Упражнения к егэ по английскому. Раздел «Лексика и грамматика» в ЕГЭ по английскому языку

Walking is not enough to keep fit

Walking may not be enough on its own to produce significant health benefits, research suggests. A team from Canada’s University of Alberta compared a 10,000-step exercise programme with a more traditional fitness regime of moderate intensity. Researchers found improvements 1 _______________________ were significantly higher in the second group. They told an American College of Sports Medicine meeting that gentle exercise was 2 _______________________ . In total 128 people took 3 _______________________ . The researchers assessed influence on fitness by measuring blood pressure and lung capacity. They found out the 10,000-step programme did help to get people motivated – and was an excellent way to start 4 _______________________ . But to increase the effectiveness, some intensity must be added to their exercise. “Across your day, while you are achieving those 10,000 steps, take 200 to 400 of them at a faster pace. You"ve got to do more than light exercise and include regular moderate activity, and don"t be shy to have an occasional period of time at an energetic level.” The researchers were concerned there was too much focus 5 _______________________ , rather than on its intensity.

Professor Stuart Biddle, an expert in exercise science at the University of Loughborough, said it was possible that the current guidelines on how much exercise to take were set too low. “However, you have got to find 6 _______________________ . The harder you make it, the fewer people will actually do it.” Professor Biddle said there was no doubt that energetic exercise was the way to get fit, but volume rather than intensity might be more useful in tackling issues such as obesity.

A. part in the project

B. taking exercise

C. gave marked health benefits

D. in fitness levels

E. on simply getting people to take exercise

F. not enough to get fit

G. a compromise between physiology and psychology

A Gifted Cook

If there is a gene for cuisine, Gabe, my 11-year-old son, could splice it to perfection. Somewhere between Greenwich Village, where he was born, and the San Francisco Bay area, where he has grown up, the little kid with the stubborn disposition and freckles on his nose has forsaken Boy Scouts and baseball in favor of wielding a kitchen knife.

I suppose he is a member of the Emeril generation. Gabe has spent his formative years shopping at the Berkeley Bowl, where over half a dozen varieties of Thanksgiving yams, in lesser mortals, can instill emotional paralysis. He is blessed with a critical eye. “I think Emeril is really cheesy,” he observed the other night while watching a puff pastry segment. “He makes the stupidest jokes. But he cooks really well.”

With its manifold indigenous cultures, Oaxaca seemed the perfect place to push boundaries. Like the mole sauces for which it is justly famous, the region itself is a subtle blend of ingredients – from dusty Zapotec villages where Spanish is a second language to the zocalo in colonial Oaxaca, a sophisticated town square brimming with street life and vendors selling twisty, one-story-tall balloons.

Appealing to Gabe’s inner Iron Chef seemed like an indirect way to introduce him to a place where the artful approach to life presides. There was also a selfish motive: Gabe is my soul mate, a fellow food wanderer who is not above embracing insanity to follow his appetite wherever it leads.

Months ahead of time, we enrolled via the Internet in the daylong Wednesday cooking class at Seasons of My Heart, the chef and cookbook author Susana Trilling’s cooking school in the Elta Valley, about a 45-minute drive north to town. In her cookbook and PBS series of the same name, Ms. Trilling, an American whose maternal grandparents were Mexican, calls Oaxaca “the land of no waste” where cooking techniques in some ancient villages have endured for a thousand years.

I suspected that the very notion of what constitutes food in Oaxaca would test Gabe’s mettle. At the suggestion of Jacob, his older brother, we spent our second night in Mexico at a Oaxaca Guerrero baseball game, where instead of peanuts and Cracker Jack, vendors hawked huge trays piled high with chapulines, fried grasshoppers cooked in chili and lime, a local delicacy. Gabe was bug-eyed as he watched the man next to him snack on exoskeletal munchies in a paper bowl. “It’s probably less gross than a hot dog,” he admitted. “But on the rim of the bowl I saw a bunch of legs and served body parts. That’s revolting!”

Our cooking day began at the Wednesday market in Etla, shopping for ingredients and sampling as we went. On the way in the van, Gabe had made friends with Cindy and Fred Beams, fellow classmates from Boston, sharing opinions about Caesar salad and bemoaning his brother’s preference for plain pizza instead of Hawaiian. Cindy told Gabe about a delicious sauce she’d just had on her omelet at her B & B. “It was the best sauce – to die for,” she said. “Then I found out the provenance. Roasted worms.”

