Fill in the gaps with the following words. there are more words than you need.

221b baker street, london. you have heard this (1) before, haven`t you? yes, this is the place where the (2) detective sherlock holmes lived. do you remember what (3) man he was? he was very clever, always (4) small details and then used them to (5) what had happened. he smoked a pipe and played the (6) in his free time. he always said, "elementary, dear watson" when he was (7) to his friend how (8) it was to understand something.

Each person has his hobby and as a matter of fact little free time to do something we like doing most of all. I also have many hobbies. As I am a pupil I haven`t got much free time during the school days. And I study in Russian school so I`ve got only one day off. It`s Sunday.

In my free time I usually hang out with my friends or surf the Net. If it is summer I don`t use the computer much and have a great time outside. But in autumn, winter and spring I have to use computer more because sometimes wecan`t do our homework without using the Internet. And I usually chat with my friends because I don`t see some of them for a long time.

On Saturdays or Sundays I usually help my mum with the housework, watch TV, meet my friends and often play the guitar because I`m mad about music.

But sometimes if the school days were busy and I had to study much harder I simply relax. I think we must do something interesting in our free time because we become borried and tired after doing homework and studying so hard.

Russia is a great country and only the lazy one does not know the history of its origin, development and formation. It covers an area of ​​about 17 million kilometers. The country is located in the Northern Hemisphere and most of the continent of Eurasia belongs to it. Russia has common borders with eighteen countries, including by sea. At sea, we border the USA and Japan.

In Russia, a large number of reservoirs, rivers, lakes. If we talk about quantity, then this figure will be about 2.8 million rivers. The largest rivers flowing through the territory of Russia are the Volga, Yenisei, Don, Ob, and Lena. And only in our country is there the cleanest lake and the deepest on earth - Lake Baikal. In Russia, there is the largest sea in the world - the Caspian Sea.

The capital of Russia is Moscow, it has developed infrastructure, a city that is rich in its history.

The country has a large number of megacities. In them, the population exceeds one million people.

Russia is a country in which a large number of nationalities coexist peacefully. The approximate number is 160 nationalities. Each nationality professes its religion. Therefore, in Russia you can meet Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Jews and many more different religions.

The country includes autonomous republics (22), territories (9).

Russian is the state language of the country.

The flag of Russia - three colors: white, blue and red. The double-headed eagle, which looks to the west and east, majestically sits on the coat of arms of Russia.

In Russia there are places that are included in the heritage of UNESCO. And they are not enough. You can highlight the Red Square, the Monuments of Novgorod, wooden churches built in Kizhi, the St. Petersburg Historical Center.