London is the capital of…
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The largest school in the world in terms of number of … is the City Montessori School in Lucknow, India.
What is the second largest city in the UK?
Which is the third largest city in the United States?
The name Canada means...
There... time zones in Canada.
The national currency in Canada is ...
The capital of Canada is ...
The symbol of Canada is ...
The largest city is...
The Queen of Canada is...
The population of Canada is more than... million people.
Canada is the largest exporter of... products.
The two official languages of the country are English and....
The ... were the first Europeans to settle in Canada.
The elections to the Parliament take place every.... years.
The largest airport in Moscow is Sheremetevo. In terms of total patronage, what is the largest airport in London?
... is the largest city in New Zealand.
The capital of Canada is …
B. Sumatra is a paradise for nature lovers, its national parks are the largest in the world, home to a variety of monkeys, tigers and elephants. Facing the open sea, the western coastline of Sumatra and the waters surrounding Nias Island have big waves that make them one of the best surfer's beaches in Indonesia. There are beautiful coral reefs that are ideal for diving. For those who prefer night dives, the waters of Riau Archipelago offer a rewarding experience with marine scavengers of the dark waters.
G. The land's long and rich history can't be separated from the influence of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity. There is one of the oldest Hindu temples in Java, the majestic Buddhist 'monastery on the hill', Borobudur, the largest Buddhist monument in the world. About 17 km away from this monastery is a 9th century temple complex built by the San jay a dynasty. Prambanan complex is dedicated to the Hindu trinity: Ciwa, Vishnu and Brahma. The spread of Islam also left interesting monuments such as the 15th century Minaret Mosque in Kudus.
Match the capitals according to their countries. One word is extra.
Match the capitals according to their countries. One capital is extra.
Прочитайте тексты и установите соответствие между текстами и их заголовками: к каждому тексту, обозначенному буквами А–G, подберите соответствующий заголовок, обозначенный цифрами 1–8. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании есть один лишний заголовок. Лишний заголовок поставьте к заданию An odd one out.
The national currency in Canada is ...
The ... were the first Europeans to settle in Canada.
Canada is the largest exporter of... products.
The symbol of Canada is ...
The two official languages of the country are English and....
The population of Canada is more than... million people.
The largest city is...
There are... time zones in Canada.
The elections to the Parliament take place every.... years (according to this text).
The capital of Canada is ...
The capital of Canada is …
Match the questions to the texts.
Auckland is the largest and most populous city in New Zealand. The __________________ (POPULATE)of Auckland is getting close to 1.4 million residents.
What is the capital of Canada?
Match the heading to the short text. Declared a World Heritage area in 1981, The Great Barrier Reef is the largest structure built by living organisms. It is the only living organic collective that is visible from the Earth’s orbit. Covering a territory of more than 300,000 square kilometres, it is made up of beautiful islands and idyllic coral cays. It contains the world’s largest collection of coral reefs. No wonder the Australians are so proud!
Read and choose the correct option. What’s a holiday in the Amazon rainforest like? Well, come to the Ariau Towers Hotel in Brazil and find out! The hotel is next to the beautiful Rio Negro, or “black river”, and it is 60km from Manaus, the largest city in the Amazon. But it’s not the location that makes the hotel unique. The hotel is 10-20 metres above the rainforest floor. That’s right, it’s a hotel in the trees! The hotel is special because...
Match the capital to the country. The capital of Canada is ___________________________ .
You are going to watch a video about two countries where English is an official language. Watch the video and write one word in each gap. Write down your answers separated by commas. South Africa The Tourist Office is at ___________Hill. People need English to get a ___________. English is the language of business, ____________ and the media. Wales The Welsh flag is ___________, white and green. At Glantaf school, all the teaching is in ____________ except for ______________ and French. Students usually speak _________________ together.
The city with the largest population in Canada is ... .
