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How do they use the Crown Jewels?
Выберитеодинответ:
a. for special occasions
b. only as museum exhibits
c. forchristening
d. for coronations
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Who is the author of “the War of the Worlds”?
Выберите один ответ:
a. John Galsworthy
b. H.G. Wells
c. George Bernard Shaw
d. Lewis Саrrol
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Who founded London?
Выберитеодинответ:
a. the French
b. the Romans
c. the Vikings
d. the British
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Is St. Valentine’s Day a national holiday in the USA and England?
Выберите один ответ:
a. it’s a legal holiday
b. it’s a religious holiday
c. it’sanationalholiday
d. it’s not anationalholiday
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How many parts does a letter of application usually contain?
Выберите один ответ:
a. 8
b. 4
c. 2
d. 6
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When did the production of films start in Hollywood?
Выберите один ответ:
a. in the late 1940s
b. in the late 1920s
c. in the late 1930s
d. in the late 1950s
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Howmanymembersarethere in the House of Representatives?
Выберите один ответ:
a. 50
b. 435
c. 225
d. 100
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When are shops closed in England?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Sunday
b. Friday
c. Monday
d. Saturday
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What is it customary for people to buy at Easter?
Выберите один ответ:
a. new clothes
b. gifts
c. chocolate
d. new books
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Who started an orchestra in the French manner in England?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Henry VI
b. Charles II
c. Oliver Cromwell
d. Charles I
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Why was the Clock Tower named «Big Ben»?
Выберите один ответ:
a. after the archbishop
b. after the bellman
c. after the king
d. after the bell
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Which are the principal amateur athletic sports in the US colleges?
Выберитеодинответ:
a. badminton and handball
b. American football and basketball
c. fencing and wrestling
d. hockey and soccer
e. football and basketball
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Which US President never lived in the White House?
Выберитеодинответ:
a. ThomasJefferson
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. Ulysses S. Grant
d. G. Washington
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When was Thanksgiving Day first celebrated in the USA?
Выберите один ответ:
a. 1621
b. 1607
c. 1600
d. 1620
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In the USAa good friendly informal ending of a business letter is…?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Faithfully yours
b. Yours sincerely
c. Cordially yours
d. Bye
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What is the name of the earliest surviving English song?
Выберите один ответ:
a. ‘Diggers’ Song’
b. ‘Beowulf’
c. ‘Piers Plowman’
d. ‘Summer has come In’
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Which is the oldest public building in Washington D. C.?
Выберите один ответ:
a. the Library of Congress
b. The White House
c. the Pentagon
d. the Supreme Court
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What brings you luck at Easter according to a popular belief?
Выберите один ответ:
a. eating chocolate
b. wearing three new things
c. going to church
d. helping poor people
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What do the six colors of the Olympic flag represent?
Выберите один ответ:
a. the rainbow
b. the best human qualities
c. the nations of the world
d. sports
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Whose statue is on the column in the centre of Trafalgar Square?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Charles II
b. Admiral Nelson
c. Oliver Cromwell
d. Winston Churchill
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Romanticism as а literary current can be viewed as а result of two great historical events…?
Выберите один ответ:
a. individualism and new writers
b. German writers and French philosophers
c. the Industrial Revolution in England and the French Revolution
d. the French Revolution and French philosophers
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When was Westminster Abbey founded?
Выберите один ответ:
a. in the 11th century
b. in the 9th century
c. in the 12th century
d. in the 10th century
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What is the most beloved and cherished holiday of the year?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Halloween
b. April Fools
c. New Year
d. St. Patrick’s Day
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Who leaves Easter eggs and other gifts for little children according to an old Teutonic superstition?
Выберите один ответ:
a. theMadHare
b. the Easter Rabbit
c. the Fairy
d. SantaClaus
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Where are the Crown Jewels kept?
Выберите один ответ:
a. in Westminster Abbey
b. in Buckingham Palace
c. in the Tower of London
d. in Big Ben
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How many people inhabit London?
Выберите один ответ:
a. 20 milllion
b. 9 million
c. 5 million
d. 6 million
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Where was “Metropolitan Opera” opened in 1883?
Выберите один ответ:
a. in New York
b. in Paris
c. in Washington D.C.
d. in London
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When did the production of films start in Hollywood?
Выберите один ответ:
a. in the late 1930s
b. in the late 1940s
c. in the late 1950s
d. in the late 1920s
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When you have the name of the person you are writing to and the letter is on a personal level, you write: … ?
