What famous sporting events do you now?

World football Cup , Olympic games , tennis Wimbledon .

1.
What ...a fine day is today!
2.
He usually smokes ... cigarettes or ..a. pipe. 
3.
What do you prefer: ... tea or coffee?
4.
I went to ... Iyanovs, but they weren't at home.
5.
They met at ..the. gate of .a.. school.
6.
In ... our region of ..a. country ... winter is ..a. very cold
season. 
7.
..The. Large steel bridge joins ... two banks of ... river. 
8.
... Rice and ..the. cotton grow in ... Ukraine now.
9.
... People who live in ... Canada speak French and ... English.
10.
Both ... silver and ... gold are metals.
11.
... North America is washed by ..the. Pacific and ..the. Atlantic oceans.
12.
He spent ... summer of 1990 in ... London.
13.
..the. triangle has 3 sides.
14.
the... knowledge is .the.. power.

1. When we (came) to the station, our train had already (left). 2. Victor asked me to explain the new rule to him, as he ( had missed) the previous lesson. 3. John Gray (visited) Russia in 1989 and (has not been) here since that time. 4. I decided not to put on my raincoat as it ( had stopped) raining already and the sun (was shining) brightly. 5. When the teacher told the boy to recite the poem, the boy (burst) into tears: he (did not remember) anything, though he ( had tried) to learn his lesson so hard. 6. Jane usually works in the library. She (is working) there now. She has already ( gathered) the necessary material and now she (is writing) her report.