VI Konkurs Wiedzy o Krajach Anglojęzycznych 2010 KWoKA

VI Konkurs Wiedzy o Krajach Anglojęzycznych 2010 KWoKA

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VI Konkurs Wiedzy o Krajach Anglojęzycznych 2010
KWoKA
ETAP SZKOLNY
(Maksymalna ilość punktów do zdobycia – 100)
czas: 60 minut
■ FOOD AND DRINK SEASONS AND CELEBRATIONS IN BRITAIN
I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D. Do not choose more than one answer. (Wybierz najlepszą
odpowiedź A, B, C lub D. Nie wybieraj więcej niŜ jednej odpowiedzi.)
1 pkt za prawidłową odpowiedź
5 points
1. In Britain a cafeteria is
A. a bar serving different types of coffee
B. a restaurant serving soft drinks, pies and cakes
C. a self-service restaurant in schools, colleges, etc.
D. a waiter-service restaurant
2. Which of the following are three traditional British meals?
A. Colcannon, Boxty, Coddle
B. Ploughman's Lunch; Fish and chips; The Sunday Roast
C. Beef in Guinness, Corned Beef and Cabbage, Barmbrack
D. BBQ ribs, Cornbread, Burgers
3. What does a typical cooked breakfast consist of?
A. Sausages, baked beans and mashed potato
B. A big piece of meat which is roasted with potatoes
C. Eggs, bacon, pork sausages, fried tomatoes and mushrooms
D. Scrambled, boiled or fried eggs with slices of toast
4. Which meal is usually called ‘tea’ in Britain?
A. Freshly brewed tea and a piece of cake at around 4 o’clock p.m.
B. The evening meal also called dinner
C. Some small thin sandwiches served couple hours after dinner
D. A cup of tea and a toast for breakfast before going to work
5. Sherry trifle, one of the most famous British desserts, consists of layers of
A. cake with sherry, chocolate, mint, and ice-cream
B. fruit, some cake with sherry, red jelly, custard and cream
C. cake, cherries soaked in sherry and double cream
D. a sherry jelly with fresh fruits and ice-cream on top
II. Match the columns. There is one unnecessary answer.
(Połącz kolumny. Jedna z odpowiedzi pozostanie bez pary.)
1 pkt za prawidłową odpowiedź
Part A
1. Worcestershire sauce,
2. Dundee cake , Shortbread
3. Caerphilly Cheese
4. A pint of Guinness
5. Cheddar Cheese
a. Scotland
b. England
c. Republic of Ireland
d. England
e. Wales
f. Republic of Ireland
15 points
Part B
1.The New Year’s song
2. Scotland
3. winter festival
4. Guy Fawkes’ Day
5. Independence Day
Part C
1. Traditional round sheep meet sausage
2. Cross buns
3. Easter tradition
4. Thanksgiving
5. Easter bonnets
a. Hogmany
b. 5 November
c. Auld Lang Syne
d. fireworks
e. Halloween
f. Valentine’s Day
a. Egg-rolling
b. pumpkin pie
c. Easter
d. decorated hats
e. loaves of bread
f. Haggis
III. Chose the best answer A, B C or D. Do not chose more than one answer. ( Wybierz najlepszą odpowiedź
A,B,C lub D. Nie wybieraj więcej niŜ jednej odpowiedzi.) 1 pkt za prawidłową odpowiedź
20 points
■ THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
1. What language did Celts who settled in Scotland and Ireland speak?
A. Brythonic
C. Gaelic
B. Englisc
D. Latin
2. The Germanic tribes called the British Celts ‘wealas’ (Welsh), meaning:
A. invaders
C. inhabitants
B. farmers
D. foreigners
3. Northumbian, Mercian, Kentish, and West Saxon are the dialects of:
A. Brythonic
C. Englisc
B. Old English
D. Gaelic
4. The name of the river ‘Thames’ comes from Celtic, meaning:
A. clear water
C. wide river
B. high water
D. dark river
5.The Old Norse was:
A. another name for Old English
B. another name for Celtic language
C. the language of Anglo-Saxons
D. the language of the Vikings
6. What languages were used in government, the church, and literature during the rule of William of
Normandy?
A. French and Latin
C. Old English and French
B. Latin and Old English
D. Old Norse and French
7. Who brought the printing machine to England?
A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. Henry IV
8. The King James Bible was:
A. the first translation of Bible into English
B. a translation which used old words (OE)
instead of borrowings
9. Auld Lang Syne
A. was written by a country man
B. is in Old English
C. William Shakespeare
D. William Caxton
C. was completed in 1425
D. the most widely used for 5 hundred years
C. is a song in Scottish
D. is a name of a play by Robert Burns
10. ‘The Dictionary of the English Language’ was produced
A. in 1812
B. by Jonathan Swift
C. in 1720
D. by Samuel Johnson
■ KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND AND BRITAIN
11. From 1016 to 1041 England:
A. had Norman kings
B. was under the rule of King Edward
C. had Danish kings
D. had Anglo-Saxon kings
12. Who was killed at the Battle of Hastings on 14th October 1066?
A. King Harold
C. King Edward
B. William of Normandy
D. King John
13. Charles I, James I’s son:
A. was replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange
B. gave up being the King because he was too old
C. was not a popular king who died in a civil war
D. died of old age
14. The first famous British Queen was:
A. Mary of Orange
B. Elizabeth I
C. Catherine of Aragon
D. Boudicca in AD 45
15.King Alfred the great:
