Прочитайте тексты и установите соответствие между текстами а–g и заголовками 1–8. в ответ запишите цифры, в порядке, соответствующем буквам. используйте каждую цифру только один раз. в есть один лишний заголовок. 1. traditional delivery 2. loss of popularity 3. money above privacy 4. the best-known newspapers 5. focus on different readers 6. the successful competitor 7. size makes a difference 8. weekend reading a. as in many other european countries, britain’s main newspapers are losing their readers. fewer and fewer people are buying broadsheets and tabloids at the newsagent’s. in the last quarter of the twentieth century people became richer and now they can choose other forms of leisure activity. also, there is the internet which is a convenient and inexpensive alternative source of news. b. the ‘sunday papers’ are so called because that is the only day on which they are published. sunday papers are usually thicker than the dailies and many of them have six or more sections. some of them are ‘sisters’ of the daily newspapers. it means they are published by the same company but not on week days. c. another proof of the importance of ‘the papers’ is the morning ‘paper round’. most newsagents organise these. it has become common that more than half of the country’s readers get their morning paper brought to their door by a teenager. the boy or girl usually gets up at around 5: 30 a.m. every day including sunday to earn a bit of pocket money. d. the quality papers or broadsheets are for the better educated readers. they devote much space to politics and other ‘serious’ news. the popular papers, or tabloids, sell to a much larger readership. they contain less text and a lot more pictures. they use bigger headlines and write in a simpler style of english. they concentrate on ‘human interest stories’ which often means scandal. e. not so long ago in britain if you saw someone reading a newspaper you could tell what kind it was without even checking the name. it was because the quality papers were printed on very large pages called ‘broadsheet’. you had to have expert turning skills to be able to read more than one page. the tabloids were printed on much smaller pages which were much easier to turn. f. the desire to attract more readers has meant that in the twentieth century sometimes even the broadsheets in britain look rather ‘popular’. they give a lot of coverage to scandal and details of people’s private lives. the reason is simple. what matters most for all newspaper publishers is making a profit. they would do anything to sell more copies. g. if you go into any newsagent’s shop in britain you will not find only newspapers. you will also see rows and rows of magazines for almost every imaginable taste. there are specialist magazines for many popular pastimes. there are around 3, 000 of them published in the country and they are widely read, especially by women. magazines usually list all the tv and radio programmes for the coming week and many british readers prefer them to newspapers.

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The nearest thing to the theatre that many people 1​ (actually) manage to see is their 2​ (favourite) TV soap. For true fans it is an essential part of life, bringing emotional topics for 3​ (discussions) into the home and 4​(raising) issues that will be talked about in work-places and school playgrounds up and down the country the 5​(following) day. Far from 6​(providing) Hollywood-style escapism, the storylines in today's soaps aim right at the heart of current moral dilemmas 7​(faced) by ordinary people. The 8​(acting) is often of the highest standard, with the leading actors managing to give top-class 9​(performance) three times a week, week after week, 10​(producing) what many consider to be some of the most 11​(powerful) drama in recent years.

Icons of Russia.
Russia is a very old country. It has a very long and interesting history. It is famous for its beautiful cities with ancient architecture. Many of them compose a Golden Ring of Russia. All these cities have the majority of sights or the so-called "Icons of Russia". It is very difficultFor example, the Kremlin, which is situated in the heart of Moscow, the Bolshoi Theater, which is also in Moscow and many others. Saint-Petersburg is famous by its magnificent architecture. Almost every building in the city looks like a rare masterpiece. Many people take trips along some Russian cities, called Golden Ring. The Golden Ring of Russia includes such cities as Suzdal, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Yaroslavl and many others. These cities are famous for their rich history and ancient churches. Also, tourists can take part in some authentic festivals when visiting these cities. Another famous sight in Russia is situated in the center of Asia. It’s called Altay. Many tourists want to see this amazing region, which is known for its crystal clear lakes, high mountains and other natural wonders. The deepest lake in the world, Baikal, is also situated in Russia, in the East Siberian region.  to choose which of the sights to describe. 
Russia is also famous for its Churches. Let's speak about one of them. Saint Basil the Blessed, also called Pokrovsky Cathedral, Russian Svyatoy Vasiliy Blazhenny or Pokrovsky Sobor,  church constructed on Red Square in Moscow between 1554 and 1560 by Tsar Ivan IV (the Terrible), as a votive offering for his military victories over the khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan. The church was dedicated to the protection and intercession of the Virgin, but it came to be known as the Cathedral of Vasily Blazhenny (St. Basil the Beatified) after Basil, the Russian holy fool who was “idiotic for Christ’s sake” and who was buried in the church vaultsWhile the church is widely known as St. Basil's, or Vasily Blazhenny, the official name dating back to the mid-1500s is Pokrova Bogoroditsy, based on the Russian Orthodox holiday Pokrov Den, when the tsar's forces took Kazan. Only later was the church popularly referred to as St. Basil's — not after the Russian Orthodox St. Vasily, but after Vasily Blazhenny, a pauper who sat outside the church seeking alms. Some 60 years after the church was finished, a cozy little chapel was added in the name of Vasily Blazhenny. This addition not only spoiled the symmetry of the church, but it effectively changed its name.
The church that may have inspired Ivan to maim his architects was, in fact, quite different from the one that stands on Red Square today. Indeed, the original architects, even with their vision intact, would not be able to recognize their original masterpiece, a symmetrical, eight-domed structure: four greater domed towers with four smaller ones in between. The larger, tented Pokrovsky tower stood over the central chapel, and all of the towers were then united by an open-air gallery.
The composition of the church is particularly interesting. It originally had no main facades, only towers topped by simple metal domes. St. Basil's also represents a breakthrough in building technology. It is one of the first Moscow monuments in which bricks instead of white limestone were used. 
According to some studies, the builders of the cathedral were so fascinated with the color and texture of bricks that they did not paint over them, mixing the red brick with some limestone details.
But the striking effect of today's St. Basil's is the result of a major reconstruction undertaken in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. At that time the smaller, metal domes that were part of the original design were replaced by the merrily painted, exaggerated onion domes we see today. The exterior surfaces were subject to the same colorful decoration. The slightly leaning Pokrovsky bell tower was also added, and the open gallery was enclosed in glass. 
St. Basil's is also unique for its synthesis of styles. Although rich with elements of Italian Renaissance style, such as the elaborate entablements and rusticated columns, there are also elements reminiscent of English Tudor style, such as the triangular frontons. .
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