• formal learning

• vocational learning

• Informal learning

• autodidactism

Страноведение

1. A Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of political economics is …

• Adam Smith

• Jonathan Swift

• Charles Darwin

• Michael Faraday

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

• O. Henry

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Ernest Hemingway

• Graham Green

3. The chairman in the House of Commons of Great Britain is the …

• Clerk of the House

• Speaker

• Prime Minister

• Lord Chancellor

4. The building where the US Congress meets is called the …

• Monument

• Mall

• White House

• Capitol

5. Lady of the Snows is another name for …

• Vancouver

• Montreal

• Ottawa

• Toronto

6. The Queen gives a speech about the state of the British nation every year on …

• Easter

• New Year’s Day

• Trooping the Colour

• Christmas Day

7. The state named after Queen Elizabeth I is …

• Virginia

• Atlanta

• Philadelphia

• Alaska

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 …

• Thomas Jefferson

• Daniel Defoe

• Mark Twain

• Ernest Hemingway

9. The collective decision-making body of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, composed of the Prime Minister and some 22 Cabinet Ministers is called …

• The British Parliament

• the Cabinet

• the Shadow Cabinet

• Ministry of Justice of the UK

10. A stage through which a bill has to go before it becomes an Act of the British Parliament is called …

• consent

• reading

• ratification

• consideration

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

• Alexander Fleming

• Francis Bacon

• Isaac Newton

• Oscar Wilde

12. The person who has won the most Oscars is _____

• Tom Hanks

• Steven Spielberg

• Meryl Streep

• Walt Disney

13. The word “great” was prefixed to the word “Britain” to name the _____ unit of Britain.

• Geopolitical

• Political

• Economic

• Geographical

Лексика

Critical thinking is the ability to _______ ideas that may seem obvious.

• examine

• understand

• realize

• generalize

Routines of behavior that are repeated regularly and tend to occur subconsciously are ____

• mistakes

• thoughts

• habits

• skills

In 1922 the archaeologist Howard Carter and his men _____ a tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.

• defined

• noticed

• opened

• discovered

A state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties is a (an) ___

• war

• battle

• upheaval

• revolution

During Peter I’s ______ Russia won many glorious victories.

• reign

• monarchy

• governance

• ruling

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison is a ___

• epithet

• metaphor

• metonymy

• hyperbole

Language is commonly believed to be a system of communication that _______ of sounds and written symbols.

• exists

• consists

• includes

• contains

A work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins) is­­­­____

• still life

• landscape

• pastoral

• caricature

Early man used to ______ the Sun and the Moon as his gods.

• like

• refer

• admire

• worship

The use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others is ____

• esthetics

• design

• science

• art

A desire to reduce suffering, save lives and maintain human ______ is central to understanding humanitarian education.

• behaviour

• resources

• dignity

• capital

A usually short narrative making an edifying point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like humans is____

• fairy tale

• fable

• poem

• ballad

Nobody can be punished until it has been proved that he has _____ a crime.

• made

• committed

• doneconducted

• done

It is difficult for a person to communicate with people from other countries if he has ______ against them.

• prejudices

• ideas

• statements

• customs

Peter the Great dramatically reduced the powers of the Russian aristocracy and abolished age-old___

• heritage

• buildings

• traditions

• costumes