7 класс. Урок 41
Eco-camping in Russia
Тренировочные упражнения
1.
Match the words with their definitions.
1. camping
a. something the person
finds out for the first
time
2. environment
b. a person who wants to
do a job himself/herself
3. volunteer
c. the beginning of the
river
4. springs
d. the world around us
5. paths
e. trails
6. discoveries
f. to travel with tents
2.
Choose the correct answers to the questions.
1. Where is the
a. One of the students’ favourite
Ugra National
activities was the nightly sing-
Park situated?
alongs around the camp-fire.
2. What was the
b. The students participated in
aim of the
volunteer work such as
students’
cleaning the springs
expedition?
and paths in the forest.
3. Which
c. The aim of the students’
volunteer work
expedition was to explore the
did the students
flora and fauna of their native
participate in?
land and learn more about
practical ecology.
4. What was one
d. This park is located beside the
of the favourite
Zhizdra River and has many
activities of the
different trees and plants found
students?
in Central Russia
3.
Make up the collocations.
• nature • independently • a tent • on an open fire • your stay • a fire
1. to put up
2. to make
3. to cook
4. to live
5. to enjoy
6. to experience
4.
Read the text and fill in the gaps.
In the village located out on the tundra
130 km from Surgut,
visitors
1)can/must/have to feed reindeer at a special farm, go canoeing, fishing and hunting.
One of the village’s main attractions 2) is/are/am the Museum of Natural History. It
3) shows/has showed/has shown exhibits on local wildlife and the local population,
who make up over half of the whole population. Russkinskaya tries to
4)
keep/get/take its traditions through song, dance, food and handicrafts all of which
can be a lot here.
5.
Read the story and find the appropriate heading.
1. Primorsky Safari Park
2. Insh Marshes
3. Birds National Reserve
In this wildlife national reserve, animals walk in the grounds of the park as if in the
natural habitat. The animals are separated into four areas with tigers, hoofed
mammals, birds and animals which eat meat occupying separate parts. The park has
also a population of Himalayan black bears and Amur tigers, as well as foxes, red
wolves, badgers, wild boar, goats and birds. Visitors will be able to get great views of
the tigers from a bridge and get up close with many of the smaller animals. The
national reserve acts as a rehabilitation centre and gives knowledge about the
environment.
6.
Read the story again and choose the correct answer.
1) How free are the animals in the national reserve?
a) They walk everywhere.
b) They walk in half of the park.
c) They walk only near the bridge.
2) There are ... groups of animals.
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
3) Does the national reserve have educational aims?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Only for foreign tourists
7.
Put the parts of the text in the correct order to get the story about Lake Baikal.
1. This size means that it is also the world’s largest freshwater lake by volume,
containing about one-fifth of the fresh water on the Earth’s surface.
2. Its area is some 12,200 square miles (31,500 square km), with a length of 395
miles (636 km) and an average width of 30 miles (48 km).
3. There are between 1,500 and 1,800 animal species at different depths, and
hundreds of plant species live on or near the surface.
4. Lake Baikal is located in the southern part of eastern Siberia. It is the oldest
existing freshwater lake on the Earth (20 million-25 million years old), as
well as the deepest continental body of water, having a maximum depth of
5,315 feet (1,620 metres).
8.
Choose the correct answers to the questions.
1. How can I get to that
a. The size is twice the
national reserve?
size of St. James’ Park
2. Is the territory big?
b. You can go by plane or
take a train.
3. What are the contact
c. Yes, it is. The usual
details?
number is 30 people.
4. Is the number of people
d. You can order an
in a group important?
excursion by phone.
Our phone number is
234-94-38.
