Set Two, страница 70 - гдз по английскому языку 7 класс книга для чтения Афанасьева, Михеева

Set Two

A. Space Captain Daniel Dunn stood on the bridge of the Revenge with his eyes on the viewer screens. He could see the fiery trails that were the rocket ships from Jupiter.

Dan Dunn ran up to report. "Sir," he cried, "they've surrounded us!"

"We'll fight'em all," said the Captain. He turned to the pilot. "Get set, Dan, and blast away!.."

("Danny Dunn and the Anty-Gravity Paint"
by Jay Williams and Raymond Abrashkin)

B. A lot of people wanted Queen Lizzy to declare war with Spain. She didn't want to do that, mainly because she knew England couldn't win. Spain was simply too powerful for poor England to take on a serious fight. The Queen's strategy was to wait and build up England's naval strength...

("Sir Francis Drake and His Daring Deeds"
by Andrew Donkin)

C. This happened when Pete was out in America visiting his parents last Christmas. They went off for a few days to look at the desert. They went to Death Valley¹, one of the hottest, most inhospitable places on earth. The car broke down. Pete's dad said they had to stay with the car. That was what you did if something bad happened in a desert. Don't go away, stay with the car...

("Stuff" by Jeremy Strong)