1. What continent is the United Kingdom in?

a) Asia

b) England

c) Scotland

d) Europe

2. Which of the following is not a country that makes up the United Kingdom?

a) London

b) Northern Ireland

c) Scotland

d) Wales

3. Which of the following is NOT an example of a Constitutional Monarchy?

a) A country with a queen

b) A country with a king

c) A country with a president

4. Which of the following would PROBABLY not be evidence of United Kingdom's past?

a) Old churches and cathedrals

b) Castles and fortifications

c) Computers and technology

d)  Stonehenge

5. Which of the following nations was NOT once controlled by the United Kingdom?

a) The USA

b) Canada

c) Australia

d) Russia

6. Why is Stonehenge mysterious?

a) It is old

b) No one knows what it supposed to represent

c) The stones are heavy

d) The stones are mostly grey

7. Which of the countries in the United Kingdom has the highest population?

a) England

b) Wales

c) Scotland

d) Northern Ireland

8. The term "UK" is an example of....

a) A synonym

b) An antonym

c) An abbreviation

d) A homophone

9. Which of the following is NOT true?

a) The United Kingdom's queen is named Elizabeth II.

b) The queen really doesn't make political decisions.

c) The United Kingdom was the birthplace of the English language.

d) The United Kingdom is made up of Wales, England, Ireland, and Scotland.

10. Which of the following does not apply to Oxford University?

a) It is the oldest university in the world.

b) Many prime ministers of the United Kingdom attended Oxford University.

c) It is the oldest university in the English-speaking world.

d) It was founded in the 12th century.

Block II:

11. Match the countries and their capitals:

1) Canada. 2) Denmark. 3) Egypt. 4) Estonia. 5) Finland.

a) Helsinki. b) Cairo. c) Ottawa. d) Copenhagen. e) Tallinn.

12. Fill in the gaps:

1) Dutchmen live in Holland and speak __________

2) ____________ live in Spain and speak Spanish

3) Americans live in ___________ and speak English

4) _________ live in Switzerland and speak ________

5) Chinese live in _________ and speak __________

13. Supply articles where necessary:

Many of ... rivers of... Russia are among ... world's great­est ... most important rivers of ... western plain are ... Volga, ... Western Dvina,... Don and ... Northern Dvina. In ... Far East... Amur flows into ... Pacific. In ... lakes, too, our country is extremely rich. Among them are ... world's greatest lake ... Caspian Sea and ... deepest — ... lake Baikal.

Block III:

Text A. North America has four great slopes - one slope that rivers flow down toward the Atlantic Ocean, one slope that rivers flow down toward the Hudson Bay and Arctic Ocean, one slope that rivers flow down toward the Gulf of Mexico, and one slope that rivers flow down toward the Pacific Ocean. Land also slopes toward the Great Lakes, but water there empties into the St. Lawrence River and goes on into the Atlantic Ocean.

14. This story is mainly about -

a) the great rivers of North America.

b) the importance of shapes.

c) the shape of North America.

d) the sources of rivers in North America.

15. The St. Lawrence River is full of water from -

a) the Hudson Bay.

b) the Atlantic Ocean.

c) the Great Lakes.

d) the Arctic Ocean.

16. Water that flows into the Great Lakes flows on into the -

a) Atlantic Ocean.

b) Hudson Bay.

c) Gulf of Mexico.

d) Pacific Ocean. 

17. Which one of these is not a shape?

a) box

b) cone

c) flow

d) globe

Text B. Many mountains and hills in the West are dead volcanoes. In Arizona there are thousands of them, separated from one another on the otherwise flat land. There are also volcanoes in the West that are not dead but are sleeping. Who knows when one might blow apart or shoot rock and ashes into the air? Not long ago, the entire side of Mount Saint Helens was blown away - rock and soil were thrown into the air, and forests were blown flat.

18. This story is mostly about -

a) Mount Saint Helens.

b) volcanoes.

c) volcanoes in the West.

d) dead volcanoes.

19. A sleeping volcano -

a) rumbles while it sleeps.

b) might wake up some day.

c) will always sleep.

d) will surely awaken.

20. "Dead" in this story means -

a) is sleeping.

b) makes no sound or movement.

c) is cold.

d) will never blow up again.

21. Before it was blown apart, Mount Saint Helens was -

a) a dead volcano.

b) a hill in Arizona.

c) a sleeping volcano.

d) a mountain in Arizona.

22. Which statement is most true?

a) The explosion of a volcano can cause a wind.

b) Volcanoes are always found among mountains.

c) Mount Saint Helens is not in the West.

d) All volcanoes explode through a hole in the top.

Text C.In New Mexico and Arizona lived the Pueblo Indians. The word "Pueblo" comes from the Spanish word "pueblo," meaning town or village. The Spaniards found these Indians living in apartment houses, some of them on the side of a cliff so that they could be reached only by ladders. When attacked by Apaches, the Pueblos would pull up the ladders. They grew corn, which they watered with water flowing down in ditches. They wove cloth, made wonderful baskets, and created jars and pots out of clay.