Викторина "По странам изучаемого языка" 9-11 класс

Викторина по страноведению «По странам изучаемого языка»

9-11 классы

2015-16 уч. год

Task 1

Match the pictures 1- 8 to the names of the sights and places (A-H). There are more names than you will need.

A. Times Square, New York, the USA.

B. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the USA.

C. The House of Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon, England

D. Piccadilly Circus, London, England

E. The Monument to Washington, Washington, the USA

F. Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland

G. The Monument to Lincoln, Washington, the USA

H. Windsor Castle, Windsor, England

Task 2

Reading Comprehension

For items 1-10 read an article about English place names. Fill in the gaps in the table, using the information

from the text.

The oldest place names in England are Celtic, like the majority of the place names in Wales and Cornwall. They

include river names such as Avon and Ouse, and some names including the word pen, meaning “hill”. There is

even one of those in a London suburb- Penge.

The Roman occupation, during the first four hundred years of our era, left some place names, particularly ending

in –chester, or –caster (from Latin castra, “a camp or fort”). The English word street also comes from the Roman

strata.

But the overwhelming majority of English place names were contributed by the Angles and Saxons, who invaded

or settled from the fifth century onwards. Very common endings are –ham,-ton, and –wick (or -wich) meaning “a

farm”, -worth or –worthy implies also something like “a farm”. The family suffix, like –ov in Russian, was –ing.

The town of Reading was originally the small farm of a man called Red, whose name is preserved in the

pronunciation, which is, as it were, “Red-ing”.

The ending –bury, -burgh, or –borough usually means “a fort” (Old English burh) but sometimes a “hill” (Old

English bearh, like German berg). Names, which use hall, do not often imply an ancient hall; they are more likely

the same as the names in hale or halgh, meaning a corner or a triangular piece of land. Lea, lee or leigh were

originally clearings in a wood, and later any open place. Shaw meant “a wood”, hurst meant “a small hill”,

probably wooded. Many of these elements are not found as separate words in Old English, but only as part of a

place name. However, some place names are quite easy to understand, like Cambridge- the bridge over the river

Cam.

The Scandinavian invaders (9

to 11

centuries) brought some place names of their own: -by and –thorpe for a

settlement, -thwait for a clearing, and -toft for homestead.

The Normans after their conquest in 1066 contributed very few place names, but the more important places often

acquired something of a Norman-French form from being recorded by the new administration, e.g. Chester-le-

Street, where le is the French word “les” meaning “next to”, or Ashby-de-la-Zouch, which added the name of the

Norman lord of the manor to the original Ashby.

New names since those days are very few indeed, but there have been a few industrial settlements named after

the firm which was responsible for their existence, e.g. Stewartby in Bedfordshire. When founding “New Towns”

the British authorities have preferred to use the name of an existing settlement however small, e.g. Cumbernauld

in Scotland. Peterlee in Durham, however, was named after miners’ leader Peter Lee.

dates

origin

Typical words/ endings

and their meanings

Examples of place

names

800 BC

Celtic

Pen = hill

1-----------------

55 BC-410AD

Roman

-chester = 2---------------

Manchester

449-735

3-----------------

-ham = farm

-wich = 4------------------

-ing = belonging to the

family of…

-bury = fort, 6-----------

-hurst = 7----- hill

-hall = 8------------

Birmingham

Ipswich

5-----------------

Canterbury

Ashurst

Vauxhall

800-1016

9-----------------

-by = settlement

Ashby

1042-1066

Norman

-le = 10-----------------

Chester-le-Street

Task 3

For questions 1-6 match the major events from British history with the proper historical personality (a-j).

There are more names than you will need.

1. --------- led the unsuccessful rebellion against the Roman occupation.

2. --------- defeated Richard III in the battle of Bosworth and was the last king of England to win his throne

on the battlefield.

3. --------- during his reign the War of the Roses between the House of York and the House of Lancaster for

the English throne was waged.

4. --------- defeated the Anglo-Saxons in the battle of Hastings and was crowned as the English king.

London became the capital of the country. The Tower of London was built.

5. --------- the first child of Henry VIII, who restored Catholicism and ruthlessly executed three hundred

religious dissidents.

6. --------- initiated the reformation of the country, founded Anglican Church or the Church of England, the

head of which was the English monarch but not the Roman Pope; England became a strong absolute

monarchy.

a. William, the Duke of Normandy f. King Henry VI

b. Queen Elizabeth g. Queen Boadicea

c. King Henry VII h. King Edward II

d. Queen Mary I i. Queen Victoria

e. King Henry VIII j. King Charles I

Task 4

For questions 1-12 choose the best word or phrase to fill each of the spaces in the passage below. There

are more words than you will need. Transfer your answers to the answer sheet.

Cabinet Foreign Secretary debates Speaker Leader of the Opposition

Budget Shadow Cabinet Opposition Chancellor of the Exchequer

ministers backbenchers front bench Prime Minister Home secretary

The House of Commons

This is the House of Commons where Members of Parliament take their seats on the green leather bench

according to their party and position. One of them is chosen to be the … 1 , who acts as kind of chairperson

of the … 2 which take place in the House. In front of and on the right of this person sit the MPs of the biggest

party, which forms the government, and facing them sit the MPs of the parties who oppose them, the … 3 .

The leaders of these two groups sit at the front on each side. MPs without special positions in their parties sit

behind their leaders at the back. The leader of the government, the … 4 , sits next to his or her … 5 . The

most important of these form the … 6 . The minister responsible for relations with other countries is called

the … 7 . The one responsible for law and security is called the … 8 . The one who deals with financial

matters and prepares the annual … 9 speech on the economic state of the country is called the … 10 .

