Put the verds in brackets into the present simple or present continuous. 1. a: she ) her lawyer tonight. b: i i hope he can help her. 2. a: they ) of buying a new car. b: i ) that is a great idea.

1a sees     b see 2 a are thinking     b think 

Russel white, the famous basketball player was in our tow our editor, stanley davis, (1 met) him at the supermarket, last saturday. russel (2 was) very kind and he (3 spoke) to our editor about his visit. russel (4 came) to our town last week. did you know that his grandparents live in our town! this was a great surprise! russel has many fans in our town. he (5 played) with the local basketball team three days ago and he also (6 visited) schools and sports camps in the area. russel (7 had) no photographs with him so he (8 wrote) his name on a box of cat food and (9 gave) it to stanley! sadly, stanley's cat (10 ate ) the box! russel left for new york this morning but he will be back in our town next month!

It occupies most of eastern europe and northern asia its total area is about 17 million square kilometres. it is bordered by norway and finland in the north-west, estonia, latvia, belarus and the ukraine in the west, georgia and azerbaijan in the south-west, and kazakhstan , mongolia, china along the southern border. the land of russia varies from thick forests to barren deserts, from high peaked mountains to deep valleys. the longest mountain chains are the urals, separating europe from asia, the caucasus, the altai. 6russia’s most important rivers are the volga, europe’s biggest river, flowing into the caspian sea, the main siberian rivers (the ob, the yenisei and the lena), and the amur in the far east, flowing into the pacific ocean.7 the world’s deepest lake – lake baikal, with the depth of 1600 metres, is situated in siberia.8the climate in russia varies from arctic in the north to continental in the central part of the country and subtropical in the south. 9  the coldest place in russia is oimjakon in the central sibirian region jakutia,  10its vast mineral resources include oil and natural gas, coal, iron, zinc, lead, nickel, aluminium, gold and other non-ferrous metals. russia has the world’s largest oil and natural gas resources.11 three-quarters of the republic’s mineral wealth is concentrated in siberia and the far east.12 the population of russia amounted to about 143 million 13 the central part of the country is densely populated14 more than 100 nations and nationalities   live in the russian federation15 russia is a constitutional republic, with president as head of state. 16 the chairman of the government of the russian federation (prime minister) is the head of government,17  the official national flag of the russian was  adopted in 199118 the flag has three equal stripes of white, blue and red. white - symbolizes nobleness, honor, freedom; blue - faith, truth, it's the color of god's mother; red color - means courage, bravery, love, and it's also a symbol of great power statehood.19 the capital of the russian federation is moscow, 20  moscow is one of the most popular tourist destinations because it is a sprawling city with a blend of historical and contemporary sights