ПИЯз. Англ. Практикум по культуре речевого общения (дополнитеьный курс). Часть 1

Выберите правильный ответ.

• State and local governments and tax-exempt organizations are not eligible to establish salary reduction SEPs.
• State and local governments are not eligible to establish salary reduction SEPs.
• Local government and tax-exempt organizations are not eligible to establish salary reduction SEPs.
• State government and tax-exempt organizations are not eligible to establish salary reduction SEPs.

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• Barristers work on court cases for their clients; prepare cases for solicitors to present in the higher courts.
• Solicitors work on court cases for their clients, prepare cases for barristers to present in the higher courts, and may represent their client in a Magistrates’ court.
• Clerks work on court cases for their clients and may represent their client in a Magistrates’ court.
• Magistrates work on court cases for their clients; prepare cases for barristers to present in the Crown Court.

Выберите правильный ответ.

• Barristers have public offices in any High street.
• Barristers have got the same duties as solicitors.
• Barristers work in what are known as chambers, often in London.
• Barristers aren’t experts in the interpretation of the Law.

Выберите правильный ответ. In its long history the Tower hasn’t been ________.

• a gallery
• a state prison
• the Royal Mint
• a royal residence

Выберите правильный ответ. Many ____________ consider the center part of the orchestra, or ground-floor level, the best seats.

• theatergoers
• theatrewalkers
• theatreadmires
• theatrefans

Выберите правильный ответ. Since the 1970s, a number of states have started so-called__________ programs which require welfare recipients to work or to participate in job training programs.

• «workforce»
• «workweek»
• «workfare»
• «workplace»

Выберите правильный ответ. Hinduism ________________

• A group of faiths rooted in the religious ideas of India.
• The religion founded by Guru Nanak in India in the 15th Century.
• An open-minded and individualistic approach to religion.
• One of the oldest monotheistic faiths, founded by the prophet Zoroaster.

Выберите правильный ответ. There’s no single welfare system, but rather a mosaic of measures created to help those in need in_____________.

• Russia
• Great Britain
• the USA
• Germany

Выберите правильный ответ. Basil Blackwell commissioned belles-lettres including a complete version of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and well-known _________such as the Pilgrim’s Progress and the works of the Brontes.

• classics’
• classic
• classic’s
• classics

Выберите правильный ответ. A smuggler is a person who _______________

• brings goods into a country illegally without paying tax
• takes away people by force and demands money for their return
• makes counterfeit money or signatures
• hides on a ship or plane to get a free journey

Выберите правильный ответ. A ‘proper job’ is one that __________

• involves bringing up children
• provides useful work
• provides a salary
• serves the community

Выберите правильный ответ. Changes occurred __________ the top three places.

• in
• at
• by
• on

Выберите правильный ответ. Some people believe that ___________did not pay a lot of attention to the rights of common people.

• humans rights’ activists
• human’s rights activists
• human rights activists
• human rights’ activists

Выберите правильный ответ. Academy Award in full is __________, byname Oscar.

• Academy Award of Merit
• Academy Award of Superiority
• Academy Award of Excellence
• Academy Award of Virtue

Выберите правильный ответ. Other measures being examined by the government are a system for resale of the rights to emit noxious substances and the introduction of a tax on the burning of oil, coal, natural gas and other fuels which produce ____________ during combustion.

• sulphuric acid
• ethyl alcohol
• carbon dioxide
• oxygen

Выберите правильный ответ. The Chicago Symphony, in fact, _______ strike in the 1980s to dramatize their demands for better pay.

• walked on
• started on
• matched on
• went on

Выберите правильный ответ. I’m afraid your assistant has __________the trust you placed in him, and leaked the whole story to the press.

• diddled
• shafted
• betrayed
• deceived

Выберите правильный ответ. ______________is the primary federal agency handling welfare programs in Russia.

• The Ministry for Social Protection
• The Ministry of Social Protection
• The Fund of Social Support
• The Fund for Social Support

Выберите правильный ответ. In mid-1995 in Russia the average pension fell____________the subsistence minimum for pensioners.

• behind
• away
• below
• apart

Выберите правильный ответ. _____________ specialize in representing clients in court.

• Solicitors
• Judges
• Coroners
• Barristers

Выберите правильный ответ. Films by New Wave directors were often characterized by a fresh brilliance of ___________ that was thought to have overshadowed their subject matter.

• script
• technique
• plot
• cast

Выберите правильный ответ. Shinto ____________

• A contemporary western religion based on reverence for nature.
• An ancient philosophy and ethical teaching that originated in India.
• It has no known founder or single sacred scripture.
• Revealed in its final form by the Prophet Muhammad.

Выберите правильный ответ. The big prize money that attracted viewers to the show was funded by a simple idea: __________________ paid a small charge to call telephone hotlines to enter their names for the show.

• shall-be contestants
• would-be contestants
• wouldn’t-be contestants
• will-be contestants

Выберите правильный ответ. ____________ in all the major industrial areas and industries in the United States, union membership was required.

