ПКОЯз АНГЛ Практикум по аналитическому чтению и письменной речи. Часть 1

Also examples from the text ________ required to prove each idea of the student

• been
• —
• is
• are

________ consists in an unusual arrangement of words for the purpose of making one of them more conspicuous, more important, more emphatic

• Synecdoche
• Asyndeton
• Inversion
• Periphrasis

________ operational measures have been introduced to reduce noise disturbance?

• Who
• When
• What
• Whom

Conflicts are ________ into internal and external

• classified
• classifies
• classifing
• classify

Вставьте пропущенное слово. ________ the pressure of the progressive circles the number of representatives of racial minorities has grown, but still the elections have a discriminatory character.

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? A) They display their wealth in a very ostentatious and vulgar way B) They keeps their wealth and their treasures well away from the public

• А — нет, В — нет
• А — да, В — нет
• А — да, В — да
• А — нет, В — да

Найдите эквиваленты.

• the executive
• законодательная власть
• the judiciary
• судебная власть
• the legislature
• исполнительная власть

________ is an indirect reference to a historical, literary, mythological, biblical fact or to a fact of everyday life commonly known

• Allusion
• Zeugma
• Antithesis
• Metaphor

An earthquake measuring Force 5 on the Richter ________ was yesterday recorded in the town of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in the Russian Far East

• copy
• table
• base
• scale

________ is the general mood of a literary work

• Attitude
• Plot
• Atmosphere
• Message

________ is a stylistic device in which two antonymous words are joined together into one syntagm thus creating an image of the clash of the meanings of these words

• Allusion
• Zeugma
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron

Седините части предложений.

• Discoloured by dirt from a field, a tornado may appear as a twisting umbilical rope, a
• unstable clouds which reach high into the atmosphere — it is still not known how tornadoes get to the ground
• So quite often a team of 120 experts may travel hundreds of kilometres in a day
• and have a wasted journey
• Although it is known that most tornadoes develop in thunderheads — giant
• grey spinning funnel, or a hissing column of rotating debris

________ most important function of an association is to choose the party’s candidate for the next election.

• —
• A
• An
• The

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? A) But although I approve of the idea of a monarchy, I don’t approve of the monarchy we have in B) Britain at the moment I’m against them personally, if you like

• А — нет, В — нет
• А — да, В — да
• А — да, В — нет
• А — нет, В — да

________ is a deliberate exaggeration of some quality or quantity or size of an object

• Hyperbole
• Periphrasis
• Metaphor
• Zeugma

The summary of the extract ________ be short (1/4 of the original text) and logical

• ought
• need
• must
• have

Plants are a vital link in the ________, supporting animal life and contributing to the constant enrichment of the soil.

• fast-food chain
• food chain
• supply chain
• water chain

Вставьте пропущенное слово: American farmers approached the 21st century with some of the same problems they encountered during the 20th century, the most important of these continued to be

Вставьте пропущенное слово. Almost all the Congressmen are members of the two big bourgeois ________.

After a long day in the town, you really appreciate the fresh air of the

• countryside
• habitat
• pollution
• nature

Найдите эквиваленты.

• a natural disaster
• предотвращать беду
• Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
• глобальная программа защиты окружающей среды
• to avert disaster
• стихийное бедствие

Вставьте пропущенное слово. In neither chamber there is a representative of American youth, because of the age ________ for Congressmen.

Седините части предложений.

• On a single March day in 1925, nearly 700 people lost their lives
• and travelling for most of its journey in an unbroken straight line across Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana
• In the United States last century they have claimed
• between 15,000 and 20,000 lives
• The Tristate Tornado, as it became known, was the most destructive ever recorded, reaching speeds of 120 kilometres an hour
• as seven tornadoes surged over 320 kilometres of the American Midwest

What do you know about ________ British monarchy?

• a
• an
• —
• the

The characters of the extract, whether they are ________ directly or indirectly, what kind of people they are judging by the text, what kind of relations can be, observed between them

• described
• describes
• describe
• describing

Определите правильные варианты перевода слова choppy

• порывистый
• равнодушный
• неустойчивый
• неспокойный (о море)
• спокойный

You never quite know what Alexey is up to — he’s rather a dark

• goose
• fox
• horse
• donkey

Определите правильные варианты перевода слова scattered

• частый
• чистый
• редкий
• разбросанный в беспорядке
• расположенный на расстоянии друг от друга

How long ________ the present British monarch reigned?

