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3. Match the texts 1-5 with photos A-E. Which explorer's journey do you think was the most difficult? Why?

Explorers quiz

1. Marco Polo was only 16 when he joined his father and uncle on an expedition through Asia. During his 24-year journey along the Silk Road, he visited places like Constantinople, Baghdad and Beijing. By the time he returned to Venice in 1295, he had travelled almost

a 4,000 km

b 14,000 km

c 24,000 km

A

2. Shoqan Ualikhanov is famous for his scientific expeditions to Issyk-Kul (1856), Kulzha (1857) and Kashgaria (1858). He wrote several books about the geography, history and culture of Central Asia, including A Description of Kashgaria and ____.

a The Tatars

b Ablai Khan

c Sketches of Zhongar

B

3. In 1911, Roald Amundsen led the first successful expedition to the South Pole. In 1926, he flew over the North Pole in a/an ____. Four years earlier, he had tried to reach the North Pole by ship but hadn't been successful.

a airship

b hot air balloon

c helicopter

C

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4. Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. This was just one of her many records. During a round-the-world flight in 1937, Amelia's plane disappeared somewhere over the ____ Ocean.

a Atlantic

b Pacific

c Indian

D

5. When he boarded Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Yuri Gagarin had flown in a plane hundreds of times, but he had never flown in a spacecraft. In fact, no one had done that before - Gagarin was the first human to go into outer space. About eight years later, Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on ____.

a Mars

b the moon

c the sun

E

Соотнесите тексты 1-5 с фотографиями A-E. Чье путешествие, по вашему мнению, было самым трудным? Почему?

Ответ:

1. c. 24,000 km (24 000 км)

2. c. Sketches of Zhongar (Очерки Джунгарии)

3. a. airship (дирижабль)

4. b. Pacific (Тихий)

5. b. the moon (луну)

I think Marco Polo's journey was the most difficult. It lasted for 24 years, which is a very long time to be away from home. He travelled on foot or horseback, without any modern maps or technology. He had to face dangers like bad weather, illnesses, and unknown territories. It must have been a very challenging and scary adventure.

Я думаю, что путешествие Марко Поло было самым трудным. Оно длилось 24 года, а это очень долгое время вдали от дома. Он путешествовал пешком или на лошади, без всяких современных карт или технологий. Ему приходилось сталкиваться с такими опасностями, как плохая погода, болезни и неизвестные территории. Это, должно быть, было очень сложное и пугающее приключение.