В заданиях 10 − 14 определите, какие из приведённых утверждений соответствуют содержанию текста (True), a какие не соответствуют (False).
Most scientists live in Antarctica for many years.
a) True
b) False
Read this information from our British correspondent, Susan White, who writes for our online magazine “Young Explorer”. You can read her stories about different interesting places in the world. Her last trip was to Antarctica.
Dear girls and boys,
Here is the story I promised to write for you. Imagine a lot of snow, ice and cold all in one place. It’s called Antarctica! And it is the coldest part of the world. It is also the highest and the windiest place. There are a lot of icebergs in Antarctica. Do you know what icebergs are like? They are large and beautiful pieces of ice like mountains made from glass and snow.
Scientists from different countries stay here for short periods of time. Usually they live at special stations.
There are some unusual birds that live in Antarctica. They are called penguins. They are quite big birds and they can’t fly at all. But they are excellent swimmers and divers. While the penguins mums spend the winter time at sea, their dads take care of the eggs for nine weeks. During this time they don’t eat or drink. For extra warmth these brave, strong birds live in big groups. Together they try to keep their children out of the cold air and wind.
The blue whale lives in Antarctica too. It is the largest animal in the world. But I will write to you about the whales in my next story.
Send your letters with your questions to our magazine. I will try to answer all of them.
Susan White
Correspondent for the online magazine “Young Explorer”