Тест по английскому на словарный запас по теме "History" №1

HISTORY. Choose the correct answer.

1. The cathedral was very carefully ....... last century.

mended
redone
replaced
restored

2. That vase is very old and valuable; please ....... it carefully.

drop
handle
place
treat

3. We managed to catch a ....... of the Queen as the procession passed.

glance
glimpse
sight
view

4. This coin was ....... to celebrate the victory at Trafalgar.

forged
minted
moulded
spent

5. Legend ....... it that Robin Hood fired an arrow from his death-bed and was buried where the arrow landed.

does
has
says
tells

6. The Wawel museum has a collection of magnificent tapestries ....... in the sixteenth century.

knitted
sewn
threaded
woven

7. Sir Winston Churchill was a ....... of ray uncle's when they both studied at the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.

colleague
confederate
fellow
partner

8. Many Indians in North America live in tribal ....... .

compounds
enclosures
reservations
reserves

9. Many of the earliest ....... to North America established large plantations.

emigrants
entrants
exiles
immigrants

10. Kosciuszko used to live in that house. A ....... on the wall commemorates this.

badge
medal
plaque
shield

11. War destroys everything and should be ....... at all costs.

avoided
conquered
defeated
ignored

12. The Sussex downs are part of the English national ....... .

ancestry
heritage
inheritance
tradition

13. Papermaking began in China and from there it ....... to North Africa and Europe.

flew
flowed
sprang
spread

14. I have been tracing my family history and I have discovered that one of my ....... fought on the Polish side in the Battle of Tannenberg in 1410.

ancestors
descendants
forerunners
predecessors

15. This kind of pottery is ....... to certain tribes in the Pacific islands.

characteristic
distinctive
peculiar
uncommon

16. This book gives a brief ....... of the history of the castle and gives details of the art collection in the main hall.

article
outline
reference
research

17. The first English dictionary was ....... by Dr Johnson.

collected
compiled
composed
constructed

18. No one was able to explain the ....... of the old custom.

beginning
origin
reason
starting point

19. The first American ....... were frequently attacked by Indians.

colonizers
discoverers
pioneers
settlers

20. The ink on the old manuscript had faded with time and so parts of the text were ....... .

illegible
illegitimate
illiterate
inedible

21. According to Darwin, man is ....... from the apes.

descended
elevated
originated
spread

22. The conspirators were planning the ....... of the Government.

demolition
disaster
overthrow
withdrawal

23. The King was obliged to ....... , and a republic was proclaimed.

abdicate
die
renounce
vacate

24. Old sailing ships usually had a ....... of a woman on the prow.

face-lift
feature
figurehead
frontispiece