Экзаменационные билеты за 1 семестр 2001 года по предмету: Искусство речи на английском языке. Американский английский

p> What will be the share of Japanese products in the American market in the next 3 years?
178. Translate into English: определение проблемы
179. Translate into English: наблюдение за соблюдением законов
180. Translate into English: таможня
181. Translate into English: наконец
182. Translate into English: прямой порядок слов
183. Translate into English: данное выражение
184. Translate into Russian: accordingly
185. Translate into Russian: subsequently
186. Translate into Russian: correspondingly
187. Translate into Russian: similarly
188. Translate into Russian: as a result
189. Translate into Russian: basically
190. Translate into Russian: therefore
191. Give both the American and British spellings of the following Russian words: честь; вкус; литр; центр; телеграмма.
192. Define when the definite article the with the word «hospital» is used and not used in American and British English.
193. Define when the definite article the with the word «kindergarten» is used and not used in American and British English.
194. Define when the definite article the with the word «school» is used and not used in American and British English.
195. Define when the definite article the with the word «college» is used and not used in American and British English.
196. Define when the definite article the with the word «university» is used and not used in American and British English.
197. List the personal pronouns when the modal verb «will» is used in

America.
198. The modal verb «shall» in England is used:
199. List the personal pronouns when the modal verb «will» is used in

England.
200. Describe the difference in verb conjugation for plural group nouns in

England and America.
201. Give an American and a British translation to the Russian phrase:

Обе футбольные команды играют в высшей лиге 10 лет.
202. Give the equivalent to one centimeter in inches.
203. Give the equivalent to one mile in feet.
204. Give the equivalent to one gallon in pints.
205. Give the equivalent to one pint in cups.
206. Give the equivalent to one quart in gallons.
207. Give the equivalent to one pint in quarts.
208. Show the formula to translate Fahrenheit into Celsius.
209. Give the equivalent in American pounds to one British tonne.
210. Give the equivalent of one British stone in American pounds.
211. Translate the sentence into American English:

Мы провели в Италии 2 недели.
212. Translate the sentence into American English:

Она сказала, что познакомилась с ним в прошлом году.
213. Translate the sentence into American English:

Воспользуйтесь лифтом.
214. Give an American and a British translation to the Russian phrase:

Я думал, ты наконец-то избавился от того ужасного свитера.
215. Give an American and a British translation to the Russian phrase:

Работа займет у нас полтора месяца.
216. Give an American and a British translation to the Russian phrase:

Она сообщила, что собрание состоится завтра в 5 часов.
217. Give an American and a British translation to the Russian phrase:

Они живут на третьем этаже.
218. Give an American and a British translation to the Russian phrase:

Скажите мне, сколько студентов в этой группе?
219. Give an American and a British translation to the Russian phrase:

Они сказали мне, что встреча намечена на следующую среду.
220. Give an American and a British translation to the Russian phrase:

Правительство обсуждает проблему безработицы.
221. List the British monetary coin units in order from least to most in monetary worth.
222. List the American monetary coin units in order from least to most in monetary worth.
223. List the American monetary coin units in order of size from smallest to largest in diameter.
224. Give the American equivalent to the British «quid.»
225. Give the British equivalent to the American «buck.»
226. Give the history of the slang phrase «buck» in America.
227. List the bank note (paper money) denominations used in the United

States.
228. Explain how men’s pants, slacks, and jeans are measured in the United

