Уста­но­ви­те со­от­вет­ствие между тек­ста­ми A–G и за­го­лов­ка­ми 1–8. За­пи­ши­те свои от­ве­ты в таб­ли­цу. Ис­поль­зуй­те каж­дую цифру толь­ко один раз. В за­да­нии один за­го­ло­вок лиш­ний.

1.  Honoured by the leader.

2.  There's no place like home!

3.  Support your countrymen!

4.  A place of kindness.

5.  Destroying to be destroyed.

6.  Life looks better on a full stomach.

7.  A place of romance and inspiration.

8.  An unageing concept.

A. There are several things that can make travelling away from home either very comfortable or intolerable. One of them is a hotel. Hotels are quite an early human invention. It is believed that the oldest existing hotel in the world was founded in 705 AD in Japan. However, throughout history, other establishments served as hotels as well. Travellers could always rely on monasteries for accommodation. During the Middle Ages, a typical hotel in Europe was an inn, which provided travellers and their horses with lodging and food.

B. Moscow has always welcomed travellers, and therefore has always had many hotels. Some of them remain famous, even if they don't exist anymore. Hotel Rossiya was once the biggest hotel in the world, which was acknowledged by the Guinness Book of Records in the early 1970s. It also had a great location  — next to Red Square. Sadly, to free up space for its construction, a lot of valuable historic buildings had to be demolished in the oldest part of Moscow. In 2010, the hotel was pulled down, and now Park Zaryadye is in its place.

C. Some hotels in Moscow have played an important part in its political life. The National Hotel, located across the street from the Kremlin, not only witnessed all the major events of the 20^th century from the moment it was built in 1902, but also was home to the first head of the Soviet state Vladimir Lenin who lived there together with his wife right after the Revolution before they moved to the Kremlin. A lot of other famous people stayed there at different times, Anna Pavlova, Anatol France and Herbert Wells among them.

D. The Metropol Hotel, located across the street from the Bolshoi Theatre and in close proximity to Red Square, is well-⁠known for its Art Nouveau style and Mikhail Vrubel's famous mosaics. Designed by the British architect William Walcott, the hotel attracted many artistic people. According to a legend, it was here that the poet Sergey Yesenin declared his love for the American pioneer of modern contemporary dance Isadora Duncan before they got married.

E. Marco Polo Hotel is a lot smaller than famous hotels in Moscow. It is located in the quiet Spiridonievsky Lane near the Patriarch's Ponds and is not so easy to find. However, its history is unusual and unique. Built by a wealthy Scottish Muscovite Jane McGill in 1904, it was designed as a hostel for British and American governesses who came to Moscow looking for a job. The poor young girls had to stay somewhere before they found a position in rich families, and Jane McGill provided them with two rooms each.

F. It is always interesting to read first-⁠hand testimonies about the old times. One such piece about a hotel in Moscow can be found in the literary journal that was published by Charles Dickens. In its January issue of 1864, an English visitor to Moscow describes his stay at "the most comfortable hotel in Moscow" belonging to a M. Billet, "a robust Swiss" who had a hotel in "Grossen Loubianka-⁠Varsonofyevsky Pereulok." "His wife being an English woman, we English naturally enough patronised him," wrote the Englishman.

G. An important part of any hotel is its ability to provide travellers with good food. During his journey to Russia, Lewis Carroll, the famous author of Alice in Wonderland, stayed in several hotels in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Nijny Novgorod. The one in Nijny Novgorod he described as "a truly villainous place, though no doubt the best in the town," and added: "the feeding was very good, & everything else very bad." No matter what, good food can appease any unsatisfied traveller!