1. Read the text and choose the correct variant. The united kingdom

Great Britain is a constitutional monarchy headed 1)… the Queen Elizabeth II. Buckingham Palace 2)… the official residence of Her Majesty 3)… Queen. But it is the Prime Minister and the 4)… of Parliament that actually rule 5)… country.

Britain's democratic system 6)… government is long established and has 7)… considerable 8)… stability. Britain is one of the member states of the European Community. Close links 9)… maintained 10)… many 11)… countries notably within the Commonwealth, 12)… links 50 independent nations. Britain 13)… the world's first industrialised country in 14)… late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Wealth 15)… based 16)… the manufacture of iron and steel, heavy machinery and textiles, and calming, shipbuilding and trade.

A very broad range of cultural activities 17)… in Britain. Many Britons engaged in the arts and media 18)… international reputations. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is one of the three public bodies responsible 19)… television and radio. BBC World Service broadcasts by radio worldwide 20)… English and 37 other languages.

	A	В	С
1.	by	at	with
2.	are	am	is
3.	а	the	an
4.	houses	housed	housing
5.	the	а	an
6.	to	of	with
7.	providing	provide	provided
8.	political	politics	politically
9.	are	is	am
10.	on	with	at
11.	other	another	the other
12.	who	these	which
13.	becoming	becomes	became
14.	а	the	an
15.	be	was	were
16.	on	with	under
17.	to exist	exists	exist
18.	enjoying	enjoys	enjoy
19.	on	for	at
20.	in	at	on

2. Read the text and choose the correct variant. Climate and nature

The climate in Great Britain 1)… generally mild and temperate due 2)… the influence of the Gulf Stream. The southwestern winds 3)… the warmth and moisture 4)… Britain. The climate in Britain 5)… usually described as cool, temperate and humid. British people say: "Other countries have 6)… climate, in England we have weather". The weather in Britain 7)… very quickly. Every daily paper 8)… a weather forecast. Both the radio and television 9)… the weather forecast several times each day.

Rainfall is more or 10)… even throughout the year. 11)… the mountains there is 12)… rainfall than in the plains of the south an east. The 13)… period is from March to June and the wettest months are from October to January. The average 14)… of temperature (from winter to summer) is from 15 to 23 degrees above zero. During a normal summer the temperature sometimes 15)… above 30 degrees 16)… the south. Winter temperatures below 10 degrees 17)… rare. It seldom 18)… heavily in winter, the frost is rare. January and February are usually the coldest months, July and August the warmest. Still the wind may 19)… winter cold in spring or summer days. Sometimes it 20)… the whirlwinds or hurricanes. Droughts are rare.

	A	В	С
1.	is	be	are
2.	on	with	to
3.	be carried	carry	carried
4.	into	to	from
5.	is usually described	are usually describing	be described
6.	the	a	an
7.	change	changes	changing
8.	to publish	publishing	publishes
9.	giving	gives	give
10.	less	little	few
11.	in	on	under
12.	heavy	heavier	heaviest
13.	dry	driest	drier
14.	range	ranges	ranging
15.	rises	rise	rising
16.	at	on	in
17.	am	is	are
18.	snowing	snows	snow
19.	to bring	bring	brings
20.	to bring	bring	brings

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