1. Starting in the late 16th century, the Spanish, the British, the French, Swedes and the Dutch began to colonize eastern North America.
2. European immigrants came to make new homes in the Americas. They came in search of a better life. In their native countries, they often had little money and could not worship God in the way they wished. Not all immigrants came to America because they wanted to. Beginning in 1619, millions of Africans were brought to the Americas against their will and were forced into slavery.
3. Before the American revolution, agriculture was the primary livelihood for 90% of the population, and most towns were shipping points for the export of agricultural products.
4. Ten years after the landing of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims more than twenty thousand people lived in the colony and the majority were from England.
5. It was here in New England that the literature of the New American nation appeared.
6. The first American university, Harvard College, was founded in 1636 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
7. The first books of the colony were about religion, the story of the colony and the true nature of the puritanism of those days.
8. The development of American literature was influenced by French and German culture which was brought to America by new immigrants from Europe.
9. The Negroes contributed greatly to the development of the arts. Negro songs and acting have become part of American national music and drama. Negro folklore has given American literature a specific colouring: a mixture of jocularity and sadness.
10. American literature owes its revolutionary traditions to the War of Independence.
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1 The woman who (she) lives next door is a flight attendant.
2 Sam is going (to) on holiday next month.
3 Karen had (been) finished her homework by the time her parents came home.
4 Peter couldn't (to) dive when he was young.
5 Mary (did) used to like sweets, but now she doesn't.
6 Neither Liz nor Kim is (not) tall.
7 The box was too heavy for Paul to lift (it) .
8 That blouse isn't yours. It's mine (blouse).
9 He is (not) never late for work.
10 Jack is (not) too short to reach the ceiling.
Novosibirsk is situated on the great Siberian river Ob. Its foundation is associated with the name of the well-known Russian writer of the latter half of the 19th centuary N.Garin-Mikhailovsky. Engineering was his second profession. In 1891—1893 Garin-Mikhailovsky built the left-bank tracks of the Trans-Siberian Railway. That was the beginning of Novosibirsk's history. The residents of Novosibirsk called the railway square of the city by his name. Novosibirsk region is situated in West Siberia's southern part. Thera are 14 towns in the region.
Today Novosibirsk is a big industrial, scientific, cultural and educational centre. The city turns out machines, equipment. Generators produced by the Sibelectrotyazhmash plant are operating in Cuba, Poland, Yugoslavia, Syria. The Sibelectroterm plant produces the most up-to-date electric steelsmelting furnaces, never heard of in Europe. They have been exported in all to 20 countries of the world. Other towns of Novosibirsk Region are growing rapidly. Thus, Berdsk has become a radio engineering centre producing high-fidelity radiosets. Iskitim has become one of of Russian centres producing cement and other building materials.
Novosibirsk is the first populated center east of the Urals to have an underground railway of its own. There are many joint ventures in Novosibirsk. Novosibirsk has trade partners in many countries. Novosibirsk is a scientific and cultural centre. Akademgorodok, the township of the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of sciences is famous throughout the world. Novosibirsk is called a city of three Academies: the Siberian branch of the VASKHNIL, the Siberian branch of the Russian Medical Academy of Sciences and the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Akademgorodok is situated on the coast of the man-made Ob Sea. More than twenty research institutes, the University are situated there. Research work is being done on a very lardge scale there.
Residents of Novosibirsk are proud of its State Academic Opera and Ballet House, one of the worlds's biggest, its Conservatoire of Music, the Operetta House and the Puppet Theater.
The Art Gallery in Novosibirsk is certainly the worth seeing! It contains works of Ivan Shishkin, Vasily Tropinin, Nikolai Rerickh, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ilya Repin, Vasily Surikov, as well as contemporary artists. On the bank of the river Kamenka stands the tall building of the State Public Scientific and Technical Library. It has more than five million volumes on its shelves.
Novosibirsk is an educational centre as well. Every third resident of Novosibirsk is a student who can make his choice of colleges. The city is still growing and becoming more beautiful with every passing day.