23. Культура и традиции стран изучаемого языка / Канада

1. There are ________ provinces and territories in Canada.

eleven thirteen twelve ten

2. Canada is one of the world’s leading ________ producers and exporters.

wool cotton --- wheat textiles ----

3. Canadians measure things in …

feet meters leagues inches

4. The tallest and longest living tree in Canada is …

Douglas Fir Giant Sequoia --- Redwood --- White Pine

5. The Queen’s representative, the ________, carries out most of the royal duties in Canada.

Minister of Justice of Canada Prime Minister of Canada ---

Governor General of Canada + President of Canada ---

6. One of Canada’s prominent national symbols is the …

eagle lion bear beaver

7) Lady of the Snows is another name for …

Montreal Toronto Vancouver + Ottawa

8) The slogan associated with Canada's constitution is …

liberty, equality, fraternity peace, order and good government

life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness peace, work, happiness -

9) Canada's official colours are ________ and red.

blue gold green white

10) Canada gained its independence from Britain in …

1867 1982 1763 1931

11) The largest city in Canada is …

Vancouver Montreal Calgary Toronto

12) Canadians honour those who served in wartime on …

May Day Remembrance Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas

13) The maple leaf, a Canadian symbol, appears on the …

quarter nickel dollar penny

14) Canada’s two national sports are …

basketball and lacrosse baseball and tennis

lacrosse and ice hockey ice hockey and basketball

24. Культура и традиции стран изучаемого языка / Выдающиеся личности англо-говорящих стран

1. A famous American writer of wit short stories with clever twist endings is …

O. Henry F. Scott Fitzgerald Graham Green Ernest Hemingway

2. American civil rights leader who fought through nonviolent action is …

Martin Luther King Henry Ford Thomas Paine John Kennedy

3. The first woman to hold the office of prime minister of Great Britain was …

Vivien Leigh Condoleezza Rice Margaret Thatcher Hillary Clinton

4. The present Prime Minister of the UK is …

Gordon Brown Anthony Blair Nicholas Clegg David Cameron

5. The Prime Minister who used to say to the Cabinet of Ministers: «When I want your opinion, I`ll give it to you!» is …

Margaret Thatcher Winston Churchill Quentin Bryce Hillary Clinton

6. An American film producer, director and animator who made the first full-length animated musical cartoon is …

Stephen Spielberg Robert Zemeckis Walt Disney Jerry Springer

7) The most prolific of all inventors in history, who patented 1,093 different inventions in the USA including the incandescent electric lamp, the motion-picture projector and the phonograph is …

James Prescott Joule Thomas Alva Edison + Charles Robert Darwin Michael Faraday

8) A famous American humorist and author of popular and outstanding autobiographical works, travel books and novels, whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens, is …

Ernest Hemingway Daniel Defoe - Mark Twain Thomas Jefferson

9) An English musician one of the founding members of The Beatles is …

John Lennon Freddi Mercury Michael Jackson Phill Collins

10) A handsome English actor who has made his career playing romantic roles (starring in «Bridget Jones’s Diary») opposite many divine leading ladies is …

Mel Gibson Hugh Grant Nicolas Cage Leonardo Di Caprio

11) An American civil rights leader who fought through nonviolent action is …

John Kennedy Martin Luther King Henry Ford Thomas Paine

12) A Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of political economics is …

Jonathan Swift ----

A Scottish biologist and pharmacologist whose best-known achievement is the discovery of the antibiotic substance penicillin in 1928 is …

Alexander Fleming ---