Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Already eleven treasure hunters been killed – some in mysterious circumstances.
В) Scott believes that some discoveries from the past could make life difficult even for people in the present.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Although Halloween, on October 31, is not an official holiday, it a very special day.
В) On Halloween children dress in costumes as witches, TV characters and even computers and cereal boxes.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Another problem are that I always do my own best to find a seat with a good view of the screen during the advertisements.
В) Then, at two minutes before the main film is due to begin, the seat in front of me will be took by a heavyweight boxer who blocks out most of the screen and so, by this time, it’s too late to move.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Are musicals becoming very popular now?
В) Why doesn’t Mary want to see a musical?
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Are we going anywhere tonight?
В) I think we could go to the theatre.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Be a professional treasure hunter is not the glamorous job it might sound.
В) What few people realise is how much research and preparation go into treasure hunting.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Besides public holidays, there are other festivals, anniversaries and simply days, on which certain traditions are observed, but unless they fall on a Sunday, they are ordinary working days.
В) St. Valentine’s Day, February 14th, has been a customary day for choosing sweethearts and exchanging love-tokens from time immemorial.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) But you can’t say the true Englishman really relaxes at week-ends.
В) Do you think the British invented it because they have to relax more than other people in order to keep going?
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Can’t you manage get away from London at week-ends and get some sun?
В) The idea is that you’re not invited to be entertained but to share in the normal life of the family
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Clackers were two plastic balls linked by an arrangement of strings.
В) The object was to move the balls so that they hit each other with a clack above and below your hand.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Clothes in such a condition always seem to take up so much room, too.
В) The maid would think it fallen in by mistake and retrieve it.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Coffee and hot-dogs are in plentiful supply, and a grand time is had by the thousands of onlookers.
В) The Guy Fawkes Carnival hold at Bridgewater, Somerset, on the Thursday nearest to November 5th, is believed to date back unbroken except for the war years, to the original event in 1605.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) College students and many other organizations in the city prepare elaborate guys, for which prizes are awarded.
В) The guy awarded the first prize has the honour of being the first to be cast upon the huge bonfire, the other prize-winners following in order of merit.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Count generations of young people have acknowledged St. Valentine as the friend and patron of lovers.
В) In the Parlement of Foules, Chaucer refer to a once common belief that all birds choose their mates on February 14th.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Customs of the Druid Samhain become mixed with those of the Roman Pomona Day.
В) The name Halloween comes at still another celebration.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Experts in history and archaeology have to be consulted and documents (sometimes in very obscure languages) have to be translated.
В) It is only when there are a really good chance of finding something worthwhile that the decision to go ahead is taken.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Have you get two seats for tonight’s performance?
В) We are usually preferring the second performance.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) He certainly has a complete change, but he actually works like a beaver from Friday evening till Monday morning, taking the car to pieces, mowing the lawn and so on.
В) You mean that for five days he allows himself to relax at his regular job so that he can do his most important work at home on Saturdays and Sundays?
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) How many are the seats in the circle at the Aldwych?
В) Are we going anywhere tonight?
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) How many are there public holidays in Great Britain?
В) Why were this holidays called bank holidays?
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) How much is the seats in the circle?
В) I’ve got a few stalls and two circle seat.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) I argued that if I spend less time at exercises in the morning I would keep my mind fresh for reading when I got home from work.
В) I didn’t watch television and sat in my room for a few evenings with my eyes glued to a book.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) I don’t like the cinema very much myself, but my friends they all love it
В) I often find myself sitting in the dark trying to follow through the conversation on the screen while sweet papers and crisp packets are being opened enthusiastically all around me.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) I must to admit because there’s often a very good atmosphere in the cinema
В) Cinema fans talks about the extra pleasure of an experience is shared with others.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) If your holiday is likely to be lengthy try to arrange for a neighboring lad to mow it for you, for a few bob– you do his while he’s away, in return.
В) Likewise, allowing him the run of fruit or vegetables, which will only perish or seed otherwise.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) In the Roman Martyrology there are two martyrs of that name, one a Roman priest who perished in A. D. 269, the other an Umbrian bishop who was executed in A. D. 273.
В) It is not clear who of the two is really the lovers’ saint and so far as we know, there is no historical reason why either of them should be so regarded.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) It is this sort of annoying disturbance at the cinema which it means that I’d rather prefer to hire a video and watch it at home.
В) Then there is no risk of get cross because it’s impossible to hear anything what is going on.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) It true that nothing whatever is known about St. Valentine that would suggest such a patronage.
В) He is, indeed, rather a misty figure altogether.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) I’d like to see Laurence Harvey at the Aldwych.
В) I saw him had played superbly in The Twelfth Night last year.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) I’ve been here over a week and I haven’t seen any shows yet.
