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All About Ireland
FINAL TEST
A Complete
the sentences with a suitable word or phrase.
1. .......................................... abolished the Irish Parliament and began to govern Ireland in 1801. 2. Peop People le left Irela Ireland nd in the the 1840s becaus because e there there was .......................................... . 3. Irel Ireland and is very green becaus because e there there is .......................................... . 4. According to the famous legend leprechauns have got .......................................... !. The "ood #riday $greement ended .......................................... in %orthern Ireland. 5 points (1 point each)
B Complete
the chart with the people below. Then complete the answers.
James Hoban King James I Who
Michael Flatley
Aoife
the giant Finn McCool
What the people did
1.
& became angry one day and threw a piece of earth into the Irish 'ea.
2.
& was (ealous of )ir*s children.
3.
& sent Protestant farmers from +ngland to ta,e land from Irish -atholic farmers.
4.
& studied architecture in ublin and then went to live in Philadelphia in the /'$.
!.
& wrote Ulysses Ulysses a story about a man named )eopold loom an Irish ew living in ublin.
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& danced Riverdance Riverdance during during the interval of the 14 +urovision 'ong -ontest.
James Joyce
What was the result?
12 points (2 points each)
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FINAL TEST
C Answer the questions about the reader. 1. Why was en luc!y to "eet Anna on a plane# ....................................................................................................................................................... 2. What colour is associated with Ireland# What is another na"e $or Ireland# ....................................................................................................................................................... 3. The legend about %t &atric! e'pelling sna!es $ro" Ireland is a "etaphor. What do people beliee %t &atric! really tried to do# ....................................................................................................................................................... 4. What are the "ost popular sports in Ireland today# ....................................................................................................................................................... 5. Why do you thin! so "any Irish recipes hae got potatoes in the"# ....................................................................................................................................................... . What three languages are commonly spo,en in Ireland today ....................................................................................................................................................... 1* points (3 points each)
D Choose
one topic and write a paragraph. Your paragraph should be at least 30 words long.
1. +hoose two geographical $eatures that "a!e Ireland special and describe the". 2. ,escribe the Irish custo"s you thin! are the "ost interesting. 3. ,escribe what happened in elfast after 56he 6roubles7 started in the late 10s. 15 points
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ANSWERS TO FINAL TEST 7A
1 2. 3. 4 !.
The English overnment
a famine a lot of rain a !ot of gold violence
B Who
C
What the people did
What was the result?
1. the giant Finn & became angry one day and McCool threw a piece of earth into the Irish 'ea.
This created the Isle of Man"
2. Aoife
& was (ealous of )ir*s children.
#he t$rned them into s%ans"
3. King James I
& sent Protestant farmers from +ngland to ta,e land from Irish -atholic farmers.
The Irish farmers !aid rent to the English lando%ners"
4. James Hoban
& studied architecture in ublin and then went to live in Philadelphia in the /'$.
He %on a com!etition and designed the o&cial residence for the !resident of the United #tates"
!. James Joyce
& wrote Ulysses a story about a It became Joyce's most famo$s novel" man named )eopold loom an Irish ew living in ublin.
. Michael Flatley
& danced Riverdance during the He e(!anded it into a t%o ho$r sho% and millions of !eo!le interval of the 14 +urovision sa% it" 'ong -ontest.
1.)eca$se she e(!lained the history of Ireland to him" 2. Green; the Emerald Isle 3. Snakes often represent evil. St Patrick tried to expel evil from Ireland. 4. Gaelic football and hurling 5. Because potato was the main crop for the poor people in Ireland.
.English* +olish and aelic
D
$ccept all logical and grammatically correct answers. &oints $or inclusion1. he Burren is a huge area of rocks. !ater collects in the cracks and "editerranean# $rctic%$lpine and forest plants grow there including orchids. he Giant&s 'ausewa( has got )*#*** columns of basalt leading to the sea. he( are the result of a volcanic eruption +* million (ears ago. 2. he wedding customs are ver( interesting. he bride and groom hold hands and the priest ties a ribbon around their wrists. he( also light a candle together to show how two become one. ,n -alloween# people dress up and decorate their houses with images of ghosts# witches and vampires. Sometimes the( put up a -alloween tree. It is like a 'hristmas tree# but it is black and has got images of spiders and ghosts on it. $lso# the custom of trick or treat/ started in Ireland. ,n St Patrick&s 0a(# people in Ireland go to church and then go home to have a meal with their famil(. here are also parades and people often wear green clothes with a shamrock on them.
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FINAL TEST 3. )elfast* li,e other to%ns in -orthern Ireland* became deserted after dar," There %ere heavy gates aro$nd the city centre and they closed at . !m $ntil the ne(t morning" +eo!le tried to carry on their lives* b$t many !eo!le left -orthern Ireland and %ent to live in mainland )ritain or the Re!$blic of Ireland"
