Great Britain: Geography

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ

РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ БЮДЖЕТНОЕ

ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ

ВЫСШЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ

«САМАРСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ

АРХИТЕКТУРНО-СТРОИТЕЛЬНЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ»

Кафедра лингвистики, межкультурной коммуникации

и социально-культурного сервиса

ПРАКТИЧЕСКИЕ ЗАДАНИЯ ДЛЯ ПОДГОТОВКИ

К ТЕСТИРОВАНИЮ ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ

Часть 1. Страноведение

Утверждены редакционно-издательским советом университета __________________________2013 г.

Самара

УДК 811.111

ББК 81.2 Англ

Составители: Е.А. Градалева, Д.Р. Зулькарнаева, Е.В. Ракова, Л.В. Федотова

Практические задания для подготовки к тестированию по английскому языку. Часть 1. Страноведение: методические указания для студентов всех направлений подготовки / Сост. Е.А. Градалева, Д.Р. Зулькарнаева, Е.В. Ракова, Л.В. Федотова; Самарск. гос. арх.-строит. ун-т. - Самара, 2013. - 71 с.

Методические указания составлены на кафедре лингвистики, межкультурной коммуникации и социально-культурного сервиса по дисциплине «Английский язык» для студентов-бакалавров всех направлений подготовки.

Состоят из двух разделов, включающих тексты по страноведению и тестовые задания. Предложенная система упражнений не только даёт возможность получить ясное и полное представление о политической, экономической и культурной жизни Великобритании и англоязычных стран, но и способствует активному усвоению лексики и грамматики английского языка.

Данные методические указания разработаны в соответствии с требованиями учебных программ по английскому языку для неязыковых вузов.

Рецензент: д.п.н., профессор Ю.В. Лопухова

УДК 811.111

Самарский государственный архитектурно-строительный университет.

443001 Самара, ул. Молодогвардейская, 194

Ó Е.А. Градалева, Д.Р. Зулькарнаева, Е.В. Ракова, Л.В. Федотова составление, 2013

ã СГАСУ, 2013

ОГЛАВЛЕНИЕ

Section A. Reading

Great Britain: Geography …………………………………………………………………………..4

British Symbols ………………………………………………..........................................................5

The Political System of the UK …………….....................................................................................6

Economic Outline of the UK …………………………………………………………………….....7

The Royal Family ……………………………………………...........................................................8

Across England ……………………………………………………………………………………..9

The History of London ……………………………………………………………………………..10

London Sights Text A………………………………………….........................................................11

London Sights Text B ………………………………………………………………………………12

The Sherlock Holmes Museum ………………………………………………………………….….13

The London Underground …………………………………………………………………………..14

Windsor Castle ……………………………………………………………………………………...15

Across Scotland ……………………………………………………………………………………..16

Across Wales …………………………………………………………………………………….….17

Northern Ireland ………………………………………………………………………………….…18

Life at College ………………………………………………............................................................19

Oxbridge …………………………………………………….............................................................20

British Holidays ……………………………………………………………………………………..21

Australia …………………………………………………………………………………………..…22

New Zealand …………………………………………………………………………………….…..23

Canada ………………………………………………………………………………………….…...24

The United States of America: Geography…………………………………………………….….....25

The City of New York ………………………………………………………………………….…...26

American Holidays………………………………………………………………………………......27

American Symbols ……………………………………………………………………….……….....…28

Section B. Tests

HOW WELL DO YOY KNOW GREAT BRITAIN AND ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES?

TESTS 1-14 ……………………………………………………………………………………..29-63

Reference List …………………………………………………………………………………........70

Great Britain: Geography

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political name of the country which is (0)..B.. up of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Their capitals are London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast (1)…. Nothern Ireland is sometimes called Ulster in the name of the ancient Irish province. The poetic name for Ireland is Emerald Isle due to its green countryside. The Welsh name for Wales is Cymru.

The UK is rather small with an area (2) … some 242 thousand sq. km. and the population of nearly 58 million people. It is (3) … from the European continent by the North Sea and the English Channel, the narrower part of which is called the Strait of Dover. From the west the UK is washed by the Atlantic Ocean, from the east by the North Sea. The Irish Sea lies (4) … England and Ireland.

The surface of Eastern England is flat. Scotland and Wales are mountainous. The mountains are not very high; the highest one is Ben Nevis in Scotland which is 1343 m. in (5) …. In the west the Cambrian Mountains occupy the greater part of Wales; in the north the Cheviot Hills separate England (6) … Scotland. The Pennines, known as the “backbone of England”, are famous for the number and beauty of (7) … lakes. There are 16 lakes here. This picturesque place is called the Lake District and is situated in the county of Cumbria.

There are (8) … rivers in Britain but very few of them are navigable. Many of the rivers have been connected with each other by means of canals. The principal rivers (9) … the Severn, the Thames and the Trent. The Severn is the longest river in Britain but the Thames is the most important one.

The seas (10) … the British Isles are shallow and it is in some way an advantage. Shallow water is (11) … than deep water and helps to keep the shores from extreme cold. It is too the home of plenty of fish, a million tons of which are caught every year. Britain’s coastline contains numerous harbours serving as convenient ports, among (12) … are London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Portsmouth, Southampton, Cardiff and others.

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