В) I think it’s high time I go to the theatre.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Labor Day honor the American worker.
В) Just as Memorial Day means the beginning of summer, Labor Day, which fall on the first Monday in September, marks the end of summer.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Lewes, Sussex, is noted for its Guy Fawkes celebrations, now a highly organized event attracting thousands of visitors.
В) There are torchlight processions and pageantry, with official Bonfire Societies to help with the various displays.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Many people make New Year’s resolutions (to eat less, to work more, etc.).
В) In the 1950s and 1960s Martin Luther King, Jr., leds the civil rights movement – the struggle for equal rights for black Americans.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Many people spend New Year’s Day resting.
В) That’s because they stayed up most of the night, greeting the new year!
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968.
В) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which falls in January, around King’s birthday, is a time to celebrate the life and achievements of this great American.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Mary and Peter are go to the theatre tonight.
В) They are discussing what performance to see.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) May Day falls on the first Monday in May.
В) The Spring Bank Holiday falls on the last Monday of May, so the Late Summer Bank Holiday comes on the last Monday in August.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Memorial Day honors American soldiers killed in war.
В) There are many parades on Memorial Day.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Memorial Day, which come on the last Monday in May, is also the unofficial beginning of the summer vacation season.
В) On Memorial Day, many people go to the beach.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Music of all kinds – “pop” music, folk music, jazz, light music and brass bands – is an important part of British cultural life.
В) The large audiences at orchestral concerts and at performances of opera, ballet and classical music reflect the widespread interest in classical music.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) October 31 became know as All Hallow Even, it was still a time of magic, superstition and the gathering of spirits.
В) All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day mixed with those of Samhain and Pomona Day.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Outside London there are many non-repertory theatres which present all kinds of drama and also put on variety shows and other entertainments.
В) Recently there had been a grown in the activity of repertory companies which receive financial support from the Arts Council and the local authorities.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Shirts can thrown away in this country presumably.
В) If it’s embarrassing throwing away a shirt, it positively shameful to be seen trying to hide the fact -unsuccessfully.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Some people pull curtains to keep the hot sun from turning the house into an oven.
В) This are a debatable point-though – it rather announces the fact that you’re away to anyone crafty enough to watch the house.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Some towns and cities have parades with bands and flags, and most politicians will try to give a patriotic speech or two, should anyone be willing to listen.
В) But what make the Fourth of July is the atmosphere and enjoyment of, for instance, the family beach party, with hot dogs and hamburgers, volleyball and softball, the fireworks and rockets at night.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The center of theatrical activity in Britain is London.
В) There are about 50 principal theatres in professional use in or near the West End and some 20 in the suburbs.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The city of Rome gives us another part of the Halloween story.
В) The early Romans also had many gods and goddesses.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The excavation of a Sacred Well at Chichen Itza in Mexico revealed the remains of 300 victims of sacrifice, together with hundreds of valuable items which had been thrown down the well with them.
В) Global Explorations is currently investigating possible hiding places of thou – sands of works of art taken by the Nazis during World War II.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The former Old Vic Company, who was Britain’s major theatrical touring company, has now taken up residence in the National Theatre Company.
В) In addition the Royal Shakespeare Company presents Shakespearean plays at Stradford-upon-Avon and a mixed repertoire in London.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The major expense is the sophisticated machinery, which can save a lot of unnecessary and costly work by “seeing” beneath the ground to discover whether things are buried under it.
В) A typical search will costs between a quarter and one and a half million dollars.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The method of choose sweethearts on St. Valentine’s Day varied in different times and places.
В) Present-giving on this day was not confined to sweethearts.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The name of the holiday was shortened from All Hallow Even to Hallowe’en and then to Halloween.
В) All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day mixed for those of Samhain and Pomona Day.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The new Christian religion spread over the country.
В) Roman Catholic Church made November 1 a church holiday to honor all the saints.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The Romans pictured Pomona so a beautiful girl with fruits in her arms and a crown of apples on her head.
В) People laid out apples and nuts for Pomona.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The Romans ruled Britain for nearly 400 years, from the first to the fifth centuries A.D.
В) The Romans taken their holidays to Britain with them.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The scale and expense of the operation matches the rewards.
В) A typical search will cost between a quarter and one and a half million dollars.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The traditional tar barrel is still a feature, but it now ends it’s fiery career safely in the river.
В) There is an extremely well-organized celebration at Winchester, Hampshire.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The windows of many houses have Halloween decorations and jack-o’-lanterns. (Jack-o’-lanterns are pumpkins that have been carved with strange faces and have a candle inside.)
В) The people in the houses give the children candy or any other treat.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Then we enjoy the return journey unencumbered apart from a few presents, watching other holidaymakers struggling to squeeze purchases into bags which are already full to bursting.