States.
229. Explain how men’s dress shirts and other shirts are measured in the

United States.
230. Explain how men’s shoes and socks are measured in the United States.
231. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Я дам ему в глаз!
232. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Оплата принимается вперед.
233. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Твоя новая шляпа просто классная!
234. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Мама пошла в аптеку за лекарством, которое тебе просто необходимо.
235. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Мы сидели за стойкой бара и болтали.
236. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Если не поторопишься, мы опоздаем на автобус.
237. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Она показала нам, что мы для нее ничего не значим.
238. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Вчера папа привез нам на дачу новую электроплиту.
239. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Сестра пошла на рынок, чтобы купить кабачок.
240. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Такого не может быть, что в течение 3 часов я звонил на работу, было занято.
241. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Если картошки не достаточно, то возьми в кладовой.
242. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Наташа, помоги брату накрыть на стол.
243. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Мое свадебное платье лежит в коробке на чердаке.
244. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Все товары уже загрузили в грузовик.
245. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Я считаю, что Женя, родившаяся в рубашке, не может избежать неприятностей.
246. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Малыш плачет. Мне кажется, что надо поменять ему подгузники.
247. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Я умираю от голода! Давай зайдем в закусочную.
248. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Перед тем, как подать на стол консервированные персики, удали из них косточки.
249. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Мне очень нравится сельдь, приготовленная с майонезом.
250. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Чтобы быстро перекусить, можно растворить кубик бульона.
251. List the questions that should be answered in the first two paragraphs in media English or newspaper articles.
252. Define sub-dialect.
253. Define sub-subdialect.
254. Explain why dialects occur.
255. Explain the influence(s) that Quebec has(have) on North American

English.
256. List Canada’s dialects.
257. Describe the subdialect of the Appalachians in the United States.
258. Describe the subdialect of the Southern United States.
259. Describe the subdialect of Texas.
260. Describe the subdialect of the Rocky Mountain/West Coast area of the

United States.
261. Describe the subdialect of Hawaii.
262. Give a synonym for the word «district» which is only used in New York

City.
263. Describe the sub-subdialects of New York City.
264. Describe the sub-subdialect of Chicago.
265. Describe the sub-subdialect of Boston.
266. Describe the sub-subdialect of Washington, D.C.
267. Name the chief distinguishing feature which divides England into a

North and South dialect.
268. Name the area(s) in England where you may hear the following word order: ...give me it.
269. Name the area(s) in England where you may hear the following word order: ...give it me.
270. Name the area(s) in England where you may hear the following word order: ...give it to me.
271. Name the area(s) in England where you may hear the following word order: ...give me.
272. Define «Scots language.»
273. Define the Scottish vowel-length rule.
274. Define the velar fricative which is used in Scotland.
275. Define the glottal stop which is used in Scotland.
276. In the Scottish dialect, give the plural for the following singular nouns: leaf, eye, knife, shoes.
277. Show the three forms (present, past, perfect tenses) of the following verbs in the Scottish dialect: to go, to hang, to laugh.
278. Describe auxiliary verb usage in the Scottish dialect.
279. List the languages that influence the Scottish dialect.
280. Translate the following sentence from the Shetland dialect into modern

English: Da twa languages melled tagidder to mak da tongue we caa

Shetlandic; diswis English-osed by da Kirk, da laacoorts an id skols.
281. Describe the history of the Welsh dialect of the English language.
282. Name the letter-sound that does not exist in the Welsh dialect of

English.
283. Explain tag question usage in the Welsh dialect of English.
284. Describe the history of the Irish dialect of the English language.
285. Show how the th fricative is pronounced in the Irish dialect of the

English language.
286. Describe the rule in pronunciation (transcription) for the consonant clusters «st, sn, sl» in the Irish dialect of the English dialect.

Give at least two examples of each (6 words) consonant cluster and show their Irish pronunciation.
287. Describe the use of the word after in the Irish dialect of the English language.
288. Describe the use of the auxiliary verb ‘to be’ in the Irish dialect of the English language.
289. Describe the use of the prepositions ‘on’, ‘of’ and ‘from’ in the

Irish dialect of the English language.
290. Show the equivalent of the subordinate clause markers ‘when’, ‘while’, and ‘if’ in the Irish dialect of the English language.
291. Give the suffix used in the Irish dialect of the English language used to express the diminutive, or smallness.
292. List the areas of the world where Hiberno-English is used or influences the English language.
293. Describe the use of the word whenever used in Ulster (Ireland), New

Zealand and Australia.
294. Describe the history of Caribbean English.
295. Translate the following sentence from English into Caribbean English:

The fish was caught yesterday.
296. Translate the following sentence from English into Caribbean English:

