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Тема 5. Education.

  1. A famous English painter is ___.

*Hogarth

Vrubel

Borovikovsky

Malievych

  1. A well-known natural reserve in America is ___.

Bielovezhska Puscha

Sophiyivka

*Yellowstone

Yellowbridge

  1. A public school in Great Britain is in fact a ___ school.

Regional school

*private school

local school

state school

  1. The story of Cambridge University begins since ___.

1375

1310

*1209

1400

  1. ___ laid the first cornerstone of the Capitol in 1790.

John Kennedy

Abraham Lincoln

Thomas Jefferson

*George Washington

  1. The Speaker’s corner is in ___ in London.

Burrell Park

*Hyde Park

St. James’s park

Regents Park

  1. ___ was the author of the Declaration of Independence.

*Thomas Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln

Benjamin Franklin

George Washington

  1. Arlington National Cemetery lies on the bank of the ___ River.

Ohio

Amazon

Missouri

*Potomac

  1. ___ is made up of hereditary and life peers and peeresses.

The Verkhovna Rada

*The House of Lords

The Senate

The House of Commons

  1. Washington was built the ___ architect in the 18th century.

*French

Russian

English

Dutch

  1. Most of the British rivers flow in to the ___ Sea.

Red

Irish

Atlantic

*North

  1. The highest mountains in the USA are the ___ mountains.

Alps

Rocky

Great Plains

*Appalachian

  1. The ancient name of London was ___.

Londy

*Londinium

Londoneer

Laundry

  1. The Houses of Parliament is about ___ feet long.

100

*2000

500

1000

  1. The south side of Westminster Abbey is called the ___.

Bishop’s Corner

*Poet’s Corner

Priest’s Corner

Writer’s Corner

  1. The only President who didn’t live in the White Hall was ___.

*George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Delano Roosevelt

Benjamin Franklin

  1. Sir Christopher Wren is buried in ___.

Whitehall

Westminster Abbey

*St. Paul’s Cathedral

St. Ann’s Church

  1. The Government in Great Britain is formed by the party with majority support in the ___.

Senate

Queen

*Commons

Lord

  1. The United Stated declared its Independence in ___.

1650

*1776

1770

1802

  1. The mountains which separate England from Scotland are ___.

The Cambrians

the Grampians

*the Cheviot Hills

the Pennines

  1. ___ coast of Great Britain is washed by the Atlantic Ocean.

The northern

*The western

The southern

The eastern

  1. Under the Constitution the federal government in the USA is divided into ___ branches.

*three

five

four

two

  1. In Great Britain ___ appoints the ministers.

The Speaker

Lord Chancellor

*the Prime Minister

the Queen

  1. Death Valley which is in ___ is 1.064 metres below sea level.

*California

Hawaii

Alaska

Minnesota

  1. Ben Nevis is in the Highlands in ___.

Ireland

*Scotland

England

Wales

  1. Nobel prizes for science have been awarded to ___ British citizens.

*114

50

70

20

  1. Woodland covers nearly ___ million hectares in Great Britain.

1-3

2-4

*3-7

5-6

  1. There are ___ ministers in the Cabinet of Ministers in Britain.

50

30

*20

10

  1. The ___ largest party forms the official Opposition.

Fifth

*second

third

first

  1. Great Lakes in America consist of ___ lakes.

*five

two

three

four

  1. The ___ mountains occupy the greater part of Wales.

Highlands

*Cambrian

Cheviot

Pennines

  1. The Washington Monument is ___ metres tall and is hollow inside.

150

100

200

*160 (169)

  1. Big Ben chimes the hours to the tune of ___ music.

Glinka’s

Handel’s

Bach’s

*Mozart’s

  1. The Executive Branch of power in America is headed by the ___.

*the President

the Prime Minister

the Vice Minister

Senate

  1. There are over ___ islands in the system of the British Isles.

10 000

*5 000

3 000

2 000

  1. The President of the United States is elected every ___ years.

*four

three

five

two

  1. From the European Continent the British Isles are separated by ___.

The White Sea

the Irish Sea

*the English Channel

the Yellow Sea

  1. In the west the British Isles are washed by ___.

The Indian Ocean

*the Atlantic Ocean

the Red Sea

the Pacific Ocean

  1. The National Football team in Britain is ___.

Liverpool

no National Team

*Manchester United

Chicago Bulls

  1. In England the national drink is ___.

Juice

beer

*whiskey

stewed fruit

  1. The first National Park in America was ___ National Park.

Grand Canyon

Walt Disney

Sequoia

*Yellowstone

  1. ___ has the reputation to be typically American game.