The Oaxacan taste for insects, we’d learn – including the worm salt spied at the supermarket and the “basket of fried locusts” at a nearby restaurant – was a source of protein dating back to pre-Hispanic times.

When our cooking class was over I saw a flicker of regret in his face, as though he sensed the world’s infinite variety and possibilities in all the dishes he didn’t learn to cook. “Mom”, he said plaintively, surveying the sensual offerings of the table. “Can we make everything when we get home?”

1. Gabe’s mother thinks that he is

2. Gabe is supposed to represent the Emeril generation because he

A) is fond of criticizing others.

B) feels happy being alone.

C) is interested in cooking.

D) is good at making jokes.

3. The narrator wanted to take Gabe to Oaxaca because

A) he could speak Spanish.

B) there are a lot of entertainments for children there.

C) he knew a lot about local cultures.

D) he was the best to keep her company.

4. Gabe was struck when he

A) was told that local cooking techniques were a thousand years old.

B) saw the man next to him eat insects.

C) did not find any dish to satisfy his appetite.

D) understood that a hot dog was less gross than a local delicacy.

5. The Oaxacan people eat insects because this kind of food

A) tastes pleasant.

B) is easy to cook.

C) contains an essential nutritional element.

D) helps to cure many diseases.

6. At the end of the class Gabe felt regret because

A) there were a lot of dishes he could not make on his own.

B) the dishes he made were not tasty.

C) he did not want to go back home.

D) he had not managed to master all the dishes he liked.

7. In paragraph 3 “brimming with” means

B) being filled with.

C) astonishing with.

D) beckoning with.

А . Personal style in a uniform

B. Old but dear

C. Get a holiday spirit

D. Dance competition

E. A hobby that carries away

F. Meaning without words

G. The number is not guilty

H. Yes to school uniform

1. Dance is in my heart, in my blood and in my mind. I dance daily. The seldom-used dining room of my house is now an often-used ballroom. The CD-changer has five discs at the ready: waltz, rock-and-roll, swing, salsa, and tango. Tango is a complex and difficult dance. I take three dancing lessons a week, and I am off to Buenos Aires for three months to feel the culture of tango.

2. Clothes play an important role in my life. My passion for fashion began when I was in elementary school. I attended a private school with uniformed dress code. At first I felt bad that I could not wear what I wanted, but soon I learned to display my creativity and style through shoes and accessories. They can make each of us each of us unique, in a uniform or not.

3. I believe that music has a bigger place in our society than it is given credit for. The single word ‘music’ covers so many styles. Rock bands and classical musicians make listeners get the meaning from the music. Music tells stories about life and death, expresses feelings of love, sadness, anger, guilt, and pain without using words.

4. Even as an eighteen year old young adult, I still feel the magic of Christmas. I believe in a real Christmas tree. My family has had a real Christmas tree every year of my life. When you get home and smell the sweet pine needles, something magical goes into your soul, raises your spirits. Every year we buy a real tree to fully embrace the spirit of Christmas.

5. People often try to get rid of the number thirteen. Many hotels and office buildings across the world do not have a 13th floor! I believe that the number thirteen is not an unlucky number. I was born on January, 13 and do not consider myself unlucky in any way at all! I believe that this number should have all the rights and respect we give the rest of the numbers.

6. Many kids that go to public schools don’t wear a uniform. They like to show off the new expensive clothes and often have trouble picking out outfits for school in the morning. They are more worried about whether their shirt matches the belt, rather than if the homework is completed. I believe that this is a fault of our school system and only causes problems.

7. They say that the music of your youth is the soundtrack of your life. I am 50; I enjoy new artists and new music, but I still find words of wisdom in singles of sixties and seventies, still believe that "you can"t always get what you want, but sometimes, you get what you need," that "all you need is love." I like to listen to the songs I grew up with.

