The city was founded in 1221 by prince yuri ii of vladimir. in 1612 kuzma minin and prince dmitry pozharsky organized an army for the liberation of moscow from the poles. in 1817 nizhny novgorod became a great trade center of the russian empire. in 1896 at a fair, an all-russia exhibition was organized. during the soviet period, the city turned into an important industrial center. in particular, the gorky automobile plant was constructed in this period. then the city was given the nickname "russian detroit". during world war ii, gorky became the biggest provider of military equipment to the front. due to this, the luftwaffe constantly bombed the cityfrom the air. the majority of the german bombs fell in the area of the gorky automobile plant. although almost all the production sites of the plant were completely destroyed, the citizens of gorky reconstructed the factory after 100 days.
Do you know what a limerick is? I bet you don't. Most (1)___0___ teenagers are not very keen on poetry, I also prefer (2)___0 historical novels and detective stories to poetry. Poetry seems boring to me but (3)___0__ limericks are a different thing. They are quite popular in (4)___0 Britain, in (5)_0___ Ireland in particular. A limerick is (6)__a___ kind of humorous little poem. It has only five lines. (7)__The__ first line rhymes with the second, the third with the fourth, and the last one with the first and the second again. (8)__The__rhyme of limerick is like this: AABBA. l even wrote(9)_a__ limerick myself . It s about a holiday at (10)__the__seaside. Lay in the sun as long as you can No doubt, you'll get a wonderful tan. At contests of beauties you'll get the first prize And even your doctor will say in surprise That he is forever your fan.
