5. Find one word in every line having the most common meaning:

1. a) harsh; b) hostile; c)grim; d) climate; e) moderate

2. a) tundra; b) swamp; c)hill; d) lake; e )landscape

3. a) polar night; b)unusual phenomenon; c)polar day; d) northern lights

4. a) winter; b) summer; c)season; d)autumn; e) spring

5. a) bright; b) gentle; c) tremulous; d) northern lights; e) fairytale

6. a) year; b) time; c) month; d)week; e)day

7. a) specialist; b) engineer; c) teacher; d) doctor; e)captain

6. Put words in the correct order:

Example:

Maritime is climate the . The climate is maritime.

1. Bay ice-free normally the Kola remains.

2. Falls night Murmansk the polar on winter in.

3. Up the northern flare over lights city.

4. Summer never the sets in sun.

5. Is landscape the what of the region?

f. Zone extends the gradually tundra

7. In endemic some Murmansk species the region of plants grow.

7. Match a line in A with a line in B to make a question:

A B

How many	also made contribution to the victory over the Nazy Germany?
When	is the Kola Peninsula sometimes called?
Who	do the people of the Murmansk region like to spend leisure time?
Where	seas is the region washed by?
What	was the area awarded a status of a separate region?
How	is Murmansk famous for?

8. Put a preposition from the box into each gap.

of on up by to with after

The Murmansk region is located ____________the Kola Peninsula, which is washed _________ two seas, the Barents Sea and the White Sea, borders ______ Finland and Norway. The Kola Peninsula’s history dates ______ the period when the region had no separate administrative status. ________ the Russian Revolution the Murmansk area became part _________ the Leningrad region. Only _________ the 28 of May 1938 the area was awarded the status __________ a separate region.

The population makes _______1050 thousand persons. Russian pomors and lapps can be regarded _________ indigenuos population

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

1.Each sentence has a mistake. Find it and correct it!

1.The Murmansk region the extreme northwest area of Russia.

2. The population make up 1050 thousand persons.

3. The climate of the region is classify as moderate.

4.The northern lights comes like a greeting from the sun.

5.The port of Murmansk thus active year-round.

6. The landscape above hilly Murmansk has a strange and barren beauty.

9. The city is surrounded by a hill, tundra and swamps.

10. Some species of endemic plants grows in Murmansk.

11. Many mineral deposits serve to industrial applications.

12. Murmansk is the region central city and capital.

13. The Murman fishermen also made his contribution to the victory.

14. Several streets in Murmansk are named for famous captains of the Trawl Fleet.

15. Murmansk is the industrial city.

16. The value of Murmansk is his harbour.

17. The town has much cinemas, museums, clubs.