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Choose the right Russian translation of the following sentence: It was France who in 1963 vetoed Britain’s entry into the Common Market.

Choose the right Russian translation of the following sentence: Keep your voice down.

Choose the right Russian translation of the following sentence: The children are not up yet.

Choose the right Russian translation of the following sentence: The delegation must have arrived yesterday.

Choose the right Russian translation of the following sentence: The train is to cross the bridge at 11:15.

Choose the right Russian translation of the following sentence: The treaty between two countries was done in two languages, both texts being equally valid.

Choose the right Russian translation of the following sentence: They do deserve this award.

Choose the right translation of the following date: 1066 год.

Choose the right translation of the following date: 16-oe столетие.

Choose the right translation of the following date: 1861-65.

Choose the right translation of the following date: 1988 год.

Choose the right translation of the following date: 2000 год.

Choose the right translation of the following date: 30-ые годы.

Choose the right translation of the following date: 5 век нашей эры.

Choose the right translation of the following date: 7 век н.э.

Choose the right translation of the following date: 921 год до н.э.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) Begun under Peter the Great (when it was known as the Field of Amusement), it was intended for popular festivities and fireworks.

В) It was a favourite haunt of the 18th-century nobility, but its present name derives from a monument erected in 1801 and portraying the great Russian military leader Aleksandr V. Suvorov (buried in the Church of the Annunciation) as the god of war.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) Opposite the Winter Palace, the great crescent of Carlo Rossi's General Staff building (1811–29) dominates the square.

В) The two wings of the building are joined by a huge triumphal arch, topped by heroic figures and crowned by a chariot carrying a figure representing Glory, expressing the Russian victory in the campaign of 1812.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) The striking appearance of the palace is highlighted by white columns against a green background, with golden stucco moldings; 176 sculptured figures line the roof.

В) The whole complex, now called the Hermitage, or State Hermitage Museum, is a treasure-house of fine art of worldwide significance that originated in 1764 as the private collection of the tsarina Catherine II.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) They are commemorated by an eternal flame.

В) Just to the east lies the Summer Garden.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) An outstanding monument of late classical Russian architecture built by Auguste Montferrand (1818–58), St. Isaac's is one of the largest domed buildings in the world; its golden cupola, gilded with about 220 pounds (100 kilograms) of pure gold, soars to 331 feet in height and is visible all over St. Petersburg.

В) It is now a museum.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) Both the exterior and the interior of the palace were designed in dazzlingly luxurious style.

В) In 1837 the building was destroyed by fire, and only the adjoining Hermitage survived; the Winter Palace was recreated in 1839 almost exactly according to Rastrelli's plans.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) From the Admiralty and its surrounding squares radiate three great avenues, of which the most important and best known is the Nevsky Prospekt.

В) One of theworld's great thoroughfares, the Nevsky Prospekt cuts southeastward across the peninsula formed by the northward loop of the Neva to the vicinity of the Alexander Nevsky Abbey, crossing the smaller Moyka and Fontanka rivers.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) In the 19th century the space was used for military parades and exercises.

В) The fallen of the February Revolution of 1917 and the defenders of the city during the civil war and foreign military intervention (1918–20) were buried there.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) On the western (downstream) side of the Admiralty stretches the expanse that was called Senate Square when the Senate moved there in 1763; it is now called Decembrists' (or Dekabrists') Square in commemoration of the revolt in 1825.

В) The buildings of the former Senate and Synod (now housing archives) dominate the western side of the square, their decorated facades dating from the 1830s and representing the last great work of Rossi.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) So light and delicate is its design that the grillwork almost seems to be suspended in air.

В) At the extreme eastern side of the central city, within the sharp bend of the Neva itself, lies the Smolny complex of buildings; these include the former convent, with the five-domed cathedral, designed by Rastrelli and begun in 1748, and the classical building of the Smolny Institute, constructed by Giacomo Quarenghi in 1806–08.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) The 600-ton granite monolith of the Alexander Column (1830–34), the tallest of its kind in the world and so finely set that its base is not fastened, thrusts up for 165 feet (50 metres) near the centre of the square.

В) Between the square and the river rises the huge and massive rectangle of the Winter Palace, the former principal residence ofthe tsars.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) The building today houses a naval college.