В) Back home the idea slipped to the back of my mind until one April day I found a shoe nearly worn out and not worth repairing.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Then we have empty suitcases to fill with presents and souvenirs and come home to wardrobes so tidied that the doors actually shut.
В) Once the deed was done, I thought, ‘Why doesn’t everyone do it?’
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) There are eight public holidays a year in Great Britain.
В) Most of these holidays are of religious origin.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) There is a lot competition, but Deely-Boppers is the strongest candidates for the Silliest Craze of the 20th Century award.
В) A plastic headband supported a pair of flexidle antennae likes those on an insect’s head, on the ends of which could be anything mad from shiny stars to flashing lights.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) There was even a mini outbreak of broken wrists among Clacker fans, followed by stories of pieces of plastic from ‘exploding’ balls damaging the eyes of unwary enthusiasts.
В) This eventually led to Clackers be forbidden in the majority of educational establishments.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) These companies employ leading producers and actors, and the standard of productions is generally high.
В) Some companies has their own theatres, while others rents from the local authorities.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) This holy day was call All Saints’ Day, or Hallowmas or All Hallows.
В) Favorite food was set out for the dead. Bonfires glowed to light their way to heaven.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) To most of us, buried treasure is the subject of a childhood pirate story or the image of someone with a metal detector filling their spare time with a possibly profitable wander over a deserted beach or patch of wasteland.
В) But to Norman Scott, president of Global Explorations, it’s his business and his life’s work.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) We’re really terribly lazy for five days of the week.
В) Got back to the typical week-end, I’d like you to tell me the kind of thing that goes on.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) What do Peter suggest?
В) He is fond of musicals, is he?
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) What does people usually do on these days?
В) What holidays can be called movable?
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) What is Mary and Peter’s plans for tonight?
В) Who suggest going to the theatre?
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) What other celebrations besides public holidays are there in Great Britain?
В) What holidays can be call movable?
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) What seats has the clerk offer him?
В) Which of them does Peter choose?
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) What theatre do she want to go to?
В) What particular actor does Mary want to see?
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) What time do the second performance begin?
В) I’ll show you where your seats are on the plan.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Who goes to buy the tickets?
В) Which performance does Peter want two seats for?
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А)Most important American holiday is the Fourth of July, or Independence Day.
В) On July 4, 1776, the American colonies declared their independence from Britain.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А)Turn off electricity at the main, and water at the main stop-tap. Empty the tank. One never knows.
В) Defreeze and clean out fridge, leaving the door open a little to prevent mould or mustiness.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The carnival is noted for the many thousands of “squibs” which are used.
В) For many generations these were made in the homes and local shops, but for safety reasons these were banned and only factory-made ones are permitted.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Still, this emphasis on the stress of American daily life is frequently overdone, often by Americans who sometimes delight in telling others ___________
busy they are.
Another most popular activity on this day (consist) of a visit to a pub — either a walk to the local pub, or often nowadays a drive to a more pleasant country pub.
At first it was hand-made, with little paintings of hearts and flowers, and a short verse ________ by the sender.
Church bells _________ another typical feature of an English Sunday morning, though few people go to morning service.
For at least three centuries this anniversary has been a day of small family reunions, when absent sons and daughters return to their homes, and gifts _______ made to mothers by their children of all ages.
Have you _______ to this part of the city before?
I still haven’t given _________ my resolution to do more reading.
If the weather (be) fine, people may decide to go out for the day.
In 1986, 31 _________ of all employed Americans put in a work week of less than 40 hours.
In actual fact, the two festivals are quite unrelated, ________ totally different in origin and history, and falling on different dates.
In the average American home, there is an enormous amount of activity, of coming and going, seemingly all ___________ at once.
It was formerly usual for apprentices and servants __________a holiday on Mothering Sunday
Mid-Lent Sunday, the fourth in Lent, has more than one name, but for English people the best-known of these names is Mothering ________ .
Most Americans today work no more _____________eight hours a day, five days a week at their jobs.
Mothering Sunday has, indeed, become rather regrettably commercialized, as shopkeepers and manufactures realized its value _________ yet another present-giving anniversary.
On Sunday most people ________ in bed for at least one hour longer than usual.
One night, however, _________cold and lonely, I went downstairs and sat in front of the television pretending to read.
Since it saved much mental effort and careful handwork, its popularity was immediate and_____________.
Some of the British national traits are resulting from the British __________.
Such pleasant proofs of devotion are not yet quite extinct, and the _________ and hand-painted Valentine can still be seen occasionally though its verses are now rarely original.
Sunday always __________ a favourite day for inviting people — friends, relations, colleagues — to afternoon tea, and there are no signs that this custom is losing popularity nowadays.
