Задание
Read and match each paragraph (A-G) with its heading (1-8). You can use each heading once. There is one extra heading.
3 This striking building is nicknamed for the unusual owls and ducks, chimaeras dragons and other animals that you can see on its front-facing wall.
1 A young millionaire got the idea to build an unusual house on the site of land that was given by his mother on his 25th birthday. The building was designed in the style of the Portuguese Pena Palace in Sintra.
8 The extra heading is ...
5 This trapezoidal building combines the elements of Russian medieval architecture, a steel framework and a glass roof. The GUM building (State Department Store) is similar to the 19th-century buildings of the railway stations in London.
4 This majestic building of the Mausoleum on Red Square serves as a resting place of Vladimir Lenin who was a leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Being one of the best creations by the Russian architect A. V. Shchusev, this building is considered to be an outstanding architectural monument.
6 Moscow City is a business district consisting of skyscrapers. In this area, there are observation decks, fine hotels, panoramic restaurants and modern shopping centres. Moreover, it houses the largest Russian companies and foreign multinationals. Moscow City is one of the largest modern complexes of the skyscrapers in Europe.
2 The main building of Moscow State University was the 7th-tallest building in the world. The 57-meter (187-foot) spire is topped by a star decorated with spikes of wheat. It was the tallest building in Europe until 1988.
7 This Egg-House is built as an extension to a new building. The house has 4 floors and 5 rooms. Outside, it resembles a giant copy of a Fabergé egg. It is the only house in this unusual shape in the world.
G WORLD ATTRACTIONS
C IT HAS VARIOUS TALL BUILDINGS
A IT'S NOT THE TALLEST NOW
D IT'S NOT ONLY A CRYPT
E AN UNUSUAL CONSTRUCTION
B IT'S ONE OF A KIND
F SIMILARITY WITH OTHER
CONSTRUCTIONS
H DIFFERENT BIRDS AND ANIMALS
ARE DEPICTED HERE