6) The Queens face is on all British bank notes, coins and .
7) Local governments are responsible for education,, townplanning and rubbish disposal.
8) The Queens role, however, is mainly.
9) power lies in the hands of the Prime Minister and his orher Cabinet.
10) The Queen is also head of the(a group ofand present-day British colonies).
11) The Britishhas two houses or chambers.
12) There are 651 Members of Parliament in the of.
13) Each MP is elected byin one region.
14) Everyyears British people canin a generalelection.
15) The two main parties in Britain are andConservative Party.
Key:
1) Scotland
2) The United Kingdom
3) government
4) constitutional
5) Head of
6) postage stamps
7) housing
8) symbolic
9) true
10) Commonwealth, former
11) Parliament
12) House of Commons
13) voters
14) Five, vote
15) LabourParty
16)
The third tour. (третий тур)
Lets speak about London. Read the text please and answer the questions.
London
London is the capital of Great Britain, its political, economic and commercial centre. It is one of the largest cities in the world and the largest city in Europe. Its population is about 8 million.
London is situated on the river Thames. The city is very old. It has more than 20 centuries old history. Traditionally it is divided into several parts, the City, Westminster, the West End and the East. End. They are very different from each other.
The City is the oldest part of London, its financial and business centre. Numerous banks, offices and firms areconcentrated here. Few people live inthe City but over a million come to work here. There are two places of interest in t
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