1. Укажите, содержанию каких абзацев соответствуют данные ниже заголовки:

1. A day for jokes and tricks.

2. A smelling symbol.

3. Parliament traditions.

4. Truly English traditions.

2. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. What glitters in the corner of the front room on Christmas?

2. When do children put their stockings at the end of their beds?

3. What is the most important festival for most British families?

4. What can you send to an unknown person on February 14th?

5. What happened on November 5, 1665?

6. How do children use guys to get money?

7. What was the Middle Age tradition on April 1?

Text 3. AMERICAN SYMBOLS

1. The Statue of Liberty is a splendid statue, which stands on a small Bedloe's Island at the entrance to New York harbour. Its top reaches 305 feet (nearly 100 metres) above the water level.

2. The Statue of Liberty is the work of the well-known 19th- century French sculptor Frederic Bartholdi. The statue is made from copper sheets and it is hollow inside. 225 tons of metal were used for its construction. Inside there is a circular stairway from the base to the crown. There is also a lift in it.

3. The figure shows a young woman freeing herself from shackles. She holds a torch in her right hand above her head and in her left hand is a tablet with the date "July 4th, 1776" on it, which symbolizes the Declaration of Independence. The torch lights up at night, the statue stands on the east side of Manhattan Island.

4. The Statue of Liberty was built on funds collected in France and symbolizes the friendship of the United States and France of those days. The statue, presented to the United States of America in 1884, became national monument in 1924.

5. The United States' flag is called the "Stars and Stripes". It has thirteen stripes, seven red and six white, and fifty five-pointed white stars on a blue field in the upper left-hand corner. One star is for each state of the United States now (from 1959), and the stripes are for the first thirteen states of the union.

6. Americans enjoy their flag. They use the stars and stripes as a popular design anywhere and everywhere, including clothes, shoes, hats. As a reflection of patri­otic feelings of the American people, the Stars and Stripes stand by the President's desk. It bangs in many offices, in every classroom. During national holidays the Stars and Stripes are everywhere, on the streets, on houses, and in the big parades. .

P.S. The flag is also called the "Star-Spangled Banner", the name of the na­tional anthem of the United States. The first documentary reference to the appear­ance of "Stars and Stripes" is dated by March 10, 1774.

1. Найдите в тексте абзацы, в которых говорится:

• какое количество штатов было первоначально ¨

• что создал статую Свободы ¨

• на какие деньги была создана статуя и что она символизирует¨

• об отношении американцев к своему флагу ¨

• о местонахождении статуи Свободы ¨

• о названии американского флага и дается его описание ¨

• о другом названии американского флага ¨

• что представляет собой статуя Свободы ¨