Список вопросов базы знаний

?) Bronx.

?) Richmond.

?) Queens.

?) the Brooklyn.

?) state.

?) private business.

?) landlords.

?) police.

?) New York.

?) Chicago.

?) Boston.

?) Jamestown.

?) New Orleans.

?) Chicago.

?) Boston.

?) New York.

?) to mining and tourist business.

?) to industry and cattle-raising.

?) to mining and industry.

?) Richmond.

?) Brooklyn.

?) Queens.

?) the Bronx.

?) in the West.

?) in the South.

?) in the East.

?) in the North.

?) Maryland.

?) Boston.

?) Massachusetts.

?) Virginia.

?) the West.

?) the South.

?) the North West.

?) the North East.

?) A veil

?) A necklace of pearls and opals

?) A silver cup

?) A small spider

?) San Francisco.

?) New York.

?) Chicago.

?) New Orleans.

?) A joint

?) An apple-pie

?) Gravy

?) Custard

?) the Pacific Ocean

?) the Atlantic Ocean

?) the Indian Ocean

?) the Arctic Ocean

?) Grain and nuts were considered to be signs of fertility in ancient times.

?) The wedding ring should be tried on before the ceremony.

?) Opals and pearls are supposed to be unlucky for the brides.

?) The bridegroom shouldn't see the bride on the wedding day until he meets her at the altar.

?) the genre of Shakespeare’s play: “The Twelfth Night” is comedy.

?) the genre of Shakespeare’s play: “Antonym and Cleopatra” is tragedy.

?) the genre of Shakespeare’s play: “Richard II” is thriller.

?) the genre of Shakespeare’s play: “Othello” is tragedy.

?) the genre of Shakespeare’s plays “As You Like It” is comedy.

?) of Shakespeare’s play: “Two Gentlemen of Verona” is comedy

?) the genre of Shakespeare’s play: “Hamlet” is history.

?) the genre of Shakespeare’s play: “Romeo and Juliet” is tragedy.

?) Robert Burns died of heart attack.

?) the genre of Shakespeare’s play: “Titus Andronicus” is Tragedy

?) Robert Burns is a poet.

?) the genre of Shakespeare’s play: “Henry VI” is History.

?) The Present Continuous tense the verb is used in the following sentence: “He’s having lunch with the boss.”

?) The Past Indefinite tense the verb is used in the following sentence: “The cat was given the fur instead of the dog.”

?) The Present Indefinite tense the verb is used in the following sentence: “Cats seem to be able to sense earthquakes.”

?) The Present Continuous tense the verb is used in the following sentence: “What other animals do you know?”

?) The Past Indefinite tense the verb is used in the following sentence: “He started working as a tax collector.”

?) The Present Perfect tense the verb is used in the following sentence: “Have you read any of them?”

?) The Present Perfect tense the verb is used in the following sentence: “And they have sworn a solemn oath.”

?) The Present Indefinite tense the verb is used in the following sentence: “He married Jean Armour.”

?) The Future Indefinite tense the verb is used in the following sentence: “Umm, her family will come before her career.”

?) The Past Continuous tense the verb is used in the following sentence: “He was looking at me.”

?) The Present Indefinite tense the verb is used in the following sentence: “He was looking at me.”

?) The Present Indefinite tense the verb is used in the following sentence: “She's obviously a disorganized scatterbrain.”

?) The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson.

?) The second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia.

?) In the end England recognized the independence of the 13 colonies.

?) The people who organized the Tea Party were the Government.

?) The Tea Act gave a privileged position in the American market to the colonial companies.

?) In 1770 there was a clash between the British troops and Boston inhabitants.

?) Revenue Act was issued in 1544.

?) In 1775 British troops and colonial militia clashed at Lexington.

?) The life of the first settlers was strongly influenced by their environment.

?) Maryland was the Spanish King.

?) Most of the immigrants to America were from the lower or middle classes.

?) In the South the settlers established large plantations.

?) South and Central America were occupied by France.

?) The first English colony was established in Jamestown.

?) The bedroom of New York is Queens.

?) The English colonies were initiated by private business.

?) The fashionable district of New York is the Upper East side.

?) The Pacific region is thickly wooded in the West.

?) San Francisco is built on a series of steep hills.

?) A huge fertile plain watered by the Mississippi lies West of the Appalachians.

?) The high Rocky Mountains are devoted to mining and tourist business.

?) The richest part of the country is the South.

?) % of the US oil output is produced by Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas.

?) 25% of the population live in the North East.

?) Some people spend Sunday evening at home.

?) St. Valentine was put to death by the Romans sent a note of friendship to his jailer's blind daughter.

?) St. Valentine was a famous pagan.

?) Cards full of "Hearts and Darts, Loves und Doves and Floating Fays and Flower" were described by Charles Dickens in Pickwick Papers.

?) Sweethearts and lovers, husbands and wives, friends and neighbours will exchange greetings of affection, undying love or satirical comment on St. Valentine's Day.

?) The groom is expected to give a small present to each of the bridesmaids.

?) The bridesmaids are usually the sisters, near relatives and close girlfriends of the bride, and sisters of the groom.

?) A brother, relative or close friend of the groom can’t become The Best Man.

?) Most customs connected with the wedding ceremony go back thousands of years.

?) The Ushers are mate relatives and friends of both bride and groom.

?) Blue and White are considered to be the unlucky colours for a wedding.

?) Like a modern bride, the ancient Greek bride wore a veil and a crown.

?) A small spider on the bride's wedding dress means money.

