In what sphere is declamatory style used?

A)In spontaneous informal conversation

B)in formal conversation between presidents of the companies

C) speech at rallies, congresses, meetings

D) in oral representation of written literary texts

E) in everyday communication $$$ 24A

Language in its full interactional context has two varieties

A)spoken and written

B)monologue and dialogue

C)formal and informal

D)communication and purpose

E)balanced speech, one-sided speech

$$$ 25A

The term spoken is applied to …

A)oral texts produced by unconstrained speaking

B) oral representation of written texts

C) the kind of English that we hear in the language of public speakers

D) the kind of English that we hear in formal conversation

E) informal conversation between strangers

$$$ 26C

According to preparedness speech may be …

A)public and non-public

B)official and non-official

C)prepared and spontaneous

D)political and public

E)persuasive and emotive

$$$ 27B

Dialogue is referred to as …

A)a one-sided type of conversation

B)a balanced conversation

C)a many sided conversation

D)a written variety of conversation

E)a speakers interpretation

$$$ 28D

Why do all intonational styles include intellectual intonation patterns?

A)Because they shape the distinctive feature of each style.

B)Because they direct the listener’s attention to the message

C) Because the aim of the speaker to influence on the listener

D) Because the aim of any kind of intercourse is to communicate or express some intellectual information.

E)Because the aim of any speaker is to persuade the listener and to appeal to the persuade the listener and to appeal to the listener emotionally

$$$ 29A.

What is the essential characteristic of familiar style?

A)It occurs in the speech of well- acquainted people, it is the emotional reaction to a situational stimulus that matters , emotional function of intonation comes to the fore.

B) It occurs in reading weather forecast, intellectual intonation patterns are used predominantly, and it is stylistically neutral

C) It occurs in reading aloud fiction

D) It is used by participants of conferences, interviews

E)It is used by political speech-makers.

$$$ 30A

Declamatory style is used by …

A)teachers and actors in reading aloud fiction

B) scientists in formal and informal discussions

C) university lectures when delivering lecture

D) intimate friends when speaking about their study

E) radio and television announcers and in various official situations

$$$ 31E

Russian sounds /с,з/

A) liquid

B)musical

C)a glide

D)soft

E)jerky

$$$ 32B

According to the character of participants’ relationship speech may be …

A)public and non-public

B)formal and informal

C)prepared and spontaneous

D)political and public

E)persuasive and emotive

$$$ 33C

Choose examples of Sound Symbolism.

A)He works . He can work. He was at work.

B)At the bottom of Kent Road. She is the happiest girl.

C) giggle, bang, purr, bow-wow, croak-croak

D) Oh, its wonderful, marvelous heavenly, delightful!

E) lemme, g’by, grammother, rasberry

$$$ 34B

The following are the examples of phonetic synonyms.

A)good, magnificent, knock out

B)don’t-cha, gonna, g’by

C)‘hospitable, interesting, ‘adult

D)probably, suppose, g,by

E)bow-wow, splash, bang

$$$ 35B

Sound Symbolism is….

A)sounds that are able to express certain ideas, feeling, emotions,

B)a combination of speech sounds aiming at imitating natural sounds

C)arrangement of sounds which has an aesthetic value.

D)utterance variations, conditioned by numerous extra-linguistic factors.

E) a set of such stylistic devices as irony, metonymy, metaphor

$$$ 36A

There are three types of information present in communication:

A) intellectual, emotional and volitional information

B) informational, image-bearing, attitudinal

C) volitional, desiderative, emotional

D) emotional, conditional, communicative

E) stylistical, informational, volitional

$$$ 37C

According to L.V.Scherba full style is…

A) characteristic of people’s quiet talk

B) the acquired style of the stage and used in singing

C) used to make speech especially distinct and for this all the syllables of each word are articulated clearly

D) used in addressing a fair-sized audience

E) rapid everyday speech

$$$ 38A

According to L.V.Scherba colloquial style is…

A) characteristic of people’s quiet talk

B) the acquired style of the stage and used in singing

C) used to make speech especially distinct and for this all the syllables of each word are articulated clearly

D) used in addressing a fair-sized audience

E) rapid everyday speech

$$$ 39B

The characteristic feature of informational style is the use of:

A)(Low Pre-Head+)(Sliding Head or High Falls+) High Fall+ Rise (+Tail)

B) (Low Pre-Head +) Falling Head+Low Fall(Low Rise)(+Tail)

C) (Low Pre-Head+)(Heterogeneous Head)+ High Fall(+Tail)

D) (Low Pre-Head+)(Heterogeneous Head)+ Low Fall(+Tail)

E) (Low Pre-Head+)(Stepping Head)+ High Fall(+Tail)

$$$ 40E

Hesitation phenomena in reading a lecture on a scientific subject may denote

A) formality and informality

B) loudness and speed

C) vocalism and consonantalism

D) a succession of several high falls

E) forgetfulness and word-searching

$$$ 41A

According to the number of participants involved in communication speech may be …

A)public and non-public

B)official and non-official

C)prepared and spontaneous

D)political and public

E)persuasive and emotive

$$$ 42E

What style is typical of the English of everyday life?

A) informational

B) academic

C) publicistic

D) declamatory

E) conversational

$$$ 43C

What style is used by radio and television commentators, political speech –makers, participants of press conferences and interviews, counsel and judges in courts of law?

A) informational

B) academic

C) publicistic

D) declamatory

E) conversational

$$$ 44D

In what style do we deal with reading aloud a piece of descriptive prose( the author’s speech) and the author’s reproduction of actual conversation( the speech of the characters)?

