Тест London для 6-7 классов
тест по английскому языку (6 класс) по теме

Тест. London.  Для 6-х классов.

1. London is the capital of ....

a) the USA

b) the Netherlands

c) the Republic of Ireland

d) the UK

2. London was founded ....

a) about 1 thousand years ago

b) about 3 thousand years ago

c) about 2 thousand years ago

d) about 2 hundred years ago

3. The most famous clock in London and in the UK is ....

a) Big Ben

b) Big John

c) Big Brother

d) Little Ben

4. Big Ben weighs ....

a) 13.720 kilogrammes

b) 13,720 kilogrammes

c) less than 13 tons

d) more than 15 tons

5. You can hear Big Ben ....

a) in Birmingham

b) alive or on the radio

c) in Moscow

d) at school during the break

6. At first kings and queens of Britain lived in ....

a) Buckingham Palace

b) Hampton Court

c) the Tower of London

d) Windsor Castle

7. What is the oldest building in London?

a) St. Paul's Cathedral

b) Westminster Cathedral

c) the Cradle Tower

d) the White Tower

8. Can you choose the other towers in the Tower of London?

a) Bloody Tower/Cradle Tower/Salt Tower

b) Castle Tower/Cradle Tower/Salt Tower

c) Bloody Tower/Baby Tower/Salt Tower

d) Bloody Tower/Cradle Tower/Sugar Tower

9. Why is it called Bloody Tower?

a) blood was kept there

b) a king was killed there

c) a queen was killed there

d) it has a history of blood

10. Where does the Queen stay when she is in London?

a) in Buckingham Palace

b) in the Tower of London

c) in Westminster Palace

d) in Clarence House

11. What is the name of the building next to which Big Ben stands?

a) Clarence House

b) Westminster Abbey

c) the Houses of Parliament

d) the White Tower

12. What are the Houses of Parliament famous for?

a) The country's leaders speak there.

b) Princess Diana lived there.

c) The queen lives there.

d) It is the biggest house in London.