Sunday is the day when most people ___________ in some fairly light activity such as gardening, washing the car, taking the dog for a walk.
The British are against any suggestion that some modification of their habits, or the introduction of something new and unknown into their lives, might be to their __________.
The commercial card appeared in the nineteenth century, complete ready-made sentiments and decorations, embossed, brightly coloured and gilded, and later on, lace-edged, __________ and packed in a neat box.
The craze reached its height in that first year and many teenagers were hospitalized with __________ ribs and pulled muscles as they went on to ever more complicated moves.
The game of rolling a circle of wood or bamboo along the ground and chasing after it goes __________ centuries.
The plastic Hula-Hoop was invented in 1958 and in six months the inventors had _______ 20 million of them at $1.98 each.
The price of flower rises almost automatically on the preceding Saturday, and for some time beforehand shop-windows everywhere are filled with every kind of article that can possibly be advertised as a suitable _________ for “Mother’s Day”.
The realisation that the weekend is nearly over _________ a slight melancholy on the evening.
The roots of this pleasant custom can be traced _______ to pre-Reformation times, when on Mid-Lent Sunday, devout parishioners went to the Mother Church of the parish, or to the Cathedral of the diocese, to make their offerings.
The term bank holiday applies also to, , , and
The term bank holiday _________back to the 19th century when by the Bank Holiday Act of 1871.
The Valentine card that we know today came into _________ during the eighteenth century when the expensive gifts of earlier years had gone out of fashion.
To what opera house _________ they going?
Two great Americans are honored on Presidents’ Day.
What did John apologize to Tom ___________ ?
What do the orchestra-men do before the ____________ of a performance?
What do they say about the cast and the performance __________ general?
What usually ___________ an opera or a ballet?
What __________ the conductor hold in his hand?
Why are they glad they’ve ___________ their opera-glasses along?
Why could Tom __________ out only half the words?
Why did John’s mother __________ him to do it after diner?
Why does Tom prefer Williams in the __________ of Figaro?
Why doesn’t Tom like to come to the theatre __________ the last moment?
________ Easter Sunday which follow on the first Sunday after a full moon or after March 21st.
__________ fact, I have just bought a book entitled How to Read a Thousand Words a Minute.
“_______ a-mothering” never quite vanished from the English scene but in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries gradually became less widespread.
Abroad, would you prefer to be ___________ to someone’s house or a local restaurant?
All over Europe rationing and restrictions __________ the order of the day, and hundreds of towns lay in ruins.
All the public holidays, except __are movable, that is they do not fall on the same date each year.
Although tourism can boost the economy, with foreigners spending large amounts of money, tourists can push up the cost of _________ for the locals who are used to paying low prices.
Among them the Edinburgh International Festival has now firmly _________ its reputation as one of the foremost events of its kind in the world.
Are there many theatres in or near __________West End of London?
Are there ______amateur theatres in Great Britain?
Do you always notice when the actors suffer __________ stage-fright?
Do you mind if I____________?
Do you need _________ back to Stockholm?
Do you want to go out __________ a drink, or a coffee, or something?
Don’t worry, there’s still a __________ people to come anyway.
Every year an International Festival of University Theatre is__________.
Every year, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving: the meal usually includes __________
Exactly when the day also became a festival of human motherhood is uncertain, but evidently family gatherings and “going a-mothering” were already well _________ in the middle of the seventeenth century.
Flowers and simnel cakes are still the traditional __________ -gifts, but nowadays other and more elaborate presents are often given as well.
For many English families Sunday begins with the by now traditional “_______”, when, instead of getting up at 7.30 or at 8 o’clock, as during the rest of the week, most people stay in bed for at least another hour.
For many students, the school year starts the day _________ Labor day.
How _________ difference is there between home cooking and restaurant food?
How __________you relax?
However, the development that arises from the influx of tourism can destroy places of natural beauty as hotels and entertainment complexes _________ up.
However, unfortunately there are some factors that the country should be aware _____ before it opens its doors to the flood of tourism.
I don’t know if you __________have any plans for tomorrow.
I get out a pair of good old boots I had since college, and just head _________out into the country.
I haven’t really ________the chance to visit anywhere yet.
I like to spend a while __________around.
I love to have a few friends round at the weekend, then spend lots of time __________ up a menu, try out new dishes, see what they think.
I was wondering if you ______________ like me to show you something of the city.
I _______ wondering if you’d got my email about our meeting next week.
If you’re not doing anything later, ______ you like to go out for a meal?
In England Easter is a time for the giving and receiving of presents such as
In some northern districts, fig-pies or puddings __________ eaten, though in most places these did not appear until two weeks later, on Palm or Fig Sunday.
