II. Answer the following questions:

1. What city is the capital of Canada and the fourth largest city in the country?

2. Where is Ottawa situated?

3. When was Ottawa founded?

4. What word is the name "Ottawa" derived from?

5. What is the population of Ottawa?

6. What do you know about the National Gallery of Canada?

7. What is the most visited museum in Canada?

8. How was the Ottawa Little Theatre originally called?

9. What is the oldest continuously operated canal system in North America?

10. Who was the National Gallery of Canada formed by?

11. What masterpiece did the Gallery buy in 1990?

12. Does the Gallery organize its own exhibits which travel across Canada or beyond?

13. How has the Gallery's collection been built up?

14. Who was much of the collection donated by?

15. When does one of the continent's most important music festivals hit the Capital?

16. How does Ottawa celebrate the return of warm weather?

17. What do you know about Canada's Cold War Museum?

18. Who did the Laurier house serve as the home for?

19. What Institute is the only Canadian campus of the world renowned culinary training school?

20. What does the National Arts Centre present?

III. Complete the following sentences:

1. Ottawa borders on …….

2. Ottawa’s original boundaries were expanded through …….

3. Initially an Irish and French Christian settlement, Ottawa has become …….

4. In 2012, the city was ranked for the third consecutive year as …….

5. Amongst the city's national museums and galleries is the National Gallery of Canada ……

6. The Canadian War Museum houses …….

7. Designed by Canadian aboriginal architect Douglas Cardinal, the Canadian Museum of Civilization , built at a cost of 340 million USD, also houses …….

8. Established in 1975, the Great Canadian Theatre Company specializes in …….

9. The National Gallery of Canada is now housed in…….

10.  In 2000, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada chose the National Gallery as …….

11. The Gallery has a large and varied collection of …….

12. In 2005, a sculpture of a giant spider, Louise Bourgeois's Maman …….

13. The Canadian collection, the most comprehensive in Canada, holds works by  …….

14. The Ottawa Little Theatre, originally called the Ottawa Drama League at its inception in 1913, is …….

15. Based in the national capital, it presents …….

16. The Ottawa Little Theatre’s income is derived mostly from…….

17. For the complete story on the history and construction of the Rideau Canal, you have head to …….

18. Housing one of North America's finest collections of aircraft, The Canadian Aviation and Space Museum is …….

19. Built inside a stunning stone castle, the Museum of Nature houses …….

20. Early December through early January, landmark sites across Ottawa are …

IV. Explain the meaning of the words and expressions and use them in the sentences of your own:

Original boundaries, minor annexations, major amalgamation, consequtive year,

expanded facility, major renovation, aboriginal architect, unique fallout shelter, renowned culinary training school, French cuisine, action-packed hockey, secluded offshoot.