Exercise 6. Match the holiday and its date

1. Martin Luther King’s birthday	a. the fourth Thursday of November
2. Independence Day	b. the first Monday of September
3. Labour Day	c. April 1
4. Mother’s Day	d. the second Monday of October
5. St Valentine’s Day	e. January 15
6. April Fool’s Day	f. February 14
7. Father’s Day	g. the third Sunday of June
8. Columbus Day	h. the second Sunday of May
9. Halloween	I. June 4
10. Thanksgiving Day	j. October 31

 

Exercise 7. Complete the sentences using the where necessary.

1. ___ Christmas is celebrated on ___ 25 of ____ December. 2. _____ Easter is celebrated in ____ April or in ____ May. 3. St Patrick’s Day is celebrated on _____ 17 of ____ March. 4. ____ May Day is celebrated on ____ first ____ Sunday of _____ May. 5. ____ Maslenitsa marks ____ end of winter and ____ beginning of spring and ____ Lent.

6. _____ Easter is ____ main Orthodox festival. 7. _____ Victory Day is cel­ebrated on ____ 9 of _____May - it celebrates ____ end of the Soviet Union's participation in ___ second World War in _____Europe. 8. People all over _____ world know ____ New Year's Day, _____ Christmas and ____Easter. In ____ Russia, _____New Year's Day is _____ most popular holiday; but in ____ West people pay more attention to ____ Christmas.

 

Exercise 8. Fill in the where necessary.

____ United Nations, ____ Parliament, _____ House of Commons, _____ House of Lords, ______ Congress, _____ Senate, _____ House of Lords, ______ Supreme Court, ____ Supreme Court of ____ Russian Federation, _____ Constitutional Court of _____ Russian Federation, _____ Federal Assembly, _____ Duma, ____ House of Representatives, ___ Queen, ____ Elizabeth II, ___ Prime Minister, _____ Democratic Party, _____ Republican Party, ____ Edinay Russia Party, _____ Chairman of ____ Government, ____ Federal Government

 

Exercise 9. Fill in the where necessary.

____ Washington Post, _____ Le Mond, _____ Izvestiya, ____ Times, _____ Pravda, ____ Sun, ____ Daily Mirror, ____Times, _____Guardian, _____Financial Times, ____Daily Telegraph, ___Express Gazeta, _____ Daily Mail”, _____ Daily Star, _____Kommersant, ____Daily Mirror, _____ Der Spiegel, ______Daily Express

Exercise 10. Translate the words into English.

День Благодарения
Дикий Запад
статуя Свободы
американцы
президент Кеннеди
Белый дом
Университет Флориды
Конгресс
Макдональдс

 

Exercise 11. Complete the sentences with the if ne­cessary.

1. ____ Pope lives in___Vatican.

2. _____ US President lives in___White House.

3. _____ Queen of England lives in___Bucking­ham Palace.

4. I saw a statue of Eros in___Piccadilly Circus in _____ centre of London.

5. Jamaica is an island in___ West Indies.

6. _____ Russian leader works in ___ Kremlin.

7. _____ Manilla is the capital of___ Philippines.

8. The big statue in New York is called ___ Stat­ue of Liberty.

9. When you are in Paris, you must go up___ Eiffel Tower.

10. We went sailing in _____Gulf of Mexico.

11.I like to go climbing in ______ Alps.

12. When I'm in New York, I like to go jogging in _____ Central Park.

13. I flew to London with ______British Airways.

14. I often shop at ______Harrods, it's the best shop in London in my opinion.

15. I went to see a play at___National Theatre.

 

 

Exercise 12. Complete the sentences with the if ne­cessary.

1. ___ Statue of Liberty was presented to ______ USA by _____ France.

2.___English are very proud of their history.

3. What is on at_______ Bolshoi tonight?

4. When do we celebrate _____Orthodox Christ­mas?

5. When you arrive at the airport, take a taxi and go to _______Hilton Hotel.

6. Can I get to _______Oxford Street by _______tube?

7. Don't forget to visit ______Madame Tussaud's Museum in London.

8. Have you ever been to _______National Gallery?

9. When shall we take a water bus and go along ___Thames?

10. I'd like to visit ___ Houses of Parliament someday.

 

Exercise 13. Complete the sentences with the if ne­cessary.

1. Porcelain was first made by _____Chinese.

2. On ____ second day of our voyage _______Camel­lia ran into___bad weather.

3. ____ island was named by_____ Dutch explorer who landed here on___Easter Day in 1772.

4._____ Greens live in a new house near ______Re­gent's Park.

5. The church calendar includes the fixed feasts, such as ___ Christmas, and ___ movable feasts,

which depend on the date of ______Easter.

6. It is made up of a number of colleges, schools and attached institutes which range from ______Lon­don School of Economics and Political Science to ______King's College and several medical schools.

7.___centre of the educational establishment is ______ University of London in ______ Bloomsbury, founded in 1836.

8. The busiest shopping area is ___ Oxford Street, where such large department stores as___

Self ridges and___Marks and Spencer are located.

9. He was born in___Hague but now he is a pro­fessor of history at___University of Bristol.

10. The intersection is known as ______Bank, which includes ______huge Bank of England complex, _____Royal Exchange and _______Stock Exchange.

 

Exercise 14. Answer the questions.

1. What is the Hermitage? Where is it? ________________

________________

2. What is the Vatican? Where is it? __________________

3. What is the Acropolis? Where is it? ________________

4. What is the White House? Who lives in it? ___________

________________

5. Where is the House of Lords? Who lives in it? ________

6. Where is Buckingham Palace? Who lives in it? ________

________________

7. Where is the Kremlin? Who works there? ____________

8. What is the Odeon? Why do people go there? ________

9. What are the Times, the Herald Tribune, the Independent? _____________________________

_______________

10. What is the Great Wall? Where is it? ______________

 

Exercise 15. Answer the questions.

1. Where is the Queen Victoria Memorial situat­ed? ______

2. What is Whitehall?______________________________

3. What is the Tower nowadays? _____________________

4. Where is the statue of Peter Pan situated? ____________

5. What part of London is its political centre? ___________

6. Who built St Paul's Cathedral? _____________________

7. The Tower was built by the Romans, wasn't it? _______

8. What is the oldest part of London? ________________

9. What are the two houses of the British Parlia­ment? ____

10. Who is the Head of State in the UK? ______________