• had
• do
• has
• did

The party’s Central Office is responsible ________ the leader.

• of
• for
• to
• on

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? A) The reason is whale-watching, an American craze for tourists B) All over the world other rare species is continued to receive protection; giant tortoises in the Galapagos, pink pigeons in Mauritius

• А — да, В — да
• А — да, В — нет
• А — нет, В — нет
• А — нет, В — да

Седините части предложений.

• The tribes’ of the first people
• the land of Britons.
• The name England
• was given to part of the island at a later date.
• Britain was
• who lived on the island were called Britons.

________ kinds of sentences predominate in different parts of the text?

• What
• How
• Which
• When

The general ________ of the text may be dry, unemotional, emotional, vivid, bright, tense, dramatic, pathetic, tragic, humorous, ironical, satirical, sarcastic, etc

• denouement
• attitude
• message
• atmosphere

Найдите эквиваленты.

• to develop
• вести, сопровождать
• to defend
• защищать(ся)
• to lead
• развивать(ся)

________ may be agreeable, optimistic, involved, detached, impassive, indifferent, critical, contemptuous, ironical, cynical, etc

• Messages
• Attitudes
• Tones
• Plots

The author’s attitude to the characters, is it expressed clearly enough or ________ it not expressed?

• been
• has
• does
• is

The ________ is the key event, the crucial moment of the story, the point of the highest emotional tension

• message
• climax
• attitude
• atmosphere

Седините части предложений.

• She can’t climb trees, dig
• from a few anti-McDonald’s demonstrations
• I’m very stubborn
• and if I think I can do it, normally I can
• I’d never done anything like this before, apart
• tunnels or camp out, whereas I can

Седините части предложений.

• Britain was
• who lived on the island were called Britons.
• The name England
• was given to part of the island at a later date.
• The tribes’ of the first people
• the land of Britons.

Вставьте пропущенное слово. What is meant by the separation ________ powers?

________ is a use of a word in the satae grammatical, but different semantic relations to two adjacent words in the context, the semantic relations being, on the one hand, literal and, on the other, transferred

• Oxymoron
• Simile
• Antithesis
• Zeugma

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? А) In July 1989, Kenya’s President Moi publicly burnt his country’s stock of ivory B)Towards the end of 1989 the world would agreed to ban the ivory trade completely

• А — да, В — да
• А — нет, В — нет
• А — нет, В — да
• А — да, В — нет

What do you think are the responsibilities of nature ________ authorities and voluntary organizations in Britain?

• conservation
• security
• ward
• guarding

Седините части предложений.

• At the start of the revolution George Washington was
• a few words about the first American president George Washington.
• Since then the 4th of July
• has been considered to be a great holiday in America.
• Speaking about American Revolutionary War of Independence we must say
• a planter and his tastes were peaceful.

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? A) They hoped they will have a better life there B) After a stormy voyage across the Atlantic, their small ship, the «Mayflower», reached the shores of the new land

• А — нет, В — да
• А — да, В — нет
• А — нет, В — нет
• А — да, В — да

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? A) In 1776 the thirteen young American colonies united and began a war against England for freedom and independence, which was called the War of Independence B) They won the victory and a new nation was born which became the United States of America

• А — да, В — да
• А — да, В — нет
• А — нет, В — да
• А — нет, В — нет

Седините части предложений.

• But the answers may be many years away and tornado-chasers, professional or amateur, may
• Kansas, armed with satellite scanners, video cameras, and a case full of maps
• Events like that, and the Wichita tragedy of 1991, continue
• to fuel a search for the causes of this dangerous but curiously exhilarating phenomenon
• Seeking either hard data or a pure rush of adrenalin, they flock to the vast open spaces of Oklahoma, Texas, and
• be bound together, not just by obsession, but by frustration for some time to come

The structural component, the________, is the unwinding of the actions, the events which follow the climax

• atmosphere
• attitude
• denouement
• message

Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях? In America you can hearing the song of the timber wolf, and seeing the mountain lion in the canyons and high forests Suddenly, wildlife is good for the tourist trade

• А — да, В — нет
• А — да, В — да
• А — нет, В — нет
• А — нет, В — да