Kamchatka Krai is located in the Asian part of Russia. It is very far from the central part of Russia. There are no railways or roads linking it with the ______ of Russia. Flying is the most convenient way of entering or leaving Kamchatka.
The area of the peninsula is approximately equal to the area of the ______ of New Zealand. About 330 volcanoes are located in Kamchatka, however, 90% of them have long died out. But this does not ______ that someday they will not wake up again
In the 17th century, Russian explorers first ______ in the area. But the severe climate made exploration difficult. In 1867, after the ______ of Alaska to the United States, Kamchatka lost its importance. It was because travellers were no longer stopping over the area to go to Alaska.
The economy of Kamchatka is mostly based on natural resources. These resources include wood, coal and gold. Kamchatka ______ along major shipping routes. It thus provides services such as ship building, repairing and the moving of goods among ships.
Вставьте вместо пропуска подходящее слово, выбрав его из списка. Каждое из этих слов может быть использовано только один раз. Два слова в списке 1–8 лишние.
Kamchatka Krai is located in the Asian part of Russia. It is very far from the central part of Russia. There are no railways or roads linking it with the ______ of Russia.
1. whole
2. arrived
3. sale
4. lays
5. rest
6. lies
7. hole
8. mean
В ответе запишите только номер выбранного слова.
В данном случае используется устойчивое выражение «the rest of» с остальной частью. На это намекают «the» перед пропуском и «of» после него. Также грамматически сюда подходит вариант 1, но он не подходит по смыслу.
Ответ: 5.