Shrovetide and Pancake Day have some differences of their traditions. Divide the traditions into two groups. Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is an annual festival that is always celebrated in English-speaking countries like the UK, the USA, Ireland, Australia, and Canada on Tuesday in February or March. Traditionally, many people eat pancakes on this day. It is the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. Lent is a period of 40 days before Easter when people give up meat, fish, dairy, fat, and fast food. Easter takes place on a different date each year because it depends on the moon. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring. Another British tradition is pancake racing. People run in a race with a pancake in a pan. As they run, they have to toss the pancake (throw the pancake in the air and catch it in the pan) several times. In some pancake races, people dress up in fancy dress costumes. The most famous pancake race takes place in a town called Olney. The British say that Olney has been celebrating pancake races since 1445! Today Pancake Day is a popular festival in the world. Shrovetide is an ancient Russian holiday which dates back to the 9th century. It begins a week before Shrove Monday, which is the last Monday before the 40-day fasting period of Lent. Shrovetide is the most cheerful of all Russian holidays. Not to participate in this holiday means to live in poverty for the rest of the year. Each day of Shrovetide has its own rituals. They are: Monday – People set up stalls selling pancakes, toys, and crafts. A Shrovetide dummy is dressed in a sarafan and seated on a sledge. The sledge goes along the streets, inviting people to join in and celebrate the festival. Tuesday – People dress up in their best clothes and go out for tobogganing and pancakes. Young men look for their future wives and people kiss, dance, and flirt with each other. Wednesday – Mothers-in-law invite their sons-in-law to try delicious pancakes. The sons-in-law bring gifts and sweet honey cakes. Thursday – On this day there is more tobogganing along with plenty of fun. People play at fistfighting and capturing snow fortresses. They go to the theatre performances, eat pancakes, drink, and dance. Friday – Sons-in-law invite their mothers-in-law to their homes for pancakes. Saturday – Sisters-in-law receive guests. Sunday – The Shrovetide straw dummy is solemnly burnt as a symbol of life’s victory over death. Ashes are scattered over the fields in order to have an excellent harvest in the autumn. In the evening, people forgive all offences so that everyone can meet the spring with a clear conscience.
Read and choose. What is the capital of Canada?
Read four texts. Your classmates have argued in the lesson about what kind of texts they are. Choose who is right. A) Whale and polar bear watching tour in Canada Wildlife up close! Enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience in Manitoba, Canada. Go whale watching this summer – the beluga whale is an amazing sight! Watch them from the boat. Visit the polar bear capital of the world and immerse yourself in the blooming landscapes of the Arctic tundra! B) Barcelona water sports Want to try waterskiing? Never tried kite surfing? Jump on the cable car down to the beach at Barcelona, the best-kept water sporting secret in the Mediterranean! Have fun in the sea all day – then enjoy delicious tapas in the city at night. C) Photography workshop in Finland Wolverines! Some people believed they weren’t real – but our wildlife photographers can show you where to find them! They can teach you how to take great pictures, too. Perfect for beginner and experienced photographers. Best season: late spring. D) Greek island paradise Relax by the pool, walk on the beach, enjoy fish fresh from the sea. Treat yourself to beautiful, unusual local art. Hire a boat for some quiet time on the water. Optional trip to the popular Royal Palace.
Read four texts. Imagine that you are a travel agent. Listen to Joel. Would any of the holidays A-D be good for him? Which one would you recommend? Choose one option. A) Whale and polar bear watching tour in Canada Wildlife up close! Enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience in Manitoba, Canada. Go whale watching this summer – the beluga whale is an amazing sight! Watch them from the boat. Visit the polar bear capital of the world and immerse yourself in the blooming landscapes of the Arctic tundra! B) Barcelona water sports Want to try waterskiing? Never tried kite surfing? Jump on the cable car down to the beach at Barcelona, the best-kept water sporting secret in the Mediterranean! Have fun in the sea all day – then enjoy delicious tapas in the city at night. C) Photography workshop in Finland Wolverines! Some people believed they weren’t real – but our wildlife photographers can show you where to find them! They can teach you how to take great pictures, too. Perfect for beginner and experienced photographers. Best season: late spring. D) Greek island paradise Relax by the pool, walk on the beach, enjoy fish fresh from the sea. Treat yourself to beautiful, unusual local art. Hire a boat for some quiet time on the water. Optional trip to the popular Royal Palace.