Opposite this group sits the … 11 (the main person in the largest party opposing the government) and the …

12 , each member of which specialises in a particular area of government.

Task 5

For questions 1-4 match the extracts with the authors (a-h). There are more names than you will need.

1. “I had slept for many hours. When I awoke it was just daylight. I tried to get up from the ground, but I

could not move! My arms and feet were held down to the ground with strings. I heard some noise around

me, but I could see nothing. In a little time I felt something alive moving on my foot, then it came over

my body and up to my face. Turning my eyes down as much as I could, I saw a man. He was less than 15

centimetres high.”

2. “At last the sleepy atmosphere of the village was stirred and vigorously: Muff Potter was being tried for

the alleged murder of Dr. Robinson. It became the absorbing topic of the village talk immediately. Tom

knew that he was not suspected of knowing anything about the murder, but every reference to it sent a

shudder to his heart. His dreams at night were full of horrors. In the daytime he was drawn to the

courtroom by an almost irresistible impulse to go in, but he forced himself to stay out. Tom kept his ears

open, but invariably heard distressing news: Indian Joe’s evidence was unshaken and there was not the

slightest doubt that Muff Potter would be convicted.”

3. “In the interim the Invisible Man must have learnt something of the rapid use Kemp had made of his

confidence. He must have found houses locked and secured, he may have loitered about railway stations,

have prowled about inns, and no doubt he read the proclamations and realised something of the nature of

the complaint against him. And as the evening advanced the fields became dotted here and there with

groups of three or four men and noisy with the yelping of dogs. These men-hunters had particular

instructions as to the way they should support one another.”

4. “All the world’s a stage. And all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their

entrances; one man in his tine plays many parts. His acts being seven ages. As, first the infant, Mewling

and puking in the nurse’s arms. And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel. And shining morning

face, creeping like snail. Unwillingly to school…”

Possible Answers

a. James F. Cooper

b. Jonathan Swift

c. Jack London

d. Mark Twain

e. Walter Scott

f. Herbert Wells

g. William Shakespeare

h. Daniel Defoe

Task 6

The following are names of characters in popular fiction. They are so well-known that they are often used in

ordinary conversations. For questions 1-6 put each name in its correct place. There are more names than you

will need. Transfer your answers to the answer sheet.

Robin Hood Superman James Bond Sherlock Holmes Tarzan

Scrooge Jekyll and Hyde Robinson Crusoe Peter Pan Cinderella

1. During the war he was sent on dangerous secret missions abroad. Very exciting! He was a sort of ----------

------------ .

2. Come on! I’ve never met anyone so reluctant to spend money, you ----------------!

3. He was a criminal and stole a lot of money, but he helped a lot of people with it. He was a bit of -----------

------------ .

4. He still has very youthful enthusiasms, and he is as slim and fit as he was 20 years ago. He is a ------------

-------------.

5. She is really exploited by her family. They make her do everything: cook, clean. She is sort of -------------

------------- .

6. How did you guess his nationality, occupation and other things from his appearance? You’re a proper ----

--------------- .

Task 7

What questions would you ask these famous American and British people if you had the chance?

Why did you sign the death warrant of Charles I?

A. William Seward

Did you really learn to compose verses in your dream?

B. Thomas Gainsborough

What made you believe that civilized nations had a

responsibility for stewardship of barbarous ones?

C. Caedmon

Why did the public consider the purchase that you made a

“folly”?

D. David Cameron

How can you prove that you are the descendant of the Sailor

King?

E. William Sydney Porter

Is it true that you envied Joshua Reynolds because he was more

versatile than you?

F. Oliver Cromwell

Were you truly guilty of embezzlement of the bank funds you

worked for?

G. Theodore Roosevelt

Task 8

For questions 1-7 match the descriptions with the proper famous personality (a-l). There are more names than

you will need.

1. --------- is generally regarded as one of the greatest English novelists. His most famous works include

“David Copperfield”, “Oliver Twist”, “A Christmas Carol”. These books show the social evils of

Victorian England and at the same time they are full of humour and pathos.

2. -------- is a Scottish film actor famous especially for playing the character of James Bond in several

films, such as “Dr. No” and “From Russia with Love”.

3. -------- was crowned king of England after he invaded the country in 1066. He is remembered as the ruler

who changed the organization of society and the laws about landowners.

4. -------- is one of the greatest masters of British watercolour landscape painting. He is commonly known as

“the painter of light” and his work regarded as a Romantic preface to Impressionism.

5. -------- was an English comic actor and film director of the silent film era, and became one of the best-

known film stars in the world before the end of the First World War.

6. -------- was a popular American writer of the early 19

century. He is best remembered as a novelist who

wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels. Among his most famous works is the romantic

novel “The Last of the Mohicans”, often regarded as his masterpiece.

7. -------- is an American aviator and a former astronaut, test pilot and United States Naval Aviator who was

the first person to set foot on the Moon in 1969. As he stepped onto the Moon, he said, “One small step

for a man, one giant leap for mankind”

Possible Answers

. a. Michael Collins g. William Turner

b. Clark Gable h. Ernest Hemingway

c. James F. Cooper i. Sean Connery

d. Jack London j. Charlie Chaplin

e. William the Conqueror k. Christopher Wren

f. Neil Armstrong l. Charles Dickens

Task 9

Match the names of the places, famous people, etc. (1-14) on the left with the categories and the countries

(A-H) on the right.

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