Тест по
страноведению «Британия далекая и близкая»
1. What is the official name of Britain?
a) The
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
b) United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
c) The
United Kingdom of the Great Britain and the Northern Ireland
2. What parts does the United Kingdom consist of?
a) England, Scotland,
Wales
b) England, Scotland,
Wales, Ireland
c) England, Scotland,
Wales, Northern Ireland
3. What is the capital of Scotland?
a) Belfast b) Edinbourgh c) Cardiff
4.What is the symbol of England?
a) the thistle b) the daffodil c) the
red rose
5. What is the oldest part of London?
a) the East End b) the City c) the
West End
6. What is the official part of London?
a) Westminster b) the East End c) the
West End
7. What part of London is the symbol of wealth
and luxury?
a) the City b) the West End c) the
East End
8. What is the mostly working-class part of
London?
a) the West End b) the East End c)
Westminster
9. What is the national instrument of Scots?
a) the guitar b) the violin c) the
bagpipe
10. What is Wales called?
a) A “Land of Dance” b) A “Land of Music”
c) A “Land of Songs
11.Where do the British Isles lie?
a)
to the East of the continent of Europe
b)
to the West of the continent of Europe
c)
to the South of the continent of Europe
12. What channel lies between Britain and the
continent of Europe?
a)
Suez Canal
b)
British Channel
c)
English Channel
13.What is the highest mountain peak in Britain
a) Snowdon
b)Ben Nevis c) the Grampians
14.What is the longest river in Britain
a)The Severn b) the Thames c)
the Ob
15.What river is the British capital situated on
a) The
Severn b) the Thames c) the Ob
16.What are the largest islands of the British
Isles?
a) England
and Wales b) Ireland and Britain c) Great Britain and Ireland
17.What is the eastern coast of the British Isles
washed by?
a)by the North Sea b) by the
Irish Sea c) by the Atlantic Ocean
18.What is the western coast of the British Isles
washed by?
a) by the North Sea b) by the Irish
Sea c) by the Atlantic Ocean
19.Why is it never too hot or too cold in
Britain?- Because of…
a)the sea b) mountains )
forests
20.What kind of state is Great Britain?
a republic b) a parliamentary
monarchy c) an absolute monarchy
21.What is the head of the state of Great
Britain?
a) the
Parliament b) the Queen c) the Prime Minister
22.When did the Princess Elizabeth come to the
throne?
a)
in 1932 b) in 1942 c) in 1952
23.What are the Houses of British Parliament?
a) The
House of Lords and the House of Commons
b) The
House of Lords and the House of Commons and Senate
c) Senate
and the House of Lords
24.Who heads the government of Great Britain?
a) The
Queen b) the Prime Minister c) the President
25. What's the population of the
UK?
a) 59 mln; b) 66 mln; c) 7 mln d)
57 mln
26. Which part of London can be
called its centre?
a) the City; b) the West End; c)
the East End d) the Westminster
27. What's the capital city of
Scotland?
a) London; b) Edinburgh; c)
Glasgow; d) Cardiff
28.The United Kingdom is a
a) constitutional monarchy; b)
republic; c) empire d) monarchy
29.The oldest royal residence is...
a) Buckingham Palace
d) Covent Garden c) Westminster Abby
30. What is the White House?
a) University d) The
residence of President
b) Monument e) Park
31. When were the Universities of
Oxford and Cambridge founded ?
a)in the 13th cent.;
b)15th cent.; c)12th cent.; d) 17th cent.
32. Who is Robert Burns?
a) a poet b) a
playwright c) a singer d) a musician
33. What is the Strait of Dover?
a) The Isle b)
The rocky highland c) The English Channel d) the river
34. Who is officially the head of
state in Great Britain?
a) the Parliament
d) Conservative Party
b) the Prime
Minister e) the King or Queen
c) Labour Party
35. How many parts does Great
Britain include?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d)
1
36. Where was W. Shakespeare born?
a) in London d) in
Liverpool
b) in Edinburgh e)
in Cardiff
c) in
Stratford-on-Avon
37. What is the most important
festival of the year for the most British?
a) Hallowe'en; b)
Christmas; c) New Year's Day; d) St.Valentine’s Day
38. The flag of the United Kingdom
is known as
a) a Red Rose; b) St.
George; c) the Union Jack; d) the Stars and Stripes
39. Who is the Prime minister Of
great Britain nowadays?
a) Tony Blair b) Margaret Thatcher c)David Cameron
40. The private school gives
a) Free education b) pay
education
41.A reception class and infant school
take
a)
2 years
b)
6 years
c)
a years
42.Children enter the secondary school
a)
at about 7-8
b)
at about 11-12
c)
at about 16-17
43.At
secondary school, pupils study
a) for 7 years
b) for 5 years
c) for 2 years
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