Проверочная работа по разделу 1 “Russia, my Homeland” 7 класс

Проверочная работа по разделу 1 “Russia, my  Homeland”   7 класс

I Match the holidays with their descriptions

1.      Easter

2.      Maslenitsa

3.      Victory day

4.      International women’s day

5.      Christmas

6.      New Year Holiday

7.      Russia day

 a) This festival takes place at the end of February, all across Russia. Also known as ‘pancake week’, the traditional Russian festivity is famous for its blini (pancakes) with many fillings and toppings, from sour cream to caviar, to salmon and all things sweet!

b) This holiday is one of Russia’s youngest holidays, having only been around since 1992.

c) When the Kremlin chimes strike twelve times, all of us make wishes, hold glasses of champagne and wish each other good wishes. Children usually receive long-awaited presents from Grandfather Frost and Snow Maiden.

d) Many people attend a local military parade and watch the fireworks at night on this day. The biggest parade is in Moscow’s Red Square,

e) This holiday is a religious holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ

f) On this day we congratulate  our  mothers, grandmothers, wives and sisters with that day and give them all your best wishes and love!

g) On that day the religious people go to church and listen to the ceremony. Usually they bring with them eggs, salt , cakes, butter, cheese and ham. 

II Complete the sentences:

1) The Head of the Russian Federation is…    2) There are ….republics in Russia. 3) The parlainment of the Russian Federation consists of … Houses.  4) Dmitriy Medvedev is ……   5) The Monument to Pozharskiy and …. is situated in the Red square.  6) ….. stands on the Neva river.   7) The October Revolution takes place in…..

8) In 1812 ….. tries to conquer Russia.

III Answer the questions:

1) What kind of things do you do in your free time?

2) How long is your school day?

3) What foreign languages do you learn at school?

4) What’s your favourite school subject, why?

5) Do you like living in Russia?

6) Do you have a pet? What pet?

IV Match the names of famous people with following  facts

 1) A. Pushkin                           a) became very famous in 1961

2) Yuri Gagarin                         b) was born in the village near Izhevsk

3) Isaac Levitan                         c) died in 1974

4) P. Tchaikovsky                     d) had political views close to the “Decembrists”

5) Georgy Zhukov                     e) showed the poetic beauty of  Russian nature in his paintings