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Summative Assesment for the Unit „Our Countryside“.



Task 1. Reading.

Read the text and answer the questions below. Give full answer .

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan, officially Republic of Kazakhstan, has the population of 15,186,000 people and territory 2,719,500 sq km, is situated in central Asia. It borders on Siberian Russia in the north, China in the east, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan in the south, and the Caspian Sea and European Russia in the west. Astana is the capital and Almaty (Alma-Ata) is the largest city. Other major cities include Shymkent, Semey, Aktobe, and Oskemen.

Kazakhstan consists of a vast flatland, bordered by a high mountain belt in the southeast. It extends from the lower Volga and the Caspian Sea in the west to the Altai Mts. in the east. It is largely lowland in the north and west, hilly in the center (Kazakh Hills), and mountainous in the south and east (Tian Shan and Altai ranges). Kazakhstan is a region of inland drainage; the Syr Darya, the Ili, the Chu, and other rivers drain into the Aral Sea and Lake Balkash. Most of the region is desert or has limited and irregular rainfall.

Questions:

1. What is the official name of Kazakhstan?

2. Where is Kazakhstan situated?

3. Which countryside does it border.

4. What is the capital of Kazakhstan?

5. What other major cities of our country can you name?

6. What does the land of Kazakhstan consist of?

7. How does it extend?

8. How is the landscape vary in different parts of Kazakhstan?

9. Why is Kazakhstan a region of inland drainage?

10. Why does most of the region have limited rainfall?

Answer 1

Ответ   1  - officially Republic of Kazakhstan

2 - is situated in central Asia. It borders on Siberian Russia in the north, China in the east, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan in the south, and the Caspian Sea and European Russia in the west.

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4- Astana is the capital

5 -Almaty (Alma-Ata) is the largest city. Other major cities include Shymkent, Semey, Aktobe, and Oskemen.

6- It is largely lowland in the north and west, hilly in the center (Kazakh Hills), and mountainous in the south and east  

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