Read four texts. Imagine that you are a travel agent. Listen to Hannah. Would any of the holidays A-D be good for her? Which one would you recommend? Choose one option. A) Whale and polar bear watching tour in Canada Wildlife up close! Enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience in Manitoba, Canada. Go whale watching this summer – the beluga whale is an amazing sight! Watch them from the boat. Visit the polar bear capital of the world and immerse yourself in the blooming landscapes of the Arctic tundra! B) Barcelona water sports Want to try waterskiing? Never tried kite surfing? Jump on the cable car down to the beach at Barcelona, the best-kept water sporting secret in the Mediterranean! Have fun in the sea all day – then enjoy delicious tapas in the city at night. C) Photography workshop in Finland Wolverines! Some people believed they weren’t real – but our wildlife photographers can show you where to find them! They can teach you how to take great pictures, too. Perfect for beginner and experienced photographers. Best season: late spring. D) Greek island paradise Relax by the pool, walk on the beach, enjoy fish fresh from the sea. Treat yourself to beautiful, unusual local art. Hire a boat for some quiet time on the water. Optional trip to the popular Royal Palace.
Read four texts. Imagine that you are preparing a project on Geography. Where can one do the mentioned activities? Match the texts with the maps. A) Whale and polar bear watching tour in Canada Wildlife up close! Enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience in Manitoba, Canada. Go whale watching this summer – the beluga whale is an amazing sight! Watch them from the boat. Visit the polar bear capital of the world and immerse yourself in the blooming landscapes of the Arctic tundra! B) Barcelona water sports Want to try waterskiing? Never tried kite surfing? Jump on the cable car down to the beach at Barcelona, the best-kept water sporting secret in the Mediterranean! Have fun in the sea all day – then enjoy delicious tapas in the city at night. C) Photography workshop in Finland Wolverines! Some people believed they weren’t real – but our wildlife photographers can show you where to find them! They can teach you how to take great pictures, too. Perfect for beginner and experienced photographers. Best season: late spring. D) Greek island paradise Relax by the pool, walk on the beach, enjoy fish fresh from the sea. Treat yourself to beautiful, unusual local art. Hire a boat for some quiet time on the water. Optional trip to the popular Royal Palace.
Which of these countries is Queen Elizabeth II not the monarch of?
Decide which texts (A–F) have the answers to the questions (1–7). There is one extra question that doesn't match any text. 1. Where can we find the biggest "lungs" of the Earth? 2. What is the largest country in the world? 3. What are the impressive achievements of Russian space program? 4. Which Russian souvenir is the most popular among the tourists? 5. Where in Europe can we find the biggest collection of books? 6. What are the impressive facts about Siberian Lake Baikal? 7. Which role does the Russian language play in the world? A. Russia, also officially known as the Russian Federation, is the largest country in the world. Its territory is 17,075,400 square kilometers. According to scientists, the country’s territory would almost cover the surface of the planet Pluto. It is the only country which is washed by 3 oceans and 12 seas. Russia is considered to be a European country, but two-thirds of the country are in Asia. However, most of the population lives in the European part of Russia. B. Siberian Lake Baikal is the largest pool of fresh water on the planet. All the 12 major rivers of the world (the Volga, the Don, the Yenisei, the Ob, the Ganges, the Amazon, etc.) would need to flow almost a year to fill a pool equal to the volume of Lake Baikal. Another impressive fact is that even if all the rest of the planet’s fresh water supply were to disappear, there would be enough fresh water left in Lake Baikal to supply the people of the earth for up to 50 years. C. Russia is the country with the largest forest reserves in the world. 45% of its territory is covered in green forests. The forests are located in the European north of the country, in Siberia and in the Far East. Forests play an important role in the life and welfare of people. Russian forests are the biggest ‘lungs’ of the Earth. They produce oxygen and clean the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and other pollutants. D. There are more than five thousand languages in the world. Russian is one of the five major world languages. 280 million people around the world speak Russian and it is one of the most widely spoken native languages in Europe. The United Nations uses Russian as one of the official languages of the organization. It is also used in international commerce, politics, academic and cultural life. E. For its collection of books, the Russian State Library is considered to be the biggest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. The Russian State Library was founded in 1862, in Moscow. The library has over 275 km of shelves with more than 43 million items, including books, journals and magazines, art publications, music scores and sound records, maps and other things. There are items in 247 languages of the world. F. Russia is known all over the world for its space programmes. In 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite in the world. Four years later, in 1961, human space flight was accomplished. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first man to journey into space. He orbited the Earth and landed the same day. There are other impressive space achievements of the country like the first long space flight, the first woman cosmonaut in space, and the first spacewalk.
