Задание по английскому

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It  18 _________ from the Arctic Ocean in the south and    19  _________  by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.

At 165.25 million square kilometers in area, this largest division of the World Ocean - and, in turn, the hydrosphere - covers about 46% of the Earth's water surface and about one-third of its total surface area,   20 __________ it larger than all of the Earth's land area combined.

The equator subdivides it into the North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, with two exceprions: the Galapagos and Gilbert Islands, while they   21 ___________ the equator, are deemed wholly within the South Pacific. The Mariana Trench in the western North Pacific is the   22  _____________ point in the world, reaching a depth of 10,911 metres.

The eastern Pacific Ocean   23 _________ first _______ by Europeans in the early 16th century when Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1513 and discovered the great 'southern sea' which he   24  __________  Mar del Sur. The ocean's current name was coined by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the Spanish circumnavigation of the world in 1521, as he   25 __________ favourable winds on reaching the ocean. He called it Mar Pacifico, which in both Portuguese and Spanish means 'peaceful sea'.

Important human migrations occurred in the Pacific in prehistoric times. About 3000 BC, the Austronesian peoples on the island of Taiwan mastered the art of long-distance canoe travel and spread themselves and    26  ________ languages south to the Philippines, Indonesia, and maritime Southeast Asia; west towards Madagascar; southeast towards New Guinea and Melanesia; and east to the islands of Micronesia, Oceania and Polynesia.

Reading a large town and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. It   18 __________ an important centre in the medieval period, as the site of Reading Abbey, a monastery with strong royal connections. The town  19 _________ seriously ______ by the English Civil War, with a major siege and loss of trade, and played a pivotal role in the Revolution of 1688, with that tevolution's only significant military action   20 ________________  on the streets of the town. The 19th century saw the coming of the Great Western Railway and the development of the town's brewing, baking and seed growing businesses. Today Reading is a commercial centre, with involment in information technology and insurance, and, despite 21 ________ proximity to London, has a net inward commuter flow.

22 ___________  evidence for Reading as a settlement dates from the 8th century. By 1525, Reading was  23 ______ town in Berkshire, and tax returns show that Reading was the 10th largest town in England when measured by taxable wealth. By 1611, it had a population of over 5000 and   24 ___________  rich on its trade in cloth. The 18th century saw the rich on its trade in cloth. The 18th century saw the beginning of a major iron works in the town and the growth of the brewing trade for which Reading was to become famous. During the 19th century, the town grew rapidly as a manufacturing centre. Now   it    25 __________ the UK's top economic area for economic success and wellbeing, according to factors such as employment, health, income and skills.