module 4testa listen to the conversation between jane and her brother mark and label the sentences 1-5 as true, false or not stated1 mark wants to buy his mother something really expensive for her birthdaya true b false c not stated2 jane and mark’s mother doesn’t like carrying handkerchiefs.a true b false c not stated3 jane and mark’s mother has too many skirts.a true b false c not stated4 jane thinks that their father should pay for their mother’s present.a true b false c not stated5 mark and jane know what type of bag their mother would like.
2 The original name of the town was Londinium.By the year 400 AD,there were fifty thousand people in Londinium.
3 Soon after 400 AD,the Romans left Britain.
4 In 1066 William the Conqueror came to England from Normandy, he became the king of England.William was afraid of the English and he built the White Tower to live in it.
5 1666 was a year of the Great Fire of London. On the second of September,It started in the house of the king's baker near London Bridge.Many houses in London were burnt. The fire burnt for four days. More than twenty-five thousand people didn't have home.
6 The Great Fire of London was caused by unblown down candle in bakery.
7 The official name of Great Britain is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
8 They mean England,Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland.
9 Great Britain consists of England,Wales and Scotland.
10 The narrowest part of the English Channel is called the Strait of Dover.
11 No,they aren't.They are the British.
12 The "Union Jack" or "Union Flag" is made up of three different national symbols. The cross represented in each flag is named after the patron saint of each country: St. George, patron saint of England, St. Andrew, patron saint of Scotland and St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland.
13 A commonwealth is any political entity that was founded on law and united by a compact for the good of the people.It is an international association such the Commonwealth(The Commonwealth of Nations)is a group of 53 states, all of which (except for two) were formerly part of the British Empire.
14 It belongs to the Parliament and Prime Minister.
15 The government brings bills (suggested new laws) to the House of Commons, where they are discussed and voted, and if they are passed they are signed by the Queen and become Acts of Parliament, which means that they become part of British law.