In The Parliament of Fowles, __________ refers to a once common belief that all birds choose their mates on February 14th, a pleasant, if slightly inaccurate notion which still survives in some districts as a tale told to children.
It has once again become quite usual for children away from home to take or send a gift to their mother on Mother’s Day, or for a family _______ to be held then.
It looks __________ if I’m going to be busy all morning.
It’s kind _________ you to offer but really, you relax.
It’s nice to hear ________ you.
It’s not surprising that a recent Thanksgiving tradition is to sit after dinner in front of the TV watching a professional ________ game.
It’s the only way to meet genuine ___________ people, get out there and find them.
I’d rather you ________ smoke here, but I think there’s someone else already outside if you want to join them.
I’m just ___________ a reply to you.
I’m sorry I’m a bit late – it was __________ to do with your directions!
I’ve never tasted anything quite ________ it.
Let me _________ give you a hand with those plates.
Many adult Americans regularly engage _______ sports like tennis, softball, golf and bowling.
Many families celebrate the Fourth of July _________having picnics and, at night, watching fireworks.
Match the following holidays and the dates they are observed
Match the following holidays and the dates they are observed
Match the following holidays and the equipment you should take with you
Match the following holidays and the ways they are celebrated
Nevertheless, the revival seems to be a real one, of which commercialization is a result rather ____ a cause.
OK, that __________ like a good idea.
On Guy Fawkes’ Day children may be seen going about the streets and having a little cart or an old pram, and they ask the passers-by to spare ___________.
On Halloween the children go from house to house, knocking on doors and saying “__________or ______ ”.
Perhaps it will solve my problem, but I just haven’t ________time to read it!
Shall I ___ up at your hotel?
Shall we have something to drink before we _________ order?
Smell of __________ being fried is for most people so much a part of Sunday mornings that they would not be the same without it.
Sometimes the whole family went to church together in the morning, and then there ________ be special dinner at which roast veal or roast lamb was usually the main dish.
Thai food ________ good.
The American Mother’s Day is a modern secular anniversary _____________ began only in 1907.
The Arts Council has its own orchestra _________ plays for the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet.
The English Mothering Sunday custom developed ________ a medieval ecclesiastical practice, and has never lost its connection with the Church calendar.
The English National Opera ____________performs in the London Coliseum gives seasons of opera and operetta in English.
The Festival was a success, and has _________ held annually ever since.
The greatest figure in Hula-Hoop folklore was ___________ Elvis Presley.
The post-war years have ___________ a great growth in the number of arts festivals in Britain and other European countries.
The Royal Shakespeare Company presents Shakespearean plays and a mixed repertoire in __________ and __________.
The three holidays which were first observed in the U.S. but have now spread elsewhere are
The traditional bringer of presents, Father Christmas, has his roots in other characters. He has been compared to
The wide availability of child-care centers and the fact that children attend school until three or four in the afternoon and eat lunch there has ________many women with children to take jobs outside the home.
There are several ______________amateur dramatic societies in Britain
Thousands of these cards were sent through the post every year, and the steadily ____________flood did not fail until almost the end of Queen Victoria’s reign.
Tourism can produce more jobs for the local community in __________ industries such as hotels and restaurants.
Tourism is one of the _________ growing industries in the world, and therefore it is not surprising that so many countries want to be a part of it.
We could go __________ my car.
Weekend automobile ________ are traditional for many families in the USA and Great Britain.
What did they like to watch _________ on the slippery rocks?
What does the author think his ideal holiday will be like __________ he grows old?
What is the center of theatrical activity in___________ Great Britain?
What is ___________by a repertory theatre?
What kind of music _______popular in England?
What kind of performances ___________staged in the Royal Opera House?
What would you arrange for a guest who _________to experience local hospitality?
What ____________ a typical eating or drinking experience in your region?
What ____________you know about the Royal Shakespeare Company?
What’s your ideal way to ___________ free time?
When does every holiday seem ideal, _________ you’re a child or when you’re an adult?
Where and when did they agree to meet _________ next day?
Where _________ we meet?
Why does he like ________?
Why don’t we meet _________ 7.30, outside the main entrance?
Why ___________ you try the seafood pasta?
Would you like to try some of _______ asparagus?
Would you mind __________ for me?
Yes, that sounds _________ a nice idea.
______ most evenings during the festival there are as many as six events to choose from on the official programme: symphony concerts, ballets, plays, recitals – all given by the finest artistes in the world.
________ I pour you some wine?
_________ I ask the waiter if there are any other vegetarian?
_________ is a traditional Easter pastime which still flourishes in England and Scotland. It takes place on Easter Sunday or Monday, and consists of rolling coloured, hard-boiled eggs down a slope until they are cracked and broken after which they are eaten by their owners.
