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Task 3. Summarize the information about the Russian Federation to choose the correct answer.

1. The total area of the Russian Federation is about ______ million square kilometres.

a) 25

b) 17

c) 30

2. The Russian Federation occupies most of ________.

a) Western Europe and South Eastern Asia

b) Southern Europe and Central Asia

c) Eastern Europe and Northern Asia

3. Russia stretches from ________ in the West to the Pacific Ocean in the East and from the Arctic Ocean in the North to the Black Sea and the Caucasus.

a) the Baltic Sea

b) the Caspian Sea

c) the Black Sea

4. The land of Russia varies from thick forests to _______, from high peaked mountains to ________.

a) flat plains; lowlands

b) low ranges of hills; bleak moors

c) barren deserts; deep valleys

5. The longest mountain chains are _______ which separate Europe from Asia and the Caucasus.

a) the Sayan Mountains

b) the Urals

c) the Altai

6. The total number of rivers in Russia is over two ______.

a) million

b) thousand

c) hundred

7. The climate in Russia varies from arctic in the north to _______ in the central part of the country and subtropical in the south.

a) moderate

b) continental

c) dry

8. The current population of Russia is about ______ million people.

a) 135

b) 142

c) 110

9. Russia has the world’s largest _______ resources.

a) copper and oil

b) iron ore and coal

c) oil and natural gas

10. Three-quarters of the republic’s mineral wealth is concentrated in _______.

a) Siberia and the Far East

b) the North and the Urals

c) the West and the Altai

11. The Russian Federation is ________.

a) a constitutional monarchy

b) a parliamentary republic

c) a semi presidential republic

12. A bill becomes a law if it is approved by ________ and signed by the President.

a) the President

b) the Prime Minister

c) both chambers

13. The _______ power belongs to the Government, or the Cabinet of Ministers.

a) legislative

b) executive

c) judicial

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