Lingua e Traduzione Inglese 2 Lez. 33-96

1. Which of these would not be acceptable in a formal letter?. Cannot. Do not. I am. Wouldn't.

2. One may write a(n) ____ letter find out information, to apply for a job or a course,or to send an apology. Chain. Informal. none of the above. formal.

3. Which salutation is linked to the "See ya" letter closure?. Dear Sir/Madam. Never acceptable. Dear Mr Higgins. Hey Mary.

4. You are asked to write an essay to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a specific topic. You are going to write a(n): none of the above. transactional essay. for and against essay. an opinion essay.

5. Imagine you've bought a new TV, and it doesn't work. What are you going to write to express your dissatisfaction?. none of the above. A postcard. A letter of complaint. A letter of application.

6. You are writing an email to a good friend. How would you end it? Katie, Love the photos on Facebook of last weekend. Fancy catching up over a coffee later this week? Call me. Best wishes. Regards. Love. All the best.

7. How would you finish this letter? Dear Mrs McDonald, I am writing to apply for the Head of English position advertised in this week's Times Educational Supplement. As you will see from my application form, I have extensive experience of teaching English and have successfully led colleagues before. Please also find attached a copy of my CV. Thank you for considering my application. I look forward to hearing from you in due course. _______________(Signature). All the best. Yours faithfully,. Yours sincerely,. Yours.

8. How would you start this email? Dear _________ Over the weekend, we started having problems with our heating. Please could you call me as soon as possible so we can discuss having repairs done. As you will appreciate, the weather is very cold and we are finding having no heating a major inconvenience. Thank you in anticipation for your speedy response to this matter. Take care XXXXX. Mr Smith,. Joe:. Joe,. Mr Smith:.

9. A letter may be written to communicate something that's difficult to say face to face. true. none of the above. false. it depends on the context.

10. Emails, cell phones, and social media are slowly declining the use of personal letters. none of the above. true. it depends on the context. false.

11. A complaint letter is an example of a(n) ________ letter. formated. formal. personal. informal.

12. Information necessary to include in a formal letter are _______. date, preferred language, and race. dates, serial numbers, and locations. date, relationship, and age. dates, names, and addresses.

13. A formal letter does not use salutations or complimentary closings. it depends on the context. true. none of the above. false.

14. _______ letters are letters to people who we don't know on a personal level. Chain. None of the above. Reference. Informal.

15. I am writing to express my disappointment" is a typical formulaic expression of. letters of complaint. greetings. Emails to a friend. informal letters.

16. Which salutation is linked to the "Yours sincerely" letter closure?. Never acceptable. Dear Mr Swift. Hello Jane. Dear Sir/Madam.

17. Which salutation is linked to the "Yours faithfully" letter closure?. Hey there. Never acceptable. Dear Mr Smith. Dear Sir/Madam.

18. All formal letters have one thing in common. none of the above. professionalism. publicity. an unknown purpose.

19. When writing the headline,. use the imperative to describe recent events. use the simple present to describe recent events. none of the above. omit the verbs.

20. What should you always do when writing a formal letter?. Use paragraphs. Put in some colourful pictures. Use Correct Sentences. Make a cup of tea before you start.

21. When writing an essay, we write our personal opinion. in the first sentence. in the introduction. in the main body. in the conclusion.

22. If we attach a resume to our email, we are writing. an application email. a congratulation greeting. an informal letter. a condolence mail.

23. When writing an informal letter, we can adopt. a professional tone. a friendly tone. a formal tone. a solemn tone.

24. Which of these is a correct formal letter introduction?. Alright Mate. Dear Mr Jones. Hello Mr. Jones. Hello John.

25. ______ letters are generally precise and to the point, without any unnecessary detail. Semiformal. none of the above. Informal. Formal.

26. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. It hasn't taken Sam long to learn Spanish. PICKED. Sam has picked down Spanish very quickly. Sam has picked off Spanish very quickly. Sam has picked up Spanish very quickly. Sam has picked in Spanish very quickly.

27. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. I can't wait to see the sights in London. FORWARD. I am forwarding to see the sights in London. I am looking forward to seeing the sights in London. I am looking forward to see the sights in London. I am having forward to see the sights in London.

28. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. We must take as much advantage as possible of any opportunity to speak English. MOST. We have to sit the most of any opportunity to speak English. We have to let the most of any opportunity to speak English. We have to do the most of any opportunity to speak English. We have to make the most of any opportunity to speak English.

29. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. We are noticing a rise in the cost of living again. APPEARS. The cost of living appears to be rising again. The cost of living appears to rise again. The cost of living appears to have rised again. none of the above.

30. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. Will your neighbours look after your dog when you go away? TAKE. Do you know if your neighbours will take advantage of your dog when you go away?. Do you know if your neighbours will take care of your dog when you go away?. none of the above. Do you know if your neighbours will take after your dog when you go away?.

31. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. This new dining table is bigger than the one we had before. NOT. none of the above. The dining table we had before was not big as this new one. The dining table we had before were not as big as this new one. The dining table we had before was not as big as this new one.

32. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. The family always spent their holidays climbing in the mountains USED. The family's holidays got used to be spent climbing in the mountains. The family's holidays were used to be spent climbing in the mountains. The family's holidays used to be spent climbing in the mountains. The family's holidays use to be spent climbing in the mountains.

33. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. I think it's time the children went to bed now. HAD. I think the children had to have gone to bed now. I think the children had gone to bed now. I think the children had better go to bed now. I think the children had been to go to bed now.

34. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. I'm not going to tolerate this untidiness any longer. UP. I have no intention of putting up with this untidiness any longer. I have no intention of sitting down with this untidiness any longer. I have no intention of letting up with this untidiness any longer. I have no intention of taking up with this untidiness any longer.

35. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. Could you speak English when you were younger? ABLE. When you were younger, were you able to speak English?. When you were younger, you were able to speak English?. When you were younger, was you able to speak English?. When you were younger, have you been able to speak English?.

36. In Modern English, grammatical relations are signaled by word order and prepositions. This means that this language is. Analogical. None of the above. Analytic. Synthetic.

37. In Old English, grammatical relations were predominantly signaled by endings on nouns and verbs. This means that this language was: Synthetic. Analytic. Analogical. none of the above.

38. During the Middle English period, from which two languages were many words borrowed?. Urdu and Iroquoian. none of the above. Celtic and Old Norse. Latin and French.

39. Which one of the following texts was composed during the Old English period?. Othello. The Canterbury Tales. none of the above. Beowulf.

40. What is another name for Old English?. none of the above. Celtic. Middle English. Anglo-Saxon.

41. Which of the following Old English works documents the early history of England?. Boethius. none of the above. Boewulf. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

42. Varieties typical for social groups are called: none of the above. Jargons. Sociolects. Dialects.

43. When, according to most scholars, did English start to become a global Language?. During the reign of Henry VIII. Immediately after the Norman Conquest. At the end of the 16th century, with the start of the colonisation of the West Indian and North American Colonies. In 1858, when Britain took over formal rule of India.

44. Which of the below is NOT a subvariety of US English spoken by a distinct ethnic/social Group?. Cockney. African American Vernacular English. Tex Mex. Pennsylvania Dutch.

45. What does the acronym ESL stand for?. English as a Spoken Language. English as a Second Language. English as a Scientific Language. English for Students of Literature.

46. Which of the below is NOT generally considered to be a danger of having a global language?. The death of lesser spoken languages. A growth of Bilingualism. Cultural and linguistic imperialism. Complacency about learning other languages.

47. Who were the original speakers of English?. The Angles, Saxons and Vikings. The Angles, Saxons and Celts. The Angles, Celts and Jutes. The Angles, Saxons and Jutes.

48. In which language family do the ultimate origins of the English language lie?. North American. Indo-European. Latin. none of the above.

49. The change from synthetic to analytic is a major development in the history of English. What is one of its main manifestations?. Grammatical functions are expressed by word order and prepositions rather than endings. Grammaticalization has become dominant. The expression of thought is now more analytical. Many forms are always used to express a single form.

50. Which of the varieties of English below is the oldest?. US English. Australian English. West Indian English. Hiberno-English.

51. What is meant by the abbreviation RP?. Rest in Peace. Received Pronunciation. Receive a Prize. none of the above.

52. Over one billion people worldwide are currently learning English: We cannot state such specific data. False. It depends on context. True.