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Searching for a New Programme

A healthy lifestyle can vastly improve your well-being. This is a lifestyle designed for those who wish to feel more certain about their health and more in control of what the present and future will bring them in that important 1 ______ of existence. None of us wants to be sick. None of us enjoys the idea that we may become a medical statistic. This is a simple, easy-to-follow health-style that can enable you to get cards very much in your 2 ______. The doctors were fortunate enough to come into 3 ______ with a field of study that brought them to healing and well-being that they so desperately needed. They personally have 4 ______ thousands of people improve their health using only a small part of information. Many more people begin to improve their health now. Embracing the most current information from many health-related fields, the programme of healthy lifestyle gives you an understanding of the impact of exercise, breathing, sunshine, sleep and much more on your health. In order for this programme to work for you, you have to be willing to apply at least some part of it. Some change will be 5 ______. And as you make those first modest changes, you will get positive results that encourage you to do more. Changing is fun. And if you realize that your new healthy lifestyle 6 ______ the making of new habits, not the 7 ______ of old ones, you will feel very positive about what the future holds for you.

1. А) sector Б) region В) area Г) territory

2. А) benefit Б) advantage В) privilege Г) favour

3. А) touch Б) contact В) view Г) connection

4. А) confessed Б) witnessed В) determined Г) recognized

5. А) ordered Б) commanded В) forced Г) required

6. А) contains Б) consists В) involves Г) encloses

7. А) breaking Б) damaging В) ruining Г) destroying

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Comment on the following statement.

Every city and every town should have a zoo.

Тренировочные упражнения для подготовки к ЕГЭ

Грамматика и словообразование

Прочитайте приведённые ниже тексты. Образуйте от слов в правой колонке однокоренные слова так, чтобы они грамматически

и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами.

1.

He had a big car, and usually enjoyed driving it long distances, but he (4)… quite to go by train sometimes too, especially when the weather was bad. He (5)… a little of driving in rain or snow, and it (6)… less to sit comfortably in a train and look out of the window without (7)… about how one was going to get to the next place.

One of Mr. Gray’s frequent problems was where to stay when he reached some small place in the country. He didn’t expect great comfort and (8)… food, but he found it (9)… when he (10)… a cold room, and there was no hot water or good food after a long and tiring day.

Late one winter evening, Mr. Gray arrived at a small railway station. The journey by train that day (11)… at all, and Mr. Gray was cold, tired and hungry. He (12)… to a simple but (13)… meal by a (14)… burning fire, and then a hot bath and (15)… bed.

While he (16)… to the taxi rank, he said to a local man who was also walking there, “As this is my first visit to this part of the country and I was in too big a hurry (17)… about hotels before I left home, I would very much like to know how many you have here.”

The local man answered, “We have two.” “And which of the two would you advise me to go to?” Mr. Gray then asked. The local man scratched his head for a few moments and then answered, “Well, it’s like this: whichever one you go to, you’ll be sorry you (18)… to the other.”

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2.

The (1)… thing about dining at the beach is that nothing is ordinary. Whether it’s fine cuisine or fast food (2)… to your room, the (3)… for your taste buds is so intense, that everything is (4)… The ordinary have long since gone out of business.

It’s not just because salt air and sunshine do wonders for the appetite, although that helps, it’s because busy restaurants have (5)… food and because (6)… restaurants bring to the table not just food, but the reputation of the (7)… and (8)…

Successful restaurants can also afford to advertise and they understand that they need to help you (9)… what kind of restaurant they are and where they (10)…

This directory of (11)… restaurants will help you cut through the clutter to find the (12)… value for the (13)… cuisine.

Whether it’s chicken and ribs, shrimp or submarine sandwiches delivered to your room or the (14)… seafood, steaks or continental cuisines, the restaurants are the (15)… leaders at the beach. Bon appétit!

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3.

Welcome to Virginia Beach, the (1)… city in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the (2)… largest resort city!

During your stay, I hope you (3)… the opportunity to visit a few of the (4)… attractions our City has to offer. From (5)… beautiful beaches to historical sites, we believe you (6)… something of interest and (7)… for your entire family.

The Navy’s master jet base, Oceana Naval Air Station, and the Army’s Fort Story and Camp Pendleton are major assets. In (8)…, your stay will not be complete without a visit to the (9)… expanded Virginia Marine Science Museum, the (10)… popular in the state. The museum offers a huge open-ocean aquarium, as well as (11)… hands-on exhibits and The Family Channel Imax 3-D Theatre. We are also proud to have the new and magnificent Virginia Beach Amphitheatre. This facility will present over 30 concerts every year.

