National geographic 2009 heinle reading explorer 1

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Ai Completion. Complete the tnfarmation wlth t h c0rrvr;r ~ form of words from the box. Two war&, are extra.

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In Piidand, there once was a region known aa Viem Karelia. The people here were great storytellers and had many fbkales and legend$. The most fmous is rhe Xalwah. This is a(n) ofseveral poems that forms ollc 101% stoq, . The Kaltqala tells tales of 2. bcitlg~and monsters. For catrxries, smytellers, called P%M &gl:rsiha* lear11cd and spoken the IC&.k.ev&la mernol-y. Today, Jussi H~~ov,hen is ~ i d k d ' slast great rune singel..When he dies, the ancie1-t: h e of rune singers will end, 4. becaust no one has 5t h e entire K u k ~ ~ k a ~ But there is good news. 0. JwsiH~uvinenis the last rune singer, the ICaltvah d not &e with 11i1n. Today,.there is a written 7. of the I < ~ E P & fbr people. to read. Also, British author J.RR. Tolkien (who wrote Lord of the R k ~ sread ] the ICaltvala. Many of the Kdleudh's ideas are 8. in Tolkiea's. stories, Some characters in Token'&books also speak a language sirmlar to the ancient am

B. Matching. Match the wrdg from the box in A with the correct definition. 1. m y writtan matwid 2. mainly mostly 3. making you feel afraid 4. gespite 5. suitable far a particulat"pekon ar ~ ~ ~ i 6 9 7 6, a sel or group of something 7 , to show (eVg.,in a mirror) 8. to learn something so you member it 0xactly

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