_________most universities have thriving amateur drama club and societies.
__________ you doing anything later?
__________ you prefer to entertain guests at your home or at a restaurant?
___________leading actors of the British theatre do you know?
___________theatrical companies receive financial support from Arts Council?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. As Americans say about sports, “you can’t___________ them all,” but then, you don’t need to.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. As the evening advances, the fire is piled high – for the brighter the fire, the ________ the luck.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. As the hands of the clock in the tower approach the hour, a hush falls on the waiting throng, the atmosphere grows tense, and then suddenly there comes a roar ________ thousands of throats.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. As the night advances, Princess Street becomes _________ thronged as it normally is at noon, and there is growing excitement in the air.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. He has __________the Old Year out and the New Year in.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. How do people celebrate Thanksgiving __________ in the US?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. How do people celebrate __________ fourth of July?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. How do you understand the terms a “legal holiday”, a “federal _________ holiday”?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Many families prefer to bring _________ the New Year at home, with music or dancing, cards or talk.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Many people paraded _______ costumes made from the skins and heads of animals.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Samhain was a time of fear, magic, mystery, and _________ about the future.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Some of these things may seem to ______ over-cautious, but one never knows.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The Druids ask the spirits to tell them ___ will happen in the new year.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The Druids give a spark from the sacred ________ to the head of each family.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The festival on November 1 honored both the sun god and__________ .
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The members of the household seat themselves round the hearth, and when the hands of the __________ approach the hour, the head of the house rises, goes to the front door, opens it wide, and holds it thus until the last stroke of midnight has died away.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The Samhain festival was a time of ___________ for the harvest.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The __________ is Druids' sacred tree.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. They thought this pleased Samhain and _______away evil spirits.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Towards midnight, all steps turn to the Tron Kirk, ______ a lively, swaying crowd awaits “the Chapplin o’ the Twal” (the striking of 12 o’clock).
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What are the federal holidays for all federal offices, most state and local _________ offices in the USA?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What are the three holidays which ___________ first observed in the US?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What are the two “most American” __________ the holidays?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What can you say about _________ holidays as Confederate Memorial Day, Volunteer Fireman Day?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Why might the President or Congress ___________ a special day or a week?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. _______ are the traditional holidays?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. ___________- are the Celtic priests and teachers.
Вставьте пропущенное слово.Many law firms give their employees free time _________ that they can give legal aid to worthy public causes.
Вставьте пропущенное слово.The Queen, riding on horseback, joins in the parade alongside the hundreds of servicemen ___________ her command.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. A better diet and a radical change in exercise habits has meant that the number of heart attacks among American business-men is going _______ , although they are still on the increase in other western nations.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Americans have always been concerned _________ making the chores of everyday life less tiresome and distasteful.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. For every American who stays up late, trying to keep up with the competition, there’s another who, earning as ___________ as he wants to, shuts the office door and takes a walk.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. From mail-order __________ to drive-in banking, from durable-press materials for clothes to computerized services and take-out food, Americans have shown their preference for a comfortable and convenient lifestyle.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. In addition, there are so many other activities and clubs, groups, volunteer organizations, courses, and hobbies, that most Americans are involved _________ several at the same time.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. In the cities and burghs, the New Year receives a communal ___________, the traditional gathering-place being the Mercat Cross, the hub and symbol of the old burgh life.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Inventors, businessmen, designers, neighborhood initiatives and interest groups, public officials and private citizens – all seem to ___________ trying to make things better, more efficient, more readily available, more convenient.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The availability of adult education programs as well as the tradition of social, occupational, and geographic mobility can sometimes mean that a ________ in one place can be a start in another.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. There are enough vivid descriptions of the “_________ race” so that those who don’t want to take part can step back and watch the others run.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. They are usually ___________ the go most of the week, and have full weekends as well.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. They are ___________ pressure to do well on their examinations and get into a good university, to get a better and better paying job to improve themselves, to gel fitter or slimmer, or even to relax.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. This happens every year ___________ Queen Elizabeth II of England’s birthday.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Why is it a basic mistake to announce our resolutions ________ everybody?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. ________ hard, Americans often have schedules that leave little room to just sit and do nothing.
Вставьте пропущенное слово.Many adults and teenagers are __________ in volunteer work.
Вставьте пропущенное слово.Some of the volunteer work is __________ a personal basis.
Вставьте пропущенное слово.Teenagers, for example, often volunteer to work in hospitals – so-called “____________ -stripers”, from their striped uniforms.
Вставьте пропущенное слово.There’s a softball game Thursday afternoon __________ the team sponsored by the local police department and the team that has “Blue Moon Bar and Grill” on its jackets and jerseys.
