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Unit - Travelling to... Assessment

I. Writing activity

a) Describe each type of food from the photos and try to identify the main ingredients and spices, the taste and the place this food is specific from.

b) Present your favourite food and explain how it can be made with details about ingredients and way of preparation.

II. Listening activity

Listen to the text and decide if the following questions are true or false: 1. The Topkapi palace is situated in the Golden Horn. _____ 2. The Topkapi palace was built by the Byzantine emperors. _____ 3. The Ottoman sultans lived in this palace and ruled the world for 400 years. __ 4. It took 16 years to build this palace. _____ 5. The palace has an open view to the Bosphorous strait. _____ 6. The Topkapi palace was formed of 4 main courtyards. _____ 7. There was a Byzantine cistern underground in the second courtyard of the palace. _____ 8. There was a hyppodrome in the Topkapi palace. _____ 9. There is a mosque in the palace and prayers can be heard all the time. ____ 10. The Topkapi palace is still inhabited by the Ottoman sultans. _____

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III. Reading activity

Read the text below and decide which of the three given possibilities should be chosen to make each sentence correct: The Peles castle is situated in the Carpathian mountains, near the resort Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania. It was ordered by Carol I, the first king of Romania and its construction started in 1873. In 1947 the Communist regime seized all royal property, including the Peles Estate and the castle was closed till the Revolution from 1989. Today it is re-established as heritage site and opened to the public and in 2006 it was restituted to the former Romanian monarch Michael I, and it gets almost half a million visitors annually. The Peles castle is surrounded by extremely pretty landscape with gardens built on terraces, all at the edge of dense forests. It is very impressive through the valuable objects it has accumulated: old and new canvases, old furniture, weapons, everything placed with good taste. The Peles castle is actually a palace with 170 rooms, many with dedicated themes from world cultures, and all are furnished and decorated to the slightest detail. There are 30 bathrooms, one of the finest collections of art in Eastern and Central Europe with almost 2000 pieces and the collection of arms and armour which has over 4000 pieces. The courtyard has a merry decoration, made out of plants and flowers; all round, the building's facades are animated by elegant drawings. The interior of the castle is a true wonder, due to the beauty and richness of the sculpted wood and the stained glass windows.

1. The Peles castle was ordered by the first king of Romania a) Carol I b) Carol II c) Michael I 2. Its construction started in a) 1947 b) 1873 c) 1989 3. Annually, the number of the tourists visiting the Peles castle is a) two millions

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b) quarter of a million c) half a million 4. The Peles castle has 170 rooms and the number of bathrooms is a) 30 b) 13 c) 33 5. The Peles castle is impressive through the valuable objects it has a) canvases, furniture, weapons b) canvases, furniture, books c) stained windows, furniture, weapons 6. The collection of art is impressive in Eastern and Central Europe with almost a) 3000 pieces b) 4000 pieces c) 2000 pieces 7. There are over 4000 pieces in the collection of a) rare books b) arms and armour c) old canvases 8. The courtyard of the Peles castle has a merry decoration made out of a) geometrical shapes b) abstract drawings c) plants and flowers

IV. Speaking activity

a) Describe the photos, explain to what country flamenco is a specific dance and express your opinion on this.

b) What is your favourite dance? c) What dance would you like to learn and practice if you could?

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