Выберите один ответ:
a. My Dear Friend
b. Dear Man/Lady
c. Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms
d. Dear Friend
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At first, what was one of the informal names for table-tennis?
Выберите один ответ:
a. drip-drop
b. here-there
c. Whiff-Whaff
d. to and fo
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The most famous jazz singers were …?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry
b. Bessie Smith and Muddy Waters
c. Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington
d. Muddy Waters and B.B. King
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Where did golf come from?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Wales
b. Iceland
c. Ireland
d. Scotland
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Howmanymembersarethere in the Senate?
Выберите один ответ:
a. 50
b. 435
c. 225
d. 100
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Who founded the British Museum?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Sir Hans Sloane
b. Isaac Newton
c. William Caxton
d. Charles Darwin
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What was the slogan of the French Revolution?
Выберите один ответ:
a. equality, knowledge, freedom
b. liberty, fraternity and equality
c. faster, higher, stronger
d. education, liberation, knowledge
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What day is Halloween?
Выберите один ответ:
a. 1st November
b. 31st November
c. 31st October
d. 1st October
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Who built St. Paul’s Cathedral, the largest Protestant church in England?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Norman Foster
b. Charles Barry
c. Robert Adam
d. Christopher Wren
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Which playwright dominated the Broadway stage from 1940 to 1960?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Еugene O’Neill
b. Neil Simon
c. Edward Albee
d. Tennessee Williams
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When do American celebrate the Independence Day?
Выберите один ответ:
a. the 4th of June
b. the 4th of July
c. the 4th of May
d. the 4th of August
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Which British pop band was extremely popular in 1996-1998?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Manic Street Preachers
b. Catatonia
c. Super Furry Animals
d. Spice Girls
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What is Whitehall?
Выберите один ответ:
a. a street of government offices
b. a street of theatres
c. a street of shops
d. a square
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How should thе date be written in a business letter?
Выберите один ответ:
a. 10 Nov. 2020
b. 2020.10.05
c. 10th of May 2020
d. 10.05.2020
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Were women allowed to compete in the Olympic Games in ancient Greece?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Only some women were allowed
b. No, but they could attend and watch them
c. Yes
d. No
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How many kilometres does a marathon comprise?
Выберите один ответ:
a. 40
b. 32
c. 42
d. 30
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Which was the major topic of the American romanticists?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Real life
b. Indians
c. Hardship
d. Nature
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What is the other name for Veterans Day?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Vet-Day
b. Soldiers’ Day
c. V-Day
d. Armistice Day
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What were the usual themes of blues in the USA?
Выберите один ответ:
a. happy life and happy love
b. deep philosophical thoughts
c. unhappy love, alienation, self-pity
d. challenging world and self-confidence
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The letter of application is sometimes called…?
Выберите один ответ:
a. a Resume
b. a CV
c. a cover letter
d. an application form
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when was the Royal College of Music established in London?
Выберите один ответ:
a. in the 17th century
b. in the 18th century
c. in the second half ot the 19th century
d. in the first half ot the 19th century
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Whom do Americans honor on Memorial Day?
Выберите один ответ:
a. their ancestors
b. the dead Presidents
c. the soldiers
d. the servicemen who gave their lives in past wars
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George Bernard Shaw mercilessly criticized …?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Greed and envy
b. Hypocrisy and stupidity
c. Ignorance and indifference
d. Cruelty and immorality
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What was the aim of the so-calledLuddite movement?
Выберите один ответ:
a. to destroy weaving machines or frames
b. to educate people
c. to struggle for power
d. to write poems
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This holiday is celebrated on October 31st. What holiday is this?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Labor Day
b. Mother’s Day
c. Christmas
d. Halloween
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What do people do on St. Valentine’s Day?
Выберите один ответ:
a. bake cakes
b. baptise children
c. marry
d. exchange valentines
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What was the first country to organise sport as a national activity?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Russia
b. England
c. the USA
d. France
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What museum is in Trafalgar Square?
Выберите один ответ:
a. the British Museum
b. Natural History Museum
c. the National Gallery
d. Science Museum
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What was the name of the first English settlement in the USA in 1607?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Jamestown
b. Washington
c. Hopewell
d. Williamsburg
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……. is а universal business language?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Chinese
b. Spanish
c. English
d. German
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What is London’s commercial and business heart?
Выберите один ответ:
a. East End
b. West End
c. the City
d. Westminster
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What was London’s original name?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Londinium
b. Londin
c. Lundun
d. Londre
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Where do the members of Congress meet?
Выберите один ответ:
a. in the Pentagon
b. in the White House
c. in the Supreme Court
d. in the Capitol Building
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Is Easter a national holiday?
