LISTENING Time: 15 minutes (13 points) Listen to two parts of a guided tour of historic buildings in Moscow and decide whether the following five statements are TRUE, FALSE or…

LISTENING Time: 15 minutes (13 points) Listen to two parts of a guided tour of historic buildings in Moscow and decide whether the following five statements are TRUE, FALSE or this information is not provided in the text – NOT STATED – according to the text you hear. After that, answer seven more questions. You will hear the text three times. Now you have 30 seconds to read the tasks. 1. The British Ambassador changed the interior of Pavel Kharitonenko’s house to make it look like an English gothic castle. A) True B) False C) Not Stated 2. Sergey Yesenin was married to an American dancer. A) True B) False C) Not Stated 3. A new building of the British Embassy was built in 2000 next to the British Ambassador’s residence, across the river from the Kremlin. A) True B) False C) Not Stated 4. The door to the balcony of the residence of the British Ambassador doesn’t open. A) True B) False C) Not Stated 5. You can see Spaso House in Vasiliy Polenov’s painting “Moscow Courtyard”. A) True B) False C) Not Stated 6. Which building is older? A) Residence of the British Ambassador B) Residence of the US Ambassador 7. The history of which building is connected to a literary work? A) Residence of the British Ambassador B) Residence of the US Ambassador 8. The history of which building is connected to a painting? A) Residence of the British Ambassador B) Residence of the US Ambassador