Match the parts of the sentence and translate them into russian. 1) playing tennis is a) when she was 5. 2) cycling is b) going to different sshool clubs. 3) eating green food is c) dangerous in rainy weather. 4) katya goes skating d) good for your health. 5) my cousin began drawing e) good way to keep fit. 6) dima enjoys f) learning foreign languages. 7) jane is fond of g) playing hjckey. 8) students like h) on the river in winter

1 - e (Игра в теннис - отличный оставаться стройной)
2 - c (Кататься на велосипеде опасно в дождливую погоду )
3 - d (Есть зелень - полезно для здоровья)
4 - h (Катя ходит кататься на коньках на речку зимой) 
5 - a (Мой двоюродный брат начал рисовать, когда ему было 5 лет)
6 - g (Диме нравится играть в хоккей)
7 - f (Джейн увлекается изучением иностранных языков)
8 - b (Ученикам нравится заниматься в различных школьных кружках)

1. Российская Федерация - Россия (по конституции) The Russian Federation - Russia is the official name of our homeland
2. There are 21 republics in Russian Federation (Adygea, Altai, Bashkortostan, Buryatia, DAgestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Karelia, Komi, Mari El, Mordovia, Sakha (Yakutia), North Ossetia-Alania, Tatarstan, Udmurtia, Tuva (Tyva), Khakassia, Chechnya, Chuvashia)
3. Boris Yeltsin was the first Russian President
4. constitution is the highest law of Russia
5. Dmitry Medvedev is the Russian President at the moment. The Prime Minister is Vladimir Putin
6. Russia stopped being a monarchy and became a republic in 1917
7. Moscow is the capital of Russia. It's the biggest city of Russia.
8. St-Petersburg, Vladivostok, Novosibirsk
9. Yes, it is
10.The Altai Mountains are a mountain range in central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together. The Caucasus are situated in the south-west of Russia.
11. The Lena is situated in the northeastern Siberia. The Ob is situated in western Siberia. There are many rivers in Russia. Their nemes are the Volga, the Kama, the Terek, etc
12. The country is washed by the Pacific and Artic oceans and by the Baltic, the Black and the Azov seas
13. Lake Baikal is the world's deepest, purest, most ancient and most capacious freshwater lake. Lake Baikal alone contains over one fifth of the world's fresh surface water
14. There were many impotant events in russian history: Mongol invasion, the rise of Moscow, reforms of Peter the Great, etc.
15. Yuri Dolgoruky is famous for foundation of Moscow. Alexander Nevsky and Dmitry Donskoi are famous rulers. Yuri Gagarin is the first cosmonaut in the world
16. The official symbols of Russia are Double-headed eagle, coat of arms of Russia, FLag of Russia. Other symbols of Russia are beryoza, bear, balalaika, vodka
17. Russian flag is a tricolour of three equal horizontal fields, white on the top, blue in the middle and red on the bottom. The flag was first used as an ensign for merchant and war ships and only became official in 1896.
The three colours purportedly came from the coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which depict Saint George wearing white (silver) armor, riding a white horse, wearing a blue cape and holding a blue shield, on a red field. According to another version, these three colours were associated with the robes of the Virgin Mary, the holy protectress of Russia.
Yet another interpretation of the three colours is that the order that they are placed in reflected the Russian social system under the monarchy: white represents God, blue the Tsar and red the peasants. Another very common interpretation is the association of colours with the main parts of the Russian Empire: white thus represents Belarus ("White Russia"), blue Ukraine (or Malorossia, "Little Russia"), and red "Great Russia".
A different interpretation associates white with the bright future (where the colour itself is associated with brightness, while its placement at the top - with future); blue with clouded present, and red with bloody past.

Flippy was very happy. "You have a very beautiful smile!" - he said. The penguin said nothing in return. Then Flippy smiled again and asked "Would you like to be friends with me?" The penguin did not say anything, but he also smiled. Flippy was a little upset that they did not want to talk to him, but he did not take offense. Then Flippy noticed that it was getting dark. He thought that Dad would worry about him. "I'll see you tomorrow," he told his new friend. Then Flippy ran home. At home, Flippy told the pope about his friend. Dad listened very attentively to Flippy. "What an interesting story, I really want to meet your friend!" Said the pope. "Well, tomorrow I'll introduce you to him!" Promised Flippy. "By the way, how did you swim in the sea?" Asked my father. "Oh, I forgot to swim!" - exclaimed Flippy. "Tomorrow we'll swim together," said Dad. The next day they went to the sea. When they stood bending over the water, Flippy exclaimed in surprise: "Daddy, look, under the water, two penguins!" Dad said, smiling: "It's not just two penguins! It's you and me! "So Flippy found out that he has his own reflection. Then Flippy and his dad gladly swam in the sea.