Список вопросов базы знаний

?) Bronx.

?) Queens.

?) the Brooklyn.

?) Richmond.

?) private business.

?) police.

?) state.

?) landlords.

?) Jamestown.

?) Chicago.

?) Boston.

?) New York.

?) Boston.

?) New York.

?) Chicago.

?) New Orleans.

?) to industry and cattle-raising.

?) to mining and tourist business.

?) to mining and industry.

?) the Bronx.

?) Brooklyn.

?) Richmond.

?) Queens.

?) in the North.

?) in the East.

?) in the West.

?) in the South.

?) Massachusetts.

?) Maryland.

?) Boston.

?) Virginia.

?) the South.

?) the North East.

?) the North West.

?) the West.

?) A necklace of pearls and opals

?) A silver cup

?) A veil

?) A small spider

?) New Orleans.

?) New York.

?) San Francisco.

?) Chicago.

?) Custard

?) A joint

?) Gravy

?) An apple-pie

?) the Atlantic Ocean

?) the Indian Ocean

?) the Arctic Ocean

?) the Pacific Ocean

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

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

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

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

?) 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: “Hamlet” is history.

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

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

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

?) 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.

?) Robert Burns died of heart attack.

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

?) 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: “The cat was given the fur instead of the dog.”

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

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

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

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

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

?) 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: “She's obviously a disorganized scatterbrain.”

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

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

?) 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 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.

?) In the South the settlers established large plantations.

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

?) Maryland was the Spanish King.

?) The bedroom of New York is Queens.

?) The first English colony was established in Jamestown.

?) The English colonies were initiated by private business.

?) South and Central America were occupied by France.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

?) St. Valentine was a famous pagan.

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

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

?) Some people spend Sunday evening at home.

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

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

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

?) 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.

?) 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.

?) Marriage is performed by a bridegroom.

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

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

?) The girls’ names are Alice and Huron.

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

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

?) Huron is Indian.

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

?) Edward is the name of a fort.

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

?) 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.

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

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

?) 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.

?) : “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.

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

?) Sly Fox is a Huron.

?) Chingachgook is a Mohican.

?) Uncas is the last of the Mohicans.

?) Uncas is Chingachgook’s father.

?) Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston.

?) Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1909

?) 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.

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

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

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

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

?) The hero changed as he began to drink.

?) Pluto was very intelligent.

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

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

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

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

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

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

?) 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.

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

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

?) 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.

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

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

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

?) 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.

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

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

?) Professor Higgins persuades Eliza to continue the experiment.

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

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

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

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

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

?) Freud is an Austrian neurologist

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

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

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

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

?) Freud is a founder of psychoanalysis.

?) ‘The John’ means lavatory.

?) 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

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

?) Barleycorn is grain

?) John Barleycorn is an American writer.

?) A Mr. Barleycorn is a bottle of jinn

?) Part with the ghost means die.

?) Pass away means die.

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

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

?) Hamburger is frightening, terrible; causing horror.

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

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

?) ‘Bow-wow’ is a dog.