Минский Государственный Лингвистический Университет
Дискурсивная практика "Английский язык"

REVISION TEST 1


1. Choose the most suitable variant to complete the sentence:
The language for international communication in the 21st century is …


2. Choose the most suitable variant to complete the sentence:
Great Britain is a … country


3. Choose the most suitable variant to complete the sentence:
British and American variants of the English language …


4. Choose the most suitable variant to complete the sentence:
The newspaper which is not British is …


5. Choose the most suitable variant to complete the sentence:
The press in Great Britain is so powerful that sometimes it is called …


6. Choose the most suitable word for the suggested definition:
A language used between people whose mother tongues are different


7. Choose the most suitable word for the suggested definition:
A person who resists the arrival of foreign words into their language


8. Choose the most suitable word for the suggested definition:
A form of a language that is spoken by a particular group of people, esp. those living in one area


9. Choose the most suitable word for the suggested definition:
Attracting public attention to a product or business on TV or radio


10. Choose the most suitable word for the suggested definition:
Someone who is concerned about environmental protection


11. Insert a particle or a preposition where necessary:
The BBC gets its income … the licence fee.


12. Insert a particle or a preposition where necessary:
Right from the start the BBC established its reputation … impartiality.


13. Insert a particle or a preposition where necessary:
The more you practise your speaking skills, the sooner you become fluent … the language you are studying.


14. Insert a particle or a preposition where necessary:
The Sunday Times is particularly strong … investigative journalism.


15. Insert a particle or a preposition where necessary:
Most English words that are difficult in spelling and pronunciation are derived … loan words.


16. Choose the correct option:
Different papers in Great Britain have different political outlooks, but … of them is an organ of a political party.

17. Choose the correct option:
A requirement to news programmes is that all news … presented with accuracy and impartiality.

18. Choose the correct option:
The quality papers, or broadsheets, devote … space to politics and other serious news.

19. Choose the correct option:
… BBC’s independence from the government is a matter of tacit agreement.

20. Choose the correct option:
The press in Britain can be called … fourth estate.

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



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



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



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



25. Spot the word 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