L. T. Kilevaya Doctor of Philological Sciences, Docent

№37. Choose the line with the native English.

1. 
   vacuum, exist, act
   
2. 
   machine, parachute, valley
   
3. 
   xylophone, epoch, chemist
   
4. 
   confetti, macaroni, tobacco
   
5. 
   summer, hope, life
   

№38. The words “cheese, street, wall, wine” belong to the earliest layer of … borrowings

1. 
   Indian
   
2. 
   Latin
   
3. 
   Greek
   
4. 
   French
   
5. 
   Japanese
   

№39. The difference between the British and American English is noticeable especially in the field of…

1. 
   phonetics
   
2. 
   grammar
   
3. 
   vocabulary
   
4. 
   rhythm and intonation of speech
   
5. 
   in all the fields of the language system.
   

№40. Lexicography deals with …

1. 
   the word-making process in English
   
2. 
   variants of the English language
   
3. 
   classification of loan words
   
4. 
   the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries
   
5. 
   the etymological background of the English word stock
   

№41. Choose the line with the words having American spelling.

1. 
   travelling, centre, colour, offence
   
2. 
   jewellery, woolen, favour, metre
   
3. 
   armour, although, fibre, monologue
   
4. 
   humor, theater, program, thru
   
5. 
   telegramme, center, picturesque, favour
   

№42. Phraseology studies …

1. 
   graphical abbreviations
   
2. 
   free word-combinations and phraseological units
   
3. 
   synonyms and antonyms
   
4. 
   lexical homonyms
   
5. 
   phrasal verbs
   

№43. Concept is …

1. 
   a referent
   
2. 
   an object
   
3. 
   a sound-form
   
4. 
   a meaning
   
5. 
   a thought
   

№44. The following definition "coal, n. a black, hard substance that burns and gives off heat" is an entry from…

1. 
   an explanatory dictionary
   
2. 
   a dictionary of word-frequency
   
3. 
   a bilingual dictionary
   
4. 
   a dictionary of pronunciation
   
5. 
   an etymological dictionary