53. When is the first attended usage of the phrase “inkhorn term” dated?. 1543. 1700. 1925. 1850.

54. Did the printing press also serve to standardize English?. none of the above. It depends on the historical period we investigate. YES. NO.

55. The Great Vowel Shift only affected vowels of the following kind: Long. High. Short. Low.

56. It is often maintained that English is used as a lingua franca? What does that mean?. A lingua franca is a language that is used as a means of communication between people who are not familiar with each other’s native language. A lingua franca is NOT a language that is used as a means of communication between people who are not familiar with each other’s native language. none of the above. A lingua franca is a language that is used as a means of communication between people who are native speakers of that langiage.

57. Standard English emerged in this century: 17th. 20th. 16th. 15th.

58. The Norman Invasion happened in this year(AD): 1010. 1066. 1262. 874.

59. According to you, which of the following words does NOT derive from French/Latin: Ghost. Consideration. Spirit. Reflection.

60. One of the following statements about Early Modern English morphology is false: Agreement on verbs almost disappears. Pronominal forms change. none of the above. Prepositions are inflected.

61. bed/bad is. a dipthong. a minimal pair. none of the above. a rounded sound.

62. A position slightly further back than alveolar, with the tip of the tongue bent or ‘curled’ backwards, is called. retroflex. none of the above. uvular. glottal.

63. If the change is brought about by pressures which are internal to the linguistic system, the change is. exogenous. endogenous. introgenous. none of the above.

64. In the USA, the compound washcloth corresponds to the British. flannel. fennel. channel. none of the above.

65. The UK is part of the. outer circle. none of the above. expanding circle. inner circle.

66. The understanding of linguistic differentiation is studied by. phonetics. sociolinguistics. pragmatics. morphology.

67. People need English for secondary education, politics, law, business. This is true for countries belonging to. none of the above. outer circle. expanding circle. inner circle.

68. The varieties of English, especially those with official status, are often referred to as: Middle Englishes. None of the above. Old Englishes. New Englishes.

69. How is Kachru’s model defined?. mouse model. square model. none of the above. circle model.

70. The various allophones constitute the. phonemic inventory. phonetic output. none of the above. phonemic output.

71. India is part of the. expanding circle. outer circle. none of the above. inner circle.

72. According to you, Italy is part of the. outer circle. expanding circle. inner circle. none of the above.

73. ELF stands for. none of the above. English as a Lingua Franca. English as a Foreign Language. English as a First Language.

74. Who proposed an American Standard in 1789?. Webster. Halliday. Wordsworth. Austin.

75. SLA stands for. English as a Lingua Franca. none of the above. English as a Foreign Language. second language acquisition.

76. According to Graddol (1997), first-language speakers are. 375 million. 500 million. 750 million. none of the above.

77. EFL stands for. none of the above. Second Language Acquisition. English as a Lingua Franca. English as a Foreign Language.

78. Most people have English as first language. This is true for the countries of. outer circle. inner circle. none of the above. expanding circle.

79. TRAVELED is the. BE spelling. AE spelling. none of the above. IrE spelling.

80. People need English for communication in business, politics, education. This is true for countries belonging to. none of the above. outer circle. expanding circle. inner circle.

81. An intralingual process where a new word is created by adding affixes to an old one is named. derivation. clipping. hypocorism. acronym.

82. "The man as was driving the car" is a typical ......... feature of BE. nonstandard grammar. none of the above. extrastandard grammar. standard grammar.

83. Double or multiple negation (I couldn’t find none nowhere) is a .......... feature of BE. none of the above. nonstandard. standard. extrastandard.

84. Scots as a spoken language was used by the rural population and the working classes. True. it depends on context. None of the above. False.

85. Borrowings such as clan, galore ‘in abundance’ have been introduced by. None of the above. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Sir Walter Scott. Sir Winston Churchill.

86. The voiceless ending is a historically based Scots feature. "selt" stands for. bent. sent. None of the above. sold.

87. The distinctiveness of Scottish English derived from the influence of other languages, especially. Gaelic, Norwegian and Spanish. Gaelic, Norwegian, and French. German, Japanese, and Italian. None of the above.

88. British "courgette" comes from. Spanish. German. French. Italian.

89. ‘A pile of stones that marks the top of a mountain or some other special place’ is in Gaelic. book. none of the above. cairn. sporran.

