Test
W. Shakespeare
W. Shakespeare’s father, John Shakespeare was …
a) a teacher b) a glove-maker c) a doctor.
They lived in …
a) Hanley Street b) Oxford Street c) Wood Street
W. Shakespeare was f born on …
a) June 1, 1560 b) Mau 5, 1464 c) April 23, 1564
William went to …
a) a grammar school b) a private school c) a technical school
He married Anna Hathaway when he was …
a) 20 b) 21 c) 18
He had … children
a) 3 b) 2 c) 1
In 1587 he went to work in …
a) London b) New York c) Stratford
First, he began to work in a …
a) theatre b) play house c) school
He did his job …
a) badly b) without interest c) very well
Shakespeare became famous after …
a) 1595 b) 1594 c) 1590
In 1599, he became one of the partners in management of the theatre …
a) “Covent Garden” b) “La Scala” c) “The Globe”
He was the author of over …
a) 40 plays b) 30 plays c) 50 plays
He died in …
a) 1616 b) 1620 c) 1630
In Shakespeare’s times, young women’s parts were played by …
a) old women b) girls c) boys
Actors first began performing to the public in …
a) theatres b) inn yards c) hotels
After the death of Shakespeare the English Renaissance Theatre …
a) declined b) didn’t decline c) began to prosper
Test
America
The capital of the USA is …
a) New York b) Washington c) Chicago d) Los Angeles
The capital of the USA is situated in …
a) Florida b) Texas c) California d) The District of Columbia
The US Congress has its seat in …
a) The white House b) The Capitol c) New York d) Boston
The white House is …
a) The Residence of President b) The seat of the US Congress
c) The famous national picture gallery d) The seat of the Prime Minister
The biggest industrial city in the USA is …
a) Washington b) New York c) Chicago d) Philadelphia
The President is elected for … years
a) 5 b) 3 c) 6 d) 4
In … a group of people left England for the “New World” on board the ship …
a) 1620; “Mayflower” b) 1650; “St. Victoria”
c) 1520; “St. Mary” d) 1615; “Mayflower
They set up a colony and called it …
a) Colorado b) New England c) New World d) Texas
… is America’s harvest festival
a) St. Valentine’s Day b) Thanksgiving Day c) The Easter d) Christmas
The first American flag had … stripes and … stars.
a) 1;1 b) 50;50 c) 20;15 d) 13;13
Alaska is also called …
a) The Green Mountain State b) The Great Land
c) The white Stat
The Statue of Liberty was presented to America by the people of …
a) Italy b) England c) France d) Canada
The first president of the USA was …
a) G. Washington b) A. Lincoln c) G. Kennedy d) Rusvelt
The highest building in Washington is …
a) The white House b) The Capitol c) The Lincoln Memorial d) The Washington Monument
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Australia
Australia is seem to people …
a) an unusual world b) an upside-down world c) a strange world
Australia was discovered by …
a) Ch. Columbus c) unknown explorer
b) Captain Cook d) Marko Polo
Of first settlements … was the most important
a) Sydney c) Brisbane
b) Canberra d) Adelaide
The early settlers were very … to the aborigines
a) kind b) cruel c) indifferent (равнодушный)
The Constitution of Australia was introduce in …
a) 1900 c) 1901
b) 1905 d) 1898
Australia’s greatest river is …
a) The Mississippi c) The Yukon
b) The Thames d) The Murray
The main occupation in Australia is …
a) agriculture c) food industry
b) machine building d) ship-building
Today there are about 15 million in Australia, most of then are of … origin.
a) Roman c) British
b) Franch d) Scandinavian
The Capital of Australia is …
a) Sydney c) Canberra
b) Melbourne d) Adelaide
The strangest of native Australian animals is …
a) the kangaroo c) the dingo
b) the platypus d) the emu
… is a comical – looking animal.
a) the platypus c) the kangaroo
b) the echidna d) the koala
The only killer among the native animals is …
a) the echidna c) the kangaroo
b) the dingo d) the koala
13. … and … are represented on the Australian coat-of-arms (герб).
a) the emu and the dingo c) the emu and the kangaroo
b) the kangaroo and the koala d) the coala and the dingo
14. Pupils who can’t go to district schools have to work …
a) through (через) Internet c) in colleges
b) through correspondence courses d) with home teaches
The aborigines say that there are two worlds: … and … .
a) the aboriginal world in Australia and the aboriginal world of Australian islands.
b) the earth and the moon.
c) Australia and other countries
d) the aboriginal world and the sky world.
The Aborigines like … .
a) the old Greek and Scandinavian myths.
b) the old Roman and Greek myths
c) the kelts and Roman myths
d) the old Australian myths