The main street of Kyiv is certainly Khreshchatyk and you’d better start your sightseeing there.
The street is not very long but very impressive. Khreshchatyk looks especially beautiful in spring when chestnut trees are in blossom. The building of this street began at the end of the 18th century. The first houses were wooden. The forming of Khreshchatyk as a street began in the 1830s-40s. Three-storeyed buildings with shops, offices and banks were built at this time. In 1892 the first electric tram in the country connected Khreshchatyk with Podil. At the beginning of the 20th century Khreshchatyk became the shopping centre of the city. During the Second World War Khreshchatyk was destroyed. While being reconstructed the street was twice widened and a lot of new multistoreyed buildings appeared. All the buildings are built after the same architectural design
4. Complete the question for each answer.
The Industrial Revolution in Britain
1) When did the Industrial Revolution happen in Britain ?
The Industrial Revolution happened during the second half of the 18th century in Britain.
2) How ………did the work change ………………………………………………….. ... ?
Work changed with the building of large factories.
3) What did the first factories produce ?
The first factories produced iron, steel, and textiles.
4) What……… encouraged the production of more ships and railway equipment? / What did new technology encourage? ……………………………………………….?
New technology encouraged the production of more ships, and railway equipment.
5) What power did factories use ?
Factories used steam power.
6) What ……… did these factories require for the steam engineers? ………………………………………………?
These factories required lots of coal for the steam engines.
7) Where…… did manufacturers construct their factories ………………………………………………
Manufactures constructed their factories close to coal mines.
8) Why did they decide to do this ?
They decided to do this because it was expensive to transport coal.
9) What ………… did factories also need for the manufacture of steel ………………………………………………………?
Factories also needed limestone and iron ore, for the manufacture of steel.
10) Where did industry of the UK develop ?
Industry in the UK developed near the coal fields of South Wales, the Midlands, north-east England and central Scotland.