Cricket

*baseball

jogging

hockey

  1. The most widely known natural wonder in America is called ___.

Death Valley

Yellowstone

Stonehenge

*Niagara Falls

  1. The head of Great Britain is the ___.

*Monarch

President

Prime Minister

Vice President

  1. The native Americans are called ___.

Blacks

Dutch

*Indians

Spanish

  1. The colours of Scottish national flag are ___.

Red and green

*blue and white

blue and red

white and yellow

  1. The American Motor city Detroit was founded by ___.

John Chrysler

John Kennedy

*Henry Ford

Anthony Cadillac

  1. The oldest College in Cambridge is ___.

Clare College

King’s College

Pembroke College

*Peterhouse

  1. The Patron Saint of Scotland is ___.

St. David

St. John

*St. Andrew

St. Patrick

  1. The ship of Pilgrim Fathers who sailed to America in 1620 in search for freedom was ___.

The Buccaneer

*the Mayflower

the Saint Mary

the Titanic

  1. The America’s Cup is world’s famous international ___ competition.

Sailing

football

*rugby

baseball

  1. The Old Bailey in London is ___.

Department store

market

Art Gallery

*Central Criminal Court

  1. King Henry’s wife whose name was ___ was beheaded in the Tower of London.

*Anne of Boleyn

Catherine of Aragon

Jane Seymour

Catherine Howard

  1. Who of the US Presidents is represented on the two dollar banknote?

Thomas Wilson

*Thomas Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln

Delano Roosevelt

  1. Which of these countries wasn’t the British colony?

India

*China

Australia

New Zealand

  1. What does the Scottish word ‘Haggis’ mean?

*a national dish

a national dance

a national festival

a national song

  1. Southern Ireland became independent after the long and severe struggle in ___.

1927

*1921

1917

1930

  1. Britain’s first welsh born Prime Minister was ___.

Neil Kinnock

David Lloyd George

Tony Blair

*Winston Churchill

  1. The most sparsely populate state in America is ___.

*Alaska

Taxas

Nevada

Oregon

  1. A traditional English sport is ___.

*fox hunting

bear hunting

hare hunting

deer hunting

  1. According to the British Law a child up to the age of sixteen ___.

Mustn’t be bathed

mustn’t be left home alone

mustn’t be beaten

*must be taught

  1. The name “City of Big Shoulders’ is given in America to ___.

New York

Atlanta

Chicago

Detroit

  1. The name of the author of the world famous bestseller ‘Harry Potter’ ___.

Jean

*Joanne

Judith

Jane

  1. The world famous actor whose name is Charlie Chaplin was born in ___.

Manchester

New York

*London

Brazil

  1. The centre of American tobacco industry is ___.

California

Texas

*North Carolina

South Carolina

  1. Duke Ellington is a famous American ___.

*jazz composer

novelist

singer

film producer

  1. An outstanding event which took part in Atlanta in 1996 was ___.

The production of the film ‘Gone with the wind’

the All American baseball Tournament

the World Football Cup

*the Olympic Games

  1. Many people in Scotland have surnames which start with MacMillan or MacDonal‘Mac’ means ___.

*the son of

sir

the family

the tribe

  1. The subway in London is often called ___.

Underground

metro

*tube

pipe

  1. Scottish lakes are called ___.

*loch

lago

line

fiord

  1. The nickname for the USA government is ___.

Uncle John

Uncle Nick

Uncle George

*Uncle Sam

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