Задание 1 Юнит 10 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 7 класс

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Вербицкая, Гаярделли, Редли 7 класс, Вентана-Граф: 10 Discovering Australia
Reading and speaking
1 Do the quiz in groups. Discuss the ways of finding the information you need (your Student’s Book, encyclopaedias, the Internet, magazines). Then check your answers with your teacher.
1 The sea explorers from the Old World called this land “terra australis”. “Terra” is the Latin for “land”, but what is the meaning of “australis”?
a) southern
b) star
c) different
2 How does Australia compare with (1) other continents and (2) other countries in terms of territory?
a) the largest
b) the smallest
c) the sixth-largest
3 When is Australia Day celebrated and what does it commemorate?
a) the first map of the Western Australian coastline produced by the Dutch navigator Willem Vlamingh in 1696
b) Cook’s landing at Botany Bay in 1770
c) the landing of the British settlers (convicts and their jailers) at Sydney Cove in 1788
4 What country is Australia’s major (1) export and (2) import partner in trade?
a) the UK
b) the USA
c) Japan
5 What was the aim of Captain Cook’s expedition on the ship “Endeavour” to the southern hemisphere in 1768?
a) to find a new sea-route to Japan
b) to study the transit of Venus which was important for determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth (The transit could only be seen in the Southern hemisphere. It was due in June, 1769.)
c) to find new lands for the British crown
6 Match the name and the description.
(1) The largest and oldest city got its name from the then British Home Secretary. It was here that the first British settlers started the development of the fifth continent.
(2) The second largest city in Australia was founded by a white Australian who settled at the site in 1835. He bought a plot from a local tribe, paying for it with woollen blankets, knives, axes and scissors. In 1837 white settlers named the community after the then Prime Minister of Britain.
(3) The city named after a famous navigator and explorer whose ship had struck rocks. He spent 45 days repairing it at this spot.
a) Cooktown
b) Sydney
c) Melbourne
7 The people who live in London are called Londoners, those who live in Liverpool bear the name of Liverpudlians, the inhabitants of Moscow are referred to as Muscovites. What do they call those who live in Sydney?
a) Sydneans
b) Sydney-siders
c) Sydneyites
8 When did the Olympics take place in Australia? In what cities was it?
a) 2000
b) 1965
c) 1956
A. Sydney
B. Melbourne
C. Canberra
*Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.

1. a) southern — australis means “southern”.

2. Australia is the smallest continent and the sixth-largest country.

3. Australia Day is celebrated on 26 January. It commemorates the landing of the British settlers at Sydney Cove in 1788.

4. Australia’s major export and import partner is Japan.

5. The aim of Captain Cook’s expedition was to study the transit of Venus.

6.

7. They call them Sydney-siders.

8. The Olympics took place in Australia in 1956 in Melbourne, and in 2000 in Sydney.