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INDIRIZZO LINGUE STRANIERE - SEDE DI LECCE

TEST D'INGLESE

Quesiti afferenti all'indirizzo

l. Which ofthe below shows the correct functional units of"He went to the bank"?a) Subject + Verb + Objectb) Subject + Verb + Complementc) Subject + Verb + Adverbiald) Subject + Auxiliary + Verb + Objecte) Subject + Verb + Preposition + Object

2. In a speech event oftwo ftiends chatting over the phone, which ofthe below is, linguistically, the Channel?a) The telephone line (' ..

b) The language they use (e.g. English or Italian) l" vJ V"----c) Gestured) Speakinge) The matter they are discussing

3. Who was the first editor ofthe Oxford English Dictionary?a) Noah Websterb) George B. Shawc) H. Widdowsond) James Murraye) Randoplh Quirk

4. Which ofthe branches oflinguistics below is defined as the "study ofword structure"?a) Semanticsb) Phonologyc) Pragmaticsd) Syntaxe) Morphology

5.What do the initials ESL usually stand for?a) English for Students ofLiteratureb) Emphatic Structural Linkagec) English for Special Learnersd) Ethnic Specific Languagee) English as a Second Language

6. According to Oscar Jespersen, which of the below is the centraI thesis of the "pooh-pooh theory" to languageevolution?

a) Language arose out ofpeople's desire to tell stories.b) Language arose out ofpeople's attempts to imitate sounds in their environrnentc) Language arose out ofinstinctive sounds caused by pain, emotion etc.d) Language arose because people reacted to the stimuli around them with spontaneous oral gesturese) Language arose when people worked together and physical effort produced communal oral stimuli.

7. Which ofthe sentences below contains a catenative verb structure?a) He wants to go to the shopping centre to buy a new computer.b) I like walking my dog in the parkc) l'm looking for ajobd) He hasn't been to wok since last Fridaye) They will see how much they can afford.

8. Which ofthe below refers to the relationship between a word and the reality to which it refers?a) Denotationb) Declensionc) Conjugationd) Subordinatione) Coordination

9.Which ofthe below is NOT a conventionallanguage teaching methodology?

a) Communicative approachb) Grammar translationc) Suggestopediad) The Silent Waye) Motherese

lO Which ofthe below is not a conventional term for a kind ofverb?a) Boundb) Auxiliaryc) Modald) Lexicale) Phrasal

Il. Which ofthe verbs below is an example ofa so-called 'stative' verb in English?a) be'b) 'think'c) 'go'd) 'know'e) 'must'

12. Which ofthe linguists below advocated an approach based on the "ethnography ofcommunication"?a) Dell Hymesb) Bronislow Malinowskic) Peter TrudgilId) M.A.K. Hallidaye) Leonard Broomtield

13. In which ofthe sentences below is the grammatical subject NOT also the logical subjecta) Robert plays football for the school team.b) St Paul's Cathedral was designed by Sir Christopher Wren.c) We are both tired.d) He saw you in that restaurant.e) What do you do?

14. Which ofthe below is the correct detinition ofa so-called isolating language?a) A language used by a specitic set of speakers to maintain intra-group cohesion and exclude outsidersb) A language, like Basque, that bears no perceivable relation to any ofits neighboursc) A language, like Chinese, in which there are few inflections and grammatical function is shown by word

order alone

d) A language, like Latin, that is no longer regularly spoken by any speech communitye) A language, like some found in AfTica,in which speakers of different sexes converse each using a differentdialect.

15. What is so-called "Received Pronunciation"?a) The typical accent ofEnglish speakers fTomGreat Britainb) Pronunciation which is less than perfect but stilI comprehensiblec) Standard pronunciation ofBritish English which shows no regional variationd) The audio input as processed by speech recognition software in computerse) The level ofpronunciation required ofa non-native speaker applying for a pIace at University in an English-

speaking country

16. Who identitied the underlying link between ancient Sanskrit and Classical Greek and Latin?a) Leonard Bloomtieldb) Ferdinand de Saussurec) Sir WilIiam Jonesd) Rasmus Raske) StoAugustine

17. In conversation analysis, what are so-called adjacency pairs?a) Combinations ofwords and interjections, such as 'Oh' and 'Yeah' which commonly occur togetherb) Speakers in a speech event who are physically close to each other and who thus interact mainly with each

other

c) A sequence oftwo related utterances by two different speakers such as Complaint -Apologyd) Pairs oflexical items that fTequentlyoccur together, e.g. 'hard' and 'work'.e) Pairs ofwords which in rapid speech become mixed up, such as 'gonna' for 'going to'

18. Which ofthe sentences below contains a non-restrictive / non-defining relative clause?a) That's the man who was sent to prison for bank robberyb) Why don't we go to that hotel everyone says is brilliant?c) John, who you met last night, has just won the lotteryd) The missing girI whose photo was in the paper last week has been founde) Whose is that red leather bag, over there?

19. Which ofthe below is the correct definition of"schwa"?a) A word or expression which does not collocate with any other lexical itemb) One of the types of sound shift identified by Jacob Grimm in the nineteenth centuryc) An onomatopoeic sound describing a type of animaId) A term used in generative grammar to describe certain types ofverb- subject inversione) An unstressed "empty" vowel sound; one ofthe most common phonemes in English

20. What does L. Selinker's term 'interlanguage' refer to?a) A language, like English, used for mediation between different cultural groupsb) A variety, like US English, which is in the process of establishing itself as a language in its own right.c) A language, like C++, used as an interface between humans and machinesd) The kind of language produced by a I sI or 2ndlanguage learner in the process of acquiring a language.e) A language which evolved out of the amalgamation of two or more languages, e.g. Maltese, which is a

mixture of Arabic and a variety of Mediterranean languages.

