Минский Государственный Лингвистический Университет
Дискурсивная практика "Английский язык"

REVISION TEST 6


1. Choose the most suitable variant to complete the sentence
A purist is someone who …


2. Choose the most suitable variant to complete the sentence
Approximately … of the population in Great Britain speak RP (the Queen’s English).


3. Choose the most suitable variant to complete the sentence
Esperanto sounds like …


4. Choose the most suitable variant to complete the sentence
The British Press is controlled by …


5. Choose the most suitable variant to complete the sentence
A distinctive feature of the gutter press is that it …


6. Choose the most suitable word for the suggested definition:
The dangerous dust which is left in the air after a nuclear explosion and which slowly falls to earth


7. Choose the most suitable word for the suggested definition:
Cutting or burning down of all the trees in an area


8. Choose the most suitable word for the suggested definition:
The smaller family replacing the extended family of the old days


9. Choose the most suitable word for the suggested definition:
A person who spends money wastefully


10. Choose the most suitable word for the suggested definition:
Photographers who follow famous people in order to take photographs they can sell to newspapers


11. Insert a particle or a preposition where necessary:
The job of a reporter is to drive to the incident and broadcast … the spot.


12. Insert a particle or a preposition where necessary:
Crowds of people attend the British folk music festivals, they enjoy listening and dancing … music.


13. Insert a particle or a preposition where necessary:
In the evening BBC2 provides news programmes which cover matters … more depth than those on BBC1.


14. Insert a particle or a preposition where necessary:
The primary concern of the newspaper publishers is business. They put selling copies … … political integrity.


15. Insert a particle or a preposition where necessary:
Factories often throw… waste products in rivers and seas.


16. Choose the correct option:
In Shakespeare’s times English was spoken by … million people.

17. Choose the correct option:
Up to 600 … people speak English as their second or foreign language throughout the world.

18. Choose the correct option:
Today 85 … of the world’s energy needs are supplied by fossil fuels.

19. Choose the correct option:
The Exxon Valdez catastrophe in Alaska in 1989 is still considered … environmental oil spill.

20. Choose the correct option:
Some chemicals used in refrigerators reduce the ozone layer, allowing … radiation to enter.

21. Spot the word or word combination which does not relate to the others.



22. Spot the word or word combination which does not relate to the others.



23. Spot the word or word combination which does not relate to the others.



24. Spot the word or word combination which does not relate to the others.



25. Spot the word or word combination which does not relate to the others.



Кол-во ошибок

Процент выполнения

Оценка

0

100

10

1-2

96-92

9

3-4

91-84

8

5-6

83-76

7

7-8

75-68

6

9-10

67-60

5

11-12

59-48

4

13-16

47-36

3

17-20

35-20

2

21-24

19-4

1

25

0

0