Установите соответствие между текстами A–G и заголовками 1–8. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний. 1. A good investment 2. How it all began 3. Multi-purpose constructions 4. All is well that ends well 5. A vertical marathon 6. Breathtaking athletic events 7. 21st century technology 8. Once number one globally A. Radio and television towers are tall structures designed to transmit radio or television signals. However, besides serving their main function they often become tourist attractions, as a lot of them are true architectural wonders. Among some of the most famous — and tallest — towers in the world are the Tokyo Skytree, the Canton Tower in China, the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, and the Ostankino Tower in Moscow, Russia. B. The Ostankino Tower is 540 meters tall which makes it the tallest tower in Europe. When it was built in 1968, it was the tallest structure in the world, which it remained until 1975. The Ostankino Tower radio and television signal covers the area with the population of over 15 million people. The Tower also has an observation platform and a restaurant about 330 meters in the air which you can reach on one of the lifts in just 58 seconds. C. The first Radio Tower in Moscow was built during the Civil War in 1922 by the outstanding Russian architect Vladimir Shukhov and is a hyperboloid structure. In fact, it was Shukhov who first invented the hyperboloid metal structure in the 1890s, inspired by the weaving of peasant baskets. Vladimir Lenin himself approved the construction of this tower which today is considered a historic and architectural monument of Soviet Constructivism. D. Yet another use of television towers is holding sports events. Some of the most common ones are base-jumping, an extreme sport where participants jump off high structures with parachutes; and bungee jumping, where the jumpers are attached to a tall structure with a large elastic cord. Among the more traditional competitions is racing up the tower staircase, which was held in the Ostankino Tower up until 2000, when the tower was damaged by the fire. E. The fire broke out at a height of 458 m on 27 August, 2000. It took over 300 firefighters, more than 24 hours and a lot of effort to stop it. Many people were afraid that the tower would not be able to survive and would collapse. Luckily it didn’t happen. But almost all TV channels and some radio channels stopped working for several days. The reconstruction of the tower that followed lasted until 2007. In 2009 the tower reopened its doors to tourists. F. And not only to them. On July 21, 2018, Ostankino Tower was open again to 28 sportsmen from 12 countries who raced up its winding staircase. The staircase is very narrow, so the sportsmen had to run one by one with a 30 second interval between them. Only professional runners were allowed to participate. It was a German athlete Christian Riedl who made it to the top in just 9 minutes and 51 seconds, setting a new record. G. It would be logical to assume that television towers are the tallest structures in the world. In fact, it had been true until 2009 when the Burj Khalifa, the tallest sky-scraper in the world, was built in Dubai. It cost about $1.5 billion to complete the construction of this building, but it paid off: office and apartment space pricing is over $40,000 per m2, and over 90% of all the apartments and offices are now occupied!
Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it. Six of Earth’s seven continents are inhabited on a large scale. Asia is the most populated continent, with its 4.3 billion inhabitants. This accounts for 60% of the worlds population. The two most populated countries of the world are China and India. These countries together constitute about 37% of the whole population of our planet. Africa is the second most populated continent. It is home for about one billion people. This makes 15% of the world’s population. Europe has 733 million people and this makes up 12%. Latin American and Caribbean regions are home to around 600 million people (9 %). Northern America, primarily consisting of the United States and Canada, has a population of around 352 million (5%), and Oceania, the least populated region, has about 35 million inhabitants (0.5%). What about Antarctica? Though it is not permanently inhabited by anybody, Antarctica has a small, changing international population, living in polar science stations.