Вставьте пропущенное слово.____________ to a recent Gallup poll, about 84 million Americans, that is, almost one out of every three Americans, donated some part of their time as volunteers.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: As he looks out of the window of his flat over the vast desert of brick and stone, he has in his _______a vivid picture of the day when he will live in a thatched cottage with roses round the porch and a garden with beds of flowers.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: Each year more English people go to different parts of continental _______.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: Few English people rent houses or flats for their holidays, but one of the traditional ways of spending a summer holiday is in a _____, which may have a card in its window advertising “apartments”, or “bed and breakfast”.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: Holiday camps are ideal places for people who do not want the effort of looking ______entertainment.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: It is not surprising, since nobody in Britain lives more than one hundred and twenty ________ from the sea.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: It is possible to arrange a walking or cycling ______, moving from hostel to hostel.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: It was the British who started the fashion _______seaside holidays.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: Local corporations, universities, schools and societies have their own ______traditions.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: Many take their cars, often with tents and caravans, others use the ______agents’ scheme for group travel and hotel booking.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: On the other ________, caravans have become very popular.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: One of the traditional ways of spending a summer holiday is in a boarding-house, which may have a card in its window advertising “apartments”, or “bed and _______”.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: Perhaps this is because it is in the country that the British are, or like to think that they are, most at _______.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: Some people bring their own ______, pulling them behind their cars, others hire caravans, already in position.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: Such groups have customs of their own _____ they are very reluctant to change.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: The coast is _______ most popular place of English people for
Вставьте пропущенное слово: The country house is, perhaps, Britain’s greatest ________ to European civilization.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: The summer weather too often can be very unpleasant for tent-_________.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: The village with its church, pub, fishing, cricket, animals everywhere, especially dogs and horses — all this creates an ______ image of Britain.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: The _______ is an essential and much admired part of the rural heritage of England.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: There are holiday camps all round the coast of Great Britain.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: There are youth ______ in different parts of Britainwhere theu can spend their holidays.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: They like to think that their private customs differentiate them, as groups, _____ the rest of the world.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: To many people village is a ________ of “roots” and stability.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: We should also add to this picture the seaside, a passion for gardening and a love for old customs and _______.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: ______ British people may be conservative about the times they take their holiday, but they have shown themselves very ready to take to new places.
Вставьте пропущенное слово: _______ holidays in the proper sense of the word, with tents, are not so developed in Britain as on the continent.
Вставьте пропущеное слово. He is also provided _______ a list of street closures for filming productions by the city.
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Дайте правильные варианты перевода слова bob
Дайте правильные варианты перевода слова crafty
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Закончите высказывание. Every Englishman is a countryman _____ heart.
Закончите высказывание. Everyone looks forward to the weekend and when Friday comes along, as people leave work they say to each other: “Have a nice _______”.
Закончите высказывание. Many years he may ______ lived in the city, but he does not believe he really belongs there.
Закончите высказывание. Most people in Britain work a five-day week, from Monday to ________.
Закончите высказывание. On Saturday afternoon the most important sporting events of the week take place — football, rugby, horse-racing and other ______.
Закончите высказывание. On weekdays shops close between 5.30 and 6.00 p.m. and they are closed all day ______Sunday.
Закончите высказывание. Saturday evening is the favourite time for parties, dances, going to the pictures or the theatre, in fact for “_________” generally.
Закончите высказывание. Saturday morning is a very busy time for shopping, as this is the only day when people, who are at work can ________ for any length of time.
Закончите высказывание. Schools, colleges and universities are also closed on Saturdays and ________.
Закончите высказывание. Self-assurance, willingness to _____ eccentricity, law-abidingness, a curious mixture of conservatism and enterprise — all these are generalizations which hold reasonably true of all classes of the British people.
Закончите высказывание. Some people go and watch, others sit and watch the sports programmes on _________.
Закончите высказывание. Students, young people working away from home and single people in general like to go ________ for the weekend.
Закончите высказывание. They may go home, go to stay with relatives or friends in different parts of the country, or stay in a hotel or boarding-house in the country or at the ______.
Закончите высказывание. Those who stay at home at the weekend try both to relax and to catch up with all the jobs they are too busy to do _______ the week.
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Раскройте скобки. (see) me on Monday, and I’ll tell you what I can about the job.
Раскройте скобки. At the same time, Thanksgiving is a solemn occasion, a day to remember the many who (is) less well off, in America and throughout the world.
Раскройте скобки. Every year, ‘Continental Computers’ holds an annual dinner and dance, to which all employees and their husbands and wives (be) invited.
Раскройте скобки. I believe when foreigners over here get some typical English family to invite them down to the country for the week-end they (find) themselves more or less left to their own devices.
