Городской страноведческий конкурс Across English speaking countries по английскому языку 5-6 класс 2016

Городской этап ежегодного страноведческого конкурса

“Discovering the land of America” 5-6 классы

1. What was the first holiday, celebrated by American colonies?

1. Thanksgiving;

2. The New Year;

3. Easter;

4. Christmas

2. What tea party is a historical event?

   1. Franklin and Washington tea party;

   2. Roosevelt and Churchill tea party;

   3. Boston tea party;

   4. Atlanta tea party.

3. What was the number of the first English colonies in America?

a) 14; b) 27; c) 45; d) 13

4. When was the Declaration of Independence issued?

   1. On July 4^th, 1776;

   2. On July 14^th, 1776;

   3. On July 4^th, 1778;

   4. On July 4^th, 1789.

5. Why did the pilgrims come to America?

   1. For religious freedom;

   2. For great money;

   3. For a newland;

   4. For great love

6. Who rote the story “The old man and the sea”?

1. 1. Ernest Hemingway;

   2. Mark Twain;

   3. Edgar Poe;

   4. Walt Whitman.

2. Who rote “An American tragedy”?

   1. Walt Whitman;

   2. Ernest Hemingway;

   3. Mark Twain;

   4. Theodore Dreiser.

3. Who is the founder of the modern detective story?

   1. Arthur Conan-Doyle;

   2. Ernest Hemingway;

   3. Edgar Poe;

   4. Walter Scott.

7. The anthem of the USA is:

   1. America, the Beautiful

   2. The Star-Spangled Banner

   3. God Save the Queen

8. In the USA the temperature is measured accoding to:

   1. Celsius ascale

   2. Fahrenheit scale

11… is the largest river in Alaska.

a) The Yukon b) The Snake c) The Wailuku d) The Savannah

12.The nickname of … are: the Last Frontier and Land of the Midnight Sun.
a) Alabama b) Alaska c) Texas d) Arizona

Task 2. Посмотрите на портреты этих писателей и установите соответствие между именем писателя и его портретом, написав в ответе соответствующую букву (F-J).

Писатели:

B. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow;

C. Oscar Wilde;

D. Gilbert K. Chesterton;

E. Ray Bradbury

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Task 3.Портретная галерея.

Посмотрите внимательно на портреты и определите изображенных на них выдающихся людей, чьи имена указаны под цифрами:

appoints

approve

elect elect

1. Who is the Head of the executive branch in the USA?

2. Which officials in the USA are elected and which are appointed?

3. Is the head of the state elected directly by the people in the USA?

4. Can the people of the USA exercise their power through their representatives?

5. What is the USA political system

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