We have many quality restaurants for your (12)… pleasure, as well as excellent (13)…, (14)…, (15)…, and tennis – they all offer a day of (16)… and (17)…

We hope you will have an (18)… stay in Virginia Beach!

Yours John.

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4.

Virginia (1)… as the image for the American way of life from the mid-1700’s to the mid-1800’s. It was the (2)…, the (3)…, and the (4)… of the original thirteen (5)… Eight states (6)… from its original territory. Called the “Old Dominion” because it was the oldest of the English colonies, Virginia is also nicknamed “Mother of Presidents” because eight US Presidents were born there, more than from any other state.

The (7)… permanent English settlers (8)… at Jamestown in 1607, thirteen years before the Mayflower reached the continent. Contrary to popular belief, on December 4, 1619, early Virginia settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America at Berkeley Plantation. In 1619, the first (9)… body in the New World, the Virginia General Assembly, convened at Jamestown, (10)… the beginning of (11)… government in the Western Hemisphere.

Gradually, discontent grew over the laws (12)… by the English Parliament without consent of the colonists. On August 1, 1774, the First Virginia Convention met in Williamsburg, without official consent from the Royal Governor. On March 23, 1775, at St. John’s Church in Richmond. Patrick Henry made his eloquent plea for freedom: “Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be (13)… by the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

Virginia’s George Washington, as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, led the battle for (14)… The struggle (15)… at Yorktown in 1781, when Lord Cornwallis (16)… to Washington in the last battle of the Revolutionary War, and a new nation (17)…

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5.

In 1861, Virginia (1)… from the Union and became a major battleground of the Civil War. Most of the South’s (2)… military leaders were Virginians: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Joseph E. Johnson, and Jeb Stuart. The (3)… Southern victories were won on Virginia soil: First and Second Manassas (Bull Run), Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. More battles (4)… in Virginia than in any other state as Union armies (5)… tried to seize the Confederate capital of Richmond and the supply corridor in the Shenandoah Valley. In 1862, the (6)… battle between ironclad warships, the Monitor and Merrimack, (7)… in Hampton Roads. The Civil War (8)… at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865, when General Lee and General Grant (9)… the terms of surrender. In 1870 Virginia (10)… to the Union and (11)… began.

Virginia’s “(12)… Fathers” helped make our nation what it is today. Thomas Jefferson (13)… The Declaration of Independence. The Bill of Rights (14)… by George Mason’s First Declaration of Human Rights. James Madison was the (15)… author of the US. Constitution, (16)… him the title “Father of the Constitution.” (17)… George Rogers Clark, William Clark, and Meriwether Lewis opened up the territory west of the Mississippi for future (18)… James Monroe’s Monroe Doctrine guaranteed (19)… of the Americas against Europeans interference. John Marshall, the greatest Chief Justice of the US, established a (20)… Supreme Court and a strong (21)… (22)… Booker T. Washington became a (23)… leader of his race and made great strides in education. In November 1989, Lawrence Douglas Wilder became the nation’s first elected black (24)…

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Virginia may have more history to offer than any other state, but it is also a scenic and (1)… paradise, with thousands of acres set aside statewide for (2)…, state, and national parks, forests, battlefields, and monuments. The (3)… and beautiful scenery along the Blue Ridge Mountains (4)… the entire length of the state. Visitors drive the 105-mile-long Skyline Drive through Shenandoah National Park, then continue on the almost 500-mile-long Blue Ridge Parkway that (5)… at Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina. The (6)… beautiful mountains of Virginia offer spectacular flora and fauna, waterfalls, hiking trails, camping areas, quaint lodging (7)…, great limestone caverns, warm springs, ski resorts, the (8)… and tranquil Shenandoah Valley, the Appalachian Trail, the Shenandoah River, and the mountain crafts and fiddlers of Southwestern Virginia.

Central and Eastern Virginia have as much to offer the (9)…: historic Fredericksburg, the capital city of Richmond, colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown, metropolitan northern Virginia, adjacent to Washington D. C., (10)… homes, theatres and museums, Indian (11)…, James River plantations, the salt marshes of the Eastern Shore. Enjoy the seashore at Virginia Beach, go (12)… and (13)… on the Chesapeake Bay, eat (14)… crab cakes on Tangier Island, relax and reminisce in a small fishing village, and attend the wild pony round-up at Chincoteague and Assateague.

