I. Вставьте подходящие по смыслу слова.
1. Americans ____________ July Fourth as Independence Day.
2. The King of England ____________ the thirteen colonies.
3. The _____________ were angry with the King of England.
4. The colonists ________ the war.
5. The ______________ of the colonies signed the declaration of independence.
6. People __________ guns on July Fourth, 1776.
7. Today many cities have _____________ in the streets.
II. Найдите неверное слово в каждом предложении и замените его на верное.
1. The Queen of England ruled the 13 colonies in America.
2. A war was started between the colonists and leaders from England.
3. Thomas King wrote the Declaration of Independence.
4. People fired bells for the birth of the United States.
5. At night, fireworks light up the sky all across the state.
The White House
The White House, the official home of the United States President, was not built in time of George Washington to live in. It was begun in 1792 and was ready for its first inhabitants, President and Mrs. John Adams, in 1800. When the Adamses moved in, the White house was not yet complete, and the Adamses suffered many inconveniences. Thomas Jefferson, the third president, improved the comfort of the White House in many respects and added new architectural features such as the terraces on the east and west ends. When British forces burned the white House on August 24, 1814, President James Monroe was able to return to a rebuilt residence. Since then, the White House has been occupied by each US President.
I. Найдите ответ на вопрос : Why did George Washington not live in the White House?
1. It had been burned by the British.
2. He did not like the architectural features.
3. He did not want to suffer the inconvenience that the Adamses had suffered.
4. Construction had not yet been completed.
II. Закончите предложение It can be concluded from the passage that John Adams was …
1. the first president of the United States.
2. the second president of the United States.
3. the third president of the United states.
4. the fourth president of the United States.
III. Найдите ответ на вопрос : Which of the following best describes Thomas Jefferson’s living in the White House?
1. He had to escape from the White House because of the war with the British.
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2. He was accepting of the many inconveniences.
3. He removed the terraces that had been added by Adams.
4. He worked to improve the appearance and convenience of the white House.
IV. Закончите предложение : When James Monroe came back to the White House, it had been … 1.repressed 2.reconstructed 3. relocated. 4.reserved.
The Statue of Liberty
One of the most famous statues in the world stands on an island in New York Harbor. This statue is, of course, the statue of Liberty. The Statue is a woman who holds a torch up high. She symbolizes a welcome to a land of freedom. Visitors can go inside the statue. The statue is so large that as many as twelve people can stand inside the torch. Many more people can stand in other parts of the statue. The statue weighs 225 tons and is 301 feet tall.
The statue of Liberty was put in 1886. It was a gift to the United States from the people of France. Over the years France and the United States had a special relationship. In 1776 France helped the American colonies gain independence from England. The French wanted to do something special for the U.S. centennial, its 100th birthday.
Laboulaye was a well-known Frenchman who admired the US. One night at a dinner in his house, Laboulaye talked about the idea of a gift. Among guests was the French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. He offered to design the statue.
Many people contributed in some way. The French people gave money for the statue. Americans designed and built the pedestal for the statue to stand on. The American people raised money to pay for the pedestal. The French engineer Alexander Eiffel, who was famous for his Eiffel Tower in Paris, figured out how to make the heavy statue stand.
Закончите предложения .
1. The people of France wanted to give the United States a special ____.a. gift b. torch c. woman
2. France and the United States had a special ______.a. independence b. relationship c. feeling
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3. France helped the American colonies ____ independence.a. build b. gain c. protect
4. A famous Frenchman, Laboulaye, ______ the United States.
a. admired d. visited c. designed
5. Frederic Bartholdi _______ to design the statue. a. contributed b. offered c. ordered
6. The Statue of Liberty stands on a ________. a. building b. harbor c. pedestal
7. The Statue of Liberty symbolizes _____. a. a woman with a torch b. a land of freedom c. France
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