Advance Australia Fair

Официальный текст

 

Australians all let us rejoice,

For we are young and free;

We've golden soil and wealth for toil,

Our home is girt by sea;

Our land abounds in Nature's gifts

Of beauty rich and rare;

In history's page, let every stage

Advance Australia fair!

In joyful strains then let us sing,

"Advance Australia fair!"

 

Beneath our radiant southern Cross,

We'll toil with hearts and hands;

To make this Commonwealth of ours

Renowned of all the lands;

For those who've come across the seas

We've boundless plains to share;

With courage let us all combine

To advance Australia fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing

"Advance Australia fair!

Приложение 2 Test 1 Тесты по страноведению The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Choose the correct answer from the variants listed below

 

What is the official name of the country whose language you study?

a) Great Britain

b) England

c) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

How many countries does the United Kingdom consist of?

a) four b) three c) two

What is the capital of Scotland?

a) Manchester b) Edinburgh c) Cardiff

What is the capital of Wales?

a) Edinburgh b) Cardiff c) Liverpool

What is the capital of Northern Ireland?

a) Cardiff b) Dublin c) Belfast

What is the state system of the United Kingdom?

a) a constitutional monarchy

b) a parliamentary republic

c) a limited monarchy

What is the symbol of the United Kingdom?

a) a bald eagle b) Britannia c) a rose

What is the name of the British national flag?

a) the Union Jack

b) the Saint Andrew's Cross

c) the Saint David's Cross

What is the emblem of England?

a) a shamrock b) a red rose c) a leek

What is the emblem of Scotland?

a) a daffodil b) a dragon c) a thistle

What are the emblems of Wales?

a) a shamrock, a clover and a red hand

b) a rose and the Saint George's cross

c) a dragon, a daffodil, a leek, a dove

What is the emblem of Northern Ireland?

a) a shamrock b) a red rose c) a thistle

What chambers does the British Parliament consist of?

a) the Senate and the House of Representatives

b) the House of Lords and the House of Commons

c) the Cabinet of Ministers and the Shadow Cabinet

Who presides in the House of Lords?

a) the Lord Chancellor

b) the Speaker

c) the Prime-Minister

Who presides in the House of Commons?

a) the Lord Chancellor

b) the Speaker

c) the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Where does the British Premier live and work?

a) at 10 Downing Street

b) in the Houses of Parliament

c) in Buckingham Palace

What natural resources bring the most profits to the British economy?

a) coal reserves b) oil reserves c) water resources

In what sector of the economy does the majority of the population work?

a) in primary industries

b) in secondary industries

c) in tertiary industries

What is the fastest way to cross the English Channel?

a) through the Channel Tunnel (the Chunnel)

b) by boat

c) by ferry

What is the most important airport in Great Britain?

a) Heathrow Airport

b) Gatwick Airport

c) Stansted Airport

What is the most famous place of pagans' sun worship in England?

a) a temple to the goddess Minerva in Bath

b) Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain

c) Dartmoor National Park

What is the main cathedral of the Anglican Church?

a) St. Paul's Cathedral

b) Canterbury Cathedral

c) Salisbury Cathedral

What is the official religion in the United Kingdom?

a) Catholicism b) Orthodoxy c) Protestantism

What is the school-leaving age in the United Kingdom?

a) 16 b) 13 c) 18

Which of the following stages of British education is not obligatory?

a) nursery school

b) primary school

c) secondary school

What is the top secondary school in Great Britain?

a) Cheswick Community School

b) Eton

c) Harrow

What is the highest mark in British schools?

a) A b) С c) G

Further education comprises ...

a) comprehensive schools

b) universities and colleges of higher education

c) work-related courses and colleges that do not provide higher education

What do we call the following pattern of tuition: six months in college and six months in industry?

a) «sandwich» courses

b) further education

c) full-time tuition

What universities have the highest academic reputation in the United Kingdom?

a) Oxford University and Cambridge University

b) London University and Bristol University

c) Red-brick universities

What is the first degree warded by universities?

a) a doctor's degree

b) a bachelor's degree

c) a master's degree

At a British university or college a tutor is ...

a) a person who examines students and gives them marks

b) a person who has the highest rank of the teachers in a department and delivers lectures

c) a member of a staff who teaches small groups of students and gives them help and advice

What are the best English resorts?

a) Bristol and Southampton

b) Brighton and Bath

c) Leeds and Bradford

What is the tallest building in England?

a) the Tower of London

b) the Canary Wharf Tower

c) Hampton Court Palace

What place in England is called a kind of Disneyland?

a) Hampstead Heath

b) Alton Towers

c) Windsor Safari Park

What is the London residence of Queen Elizabeth II?

a) the Tower of London

b) Windsor Castle

c) Buckingham Palace