Exercises

Exercise 1. Find where in the text it is said about the points given below. Put down the number of a paragraph.

a) the foundation of the Kharkiv metro ;

b) the absence of decorations in the Kharkiv metro ;

c) the structure of the metro;

d) owner of the metro;

e) bilingual announcements

Exercise 2. Match English words and word-combinations in column A with their Ukrainian equivalents in column B:

A	B
1. to suffer 2. triangle 3. track 4. uneven 5. depots 6. shallow	a) колія b) неглибокий c) нерівномірний d) трикутник e) страждати f) склади

Exercise 3. Answer the following questions. Find answers in the text. Put the number of the paragraph.

1. When was Kharkiv metro opened?

2. How many stations were put into use on August 23, 1975?

3. When is metro opened and closed?

4. Why are the metro stations located on varying depths?

5. How many stations are shallow?

6. What is the metro directly subordinated?

Exercise 4. Say if the following statements are true or false:

1. Construction of the Kharkiv metro began in 1968.

2. The Kharkiv metro looks like stations in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

3. It has a daily passenger traffic of over five million passengers.

4. Kharkiv was the first metro to exhibit the single vault design of the shallow type .

5. The Ministry of Transport of Ukraine transferred the metro to the city administration in 2010.

6. Owing to Euro 2012 football championship, the metro installed bilingual announcements -- Ukrainian and English -- for its trains.

Exercise 5. Define the main advances of the Kharkiv Metro.

Exercise 6. Describe the Kharkiv Metro.

Exercise 7. Define the advantages and disadvantages of the Kharkiv Metro.

Exercise 8. Discussions points:

1. The difference and the similarity between the Kharkiv and Kyiv Metro.

2. Advantages and disadvantages of Underground transport.

Keys to the exercises

UNIT 1

Text 1

Ex.1. a-1,2; b-3; c-4; d-5 ;e-6

Ex.2. 1- Nationall Express; 2- marshrutki; 3-fare ; 4 – fare collecting assistant ; 5 - destination

Ex.3. 1-1; 2-1; 3-2; 4-4; 5-5; 6-6

Ex.4. 1-T; 2-F; 3-T; 4-F; 5-F; 6-T

Text 2

Ex.1. a-2; b-3; c-4; d-5 ;e – 6 ,7 ; f – 8,9

Ex.2. 1-Express train; 2- passenger train; 3-1st class sleeper ;4 – 2nd class sleeper ;

5 – 3d class sleeper 

Ex.3. 1-1; 2-2; 3-3; 4-5; 5- 6, 7; 6- 8,9

Ex.4. 1-T; 2-F; 3-T; 4-F; 5-F; 6-T.

UNIT 2

Text 1

Ex.1. a-1; b-2; c-3 ; d-4 ; e- 5.

Ex.2. 1- rear-entrance double-deck Routemaster ; 2- bendy buses; 3-privately run bus services; 4 – permit of TfL.

Ex.3. 1-1; 2-2; 3-2; 4-2; 5-3; 6-4; 7-4; 8-5.

Ex.4. 1-F; 2-T; 3-F; 4-T; 5-T; 6-F.

Text 2

Ex.1. a-2; b-4; c-7; d-8; e-9; f-10.

Ex.2. 1-metric system; 2-kilogram; 3-integrational system of units; 4-metre;

5-second.

Ex.3. 1-1; 2-1; 3-3; 4-3; 5-4; 6-5

Ex.4. 1-T; 2-F; 3-T ; 4-F; 5-F; 6-T

UNIT 3

Text 1

Ex.1. a-2,3; b-4; c-5,6; d-7; e-8.

Ex.2. 1-e; 2-f; 3-a; 4-g; 5-d; 6-c; 7-b

Ex.3. 1-1; 2-2; 3-3; 4-4; 5-5; 6-7

Ex. 4. 1-F; 2-T; 3-F; 4-T; 5-F; 6-T;

Text 2

Ex.1. a-1,2; b-3; c- 4,5; d-6 ;e - 7

Ex.2. 1-e; 2 –d; 3 – a; 4 – c; 5 – f; 6 -b

Ex.3. 1-1; 2-3; 3-4; 4-5; 5-5; 6-6.

Ex.4. 1-T; 2-F; 3-F; 4-T; 5-F; 6-T.

Список рекомендованої літератури

1. Transport in Ukraine. /Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. – Режим доступу:

http: //en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Transport_in_Ukraine.

2. Transport. / travel-z-Ukraine.com. – Режим доступу:

http: // travel-z-Ukraine.com/ information/ transport.

3. Kiev_Metro. /Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. – Режим доступу:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev_Metro

4. Kharkiv_Metro. /Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. – Режим доступу:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_Metro

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