Тема 1. Location. The United Kingdom.

1. The first character of Walt Disney cartoon was ___.

*Mickey mouse

Tom and Jerry

Cinderella

Donald Duck

2. The most famous clock in London is ___.

Big Sam

*Big Ben

Big Ned

Big Mac

3. The longest river of Great Britain is ___.

The Thames

The Tyne

The Clyde

*The Severn

4. The highest peak in Great Britain is ___.

MKenley

Helvellyn

*Ben Nevis

Scafell

5. The Capital of Wales is ___.

*Cardif

Birmigham

Oxford

Dublin

6. The first president of the USA was ___.

*George Washington

Abraham Lincoln

Thomas Jefferson

Bill Clinton

7. Washington is situated on ___.

The Missouri River

The Colorado River

The Mississippi River

*The Potomac River

8. The highest mountains in Great Britain are in ___.

Nothern Ireland

Wales

*Scotland

England

9. The historical area of London where all the museum are situated is ___.

*The West End

The East End

The Soho

The City

10. London is situated on the river ___.

*Thames

Tweed

Dee

Trent

11. The Pennines are called ___.

The Land Gate

The Lowland Gate

The Highland Gate

*The Midland Gate

12. The longest river of the USA is the ___.

Mississippi

Dee

Ontario

*Missouri

13. The highest mountain in America is mountain ___.

Ben Nevis

Goverla

Ai Petri

*Mc Kinley

14. The largest lake of Great Britain is ___.

*Loch Neagh

Loch Lomond

Loch Ness

Lake Windermere

15. The Great Fire of London was in ___.

1720

*1666

1690

1560

16. Plymouth is a ___.

Dock

Cotton centre

*Port

Capital

17. The biggest London airport is ___.

Huston

*Heathrow

Borispol

Gatwick

18. The major agricultural region in Britain is the ___.

East

*South

West

North

19. The BBC has ___ channels.

Ten

*Four

Five

Three

20. In Britain children go to school at the age of ___.

Seven

Six

*Five

Three

21. Brighton is a ___.

Steel center

dock

*resort

port

22. The Midlands is situated in the ___.

West of GB

East of GB

*Centre of GB

Northern part of GB

23. The main political parties in Great Britain are ___.

The Liberal and Labour

*the Labour and the Conservative

the Socialist and the Democratic

the Liberal and the Communist parties

24. The United Kingdom is divided into ___.

89 regions

67 oblasts

63 areas

*72 counties

25. The oldest universities in the World are ___.

Edinburgh and London universities

*Oxford and Cambridge universities

Eton and Glasgow universities

Harvard and Yale universities

26. The National football team in Great Britain is ___.

*Manchester team

London team

Leeds team

no team

27. Britain has a generally ___ climate.

*mild

frosty

cold

freezing

28. The longest river in Ireland is river ___.

Liffey

Lagan

Boyne

*Shannon

29. In the House of Commons there is a room for only ___ MPs.

*1200

250

500

350

30. The main holiday in Great Britain is ___.

*Christmas

April Fool’s Day

Banking Holiday

New Year

31. American Constitution was adopted by the ___ states in 1790.

Fifty

*thirteen

ten

twelve

32. The first three tribes in Britain were ___.

Greeks, Spanish and Persians

French, Polish and German

Swedish, Normans and Slavs

*Angles, Saxons and Jutes

33. ___ is the third largest city in Britain.

Manchester

B.*Glasgow

Leeds

London

34. There are ___ Senators in the Senate of the USA.

*100

500

200

190

35. The ___ were real aborigines of Great Britain.

Angles

*Celts

Jutes

Danes

36. A true Cockney is usually born in the ___ of London.

*East End

Soho

West End

centre

37. Lord Snooty first appeared in a children’s comics in ___.

1972

1925

*1938

1960

38. The Prime Minister of Great Britain lives in ___.

Lofton Street, 8

Carlton Street, 4

*Downing Street, 10

Brighton Street, 5

39. The coastline of Great Britain is ___.

10 000 km long

*7000 km long

2000 km long

8000 km long

40. Only the Isle of ___ has its Manx Parliament.

Scilly

*Man

Wight

Anglesey

41. The longest river in Scotland is River ___.

Forth

Trent

*Tay

Sprey

42. ___ is the supreme legislative authority in Britain.

*Parliament

Prime Minister

King

Queen

43. The residence of the American President is in ___.

The Grey Hall

Westminster Abbey

the Green House

*the White Hall

44. The masterpiece of Sir Christopher Wren in London is ___.

All Saints Church

St. Ann’s Cathedral

*St. Paul’s Cathedral

St. Abbey Church

45. The flag of the USA is often called ___.

*stars and stripes

seas and bees

strips and tips

figs and wigs

46. There are ___ members in the House of Commons.

1200

*650

250

800

47. Alaska and Hawaii entered the USA in ___.

1920

1980

*1959

1961

48. The Bill of Rights included first ___ Amendments.

Eleven

eight

seven

*ten

49. The deepest river of Great Britain is the ___.

Tyne

*Thames

Clyde

Mersey