Exercise 2. Прочитайте вопросы 1 – 6. Установите, в каких текстах A – G можно найти ответы на эти вопросы. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждый текст только один раз. В задании один текст лишний.
Which place
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is rich in building material? |
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is a birthplace of a famous poet? |
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was a publishing centre? |
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was described in many books? |
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was an important medical centre? |
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is a centre of making medical
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-A- Rochester was originally called the
"Flour city" because of its milling industries. |
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-B- Herkimer was settled in1725. It has had a
long history. It began as a dairying centre producing butter and cheese, then
during the early 1800s it became a centre of state politics and meetings. In
1865 Warner Miller improved the process of making paper from wood and they
began to print newspapers and books there. Theodore Dreiser wrote his novel An
American Tragedy carefully studying what took place in the town. |
-C- Cooperstown was founded in 1786 by Judge
William Cooper, father of James Fenimore Cooper, who wrote The Last of the
Mohicans and other works. |
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-D- Saranac Lake was first settled in 1819.
Because of good climatic conditions it very soon became an important
treatment centre for people who were ill with tuberculosis, an infectious
disease during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Many treatment centres from
those days still stand along |
-E- Potsdam was settled in 1803 by Benjamin
Raymond, a land agent for the Clarkson family. The family ran a variety of
businesses. They founded the Thomas Clarkson College of Technology, built a
schoolhouse, which became part of the state university system in 1949.
Sandstone dug in the area has been used for structures in |
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-F- Huntington has seen several historic events.
The famous American poet Walt Whitman was born here. The farmhouse where he
was born is furnished in period, with a library and changing exhibits. The
British hanged Nathan Hale, an American, here as a spy in 1776. The memorial
Monument marks the spot where he was captured. |
-G- Panama Rocks consist of an erupted Paleozoic
ocean floor made of ocean quartz. The rocks are huge and some are more than |
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