READING 8 II semester

Put the parts of the story in the correct order

Complete the text with the words from the box

The Orkney Islands

Orkney is a___       of islands in northern Scotland ___          10 miles from the coast of Caithness. The archipelago of Orkney ___          of more than 70 islands. Nearly 20 of them are inhabited. The largest ___        known as Mainland has an ___      of 523 square kilometres, making it the sixth largest Scottish island. The largest ___            and administrative centre is Kirkwall. The ___         people can be called Orcadians.

The name of the island was first recorded by the ___         geographer Pomponius Mela, who called the islands Orcades. When the Norwegian Vikings ___         on the islands they interpreted the ___      of the island to be Orkneyjar, which was shortened to Orkney in English.

Read the text.

a) Match 1-10 with the choices (A,B,C)

Vyshyvanka Day

Nowadays the vyshyvanka, an embroidered shirt in Ukrainian national costume,          [knows, know, is known] all over the world. During the last couple of years vyshyvankas have become very            [popular, popularity, popularly] in Ukraine. You can meet people wearing vyshyvankas not only on some national holiday. People put on embroidered shirts for their birthdays, weddings and other            [occasional, occasion, occassions]. The third Thursday of May is now celebrated     [how, as, for] Ukraine's Vyshyvanka Day. On this day many Ukrainians in different countries wear vyshyvankas to                 [demonstrate, demonstration, demonstratively] the idea of national identity and unity and to show their patriotism. Since old times the vyshyvanka has been       [use, using, used] as a talisman to protect the person wearing it. Ancient Slavs      [wear, wore, worn] long linen shirts (both for men and women) decorated with embroidered floral or geometry ornament. Traditionally the vyshyvanka has a very strong spiritual power. The patterns of the em­broidery are very           [symbol, symbolize, symbolic]. They are different for different regions of the country. Usually white cloth is embroidered with red and black threads, but there are also      [some, any, no] variations. You can meet white embroidery on white cloth, black on white, red on black, blue on white and colourful patterns. Do you know the traditional colours for the vyshyvankas in your region?

b) decide if the statements are true or false.

1. People from different countries know the vyshyvanka as a part of the traditional costume of Ukrainians.       [True, False]

2. Ukrainians put on vyshyvankas only when they celebrate national holidays.       [True, False]

3. We celebrate Vyshyvanka Day at the beginning of May.       [True, False]

4. Vyshyvankas have been known since ancient times.       [True, False]

5. The patterns of embroidery for vyshyvankas are the same for all regions of Ukraine.       [True, False]