?) Marriage is performed by a bridegroom.

?) In Scotland people over the age of sixteen do not require their parent's consent in order to marry.

?) The birth must be registered at the local register's office within six weeks in England and Wales and three weeks in Scotland.

?) Duncan Heyward is the name of a young English officer.

?) General Munro is the name of an English general.

?) William Henry is the name of an English fort.

?) The girls’ names are Alice and Huron.

?) Huron is Indian.

?) Duncan Heyward was accompanying the two daughters of General Munro to William Henry.

?) William Henry was accompanying the two daughters of Duncan Heyward to General Munro

?) Edward is the name of a fort.

?) Cora was four or five years older, had black hair, black eyes and a dark complexion.

?) One of the women, Alice, was younger, had fair golden hair, bright blue eyes and rosy cheeks.

?) Both young ladies showed signs of surprise, as the Indian walked past them and took his place in the front of the group.

?) There was war-paint on Hayward’s fierce face; he had a tomahawk and a knife. His eyes glistened like fiery stars among the dark clouds.

?) : “The Indian was sitting on a log. His body was nearly naked and painted in white and black colours. His head was shaved, only a little tuft of black hair was preserved on the top of it. On his waist he had a scalping-knife. On his knees there was a short rifle. Beside him there was a tomahawk.” This is the portrait of Chingachgook.

?) The group guided by the Indian consisted of 40 people.

?) Hawk-eye was not big, but looked very strong. He wore a hunting-shirt of forest-green and a cap made of skins.

?) Hawk-eye was a scout of the English army.

?) Uncas is the last of the Mohicans.

?) Chingachgook is a Mohican.

?) Uncas is Chingachgook’s father.

?) Sly Fox is a Huron.

?) Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1909

?) Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston.

?) The parents of Edgar Poe died before he was two years old.

?) Edgar Poe worked for newspapers.

?) After the death of his wife, Poe began to drink a lot.

?) Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of 78.

?) Edgar Poe had problems with his health.

?) Edgar Poe had problems with drugs.

?) Edgar Poe did not do well at school and university.

?) The life of Edgar Poe was easy and happy in fact.

?) When Poe married his cousin Virginia, she was 14 years old.

?) When Poe worked for newspapers, he began to write poems and short stories.

?) Some people believe that all black cats are evil.

?) The main character thinks that drink is the reason to die.

?) The hero changed as he began to drink.

?) Pluto was very intelligent.

?) The hero killed the cat by hanging him by his neck from a tree.

?) At night after he had killed the cat his house burned down to the ground.

?) One of the walls of the house didn’t fall during the fire for there was new plaster on it.

?) When the hero of this story came home drunk he hit all his animals, but Pluto he hated most of all.

?) After the fire the main character forgot the shape very soon.

?) Probably, during the fire someone cut the dead cat from the tree and threw it through the window.

?) After the death of his cat he began to search for another cat.

?) The people see a shape of large cat, hanging by its neck next to the wall after fire.

?) At Mrs. Higgins’ Liza gives herself away and shocks everybody.

?) Mrs. Higgins does not want her son’s presence because she is busy writing letters.

?) Mrs. Higgins does not want her son’s presence because he has neither manners nor small talk.

?) Professor Higgins asked Liza to his mother’s at-home day to try the results of his teaching in a small society.

?) At Mrs. Higgins’ Liza speaks like a lady from beginning to end

?) Mr. Doolittle has come into money through Henry Higgins’ mentioning him to an American millionaire.

?) Mr. Doolittle’s merit as one of the deserving poor has been rewarded.

?) Mr. Doolittle is unhappy about his new position but hasn’t the nerve to repudiate the bequest.

?) Mr. Doolittle’s ready to set Eliza up as a florist and so get rid of the money.

?) Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering ring up the police because Eliza has bolted.

?) Eliza’s aim is to become a teacher of phonetics.

?) Professor Higgins persuades Eliza to come back to his place for the sake of good fellowship.

?) Eliza’s aim is to win Higgins’ respect and, in the end, make him love her.

?) Professor Higgins persuades Eliza to continue the experiment.

?) Eliza says she owes a lot to Colonel Pickering for it was he who taught her to speak properly.

?) Eliza’s aim is to get married to Freddy.

?) Freud is an Austrian neurologist

?) ‘cookie’ is a person used as test-case in medical or sociological experiments and research

?) ‘that's the way the cookie crumbles’ means that's the way things turn out

?) ‘that's the way the cookie crumbles’ means that's life

?) ‘The John’ means lavatory.

?) Beaverboard is a mark on the ground made by a foot or shoe.

?) Freud is a founder of psychoanalysis.

?) The old pigeon-hole bit is an endeavour to classify people according to types and their social position.

?) Walk out on is an insect with large wings

?) Strong-box is a safe or iron chest for valuables

?) A coloured queen (sl) is an effeminate Negro

?) That particular vaudeville act is playing the closed circuit now means that couple of music-hall actors does not travel any more

?) Barleycorn is grain

?) A Mr. Barleycorn is a bottle of jinn

?) John Barleycorn a humorous personification of barley as the source of liquor.

?) John Barleycorn is an American writer.

?) Pass away means die.

?) Plumb is a longer, thicker, brown 'cigarette'.

?) An even two weeks means at least two weeks.

?) Part with the ghost means die.

?) Hamburger is frightening, terrible; causing horror.

?) ‘Bow-wow’ is a dog.

?) ‘The bow-wow's deliverance’ means the dog's recovery from sickness.

?) ‘For all the dog cared’ means as far as the dog was concerned.’