Read the text about Birmingham.jpg and answer the questions. Words: blast furnace — доменна піч steam engine — парова машина, двигун allotment — земельна ділянка, де вирощують городину, квіти та ін. з метою задоволення 1 Is Birmingham a provincial town? 2 Where is it situated? 3 Is Birmingham an old city? 4 When did it get its name? 5 What does Birmingham produce?

The Thanksgiving Day is a national american celebration. It originates long time ago. If I`m not mistaken, When the first people started began to settle the land of America, they didn`t have any food and probably they would deie because of hunger. If not the indians, who gave them food. It is assumed that the first food that people got from them was turkey, corn, pumpkin and maple syrup. 
In our days people in America still celebrate Thanksgiving day, mentally thank the God and that indians and eat turkey as a traditional meal on this day.

День Благодарения - национальный американский праздник. Он берёт начало с давних пор. Если я не ошибаюсь, когда первые колонии стали заселять Америку, у них совсем не было еды и, возможно, они бы умерли от голода. Если бы не индейцы, которые дали им еду. Принято считать, что первая еда, которую получили люди - это индейка, кукуруза, тыква и кленовый сироп.
В наши дни люди в Америке до сих пор празднуют День Благодарения, мысленно воздают благодарность Богу и тем индейцам и едят индейку в качестве традиционного блюда в этот день.

А1. He had revised the same things again and again, he wasn’t at all sure how … he would be. c) Successful
А2. It had been his decision to take this …, programming course. a) Optional
А3. He wanted to get a good mark as he had hopes of becoming a software … .b) designer
А4. The exam was particularly … as he knew his future career
might be at stake. b) Frightening
А5. He gave a little gasp of … .c) Disbelief
А6. One winter evening Lena and her brother Harry … video games while their mum and
dad were watching TV. d) Were playing
А7. The sky … by flashes of lightning and the thunder was deafening. b) Was lit up