13. What is a symbol of England?

a) Windsor Castle

b) MOMI

c) Hampton Court

d) Westminster Abbey

14. When was Westminster Abbey built?

a) 1065

b) 1565

c) 1056

d) 1556

15. Who was Westminster Abbey built by?

a) Queen Elizabeth I

b) King Edward the Confessor

c) King Henry VIII

d) Queen Victoria

16. Who was Westminster Abbey founded by?

a) St. Peter

b) St. Basil

c) St. Paul

d) St. Patrick

17. What takes place in Westminster Abbey?

a) reading books and manuscripts

b) queen's or king's speeches

c) different shows

d) the coronation of all British kings and queens

18. When did the funeral service for Diana, Princess of Wales, take place there?

a) April 2007

b) September 1997

c) April 1997

d) September 2007

19. What river does London stand on?

a) the Thames

b) the Clyde

c) the Volga

d) the Severn

20. What is the most famous church in London?

a) St. Peter's Cathedral

b) St. Paul's Cathedral

c) St. Martin-in-the-Fields

d) Westminster Cathedral

21. What is the most famous art gallery in London?

a) the Tate Gallery

b) the Royal Gallery

c) the Tretiakov Gallery

d) the Hermitage

22. What takes place outside Buckingham Palace every day in summer?

a) the Changing of the visitors

b) Queen's show

c) the Changing of the Guard

d) Parades

23. What is the most famous waxworks museum in the world?

a) Henry Tate's

b) the Portrait Gallery

c) Madame Tussaud's

d) the Louvre

24. MOMI means ....

a) the Museum of the Moving Infamous

b) the Museum of the Moving Image

c) the Museum of the Making Image

d) the Maker of the Moving Image

25. The Royal Parks are the property of ....

a) Lord Mayor

b) the Government

c) the English people

d) the Royal family

26. In MOMI the history and magic of Theatre and TV is explained.

a) True

b) False

27. Londoners love their parks and are proud of them.

a) True

b) False

28. Speaker's Corner is in ....

a) Kensington Gardens

b) Hyde Park

c) Regent's Park

d) St. James's Park

29. London Zoo is in ....

a) Kensington Gardens

b) Hyde Park

c) Regent's Park

d) St. James's Park

30. The statue of the famous fairy-tale hero, Peter Pan, can be seen in ....

a) Kensington Gardens

b) Hyde Park

c) Regent's Park

d) St. James's Park

31. The woman who helps children to cross the street when they go to school is ....

a) Candy Woman

b) Candy Lady

c) Lollipop Woman

d) Lollipop Lady

32. One of the famous British artists is ....

a) Winston Churchill

b) Mark Twain

c) Jack London

d) Joseph Turner

33. Joseph Turner was a master of ....

a) water-colours

b) oil

c) drawings

d) sculptures

34. He was a spy and a writer. He wrote 'Robinson Crusoe'.

a) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

b) Daniel Defoe

c) William Shakespeare

d) Jack London

35. She wrote detective stories about Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.

a) Florence Nightingale

b) Agatha Christie

c) Joan Rowling

d) Margaret Thatcher

36. He wrote many plays, dramas and sonnets.

a) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

b) William Shakespeare

c) Daniel Defoe

d) Charles Darwin

37. He wrote detective stories with Sherlock Holmes.

a) William Shakespeare

b) Hercule Poirot

c) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

d) Daniel Defoe

38. He was a musician, a poet, a singer, the founder of the Beatles.

a) John Lennon

b) Elvis Presley

c) Paul McCartney

d) Frank Sinatra

39. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien wrote two books: ....

a) the Hobbit and the Lord of the Earrings

b) the Hobbit and Harry Potter

c) Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings

d) the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings

40. Charles Darwin's nickname was ....

a) Petrol

b) Sugar

c) Gas

d) Salt

41. Margaret Thatcher was ....

a) a famous children writer

b) a politician and Prime Minister

c) a popular artist

d) a famous singer and songwriter

42. He wrote Alice's Adventures and Alice in Wonderland.

a) Daniel Defoe

b) John Lennon

c) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

d) Lewis Carroll

43. Before you start dinner or breakfast in England you say ....

a) nothing

b) Nice appetite!

c) Good appetite!

d) Nice to meet you!

SOLUTIONS

1. D

By the way: the UK

2. C

By the way: about 2 thousand years ago

3. A

By the way: Big Ben

4. B

By the way: 13,720 kilogrammes

5. B

By the way: alive or on the radio

6. C

By the way: the Tower of London

7. D

By the way: the White Tower 

8. A

By the way: Bloody Tower/Cradle Tower/Salt Tower

9. D

By the way: it has a history of blood

10. A

By the way: in Buckingham Palace

11. C

By the way: the Houses of Parliament

12. A

By the way: The country's leaders speak there.

13. D

By the way: Westminster Abbey

14. A

By the way: 1065

15. B

By the way: King Edward the Confessor

16. A

By the way: St. Peter

17. D

By the way: the coronation of all British kings and queens 

18. B

By the way: September 1997

19. A

By the way: the Thames

20. B

By the way: St. Paul's Cathedral

21. A

By the way: the Tate Gallery

22. C

By the way: the Changing of the Guard 

23. C

By the way: Madame Tussaud's

24. B

By the way: the Museum of the Moving Image

25. D

By the way: the Royal family

26. B

By the way: False

27. A

By the way: True

28. B

By the way: Hyde Park

29. C

By the way: Regent's Park

30. A

By the way: Kensington Gardens

31. D

By the way: Lollipop Lady

32. D

By the way: Joseph Turner 

33. A

By the way: water-colours 

34. B

By the way: Daniel Defoe 

35. B

By the way: Agatha Christie 

36. B

By the way: William Shakespeare 

37. C

By the way: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 

38. A

By the way: John Lennon 

39. D

By the way: the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings

40. C

By the way: Gas

41. B

By the way: a politician and Prime Minister

42. D

By the way: Lewis Carroll

43. A

By the way: nothing