Read four texts. Your classmates have argued in the lesson about what kind of texts they are. Choose who is right. A) Whale and polar bear watching tour in Canada Wildlife up close! Enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience in Manitoba, Canada. Go whale watching this summer – the beluga whale is an amazing sight! Watch them from the boat. Visit the polar bear capital of the world and immerse yourself in the blooming landscapes of the Arctic tundra! B) Barcelona water sports Want to try waterskiing? Never tried kite surfing? Jump on the cable car down to the beach at Barcelona, the best-kept water sporting secret in the Mediterranean! Have fun in the sea all day – then enjoy delicious tapas in the city at night. C) Photography workshop in Finland Wolverines! Some people believed they weren’t real – but our wildlife photographers can show you where to find them! They can teach you how to take great pictures, too. Perfect for beginner and experienced photographers. Best season: late spring. D) Greek island paradise Relax by the pool, walk on the beach, enjoy fish fresh from the sea. Treat yourself to beautiful, unusual local art. Hire a boat for some quiet time on the water. Optional trip to the popular Royal Palace.
Read four texts. Your classmates have argued in the lesson about what kind of texts they are. Choose who is right. A) Whale and polar bear watching tour in Canada Wildlife up close! Enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience in Manitoba, Canada. Go whale watching this summer – the beluga whale is an amazing sight! Watch them from the boat. Visit the polar bear capital of the world and immerse yourself in the blooming landscapes of the Arctic tundra! B) Barcelona water sports Want to try waterskiing? Never tried kite surfing? Jump on the cable car down to the beach at Barcelona, the best-kept water sporting secret in the Mediterranean! Have fun in the sea all day – then enjoy delicious tapas in the city at night. C) Photography workshop in Finland Wolverines! Some people believed they weren’t real – but our wildlife photographers can show you where to find them! They can teach you how to take great pictures, too. Perfect for beginner and experienced photographers. Best season: late spring. D) Greek island paradise Relax by the pool, walk on the beach, enjoy fish fresh from the sea. Treat yourself to beautiful, unusual local art. Hire a boat for some quiet time on the water. Optional trip to the popular Royal Palace.
Read the text and match to complete the sentences. London is the capital and the largest city in the United Kingdom. It is located on the River Thames. It is almost 2000 years old. London is famous for its museums, theatres and historical places. This is a list of places that you can visit: The Tower of London. It is an ancient fortress in London. It was a king’s palace in old times and later became a prison. Today, you can see the Crown Jewels there. We have Madame Tussaud’s Museum. Madame Tussaud was a French lady who opened it in 1835. She made historical figures in wax. It is really amazing! Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Buckingham built this palace in 1703. Queen Victoria made it the official residence of the monarch. It is very large - it has about 600 rooms. The Houses of Parliament. Charles Barry built this new building from 1840 to 1860. It is the place where the British Parliament sits. Here you can see the Clock Tower known for the famous Big Ben.
Read the text and put the sentences into the correct category. Moscow is the biggest city of Russia and its capital. The city is situated on the Moskva River and was founded more than 800 years ago. Nowadays, Moscow is one of the most beautiful and busiest cities in the world. It has many attractive parks and squares, great architectural wonders and countless places of interest. Special attention is always paid to the city centre, as there are the most famous sights. Among them, the outstanding Kremlin and Red Square, the Bolshoi and the Maly Theatres, Saint Basil’s Cathedral, the Historical Museum and many others. All the largest and most important museums, galleries, opera houses, universities, companies, research centres are situated there. The best place for art lovers in Moscow is the Tretyakov State Gallery, which has a large collection of Russian fine art. Undoubtedly, Moscow is a very special city.
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Read the text and match the titles to the paragraphs. There is one title extra.
Read the text and put the sentences into the correct category. Moscow Zoo is one of the largest and oldest zoos in Russia. It appeared in Moscow in 1864 and had 286 animals then. There are more than 6,000 different animals in its rich collection now: elephants and giraffes, polar bears and brown bears, squirrels and foxes, deer and wolves, lions and tigers. At first the zoo’s buildings were wooden. Now animals live in stone buildings when it is cold outdoors. Moscow Zoo is situated in the centre of the city. When you get there, you are in the animal world. There are two large territories in the zoo with a high bridge between them. In the zoo ponds you can see beautiful water birds. The zoo keepers, workers who look after the animals, feed them, keep them healthy, clean their cages. They know a lot about birds and animals and often answer the visitors’ questions. Moscow Zoo is open in all seasons. Children and their parents enjoy going there. Now there are plans to move Moscow Zoo to a new larger territory.
