The first American president who got the Nobel Prize was
a) McKinley;
b) Theodore Roosevelt;
c) Woodrow Wilson.
The British name for Australia is
a) Uluru;
b) The sixth continent;
C) Down Under.
46. Answer the question: Which battle took place first in the War of Independence?
a) The battle of Concord;
b) The battle of Lexington;
c) They happened simultaneously.
47. The first British colony in Northern America was called:
a) Massachusetts;
b) Louisiana;
C) Virginia.
Canada borders with the US
a) to the north and to the west;
b) to the south;
C) to the south and to the northwest.
The largest state in the USA is
a) Mexico;
b) Alaska;
c) Florida.
The longest river in the USA is
a) The Mississippi;
b) The Missouri;
c) The Ohio.
The animal which symbolizes the sovereignty of Canada is
a) the walrus;
b) the beaver;
c) theseal.
52. The Pilgrim Fathers set sail on the Mayflower in
a) 1607;
b) 1624;
C) 1620.
The first colonists were mainly
a) criminals;
b) wealthy citizens;
C) the landless, the unemployed and those in search of religious freedom.
54. Fill in the gap: Canada has _______official languages.
a) two;
b) three;
c) one.
The Declaration of Independence was made
a) on 14 June 1776;
b) on 4 July 1776;
c) on 24 July 1777.
Louisiana was acquired by
a) treaty;
b) purchase;
c) war.
Canada was formed through an act of Confederation
a) in 1876;
b) in 1867;
c) in 1880.
The expansion in America moved from
a) The west coast to the east;
b) The east coast to the west;
c) From the southern coast to the north.
The US Constitution was signed in
a) 1767;
b) 1787;
c) 1803.
The British Constitution contains
a) two main principles;
b) three main principles;
c) no principles at all.
Тесты по лексикологии
Words that are identical or similar in two related languages are called
a) homonyms;
b) synonyms;
c) cognates;
d) homophones.
2.Choose the variant which is not correct.Lexicology studies
a) words with their meanings;
b) the structure of the vocabulary as a whole;
C) forms of words and principles of their changing.
The branch of lexicology that studies the meaning of words is
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a) etymology;
b) semasiology;
c) phraseology;
d) descriptive lexicology.
4. Choose the variant which is not correct.The word is
a) a two-facet unit possessing both form and content;
b) a two-facet unit possessingsound-form and meaning;
C) a linguistic sign possessing content and meaning.
Morphemes are different from words because they
a) do not have lexical meaning of their own;
b) cannot be used independently;
c) do not have a sound form.
The aim of immediate constituents analysis is
a) to show the linear character of a set of lexical units;
b) to reveal the hierarchical structure of a set of lexical units;
c) to bring out the syntagmatic character of a set of lexical units.
The reflection in the mind of real objects and phenomena in their essential features and relations is called
a) notion;
b) lexical meaning;
c) referent.
8. Etymology does not study
a) the linguistic and extralinguistic forces, modifying word structure, meaning and usage;
b) the origin of different words;
c) the vocabulary of a language in the aspect of its sound system;
d) changes and development of words.
Metaphor is
a) a transference of names based on the association or similarity;
b) a transference of names based on contiguity;
c) a transference of names based on contrast.
Metonymy is
a) a transference of names based on the association or similarity;
b) a transference of names based on contiguity;
c) a transference of names based on contrast.
A transference of the meaning when the speaker expresses the affirmative with thenegative is
a) metaphor;
b) litotes;
c) hyperbole.
The classification of phraseological units according to their degree of motivation was suggested by
a) L. Scherba;
b) V. Vinogradov;
c) A. Smirnitsky.
The smallest two-facet word composites are called
a) phonemes;
b) roots;
C) morphemes.
The meaning expressing the speaker’s attitude towards the reality is called
a) connotative;
b) denotative.
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Affixation, composition, conversion, shortening are the main ways of
a) word building;
b) semantic change;
c) borrowing.
The name of the English capital originates from
a) Latin;
b) French;
C) Celtic.
17. Avon, Exe,Usk, Ux, Esk stand for
a) river (water);
b) mountain;
c) vast land.
18. The origin of the following affixes: or, er, al, ant, ent, ct, ate, ion, tion, ute, dis, able, uteis
a) French;
b) Latin;
c) Greek.
19.According totheir origin, the following affixes: ance, ence, ment, age, ess, ous, enare
a) French;
b) Latin;
c) Greek.
Euphemisms are words that
a) form synonymic oppositions;
b) form antonymic oppositions;
c) do not have equivalents in speech.
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