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1. … abolished the slavery*James Buchanan
*George Washington
* Abraham Lincoln
*Barack Obama
2. … are the main administrative unit in most of the UK countries.*states
*provinces
* counties
*oblasts
3. … are linguistic varieties that may differ in pronunciation, vocabulary, spelling and grammar.4. … are the basis of the ethnic population in Australia.* Europeans
*Asians
*Africans
*Indians
5. … circle of the concentric circles comprises countries with small communities of native English speakers and widespread use of English as a second language.* The Outer Circle
*The Inner Circle
*The Middle Circle
*The second circle
6. … dialect is mostly rhotic, which means that [r] is typically pronounced.*Received pronunciation
*Southern English
* Scottish English
*Welsh
7. … English dialects are associated with many of the historic counties, including the Cumbrian dialect, Lancashire dialect, Northumbrian dialect and Yorkshire dialect.8. … is a rough area of Hiberno-English dialects spreading.*Wales
*Scotland
*England
* Ireland
9. … is a special peculiarity of the British mentality concerning the habitation areas.*Love for living blocks of flats in city centers
*love of countryside and privacy
*love for living together in co-livings and communities
*love of industrial way of life
10. … is called GLOCAL.* An international language spoken with local accent, local style and local meaning
*Linguistic process of inverse globalization
*Linguistic process of inverse localization
*Global system of monitoring global language changes
11. … is one of the alternative names of Australia.*Emu Land
*Koala Land
*Red Fox Land
* Kangaroo Land
12. … is the definition for a language, which is used in any international communication which involves people from two or more countries.* International language
*Foreign language
*Global language
*Local language
13. … is the Dreamtime in Australian mentality.*the sacred ‘time before time’ of the world’s creation
*the idyllic, often imaginary past time of peace, prosperity, and happiness
*the time during which australians undergo a decline
*the future when all the people will live in peace and harmony
14. … is The Expanding Circle in the concentric circles theory.*The strata of people which includes countries in which English is the native language of the majority of the population
*The strata of people for whom English is not the primary language or the mother tongue, but it is widely used as a lingua franca language for trade and business, as well as a bridge language between people whose native tongues are different from one another
* The strata of people which encompasses countries in which English has no historic or cultural role and is neither a primary nor a bridge language—yet is commonly spoken as a foreign language, typically for business
*The strata of people includes countries English has the status of the colonizing nation
15. … is the founder of the concentric circles of English theory.* Braj Kachru
*Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure
*Noam Chomsky
*William Labov
16. … is the only country in the world that covers an entire continent.17. … nation is the basis of American population.*Native Americans
* British
*Chinese
*African
18. … of languages were spoken in Australia earlier.*more than fifty
*more than a hundred
*more than one hundred and fifty
* more than two hundred
19. … plant is of first economic importance in Australia.* eucalyptus
*pine tree
*acacia
*gum tree
20. … territories are those, which are offshore dependent territories.21. … was founded in Britain.*Greenpeace
*UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
*IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources)
* The World Wide Fund for Nature
22. A language gains a status as a global language…*When it becomes an official language in more than 50 countries
*When its native speakers amount to more than a half of the planet population
* When it is the most widely used language in communication in most places in the world
*When it is used in the space communication
23. A rough population of the USA is…*over four hundred forty million
* over three hundred thirty million
*over billion
*over five hundred million
24. Administratively level Australia is divided into … and territories.25. African-Americans … in the USA* were unwillingly brought as slaves
*were invited to work as cheap labor
*came for a better life like all the people
*there have always been some groups in the southern areas of America
26. Arrange the accession of the state to the USA in chronological order.1 Pennsylvania
2 Connecticut
3 Kentucky
4 Hawaii
27. Arrange the historical events in the chronological order.1 The Norman Conquest
2 The annexation of Wales
3 The Great Famine in Ireland
4 The Local Government Act
28. Arrange the states of Australia in descending order, where the first state is the biggest one1 Western Australia
2 Queensland
3 Victoria
4 Tasmania
29. Arrange top 4 countries that Speak English as a Primary Language or lingua franca (by total population) in ascending order.1 India
2 USA
3 Pakistan
4 Nigeria
30. Australia is the world's … largest country, after Russia, Canada, China, the USA, and Brazil.31. Before the Norman Conquest (1066), the chief unit of local government in England was the …, which had originated in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of the early Middle Ages.32. Britain invited many people from East to work in the second half of the twentieth century, …* because of a shortage of labor (unskilled, poorly-paid jobs)
*because of a shortage of human resources in the east-west international affairs
*because of the collapse of the British Empire
*because of a special multicultural policy
33. Caribbean … are the languages that developed from a mixture of English and different native languages of the slaves.34. Correlate the date of accession of the state to the USA and the state.A.California
B.New York
C.District of Columbia
D.Florida
E.September 9, 1850
F. July 26, 1788
G. July 16, 1790
H. March 3, 1845
35. Correlate the dialectal peculiarity and the dialect.A.Dialect is rhotic, meaning /r/ is typically pronounced in the syllable coda.