Read the text and fill in the gaps with the names of people. Teacher: I know that you have just come back from different English-speaking countries. Tell me where you have been. What can you say about the places you have visited? Kate, would you like to begin? Kate: I have been to Canada. It is a large country in North America. It is the world’s second largest country. Only Russia is bigger. It is the country which is bilingual. For many people English and French are native languages. By the way Canada has one of the highest standards of living in the world. I have been to the capital of Canada. It’s Ottawa. Teacher: What about you, Mike? Mike: Oh, I was not far from Kate all the time. I was in North America too, but in a different country. It borders on Canada. I was there with my parents. We didn’t visit any big cities. We spent a week in California, on its sandy beaches. Teacher: And you, Sergey, where have you been? Sergey: I’ve been to England. I have visited Scotland too. We stayed in London for four days and I was able to see Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery, Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London. It was really fantastic! Teacher: Good. Now, what can Stella tell us about her trip? Stella: I have been to the most faraway English-speaking country. It is a very unusual country which is a continent and an island at the same time. It is the country which is hot and dry too. In some parts of it, it doesn’t rain for years. The kangaroo, the animal that everybody knows, lives there. It is a very interesting country, popular with tourists. We wanted to go to New Zealand too but didn’t.
Read the text and put the sentences into the correct category. Even in medieval times there were stories about a large continent in the Southern Hemisphere. But Europeans had never seen it. They wondered what it was like and whether it was inhabited. They called this land terra australis incognita, or «the unknown southern land» - Australia. Australia is divided into 6 states and 2 territories. Let’s speak about some of them. New South Wales is Australia's leading state. Most people live along the east coast, and most of them are in Sydney. Sydney is also the largest city in Australia. In Victoria most people live in the south. Melbourne is the capital of the state and the largest city. Sheep and wheat are the main products here. Citrous fruits, grapes, peaches and apricots are grown along the Murray River. Queensland is Australia’s 2nd largest state. Brisbane, its capital, is situated on the east coast. Queensland has long sandy beaches. Its coast is a popular place for holiday-makers. The climate along the east coast is hot and humid. It is the tropical corner of Australia. Bananas and other tropical fruits are grown here. Most of the land in the south is too dry for farming. Some of Australia’s most unproductive desert lands occupy the bigger part of the state. Tasmania, the island state, is sometimes called the apple isle because it produces most Australia’s apples. Tasmania is one of the few places in Australia that have enough rain all year. Tasmania is Australia’s leading producer of pears and berries of different kinds. Potatoes are also grown in some areas. Northern Territory is the least populated and least developed part of Australia. Crocodiles still live in some of the swamps along the coast. Darwin is its capital and the largest settlement in the north. Alice Springs, generally called Alice or the Alice, is the only town in the south. The capital of Australia is Canberra. The city doesn’t belong to any state. It is situated in the Australian Capital Territory, which occupies an area of 2,432 square kilometres.
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Read the text and mark the statements True, False or Not stated. FIFA World Cup If you are a football fan, you are probably familiar with the FIFA World Cup. Every four years, millions of spectators watch their national teams take part in this event. And ever since 1954, when the World Cup was first televised, billions of fans have watched it on TV. Nowadays, around half of the world’s population watches it. In fact, if you asked anyone to name the most important sport event in the world, they would probably say it was the FIFA World Cup. The World Cup was created in the 1930s when Jules Rimet, a French football official, came up with the idea of bringing the best football teams in the world together to play against one another for the title of World Champions. There was great enthusiasm for his idea and the first FIFA World Cup was organized in Uruguay in 1930. The host team won the first World Cup when they beat Argentina 4-2. Since then, many World Cup tournaments have been played and the competition has often surprised fans around the world. Everyone was amazed when the USA beat England 1-0 in 1950. The 1966 World Cup surprised many fans when Italy lost 1-0 to North Korea, and Northern Ireland took everyone by surprise when they beat the host team, Spain, 1-0 in 1982. The World Cup has also made some great football players into legends. The Brazilian player, Pele, is probably the most famous. Many people say he is the greatest player of all time. Another legend, the German player Beckenbauer, is considered one of the greatest defenders in the history of football. Football history is made every four years at the FIFA World Cup. And whatever the result, the championship brings people from every region of the world together in the spirit of fun and sport.
