Номер 13, страница 189 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс учебник Афанасьева, Михеева

Unit Four. Man As the Greatest Wonder of the World. Reading - номер 13, страница 189.

Условие.

13. Read the text and make it complete with the phrases below.

a) Russia and Japan were allies

b) around on rocks

c) eight destroyers

d) to the valour and spirit

e) in the military history of

f) he never wore it in public

g) seized by the British

h) disappearing forever

i) in and outside Russia

j) in the Russian-British relations

Varyag

It often happens so that a certain object becomes a symbol of something and begins to embody particular traits of human character. Such an embodiment of human courage has long become a ship whose name is familiar to any Russian.

The Varyag was a protective cruiser ['kru:zə] that is well known 1.________ Russia. The ship was built in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Imperial Admiralty. The cruiser was launched on October 31, 1899, and on January 2, 1901 she was commissioned into the Russian Navy.

During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 the Varyag (under the command of Vsevolod Rudnev) accepted a badly unequal battle with a Japanese squadron consisting of one armoured cruiser, five protected cruisers and 2.________ on February 9, 1904. Having lost 31 men dead, 191 injured and outgunned, the crew decided not to surrender, but to sink the ship. The crew was saved.

Later Vsevolod Rudnev was decorated with a Japanese order for that battle. Although he accepted the order, 3.________.

The Varyag was later salvaged by the Japanese and repaired. She served with the Imperial Japanese Navy as light cruiser Soya. During World War I, 4.________ several ships were transferred by the Japanese to the Russians. She was returned to the Imperial Russian Navy at Vladivostok and renamed Varyag. Then she was sent to Great Britain for an overhaul.

However, following the Russian October Revolution in 1917 she was 5.________ and sold to Germany in 1920 for scrap. But in the Firth of Clyde, she ran 6.________ near the Scottish village of Lendalfoot, and was scrapped there. She finally sank in 1925, 7.________.

On July 30, 2006 (Russian Navy Day), a monument to the cruiser was unveiled at Lendalfoot, Scotland. It was an important event 8.________ of recent years. The monument to Varyag has become the first monument to the Russian military honour in Great Britain.

The idea to erect a monument to Varyag in Scotland was put forward by the charitable foundation Cruiser Varyag. The all-Russia movement “In Memory of Cruiser Varyag” started in 2006 and aroused considerable public interest 9.________. A competition for the best design of the monument was organized and the winner has become a tribute 10.________ of the Russian sailors.

Памятник русскому крейсеру "ВАРЯГ"

Monument to the cruiser "VARYAG"

Установку памятника благословил Святейший Патриарх Московский и всея Руси Алексий II

Решение.

Решение 2.

Прочитайте текст и дополните его, используя фразы, приведённые ниже.

Ответ:

1. i) in and outside Russia
(в России и за её пределами)

2. c) eight destroyers
(восемь эсминцев)

3. f) he never wore it in public
(он никогда не носил его на публике)

4. a) Russia and Japan were allies and
(Россия и Япония были союзниками и)

5. g) seized by the British
(захвачен британцами)

6. b) around on rocks
(наскочил на скалы)

7. h) disappearing forever
(исчезнув навсегда)

8. j) in the Russian-British relations
(в российско-британских отношениях)

9. e) in the military history of
(в военной истории)

10. d) to the valour and spirit
(доблести и духу)