Are you drinking coffee?
297. Describe the ‘Creole Hypothesis’ in the Caribbean.
298. Define Creole.
299. Define Pidgin.
300. According to Caribbean Creole, explain verb conjugation in the present tense.
301. According to Caribbean Creole, explain adverb usage.
302. According to Caribbean Creole, explain how possession is expressed.
303. Describe the usage of the singular third person pronouns (he/she) in

West African Pidgins.
304. According to Caribbean Creole, explain how continuous actions (present continuous, past continuous verb constructions) are expressed.
305. According to Caribbean Creole, explain how completed actions (past indefinite verb constructions) are expressed.
306. According to Caribbean Creole, explain how verb negation is expressed.
307. Describe Australian English.
308. Describe the influence(s) of Aborigines on the Australian dialect of the English language.
309. List the four influences on the New Zealand dialect of the English language.
310. Define Maori.
311. Besides the Australian dialect, name one more additional English dialect that presently affects the New Zealand dialect.
312. Explain how the Maori language affects the New Zealand dialect.
313. Name the influences on the English language in South Africa.
314. Define Anglikaans.
315. Explain the use of ‘yes’ and ‘no’ in the South African dialect of the

English language.
316. Describe the history of South African Indian English.
317. Name two English dialects where reduplication of one word is used to show emphasis or plural.
318. Name the English dialect where the verb is often found in the end position (at the end of the sentence).
319. Explain how North Americans pronounce the closed vowel a-sound.
320. Compare the -lk- combination in regard to pronunciation between the

North Americans and British.
321. Compare the -tu- combination in regard to pronunciation between the

North Americans and British.
322. Compare the -du- combination in regard to pronunciation between the

North Americans and British.
323. Compare the sch- combination in regard to pronunciation between the

North Americans and British.
324. List the areas in North America where French influences the North

American dialect.
325. List the areas in North America where Spanish influences the North

American dialect.
326. List the areas in North America where Japanese influences the North

American dialect.
327. List the Areas in North America where Polynesian influences the North

American dialect.
328. Name the area in North America where the speech rapidity is the quickest.
329. Name the area in North America where the speech rapidity is the slowest.
330. Define ‘Tex-Mex’.
331. Explain what influences English in the state of Louisiana.
332. Explain what influences English in the state of Florida.
333. Explain why the following statement is false: The Rocky Mountain/West

Coast area of the United States is the only subdialect without an accent.
334. Give a proper answer to the following question in the Irish dialect:

Will you turn the light off?
335. Explain how questions are asked using the Caribbean dialect of the

English language.
336. Explain why a verb may be brought to the front of a sentence in the

Western African dialect of the English language.
337. Describe how nouns are made plural in the Caribbean dialect of the

English language.
338. Explain why and which dialects use multiple negation in sentence structure.
339. Explain how the past tense of a verb is shown in Caribbean Creole.
340. Define Affixes.
341. Give the two main distinctive features in defining an Australian accent.
342. Define Tasmanian English.
343. Define ‘evening’ as it is used in Queensland, Australia.
344. Name the dialect of the English language which contains the most loan words from Polynesian languages.
345. Besides Maori, name two more foreign languages that have given loan words to the New Zealand dialect.
346. Of all English speaking countries, name the only country where English is spoken by the minority of the population.
347. Compare the /r/ sound in closed syllables between the North American and British pronunciations.
348. Name the foreign languages that effect speech in Alaska.
349. List the areas in England where one might hear «He ain’t here.» for

«He isn’t here.»
350. Define ‘Dialect Island’.
351. Translate the word ‘hesitate’ into the Scottish dialect.
352. Translate the word ‘direction’ into the Scottish dialect.
353. Translate the following phrase from Standard English into the Irish dialect: Who does this book belong to?
354. Translate the following phrase from the Irish dialect into Standard

English: He’s the rest of yourself.
355. Translate the following phrase from Creole into Standard English: She see he come, take he coat and go.
356. Translate the following phrase from Australian into Standard English: within cooee.
357. Translate the following phrase from the Irish dialect into Standard

English: They are after arriving.
358. Explain the rule of stress on words containing three or more syllables in the Irish dialect.
359. Explain what are the differences between American and British spelling.
360. Name the countries where British English is spoken.
361. Name the countries where American English is spoken.
362. Describe the differences of pronunciation in British and American

English:

cannot, plant, grass, address.