Read the text and mark the statements True, False or Not stated. Street Art Street art can be described as art that is developed in public spaces and, above all, in the street. Typically, street art is used to separate public-space artwork from illegal graffiti and vandalism. It can mean a lot of different things including graffiti, poster art, wall paintings and just about any artwork that is displayed in public places. The start of street art is closely connected to graffiti, which appeared in New York in the 1970s. For the following ten years, street art grew more and more popular and was soon joined by new forms including street installations, street sculptures and 3D pavement illusions. Kurt Wenner was the person who developed 3D pavement illusion as an absolutely new form of street art and inspired a future generation of street artists. Street artists are often associated with opposition. Their artwork is considered a crime and vandalism and the artists may be arrested for damaging property, so the artists prefer to use nicknames and create their drawings mostly at night. They are not looking for fame, especially in countries where graffiti is still illegal. Banksy is probably the most well-known English street artist who has already become a legendary figure. His works are exhibited in galleries across the world. An American magazine even named him among the top most influential people in the world. However, it’s still true that no one knows who the person really is. He is the only one whose photo has never been made or published. The motivations and ideas that inspire street artists are as different as the artists themselves. Some street artists, by creating certain works, want to draw attention to social and political problems. For other artists, street art is just a form of self-expression. And there are those who enjoy the danger and risks which are connected with working illegally in some city areas. Traditional graffiti has recently been used as a successful method for advertising. Lots of companies agree that traditional advertising on city streets is too boring and common, so many people simply ignore it. However, graffiti adverts catch your attention, creating a memorable image. Big companies find this quite useful and try to include more elements of graffiti in their advertising campaigns.
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Read the text and choose the correct answer. English is an international language spoken by an increasing number of people around the world. In many English-speaking countries, though, English isn’t the only language. In the UK, for example, people speak Welsh, Gaelic and a few other old languages. Because these languages aren’t international, people pay less attention to them. So, what does this mean for children who grow up speaking them as their mother tongue? I grew up in Wales. My family spoke English, but the Welsh language was everywhere. When you were driving around Wales, all the road signs were in English and Welsh. As a child, I hated reading everything twice! We had Welsh television programmes too. While everyone in England was watching fashionable American TV shows, we were learning about local farming in Welsh! At secondary school I was dreaming of going to live in Paris, when I realized that instead of Welsh lessons, I needed French lessons. No one spoke Welsh outside Wales. Now I feel differently. Welsh is a part of my identity and, besides, we have better Welsh TV now! In parts of Scotland, some children grow up in families where grandparents still speak Gaelic. Gaelic has even fewer speakers than Welsh, and few are confident that this part of their culture will survive. It’s difficult when English is everywhere else in the country, but teaching subjects in Gaelic in schools helps. However, often there aren’t enough Gaelic-speaking teachers. Unless families continue to speak the language at home too, these languages won’t survive. Between 1950 and 2010, 230 languages went extinct, nowadays, a third of the world’s languages have fewer than 1,000 speakers left. Every two weeks a language dies with its last speaker, 50 to 90 percent of them are predicted to disappear by the next century. Many old languages are disappearing in the UK. People on the Isle of Man spoke Manx for centuries until the last native speaker died in the twentieth century. The same thing happened to Cornish. There was a language spoken by smugglers who were bringing goods into the country illegally, or travellers and criminals. It allowed them to keep secrets from the police, but it too has disappeared. Languages, even if they are spoken by very few people, have a history and culture, and it’s a shame to see them go. When humanity loses a language, we also lose the potential for greater diversity in art, music, literature, and oral traditions. If we care about saving forests and animals, we should care about saving languages too.