A) informational

B) academic

C) publicistic

D) declamatory

E) conversational

$$$ 45C

In what style some pauses are explicable in terms of hesitation phenomena?

A) informational

B) academic

C) publicistic

D) declamatory

E) conversational

$$$ 46B

The speaker’s purpose using this style is not only to prove a hypothesis, to create new concepts, butr to disclose relations between different phenomena and to direct the listener’s attention to the message.

A) informational

B) academic

C) publicistic

D) declamatory

E) conversational

$$$ 47A

(Low Pre-Head+) (Heterogeneous Head+) High Fall (+Tail)

(Low Pre-Head+) (Heterogeneous Head+) Fall- Rise (+Tail) are characteristic of….

A) reading a scientific prose

B) various official situations

C) reading aloud a piece of descriptive prose

D) the author’s reproduction of actual conversation

E) classroom recitation

$$$ 48B

Phonostylistics has an…

A) independent status

B) interdisciplinary status

C) intermediate

D) intercultural

E) intercepted

$$$ 49C

According to Prof. I.R.Galperin, there are five verbal functional styles:

A)1. informational 2. academic 3. publicistic 4. declamatory 5. conversational

B) 1. informal ordinary 2. formal neutral 3.formal official 4.informal familiar

5.declamatory

C) 1.the belles- letters style,2. the publicistic style 3. newspaper style 4. scientific prose5. the style of official documents

D) 1. solemn 2.scientific –business 3. official-business 4.everyday 5.familiar

E) 1.the rapid familiar style 2. the slower colloquial style 3. the natural style 4. the acquired style 5. the style used in singing

$$$ 50E

D. Jones distinguishes among different styles of pronunciation

A)1. informational 2. academic 3. publicistic 4. declamatory 5. conversational

B) 1. informal ordinary 2. formal neutral 3.formal official 4.informal familiar

5.declamatory

C) 1.the belles- letters style,2. the publicistic style 3. newspaper style 4. scientific prose5. the style of official documents

D) 1. solemn 2.scientific –business 3. official-business 4.everyday 5.familiar

E) 1.the rapid familiar style 2. the slower colloquial style 3. the natural style 4. the acquired style

$$$ 51D

S.M. Gaiduchic distinguishes among different styles of pronunciation

A)1. informational 2. academic 3. publicistic 4. declamatory 5. conversational

B) 1. informal ordinary 2. formal neutral 3.formal official 4.informal familiar

5.declamatory

C) 1.the belles- letters style,2. the publicistic style 3. newspaper style 4. scientific prose5. the style of official documents

D) 1. solemn 2.scientific –business 3. official-business 4.everyday 5.familiar

E) 1.the rapid familiar style 2. the slower colloquial style 3. the natural style 4. the acquired style 5. the style used in singing

$$$ 51B

J.A. Dubovsky who discriminates the following five styles

A)1. informational 2. academic 3. publicistic 4. declamatory 5. conversational

B) 1. informal ordinary 2. formal neutral 3.formal official 4.informal familiar

5.declamatory

C) 1.the belles- letters style,2. the publicistic style 3. newspaper style 4. scientific prose5. the style of official documents

D) 1. solemn 2.scientific –business 3. official-business 4.everyday 5.familiar

E) 1.the rapid familiar style 2. the slower colloquial style 3. the natural style 4. the acquired style 5. the style used in singing

$$$ 52E

Publicistic style is used by …

A)teachers and actors in reading aloud fiction

B) scientists in formal and informal discussions

C) university lectures when delivering lecture

D) intimate friends when speaking aloud their study

E) radio and television commentators, political speech –makers, participants of press conferences and interviews

$$$ 53A

Declamatory style is used by …

A)teachers and actors in reading about fiction

B) scientists in formal and informal discussions

C) university lectures when delivering lecture

D) intimate friends when speaking aloud their study

E) radio and television announcers and in various official situations

$$$ 54D

Conversational style is used by …

A)teachers and actors in reading about fiction

B) scientists in formal and informal discussions

C) university lectures when delivering lecture

D) intimate friends

E) radio and television announcers and in various official situations

$$$ 55E

According to…

National language is a historical category evolving from conditions of economic and political concentration which characterizes the formation of nation

A)S.M. Gaiduchic

B) D. Jones

C)M. Sokolova

D) M. Vassyliev

E) A.D. Schweitzer

$$$ 56B

British English combines the following varieties of the English language:

A) Irish English, Australian English, New Zealand English

B) English English, Welsh English, Scottish English, Northern Ireland English

C) The Eastern type, General American, The Southern type

D) American English, Canadian English

E) United States English, Welsh English, Irish English

$$$ 57C

American English combines the following varieties of the English language:

A) Irish English, Australian English, New Zealand English

B) English English, Welsh English, Scottish English, Northern Ireland English

C) The Eastern type, General American, The Southern type

D) American English, Canadian English

E) United States English, Welsh English, Irish English

$$$ 58D

Nowadays two main types of English are spoken in the English spoken world:

A) Australian English, New Zealand English

B) Welsh English, Northern Ireland English

C)General British, General American,

D) American English, British English

E) United States English, Welsh English

$$$ 59B

Received pronunciation is ..

A) the teaching norm at schools, higher educational establishments in many countries

B) only the pronunciation of court and aristocracy

C) accepted only in the best society

D) the pronunciation of ruling class

E) the pronunciation accepted among workers

$$$ 60B