Term Test Listening

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Date: _____________________
The British Museum.

Task 1.
Write True/False
1) You can see a lot of beautiful sculptures in the British Museum.
2) It is situated in Great Ruzvelt Street.
3) This museum is in a large, light-grey building.
4) The Manuscript Room came to the British Museum from Greece.
5) The British Museum is famous for one of the richest libraries in the
world.
6) The most important English historical documents are kept in the
Manuscript Room.
7) A lot of people, more than 6 million, visit the Reading Room every
year.
8) The visitors can go to the room where well-known people sat many
years ago.
9) The visitors can go to the palace where slaves killed an emperor many
years ago.
10) Though the museum is large it won’t take you much time to look
through all its collections

Task 2. Choose the correct answer

1. The British Museum is situated….
a) in London, in Ruzvelt street
b) in London, in Russell street
c) in London, in Great Russell street
2.This museum is …
a) one of the greatest in the world
b) the biggest one in London
c) all of the above
3. In the museum you can see ….
a) a great collection of pictures
b) great collections of pieces of world art
c) a lot of collections of ceramics, sculptures
4. There are lots of important ….. artifacts in Manuscript Room.
a) Greek
b) British
c) Egyptian
5. A lot of famous exhibits in the Museum were brought from…
a) Greece
b) Egypt
c) all of the above
6. Except Art collections …..are kept in the British Museum.
a) old maps and books
b) old furniture
c) old drawings
7. There are more than …. in the library of the British museum
a) 6 000 manuscripts
b) 6000 books
c) 6000 000 books and manuscripts
8. The Reading Room is in the shape of …
a) a square
b) a circle
c) a pyramid
9. Famous ….. visited the Reading Room
a) celebrities
b) singers and composers
c) writers and artists
10. Walking through the hall of the British Museum you can…
a) meet many people
b) make much discoveries
c) be scared of exhibits