Национальная и массовая культура. Часть 1

Выберите правильный ответ. The empire, which was very powerful under _________, saw a cultural and artistic heyday as a result of industrialization and the expansion of international trade.

• James I
• Elizabeth I
• Queen Victoria
• Henry VIII

Выберите правильный ответ. The Tower of London was founded by _________ in 1066 on the north bank of the Thames, from which he could govern and control the capital of his new kingdom.

• Edward the Confessor
• Alfred the Great
• William the Conqueror
• Henry II

Выберите правильный ответ. Basil Blackwell commissioned belles-lettres including a complete version of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and well-known _________such as the Pilgrim’s Progress and the works of the Brontes.

• classics
• classics’
• classic’s
• classic

Выберите правильный ответ. The Promenade concerts take place every night for about three months in the _________, and the programmes include new and contemporary works, as well as classics.

• spring
• summer
• winter
• autumn

Выберите правильный ответ. But at a time when other nations are forced _______ on government spending for the arts, the Americans, with their tradition of private and voluntary funding, have often had less difficulties.

• to cut off
• to cut away
• to cut back
• to cut in

Выберите правильный ответ. Several important movements spread from ____________ into international art, are Abstract Expressionism and Action Painting, Pop-art, Minimal art, and Photorealism.

• London
• New York
• Chicago
• Paris

Выберите правильный ответ. ___________ founded in 1425, maintained by the City of London Corporation, is the largest public general library in London.

• The London Library
• Holborn’s Central Library
• The British Museum Library
• Guildhall Library

Выберите правильный ответ. Though Dixon is ________, he tells the story from multiple perspectives.

• the playwright
• the poet
• the narrator
• the writer

Выберите правильный ответ. Most shows__________between 90 minutes and slightly under three hours.

• run
• walk
• go
• jog

Выберите правильный ответ. Met’s annual budget of around $100 million, and the 95 percent is _______ by individual contributions, ticket sales, and so on.

• made in
• made up
• made for
• made out

Выберите правильный ответ. Until rather recently, ____________ in American middle-class minds was the source of all sin and wild living.

• London
• Moscow
• Paris
• Washington

Выберите правильный ответ. The ____________ of Gershwin and Bernstein has become a standard part of most orchestras’ repertoires.

• rock — music
• classical music
• pop — music
• soul — music

Выберите правильный ответ. The spread of musical interest in Britain owes much to the _______________ with its daily music programme and its partial financing of the Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.

• CBS
• NBC
• BBC
• CNN

Выберите правильный ответ. The fame attached to American modern dance does not_____ government backing and money.

• depend upon
• depend in
• depend up
• depend at

Выберите правильный ответ. There are thousands of Americans who prefer the music and ________ of musicals.

• lyrics
• texts
• libretto
• words

Выберите правильный ответ. ___________ exhibits all schools of European painting from the 13th century and includes works by Van Dyck, Rubens, El Greco, Goya, Gainsborough and Leonardo da Vinci.

• The National Gallery
• The Tate Gallery
• The Victoria and Albert Museum
• The British Museum

Выберите правильный ответ.

• Theatres companies in Britain are usually formed for a season, sometimes staging only one play for a long or a short run.
• Theatres companies in Britain are usually formed for five seasons, sometimes staging some plays for a long or a short run.
• Theatres companies in Britain are usually formed for a season, always staging only one play for a short run.
• Theatres companies in Britain are usually formed for two seasons, always staging only one play for a long run.

Выберите правильный ответ. The University of Wisconsin at Madison offers around 300 musical ________ each year in the community.

• concerts
• plays
• recitals
• evenings

Выберите правильный ответ. ________________is the world’s largest museum.

• Madame Tussaud’s
• The Victoria and Albert Museum
• The National Gallery
• The British Museum

Выберите правильный ответ. The ___________promotes knowledge of British culture and literature overseas and encourages professional interchange in all cultural fields between Britain and other countries.

• British Corporation
• British Fund
• British Council
• British Broadcasting Corporation

Выберите правильный ответ. In its long history the Tower hasn’t been ________.

• the Royal Mint
• a gallery
• a state prison
• a royal residence

Выберите правильный ответ. The first American to be honored by a Nobel Prize in literature was ___________, in 1930.

• Ernest Hemingway
• John Steinbeck
• Eugene O’Neill
• Sinclair Lewis

Выберите правильный ответ. __________ is often associated with modern architecture as the home of Louis Sullivan, sometimes called ‘the father of the sky-scraper’.

• New York
• London
• Chicago
• Washington

Выберите правильный ответ. _____________ is a national collection of fine and applied arts of all countries and periods.