B.In this dialect ‘t’ sound – is often pronounced closer to a ‘d’ sound.
C.Dialect verbs differ from the standard grammar, “bay” for “are not” or “ay” for “is not”.
D.Using the words from a native language, for example “dwt”, “cwtch”.
E.Scottish English
F.Hiberno-English
G.Midlands English
H.Welsh English
36. Correlate the geographical position in a colony and the country where it is situated.A.The southern Gold Coast
B.Lagos
C.Banjul
D.Yaoundé
E.Ghana
F.Nigeria
G. Gambia
H. Cameroon
37. Correlate the name of geographic place and its type of geographic notion.A.Murray
B.Flinders Range
C.Great Victoria
D.Ashmore and Cartier
E. River
F. Mountain
G.Desert
H. Island
38. Correlate the name of state of federal district of America and its abbreviation.A.District of Columbia
B.Colorado
C.Missouri
D.Mississippi
E. DC
F.CO
G. MO
H. MS
39. Correlate the national Park and the countries of the UK where those parks are situated.A.Broads, Dartmoor, Exmoor, Lake District
B.Brecon Beacons, Pembrokeshire Coast and Snowdonia
C.Cairngorms, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
D.No national parks
E. England
F.Wales
G. Scotland
H. Northern Ireland
40. Correlate the person and the country with which this person is historically boundedA.Henry Tudor
B.Abraham Lincoln
C.James Cook
D.Mahatma Gandhi
E. The United Kingdom
F. The USA
G.Australia
H.India
41. In 2000, however, the … county of Greater London regained some of its administrative powers.42. In Australia seasons go…*like elsewhere in the world
*one season back shifted
* the other way round
*one season forward shifted
43. In Australia the … district was chosen as the site of the new national capital in 1908.44. In November 1620, the first group of Puritans, thirty-five members of the English Separatist Church, arrived on the … ship in the company of sixty-seven other settlers.45. Native Americans came from…* from Siberia across Bering Strait and Alaska
*from South America across The Isthmus of Panama
*from Greenland through Queen Elizabeth Islands
*from the southern part of Australia, they were autochthonous people, who have always been there
46. Native Americans have … origins.*Slavonic
*African
*Asian
*Autochthonous
47. Some judicial jurisdictions still use historic … boundaries rather than current administrative boundaries. 48. Ten territories are considered to be unorganized, meaning they have not had an … Act enacted by Congress; the four other territories are organized, meaning they have had an … Act that has been enacted by Congress.49. The English Association was established…*In 1906
*In 1905
*In 1908
* In 1907
50. The … class embraces a range of people from senior professionals, for example, judges, senior medical specialists and senior civil servants, through to clerical workers – in other words, almost all people who earn their living in a non-manual way.51. The … monarch is the head of state of Canada.52. The … stars represent the current number of states in the.53. The … was abolished by the Emancipation Proclamation speech in 186354. The "norm-dependent" circle means that …*The speakers of this circle continue to evolve the language's rules and usage
*The speakers of this circle rely upon the other circles to determine the proper usage of the language
*The speakers of this circle adopt but also challenge the norms created by the Inner Circle
*The speakers of this circle create the rules of the language which the other speakers depend on
55. The Australian Aboriginal people came from…*America
* Asia
*Africa
*India
56. The coldest place in the USA is…*New Mexico
* Alaska
*Miami
*Montana
57. The coldest region of Australia is…*Boston
* Tasmania
*Kangaroo Island
*Cocos Islands
58. The concentric circles of English theory contains … circles.*Five
*Two
* Three
*One