Reading Comprehension Ukraine Reading Comprehension Exercises - 65048
Reading Comprehension Ukraine Reading Comprehension Exercises - 65048
Reading Comprehension Ukraine Reading Comprehension Exercises - 65048
Put each of the following words in its correct place in the text below (max. 12 points).
Ukraine is one of the largest European countries. Ukraine is a sovereign 1) __________. The Ukrainian Parliament
proclaimed the Declaration of Independence on August 24, 1991. The Trident is the official 2) __________ of
Ukraine. Blue and yellow are the colours of the flag. The official language is Ukrainian. Ukraine is situated in
Eastern Europe and lies in the 3) __________ rivers basin. The river divides the country into two halves – the Right
Bank and the Left Bank. Ukraine 4) __________ on Belarus in the north, Russia in the east, Moldova, Poland,
Hungary, Slovakia and Romania in the west, in the south Ukraine is 5) __________ by the Black and Azov Seas.
The area of Ukraine is more than 600000 square kilometres. The most part of its area is 6) __________. There are
the Crimean Mountains in the south and the 7) __________ mountains in the west. There are 131 rivers in Ukraine.
The longest of them are: the Dnipro, the Donets, the Dniester, and the Bug. There are more than 400 towns and
cities in Ukraine. The biggest of them are Kharkiv, Dontesk, Dnipropetrovsk. The most important 8) __________
in Ukraine are: Odesa, Mikolayiv, Kherson, Kerch. Ukraine is rich in 9) __________ resources: coal, oil, gas,
metals, and different ores. The 10) __________ of Ukraine is about 46 million people. Like most countries,
Ukraine has many nationalities within its borders. There are also many Ukrainians, living outside Ukraine. The 11)
__________ of Ukraine is Kyiv. It is an administrative, industrial, scientific and cultural 12) __________ of the
country. It has the seat of the Supreme Rada and the Cabinet of Ministers. President is at the head of the country.
Now establishes close economic relations with many countries of the world. There are more than 30 Embassies in
Ukraine.
Choose and circle the letter of the correct variant to fill in the blanks (max. 6 points)
1. Ukraine is an independent state in _____ Europe.
a) southeastern b) southwestern c) northeastern
3. The main river of Ukraine is the _____, the third largest river in Europe.
a) Dniester b) Dnipro c) Volga
4. The geographical position of Ukraine is very favourable for the development of its _____ and agriculture.
a) culture b) economy c) industry
Match the following words with their Hungarian equivalents (max. 6 points)
1. south a) nagykövetség
2. nationality b) nemzetiség
3. relation c) hivatalos
4. divide d) dél
5. official e) kapcsolat
6. embassy f) feloszt