An invitation to the Palace

When the Queen invites a lot of people for dinner, it takes three days to prepare the table and three days to do the washing up. Everybody has five glasses: one for red wine, one for white wine, one for water, one for port, and one for liqueur. During the first and second courses, the Queen speaks to the person on her left and then she speaks to the person on her right for the rest of the meal. When the Queen finishes her food, everybody finishes, and it is time for the next course!

Exercise 40.

Раскройте скобки, употребив правильную форму глагола:

 

Some facts about London:

 

London _______________ (to be) the home of many famous Englishmen. Some _______________ (to be) born there. Some _______________ (to live) there all their lives. Others _______________ (to live) in London only for a short time but all _______________(to give) something to this great city.

    One of the first names of importance _______________ (to be) that of Geoffrey Chaucer, the poet. He _______________ ( to live) most of his life in London. Chaucer _______________ (to hold) official posts in London and _______________ (to burry) in Westminster Abbey.

William Shakespeare also _______________ (to live) in London. He _______________ (to live) there for more than twenty years. He _______________ (to act) at the Globe Theatre and most of his plays _______________ (to write) in London.

Sir Christopher Wren, the architect, _______________ (to spend) most of his life in London. He _______________ (to design) many beautiful churches, including St. Paul’s Cathedral. Some palaces and fine homes _______________ (to design) also by him.

 

Exercise 41.

Что вы знаете о других англоязычных странах?

1. What is the major language spoken in London

a. Welsh

b. Irish

c. English

2. What is the official language of Ireland?

a. Welsh

b. Irish

c. English

3. What are the colors of the Irish flag?

a. Orange, green, and white

b. Red, white, and blue

c. Red and white

4. Canada has two official languages. What are they?

a. English and Spanish

b. English and French

c. English and Irish

5. What is the national symbol of Canada?

a. The bald eagle

b. The maple leaf

c. The magnolia tree

6. What is the capital of Australia?

a. Sydney

b. Canberra

c. Melbourne

7. What is the largest city in Australia?

a. Sydney

b. Canberra

c. Melbourne

8. What is one of Australia’s most famous and best-loved animals?

a. The penguin

b. The eagle

c. The koala

9. Australia is a(n)

a. Peninsula

b. Island continent

c. City

10. What currency is used in New Zealand?

a. The New Zealand pound

b. The New Zealand shilling

c. The New Zealand dollar

Exercise 42.

Что вы знаете об Америке?

 

1. Christopher Columbus landed in America in

a. 1620

b. 1942

c. 1492

2. Washington D.C., is a

a. State

b. Country

c. District

3. How many states are there in America?

a. 50

b. 52

c. 25

4. Who arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620?

a. The Indians

b. The pilgrims

c. The French

5. In which month is Thanksgiving Day celebrated?

a. December

b. February

c. November

6. Who built the first car?

a. Benjamin Franklin

b. Alexander Graham Bell

c. Henry Ford

7. What is the capital of Georgia?

a. Atlanta

b. San Francisco

c. Los Angeles

8. What is the tallest building in the world?

a. The Empire State Building

b. The Sears Tower

c. The Washington Monument

9. Who fought against racial discrimination in the 1960’s?

a. Martin Luther King, Jr.

b. Frank Lloyd Wright

c. Emily Dickinson

10. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from

a. Italy

b. England

c. France

11. What is the capital of Massachusetts?

a. St. Louis

b. Memphis

c. Boston

12. A famous American artist is

a. Norman Rockwell

b. Jack London

c. Robert Lee Frost

13. The first university in America was

a. Boston University

b. Harvard

c. MIT

14. Who was the first president of the United States?

a. Thomas Jefferson

b. Abraham Lincoln

c. George Washington

15. A popular American foods is

a. Barbecue ribs

b. Pelmeni

c. Fish and chips

Exercise 43 .

Кроссворд Puzzle.

 

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По горизонтали :

 

1. An American river

2. Benjamin Franklin wrote a famous…

3. Jack London went to … to find gold.

4. Someone who dresses up like someone else.

5. Alexander Graham Bell was born in…

 

По вертикали :

 

1. Elvis Presley was called the … of rock ‘n’ roll.

2. The Wright brother invented the first…

3. Frank Lloyd Wright was a great…

4. Emily Dickinson was a…

5. Henry Ford introduced the mass production assembly…

Exercise 44.

Заполните пропуски , выбрав правильный вариант из данных слов : rocks, important, capital, the largest, the highest, world-known, interesting, the White House, government, attracts, structures.

Дайте название тексту

 

Washington, the _______________ of the United States, is situated on the _______________ River in the District of Columbia. Washington is not _______________ city in the United States but in the political sense it is the most important city.

Washington has one major business and that business is government. Many people living in Washington work for the federal _______________. At 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue there in _______________ where the President lives and has his office.

The Capitol, with its great Hall of Representatives and the Senate, is _______________ building in Washington. There is a law against building _______________ more than 90 feet high in the capital. With its beautiful building and its tree-lined avenues Washington _______________ a lot of visitors.

The capital has _______________ art galleries, museums and monuments. One of the most _______________ museums in Washington is the National Art and Space Museum. The museum has aircraft and spacecraft that were _______________ in aviation history. There are even _______________ that the astronauts brought to the Earth after their Moon landing.

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