1. В следующей группе слов отметить те, которые имеют отношение к
теме Education in Great Britain:
a) subjects, b) cartoons, c) GCSE, d) artificial satellite, e) modern inventions, f) nursery g) compulsory education, h) graduation

2. Выберите правильный вариант ответа.
1. It is political, economic, commercial and cultural centre of Russia.
a) Novosibirsk b) St. Petersburg c) Moscow
2. The longest river in the country is …
a) the Amur b) the Lena c) the Volga
3. ….. is the deepest lake in the world.
a) Amur b) Baikal c) Ontario
4. The official language of the state is ….
a) Russian b) English c) Chinese
5. The national symbols of Russia are ….
a) a blue-white-red banner and a double-headed eagle
b) a double-headed eagle
c) a white-blue-red banner and a double-headed eagle

3. Прочитайте текст:
Learning foreign languages is important nowadays. Some people learn languages because they need them in their work, others travel abroad, for the third it is a hobby. Every year thousands of people from Russia go to different countries as tourists or to work. A modern person cannot work successfully with an imported machine or a computer if he doesn’t know English. Diplomats, historians and scientists need foreign languages in their work, too. If you want to be a stewardess, a pilot or a customs officer, a manager or a shop-assistant in a big department store you must learn English, the language of international communication.
ответьте на следующие вопросы по тексту:
a) What language is the language of international communication?
b) Why do people learn foreign languages?
c) What professions especially need learning of foreign languages?
d) For what purpose do the scientists learn foreign languages?