Итоговая контролная работа по 1 разделу для 6 класса к учебнику Rainbow

I Listen, and decide which of the facts (1—4) are true, false or

not stated.

1. Tourists visit metro stations

in Moscow to look at their architecture.

2. Ploshchad Revolutsii Metro Station has a lot of sculptures.

3. The colour of the columns in Mayakovskaya Metro Station is red and white.

4. Komsomolskaya Metro Station has mosaics but it has no sculptures.

II Read the text and match its parts (1— 3) with their names (a— d).

There is one name you don't have to use.

a) A Great Place for Sports

b) A Legend That May Be Not at A ll True

c) Some Facts from H istory

d) A Place of Wonderful Natural Beauty

Zvenigorod

1. Zvenigorod stands on the River Moskva 65 km to the west of Moscow. It is one of the oldest cities situated near Moscow. People think that Prince Yury Dolgoruky founded Zvenigorod in 1152 just as he founded Moscow in1147. A s well as Moscow, the city has its Kremlin (Gorodok) with a beautiful 14th century cathedral. There is also a bigmonastery ['monastri] in Zvenigorod which once was a residence of Tsar A lexei. Them onastery has a long and interesting history.

2. We don’t know why this city has the name of Zvenigorod. One of the stories says that in the days of old there were many churches in the city. The bells of the churches rang and people could hear their ringing far from the city. They said, “ Gorod zvenit” (“ the city is ringing” ), which gave the name to the city.

3. Zvenigorod has the nickname of Russian Switzerland1 because it is situated in a beautiful ecologically clean area ['esria] with great pine forests around it.

III Choose the right words in brackets to complete the sentences. Write the words in the gaps.

1. The Alps are not very (tall/high ) high .

2. Nobody knows (anything/nothing) ____________ about this fact.

3. If you walk fairly fast, you won’t (take/miss) ____________your train.

4. The walls around the Kremlin helped (to defend/to rebuild) ______________ it.

5. The first houses in St Petersburg were (wooden/stone)______________buildings.

6. Can you (hear/listen to) ______________ everything the speaker is saying?

7. I know (nothing/nobody) _____________ about this palace. When did it (appear/appeared) ?

8. Are there (much/m any) ______________ cathedrals in the centre of the city?

9. There are (few /little) ______________ statues in the hall.

10. Who (found/founded) ______________ Moscow?

IV Imagine that you are Ben. Write an e-mail to your friend and tell him/her about your visit to Moscow.