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TEST D'INGLESE

Quesiti afferenti alla classe

l. In which part ofGreat Britain are most ofD.H. Lawrence's novels set?a) The Scottish Highlandsb) Yorkshirec) Nottinghamshired) Shropshiree) The Lake district

2. Which ofthe below was a British poet laureate?a) Sylvia Plathb) Robert Frostc) Dylan Thomasd) Walt Whitmane) Sir lohn Betjeman

3. Which ofthe below IS NOT a character from a Shakespeare play?a) Falstaffb) Dr. Faustusc) Puckd) Duke Orsinoe) Camillo

4. Which ofthe below WAS NOT a Romantic poet?a) Rupert Brookeb)lohn Keatsc) Samuel Coleridged) Lord Byrone) WilIiam Wordsworth

5. Who wrote the novel "Moli Flanders"?a) Daniel Defoeb) Horace Walpolec) WilIiam BIaked) lonathan Swifte) Henry Fielding

6. Which ofthe below was written by George Elliot?a) Wuthering Heightsb) Pride and Prejudicec) Mill on the Flossd) lane Ayree) BIeak House

7. Which ofthe below IS NOT a character from Charles Dickens?a) WilIiam Dorritb) Bill Sykesc) Fagind) Tess ofthe D'Urbervillese) Miss Havisham

8. Which ofthe works below was written LAST?a) Piers Plowmanb) The Canterbury Talesc) The Castle ofOtrantod) Macbethe) The Duchess of Malfi

9. Which ofthe writers below was one ofthe Bloomsbury Group?

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a) George Elliotb) Oscar Wildec) Virginia Woolfd) Joseph Conrade) Elizabeth Barrett Browning

lO. In which Italian city is Percy Bysshe Shelley buried?a) Veniceb) Udinec) Veronad) Romee) Trieste

Il. l'm goingto the doctor.I thinkI _ the flu.a) arn catchingb) had caughtc) wilI catchd) have caughte) caught

12.Georgehas_ tinishedhisthesis.a) alreadyb) stilIc) yetd) nowe) soon

13. Heather's hair is going grey. She _ to look so old.a) usedb) wasn't soc) didn't used) wasn't usede) didn't used

14. I promise that, before I leave for Florida, I_ you my essay.a) arn going giveb) arn giving youc) wilI gived) would givee) would have given

15. l'm sorry l'm late but I _take my child to the doctor.a) couldb) must havec) had tod) shoulde) might

16. Arthur can't come to the cinema with usa) becauseb) forc) whetherd) soe) why

he has to revise for a test.

17. Yvonne _ at her degree ceremony wearing combat trousers and a dirty t-shirt.a) tumed upb) showed offc) tried outd) wore oute) carne down

18. Fortunately, _ people were involved in the scandal.a) someb) fewc) a fewd) lesse)any

19. There weren't _ people at the show to cover the costs of putting it on.a) a lot ofb) as muchc) too manyd) so manye) enough

20. The tourists were not _ the poverty and degradation outside their hotel.a) known aboutb) aware ofc) provided withd) guessed ate) recognised

21. Which ofthe festivities below IS NOT celebrated in the USA?a) Independence Dayb) Thanksgivingc) Labor Dayd) Hallowe'ene) Guy Fawkes Night

22. Which ofthe below IS NOT a traditional English dish?a) Fried eggs and Baconb) Steak and Kidney Puddingc) Haggisd) Hamburger and French Friese) Fish and Chips

23. Which ofthe monuments / structures below IS NOT in London?a) Nelson's Columnb) The Globe Theatrec) The MilIennium Domed) The Golden Gate Bridgee) Tower Bridge

24. In which ofthe countries below is cricket NOT a popular sport?a) New Zealandb) South Africac) USAd) The West Indiese) Pakistan

25. Which ofthe below IS NOT a US State?a) Marylandb) Utahc) Hawaiid) Rhode Islande) Nova Scotia

26. In which city did the so-calied "Bloody Sunday massacre" of 1972take pIace?a) Belfastb) Derry / Londonderryc) Dublind) Glasgowe) Armagh

27. Inwhich territory was British rule ended in 19977a) Australiab) Canadac) Gibraltard) Pakistane) Hong Kong

28. Which ofthe below IS NOT in Great Britain?a) The river Severob) Loch Nessc) Ayers Rockd) Stonehengee) JoOOO'Groats.

29. Which ofthe territories below DOES NOT call its currency dollars?a) Canadab) Republic ofIreland (Eire)c) Australiad) New Zealande) Hong Kong

30. Who was Prime Minister ofGreat Britain during the Suez Crisis?a) Anthony Edenb) Tony Blairc) Margaret Thatcherd) Harold Wilsone) Winston Churchill

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Inglese: Seconda Prova

l) Distinctive elements of Elizabethan Theatre

2) Irish literature in English

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3) Is English destined to be the universallanguage?

4) The reaction ofwriters in English to the threat ofWorld War II

5) The role in EngIish literature of writers who are non-native speakers

6) Loan words in EngIish from around the world