Рcople visit kyiv every day. a what's the capital of ukraine? b is there a river? what's it called? c are there any famous bridges over the river? what are they called? d are there any cathedrals? e are there any museums and galleries? f are there theatres and cinemas? g what is the main street called? h are there any parks? what is the biggest park called? i what are the busiest places of the city?

1. Two men were arrested when they tried to sell a painting that (had been stolen) from Mrs. Hilton’s collection. It (was given) to her as a wedding present.
2. Jane was surprised to find the fridge empty. All the food (had been eaten).
3. The Kiddles were able to go to the concert as the tickets (had been booked) long before.
4. The newspaper report said that lately there (had been) a serious decline in the number of people qualifying as teachers.
5. By the end of the next month over 20 old buildings (will have been demolished).
6. The newspaper report read that a ban on tiger hunting (had been imposed) to prevent the instinction of tigers.
7. When the boss entered the room in the morning he saw that all the accounts (had been done).
8. The new software trial (had been completed) and the staff were ready to release it.
9. Columbus discovered America though at first he thought he (had reached) Asia. Before he discovered it people (had believed) that the earth was flat.
10. Scott reached the South Pole in 1912 but Amundsen (had beaten) him by a month.

Taras Shevchenko

Artist, poet, national bard of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko was born on 9 March, 1814 in Moryntsi, Kiev gubernia. He was born a serf. When he was a teenager he became an orphan, and grew up in poverty. When he was 14, his owner, Engelhardt took him to serve as a houseboy. And Taras travelled with him to Vilnus and to St Petersburg. In Vilnus Taras for the first time heard different languages, Lithuanian, Russian and Polish and there he saw people whom their masters made free. When Engelhardt noticed the boys skiils in painting he apprenticed him to the painter Shiriayev for four years.

Shevchenko was an outstanding poet and a highly accomplished artist. There are 835 works written by him, although 270 are known to have been lost. His collection also contains over 150 portraits, 42 self-portraits. There are many landscapes, watercolours and etchings. The best is "A Dream" , "Haidamaki" , "Katerina" .

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