3 Read. Fill in the gaps. 2 words are extra. (1 × 6 = 6 points)

3 Read. Fill in the gaps. 2 words are extra. (1 × 6 = 6 points)

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Alina Petrova Domodedovo, near Moscow, Russia

About me

My 0) name is Alina Petrova and I'm fourteen. I'm Russian. I live with my parents, Dima and Sveta, and my elder 1) ______, Kristina, in Domodedovo, near Moscow. I'm in Year 7 at Domodedovo Secondary School No 25. My favourite subjects are 2) ______, literature and art.

I like music and 3) ______, but my big passion is 4) ______. My favourite book is 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan' by Alexander Pushkin. It is a 5) ______ about three sisters, the tsar, and a young prince and princess. It was published in 1831. The book is 6) ______!

I like lots of fairy tales by A. Pushkin. He was a Russian poet, novelist, and short-story writer. People call him 'the greatest poet of Russia and the founder of modern Russian literature'. His works influenced the style of Ivan Turgenev, Ivan Goncharov and even Leo Tolstoy. Pushkin's works also impressed Russian composers — Tchaikovsky (operas 'Eugene Onegin' and 'The Queen of Spades') and Mussorgsky (opera 'Boris Godunov').

In 1880 Turgenev and Dostoevsky opened a monument in Moscow. It's dedicated to Alexander Pushkin. Who is your favourite writer?