Come and enjoy the uncommon beauty and history of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Walk the streets of the past and reflect on the old ideas that (15)… this country. Virginia is for lovers! Whatever you love is here. Search for it from the mountains to the sea.

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7 .

The (1)… of the chairs is reserved for the chairman;

The (2)… is being kept for the next M. D.;

The (3)… is reserved for the Finance Director;

And the (4)… (I hope) is for me!

First plan

When I (5)… on the seven-o-one

With the chaps from the firm, we (6)… great fun.

We scan the old FT (Financial Times)

To check the (7)… interest rates

And how the market fluctuates

And where our funds should be.

And when we’ve filled in 3 Across

And made some jokes about the boss,

To universal glee,

We grab a cab at Charing Cross

And (8)… Potters Quay.

I’m the top fund manager at Pinchbecks –

To be frank, I’m a pretty big cheese;

I’m a whizz with unit trusts, and

I have got some plans for Dockland.

So everything (9)… like a breeze.

Second plan

When I (10)… Chairman, or M. D.,

I (11)… a really hostile bid

For Barclays or the TSB,

And match my rivals quid for quid.

And when they say, “He’s off his tree,”

I’ll do what all those big boys did,

And hit them with a left and right

That no one could foresee …

Actual plan

I thought it was all hunky-dory, (very good)

And I felt a most wonderful glow.

Then they said they were terribly sorry;

They (12)… to let me go.

I (13)… of turning consultant,

Or living in Paris, or Rome;

But at sixty does anyone want me?

I might as well sit here at home.

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8.

“I have it here in my museum” said Sherlock Holmes in the “Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.”

The (1)… of the Sherlock Holmes Museum to the public on 27 March 1990 was an event which should have happened several decades earlier. 221b Baker Street is, after all, the world’s (2)… address because of its long (3)… with the great detective.

People (4)… to Sherlock Holmes and to his friend Doctor Watson for the last 100 years, but now it is possible to see where and how they (5)… in Victorian times! The famous study which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson shared for almost 25 years is on (6)… floor overlooking Baker Street, but before (7)… the house, ask yourself which of these (8)… of visitors you would place yourself in:

– You (9)… about Sherlock Holmes and you (10)… one or two films about his exploits (probably the “Hound of the Baskervilles”) yet you know very little about the great detective himself. You are probably visiting out of curiosity.

– You know a great deal about Sherlock Holmes! You’ve read the books, you’ve seen all his films on TV and you are an (11)… of the famous detective. You’d like to visit his rooms to see if they are quite as you imagined

– You are an expert – an absolute authority on Sherlockiana! You can discuss and debate with the best of them, (12)… read and re-read all sixty of the original stories (13)… by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and those written by others you may even (14)… one yourself! You must visit the museum if only to find errors or omissions. You will praise, you will criticize and you will have a lot of fun doing both.

– Whatever category you belong to, you are sure to find a visit to the museum a (15)… experience. Please sign the visitors’ book, take photographs wherever you wish (the maid will be pleased to assist) and when you are ready to leave, you may find yourself (16)… that you could hail a horse-drawn hansom cab to take you home!

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We know from Dr. Watson’s descriptions that the study (6)… Baker Street “(7)… by two broad windows” and that it was quite small: on one occasion, Holmes (8)… from his bedroom and (9)… one spring across the study to close the curtains and on another occasion, a man who entered their study was so large he almost filled (10)… “little room”.

There are many other details and illustrations of the rooms in the adventures which first (11)… in the Strand Magazine in 1891 and visitors will recognize these while (12)… around the house.

Doctor Watson’s bedroom was on the (13)… floor next to Mrs. Hudson’s room and it overlooked an open yard at the rear of the house. These rooms (14)… today as exhibit rooms. In Dr. Watson’s room, visitors can browse through literature, paintings, photographs and newspapers of the period while in Mrs. Hudson’s room; the centre stage (15)… by a magnificent bronze bust of Mr. Holmes. Memorabilia from the adventures and a selection of letters written to and from Mr. Holmes are also on display in this room.

