St. Bernard dogs are named after a monastery high up in …

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+ the Alps

− a Alps

− an Alps

− Alps

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Чтобы правильно выполнить задание, следует знать правила употребления артиклей.
Определенный артикль the употребляется перед названиями рек, морей, океанов, горных хребтов, групп островов.
Согласно контексту и правилу грамматики, только вариант ответа the (Alps) является правильным: «Сенбернары названы по имени монастыря, находящегося высоко в Альпах».
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It is a rather new city. The city is situated on the left bank of the Potomac River, between the states Virginia and Maryland. Its population is about three million people. It was named after the first president of the country.
It is one of the most beautiful cities in the USA. It is famous for its cherry trees. They were brought there in 1912 as a gift from Japan.

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Council flats and houses are built and owned by the local council. After the Second World War, a lot of high-rise council flats, known as tower blocks, were constructed. Some were as high as 20 storeys and so badly built that they had to be pulled down only thirty years later.
Modern council housing estates are built differently now. There might be a mixture of two-storey terraced houses, together with a four-storey block of flats. There are play areas for children and there is often a community centre where people who live on the estate can meet.
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A varying current from “output” transformer passing through the voice coil, varying forces are acting which cause it to vibrate back and forth. As the cone is driven back and forth, its large area sets air into vibration.
It is a well-known fact that large sized loud speakers are especially good at reproducing and dispersing low-pitched sounds. Due to diffraction and interference, however, high-pitched sounds are emitted in a narrow beam and in a forward direction only. Loud speakers with small cones are especially good on the high-pitched notes but are poor at reproducing the low ones.

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When did the McDonald’s company open hundreds restaurants all over the States?
In 1937 the McDonald brothers, Dick and Mark, opened little restaurant in California. They served hot dogs and milk shakes. In 1945 they have 20 waiters. All the teenagers in town ate hamburgers there. When the 1948 year came they got paper boxes and bags for the hamburgers. They put the price down from 20 to 15 cents. There were no more waiters – it was self-service. So it was cheaper and faster.
In 1960s the McDonald’s company opened hundreds of McDonald’s restaurants all over the States. In 1971 they opened restaurants in Japan, Germany and Australia. Now McDonald’s company opens a new restaurant every 8 hours. There are more than 14,000 restaurants in over 70 countries.

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Charter schools of the USA
1. Charter schools are public schools that are independent of any local school district. National surveys of charter school have found high levels of satisfaction among parents, pupils and teachers associated with then. Charter schools were especially well received by poor and minority families.
2. Charter school is a movement toward school reform that focuses on improving education, pupil autonomy and choice. A charter school may be a separate school with separate funding, or it can be a school within a school. Typically, most new charter schools around the country are small.
3. The quality is measured by test scores. If the quality is good, the schools enjoy success. If it is not good, they'll fail and lose their financing – this is a powerful motive to offer a high-quality program. Charter schools are usually formed by a group of teachers, parents, and/or community leaders who want to make contributions to education reform.
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