L. T. Kilevaya Doctor of Philological Sciences, Docent

№17. Informal vocabulary is used in …

1. 
   Family
   
2. 
   Reports
   
3. 
   Scientific paper
   
4. 
   Newspaper articles
   
5. 
   All answers are correct
   

№18. Give the English equivalent for phrase «важная шишка»

1. 
   a main person
   
2. 
   a big shot
   
3. 
   a good man
   
4. 
   a high bug
   
5. 
   a big man
   

№19. The English-Russian Dictionary of Synonyms is …

1. 
   general, bilingual, diachronic
   
2. 
   specialized, diachronic
   
3. 
   explanatory, bilingual, restricted
   
4. 
   monolingual, restricted, synchronic
   
5. 
   encyclopedic, general
   

№20. (To be) like a bull in a china shop means …

1. 
   to be a cause of anger
   
2. 
   to be an insensitive, crude person
   
3. 
   to feel very proud and happy about something
   
4. 
   to feel uncomfortable, ill at ease in one’s surroundings, situation
   
5. 
   to be a careless, clumsy person who may cause damage through lack of skill or care.
   

№21. Complete the simile «as greedy as a …»

1. 
   wolf
   
2. 
   fox
   
3. 
   pig
   
4. 
   cat
   
5. 
   dog
   

№22. A term is…

1. 
   a peculiar type of word or word combination expressing a definite conception
   
2. 
   a preposition
   
3. 
   a proverb
   
4. 
   a conjunction
   
5. 
   slang
   

№23. Which of the following phraseological units is a phraseological fusion

1. 
   take a fancy
   
2. 
   wash one's dirty linen in public
   
3. 
   show one's teeth
   
4. 
   to kick the bucket
   
5. 
   to come into fashion