Lexical and fact exercises
Exercise
1. Insert
necessary prepositions.
1) A lot __
people __ different countries fought __ the war because they want to
live __ peace.
2) __ 1943 my grandfather was
__ front. He took part __ many terrible battles.
3) People were fighting __ the
freedom and independence __ the country, defending it __ the German
fascists.
4) __ the
25th
__ August people __ our country celebrate the Day __ the end __ Kursk
battle.
5) When our town was
liberated __ the enemy, my grandmother, who was 18 __ that time,
joined __ the Soviet army.
6) 10 000 people were
driven __ Germany.
7) The
names __ these places remind us __ the heroic traditions __ this
land.
Exercise
2.
Choose
the correct answer;
There
are four variants of the list of Cities-Heroes. Choose the correct
variant.
A. Moscow,
Leningrad, Kiev, Odessa, Sebastopol, Volgograd, Tula, Kursk,
Novorossiysk, Minsk, Brest;
B.
Moscow,
Leningrad, Saratov, Kiev, Odessa, Sebastopol, Volgograd, Tula, Kursk,
Rostov;
C.
Sebastopol, Volgograd, Tula, Kursk, Novorossiysk, Moscow, Bryansk,
Brest;
D. Moscow,
Leningrad, Sebastopol, Yaroslavl, Volgograd, Tula, Kursk,
Novorossiysk;
