Задания 19-25
New Zealand: geography
New Zealand consists of two main islands and a number of smaller islands so scattered that they range from the tropical to the Antarctic. New Zealand ___IS_LOCATED___ about 2,012 km southeast of Australia.
The two main islands are the North Island and the South Island, ___SEPARATED___ by Cook Strait. The North Island is 829 km long and volcanic in its south-central part.
South Island has the Southern Alps along its west coast, with Mount Cook being the ___HIGHEST___ point. Other inhabited islands include Stewart Island, the Chatham Islands, and Great Barrier Island.
Enough is enough
A woman came to President Abraham Lincoln and told him with a commanding air: “Mr. President, you must make my son a general. Sir, I demand it not as a favor, but as a right. My grandfather ___FOUGHT___ at Lexington.
My father was the only man who ___DID_NOT_RUN___ away at Bladensburg.
My husband ___WAS_KILL___ at Monterrey.”
“I guess, madam,” said Lincoln, “your family ___HAS_DONE___ enough for the country. It is time to give somebody else a chance.”
