ПКОЯз. Англ. Практикум по культуре речевого общения. Часть 1

Choose the best answer. Mary was very ________ about her figure and was always on a diet.

• self-centred
• self-confident
• self-controlled
• self-consious

Choose the best answer. Our family was _________ most of the night because of the noisy party going on in the flat above us.

• woken
• wakened
• awake
• woke

Choose the correct answer. There are ____________ public holidays in Great Britain.

• 12
• 8
• 6
• 10

Choose the best answer. ___________ arrivals to the theatre will be refused entry until the interval.

• Least
• Latter
• Last
• Late

Choose the correct answer. The Guy Fawkes Carnival is held in many counties and is noted for the many thousands of ____________.

• flags
• squibs
• costumes
• fires

Choose the best answer. The sun is too hot — let’s sit in the _________ .

• darkness
• shade
• shadow
• obscurity

Choose the best answer. The bad weather ________ our party yesterday.

• spoiled
• damaged
• smashed
• broke

Choose the best answer. Foreign holidays don’t really ________ to me.

• attract
• fancy
• like
• appeal

Choose the best answer. We are going to spend our holiday in a small town on the south _________ of England.

• bank
• beach
• coast
• shore

Choose the best answer. The helpful girl __________ the tourist to the museum.

• steered
• directed
• indicated
• toured

Choose the best answer. The ________ of this part of the USA is very mountainous.

• interior
• inside
• inward
• indoor

Choose the correct answer. When Americans take car trips, they don’t usually ____________.

• driving and sightseeing
• drive and sightsee
• driving and sightsee
• drive and sightseeing

Choose the best answer. The __________ of the roses Mrs Grand grows was beautiful.

• sense
• stench
• scent
• stink

Choose the best answer. Alex had no __________ of winning pancake race because he had no training.

• time
• probability
• chance
• luck

Choose the correct answer. The most famous celebration of New Year is in London ________ .

• the Tower of London
• the Tower Brige
• the House of Parliament
• round statue of Eros in Picadilly Circus

Choose the best answer. The comediant’s __________ of the President wasn’t very convincing.

• image
• reproduction
• imitation
• fake

Choose the best answer. We all sat round the ___________ fire waching it dying out.

• shining
• glowing
• sparkling
• flashing

Choose the correct answer. People celebrate Labour Day on ___________.

• the second Saturday in August
• the first Monday in September
• the third Wednesday in May
• the last Sunday in October

Choose the correct answer. Traditional foods prepared for the Feast on Cristmas and Thanksgiving are ___________.

• lamb, gooseberry sauce and sheperd’s pie
• duck, blueberry sauce and pumpkin pie
• turkey, cranberry sauce and corn dishes
• roastbeef, rasberry sauce and Yorkshire pudding

Choose the correct answer. Americans honour American soldiers killed in war on _________.

• second Friday in May
• third Sunday in July
• last Monday in May
• last Saturday in June

Choose the correct answer. The three holidays which were first observed in the US are _______.

• Cristmas, New Year, Thanksgiving Day
• Martin Luter King’s Birthday, Independence Day, Memorial Day
• Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Mother’s Day
• Thanksgiving Day, Veteran’s Day, New Year

Choose the best answer. The champion American runner _________ the 100 m race last night.

• defeated
• beat
• broke
• won

Choose the correct answer. A lot of people in America complain about _________.

• the high intellectual level of TV
• the low intellectual level of TV
• the small number of evening programmes
• the big number of daily programmes

Choose the best answer. That scene in the horror film was so scary that it sent a ________ down my spine.

• sweat
• shake
• tremble
• shiver

Choose the correct answer. ___________ which performes in the London Coliseum gives seasons of opera and operetta in English

• Covent Garden
• The English National Opera
• The Royal Opera
• English Opera

Choose the correct answer. Americans celebrate Washington’s Birthday on _______.

• first Sunday in January
• December 25
• third Monday in February
• July 4

Choose the correct answer. Hyde Park Corner shares with ___________ the honour of being the gathering place for many meetings.

• Trafalgar Square
• Whitehall
• the Houses of Parliament
• Picadilly Circus

Choose the best answer. We were held _______ for five hours in heavy traffic on our way to Wales.

• off
• on
• up
• back

Choose the best answer. John _________ after his father, he is also fond of tennis.

• turns
• looks
• takes
• goes

Choose the best answer. At first they thought the painting was an original, but it turned out to be a(n) __________ fake.

• priceless
• invaluable
• worthless
• valuable

Choose the best answer. I decided to turn over a new ___________; I gave up smoking and joined a gym.

• start
• leaf
• page
• beginning

Choose the correct answer. Give the right definition. Trip is _________.

• going from one place to another
• to get away for a short period of time, often just for a weekend
• visiting a place, usually for a specific purpose
• to go from one place to another

Choose the best answer. After you’ve eaten those sweets, make sure you throw ________ in the bin.

• litter
• waste
• junk
• sewage

Choose the best answer. The light in the restaurant was so ______ I could’t see the food!

• down
• dim
• weak
• dark

Choose the best answer. I was ___________ in to going to this Chinese restaurant after being told that it serves my favourite dishes.

• convinced
• persuaded
• suggested
• proposed

Choose the best answer. When the singer came on stage the audience gave her a(n) _______ welcome.

• thrilled
• inspired
• enthusiast
• alarmed

Choose the best answer. If you want to become a professional pianist, you need to __________ every day.

• coach
• practise
• exercise
• train

Choose the correct answer. During winter Americans take short vacations to places with warm climates, __________ Florida.

• like
• such a
• like as
• as

Choose the best answer. The Queen Elizabeth II attended the award ______.

• ceremony
• perfomance
• service
• rehearsal

Choose the best answer. The Mona Lisa is a ___________ painting.

• worthless
• valueless
• valid
• priceless

Choose the correct answer. For many English families Sunday begins with the traditional ______

• ‘stay-in’
• ‘lay-in’
• ‘lie-in’
• ‘sleep-in’

Choose the best answer. The Brouns are going to spend this week-end in a charming 250-year-old _________ in the country.

• shack
• high-rise
• hovel
• cottage

Choose the best answer. He was so interested in his book that he didn’t __________ her enter the room.

• notice
• recognise
• realise
• remark

Choose the correct answer. Give the right definition. Voyage is ____________.

• to get away from everything for a short period of time
• a long journey, usually for a specific purpose
• to move / go from one place to another
• visiting a place, usually for a specific purpose

Choose the correct answer. ___________ holidaytime, many people fly to other cities to visit friends.

• At
• By
• For
• On

Choose the best answer. This pop group has many ________ fans.

• truthful
• loyal
• absolute
• attached

Choose the correct answer. There are about (1)_________ principal theatres in professional use in (2)________ and some (3)_________ in the suburbs.

• 60; Picadilly Circus; 35
• 20; the East End; 30
• 50; the West End; 20
• 40; the City; 25

Choose the best answer. Before I go on holiday, I always go to the travel agent’s and pick up lots of ___________ .

• brochures
• pamphlets
• prospectuses
• manuals

Choose the best answer. It was a fine autumn day; the sun was shining and the leaves were ______ in the wind.

• creaking
• muttering
• cracking
• rustling

Choose the best answer. The island’s ___________ had never seen white men before.

• tenants
• occupiers
• inhabitants
• citizens