Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы. there are many holidays in our coyntry. they are: new year's day, christmas, women's day, victory day, may day and others. i like new year's day, it is my favourite holiday.the 1st of january is a winter holiday and it is the first day of a new year. the new year's day is always connested will our new hopes and dreams. it is a pleasant moment to get present on the new year's eve. i usually get a lot of nice usefu lthings from my parents and relatives. my parents put their present under the new year's tree. me don't go to bed tiil morning, we watch tv? dance? eat tasty things and play jokes. i enjoy this holiday very much. a) are there many holidays in our coyntry? b) what are they? c) what is the first day of a new year? d) do you like to give and to get present? e) what do you do on the new year's eve?

1) yes, there are many holidays in our country; 2) they are new year's day, christmas, women's day, victory day, may day and others; 3) the first day of a new year is the 1st of january and is a winter holiday; 4) of course, i like to give and to get present, because it's very pleasant for me; 5) i don't go to bed till morning, we watch tv, dance and eat tasty things. we also play jokes

kazakhstan  competed at the  2012 summer olympics  in  london,  united kingdom, from 27 july to 12 august 2012. this was the nation's fifth appearance at the summer olympics in the post-soviet era.

national olympic committee of the republic of kazakhstan  sent a total of 115 athletes to the games, 74 men and 41 women, to compete in 16 sports. the nation's team size was roughly smaller by 15 athletes from beijing, and had the second largest share of men in its summer olympic history.  men's water polo  was the only team-based sport in which kazakhstan had its representation in these olympic games. among the sports played by the athletes, kazakhstan marked its official olympic debut in tennis.

kazakhstan left london with a total of 13 medals (7 gold, 1 silver, and 5 bronze), finishing twelfth in the overall medal standings. this was the nation's most successful olympics with the most number of gold medals, surpassing its previous records obtained in  atlanta  and in  sydney  with three golds each. four of these medals were awarded to the athletes in weightlifting, which is kazakhstan's most powerful olympic sport along with boxing. among the nation's medalists were weightlifter  ilya ilin, who managed to defend his olympic title from beijing, and triple jumper  olga rypakova, who became the second kazakh track and field athlete to win the gold after 12 years. professional cyclist  alexander vinokourov, who competed at his fourth olympics since 1996, won kazakhstan's first ever gold medal in men's road race.

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