"JUST TRAIN YOUR BRAIN"
Пятая Всероссийская дистанционная олимпиада по английскому языку для студентов-гуманитариев
"American Dream Forever"


Пробное задание первого тура


 

Across

  1. He is considered to be the founder of the detective fiction genre, further credited with contributing to the science fiction genre. Best known for his tales of mystery, he was a very talented romantic poet as well. His works had a great appeal for Russian readers. One of his poems was translated and even paraphrased by many Russian poets. Another poem in Russian translation became lyrics for a music piece by Sergey Rachmaninov.
  1. He first appeared as a very ‘bad guy’ but later he was converted to protect the Good from the Evil of the machines and though he is seldom seen without a couple of heavy guns, he is still a hero for many generations and his words have become catch phrases.

Down

  1. In this picture you can see the ... in the continental United States.
  1. Hoover Dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River has sixteen generators that provide power to Los Angeles, small towns in the desert, Arizona, and agriculture in Southern California. If all of the power generated by this massive dam was instead given to THIS small town, it would supply just around five per cent of the town’s needs!
  1. This magnificent old veteran of America’s struggle for freedom is said to have announced the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence. His voice failed him many times, but American patriots refused to heal him. They said that his “wounds” would serve to remind Americans that their ancestors had won liberty for their country and its people with strain and stress.

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