Match the highlighted words or word combinations in the text with their definitions.

1. a warship with a streamlined hull designed to operate completely submerged in the sea for long periods, equipped with a periscope and typically armed with torpedoes or missiles;

2. people who go to live in a new country;

3. the chemical element of atomic number 25, a hard grey metal of the transition series. It is an important component of special steels and magnetic alloys;

4. the area of the world around the North Pole. It is extremely cold and there is very little light in winter and very little darkness in summer;

5. the place or building in which a consul's duties are carried out;

6. a person highly skilled in a specific and restricted field;

7. a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, discovered in 1873 by an Austrian expedition and annexed by the Soviet Union in 1928;

8. a precious stone consisting of a clear and colorless crystalline form of pure carbon, the hardest naturally occurring substance;

9. a base from which spacecraft are launched;

10. an extensive group of islands.

Exercise2.

Put the letters in order to complete the phrases.

1. The Coat of Arms of Arkhangelsk showsthe flying angel in blue garments with a fiery sword and a shield in his hands depicted on the background of a golden shield. Under him – the defeated _____________ (dielv);

2. Being in_______________, Peter I was present at the launching of the first Russian commercial vessel (Asrglekhank);

3. The famous Margaret Fair named in honor of St. Margaret Day took the second place for selling manufactured goods and was first in___________ Russia (fihs slase);

4. In 1708 the territory of Dvina Land was transformed into Arkhangelsk province (Gubernia) in accordance to the ____________ of Peter I (odrer).

5. One hour’s flight from Arkhangelsk will take us to «Kenozero National Park» one of the most national ___________ of Russia (perveser).

6. Solovetski Islands is the most attractive place for tourists from all over the world. It is famous for pure lakes, ____________ cathedrals, and astonishing ancient history (mejatisc).

Exercise3.

Choose the odd word/word combination out. Prove your choice.

1. Wood-processing, cellulose production, paper production, racing car making;

2. Timber industry, oil and gas industry, gold-mining, pulp-and-paper industry;

3. The eternal flame, Madam Tussaud’s Exhibition, the church of St. Nicholas, Surkov’s Mansion.

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