Установите соответствие между текстами A–G и заголовками 1–8. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний. 1. A good investment 2. How it all began 3. Multi-purpose constructions 4. All is well that ends well 5. A vertical marathon 6. Breathtaking athletic events 7. 21st century technology 8. Once number one globally A. Radio and television towers are tall structures designed to transmit radio or television signals. However, besides serving their main function they often become tourist attractions, as a lot of them are true architectural wonders. Among some of the most famous — and tallest — towers in the world are the Tokyo Skytree, the Canton Tower in China, the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, and the Ostankino Tower in Moscow, Russia. B. The Ostankino Tower is 540 meters tall which makes it the tallest tower in Europe. When it was built in 1968, it was the tallest structure in the world, which it remained until 1975. The Ostankino Tower radio and television signal covers the area with the population of over 15 million people. The Tower also has an observation platform and a restaurant about 330 meters in the air which you can reach on one of the lifts in just 58 seconds. C. The first Radio Tower in Moscow was built during the Civil War in 1922 by the outstanding Russian architect Vladimir Shukhov and is a hyperboloid structure. In fact, it was Shukhov who first invented the hyperboloid metal structure in the 1890s, inspired by the weaving of peasant baskets. Vladimir Lenin himself approved the construction of this tower which today is considered a historic and architectural monument of Soviet Constructivism. D. Yet another use of television towers is holding sports events. Some of the most common ones are base-jumping, an extreme sport where participants jump off high structures with parachutes; and bungee jumping, where the jumpers are attached to a tall structure with a large elastic cord. Among the more traditional competitions is racing up the tower staircase, which was held in the Ostankino Tower up until 2000, when the tower was damaged by the fire. E. The fire broke out at a height of 458 m on 27 August, 2000. It took over 300 firefighters, more than 24 hours and a lot of effort to stop it. Many people were afraid that the tower would not be able to survive and would collapse. Luckily it didn’t happen. But almost all TV channels and some radio channels stopped working for several days. The reconstruction of the tower that followed lasted until 2007. In 2009 the tower reopened its doors to tourists. F. And not only to them. On July 21, 2018, Ostankino Tower was open again to 28 sportsmen from 12 countries who raced up its winding staircase. The staircase is very narrow, so the sportsmen had to run one by one with a 30 second interval between them. Only professional runners were allowed to participate. It was a German athlete Christian Riedl who made it to the top in just 9 minutes and 51 seconds, setting a new record. G. It would be logical to assume that television towers are the tallest structures in the world. In fact, it had been true until 2009 when the Burj Khalifa, the tallest sky-scraper in the world, was built in Dubai. It cost about $1.5 billion to complete the construction of this building, but it paid off: office and apartment space pricing is over $40,000 per m2, and over 90% of all the apartments and offices are now occupied!
Read the text and mark the statements True (T), False (F) or Not Stated (NS). Blagoveshchensk is my native town The town of Blagoveshchensk is located at the confluence of the Amur and Zeya Rivers, opposite to the Chinese city of Heihe. The early residents of both sides of the Amur in the region of today's Blagoveshchensk were the Daurs and Duchers . An early settlement in the area of today's Blagoveshchensk was the Ducher town currently known to the archaeologists as the Grodekovo site, after the nearby village of Grodekovo. The town became capital of the Amur Oblast in the Soviet Union in 1932. There are many buildings in Blagoveshchensk, built hundreds of years ago. They’ve been reconstructed and are now in use. The triumphal arch was erected in Blagoveshchensk to welcome Crown Prince Nicholas in 1891, when he visited the town during his grand tour of Asia. When the New Year is coming, the Lenin Square becomes decorated with beautiful sculptures of ice and snow. It’s also worth visiting Blagoveshchensk in summer - everything is green, flowers are in blossom. By the way, our town is considered to be one of the most “green” ones. It’s really great to have an evening walk around the town. Sparkling lights of neon commercials and lanterns will absolutely attract your attention. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the town's economic focus has turned to border trade with China, the town is now home to a large Chinese expatriate community. Blagoveshchensk is a modern town with industrial enterprises, higher and secondary educational institutions, professional schools, theatres, museums, well-groomed streets and squares, public gardens and parks. Blagoveshchensk was always and still remains one of the largest industrial and cultural centres of the Far East.
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