IV. Understanding the main points

A. Put these sentences in the correct order:

a. Near to the oil town a new one has risen on the wastelands and marshes.

b. Tyumen has got two universities, different colleges and some other higher institutions.

c. It was born anew on June 21, 1960, the day on which oil was found near a little forest village.

d. Tyumen plants are well-known in Russia and abroad.

e. Discoveries showed the northern part of Western Siberia possesses incredible quantities of oil and natural gas.

f. Tyumen is not only an oil town; it is a cultural, industrial and educational centre as well.

B. Answer the following questions:

a. What places of entertainment are there in Tyumen?

b. What collection does Tyumen Picture gallery have?

c. What places of interest are there in Tyumen?

d. What was the first stone building in the town?

e. Who made Blagoveschenskaya Church?

f. What traditions do a lot of wooden houses bear?

g. Where do the lovers of music listen to the organ?

V. VOCABULARY FOCUS.

A. Find words or phrases in the text which mean the same as the following:

a) столица нефтегазового региона;

b) известно во всем мире;

c) обычный город;

d) основатели города;

e) основана как крепость;

f) был освобожден от ига;

g) в конце 19го века;

h) дальнейшие исследования показали;

i) высоко развитая;

j) медицинское оборудование;

k) среднеобразовательная школа;

l) проблемы связанные с развитием;

m) выросла значительно;

n) исторические памятники;

o) привлекает внимание туристов;

p) в старой части города.

B. Match the words on the left with the words on the right to form nine phrases:

1. to become a trans- shipping 2. right away 3. to be established 4. to possess incredible 5. to be born 6. to have grown 7. to cover 8. research and design 9. the development of oil and gas

a) anew b) institutes c) an area d) deposits e) quantities of oil f) considerably g) as a fortress h) beyond i) point