• The National Gallery
• The Tate Gallery
• The British Museum
• The Victoria and Albert Museum

Выберите правильный ответ. The Chicago Symphony, in fact, _______ strike in the 1980s to dramatize their demands for better pay.

• started on
• walked on
• matched on
• went on

Выберите правильный ответ. Wednesday and Saturday ____________ generally start at 2:00 p.m.

• matinees
• night performances
• day performances
• evening performances

Выберите правильный ответ. Many ____________ consider the center part of the orchestra, or ground-floor level, the best seats.

• theatreadmires
• theatrewalkers
• theatergoers
• theatrefans

Выберите правильный ответ. _________ refers to the plays, musicals, and special attractions presented in any of 39 designated playhouses in Manhattan’s Theatre District.

• the City
• West End
• Broadway
• East End

Выберите правильный ответ. Photography (with or without flash) and recording devices of any kind are prohibited __________law in Broadway theatres.

• on
• by
• to
• according

Выберите правильный ответ. You can purchase tickets to Broadway shows ________ the Internet.

• in
• on
• at
• over

Выберите правильный ответ. You can save money if you’re willing to sit ________ the mezzanine or be flexible about performance dates and times.

• on
• in
• at
• near

Выберите правильный ответ. The center of theatrical activity in Britain is __________.

• Broadway
• East End
• the City
• West End

Выберите правильный ответ. Madame Tussaud’s figures were extremely realistic, and their costumes could be characterized by great _____________.

• improvement
• accuracy
• perfection
• elegance

Выберите правильный ответ. Because so many major news and media companies as well as publishing giants have their headquarters in __________, it has also been an important center for photo-journalists.

• Washington
• the Broadway
• Chicago
• New York City

Выберите правильный ответ. The argument, the so-called _________, was that republican America — the new democracy of the common man, that «mob of mixed races» — could not possibly support the finer things in life.

• ludicrous position
• aristocratic position
• official position
• embarrassing position

Выберите правильный ответ. ____________invented new ways of using traditional English building materials, brick and ordinary roofing tiles, to keep within the limits of classical design.

• Thomas Hardy
• Christopher Wren
• Inigo Jones
• Alfred Tennyson

Выберите правильный ответ. _____________ which are free for all also have a long tradition in America.

• The students’ concerts
• The community concerts
• The community open-air concerts
• The concert tours

Выберите правильный ответ. __________were surprised to hear accusations of cultural «imperialism» and «nationalism.»

• Russians
• Americans
• British
• French

Выберите правильный ответ. In December, as Christmas gets closer, _________ (usually, but not always, with a religious theme) are sung in churches and schools, often at special concerts.

• limericks
• folk songs
• pop-songs
• carols

Выберите правильный ответ. Art, culture and literature flowered during the reign of _________; it was the period of English domination of the oceans.

• Edward II
• Elizabeth I
• Henry III
• Elizabeth II

Выберите правильный ответ. The British seem to be the most sensitive to the ______________ of their former colonies.

• weak influence
• strong influence
• unwholesome influence
• moral influence

Выберите правильный ответ. _________ — the gateway to London — was built in 1894.

• Tower Bridge
• Westminster Bridge
• Parliament Bridge
• London Bridge

Выберите правильный ответ. Children________ four years old are generally not admitted into Broadway theatres.

• over
• under
• at
• of

Выберите правильный ответ. Only a few shows __________- on Monday, and Sunday evening performances are rare.

• perform
• play
• stage
• act

Выберите правильный ответ. The best-known buildings designed by Christopher Wren are __________.

• St. Paul’s Cathedral in London and Lincoln Memorial in Washington
• St. Paul’s Cathedral in London and the Sheldonion Theatre in Oxford
• the Sheldonion Theatre and the Buckingham Palace in London
• Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s Cathedral in London

Выберите правильный ответ. The great music of the past in other countries has always been built on _______.

• rock-music
• classical music
• pop-music
• folk-music

Выберите правильный ответ._________ the show’s website for guidance, as well as for educational materials that will help you discuss the show with your kids.

• Check in
• Check off
• Check over
• Check out

Выберите правильный ответ. There is___________, in its range comparable only with the British Museum and the Louvre.

• the Museum of Modern Art
• the Brooklyn Museum
• the National Museum of Design
• the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Выберите правильный ответ. The British Museum includes also the British Library, which is the national library of the United Kingdom and ranks among the greatest libraries in ______________.

• the world
• Britain
• Europe
• the USA

Выберите правильный ответ. _________ was the first man to bring the Italian Renaissance style to Great Britain.

• Alfred Tennyson
• Thomas Hardy
• Christopher Wren
• Inigo Jones