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The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India.It was built under Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in …(1)… of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
It is considered as the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Turkish, Indian, and Islamic architectural styles.In 1983, Taj Mahal became a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was cited as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world’s heritage."
The Taj Mahal …(2)… 2 to 3 million visitors every year , making it the most …(3)… tourist attraction in India. Most tourists visit during the cooler months. Polluting traffic is not allowed near the complex and tourist must either walk from the car parks…(4)…catch an electric bus. The Khawasspuras are currently being restored for use as a new visitors centre.The small town to the South of the Taj known as

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On 12 April 1961, Gagarin became the first human …(1)…into space.His call sign in this flight was Kedr.During his flight, Gagarin famously whistled the tune" The Motherland Hears, The Motherland Knows".The first two …(2)…of the song are :" The Motherland hears, the Motherland knows/Where her son flies in the sky".This patriotic song was written by Shostakovich in 1951, with words by Dolmatovsky.There are speculations in the media that from orbit Gagarin made the comment, "I don’t see any God up here." There are, however, no such words in the full verbatim record of Gagarin’s …(3)… with the Earth during the spaceflight.In a 2006 interview a close friend of Gagarin, Petrov , stated that Gagarin never said such words, and that the phrase originated from Khrushchev’s speech at the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU,…(4)… the antireligious propaganda was discussed . In a certai

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In a speech to the Congress in 1961, the US President Kennedy …(1)….the nation to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade.After the president’s speech, NASA’s Apollo programme was developed to …(2)… the challenge.
On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 was …(3)…The astronauts on board of the spacecraft were Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
On July 20, 1969 , Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon.He was followed by Aldrin 40 minutes later .To walk on the moon’s …(4)…, the astronauts needed to wear a spacesuit with a portable life support system.This controlled the oxygen, temperature and pressure inside the spacesuit.
Armstrong and Aldrin spent a total of two and a half hours on the moon’s surface.They performed a variety of experiments and collected soil and rock samples to return to Earth.An American flag was left

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British families started going on holiday to the seaside around the middle of the 19th century. The first holidaymakers were quite rich and went for their health and education.The seaside was a place to be …(1)…of illness, and doctors recommended bathing in the sea and drinking sea water. Also to …(2)…their knowledge, families attended concerts and read books from the library.
At that time, ordinary working people had very little time …(3)…work. However, in 1871, the government introduced four "Bank Holidays"-national holiday days. This …(4)…people to have a day or two out, which now and then gave them a taste for leisure and the seaside. At first, they went on day-trips, talking advantage of special cheap tickets on the railways.Rails fares were reduced and cheap hotels were built to accommodate them.
By the 1880s, rising incomes …(5)…that many ordinary workers and their families could have a

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A major chapter in the history of rock began on 1 August 1981, when Music TV , better known as MTV, first started broadcasting.Aimed at …(1)… aged between twelve and thirty-five, its appearance coincided with the rise of what was then a relatively new art form : the rock video.
Filmed sequences of rock music were , of course, nothing new.Since the 1960s major bands such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones had made short movies to promote their ...(2)… singles.What really helped MTV take off, though, was its clever idea of asking the record companies to let it use videos free of charge , arguing that videos were promotional materials and that by showing them the new channel would be giving both companies and musicians free advertising. …(3)..the end all the main record labels agreed.
The only problem was that in those early years, before videos became as essential as they are now for any band or

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Hobbies are activities in which one participates strictly for…(1)….They help one to maintain a mental and emotional balance.A hobby can be almost anything.
Music is most popular. For example, many people all over the world play piano simply for relaxing and ….(2)…. In their free hours, and they do not play professionally.
Sports provide other ….(3)….hobbies. Bicycling, running, tennis, ping-pong, and countless other sports are enjoyed by millions of people …(4)… their leisure time.
Some people collect things as a hobby.Stamps, coins, and fine art are all popular collections, and valuable, too.There are still hundreds of others , not necessarily valuable but still interesting, such as doll collections, bottle collections,seashell collections, butterfly collections, and so on.
As you can see, hobbies can be relaxing, challenging, interesting, enjoyable or …(5)…So

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Up to now, Thailand (1) ___ the host country of the Asian Games four times. In 1996, Thailand held the Games for the first time. It was the 5th Games with 18 countries (2) ____ . In 1970, South Korea dropped its plan to host the Games ( 3) _____ security threats from North Korea, and the ( 4) ___ host Thailand administered the Games in Bangkok using the fund of South Korea. In 1978, Pakistan dropped its plan to host the Games due to conflicts with Bangladesh and India. Thailand ( 5) ___ to help and the Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 6 to 20 December 1998.

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The Asian Winter Games is a multisport ( 1) ____ like the Winter Olympic Games (2) ___ features the winter events. The Japanese national Olympic committee first (3) ____ the ideas of holding a winter version of the Asian Games in 1982. Their (4) ____ were rewarded when they were finally given (5) ___ rights for the first edition efforts that was held in Sapporo in 1986, as the city had the infrastructure and expertise gained from hosting of the 1972 Winter Olympics.

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The Asian Games owns it origins to small Asian multi- sport competitions held every two years from 1913 to 1934 under a number of names. The Far Eastern Championship Games were created to show unity and cooperation among three nations: Japan, the Philippines and China. The first games were held in Manila in 1913. Other Asian nations participated after it was organized. It was discontinued in 1938 when Japan invaded China and consequently annexed the Philippines which led to the expansion of World War II in the Pacific.
After World War II, many of the new independent Asian countries wanted to use a new type of competition where Asian solidarity should be strengthened by mutual understanding. In August 1948, during the 14th Olympic Games in London, Indian IOC representative Guru Dutt Sondhi proposed to sports leaders of the Asian teams the idea of holding the Asian Games. In February, 1949, the Asian Athletic Federation was

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(1)___ more and more countries become industrialized, there will be more and more competition for petroleum for cars, home heating, and industry. While (2) ____ petroleum contributes greatly (3) ____ acid rain, it is less (4) ____ than coal. Unfortunately, petroleum is more expensive than coal and the supply of petroleum will eventually run out. Therefore, there will be more and more pressure to burn coal for energy. Coal is a (5) _____ dirtier energy source than petroleum. Since we already know how destructive acid rain is, it is very important that we increase our efforts to find a non – polluting source of energy as quickly as possible so that we can avoid further environmental damage.