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
Task 1. Выбери правильный ответ (a,b,c или d)
What was the first holiday, celebrated by American colonies?
Thanksgiving;
The New Year;
Easter;
Christmas
What tea party is a historical event?
Franklin and Washington tea party;
Roosevelt and Churchill tea party;
Boston tea party;
Atlanta tea party.
What was the number of the first English colonies in America?
a) 14; b) 27; c) 45; d) 13
When was the Declaration of Independence issued?
On July 4th, 1776;
On July 14th, 1776;
On July 4th, 1778;
On July 4th, 1789.
Why did the pilgrims come to America?
For religious freedom;
For great money;
For a newland;
For great love
Who rote the story “The old man and the sea”?
Ernest Hemingway;
Mark Twain;
Edgar Poe;
Walt Whitman. Who rote “An American tragedy”?
Walt Whitman;
Ernest Hemingway;
Mark Twain;
Theodore Dreiser.
Who is the founder of the modern detective story?
Arthur Conan-Doyle;
Ernest Hemingway;
Edgar Poe;
Walter Scott.
The anthem of the USA is:
America, the Beautiful
The Star-Spangled Banner
God Save the Queen
In the USA the temperature is measured accoding to:
Celsius ascale
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) Alabamab) 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:
A. Jonathan Swift;
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:

A B C D E

F G H I J
1) William the Conqueror; 6) Abraham Lincoln;
2) Henry VIII; 7) Rudyard Kipling;
3) Isaac Newton; 8) Winston Churchill;
4) Daniel Defoe; 9) Walt Disney;
5) Edgar Allan Poe; 10) Gerald Durrell.
Task 4. Используя схему политического устройства США, кратко ответьте на вопросы.
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The House of Representatives
435 members
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The House of Representatives
435 members
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The President
The Vice President
The Cabinet
Secretaries as heads of the most important departments in the Administration
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The President
The Vice President
The Cabinet
Secretaries as heads of the most important departments in the Administration

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100 members
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100 members
appoints
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All men and women over 18
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All men and women over 18

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Who is the Head of the executive branch in the USA?
Which officials in the USA are elected and which are appointed?
Is the head of the state elected directly by the people in the USA?
Can the people of the USA exercise their power through their representatives?
What is the USA political system
Task 5. Британский и Американский вариант английского разный. Заполни пропуски в таблице.
British English American English
vacation
trousers apartment
trainers High school
biscuits highway
fortnight subway
Keys: (Всего 41 балл)
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Task 2. (5 баллов)
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Task 3. (10 баллов)
A B C D E F G H I J
G D I F H A C J B E
Task 4. (5 баллов)
President
Secretaries (the Cabinet) are appointed. The president, the Vice President and the Congress are elected.
Yes, he is.
Yes, they can.
Federal (presidential) republic.
Task 5. (9 баллов)
British English American English
holiday pants
flat sneakers
Secondary school cookies
Main road Two weeks/ fourteen days
Underground (tube) Pupil’s name__________________________________ School №_______
Бланк ответов
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Task 2. (5 баллов)
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Task 3. (10 баллов)
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Task 6. (9 баллов)
British English American English
vacation
trousers apartment
trainers High school
biscuits highway
fortnight subway