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Cultural Institutions in Moscow
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9.5. Расставьте пункты плана текста в правильном порядке:

  1. Present-day status;
  2. Early history;
  3. City’s government;
  4. Geographical reference;
  5. Latest history;
  6. Architecture
  7. Layout and Landmarks.

9.6. После ознакомления с текстом, согласитесь или не согласитесь со следующими утверждениями (True/False Statements):

  1. Moscow is the largest city in the center of European Russia.
  2. Moscow was a village in the principality of Moscow.
  3. The Metropolitan of Russian Orthodox Church made Moscow a political capital.
  4. Ivan III made Moscow a capital.
  5. Moscow had to survive difficult times.
  6. Moscow was the seat of the CPSU government.
  7. Moscow is still a series of fortifications.
  8. Moscow has a lot of place to live and there is no need to extend the city’s limits.
  9. Stalin contributed much to Moscow’s architecture.
  10. Moscow is only the political center of Russia.

9.7. Прочитайте текст. Переведите слова и выражения в скобках:


Moscow …1…(занимает площадь) of about 880 sq. km. …2…(Бульвары) divide the city into several sections, the …3…(самые дальние от центра) of which is the …4…(жилой) quarter. At the centre of the city there is …5…(Кремль), the …6…(бывший правительственный) seat of Russia, and Red Square. Moscow has a …7…(современная подземная (метро) system renowned for its marble-walled stations.

Situated on the …8…(северном берегу) of the Moscow River, the Kremlin is the dominant landmark of Moscow. The Great Kremlin …9…(Дворец) was completed in 1849. Other notable Kremlin palaces are the Granovitaya Palace (1491) and the Terem (1636).

Many ecclesiastical buildings are now used chiefly as …10…(музеи). Among them are the Cathedral of the …11…(Успенский) and the Archangel …12…(Собор), each with five gilded domes, and the Cathedral of the …13…(Благовещение) (13th-14th century), with nine gilded domes. Another landmark of the Kremlin is the …14…(колокольня Ивана Великого), a bell tower 98 m high. On a nearby pedestal there is …15… (Царь-колокол) (nearly 200 metric tons), one of the largest in the world. A recent addition to the Kremlin is …16…(Дворец съездов), completed in 1961. Meetings of …17…(Верховный Совет СССР) and congresses of the Communist party of …18…(Советского Союза) were held in this huge …19…(современное здание); theatrical and …20…(другие художественные) performances have been …21…(устраиваются) here as well.

…22…(собор Василия Блаженного), which is famous for its unique …23…(архитектура) and coloured domes, stands at one end of Red Square. Under the Kremlin wall there is …24…(мавзолей В.И. Ленина), which contains the remains of the …25…(бывшего лидера).

One of …26…(наиболее известный) sections of Moscow is the Kitaigorod (Chinese City), …27…(старинный торговый квартал) lying to the east of the Kremlin. This section is now the site of many …28…(правительственные офисы) buildings. Other points of interest in Moscow include the Central Lenin Stadium, comprising about 130 …29…(здания) for various sports; and the tall Ostankino TV tower, which contains a revolving …30…(ресторан) and an observation …31…(платформа).

9.8. Заполните пропуски в тексте, выбрав из предложенных слов подходящие по смыслу:


Centralized, commercial, companies, consumer, distribution, enterprises, inflation, manufacturing, market, privatize, products, sale, supplied, unemployment, variety.

Moscow’s Economy


With more than one-quarter of the population employed in …1…, Moscow's diverse industries turn out a wide …2… of products, including automobiles, trucks, electrical …3…, and machine tools. Throughout the Soviet period, under the …4… planning system of the Communist government, all of the city's industrial and …5… enterprises were state-owned and operated. Today efforts are being made to …6… the city's large industries by transforming them into joint-stock …7…. Smaller …8… are being privatized by auction and direct …9… .

The Soviet planning system gave preference to Moscow in its …10… of goods. As a result Moscow was better …11… than any other city or region in the country. In the period of transition to a …12… economy the Russian capital is faced with rapid …13…, swelling …14…, and shortages of food and …15… items.

9.9. Заполните пропуски в тексте, выбрав из предложенных слов подходящие по смыслу:


Architectural, built, daily, passengers, public, railway, served, subway, transportation, windows.

Moscow Transportation


The Soviet regime created a highly centralized …1… system with Moscow as its hub. The city is …2… by four airports; its international airport, Sheremyetevo II, …3… in 1979, handles an average of 15,000 passengers daily. Its nine …4… stations receive 2 million …5… every day. Moscow also has an extensive urban …6… transportation system, with tram, trolley, and bus lines, and a subway that is in itself an …7… masterpiece. First opened in 1935, the …8… stations in the city center are richly decorated with heavy chandeliers, stained glass …9…, and monumental statues. With over 200 km of track and 140 stations, the Moscow Metro serves an estimated 8 million passengers …10….

9.10. Заполните пропуски в тексте, употребив предлоги там, где это необходимо:


About, among, in, of, than, to, with.

Cultural Institutions in Moscow

There are more …1… 75 institutions …2… higher education …3… Moscow. Moscow State University is the most …4… important one. …5… 700 scientific institutions have headquarters …6… Moscow. The Tretyakov Art Gallery, the A. S. Pushkin …7… Fine Arts Museum, the State …8… Historical Museum, the V. I. Lenin Central Museum, and the Museum …9… Oriental Culture are most outstanding …10… museums. The Exhibition …11… Economic Achievements comprises …12… 72 pavilions dealing …13… advances …14… industry, agriculture, science, and culture. The Botanical Gardens …15… the Russian Academy …16… Sciences adjoin its landscaped grounds …17… the Exhibition.