Write transcriptions.
363. Describe the differences of pronunciation in British and American

English:

cart, discord, record, short.

Write transcriptions.
364. Describe the differences of pronunciation in British and American

English:

arm, corn, brother, order.

Write transcriptions.
365. Describe the differences of pronunciation in British and American

English:

alarm, mother, cord, mark.

Write transcriptions.
366. Describe the differences of pronunciation in British and American

English:

important, morning, sister, march.

Write transcriptions.
367. Describe the differences of pronunciation in British and American

English:

import, morn, bar, bard.

Write transcriptions.
368. Describe the differences of pronunciation in British and American

English:

export, card, moveble, pork.

Write transcriptions.
369. Describe the differences of pronunciation in British and American

English:

March, choir, back, father.

Write transcriptions.
370. Describe the differences of pronunciation in British and American

English:

chalk, talk, tarantula, schedule.

Write transcriptions.

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371. Complete the definition: A loud ringing sound is called ...
372. Identify the time indicator: They didn’t meet often after their sister’s death.
373. What way of ending a dispute do the following means correspond to?

Voting
374. Assess the type of argumentation.

The weather forecast announced that it will be slippery tomorrow. I think will go by subway, instead of driving.
375. Answer the question:

What are the 2 ways to introduce structure redundancy in a text?
376. Translate into English: прямой порядок слов
377. Translate the sentences from British English to American English:

a) After I leave school, I want to go to university.

b) Excuse me, where is the university, please?
378. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Вчера папа привез нам на дачу новую электроплиту.
379. Name the area(s) in England where you may hear the following word order: ...give it to me.
380. Explain how questions are asked using the Caribbean dialect of the

English language.

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1. Put the words in the correct order:

Used aircraft is the aluminum of manufacture in.
381. Identify the time indicator: He left the town after he had finished the school.
382. Finish the statement:

Information which is not expressed in the message is called

__________.
383. Translate into English: ложная аргументация
384. Complete the sentence: Long examples are called ...
385. Translate into English: сноски
386. Give the equivalent to one centimeter in inches.
387. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Мне очень нравится сельдь, приготовленная с майонезом.
388. Define Maori.
389. Compare the -du- combination in regard to pronunciation between the

North Americans and British.

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2. Complete the definition:

The political system which aims at public ownership of the means of production is called ....
390. Identify the time indicator: When he rang her up, she was out.
391. Which of the aspects do the following questions correspond to?

Does the sender make the desired impression on the recipient?
392. Find the signals of multiple argumentation in the following sentences:

This textbook is not good for the course I teach. It is outdated.

Another reason is - that it is designed for more advanced level.
393. What type of relations between paragraphs do the following linking words express: in brief -
394. Translate into English: сравнение
395. It is -13?C in Moscow. How warm is it in Fahrenheit?
396. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:

Мама пошла в аптеку за лекарством, которое тебе просто необходимо.
397. Describe the subdialect of the Rocky Mountain/West Coast area of the

United States.
398. Name the area in North America where the speech rapidity is the slowest.

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3. Choose a correct word which corresponds to the definition. List of words:

clamp, clang, bacon, badger, chair.

A separate movable seat for one person, usually with a back and in some cases with arms.
399. Identify the markers of comparison/ contrast in the following sentences: It costs a lot of money to buy a new car. Similarly, it is quite expensive to fix a used one.
400. Finish the statement:

The phrases which refer to shorter pieces of text, or sentences are

________
401. Translate into English: тип аргументации
402. Complete the sentence:

The literal citation of a part of another publication is called ....
403. Give an English equivalent: en bloc -
404. Translate the sentence into American English:

Она сказала, что познакомилась с ним в прошлом году.
405. Describe the difference in men’s shoe sizes in England and in the

United States.
406. List the languages that influence the Scottish dialect.
407. Define ‘Tex-Mex’.

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