Non-motorized (3) . It follows the Hudson, Harlem, and

East Rivers around Manhattan’s perimetre, with an occasional inland

Detour to beyond the Cloisters Museum and within a dozen blocks of

The United Nations (4). The Greenway is especially well

(5) to bicyclists, who, if they are moderately fit and

Don’t blow a tyre on a broken brandy bottle, can cover the entire

(6) in a single leisurely morning or (7). Biking

In Manhattan shoreline turns the city inside out, and gives the cyclist

Firsthand answers to (8) that often stump even lifelong

Residents, such as: are there any decent places in Manhattan to go rock

Climbing? Perhaps you yourself rode the Greenway on a recent, spectacular

Friday afternoon (9) and ending at the bottom tip of

Manhattan, where, when you started, a man wearing a broad-brimmed

Hat was baiting a (10) with a half-dollar-size crab.

3 Comment on the following issues.

Shakespeare wrote, ≪All the world’s a stage, and all the men and

women are merely players.≫

• How do you understand that Shakespeare’s quotation?

• Write why you agree or disagree with that statement.

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VARIANT 18

1 Read the text and choose the correct item for each statement below.

Angkor, the ancient city in Cambodia that was the seat of the

Khmer empire, flourished from the 9th to the 15th century. Today,

Tourists appreciate the remnants of its architecture and hydro-engineering

Systems, composed of canals, moats and large reservoirs known

As barays. Researchers now studying sediments from one of the reservoirs

Report that prolonged droughts and overuse of the soil may

Have interfered with Angkor’s water management system and led to

The empire’s decline.

≪When Angkor collapsed, there was a drop in water levels,≫ said

Mary Beth Day, an earth scientist. ≪And much less sediment was delivered

to the baray at the time.≫ Angkor’s population may have been

Growing, and the soil may have been stressed from aggressive use,

She said.

≪The sediment being delivered to the reservoir during Angkor times

was more weathered than the sediment being delivered post-collapse,≫ she

said. ≪The land was used fairly aggressively for agriculture, as opposed

to when people left.≫

Ms Day sampled six and a half feet of sediment core from Angkor

That allowed her to study its physical properties, like the abundance of

Various elements and the ratio of sand to finer-grained materials.

(From ≪ Ancient Capital Wilted When Water Ran Low ≫ by

Sindya N. Bhanoo, New York Times, 2012)

Angkor was.

A the capital of Cambodia

B an important city in the Khmer empire

C a modern city with simple hydro-engineering systems

D a very rainy, ancient city in Cambodia

The hydro-engineering systems were composed of all of the following

Except.

A aqueducts

B reservoirs

C moats

D canals

When Angkor collapsed, there was a in water levels.

A surge

B growth

C jump

D decrease

Angkor prospered between about years ago.

A 600—1200

B 800—1400

C 1000—1600

D 1500—2100

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