90. "A small furry bag that hangs in front of a man’s kilt as part of traditional Scottish dress" is in Gaelic. cairn. sporran. boko. none of the above.

91. Blogs and online games become typical lingua-franca situations. it depends on context. None of the above. false. true.

92. Welsh and Gaelic speakers, Native Americans, Australian Aborigines have switched to Gaelic. It depends on the historical moment. none of the above. TRUE. FALSE.

93. The model is above all the teacher’s usage. None of the above. true. It depends on the countries involved. false.

94. Exposure is what the English learners listen to or read. false. it depends on the countries involved. None of the above. true.

95. Seidlhofer (2010) recommends adopting English as an official lingua franca, but making it clear that this is exclusively British English. none of the above. false. true. It depends on the countries involved.

96. The Commonwealth of Nations uses English. true. It depends on the occasions. None of the above. false.

97. Italian is increasingly used as a corporate or company language in multinational corporations. it depends on context. false. None of the above. true.

98. The most obvious effect of English on other languages is borrowed lexis. false. true. None of the above. It depends on the languages involved.

99. English affects the code of other languages, above all their ...... phonetics. pragmatics. syntax. vocabulary.

100. What factors led to the use of English as a sort of lingua franca?. This was made possible first of all by cultural events. This was made possible first of all by historical events. This was made possible first of all by religious events. none of the above.

101. What do African-English literatures have in common?. none of the above. All the new African-English literatures are less interested in introspection and psychological analysis or in elaborate experiments in language and structure. All the new African-English literatures have have arisen around the globe throughout human history. All the new African-English literatures have shared similar styles and approaches, have dealt with the same basic themes, and gone through the same phases of development.

102. The term ‘apartheid’ came from an African word meaning change. It came from a Japanese word meaning change. FALSE. None of the above. TRUE.

103. Chinua Achebe was born in 1930 in a small ........ vilage. Australian. Nigerian. Canadian. none of the above.

104. lingua franca is a language systematically used to make communication possible between people not sharing a mother tongue, in particular when it is a third language, distinct from both mother tongues. TRUE. It depends on the countries involved. None of the above. FALSE.

105. What is the name of the protagonist of Thigs Fall Apart?. Okorowo. Okinawa. Okinowo. Okonkwo.

106. Midnight's Children covers the years. from 1915 to 1977. from 1930 to 1978. from 1920 to 1980. from 1940 to 1985.

107. In Runaway, when Carla started to live with Clark, she only looked at. pile dwellings. mansions. villas. mobile homes.

108. What is the central idea of Midnight's Children?. The central idea of the book is that nothing has to be taken for granted. The central idea of the book is not just that public life affects private life, but that, thanks to the act of writing, any historical event or person may flow into people’s lives and thoughts. The central idea of the book is that private lives of Indian people show somewhat selfishness and lack of consideration of other people's feelings. none of the above.

109. The Remains of the Day was published in. 1986. 1980. 1982. 1989.

110. Ishiguro uses. an informal language. a semiformal language. none of the above. a formal language.

111. In Runaway, Carla didn't use to... none of the above. live in a big house. consider mobile homes as real homes. like mobile homes.

112. According to the text you've read, what did Article 5 of the Constitution in Iran establish?. Article 5 established that the government had the responsibility to confiscate all wealth accumulated through usury, usurpation, and bribery. Article 5 stated that the Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour. none of the above. Article 5 stated that the highest authority in the Islamic Republic was the Leader, who exercised the supreme political and religious powers and was a manifestation of the integration of politics with religion.

113. The peoples of the Islamic countries, according to Naipaul, are. none of the above. poor, fragmented, backward and confused. rich, supportive, forefront and sterne. poor, supportive, backward and sterne.

114. V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in. 1952. 1932. 1922. 1942.

115. What is the main theme of Beyond Beliefs by V.S. Naipaul?. The main theme is the clash between love and death. The main theme is political philosophy which cannot and should not be combined with religious faith. The main theme is religious enslavement which cannot be subverted. none of the above.

116. In Midnight's Children, what are the children a metaphor for?. for slavery and corruption. For guilt and selfishness. For hope and opportunities betrayed. none of the above.

117. In Midnight's Children, what colours are in the flag of the new nation?. Black, white, and red. Saffron, white, and green. Black, grey, and blue. Orange, white, and green.

