8th form "Ukraine and Ukrainians" Writing / Test

VOCABULARY 1. Ukrainian mentality was formed and influenced by many factors: gepgraphical location, _____ climate conditions and complex historical destiny.

2. There is a certain stereotype of the Ukrainians which is _____ both in their netive land and in other countries.

3. The Ukrainians are supposed to be great eaters and to eat large amounts of their _____ food: borsch, lard and varenyky.

4. People all over the world ____ play jokes on their appetite.

5. At the same time Ukrainians are well-known for their _____.

6. It became a _____ in Ukraine to meet guests with bread and salt and offer them Ukrainian traditional meals.

7. Ukrainian people are also _____ for their dancing and singing ability.

8. They _____ enjoy music and many of them like to perform in choirs and forlk dancing groups.

9. Therse characteristics are , of course, not _____ descriptions of individual people.

10. Nevertheless, they indicate some common features in the value attached to ____ kinds of behaviour in Ukraine.

GRAMMAR 11. They say, Englishmen are _____ Ukrainians.

12. People in Italy are supposed to be ______ in the wprld.

13. This historical sight was discovered many centuries ago and it is _____ pyramids in Egypt.

14. Climate on the British Isles is _____ on European continent.

15. The Chinese language is supposed to be _____ English or German.

16. To get to ____ Great Britain it's necessary to cross _____ English Channel.

17. ____ Severn is one of ____ most important rivers in Great Britain which empties _____ Irish Sea.

18. One of the best parts of the trip was the fantastic ____.

19. The teacher _____ to go to the Carpatian mountains and pupils agreed.

20. Summers in Britain are not very warm and winters are not very cold _____.