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XIX. Великобритания

1. The financial centre of London is … .

a) the East End b) the City c) Westminster d) the West End

2. Londoners call their metro … .

a) Down Land b) subway c) underground d) the Tube

3. The official residence of the British Prime Minister is at … .

a) Tower of London b) № 10 Downing Street

c) Buckingham Palace d) Regent Palace

4. Madame Tussaud’s is … in London.

a) a museum b) an art gallery c) a circus d) a theatre

5. … is a district in London famous for theatres, restaurants and cinemas.

a) Downing Street b) Broadway c) West Point d) the West End

XX. США

1. The US Capitol is situated in … .

a) Chicago b) New York c) Washington d) Los Angeles

2. The Statue of Liberty stands on an island in … Harbour.

a) Philadelphia b) Boston c) Washington d) New York

3. The capital of the USA was built on … .

a) the Colorado River b) the Mississippi River

c) the Potomac River d) the Ohio River

4. The US is a … consisting of 50 states.

a) parliamentary monarchy b) federal republic

c) absolute monarchy d) unitary republic

5. The main lakes in the USA are the … in the north.

a) Gigantic Lakes b) Large Lakes c) Great Lakes d) Grand Lakes

XXI. Канада

1. Most of the Canadian population is of … origin.

a) Welsh and English b) British and French

c) Irish and Scottish d) French and Italian

2. French is an official language in … .

a) India b) Canada c) Sweden d) New Zealand

3. The national flag of Canada is popularly known as

a) Maple Leaf b) Union Jack c) Uncle Sam d) Stars and Stripes

4. The British Queen is represented in Canada by the … .

a) Prime Minister b) Parliament c) Prince of Wales d) Governor General

5. Canadian native people are … .

a) Americans b) French c) British d) Indians

XXII. Выдающиеся личности англо-говорящих стран Great Britain

Some Queens of England:

Victoria (1837-1901), Elizabeth II (1952 – …) (her husband Philip; children: Charles, Anna, Andrew, Edward; Charles and Diana’s children: William and Henry)

Some British Prime Ministers:

Winston Churchill (1940-1945, 1951-1955), Conservative Party;

Margaret Thatcher (1979-1983, 1983-1987, 1987-1990), Conservative Party;

Gordon Brown (2007 – …), Labour Party.

Some more outstanding people:

Writers and poets: William Shakespeare, Robert Burns, George Gordon Byron, Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Bernard Shaw, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Thackeray, Oscar Wilde, William Somerset Maugham, John Galsworthy, Conan Doyle, Lewis Carroll…

Painters: Thomas Gainsborough, Joseph Turner, John Constable, William Hogarth, Joshua Reynolds, William Blake…

Scientists: Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton…

USA

Some famous American Presidents:

George Washington (1789-1797), Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865), Franklin Roosevelt (1933-1945), John Kennedy (1961-1963), George Bush (1989-1993), Bill Clinton (1993-2008), Barack Obama (2008-)

Some other outstanding people:

Martin Luther King (fighter for civil rights), Thomas Edison (inventor of electric lamp)…