США. Страна и люди
Pick up the right answer: ___ is the date of an old pagan festival when young Roman maidens threw decorated love missives into an urn to be drawn out by their boyfriends.
Boxing Day
14 February
Christmas
May Day
Сhoose the right English equivalent for the following: обещание.
promise
purpose
vigour
piece
Choose the word corresponding to the following definition: a person or thing that serves the same purpose or has the same position as another.
counterpart
band
bunch
individual
Сhoose the right English equivalent for the following: цель.
return
counterpart
band
purpose
Pick up the right answer. St. Valentine was _____.
a Christian martyr
a French writer
a Greck writer
a famous pagan
Pick up the right answer. ___ are mate relatives and friends of both bride and groom.
The Bride's Parents
The Ushers
The Bridesgrooms
The Best Men
Choose the word corresponding to the following definition: the state of being very poor.
wealth
errand
health
poverty
Choose the word corresponding to the following definition: reason for action.
suit
obituary
veil
purpose
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: christenings.
крестины
христианские обряды
относящееся к христианству
празднование Рождества
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: sweethearts.
посылки
подарки
знаки внимания
влюбленные
Pick up the right answer. The bridegroom shouldn't see ___ on the wedding day until he meets her at the altar.
the bride
a black cat
the Best Man
the bride's parents
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: bridegroom.
жених
свадьба
приданое
прием
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: bride.
жених
невеста
регистратор
родитель
Pick up the right answer. The groom ___ to give a small present to each of the bridesmaids.
is announced
is maintained
is expected
is placed
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: extremely.
иначе
главное
внутри
крайне
Pick up the right answer. The birth must registered ___ within six weeks in England and Wales and three weeks in Scotland.
at the music hall
at the christening
at the local register's office
at the wedding ceremony
Сhoose the right English equivalent for the following: жених.
bridegroom
widow
bride
parent
Сhoose the right English equivalent for the following: женский.
woman
female
plentiful
generous
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: hospitably.
болезненно
гостеприимно
уютно
опасно
Pick up the right answer. Some people spend Sunday evnening ___ at home.
quiet
quit
quietly
quickly
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: a five-day week.
пять дней и недель
пятидневная рабочая неделя
пять дней и неделя
неделя из пяти дней
Choose the word corresponding to the following definition: a woman whose husband has died, and who has not married again.
groom
widow
bridesmaide
divorcee
Pick up the right answer. Nowadays few young people regularly ___ church.
expire
attend
give
prepare
Сhoose the right English equivalent for the following: имеющий юридическую силу.
reasonable
civic
live
valid
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: "What did you do at the weekend?"
Что с вами случилось в выходные дни?
Что вы делаете с выходными?
Как вы провели уикэнд?
Что вы будете делать в выходные?
Сhoose the right English equivalent for the following: очевидно.
apparently
quickly
true
attentively
Pick up the right answer. In the late afternoon the sports results ___ radio and television.
are announced on
is announced on
are invited to
fall on
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: to look forward to.
ожидать с нетерпением
заглядывать
спешить вперед
думать о чем-либо
Сhoose the right English equivalent for the following: остаться в отеле.
to invite in a hotel
to stay in a hotel
to stay outside a hotel
to live in a hotel
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: in the suburbs.
в уголках
в ящиках
в пригороде
на полках
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: It would be true to say.
скажем
точнее говоря
говорить правду
будет непонятно
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: anniversary.
юбилей
праздник
состязание
спор
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: to lose religious significance.
праздновать с религиозным усердием
получить религиозное значение
потерять религиозное значение
предать религиозный оттенок
Сhoose the right English equivalent for the following: minister of religion.
священнослужитель
преподавание религии
религиозный человек
религиозная служба
Pick up the right answer: Cards full of "Hearts and Darts, Loves und Doves and Floating Fays and Flower" were described by Charles Dickens in ______.
the Quiver of Love
St Valentine's Sentimental Writer
Pickwick Papers
Domby and Son
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: fall on the same date.
осенью в то же время
падать на том же самом месте
выпадать на то же самое число
случаться в один день
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: to go to bed late.
поздно просыпаться
поздно ложиться спать
опаздывать
торопиться лечь в постель
Сhoose the right English equivalent for the following: a luck-bringer.
предзнаменование удачи
неудачник
счастливчик
приносящий счастье
Pick up the right answer. ___ should not be tried on before the ceremony.
The sait
The wedding ring
Rice and nuts
The veil and the crown
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: visitor.
путник
путешественник
родственник
посетитель
Сhoose the right English equivalent for the following: скачки.
rugby
horse-racing
motor-cycling
criket
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: slight melancholy.
глубокая меланхолия
легкая грусть
глубокая печаль
ненужные эмоции
Сhoose the right English equivalent for the following: согласие родителей.
parent's house
parent's home
parent's decision
parent's consent
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: appropriate.
важный
обязательный
соответствующий
общий
Pick up the right answer. Traditionally at the cristening the godparents give ___.
A silver cup
A veil
A necklace of pearls and opals
A small spider
Сhoose the right English equivalent for the following: посещать.
to perform
to attend
to expire
to dream
Сhoose the right Russian equivalent for the following: necklace.
ожерелье
ключ
фата
крестины