The Museum’s interesting and rather quaint souvenir shop (16)… on the (17)… floor where the maids used to live. Here you will find a unique (18)… of gifts, ceramics, objects d’art, figures, busts, prints, books, playing cards, tee-shirts, deerstalkers etc. – all (19)… exclusively to Museum (20)…

Mrs. Hudson’s restaurant on the ground floor offers delicious Victorian cuisine.

Thousands of people all over the world write to Sherlock Holmes, they form clubs and societies in his honour, they celebrate his anniversaries and now at long last they can even visit him.

Such is the stuff of which legends are made!

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1 0 .

Dial “play” to find out how to use the AUDIO-guide.

If you dial the number of the room (1)… in the circle on the plan) and press “play” you (2)… the commentary about the room.

In order to hear the (3)… about an artwork, dial the number, (4)… on a label with the symbol of the audio-guide near the (5)… or sculpture. Then press the “play” key.

In order to hear the commentary about the main staircase, dial “1” and press the “play” key.

The audio-guide (6)… only inside the museum, which is why you must not forget to return it. (7)… the audio-guide outside the premises of the museum (8)… off the security alarm.

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1 1 .

No visit to Portland (1)… without a trip to The Grotto – the (2)… renowned Catholic sanctuary that welcomes more than 150,000 guests of all faith each year. Visitors are delighted to discover this (3)… 62-acre retreat near the center of the city. Lush green firs tower over (4)… rhododendron and other native Pacific Northwest flora as you walk toward the central plaza and the heart of the sanctuary – Our Lady’s Grotto – a magnificent rock cave (5)… into the base of a 110-foot cliff. A marble replica of Michelangelo’s famous Pieta (6)… in its center.

While the plaza level with (7)… chapel, gift shop and (8)… rock grotto is an (9)… experience, many visitors never realize there (10)… even more to see on the unique grounds above. The (11)… views are well worth the small elevator fee to the top.

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1 2 .

The manicured gardens of the upper level offer (2)… panoramic vistas of the Columbia River Valley, the Cascade Range and famous Mount St. Helens. Especially (3)… is the 180 floor-to- ceiling view through the (4)… glass wall of the (5)… Meditation Chapel, (6)… on the cover of Architecture magazine. Other highlights include the Servite Monastery, a life-sized bronze of St. Francis of Assisi, the streams and (7)… ponds of the Peace Garden and the Via Matris, (8)… superb examples of wood sculpture.

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1 3 .

Summer in Virginia Beach is a season full of surfboards and sunshine, bare feet and boardwalk strolls. It’s also a cause for (1)…

Rather than let summer fade (2)… into fall, this ocean-side community throws the (3)… party around – the Neptune Festival.

Lasting from September 6 through 28, the festival brings (4)… own brand of maritime magic to the beach, with hundreds of activities, contests, (5)… and other events.

Festival days turn into festival nights (6)… with balls, galas, receptions, and fireworks – (7)… from the 14th Street Pier and set to music.

The mainstay of Boardwalk Weekend is the Arts and Crafts Show. To the delight of thousands, this juried show lines the beach with the work of skilled artists and craftsmen. (8)… the tone for the entire weekend is a (9)… schedule of musical (10)… performed live on three stages. Other events include a youth day, treasure hunt, cheerleading (11)…, volleyball tournament and sand games.

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There are also numerous activities and facilities to enjoy, from hiking to biking, to picnicking, camping, boating and fishing. (8)… for all trails (9)… in both directions so there will always be a description for which way you are going. The park’s only (10)… on hiking is that you stay on the marked paths.

So if you (11)… to do something a little different away from the beach and the sun, take a trip to First Landing/Seashore State Park. The Park is open (12)… from 8am until dusk. The Visitors Center is open from 9am until 4 pm, April 1 – Oct. 31. The main entrance (13)… off Route 60 and is only a 10 min. drive from the oceanfront. The Visitors Center is ½ mile from the main entrance. There is also an (14)… on 64th Street off Atlantic Ave. A (15)… fee of $2 per vehicle on week days and $3 on weekends will be charged April to Oct.; from Nov. to Mar., the parking fee is $1. For (16)… information call the main office.

