Great Britain

Some Queens of England:

Victoria (1837-1901), Elizabeth II (1952 – …) (her husband Philip; children: Charles, Anna, Andrew, Edward; Charles and Diana’s children: William and Henry)

Some British Prime Ministers:

Winston Churchill (1940-1945, 1951-1955), Conservative Party;

Margaret Thatcher (1979-1983, 1983-1987, 1987-1990), Conservative Party;

Gordon Brown (2007 – …), Labour Party.

Some more outstanding people:

Writers and poets: William Shakespeare, Robert Burns, George Gordon Byron, Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Bernard Shaw, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Thackeray, Oscar Wilde, William Somerset Maugham, John Galsworthy, Conan Doyle, Lewis Carroll…

Painters: Thomas Gainsborough, Joseph Turner, John Constable, William Hogarth, Joshua Reynolds, William Blake…

Scientists: Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton…

USA

Some famous American Presidents:

George Washington (1789-1797), Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865), Franklin Roosevelt (1933-1945), John Kennedy (1961-1963), George Bush (1989-1993), Bill Clinton (1993-2008), Barack Obama (2008-)

Some other outstanding people:

Martin Luther King (fighter for civil rights), Thomas Edison (inventor of electric lamp)…

XXII. Выдающиеся личности англо-говорящих стран

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1. Margaret Thatcher was … .

a) the British Prime Minister b) a film star

c) the Queen of Britain d) the leader of the Labour Party

2. The Queen who ruled for the longest period in British history was … .

a) Anna b) Marry c) Margaret d) Victoria

3. … was the British Prime Minister during the Second World War.

a) Benjamin Disraeli b) John Major c) Winston Churchill d) Margaret Thatcher

4. What was Martin Luther King famous for?

a) He was born in Atlanta in a large family.

b) He was an outstanding military man.

c) He aroused American people to protest against racial discrimination.

d) He was a bright student and then a talented school teacher.

5. Stratford-on-Avon is the birthplace of the greatest English poet and writer … .

a) W. Shakespeare b) R. Burns c) B. Show d) Ch. Dickens