• In 1980s
• After World War I
• In 1990s
• After World War II

Выберите правильный ответ. A hooligan is a person who _______________

• hides on a ship or plane to get a free journey
• causes damage or disturbance in public places
• helps a criminal in a criminal act
• marries illegally, being married already

Выберите правильный ответ. The formula of the British quiz, Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? was simple — 15 multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty, with the contestant in ________ having three lifelines if he’s stuck.

• the hot seat
• the comfortable seat
• the hard seat
• the cold seat

Выберите правильный ответ. In Russia women are entitled to retire when they reach age_________, and men when they reach age_____________.

• fifty-five; sixty-five
• fifty-five; sixty
• sixty; sixty — five
• fifty; sixty

Выберите правильный ответ. Which organization collects money and distributes aid to the developing world?

• United Nations
• World Health Organisation
• Oxford Committee for Famine Relief
• Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Выберите правильный ответ. The woman accused of shoplifting was found not guilty and was ____________

• acquitted
• interned
• liberated
• excused

Выберите правильный ответ. He gives ___________millions of dollars each year.

• back
• in
• away
• forth

Выберите правильный ответ. The earliest social welfare services in Britain were provided by__________________.

• local authorities
• Government
• sponsors
• religious orders

Выберите правильный ответ. When employees strike, they often ask for ———- benefits, better retirement payments, better or fuller medical care, and so on.

• ‘additional’
• ‘occasional’
• ‘fringe’
• ‘odd’

Выберите правильный ответ. The __________ who writes for The Times is very enthusiastic about this film and has nothing but praise for George Lucas.

• critic
• author
• columnist
• narrator

Выберите правильный ответ. The amount of the____________part of pension is strictly fixed by law and guaranteed to every pensioner.

• cumulative
• insured
• basic
• guaranteed

Выберите правильный ответ. Jainism _______________________

• It has no known founder or single sacred scripture.
• An open-minded and individualistic approach to religion.
• An ancient philosophy and ethical teaching that originated in India.
• One of the oldest monotheistic faiths.

Выберите правильный ответ. To deal with the war wounded, ______________, including both voluntary and municipal hospitals, was developed within existing organisations as required.

• the Private Hospital Service
• the Emergency Hospital Service
• the Government Hospital Service
• the Emergency Service

Выберите правильный ответ. The military conflict has taken a heavy toll ___________human rights groups and liberal political parties, which were held in high public esteem.

• with
• at
• on
• in

Выберите правильный ответ. Atheism ___________

• The ideas and story of people who don’t believe in God.
• One of the youngest of the world’s major religions.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• Based around the Jewish people’s covenant relationship with God.

Выберите правильный ответ. Corporations may own property, sue or be sued in court, and _________contracts.

• do
• make
• violate
• breach

Выберите правильный ответ.

• Corporations raise the necessary capital largely by selling stock (ownership shares in their assets) to insurance companies.
• Corporations raise the necessary capital only by selling stock (ownership shares in their assets) to insurance companies, banks and pension funds.
• Corporations raise the necessary capital largely by selling stock (ownership shares in their assets) or bonds (long-term loans of money) to insurance companies, banks, pension funds, individuals, and other investors.
• Corporations raise the necessary capital only by selling bonds (long-term loans of money) to insurance companies.

Выберите правильный ответ. The gross domestic product measures the total output of goods and services _______________.

• for the last ten years
• in a given year
• for the last five years
• for the last two years

Выберите правильный ответ. Parents who suddenly found their children at home all day _______ great pressure on city officials to settle the strike.

• take
• have
• give
• put

Выберите правильный ответ. _________ refers to the plays, musicals, and special attractions presented in any of 39 designated playhouses in Manhattan’s Theatre District.

• West End
• Broadway
• the City
• East End

Выберите правильный ответ. The spread of musical interest in Britain owes much to the _______________ with its daily music programme and its partial financing of the Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.

• BBC
• CBS
• CNN
• NBC

Выберите правильный ответ. Although there are many small and __________ companies, big business units play a dominant role in the American economy.

• medium-size
• small-sized
• middle-sized
• medium-sized

Выберите правильный ответ. ___________ pointed out if the work were so pleasant, the rich would keep it to themselves.

• Mark Twain
• Graham Green
• Tony Blair
• Jack London

Выберите правильный ответ. Three unarmed policemen have been killed in London by bandits who shot them down in ______________

• black blood
• red blood
• cold blood
• warm blood

Выберите правильный ответ. WHO is ____________________________

• World Healer Organisation
• World head boys’ Organisation
• World Health Organisation
• World Headmasters’ Organisation

Выберите правильный ответ. Quiz shows proved so popular that viewers had to phone dozens of times _________ of appearing.

• to obtain any chance
• to receive any chance
• to acquire any chance
• to stand any chance

Выберите правильный ответ. The Russian mission_____________the UN did not reply to requests for additional comment on

• In
• hursday.
• With
• At
• To