Выберите один ответ:
a. it’sanationalholiday
b. it’s not anationalholiday
c. it’s a church holiday
d. it’s a legal holiday
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Who is the most significant representative of the Enlightenment period in American?
Выберите один ответ:
a. John Adams
b. David Rittenhouse
c. Benjamin Franklin
d. Jane Colden
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Which game is often called the «national pastime» in the USA?
Выберите один ответ:
a. hockey
b. Baseball
c. American football
d. soccer
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When you don’t know the name of the person you’re writing to, you begin your business letter with …
Выберите один ответ:
a. Dear Mr.
b. Dear Man
c. Dear Sir
d. Dear Partner
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At Halloween children play a game called ‘Trick or Treat ’. What are treats?
Выберите один ответ:
a. clothes
b. sweets
c. money
d. books
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Whatisthecentre of interest in an English house?
Выберите один ответ:
a. a fireplace
b. a living-room
c. a kitchen
d. a bedroom
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Who is the author of “Oliver Twist”?
Выберите один ответ:
a. John Galsworthy
b. Charles Dickens
c. H.G. Wells
d. Lewis Саrrol
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What is the Tower today?
Выберите один ответ:
a. a royal palace
b. a fortress
c. a museum
d. a prison
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What is depicted on the Olympic flag?
Выберите один ответ:
a. six rings
b. eight rings
c. five rings
d. seven rings
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What were the Olympic Games?
Выберите один ответ:
a. an ancient British religious festival
b. an ancient Irish religious festival
c. an ancient Greek religious festival
d. an ancient Roman religious festival
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Easter eggs symbolise…
Выберите один ответ:
a. prosperity
b. mankind
c. the sun
d. new life
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When were the first Wimbledon Championships held?
Выберите один ответ:
a. 1877
b. 1800
c. 1777
d. 1878
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WhatdoEnglish people do when there is a big crowd in a pub, or at a bus stop?
Выберите один ответ:
a. queue for everything
b. get annoyed
c. leave the place
d. jump the queue
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What should candidates attend after the HR department has prepared a shortlist of candidates?
Выберите один ответ:
a. a contest
b. a training course
c. an interview
d. an interrogation
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Oscar Wilde is regarded as the leader of the English … movement?
Выберите один ответ:
a. neo-romantic
b. aesthetic
c. pre-romantic
d. romantic
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The most famous rock-and-roll singers were …?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Bessie Smith and Muddy Waters
b. Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry
c. Muddy Waters and B.B. King
d. Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington
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Where should thе date be written in a business letter?
Выберите один ответ:
a. оn the right-hand side of the page
b. in the top left corner
c. оn the left-hand side of the page
d. in the top right corner
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Observed by Irish societies as well as many others, especially with parades, which Saint's day is this?
Выберите один ответ:
a. David
b. George
c. Andrew
d. Patrick
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Has anyone tried to steal the Crown Jewels?
Выберите один ответ:
a. it’s impossible
b. nobody knows
c. no
d. yes
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How does Congress observe the birthday of George Washington in the USA?
Выберите один ответ:
a. adopting new laws
b. criticising the President
c. only with speeches
d. with speeches and readings from his works
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Where are offices of most English daily and evening papers situated?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Oxford Street
b. Tudor Street
c. Fleet Street
d. Friday Street
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How long did it take to build St. Paul’s Cathedral?
Выберите один ответ:
a. 35 years
b. 15 years
c. 25 years
d. 45 years
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Celebrated as Labor Day in most of the world and by some groups in the U.S. It is observed in some schools as a spring festival. This holiday officially falls on May 1 every year. What holiday is it?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Arbor Day
b. Revolution Day
c. Victory Day
d. May Day
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Where is Madame Tussaud’s museum now?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Fleet Street
b. King’s Road
c. Marylebone Road
d. Baker Street
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The 17th and 18th centuries аrе known in the history of European culture as the period of … ?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Independence
b. Enlightenment
c. Light
d. Knowledge
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What do candidates send when they are applying for job?
Выберите один ответ:
a. CV
b. an application form
c. business letters
d. invitations
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How do English-speaking people celebrate New Year’s Day?
Выберите один ответ:
a. stay up all night long
b. shoot off guns and firecrackers, visit friends
c. go to bed early
d. just sing songs
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Who was the greatest English realist of the 19th century?
Выберите один ответ:
a. Charles Dickens
b. Elizabeth Gaskell
c. William Wordsworth
d. William Makepeace Thackeray
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