118. Shalimar the Clown was published in. 2004. 2005. 2006. 2010.

119. In Midnight's Children, what happens at midnight?. The two babies were born and India awakens to life and freedom. Vanita and Amina get married and fly away from India. There was a bombing in New Delhi which destroys entirely the city. Vanita killed Amina and then flies away from India.

120. In 15th August 1947, who is Miss Mary Pereira?. an actress. a secretary. a midwife. an English teacher.

121. The system of apartheid brought about. none of the above. the granting of citizenship to all racial groups. a long international arms and trade. black political representation.

122. Writers living in the ex-colonies and the Commonwealth who write in English. judge England as saviours. reject the popular tradition of their countries. find themselves torn between their two cultures. judge England as outsiders.

123. Things Fall Apart was published ...... years before Nigerian independence. 10. 8. 5. 2.

124. How did the clansmen react to the Ibo interpreter?. At first everybody laughed at him, then all joined to slaughter him. At first everybody beat him, then all joined to kill him. At first everybody celebrated him, then all prepared a birthday cake for him. At first everybody laughed at him, then all listened to him.

125. Where does the title of Things Fall Apart come from?. The title of the novel comes from W.B. Yeats’s poem The Second Coming. The title of the novel comes from S.T. Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The title of the novel comes from Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist. The title of the novel comes from W. Shakespeare's Macbeth.

126. The aims of Things Fall Apart is to show Nigerian people how the strength of their own culture could help them build a nation. FALSE. No, they are people from Cuba, and not Nigeria. Apart from Nigerian people, there are references to Gods. TRUE.

127. The Satanic Verses was published in. 1983. 1987. 1988. 1989.

128. The Remains of the Day is written in. first person narrative. none of the above. second person narrative. third person narrative.

129. When did India gain its independence from British rule?. 15th August 1947. 10th May 1945. 2nd June 1946. 1st December 1944.

130. Do you think Stevens' behaviour is the sign of ......?. a true professional. someone who is slave to his work. none of the above. guilt.

131. In Runaway, Flora appeared .... in James's dreams. in Carla's dreams. in Fiona's dreams. none of the above.

132. In the second part of the passage from Runaway you've read, the narrator writes about Lizzie. Lizzie is. a woman. a horse. a goat. a cat.

133. in Runaway, Clara. helps her husband with his work. none of the above. helps his husband stealing money from the rich. doesn't help his husband with his work.

134. In Runaway, the couple is. really rich. none of the above. quite poor. quite wealthy.

135. From the first lines of the excerpt you have read from Runaway, the couple lives. in New York. in the city. in the countryside. in the Philippines.

136. In Things Fall Apart, Achebe describes the gradual decay of the Ibo traditional society from colonial times to independence and neo-colonisation. There are hints of this decay just in the last chapter. FALSE. TRUE. There are hints of this decay just in the first chapter.

137. Which theme is amongst the most salient ones in The Remains of the Day?. guilt. spontaneity. prejudice. none of the above.

138. Which of the following themes can you find in The Remains of the Day?. prejudice. none of the above. love and lost opportunities. guilt.

139. All the new African-English literatures have. created revolutionary techniques. recorded the disillusionment with the outcome of independence. dealth with memories of the past. dealt with different themes.

140. What is Miss Kenton like?. She understands Mr Stevens and wants to help. none of the above. She is not very sensitive. She is interfering in Mr Stevens' private affairs.

141. The only consolation for the protagonist of Runaway is. a dog. a squirrel. a sheep. a goat.

142. The protagonists of Munro's works are mostly. European young men. none of the above. American girls. Canadian women.

143. Alice Munro has become famous for. her poems. her novels. her short stories. none of the above.

144. Midnight's Children is set in India, Pakistan and ...... Bangladesh. Japan. Indonesia. China.

145. Saleem Sinai sees hinself as a metaphor for. the nation. mankind. women. the body.

146. In Midnight's Children the children become a metaphor of guilt. only in the first part of the work. false. only in the second part of the work. true.

147. Alice Munro is .......... writer. a British. a Canadian. an American. a Jamaican.

148. How does the reader learn of Stevens's true feeling about his father?. from the other characters. none of the above. from Miss Kenton. from Mrs Mortimer.

149. Alice Munro was awarded. the Booker Prize. the Nobel Prize for Literature. none of the above. the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.