. by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase and bring (1) A. back information about the land, American Indian tribes and wildlife. The expedition of about fifty men left St Louis, Missouri (2) D. in the spring of 1804. They sailed up the Missouri River and crossed the great plains where they saw (3) B. many herds of buffalo. They met a Teton Sioux chief (4) A. who wanted one of the expedition's boats, but Lewis and Clark refused. Their journey (5) B. towards the West was difficult and often dangerous. (6) C. During the freezing winter of 1804, the expedition stopped in the Mandan Indian territory and built a fort called Fort Mandan. Here Lewis and Clark met a fur trapper and his American Indian wife, Sacagawea. Lewis and Clark decided to (7) D. employ them, because the fur trapper knew the territory (8) B. well and his wife spoke several Indian languages. The expedition reached the Pacific Ocean on 7 November 1805 and built Fort Clatsop on the Columbia River. When they (9) C. finally returned to St Louis in 1806 everyone was happy to see them. Their maps and diaries were extremely (10) D. useful to President Jefferson and the pioneers who wanted to go and live in the new territories.
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