Test
1. Choose the right variant of answer:
1) Have you ever been to America? – Yes, I (have/had). We (sailed/have sailed) there last summer. 2) We first (saw/have seen) this film six years ago. 3)You should (teach/learn) your pupils to (sound/pronounce) such words as “midnight” or “weather”. 4) The test is over. Hand (in/back) your papers, please. 5) Jim (says/tells) geography is his favourite subject. 6) Who (pays/paid) for the dinner last time? 7) Are you sure (in/of) it? 8) Mr. Brown (made/did/took) an interesting speech at the meeting two days ago.
Task 1. Form new words from the words in brackets.
1) There are many tall (build) in Canberra.
2) The (sand) coasts of south east Australia are always full of holidaymakers.
3) What a (beauty) ______________bag! I like it very much. 4) We have never eaten such (taste) ______________food. 5) We are preparing Christmas (decorate)________________s for the hall. 6) The girls were wearing (colour) ___________ dresses. 7) Where is your (collect) ______________ of stamps?
Task 2. Choose the right verb forms to complete the sentences.
1) The day before yesterday we (visited/have visited) the Niagara Falls.
2) We have already (finished/have finished) writing the test.
3) She (has not read/did not read) the story yet.
4) When (did you travel/has you travelled) about the USA?
5) (Have you done/Did you do) the exercise yet?
Task 3. What do you know about the USA? (True or False)
1. The capital of the USA is New-York.
2. The USA is the third largest country in the world.
3. Washington is the biggest city of the USA.
4. The White House is the president’s residence.
5. The USA is famous for skyscrapers.
6. There are forty states in the USA.
7. The Flag of the USA is called “Stars and Stripes”.
8. The longest river of the USA is the Missouri.
9. The USA is washed by the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans.
10. Death Valley is the hottest place in North America.
Task 4. Read the text and match its four parts with their names. One name you don't have to use.
a) Two Cultures Together
b) Australian Holidays
c) The Nation “Living” Outdoors
d) The Old Custom on the New Continent
e) What They Do to Keep Fit
1. The weather in Australia is warm, so people spend a lot of time outside.
Australians like to live in a house of their own with a garden. Families spend hours in their gardens where they grow flowers and vegetables. They also play, eat and swim if they have a swimming pool.
2. Water sports are very popular in the country because most people live not more than eighty kilometres from the coast. So everybody tries to learn to swim, and surfing and sailing are popular too. Australian tennis players are often successful and win international matches.
3. In Australia you can find English and Aborigines’ things together. Visitors to the country are often surprised at it. For example, there are very English place names like Melbourne, Brighton or Liverpool next to Aboriginal place names like Wagga Wagga or Yoondiwindi.
4. People still keep some English traditions. At Christmas they send each other cards with pictures of snow and wood fires. At the same time the temperature may be 25 degrees above zero and people go to the beaches to spend Christmas Day there.
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