1 a) Read articles from a tourist brochure about two exciting places of our planet. Fill in the correct forms of the words from the box. You will need to use some of the words more than once.

Привет! Давай разберем задания из твоего учебника английского языка. Задания направлены на работу с текстом и заполнение пропусков. ### Задание 1. A. The Amazon Rainforest Текст про Амазонию, вставленные слова: 1. The Amazon Rainforest **forest** (в учебнике уже вписано, хотя логичнее было бы *is*) a huge area of land and water. 2. The Amazon River runs through this **rainforest**. 3. It is also very **deep**. ### Продолжение текста (правая страница, верх): The Amazon Rainforest is also the largest **forest** in the world. This huge forest could cover half of the United States. It is a warm and **wet** forest with very tall trees. They can be up to 30–45 metres **high** or even higher. There is a whole world of birds **living** in the rainforest trees. There are trees that only grow on other trees. The forest is sometimes so **thick** that the floor of the Amazon gets dark. The Amazon Rainforest is full of animals and **plants**. Not all of them are friendly. Still, there are people who call this beautiful place home. ### B. The Namib Desert Вставляем подходящие по смыслу слова из рамки: The Namib Desert is probably the world's oldest **desert**. This part of Africa started getting **dry** about 55 million years ago. On one side of the Namib Desert there is the Atlantic Ocean. The part of the desert that runs along the **ocean** is sometimes called the Namib Sand Sea. The Namib is home to the highest sand dunes. Some of them are bright red and can be up to 390 metres **high**. Astronauts can see them from space! There are some **mountains** next to the Namib with the highest mountain of the country, Mt Brandenburg. Deeper into the continent tourists can also see **grassland** with their tall grass up to five metres high. Namibia is amazing!