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Start your visit to (1)… Plymouth at Plymouth National Wax Museum on Cole’s Hill, (2)… Plymouth Rock. More than 180 life-size figures in 26 scenes tell the Pilgrim story. Just a few steps away is Plymouth Rock. A full-scale (3)… of the original ship, Mayflower II, (4)… next to Plymouth Rock. You will also want to spend a day or two in 1627 at Plymouth Plantation, one of this country’s great historic (5)… Talk with the Plantation’s renowned costumed interpreters as they present a view of 17th century life that will astound and delight. Begin at the Visitor Center for (6)… and special exhibits.

At America’s (7)… museum, Pilgrim Hall, see the actual artifacts (8)… on the Mayflower. Wonder at heroic-sized paintings of the Pilgrims and the (9)… landing, and the only extant “bones” of a 16th century ship. On a hilltop overlooking Plymouth is the National Monument to the Forefathers. Built in 1889, this 81-foot memorial (10)… to the virtues that brought the Pilgrims to the New World.

The history of the nation may (11)… through the four centuries of Plymouth architecture. The 1667 Howland House is the only house left (12)… in Plymouth where Pilgrims actually lived. The 1640 Sparrow House is Plymouth’s oldest historic home. Today, reproduction and contemporary pottery (13)… on the premises. At the 1667 Harlow Old Fort House, visitors learn about (14)… life and try spinning, weaving and other period crafts.

Heirlooms and antique toys furnish the 1749 Spooner House, the family home for generations of Spooners. The stately 1809 Hedge House, built by a (15)… maritime family, is now headquarters for the Plymouth Antiquarian Society and features (16)… exhibits. The 1749 Court House, at Town Square, is the oldest (17)… courthouse in America and features period artifacts and exhibits. The 1754 Mayflower Society House is headquarters for the General Society of Mayflower Descendants and (18)… with three centuries of antiques. Nearby historic homes include the 1808 King Caesar House and the 1808 Capt. Gershom Bradford House in Duxbury and the 1699 Isaac Winslow House in Marshfield.

Colonial Lantern Tours offers guided evening (19)… tours of the original Plantation site and historic district complete with punched tin lanterns. Or take a self-guided Walking Tour of Plymouth past historic sites along the waterfront and downtown Plymouth. There’s also Happy Trails Historic Van Tours, which offers a three-hour van tour of Plymouth (20)… all landmarks and Mayflower II. Located behind First Church in Town Square is Burial Hill, the oldest marked burial site of the Pilgrims. The site (21)… a panorama of Plymouth steeples and spires as well as Plymouth Harbor. Up from Town Brook, off Summer Street, you will find the 1636 Jenney Grist Mill, a recreation of America’s first mill (22)… a working waterwheel for grinding corn meal.

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Plymouth Bay Winery, next to Splashdown Tours on the waterfront, offers free (6)… tours and (7)… tastings of cranberry and other fruit wines.

(8)… around Plymouth is easy. Just climb aboard the all-weather Plymouth Rock Trolley for a 40-minute narrated tour connecting all points of interest and major (9)… Enjoy (10)… reboarding privileges for the entire day.

Plymouth’s 300 and more lakes and ponds offer still more (11)… Or try biking (local rentals available) or (12)… the trails in Myles Standish State Forest or along the Cape Cod Canal. Both are just a short drive from downtown.

For a scary good time, try M. T. Coffin’s Ghost Theatre, (13)… by Godey’s. You’ll enjoy (14)… storytelling of (15)… events!

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At Super Sports Family Golf Center, you’ll enjoy action-packed adventure, fun rides, miniature golf, arcade games, golf driving range and your (1)… activities. In nearby Carver is Edaville Railroad, a family-fun park with a (2)… narrow-gauge railway. Many area golf courses (3)… to the public, (4)… the region’s newest, Waverly Oaks Golf Course. There’s also Atlantic Country Club with an 18-hole championship course. Hoyt’s Cinema at (5)… Mall has 14 screens (6)… first-run movies day and night.

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As the site of the first Thanksgiving, Plymouth is still (8)… (9)… with America’s premier family holiday. The November visitors will find a host of interesting activities to celebrate the occasion, (10)… America’s Hometown Thanksgiving (11)…, featuring a parade with floats and musical groups from all over the country. Many activities are scheduled on the weekends leading up to Thanksgiving.

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