III. Read the passage and answer the questions. (1pt)
TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS IN GREAT BRITAIN
Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up
It has been the law for about 300 years that all theatres are closed on Sundays. No letters are delivered, only a few Sunday papers are published
To this day an English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat in a modern house with central heating. English people like gardens. Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement painted garden in imitation of grass and a box of flowers.
Holidays are especially rich in old traditions and are different in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England. Christmas is a great English national holiday, and in Scotland it is not kept, except by clerks in banks, all shops and factories are working.
1. How important are traditions in Britain?
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2. What do Englishmen do to their traditions?
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3. Which does an English family prefer, a house with a garden or a flat?
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4. Find sentences in the text which shows that the English people like gardens very much.
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5. How is Christmas kept in Scotland?
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1 In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries
2 In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries
3 An English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat
4 English people like gardens. Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement painted garden in imitation of grass and a box of flowers.
5 In Scotland it is not kept, except by clerks in banks, all shops and factories are working.
1 In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries
2 Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up
3 An English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat
4 English people like gardens. Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement painted garden in imitation of grass and a box of flowers.
5 In Scotland it is not kept, except by clerks in banks, all shops and factories are working.
