Тест по России на английском языке для 8-9 классов
тест по английскому языку (9 класс)

TEST
 Russia

1. Russia is the world’s largest country in ____________.

a) world            b) area                c) population

2. The Russian Federation is situated in _____and in_____.

a) Europe, Ural     b)  Siberia,Asia      

c) Europe, Asia

3. What countries do not border Russia?

a) Latvia, Poland, Lithuania                  

 b) Finland, China, Ukraine

c) Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Norway        

d) France, Germany, Spain

4. The head of the government is the _____.

a) President    b) Prime Minister    

c) State Duma       d) Federal Assembly

5. Moscow was founded in _______.

a) 1157        b) 1147        c) 1712

6. There are different __________ zones in our country. 

a) region       b) month       c) climatic

7. What does the current Russian flag look like?

a) green, red, white   b) white, blue, red  

 c) orange, red

8. Decide which of the following sentences is false.

a) Russia borders many countries.

b) Red Square is the heart of Moscow.

c) The area of Russia is not large.

d) Moscow is a political centre where the government of our country works.

9. The head of the state is the _____.

a) President      b) Prime Minister    

c) State Duma     d) Federal Assembly

10. The Russian Federation is situated on two _________.

a) mountains      b) plains     c) fields

11. What is the official name of our country?

a) The Russian Union    

 b) The Federation of Russia  

c)The Russian Federation

12. What mountain chain separates Europe from Asia?

a) The Caucasian    b) The Carpathian  

 c) The Urals

13. What is the biggest river in Russia?

a) The Lena    b) The Volga      c)The Ob

14. What is the deepest lake in the world?

a) Lake Seliger    b) Lake Ladoga    

c) Lake Baikal 

15. What tree is a symbol of Russia?

a) A birch       b) An oak      c) A fir tree      

16. In what year did Yuri Gagarin become the first man in space?

a) 1956     b) 1961   c) 1964

17. Which Russian leader founded St Petersburg, and moved the Russian capital there?

a) Catherine the Great   b) Nicholas II  

c) Vladimir Lenin   d) Peter the Great

18. Who is considered the greatest Russian poet?

a) Anna Pavlova   b) Alexander Pushkin  

c) Garry Kasparov  d) Andrei Tarkovsky

19. How many letters are in the Russian alphabet?

a) 32  b) 33  c) 34

20. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a famous...

a) Poet       b) General       c) Gymnast          

 d) Composer

21. Who wrote War and Peace?

a) Alexander Pushkin        b) Nikolai Gogol     c) Fyodor Dostoyevsky      d) Leo Tolstoy