Complete each sentence with the most suitable word.

1. In 1066, William the Conqueror was crowned king in Westminster Abbey.

A) secularized B) crowned C) elected D) appointed

2. The Kyiv-Pechersky monastery became stronghold of feudalism and the Prince’s power.

A) fortress B) stronghold C) castle D) domain

3. The construction of St. Volodymyr Cathedral was not carried out on account of the great construction cost.

A) at B) on C) for D) under

4. Westminster Abbey presents a pageant of noble, military, political and artistic history.

A) panorama B) pageant C) story D) landmark

5. “The Lay of Igor’s Host” glorifies the heroism of the Rus people in the struggle for the unification of Rus.

A) disintegration B) strength C) authority D) unification

6 In ancient times Berestovo was a tomb of the Kyiv Princes.

A) tomb B) sarcophagus C) lay-out D) domain

7. On the 29^th of September, 1941, one could hear loudspeakers broadcasting music: they were used to stifle shooting.

A) notice B) stifle C) liberate D) forge

8. Under the rule of Yaroslav the Wise Kyiv Rus reached the height of its flowering and might.

A) might B) resistance C) austerity D) lavish

9. In recent years №10 Downing Street has witnessed the arrival of the first female Prime Minister Mrs. Margaret Thatcher.

A) acquired B) appointed C) witnessed D) ensured

10. The Royal Mews with the Queen’s horses are also open to the public.

A) Trappings B) Carrara C) Mews D) Credentials

11 The church built by Edward the Confessor was consecrated on December 28, 1065.

A) habitable B) consecrated C) pervaded D) overlooking

12. Westminster Abbey, under the jurisdiction of a Dean and Chapter, is subject only to the Sovereign.

A) effigy B) jurisdiction C) standard D) knighthood

Task 7.

Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate words.

1. Internecine strife and rivalry weakened Kyiv Rus and led to its disintegration into separate principalities.

2. The title “The First Lord of the Treasury” eventually became “Prime Minister”.

3. Buckingham Palace flies the royal flag when the Queen is in residence.

4. After the ravages of Mongol-Tatar hordes the monastery was neglected.

5. The Babyn Yar has been known since remote past as a natural ravine between two local areas.

6. Kyiv offered a fierce struggle to the superior forces of the enemy.

7. St Paul’s was the burial place of Wren, who died at the age of 91.

8. Westminster Abbey has been the setting for every monarch’s Coronation and, since 1308 they have used the Coronation chair designed to hold the Ancient stone of Scone.

9. Parliament’s paramount power is to make Laws.

10. Elizabeth I lies in the north annex of the Henry VII chapel under its spectacular vaulted roof.

11. The interior of the church was adorned with mosaics and frescoes.

12. The ecclesiastical buildings of the Kyiv-Pechersky monastery are richly ornamented and lavish in details.

Task 8.

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