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If you haven’t been able to achieve your goal for a long time, it is not the reason to give 1. ________ . An archeology professor Cameron Smith is a good example for all of us. Mr. Smith fell in love 2. ________ space when he was only 10 years old after visiting Houston Space Center. His dream was to go to space, so he started writing letters to NASA cosmonauts asking for advice. After several unsatisfying answers he took 3. ________ into his own hands. What he needed first was a spacesuit which he managed to build having spent almost eight years. There were two key factors – simplicity and reliability. In September 2018 when the suit was finally ready, he wanted to test it at a height of 63.000 feet, where no one can 4. ________ without special equipment. 5. ________ numerous failures, he finally managed to create a suit which passed all the necessary tests. One of them was reaching 63.000 feet in a hot air balloon. 6. ________ he only reached the height of 5.000 feet, it was a big success. Coming back home safe and 7. ________ was even a bigger success.

Twitter is used every day by millions of people all 1. ________ the world. It is one of the most famous and long-running social media platforms on the Internet. Twitter's logo, a blue bird, is 2. ________ to anyone who has ever seen a Tweet. 3. ________, majority of people are not 4. ________ of fact that the little blue bird has a name – Larry. It was named 5. ________ the basketball player whose 6. ________ was Larry Bird. Twitter’s history has always been connected 7. ________ sport. For instance, working with the international Olympic committee, Twitter offered live updates to all competitions 8. ________ the Olympic Games.

Buckingham Palace was bought in 1761 by King George III who turned it 1. ________ a residence of the British royalty. The Palace 2. ________ many secrets, and there is still no 3. ________ that these secrets really exist. Buckingham Palace is said to have a secret underground tunnel which 4. ________ to the rumors leads directly to a cocktail bar. 5. ________ rumor says there is also an indoor pool, a post office and a private ATM in the basement. The Palace is also shrouded in legends and numerous stories. One of them is about Edward Jones who managed to break 6. ________ the royal residence four times, steal Queen’s underwear and sit on the throne. Of course, he was caught by the guards but only three times 7. ________ four.

The USA and Russia are 1. ________ by the Bering Strait. The narrowest distance 2. ________ the countries is approximately 90 kilometers. In the middle of the Bering Strait there are two small islands: one of them 3. ________ to Russia, while 4. ________ is a part of the United States. 5. ________ the fact that walking 6. ________ this body of water on ice 7. ________ a winter season is possible, it is illegal. In 2006 two adventurers from the USA 8. ________ up their minds to cross the Bering Strait. They set 9. ________ on April 6 and reached Russia in 15 days. Unfortunately, they we detained and deported for violating the immigration laws.