Раскройте скобки. I see some of the sunburn you got in Italy is (begin) to wear off, Don.
Раскройте скобки. I wanted to ask you what was (happen) about the job in Sheffield.
Раскройте скобки. If possible arrange with the local postman to hold all letters until the day you ( return), or for a sum have them held at the post office for you.
Раскройте скобки. In addition to (establish) the Scottish Festival Chorus, it helped to develop the Scottish opera and the Scottish National Orchestra which started by giving only occasional light concerts in the festival.
Раскройте скобки. Is it true that the British (invent) the week-end?
Раскройте скобки. It (be) the only time of the year when all the employees get together socially.
Раскройте скобки. It makes no difference if in your eyes you’ve nothing worth (pinch) – in someone else’s, you might have plenty.
Раскройте скобки. Now greetings and small gifts are (exchange) glasses are filled – and already the First-Footers are at the door.
Раскройте скобки. People think it’s better for their guests not to have too much of their time (organize).
Раскройте скобки. The First-Footer, on (cross) the threshold, greets the family with “A Happy New Year!” and pours out a glass from the flask he carries.
Раскройте скобки. The next November, after the crops were (harvest) the pilgrims gave thanks to God at a feast to which they invited the Indians.
Раскройте скобки. The pride of Americans in their country is perhaps not much different from that in other countries, but it (seem) more apparent.
Раскройте скобки. The “Star-(Spangle) Banner” and the flags of the states are found in many places and displayed on many occasions, including, it should be noted, demonstrations against the government.
Раскройте скобки. There’s no harm in (try).
Раскройте скобки. What are they (plan) to do in Moscow?
Раскройте скобки. What can you expect if an English family (invite) you to the country?
Раскройте скобки. What is the secret of a (success) week-end?
Раскройте скобки. What resolutions do we (take) before the New Year?
Раскройте скобки. Why can’t you say that the true Englishman (have) a chance to relax at week-end?
Раскройте скобки. Why didn’t he (carry) out either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year?
Раскройте скобки. You’ll enjoy your lie in the sun, or whatever, much more with the knowledge that you’ve (done) your best to see all is well at home.
Раскройте скобки. "Have you (to see) Peter and Nick this morning?"
Раскройте скобки. Although many people (die) the Pilgrims settlement survived the winter because of help from Indians who lived nearby.
Раскройте скобки. Glasgow is a big (industry) city in Great Britain.
Раскройте скобки. Have you ever (be) to London?
Раскройте скобки. In 1620 one of the first British settlements in America (be) established in Massachusetts.
Раскройте скобки. In many communities, the mail carrier conveniently picks up your mail, (save) you a trip to the nearest mailbox.
Раскройте скобки. In Norwich, and elsewhere in the country, until towards the end of last century, St. Valentine’s Eve (be) a great present-giving anniversary for adults as well as children.
Раскройте скобки. Lloyds Bank is quite reliable for (keep) money in it.
Раскройте скобки. Make sure you’ve got the damp last-minute (wash) out of the machine or spinner, otherwise you’d be met with a nasty pong on your return.
Раскройте скобки. One feature of American life that some European observers have often (comment) on, is the frequent display of flags and other national symbols in the U.S.
Раскройте скобки. Sweep crumbs off the floor, especially if you have a large and (seclude) garden, as crumbs attract mice, and also ants under the doors.
Раскройте скобки. That's a beautiful song, isn't it? Who (to sing) it?
Раскройте скобки. The Indians teach) the Pilgrims about corn and showed them where to fish.
Раскройте скобки. The sea (to be) calm today. Let's go on deck.
Раскройте скобки. The senior class is having a “slave auction” (they rent their services for house and yard work to the highest bidder) to ________ money for the class trip.
Раскройте скобки. The South of Spain is a very (picture) sight.
Раскройте скобки. The story of Richard's day (show) the stress of modern life, but Richard could do a lot to help himself.
Раскройте скобки. There are public service organizations, lodges, temples, and clubs which sponsor a host of activities, many of them (relate) to charitable work.
Раскройте скобки. These settlers, (know) as Pilgrims, had come to America to freely practice their religion.
Раскройте скобки. They take time when you’re just bursting to get (go) and the kids are hopping from one foot to another, but it really is worth taking the bother and putting your mind at rest.
Раскройте скобки. Tidy around, as you’ll be (tire) when you get back, but don’t leave the place looking as though it’s not lived in, nor will be for weeks.
Раскройте скобки. Tourists are (invite) to the Canaries
Раскройте скобки. While mother (to pour) the coffee into our cups, I prepared some sandwiches.
Раскройте скобки. Who is she (go) to spend her holiday with?
Раскройте скобки. ‘When (be) you leaving?’ – ‘Tomorrow.’
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