The Industrial Revolution is the name given to
a) the period beginning in the second half of the 18-th c.;
The Truman Doctrine is
a) t he plan how to resist Communist aggression;
Queen Victoria reigned for
a) 64 years;
The British Empire grew to a size so vast that
a) “the sun never sets upon it”;
The US President can be re-elected
a) for one more term;
The Labour Party gave
a) the proletariat a greater voice in Parliament;
In the UK women received the right to vote
b) after World War I.
The legislative branch of national government consists
a) of the House of Representatives and the Senate;
The period of “affluent society” was the period of
a) massive growth in the private sector;
Oil production in the North Sea began
a) in 1970s.
The Golden State” is
a) California.
British colonization of Ireland began under
a) Henry II;
Bloody Sunday is the day
c) in 1972 when British troops fired on a civil rights demonstration in Derry.
24. Answer the question: Which US state was the last to become a state?
a) Hawaii.
25. King Edward I was called
a) “Black Prince”;
The Norman Conquest dates back to
a) 1066.
27. The largest city in the US is:
a) New York.
28. The largest city in the US is:
a) New York.
British Parliament consists
a) of the House of Lords and the House of Commons;
Ships that took convicts to the USA and later Australia are
a) “Transportation ships”;
The Prime Minister is
a) the leader of the party which obtains a majority of seats in a general election;
The Model Parliament was called
a) in 1295.
33. A colloquial name for Australian is:
a) Aussie;
The national emblem of England is
a) a rose.
35. The Dreamtime is:
a) the period of time when ancestors of men created life in Australia;
36. Fill in the gap: John Fowles’ novel _______ is the story of the abduction and imprisonment of Miranda Grey by Frederick Clegg, told first from his point of view, and then from hers by means of her diary, with a return in the last few pages to Clegg's narration of her illness and death.
b) “The Collector”;
36. England and Scotland united in
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American Constitution
a) didn’t mention the parties;
The Courts of appeal can decide if
a) the person is guilty;
The Emancipation Proclamation declared
b) freedom for slaves;
The New Deal was a plan
c) to fight depression.
The end to cold war with the USSR was put by president
a) Nixon;&bush
b) Reagan;
c) Roosevelt.
Klondike Day is
a) an annual summer fair with a Klondike gold rush theme.
NATO was formed in
a) 1949;
The Courts of appeal can decide if
a) the person is guilty;
The Bush is district of
c) Australia
The first American president who got the Nobel Prize was
b) Theodore Roosevelt;
The British name for Australia is
a) Down under;
46. Answer the question: Which battle took place first in the War of Independence?
a) The battle of Concord;
47. The first British colony in Northern America was called:
a) Virginia.
Canada borders with the US
a) to the south and to the northwest.
The largest state in the USA is
a) Alaska;
The longest river in the USA is
a) The Mississippi;
The animal which symbolizes the sovereignty of Canada is
the beaver;
52. The Pilgrim Fathers set sail on the Mayflower in
a) 1620.
The first colonists were mainly
a) the landless, the unemployed and those in search of religious freedom.
54. Fill in the gap: Canada has _______ official languages.
a) two;
The Declaration of Independence was made
a) on 4 July 1776;
Louisiana was acquired by
a) purchase;
Canada was formed through an act of Confederation
a) in 1867;
The expansion in America moved from
b) The east coast to the west;
The US Constitution was signed in
a) 1787;
The British Constitution contains
a) two main principles;
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ЛЕКСИКОЛОГИЯ
Words that are identical or similar in two related languages are called
c) cognates;
2. Choose the variant which is not correct. Lexicology studies
c) forms of words and principles of their changing.
The branch of lexicology that studies the meaning of words is
b) semasiology;
4. Choose the variant which is not correct. The word is
c) a linguistic sign possessing content and meaning.
Morphemes are different from words because they
b) cannot be used independently;
The aim of immediate constituents analysis is
b) to reveal the hierarchical structure of a set of lexical units;
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