В) Just to the east lies the great Palace Square, the city's oldest.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) The most important, in outward order from the Admiralty, are the Moyka and Fontanka rivers and the Griboyedov and Obvodny (Bypass) canals.

В) Downstream from the northern entrance of the Fontanka into the Neva lies the Field of Mars, one of the city's beautiful open spaces.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) The present structure, the fifth to be built, was the Baroque masterpiece of Bartolomeo F. Rastrelli.

В) Construction of it began in 1754 and was completed in 1762.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) The Summer Palace, Peter's first in the city, erected 1710–14 in early Russian Baroque style and designed by Trezzini, stands in the northeastern portion.

В) The Neva embankment is fronted by a fence (1784), the iron grille of which is reputed to be among the world's finest examples of wrought iron work.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) They are separated by an arch looking across to the centre of the square where stands the equestrian statue of Peter the Great, known as the “Bronze Horseman” and created in 1782 by Étienne Falconet.

В) Near the Senate and Synodbuildings to the south rises the classical front of the Horse Guards Riding School, or Manezh (1804–07); beyond, dominating the south side of St. Isaac's Square, is the cathedral of the same name.

Являются ли предложения сложными?

А) This, the nucleus of Peter's original city, was reconstructed in 1806–23 by Andreyan D. Zakharov as a development of the earlier building of Ivan K. Korobov, remodeled in 1727–38, but retaining the layout of the original.

В) Its elegant spire, topped by a weather vane in the form of a ship,is one of the principal landmarks of the city.

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В предложении Beyond the Garden Ring is the zone of modern factory development and of extensive housing construction. выделенное слово употреблено в значении:

В предложении In the mid-1980s several areas outside the Ring Road—including the suburban city of Solntsevo (now the Solntsevsky District [rayon]) to the southwest—were added to Moscow. выделенное слово употреблено в значении:

В предложении Many of the old buildings near the river, however, were demolished in the 1960s to make room for the huge Rossiya Hotel. выделенное слово употреблено в значении:

В предложении Many old churches survive in the Kitay-gorod. Of particular note are the Church of the Trinity (1628–34) in Nikitniki, the 15th-century Church of St. Anne of the Conception, and the Epiphany Cathedral (1693–96). выделенное слово употреблено в значении:

В предложении The Kitay-gorod was for centuries the commercial centre of Moscow, and its narrow, crowded streets still contain former banks, the stock-exchange building, and warehouses. выделенное слово употреблено в значении:

В предложении The surrounding park has a collection of examples of early Russian wooden architecture, brought from various parts of the country. выделенное слово употреблено в значении:

В предложении Another part of Moscow, the new town of Zelenograd, established in 1963, is several miles north of the Ring Road. выделенное слово употреблено в значении:

В предложении Between the densely populated micro-regions are wedge-shaped areas of open land, notably the extensive Izmaylovsky Park in the east, Sokolniki Park and large forest tracts to the northeast, and on the north the grounds of the permanent Exhibition of National Economic Achievements. выделенное слово употреблено в значении:

В предложении Beyond the newest suburbs are remaining areas of open land and forest within the Ring Road, together with the satellite industrial towns and dormitory suburbs that were included within the extended boundaries of the city of Moscow in 1960. выделенное слово употреблено в значении:

В предложении Closer to the centre are the micro-regions, or neighbourhood housing units, of the Khrushchev period, typically five- to nine-story apartment buildings built predominantly of yellowish brick. выделенное слово употреблено в значении:

В предложении Commonly the street levels of the buildings are occupied by shops. Streets are broad and tree-lined. выделенное слово употреблено в значении:

В предложении In the nearby village of Dyakovo is the ornate Church of St. John the Baptist, built in 1557. выделенное слово употреблено в значении:

В предложении In the sea of new building, individual monuments of the past, such as the 17th-century Church of the Intercession in Medvedkovo, survive. выделенное слово употреблено в значении:

В предложении In the southeastern suburbs is the former village of Kolomenskoye, once a summer residence of the princes of Moscow. выделенное слово употреблено в значении:

В предложении Its most remarkable architectural ensemble of buildings is dominated by the tower of the Church of the Ascension (1532). выделенное слово употреблено в значении:

В предложении Moscow's growth has engulfed a number of former country estates, the mansions of which date mostly from the period of classical architecture. выделенное слово употреблено в значении: