Инглиш фо релаксейшн (парт 1)

1.

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The Canterbury Tales by J. Chaucer were written in …

East Midland dialect;

South-Western dialect;

West Midland dialect;

Kentish dialect;

2.

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Many educated people in Britain (though their pronunciation is not based on RP) speak …

Welsh English.

Standard English with a regional type of pronunciation.

American English.

Northern Ireland English.

3.

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ME writers used …

a dialectal pronunciation-based spelling;

the London spelling;

the Northumbrian spelling;

the East Anglian spelling;

4.

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Fastest of all, changes the following part of the language…

grammar

vocabulary

syntax

phonetics

5.

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… Period is called the English “Renaissance”.

Early Modern English

Old English

Middle English

Late Modern English

6.

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The words ad, dorm, cab, bus, math, phone, gas, pop are…

compounds

clippings

blends

acronyms

7.

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…in OE had more forms than other parts of speech.

adjective

pronoun

verb

noun

8.

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The Canterbury Tales by J. Chaucer were written in …

1478;

1578;;

1387;

1250;

9.

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Analytical languages express their grammatical meanings with the help of …

prefixes and suffixes;

inflectional morphemes;

word order and auxiliary dummy (prop) constructions;

grammatical endings;

10.

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Linguistic autonomy of English was more prominent …

it was equally prominent in all periods;

in Middle English;

in Old English;

in Modern English;

11.

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The words forest, mansion, honourable, courageous are …

Anglo-Saxon;

Anglo-Norman;

Celtic;

Scandinavian;

12.

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The words ma’am, fancy, specs,praps, maths, mart(market)are examples of … shortening.

combined

medial

final

initial

13.

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Weak adjectives were used if

the adjective had a special lexical meaning

there was a determiner before the adjective

there was no determiner before the adjective

the adjective followed the noun

14.

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The word … is taken from Javanese.

bonsai

lahar

kayak

kiwi

15.

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… does not belong to Old English written manuscripts.

Song of Roland

Beowulf

Caedmon’s Hymn

Seafarer

16.

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The three golden lions in the coat of arms of England are derived from…

coat of arms of Northern Ireland

Royal coat of arms of Scotland

the symbol of the kingdom of Normandy

the ancient Roman shields

17.

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In word formation shortenings are the synonym of …

back formations

compounds

derivatives

clippings

18.

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The … language is now extinct.

Flemish

Icelandic

Dutch

Gothic

19.

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These are suffixes forming nouns, except …

-ee

-ify

-dom

-ence

20.

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The major centres of literary production in Middle English were (choose the correct order of their successive emergence) …

Northumbria, East Anglia, London;

London, Northumbria, East Anglia;

East Anglia, Northumbria, London;

East Anglia, London, Northumbria;

21.

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Vernacular means …

Latin.

native language.

any foreign language.

any related tongue.

22.

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The verb to baby sit appeared as a result of the 2 word-forming processes…

composition and derivation

composition and back formation

shortening and conversion

composition and conversion

23.

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These are the words taken from the Latin language, except…

church

warden

priest

pope

24.

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Over ... languages are on record as sources of English present-day vocabulary.

1000

350

125

10

25.

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… laws are most essential for language development.

external

both internal and external

internal

state

26.

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… are not a Germanic tribe.

Britts

Saxons

Frisians

Teutons

27.

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Synchrony is translated from Greek as…

simultaneity

a long time

period of time

development through time

28.

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The formation of the word infomercials from the words "information" and "commercials" is called…

blending

compounding

eponymy

back formation

29.

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The plural forms of the words oxen, children, brethren, eyen, shoon(dialectal) survived from or joined:

root noun declension;

weak noun declension;

strong verb declension

strong noun declension;

30.

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Northumbrian dialect of Old English was spoken…

north of the river Humber

west of the river Thames

north of the river Tyne

south of the river Humber

31.

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Modern English borrowings wagon, boy, girl are from….

German

French

Indian

Italian

32.

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Etymology is …

the study of the origin of words.

the study of word formation.

the study of the vocabulary of a language.

the study of the sounds of a language.

33.

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English was first used for teaching in:

London schools;

Cambridge university;

grammar schools;

Oxford university;

34.

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The abbreviation CE stands for…

Calendar Epoch

Common Era

Christian Easter

Clever Emperor

35.

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The wordsstreet, curriculum, ego, exterior, index, pound, cheese, school, bishop are … borrowings.

Latin

French

Scandinavian

Celtic

36.

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Diachronic is synonymous to…

simultaneous

opposite

historical

difficult

37.

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Phonostylistics, an essential branch of phonetics, is concerned with the study of…

style-forming means characterized by definite phonetic features.

extra-linguistic factors and circumstances of reality involved in the process of oral and written communication.

lexical and grammatical differences in definite varieties of language in use.

functional styles of the written language.

38.

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The Chancery Standard was developed for …

government and official purposes and use;

church services;

literary purposes and use in literary works;

royal purposes and use;

39.

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The words MSc, ID, mph, i.e., UNO, FBI, NB, laser are …

compounds

acronyms

clippings

simple words

40.

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The words moped, heliport, motel, transistor, autobus, telecast, Interpol,oilitics, slimnasticsare …

acronyms

compounds

clippings

blends

41.

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According to ancient historians the main feature of the Germanic tribes was…

religiosity

cunning

militancy

curiosity

42.

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The formation of the word doable from the words "do" and "able" is called …

suffixation

blending

prefixation

compounding

43.

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The transition from Old to Middle English was …

a drastic development;

a fast development with a broken written tradition

a slow development with an unbroken written tradition;

a gradual development with a recognizable gap in the English text corpus;

44.

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In the world there are … languages.

2500-7000

800-1000

200-300

10000-12000

45.

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… don’t belong to analytical grammatical means.

Fixed word orders

Affixes and endings

Prepositions

Auxiliary verbs

Articles

46.

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Aph(a)eresisis the following type of shortening…

final

both initial and final (combined)

medial

initial

47.

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Runic alphabet had…

about 50 letters

about 100 letters

about 10 letters

about 30 letters

48.

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… was not a language in use on the British Isles in ME period …

Latin;

Welsh;

Scandinavian;

Anglo-Norman French;

49.

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The word England means…

land of angels

Midlands

land of Angles

land of fogs

50.

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The type of semantic change in which a lexeme develops a positive sense of approval is called …

pejoration.

specialisation.

amelioration.

extension.