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Read the texts and choose the correct variant.THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN Great Britain is a small, highly developed country 1)… a population over 60 million. 2)… includes three countries: England, Wales, Scotland. 3)… United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4)… in 1921. The country is situated 5)… the British Isles which lie to the West of the continent for Europe. The area 6)… some 242,500 sq. km. Britain is just under 1.000 km long 7)… the south coast of England 8)… the extreme north of Scotland, and just under 500 km across in the 9)… part. Great Britain is separated from Europe 10)… the North Sea and 11)… English Channel. In 1993 the new Tunnel underneath the English Channel 12)… between Dover (England) and Calais (France). The length of 13)… Tunnel is 30-miles. 14)… some 57 million people, Britain 15)… sixteenth in the world in term of population. The population 16)… relatively stable over 17)… last decade, but 18)… . Britain is a relatively densely populated country. England has the 19)… population density of the four lands and Scotland the 20)… .
2.Read the text and choose the correct variant. GREAT TOWNS, CITIES As for geographical heart of England there 1)… the vibrant city of Birmingham with 2)… excellent shopping and entertainment to cater 3)… every taste. The visitor 4)… also find a legacy of 5)… Victorian architecture and the intricate network 6)… canals as evidence 7)… a rich industrial heritage. Manchester is 8)… warm-hearted 9)… . Innovative attractions 10)… the Museum 11)… Science and Industry, 12)… Air and Space Museum and the Cranada Studios Tour, where visitors can 13)… the sets of famous television shows like Coronation Street, or sit 14)… the Back Benches of a lifesize 15)… of Commons. Further north 16)… the city Durham, which 17)… a massive 11-th century castle standing opposite a beautiful cathedral. Both 18)… situated on cliffs, high 19)… the river Wear, which makes around them. There are also narrow, cobbled streets, ancient buildings, and a market square which comes 20)… life each Saturday.
Test 2 1.Read the text and choose the correct variant. THE UNITED KINGDOM Great Britain is a constitutional monarchy headed 1)… the Queen Elizabeth II. Buckingham Palace 2)… the official residence of Her Majesty 3)… Queen. But it is the Prime Minister and the 4)… of Parliament that actually rule 5)… country. Britain's democratic system 6)… government is long established and has 7)… considerable 8)… stability. Britain is one of the member states of the European Community. Close links 9)… maintained 10)… many 11)… countries notably within the Commonwealth, 12)… links 50 independent nations. Britain 13)… the world's first industrialised country in 14)… late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Wealth 15)… based 16)… the manufacture of iron and steel, heavy machinery and textiles, and calming, shipbuilding and trade. A very broad range of cultural activities 17)… in Britain. Many Britons engaged in the arts and media 18)… international reputations. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is one of the three public bodies responsible 19)… television and radio. BBC World Service broadcasts by radio worldwide 20)… English and 37 other languages.
2.Read the text and choose the correct variant. CLIMATE AND NATURE The climate in Great Britain 1)… generally mild and temperate due 2)… the influence of the Gulf Stream. The southwestern winds 3)… the warmth and moisture 4)… Britain. The climate in Britain 5)… usually described as cool, temperate and humid. British people say: "Other countries have 6)… climate, in England we have weather". The weather in Britain 7)… very quickly. Every daily paper 8)… a weather forecast. Both the radio and television 9)… the weather forecast several times each day. Rainfall is more or 10)… even throughout the year. 11)… the mountains there is 12)… rainfall than in the plains of the south an east. The 13)… period is from March to June and the wettest months are from October to January. The average 14)… of temperature (from winter to summer) is from 15 to 23 degrees above zero. During a normal summer the temperature sometimes 15)… above 30 degrees 16)… the south. Winter temperatures below 10 degrees 17)… rare. It seldom 18)… heavily in winter, the frost is rare. January and February are usually the coldest months, July and August the warmest. Still the wind may 19)… winter cold in spring or summer days. Sometimes it 20)… the whirlwinds or hurricanes. Droughts are rare.
Test 3 1. Read the text and choose the correct variant. ISLES OR ISLANDS? Britain is known as Great Britain, and consists 1)… England, Scotland and Wales. The official name of 2)… country, however, is the United Kingdom 3)… includes Northern Ireland too, but not the Republic of Ireland (Eire) which 4)… a separate country. Anyhow, both the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland are in 5)… British Isles. In 6)… words, the British Isles include Great Britain and Ireland, with all the islands that are 7)… their coast. The British Isles 8)… a geographical but not a political unit. "Isle" is a word most commonly 9)… with names. Let us talk 10)… some of the isles. A large island lying in 11)… Irish Sea, Man, was once an 12)… Viking colony and retains many old traditions. The parliament, the House of Keys, is one of the 13)… in the world, with a history going back than a thousand years. Every year 14)… July 5th, an ancient ceremony is 15)… on Tynwald Hill, when the Lieutenant-Governor reads a summary of all the Acts of Parliament 16)… in the preceding year. It was at Tynwald that the Norsemen 17)… their original seat of government, and it is true that the Lieutenant-Governor reads the law today both 18)… Manx and English. Manx is 19)… of the varied languages 20)… in the British Isles. Unlike Welsh and Gaelic, it is not in common use today. About 50000 people live on the Isle of Man, but during the summer months, this number is multiplied by ten, for vast numbers of tourists cross by steamer and plane from the great English Midland cities. Douglas, capital of the Isle, is a big town with a spectacular promenade on which you will see horse trams still at work. But Douglas is the busiest cross-Channel harbour in the British Isles.
2.Read the text and choose the correct variant. CAMBRIDGE Unlike Oxford, which is both a university town and an industrial city, Cambridge, is 1)… University. It 2)… at a distance of 70 miles 3)… London. The greater part of the city 4)… on the left bank of the river Cam. And the city got 5)… name because of the river. Cambridge is one of 6)… loveliest towns of England and it looks much more like 7)… country town. It is very green, and presents 8)… a visitor a lot of beautiful buildings, trees, gardens, towns and bridges. The River Cam 9)… from Cambridge 10)… the University to perhaps the only true University town in England. The 11)… famous people of Great Britain studied there. Among 12)… are Newton, Byron, Darwin, etc. The best 13)… is King's college because of the magnificent chapel. Until today there are more than 20 colleges 14)… Cambridge. A college is a group of buildings that 15)… a square with a green lawn in the centre. An old tradition 16)… not allow the students to walk on the grass, this is the privilege of professors and head students only. The university was exclusively 17)… men until in 1871 the first women's college was opened. And it will be 18)… years before there are equal numbers of both sexes. Every summer thousands of folk music fans 19)… in Cambridge for one of the biggest festivals of folk music in England. Local shop keepers look 20)… the festival. For them, it means a big increase in the number of customers. A few miles from Cambridge stands one of the most houses in England, Sawston Hall. It is the home of Huddlestons, one of the old Catholic families of England.
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