Read the text and choose the correct answer. Fifty years ago, when I was a child, photographs were not of general interest. Photographs
took a picture of people on special occasions, at weddings and
on birthdays, for instance. These
pictures were usually keep in a box and brought out at intervals to show the family. Nowadays
photography is regarded as art. Many photographic exhibitions are held and there are many
magazines dealing with the art of photography.
1. During recent years
A. photography has become a popular form of art.
B. a lot of people have taken photographs of good paintings
C. photography has stopped being an art.
D. photographic exhibitions are often advertised in magazines.
E. more and more people take photographs at weddings.
2. The passage compares
A public interest in painting today and fifty years ago.
B. photographic exhibitions and painting exhibitions
C. wedding photographs and birthday photographs
D. photography today and photography fifty years ago.
E. family photographs of today and fifty years ago
3. When the writer was young
A. he was very interested in photography
B. people didn't think of photography as art.
C. he always took photographs on his birthday.
D. people used to go to photographic exhibitions.
E. he took a lot of family photographs.​

i would like to tell you about a great maslenitsa celebration in russia.

it is celebrated on last sunday of march, when winter is losing its rights and

spring comes. on this day there are russian great folk festivals with horses,

getting a living rooster from the post, a lot of jokes, songs and dances. on

the streets of cities, towns and villages different mummers walk, they offer

everybody hot tea and russian pancakes with different toppings: honey, jam,

butter, eggs! but most importantly is the effigy of winter that is burnt

  and everyone rejoices the beautiful spring coming. 

i consider that this festival brings people together and let them enjoy themselves and meet the spring together.

я хочу рассказать о

замечательном празднике масленица. его отмечают в последнее воскресенье марта,

когда зима сдает свои права, и приходит весна. в этот день в россии большие

народные гулянья с катанием на лошадях, доставанием живого петуха со столба,

шутками, песнями и плясками. на улицах городов и сел ходят ряженые, всем

предлагают всем горячий чай и блины с разными начинками: медом,

вареньем, маслом, икрой! но самое главное, на площади сжигают чучело зимы и

радуются наступлению красавицы-весны.

я считаю, что этот праздник сближает людей и позволяет им вдоволь повеселиться и встретить долгожданную весну вместе.

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