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_English_: Подготовка к тестированию
за 2 года
  Выпуск No37 (95) от 2009-10-24
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Здравствуйте!
 А сегодня для всех  новое задание.
                                  
 1. “…”My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart’s not here…”.
        a. George Byron               b. Robert Burns         c. William Shakespeare            d.  Henry Longfellow
  2. Great Britain is a … .
         a. monarchy             b. constitutional monarchy       c. republic            d. federation
 3. The early English colonists in the new world, when they came to America, were speaking…
          a. American English      b. British English    c. Tudor English    d. Elizabethan English
               4. The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, 1951, limited the Presidency in the U.S.A. to no more than…  
                         a. one term      b. two terms          c. three terms             d. four terms
                5. What’s the real name of Jack London?
                          a. John Griffith        b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens            c. William Sydney Porter         d. John Brown
                6. All new laws in the United States are introduced and debated by…
                          a. The President       b. the Vice-President         c. the Senate              d. The Congress
                7. The English are the descendants of the… more than anything else.
                          a. Angles and Saxons      b. Romans       c.  Normans               d. Vikings
                8. …is one of the most famous American composers.
                         a. Mark Twain         b. Martin Luther King       c. Glenn Miller       d. John Kennedy
                9. On…, many people in Great Britain and the United States dress up in strange    costumes and pretend they are witches or ghosts.
                        a. 31st October         b. 14th February          c. 1st May                     d. 8th March
               10. The discovery of oil in the … in 1970 has enabled Britain to become self-sufficient in this energy source.
                       a. English Channel        b. Irish Sea       c. North Sea           d. Atlantic Ocean
               11. What’s the capital of Wales?
                       a. London             b. Cardiff         c. Dublin              d. Belfast
              12. What is the real name of O. Henry?
                       a. John Griffith         b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens
                       c. William Sydney Porter               d. Robert Frost
              13. New Zealand is…    
                        a. a British colony       b. a British dominion        c. a member a British Commonwealth
                        d. an independent country
             14. What does the word “Albion” mean?
                         a. white        b. green          c. mighty              d. red
             15. What is the name of the oldest public school for boys in Great Britain?
                         a. Norwich         b. Bath      c. Eton         d. Harrow
             16. Which is the biggest state of the USA?
                         a. Texas   b) California        c. Virginia             d. Alaska
              17. What is another name for the House of Parliament in the UK?
                          a. the Clearness Palace                    b. Palace of Westminster
                          c. St. James’s Palace                       d. Windsor
               18. What part of Britain is called “Land of Song”?
                           a. England     b. Wales     c. Scotland          d. Northern Ireland
               19. Which river do the English people call “the father of London”?
                           a. the Severn     b. the Tweed          c. the Trent          d. the Thames
               20. What is the symbol of wealth and luxury?
                           a. the East End    b. the West End      c. the Tower of London      d. the City
               21. Which town is the birth-place of Shakespeare?
                           a. Nottingham                                   b. Stratford-on-Avon
                           c. Edinburgh                                     d. Cardiff
               22. Where is the official residence of the Prime Minister?
                           a. Westminster Abbey                       b. the Tower of London
                           c. Downing Street,10                        d. Buckingham Palace
               23. What is the name of the British flag?
                           a. the Stars and Stripes                      b. the Union Jack
                           c. the Star-Spangled Banner              d. the Mayflower
               24. The Eisteddfod is….  
                           a. a festival of songs and poetry        b. a sport tournament
                           c. the changing of the guard              d. the ceremony of the Keys
               25. “The Globe” is associated with the name of…
                            a. Shelley      b. Shakespeare      c. Dickens       d. Keats
              26. What is the name of the building where the U.S. Government sits?
                            a. the Pentagon                                    b. the White House
                            c. the Empire State building                d. the Capitol
              27. Who started the Tower of London?
                            a. Admiral Nelson                               b. Henry the Eighth
                            c. William the Conqueror                   d.  Christopher Wren
             28. The leader of the army against King Charles I in the Civil War in England was…
                            a. Napoleon                                          b. Oliver Cromwell
                            c. Mark Twain                                      d. Hadrian Wall
             29. The capital of Scotland is…
                            a. Glasgow                                            b. Leeds
                            c. Cardiff                                               d. Edinburgh
             30. The first English settlements appeared in…
                             a. North America in the 17th century
                             b. South America in the 17th century
                             c. Central America in the 16th century
                             d. America in the 18th century
             31. The “Mayflower” is…
                             a. the name of a season
                             b. the name of a flower
                             c. the name of the first English settlement in America
                      d. the name of the ship that sailed from Plymouth for the New World in 1620                            
             32. The official national symbol of the USA is…
                              a. the Statue of Liberty                        b.the eagle   
                              c. the turkey                                         d. the “Mayflower”
              33. The capital of Australia is….
                               a. Melbourne                                       b. Brisbane
                               c. Sydney                                             d. Canberra
              34. There were … colonies in America in 1733.
                               a. 13                                                     b. 7
                               c. 21                                                     d. 10
              35. The all-England Lawn Tennis Championships are held…
                               a. at Epsom                                           b. in Wimbledon
                               c. at Wembley                                       d. in Glasgow
               36. Everyone knows that the Mississippi is the longest river in the USA. Which river is the next longest?
                               a. Arkansas                                            b. Colorado
                               c. Rio Grande                                         d. Yukon
                37. …is a person who studies political life in America.
                               a. American                                            b. Americanologist
                               c. Americanologue                                  d. Americanist
                38. Ireland is a republic since…
                               a. 1848                                                    b. 1945
                               c. 1989                                                    d. 1949
                39. Ernest Seton-Thompson is …writer.
                               a. an English                                           b. an American
                               c. a Canadian                                          d. an Australian
                40. Who is considered “the father” of American literature?
                                a. Geoffrey Chaucer                               b. Washington Irving
                                c. Irving Stone                                        d. George Washington
                41. When … was 16, he started work for a newspaper. He visited law courts and the Houses of Parliament.
                                a. Jack London                                        b. Charles Dickens
                                c. Mark Twain                                        d. Theodore Dreiser
                 42. In what town is the residence of the head of the English Church?
                                a. Canterbury                                           b. Manchester
                                c. London                                                d. Liverpool
                 43. What is the nickname of London’s Underground?
                                a. Metro                                                    b. Subway
                                c. the Tube                                               d. the Line
                 44. …is a country in North America and member of the British Commonwealth.
                                a. Canada                                                  b. Greenland
                                c. the USA                                                d. Mexico
                 45. The main Headquarters of the United Nations are in…
                                 a. Montreal                                               b. Washington, D.C.
                                 c. New York                                             d. London
                  46. Independence day is a holiday celebrated in … on July,4.
                                 a. Canada                                                  b. Scotland
                                 c. Ireland                                                  d. the USA
                  47. … is an English writer whose most famous novel is “Robinson Crusoe”.
                                 a. Daniel Defoe                                        b. Charles Dickens
                                 c. Jonathan Swift                                     d. Walter Scott
                  48. The flag of the United States is called….
                                 a. “The Stars and Stripes”                        b. “The Banner”
                                 c. “The Union Jack”                                 d. “The Flag”
                  49. Where is New York situated?
                                 a. at the mouth of the Hudson river         b. at the mouth of the Trent
                                 c. on the St.Laurence                               d. on the Thames
                  50. The second largest city in Britain is…
                                 a. Leeds                                                    b. Birmingham
                                 c. Glasgow                                                d. Bradford
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