Вопрос № 911541 - Английский язык

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Jack London was born in 1876 in San Francisco. 1_______. His father was a farmer. The family was extremely poor and the boy had to earn his living after school. 2_______.
Later he became a sailor; during some time he wandered with the unemployed.
For a year he attended the Oakland High school and spent a semester at the University of California, but as he had no money he had to stop his studies and went to work again. This time it was a laundry. In 1897 he went to the Klondike as a gold miner. His first short story was published in 1898. 3_______.
During the sixteen years of his literary career Jack London published about fifty books: short stories, novels and essays. In his best stories London described the severe life and struggle of people against nature.
4_______.

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The father of all present-day computers was designed by Charles Babbage.
1________________________. J232,000 was provided by the British government to build it. 2________________________. The calculations were to be made by means of thousands of rotating gear-wheels, and moving levers and rods.
3___________________________. 4___________________________.

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I earn some extra money on the weekend by cleaning cars at the local garage. The garage owner is the friend of my dad. I clean the cars which he has for sale on the forecourt. He wants them to look as smart as possible so he can get the best price. The work isn’t very interesting, but it’s quite well-paid. I can usually earn up to thirty pounds, if I work hard – I get paid for each car I clean.
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I work at the local garage cleaning cars because …

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In Britain the most popular form of transport is the car. People use it everyday to get to work, go to the supermarket and take the children to and from school.
However, in a busy city centre, where there are not many parking spaces, people prefer to use public transport such as taxis, buses and trains. In London the Underground is the fastest and most convenient way of getting around.
In the countryside things are not quite the same. People travel by car everywhere as buses and trains are not very frequent.
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People prefer to use public transport in a busy city centre because …

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Visiting the USA has become easier recently. People who live in Argentina, Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Uruguay and most European countries do not need a visa to visit the USA. They can visit for 90 days or less. All they need is a current passport and a return ticket.
Other visitors need a visa which they can apply for at the American Consulate or Embassy in their own country. This is a slightly more complicated procedure, but not too difficult.
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People living in most European countries can visit the USA for …

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Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He was the eldest of three boys. His father and grandfather were musicians.
Ludwig started learning the violin and piano at a very early age. In 1783 his first composition was published. When he was 17, he travelled to Vienna to study under Mozart. But soon he returned to Bonn because of his mother’s illness. In 1795 he gave his first performance as a pianist. It was a success. In the late 1790s, Beethoven began to lose his hearing and by 1819 he was completely deaf. It was during this period that he wrote some of his most famous compositions like ‘Moonlight’ (1801), ‘Pastoral’ (1808). After he became deaf, he continued to compose great music. In his later years, he was lonely, depressed and didn’t write much.
Beethoven died on March 26, 1827 in Vienna. More than 10, 000 people came to his funeral.
Beethoven was the first composer who used music to express deep feelings and ideas. Even today he is, for many people, the greatest composer ever.
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Mozart gave his first performance as a pianist in …