A. ruled in the north of England
B. lived in Winchester
C. could not read or write
D. ruled for over fifty years
16. During the rule of which king was “Domesday Book’ created?
A. William I
C. King Edward
B. King Harold Godwinsson
D. King Henry VIII
17. King Henry VIII’s second wife was:
A.Catherine of Aragon
B. Catherine Parr
C. Jane Seymour
D. Ann Boleyn
18. King Edward VIII:
A. gave up being the King because of his beloved
B. married a Catholic woman
C. was not Head of the Church of England
D. died in an accident
19. Elizabeth I:
A. was the daughter of Henry VII
B. was the daughter of Jane Seymour
C. had no husband and no children
D. had no sisters or brothers
20. After the death of King Charles I:
A. there was no king for thirty years
B. Cromwell was the most important man in the country for the next twenty years
C. Charles II came back quickly to England to rule the country
D. there was no king for twelve years
■ HUCKLEBERRY FINN AND MARK TWAIN
IV. Decide whether the sentence is correct and tick TRUE or FALSE in the grid on the right. (Zdecyduj, czy
treść podanego zdania jest prawidłowa, a następnie zaznacz PRAWDA lub FAŁSZ w podanej tabelce.)
1 pkt za prawidłową odpowiedź
10 points
TRUE
FALSE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The Widow Watson took Huckleberry Finn to live with her in her house.
The Widow’ sister had a slave called Pop who was a good friend of Huck
Huck’s father was hitting him a lot so Huck ran away from him.
Huck found his friend Jack on Jackson’s Island
King went to a bar and told Phelphses about a slave that they could get a prize for
taking him back to his owner.
6. Mrs Phelps took Huck for Sid Sawyer.
7. Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain was born in 1835 in Florida, the fifth of seven children.
8. Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain was eleven when his father died.
9. Sam used his pen name for the first time when he was writing for the Territorial
Enterprise Nevada newspaper.
10. "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" is the title of Sam’s first book.
V. Chose the best answer A, B C or D. Do not chose more than one answer. ( Wybierz najlepszą odpowiedź
15 points
A,B,C lub D. Nie wybieraj więcej niŜ jednej odpowiedzi.) 1 pkt za prawidłową odpowiedź
■ COUNTRIES
1. What is the nickname of the flag of the United Kingdom?
A. the Pride
B. the Old Glory
C. the Union Jack
D. the Jack of Hearts
2. Which is not connected with England?
A. Eton
B. Cockney
C. Albion
D. tossing the cabers
3. The flags of what countries are represented in the flag of the United Kingdom?
A. England and Scotland
C. England, Scotland and Ireland.
B. England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
D. England, Scotland and Wales
4. Scotland is ……….. of England?
A. north
B. south
C. east
D. west
5. The highest point in Ireland is
A. Mount McKinley
B. Ben Nevis
C. Carrauntoohill.
D. Scafell Pike
6. Which state did the Americans buy from Russia in 1867?
A. Utah
B. Washington
C. Hawaii
D. Alaska
7. What are the names of the two big political parties in the USA?
A. the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party
B. the Conservative party and the Democratic Party
C. the Republicans and the Democrats
D. the Liberal Democratic Party and the Labour Party
8. Which of them is not an American holiday?
A. Guy Fawkes’ Day
B. Thanksgiving
C. Groundhog Day
D. the Fourth of July
9. What ocean borders Australia to the west?
A. the North Atlantic Ocean
B. The South Atlantic Ocean
C. the Pacific Ocean
D. the Indian Ocean
■ FAMOUS PEOPLE
10. Who played in Sidney Lumet’s musical “The Wiz”?
A. Elvis Presley
B. Marilyn Monroe
C. Michael Jackson
D. Bob Dylan
11. Bob Geldof, Frank Sinatra, Bono are names of
A. actors
B. poets
C. politicians
D. musicians
12. Who built St Paul’s Cathedral?
A. Francis Drake
B. Christopher Wren
C. Ronnie Scott
D. John Lewis
13. What cartoon character did Michael Jackson wear on his T-shirt as a child and a grown-up?
A. Daffy Duck
C. Tweet Bird
B. Mickey Mouse
D. Donald Duck
14. Which of Michael Jackson’s albums sold more copies than any other album made?
A. Dangerous
C. Bad
B. Thriller
D. This Is It
15. What was Michael Jackson’s ranch called?
A. Neverland
B. Disneyworld
C. Animal Farm
D. Good Times
VI. Match the columns. There is one unnecessary answer. (Połącz kolumny. Jedna z odpowiedzi pozostanie
bez pary.) 1 pkt za prawidłową odpowiedź
15 points
Part A
1. Rudyard Kipling
2. Robert Burns
3. Jonathan Swift
4. Virginia Woolf
5.Lord Byron
Part B
1. Andy Warhol
2. Graham Bell
3.David Attenborough
4. Humphrey Bogart
5. Colin Powell
Part C
1. Alton Towers
2. the Giant Causeway
3. the Bayeux Tapestry
4. Fort Knox
5. the Cutty Sark
a. Othello
b. Gulliver’s Travels
c. The Jungle Book
d. Mrs Dalloway
e. Don Huan
f. Auld Lang Syne
a. politician
b. sculptor
c. painter
d. inventor
e. TV presenter
f. actor
a. gold
b. wall cloth
c. columns of rocks
d. a medieval stronghold
e. a theme park
f. a sailing ship
VII. MAPS AND PICTURES
1 pkt za prawidłową odpowiedź
A. Label the capital cities marked with a star. (Podpisz nazwy stolic zaznaczonych gwiazdką)
5 points
B. Write the names of the following states. (Napisz nazwy stanów odpowiadających podanym liczbom)
5 points
27. …………………..………
36. ……………..…….………
28. ………………..………….
49. …………………..……….
31. ………….…………..……
C. Label the pictures. (Podpisz obrazki podanymi poniŜej wyrazami)
wombat, dingo, kangaroo, kiwi, kookaburra, koala, platypus, sugar glider, emu, echidna
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10 points