Задание

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the right phrases. There is one EXTRA phrase you don’t need to use.

I live and study in Kazan city, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. It’s my native city as I here. Kazan of the Volga river and it was founded more than one thousand years ago. So it is , with rich and fascinating history. The population of my city is multinational and enormous: about one and a half million people. Kazan from the moment when I was born and it has grown much bigger, but still it keeps its own traditions and some strict religious rules. The people of my city are friendly and hospitable, polite and intelligent to my mind.

The capital of Tatarstan is a city of contrasts: there are quarters of modern high-rise buildings and districts ; some districts are awfully noisy and crowded, , the others are very clean and quiet. Our transport system is really busy: we have a railway station, a big river port, an airport, buses, trolleybuses, trams and trains of the Kazan metro which .

There are plenty of impressive sights for our guests : the Kremlin of the 10th century, the Millenium bridge, the Kul-Sharif mosque and other beautiful cathedrals and mosques. Kazan has unique museums, : the Fine Arts museum, the museum of Leo Tolstoy, the National museum of Tatarstan, the museum of Zoology.

My native city is a . It has hosted many important sports events. The International Summer Universiade of 2013 was among them. And in 2018 our city is going to host the FIFA World Cup.

I feel and I am sure that Kazan is the place which is at least once in our life. I know that many tourists from abroad come here and they feel enraptured with the local sights.