Задание 42925 ЕГЭ по английскому языку

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Where Santa lives

Rovaniemi — the administrative and commercial capital of Lapland, Finland’s province — wasn’t much of a tourist destination before Santa Claus came to town. Lapland ________ as a sort of home base for Santa Claus in the European tradition ever since 1927, when a Finnish journalist proclaimed to know the secret of Santa’s hometown. (SERVE)

He said it ________ in Korvatunturi, which is a mountainous region in Lapland. (BE)

The mountain peaks there ________ like the ears of a rabbit. (SHAPE)

Santa used the ear-like mountains, he explained, to eavesdrop on the ________ of the world and decide if they were being naughty or nice. (CHILD)

Santa’s home later moved over 225 miles south to Rovaniemi, thanks to an American visitor. During World War II, Germans burned Rovaniemi to the ground, ________ Lapland’s capital city in ruins. (LEAVE)

In 1950, former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt ________ Rovaniemi a visit, saying she wanted to see Santa Claus. The town hastily constructed a cabin, and Santa’s Village in Rovaniemi was born. The Santa Claus Village now attracts some 500,000 visitors each year. (PAY)