Вопрос № 39637 - Английский язык

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Like many other very old cities, London was never planned. It grew around two centres – a fort the Romans built on one bank of the Thames, and an abbey, founded later on the other bank. As time went by, the place round the Roman fort developed into the City of London, the country’s business centre, the abbey is now known as Westminster Abbey.
By the middle of the first century AD London had already been in existence for about a hundred years. Roads leading to other towns had changed into streets, market grounds became squares. London was growing …
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Like many other very old cities, London was never …

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The rise of 1______________ is a remarkable success story. When Julius Caesar landed in Britain nearly two thousand 2_______________ ago, English did not exist. Today English is used by at least 750 million people, and barely half of those speak it as a 3______________ tongue.
Some estimates have put that figure closer to one billion. Whatever the total, English at the end of the 20th century is more widely spoken and written, than any other language has ever been. It has become the 4_________________ of the planet, the first truly global language.

The body of law called _______ law deals with the private relations between members of a community.

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Cigarette smoking is a harmful habit which reduces the expectation of good health and shortens life. Cigarette smokers absorb into the lungs:
1. Nicotine. This is a habit-forming drug with a mild stimulatory effect. It causes construction of small blood vessels and a rise in blood pressure.
2. Carcinogenic tars. These tars isolated from cigarette smoke have been shown to cause cancer in experimental animals.
3. Carbon monoxide. Cigarette smokers have raised blood levels of carboxyhaemoglobin passes through into the fetal circulation.
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Nicotine causes construction of small blood vessels and …

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My house is _______ in the street.

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The last year has shown a slight ________ in the economy.