New Zealand is a South Pacific country located midway between the Equator.....
New Zealand is a.... E)South Pacific country.
How many peaks do the Southern Alps include?E)19
When was New Zealand discovered? E) A thousand years ago.
What part of the Pacific ocean did the Maori people migrate from? E) Southern
Whatis the nationality of the navigator who saw the land first?D) Dutch
Where are New Caledonia, Fiji and Gonga situated from New Zealand?A)To the North
When did A.Tasman see the island?B) 1642
New Zealand is a country located approximately.... east of Australia.C)1600 sq.km
What’s the nationality of James Cook? A)English
There are the.....islands separated by Cook Strait D) North and South
When did James Cook see the land? A)1769
The country has no part more than ....kilometres from the surrounding ocean.B)120.
What land area makes New Zealand similar size to Japan and Britain?C)268,105
Looking To the Future
When a magazine for high- school students asked its readers what life....
According to the students, how would 1978 be different from 1958?A) Machines would be run by solar power
According to the text of forecasting should be accurate inD) economic
After leaving the airbus how would a person travel A) he could drive a car equipped with radar
How do someteims professionals sound?B) like high-school students
How many passengers these airbuses would carry? B) 200 passengers
What did the expert on cities predict for cities in 1982?C) People would travel to work in «airbuses”
What happened to the investors who had put their faith in financial foreseers?C) their investments were ruined
What month was marked with the worst lossesA) October
What was the subject of expert’s article?B) The city of 1982
What would be advantage of using the radar equipment of cars? D) would make traffic accidents «almost unheard of”
When did H.J.Rand write his article?D) in 1957
When did the most forecasters see an excellent future for the stock marketA) in early 1929
Who was asked about the year 2000D) H.J. Rand of the Rand Corporation
Why do people ask experts to make predictions?D) the future is very important
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne at the age of 18 on the death of her uncle ........
When did Queen Victoria succeed to the throne?D) At the age of 18.
What’s the reason that Victoria wore funeral black for the rest of herB) Her husband’s death.
Victoria’s father, Edward had died when she was.E)8monthes old
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When did Queen Victoria’s uncle die? A) In 1837.
What’s the name of her husband?A) Albert.
Who did she receive support from? A) Prince Albert.
When did she marry? In 1840.
When did Albert die?B) In 1861.
How many children did Queen Victoria give birth to between 1840 and 1857?A)9
She emerged from mourning in 1874 encouraged by her family, friends and the newly-elected Prime Minister....?E)Disraeli.
How many of Queen’s children died before her?D)3
When did hir elder daughter die?A)In July 1901.
What title did her Prime Minister get?B) Earl of Beaconsfield.
What’s the name of her last surviving child?C)Beatrice
Press in Britain
Probable in no other country are there such great differences between ......
What «quality” newspapers do you know?E) The Times, The Independent.
What «popular” newspapers do you know?E) The Daily Express.
How many national papers are published on Sundays’? )A)Nine.
What are the editors of papers usually allowed?A) Freedom of expression.
It is often said that the aim of the popular press is to entertain its readers than inform them.
What kind of materials do these newspapers concentrate on?D) The Royal Family.
What is the difference between various national daily newspapers?D) In the type of news they report.
Are «quality” papers more popular than «tabloids”?D) Less popular.
What are newspapers owned in Britain by? A) By publishing companies.
What kind of newspapers are called as «populars and tabloids”? B) Small-sized newspapers.
What’s the difference between daily newspapers and «Sundays”?E) Includes colour supplement.
What does a «colour supplement” mean?C) Separate magazine which contains feature articles.
Which type of readers are the British? D) They are fond of reading newspapers.
What is an important tradition in many British households?D) A big Sunday lunch.
Different Kinds of Money
What makes money valuable? Why is a piece of paper marked $10 worth ....
What is the real reason that money is valuable?D) everyone believes it is
What was used as money on the Pacific Island of Yap?A) large stone discs
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Ancient Greeks measured wealth in.... A) tools and cattle
How many purposes did this kind of money have?A) two
Why were tools and cattle used as money? C)could be used for farming
What was the value of the house?a certain number of tools or cattle
What did American Indians use as money? A)wampum
What is wampum made of?A) from seashells
What did the ancient economies use instead of coins?C) barter
According to the text gold and silver wereuseful as a kind of money?B) they were easier to carry around
This text is about:D) types of money
When was the paper money introduced?E)In the sixteenth centry
According to the text people:C)Were suspicious of paper money
Why did ancient types of money die out?E) more practical forms of money were invented
What does everyone believe? C) a $10 bill is worth $10
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